Willmar tribune., 1900-09-05


For Surveyor-B. F. JENNEss of Willmar.
For County commissioners Dist.. T.
II. OLSON. of Edwards; Third. PETER
HAGEN, of Irving; Fifth. A. NJ HEDIN of
West Lake Lillian.
The convention was called to. order
by Editor L. E. Covell Of Atwater,
secretary of the county committee.
John Feig nominated L. O. Thorpe for
temporary chairman, who was elected.
Sec'y Covell was made secretary of
convention.
Ex-Senat Thorpe made a short
speech of acceptance. The TRIBUNE
reporter arrived in time to hear him
close his remarks. He read an extract
from a. newspaper published in 1861
in which fears were expressed that the
republic would be turned into al en-
pire if the republican party wal sue
cessful. He said republicans wire not
in favor of imperialism and hat it
could not be an issue in thi4 cam
paign, and asked if the point raised
by the paper that his extract was taken
from did not have familiar sound.
The senator's remarks created but
scant enthusiasm among his hearers,
who probably did not think thesproph.
ecy uttered BY the paper was very4fa.
out of the way even if some time had
elapsed before it became literally full.
filed, and they also may have be-
lieved that the editor received his in.
spiration from Abraham Lincoln, who
in his first annual message to con.
gress in 1861 said: ''In my present
position" las president) 81 could
scarcely be justified were I to omi,
raising warning voice against this
approach of returning despotism. I,
is the effort to place CAPITAL on an
equal footing with, if not above, LA.
BOR in the structure of government.
r. \ Labor is the superior of capi-
tai and deserves much the higher con-
sideration.' Whether the delegates
thought of Lincoln's words or not,
the applause led by the Raymond
rough-riders was very weak.
The following were appointed com.
mittee to pass upon credentials: b P.
G. Greenfield, of St. Johns; B. O. OF.
terness, of Arctander; Geo. johnson,
of Colfax; F. w. Gratz, of Harrison;
and B. E. Anderson, Lake Lillian.
After some hesitation a committee on
resolutions was provided for and the
chairman said that owing to the pres.
sure of business the committees re.
port could be postponed until after the
nominations had been made.
The chairman having been notified
that the republican nominee for gov.
erhor for the great commonwealth o1
Minnesota, Captain Samuel Van SAINT
was somewhere in the vicinity. a com.
mittee composed of VIM. Rieff, o1
Harrison; Rev. J. o. Lundberg, o1
svea and G. E. Monson, of New Lon.
don was appointed to find him and
bring the gallant leader before his ad
miring supporters. The committee
very soon returned and the genial
captain expressed his delight at being
present and expressed the hope that
when everybody voted for everything
upon the republican ticket this fall he
would not be lost in the shuttle. He also
said that he made no pretentions o1
being q speaker, but. did have q
speaker with him who could talk,
namely ''Bob'' Evans of St. Paul.
The captains remarks were pleasing
to his hearers and he was warmly ap.
plauded. Mr.. Evans was called for,
but he arose and told the boys to 20
ahead and nominate their ticket, and
that he did not want to take up the
time with oratory. Besides he had
but one speech and he needed that fol
the exercises in the evening. The con
vention was content to allow Mr.. Ev.
ans speech to remain il cold storage,
but they were soon sorry for this, be-
cause Ex-Representative Feig was
called for and his remarks speedily
gave signs Of having not had the bene-
At OF any preservatives. He roasted .
the populists and b democrats in his
usual coarse and thunderous manner
and paid his respects to the W1L1sMAH
TRIBUNE and. stated that he would
rather. follow the lend 81. Mark Han
na than q this paper. This sentiment
created the onl ally enthusiastic de,
mlonstra ation 81 the j conyentio on, and
- rongh g eclslly