Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-07-02
COUNTY P0PuLISTS Convene.

COUNTY PoPuLISTs CONVENE.
Representatives Of tho Peoples PARTY
Choose Delegates to tho State
Meeting.
Repeated defeats may discourage
the politician who is looking for Of
tice. If he is suffering very badly
from the Office fever he may even go
so far as to change his political af1ili-
ations in order to get it.
But the man who joins q party be-
cause he believes it is advocating the
right principles, and who cares not
for political preferment can not be dis
couraged that way. There are only
two things that can make him leave
the party: either he must become con-
vlnced that he was mistaken that the
principles of the party are wrong: or
else he must become convinced that
the party has departed from it's origi-
nal position.
Defeat never made right principle
wrong, nor can victory oft repeated
make wrong right.
Hence the repeated "killing" of the
peoples party has failed to produce
death. 1t has scared Off a few Office
seekers, but fortunately they are but q
small part of the party. The majority
OF the members of the party do not be-
long to that class. They may regret
defeat because it prolongs the reign
OF the plutocrats, but they have an
abiding faith that right will ultimate
ly triumph.
This was the keynote of the peoples
party convention which met in Will
mar last Wednesday. While the at.
tendance was not as large as has been
the case at some conventions for nom-
lnating a county ticket, it was fully
up to the average of past conventions
for electing delegates to state conven-
tions. 1t was larger than the delegate
convention of 1898, the year that the
populists carried the legislative elec-
tions and elected part of their coun-
ty ticket.
And there were no weak hearts in
this convention. Every man present
was ready to do battle again for the
principles OF populism. They were a
unit on the proposition that the peo-
pies party had mission to perform,
and that until that mission was &C.
complished they could not think of
laying down their arms. This mission
is educational. The questions of reg
ulatipg the tremendous combinations
in the Industrial and commercial.world
are demanding q solution. The old
parties are either in league with these
combines or are proposing antiquated
patchwork legislation. The peoples
party proposes social evolution, di-
recting the course of combination so
as to give the advantages of combina-
tion to the people instead of to the
"captains of industry" This is the
foremost question of the day, and as
the peoples party is far in advance of
the others on it, there is no possibility
of fusion. Therefore this convention
was enthusiastic in advocating inde-'
pendent action by the party.
This sentiment of unanimity, of en-
thusiasm and of desire to keep up the
fight till victory is won shows that the
populists of Kandiyohi county are yet
alive and will do battle for their prin-
ciples with all their old-time vigor.
SECRETARY REPORT OF CONvEN-
TION.
The peoples party county conven-
tion was held in the Bonde hall on
Wednesday, June 25.
The convention was called to order
by A. o. Forsberg.
N. r. Tacklind was elected tempor-
ary chairman and W. V. Olson was
elected temporary secretary.
The following committees were ap-
pointed: Credentials, 40. Forsberg,
E. E. Lawson and J. G. Monson.
Resolutions: V. E. Lawson, o. N.
Grue, D. J. Price, N. B. Johnson and
S. A. Syverson.
Permanent organizations. E. NJ.
Stanford, O. S. Reigstad and A.
Qvale.
The committee on credentials re-
ported the following persons entitled
to seats in the convention:
Arctander-S. A. SyversOn, G.
Swenson, o. E. Sagadal, o. S. Reig-
stad.
Burbank-W. B. Cartledge, J. W.
Price, C. r. Jones, M. o. Batterberry,
D. J. PRICE.
Dovre2Jalmar Larson, Nels Rod
land.
East Lake Lillian-H. A. Lobnitz.
Gennessee- V. Olson. T. L.
Saughmyr.
Green Lake-Wm. Olson, J. J. Hen
derson, o. N. Grue.
Holland-C. Noteboom, G. Mole
noar, j. Niewenhuis, W. J. Jonk.
Kandiyohi-J. G. Monson, Chas.
Chalberg, NJ. Youngren, N. R. Tack
lind, Geo. EDblom.
lake AndreW-Wm. Larson, M. q.