The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-10
By DEMOCRATS
We'll Attended Convention
Held and a Ticket
Named.
John Cooper Named for Rep
r6S6ntdtiV6 Under
Protest.

THE TI0KEr,
For Representative .........JoHN r. COOPER.
Auditor NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. GEORGE Posi-.
Treasurer. Observation-Disclosures j. SWOFFER.
Clerk of Court. ........G. A. SCOTT.
County Attorney. .....................
Sheriff. MICHAEL MOORE.
Register of Deeds. GEO. SACKREITER.
Judge of Probate. B. ROBINSON.
Superintendent of Schools. ...................
Coroner ...................C. Q. WALKER.
Court Commissioner -. Observation-Disclosures.
Commissioner, LIST Dist. IT. L. GILBERT.
I'd Dist. N. SCHoUvILLER.
5th Dist. .....H. F. JACKSON.
The Democratic county conven-
ton last Thursday was the largest
and best attended and most enthusi-
astic county convention held by
that party for a number of years.
In fact the attendance was better
than at any time during the past
eight years, and the delegates all
seemed to be more enthusiastic over
the ticket.
Of course, unlike the Republican
county convention, the nominations
went begging. with but one or two
exceptions. The Democrats pres
ent were not willing to walk up to
the political altar for sacrifice, and
as consequence there was nothing
very exciting in the gathering.
Neither was there any great amount
of wire-pulling or wind-jamming,
young Mr.. Jones, an auburn haired
youth from the classic precincts of
Rock county, who walked off with
the Democratic State convention a
month or more ago, doing about all
the latter.
When candidatespersisted against
being led up to sacrifice there were
protests from the delegates, and
most of them were forced into the
nominations by these protests. This
mode of nominating a man was
about all the ginger ; that was
found lying around the convention
hall. Of course. when an attempt
was made to name T. L. Gilbert for
register Of deeds that gentleman
objected and G.. A. Scott, of Walnut
Grove, offered an apology for the
objection by saying that Mr.. Gill
bert, who has heretofore been an
active member Of the pie-biting
wing of the Populist party, was to
be given pie in the shape of the
nomination for commissioner from
the First district lamb to be led
up for sacrifice to satiate the appe-
tite Of one John Cain, OF Westline.
Bv the absorption of Mr.. Gilbert
into the Democratic party the ''pie
biting wing of the Populist party,
the only wing extant id Redwood
county. became extinct. Mr.. Gil
bert has been the whole show for
that party for some time past. al
though the Hon. J N. Byington and
one or two others have been run
ming an auxiliary side show to Mr..
circus. This was the rea-
son that there was no Populist con-
vention held along with the other
convention for the so-called reform.
It was just 1:30 o'clock when
Chairman John Cooper of the Demo-
cratic county committee 'biffed !"
the table with his jack-knife and
called the convention to order. He
seated himself and read the call and
the second that he finished reading
D. E. Laird of this city jumped to
the floor and named C. D. Thompson
d RedVOOd rails for temporary
chairman. Mr.. Thompson was an
acceptable candidate and he was
elected without opposition. A. W.
Bager named G.. A. Scott, Of Walnut
Grove, for temporary secretary, and
this nomination had no opposition.
When it was declared carried it was
'ound that Mr.. Scott was not ia the
room. Policeman Michael Moore, of
Lamberton, and Levi Robinson, of
Paxton, constituted themselves a.
searching committee. A delay fol
Owed but before the searching COM
nittee returned with Mr.. Scott Mr..
laird suggested that an assistant
secretary be named in the person Of
DITTO Gerstman. The convention was
here for business and the motion
was carried. John r. Cooper moved
that the chair appoint committee
If three on credentials and Levi
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