The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-08-05


Folk said that he expected to be in
when he would help to elect the can
didates that would be nominated by
the convention.
When the report of the committee
on resolutions had been read by Sen
ator Works more trouble began. Pro
fessor Anderson offered his motion
for the county option plank "as advO-
Gated by that jewel Of Democracy, w.
j. Bryan, at the Nebraska state con-
vention'' Standing on chair the
professor insisted on being heard amid
the widest yels to "sit down" and
tout of order" 1t was finally referred
to the committee on resolutions,
which laid it on the table after min
ute's deliberation Then the platform
was adopted as reported by the COM
mittee.
The nomination of candidates was
declared TO be the next business be-
fore the convention A demand for a
roll call of the counties was made and
Aitkin gave way to ST. Louis. John
JCilo WOlQ vi buiulht wiz leid DCCh
frequently mentioned as the possible
nominee for governor, took the plat
form and was greeted with tremen-
dous cheering. Mr.. Jenswold said
that with such man as he intended
to place before the convention the
rights Of the people were sure to be
protected and the special privilege
evil certain to be extirpated Then
he presented the name of John Lind.
inspiring Scene Followed.
An inspiring scene of cheering and
shouting followed especially partici-
pated in by the country delegates.
The men from Ramsey and Hennepin
kept quiet. otherwise there would
have been an inevitable stampede to
Lind Anoha county next seconded
the nomination. This was followed
by Becker, Beltrami and Benton,
whose delegates were so anxious to
have Lind declared the nominee that
they tried to vote right then and
there j. NJ. Freeman of olivia at
this juncture almost took the Twin
City delegates off their feet by NOV
ing to have the nominations closed st.
Louis was prompt to take advantage
of the opportunity and that delega-
ton seconded the motion. On yea
and nay vote the chair decided that
Mr. Lind was the nominee for gov
ernor, although the Twin City delega-
tons vOciferously yelled mo" After
a motion to make the nomination
unanimous had been seconded Sen
ator Stockwell of Minneapolis attempt
ed to make a speech from the plat
form in order to convince the conven-
ton that Mr.. Lind would not accept
the nomination. A point of order by
E. A. Stevens, that Mr.. Lind had al
ready been declared the nominee of
the convention, was declared to be
well taken. Mr. Winston of Mime
apolis next endeavored to persuade
the convention that Mr. Lind would
not accept the nomination and he
urged the delegates to not act hastily
until they could get in communication
with the ex-governor and ascertain
whether or not he would consent to
be the party's standard bearer Dan
Tel w. Lawler, former mayor of st.
Paul, next took the platform and said:
There is not man here who is
not in favor of the nomination and
election of John Lind. However, in
view of his repeated assertion that he
would not accept the nomination we
would no To al 1oc
we received from Mr.. Lind his I'M
qualified acceptance of the nomination
before this convention adjourns"
Mr. Lawler then moved that com
mittee Of three be appointed by the
chair to telegraph Mr.. Lind at Port
land, Ore, and learn if he would ac-
cept the nomination, the convention
to take a recess until p. m. to await
a reply.
This course was strenuouSly op-
posed by J. M. Freeman of Olivia. who
insisted that Mr.. Lind was already
the nominee of the convention and it
would be useless to waste any more
time on the matter Mr. LAWYERS
motion was defeated and the original
motion to declare Mr.. Lind the unani-
nous choice of the convention was
carried with only a few dissenting
votes.
Other Candidates Nominated.
The nomination of candidates for
all the other state offices was then
taken up. Only one name was present
ed for each Office, with the exception
of Judges O'Brien and Snow for the
supreme court All were nominated
by reclamation. Judges G. L. and
Philip E. Brown, two of the candi-