The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-05-16

instructed to use their best efforts to |
secure the election of state and dis
trict delegates to the Chicago con-
vention who would employ all honor
able means to secure the nomination
of Theodore Roosevelt as president.
At this juncture Roosevelt's name
was enthusiastically cheered.
The convention then adjourned.
After adjournment the two delega-
tions met and organized when j. E.
Cooling and w. S. Freeman were
elected chairmen of the district and
state delegations respectively.
Part of the Sank Centre delegation
made the trip to St. Cloud and back
by train, the rest going by auto.
The Melrose delegation did not APP
pear, owing to the fact that an auto
in which they started broke down.
The caucuses
Sank Centre gave the Colonel mag
nificent support. The caucuses, held
Saturday from to 8 p. M, resulted
in solid Roosevelt delegation of 8.
Forty-eight votes were cast in the
city, Of which 43 were for Roosevelt,
3 for LaFollette, and two for Taft.
Sixteen votes were polled in the first
ward, one of which was irregular,
being a second ward ballot. OF
the other Afsaen La Toilette had one,
hss the names Of the delegates which
were written in were the three Roose-
Welt delegates. In the second ward
there were 80 votes cast, Of which
Roosevelt received 20, LaFollette
| 2 and Taft 3. The Sank Centre del,
egation elected W as:
First ward-Wm. Pangburn, A. J
Powers, A. NJ. Welles.
/ Second ward Geo. Fish, =. A
Richards, Gary niehl, R 3: Hansen
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=. Marshall.
In the first ward VIM. Pangburr
was elected chairmen of the caucus
N. D. Aygarn clerk, G. S. Allen and
A. M. Welles judges.
In the second ward Geo. Fish was
elected chairman, Cary Diehl clerk
Jas. A. Norris and J. B. Fourniel
judges.
The interest taken in the caucuses
surpassed anything ever before wit.
messed at Sank Center caucuses. The
attendance was a record breaker.
The Roosevelt strength was no sur.
prise to those who had followed the
situation closely, and showed that
the straw vote taken by The Herald
some weeks ago was just about as
near the actual condition of things as
co; Il be estimated, As a matter 81
fact, though, the Roosevelt strelI.ss Ln
was greater at the caucuses than it
was on the straw vote. There was 50
little Taft sentiment as to be negli-
gible. Some voters who had been La.
Toilette men came over to the Roose.
velt ranks, as they recognized that
the Colonel was by far the stronger
man to support.
After the caucuses had closed and
the votes had been counted the dele
gates met and organized by electing
A. NJ. Welles chairman Of the delega-
tion. They also voteafto work first,
last and all the time for the selection
of Roosevelt delegates to the district
and state conventions and to put
forth their best endeavors to secure
proper representation from Sank Gen.
tire on those delegations and on the
committees in the convention.
Before adjourning the delegates re-
ceiyed the glad tidings that Paynes-
vile had thosen solid Roosevelt del
egation of S, that Roosevelt had II
out of "a of the St. Cloud delegation
and that there was no doubt that the
Roosevelt men would easily control
the county convention.
Convention Notes
A. w. Austin of Sank Centre made
a very efficient secretary.
The quartet from Kimball was
composed of bright, intelligent hust-
lers. They were solid for Teddy"