Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01

past. present, and future. We cor
daily invite the young voters to
study their past. view their present
and they can then intelligently judge
as to the future.
RESOLVED FURTHER: That
in State matters we endorse the two
cent fare and the freight reduction
laws, also the anti-pass law enacted
by the present legislature.
To the Attorney General of the
State we pledge our hearty endorse
ment Of the litigation to enforce the
freight reduction act.
We endorse the creation of a per-
manent tax commission.
We. favor a tonnage tax on the
output of the great iron mines in
the northern part of the State.
We favor joint action on the part
of the State and general government
to conserve our natural resources,
having particularly in view refor-
estration.
1--WE believe that the liquor traf-
tic is a crime producing institution,
an enemy to home, church, and
state, and we earnestly request that
our senator and representative use
every honorable means to enact
county Local Option law.
"We demand the exercise of strict
economy in the expenditure of pub
lie moneys with view to reducing
the burdens of taxation.
"We favor the enactment Of lib
eral pension law for the benefit of
citizen soldiers and their wives who
during the bloody Sioux Outbreak
in 1862 defended the frontier.
1--WE favor the liberal expenditure
Of public moneys for practical edu-
cational purposes, of which we men
tion manual, industrial and arig-
cultural instruction and training.
.'RESOLVED: That the chairman
Of this convention after ccnsulta-
tion with the Republican County
and Legislative candidates who shall
receive a nomination at the primary
election on September Is, 1908, shall
appoint County Central Committee
of one member from each voting
precinct in the county. This Gen.
trail Committee shall at once be con-
vened by the first named member
and they shall elect proper officers
and an executive committee Of seven
members. Said Executive Commit
tee shall proceed to establish an or
ganization in every precinct.
"RESOLVED: That the delegates
elected at this convention to the
State Convention are hereby in
structed to act as a unit on all ques-
tions coming before them in their
capacity as delegates.
The resolutions were, of course,
ready made by Feig, but the COM
mittee took the liberty to make
the Local Option plank more en-
phatic than the original had it, Feig
having disposed of that subject in
one line.
Henry Feig then moved that the
convention proceed to the election
of delegates to the state convention
and that four delegates be given to
Willmar and the other ten to the
county outside Of the city. A sug-
gestion was made that the Willmar
delegates be selected one from each
ward. Feig accepted the sugges-
tion. Another suggestion that the
delegation from each ward in the
city select the delegate from the
ward was accepted by Feig in the
same gracious spirit, and the mo-
ton prevailed. The following DEL
egates were thereupon elected:
L. 0. Thorpe, A. E. Rice, J. F.
Millard and Henry Stenson, Will
mar; VIM. Rieff, Harrison; A. H.
Rosenquist, Raymond; B. F. Kuche-
man, Spicer; Clarence johnson, St.
Johns; G. A. Glader, Atwater; j. S.
christensen, Lake Andrew; c. E.
Monson, New London; C. E. john
son, Lake Elizabeth; Ben Halvorson,
Arctander; S. H. Stauffer, Burbank.
There was no opposition to any,
one named until it came to the last
place, when three names were placed
in nomination-Stauffer, w. A.
Strand and Frank A. Nelson. The
ballot resulted as follows: Stauffer,
Is; Strand, 4; Nelson, 80.
The convention thereupon ad.
journed.
The convention was undoubtedly
the most orderly and decorous gath
ering Of its kind ever held in the
county. There was no cheering or
other unseemly outburst of enthu-
siasm to interfere with business.
| No speechmaking was indulged in,
except that Feig &C :asionally took
occasion to explain his motions.
During the time the committees
were at work the delegates quietly
walked out and enjoyed the fresh
air to be ready to stand the ''hQt
air" in the resolutions.
i While there was no mention of
gubernatorial candidates at any
; time, it was perfectly understood