New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-27
Enthusiastic and Harmonious
Meeting at Springfeld.-Reso-
lutions Adopted and Delegates
to State Convention Elected.
Victory Within Grasp of the
Party.

County Committee called the delegates
to order, complimenting them
for the good and satisfactory atten-
dance in spite of the fact that the time
for holding the convention was so very
inopportune. After the reading of the
call, temporary organization was
perfected by the election of August G..
Erickson of Springfield, as temporary
chairman and W. r. Hodges of Sleepy
Eye, as temporary secretary. The
chairman appointed Andrew Stein
metz of MulIigan, Ed. Bertrand OF
Golden and Emil Wicherski of New
Ulm, as committee on. credentials
and Chas. Hauenstein of New Ulm,
Hubert Hillesheim of Stark and John
Eichmann of Springfield, as COM
mittee on permanent organization,
whereupon the convention took a
recess Of ten minutes.
The committee on credentials went
to work Immediately and upon the
re-convening of the delegates sub
mitted their report, showing the
following precincts represented and
the following delegates to be entitled
to seat in the conventions:
New Ulm, LIST Ward: John Schnei-
der, Joseph Smasal, Richard Geisin-
ger, Albert Steinhauser, Henry
Rolwes. William Skinner, Charles
Hauenstein, Hubert Berg, Joseph
Flor and John Sturm. ,.
I'd. Ward: F. W. Johnson, Anton
Bartl, Emil Wicherski, W. H. Demp-
sey, Arnold J. Esser and Nick
Andring.|
3rd. Ward: Andrew J. Eckstein,
Carl P. Manderfeld, S. A. George,
Albert J. Schramm, Henry J. Berg,
Jos. A. Schuster, Christ Filzen Jr.,
H. L. Runck and John A. Arbes.
Sleepy Eye, 1st Ward: August L..
Matter, G. P. Black, A. M. Berg,
John Cutting, Alois Bertrand and
John Hickel.
End Ward: W. R. Hodges, Jesse
Palmer, Peter Geschwind, Charles
Cutting and E. P. Schmitz.
Springfield: VIM. Mueller, August
G. Erickson, John Eichmann, A. c..
Ochs, Albert A. Paffrath and Hugo
Schleuder.
Golden: Ed. Bertrand and Duncan
McPhee.
Stark: Herbert Hillesheim.
Burnstown: J. B. Augustin.
Mulligan: Andrew Steinmetz. Chas.
Neid and Mike Krzmazik.
North Star: Jacob Schmitz.
Before the convention adjourned G.
M. Erickson and Charles Schumacher
of Comfrey appeared in the convention
hall and were duly seated. The re-.
port of this committee and the report
Of the committee on permanent or
ganizatiOn recommending that the
temporary organization be made per-
manent were duly adopted.
Upon motion, the Chairman ap-
pointed A. J. Eckstein, c. P. Black,
G. P. Cutting. A. G.. Ochs and J. B.
Augustin as committee on resolu-
tions. While this committee was
engaged upon its arduous duties,
the delegates were called upon
for short addresses and F. W.
Johnson and W. Fl. Dempsey
graciously responded and gave the
convention very able and entertaining
talks. Both speakers were enthusi-
astic in their remarks as to the out
look for Democratic success at the
polls this fall and in no uncertain
terms took the Republican party to
task for it's failure to live up to it's
pledges contained in their recent plat
forms. Both addresses were we'll
received. The question of selecting
delegates so that all sections of the
county would be represented was then
discussed and a committee of five, one
from each commissioner district was
appointed to submit a plan of selecting
delegates. John Cutting, VIM. Muel-
Ter, Hubert Hillesheim, Christ Filzen
Jr. and Albert Steinhauser consti-
tuted this committee. The committee
on resolutions through it's chairman
stated that it would not be ready to
report until the afternoon session and
invited every one who might have
anything to suggest to the committee
to appear before it. Before adjourn
ment, which was taken till ! p. M, the