The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-05-30
.MffIlNG OF DENIS
Convention of Stearns County
faithful Held Wednesday
DECLARE TOR WILSON
Have Fight For Organization and
Instruct Delegation to Sup
port Woodrow Wilson

A democratic convention without
a fight would be an anomaly.
The Stearns county democratic con.
vention at St. Cloud Wednesday was
no anomaly.
1t was fight from start to finish
with more or less-principally more
oratory thrown in. Sank Centre con-
tributed it's share of the latter, as
Representative Frank E. Minette was
a delegate. DR.. ]. A. Dubois also
held the floor in an imprisoned ap-
peal for Woodrow Wilson,.
The fight was between St. Cloud
factions and the country was drawn
in. Thus history repeated itself, and
DR.. Dubois didn't hesitate to say SO.
Paul Ahles, chairman of the demo.
cratic county committee, called the
Coh'ChOiOii w Oiuci dHu CIICu Tie 1 uIl
began. Fred Schilplin, the main cog
in the ST. Cloud Times-Nordstern
machine. which has ruled Stearns
county democracy for 10 these many
years, nominated Senator J. J. All.
mannfor the same office and after a
long squabble ballot was ordered
and Beaudreau was chosen by vote
of So to 40. Beaudreau took the
chair and made wisely no speech.
Committees on credentials, resolu-
tions and delegates were then named
by the chairman, who'll the lists al
neatly typewriter but couldn't read
them without assistance.
The chair thought it would be a
good thing to have a secretary, sc
John c. Crever of ST. Joseph was
named. On motion of DR.. Du Bots
the temporary organization was made
permanent, and a recess was taken fol-
the credentials committee to do its
work. Upon Resembling the con.
yention listened to and adopted the
credentials committee reports.
| Then came abe chief fireworks Of
the session. The resolutions commit
tee reported short set of resolution:
which endorsed j. d. Kowalkowski o.
st. Cloud for district delegate to thu
Baltimore convention and w, F. Don
ohue of Melrose as:delegate at larg,
to the same gathering. The resolu.
lions instructed the delegation t
vote as a unit.
| At this juncture DR.. Dubois offer
ed an amendment containing an en-
ldorsement of P. NJ. Ringdahl for gov
ernor and instructing the delegates
| for Woodrow Wilson for president
DR.. Dubois spoke in support of hi
resolution and scored the St. Clou(
i factions.
i Fred Schilplin followed with a sub
stitute for the resolutions of the com
mittee and instructing for Wilson
| He accepted as part of his resolution
] that part of the Dubois resolution
endorsing Ringdahl.
! A hot fight ensued during which
Fred Schilplin paced the floor, ap
| pealed for Wilson and showed grea
head for generalship. A motion tt
table the Schilplin resolution stirret
things up and vote was finally tax
en-, Fred explaining that vote t.
table meant vote against Wilson
The roll was called and the delega
lions voted for or against Wilson
Wilson received 81 votes and Clark Is
Schilplin had won and his motion
then went through by unanimou.
vote. This killed the report of the
committee and Jim Bennett ther
made a motion, which carried, en-
dorsing Kowalkowski and Donohue.
An attempt on Schilplin's part t.
secure an endorsement for Fred B
Lynch, as national committeeman
nearly created another riot and FREQ
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