Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMB %. 19l
minnesota STATE CONVENTION.

A Spartan band of old-time popu
lists convened upon the evening of
Friday, Sept. %, 1904, at the Nicollet
Hotel at Minneapolis, in response to
the call issued for q state convention
and conference of members of the Peo-
plies party of Minnesota. While the
attendance was not large, it was rep
resentative, there being delegates
from seven of the nine congressional
districts. A large number of letters
had been received from populists in
different localities OF the state, ex-
pressing the regret of the writer's that
they could not attend in person, but
p'edgfpg their support to any action
taken to keep up the fight. Among
those present and participating in the
proceedings were Hon. S. M. Oven,
editor Of Farm, Stock 4 Home, the
leading farm journal OF the northwest,
and Major J. NJ. Bowler, prominent
Hearst Democrat, who was charm an
Of the democratic state convention at
Duluth last spring.
Victor +. lawson, of Wilmar, was
chosen to preside at the meeting and
Atty. r. w. Stanford. Of Minneapo-
Is, to record the coings of the meet
ing. After some discussion it was de-
cded to place full ticket in the field,
and make an attempt to raise the $3.50
necessary to place the same upon the
official ballot. The chairman ex-
planned that the party still held it's le-
gal existence as the third party in the
state, having polled an average of
$500 votes in the last election, and
hence no petitions would be RI required.
Capt. J. j. Hubbard, of Duluth,
arose and said that the Peoples party
had never lost its legal existence in
the city OF Duluth, and was accorded
a Judge Of election in every precinct at
each election. The organization of
his city had authorized him to pay the
filing fee OF one elector, $50, upon the
state ballot. They desired also to see
a state ticket upon the ballot so they
would have something they could vote
for.
The work of selecting eleven elect
ors to represent Watson and Tibbles
upon the state ballot was speedily dis
posed OF, and the following men we're
named:
FLECTt RS AT LARGE:
Thomas J. Meighen, Fillmore county.
). j. Hubbard, St Louis county.
ELECTORS By DISTRICTS:
John r. CampbelI, Winona county
-Firs. District
Ralph Healy, Blue Earth county
Second District.
S. j. Leyhe, Rice county Third
district
S. W. Powell, Washington county
Fourth district.
L. G. Long, Hennepin county-Fifth
district.
h. c. Lewis, Douglas county-Sixth
district
c. j. Arntson, Chippewa county
Seventh district.
John A. Keyes, Duluth-Eighth dis i.
trict.
M. J. Daily, Otter Tail county
Ninth district.
1t was decided that an address to
the voters OF the state should be pre-
pared and given as great circulation
as possible. 1t was the expressed de-
sire OF the convention that at least
three meetings be held in the state,
and that the presidential nominee,
Hon. Thos. E. Watson, be prev allied
upon to come to the state. 1t was de-
cided to wage as good fight for the
electoral ticket as the resources would
permit.
The convention decided that no state
ticket be placed in the field this year,
the vote for Watson and Tibbles be-
ing sufficient to hold the party in legal
existence and to place it in excellent
trim to enter the contest of 1906. No
attempt was made to endorse the can
didates of any other party.
Mr.. Lawson was reelected chair
man of the state committee for another
term of two years. Mr. Meighen,