The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-09-21
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVEN.
TION IN SEPTEMBER, 1902.

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Louis county was held at the city hall
Wednesday afternoon, Sept. %, 1892,
for the purpose of joining in ticket
with the Peoples party, thereby
cleaning out the county ring" then
in possession of the old brick court
house at the corner of Second street
and Sixth avenue East.
Fred L. Ryan, who then had bright
dreams of going to congress some
day, called the convention to order
and then read the call.
C. P. Maginniss put forward
Charles Mcnamara of Tower for tenn
porary chairman, but he declined
By unanimous vote Thomas e. Bowen
was chosen. A. S. Wilson was Sc
lected for temporary secretary.
C. P. Maginniss, William F. Henry,
James Hart, James Murray and S. c..
Murphy were named as a committee
on credentials. Their report entitled
the following to seats in the conven-
ton, viz:
Duluth-James Sullivan, Charles
G. Miller, J. H. Davis, Horace Mi
chaud, Andrew Marshall, John Mar
shall, J. Adam Bede, John Hallorau,
Martin Sorenson, William Mckay,
James Murray, Thomas E. Bowen,
Frank M. Thomas, A. N. McGindley,
Fred L. Ryan, James Sargent, Will
liam F. Henry, A. S. Wilson, Aug.
Fitger, John Harvey, James Hayes,
Gus K. Busch, Paddy Doran, W. H.
Brink, Richard Long, J. Kominski,
Alex Sang. William Wolkoviak, S.
Kossiski, A. Nonescky, Emil Apple
hagen, A. Kuchomski
West Duluth-E. H. Hall, S. c.
Murphy, Peter Gilley, c. C. Crosse.
L. l.. Aune, Louis Haley, M. P. Doyle,
w. J. Wallace.
Fond du Lac-Charles Casper.
New Duluth-C. Mcintyre.
Oneota-P. o. Nobin.
Ely-David Brown, U. S. G.. Nc
Mahon.
Tower-Charles Mcnamara, H.
Gilmark, M. F. Marion.
Soudan-James Harrington; Will
liam Colson, Fred Pengilly, j. E.
Redmond, James Maloney.
The temporary organization was
made permanent and then nomina-
tions for sheriff were in order.
j. Adam Bede nominated Richard
Long.
"Is he a Democrat?" inquired
Charles Mcnamara.
"Well, yes, he was born DEM
ocrat," replied Bede. "Some of US
have become Democrats, you know,
but Mr.. Long was born one"
Other nominees were Simon Clark,
John Kenna, Robt. Kennedy, Theo.
M. Helinski, Emil Applehagen, L. X.
McChesney and James Hart. The
informal ballot was as follows, viz:
Long, %; Clark, TO-; Kenna, 5;
Kennedy, 5; Emil Applehagen, 1
McChesney, 1, and Hart, /.
The next ballot gave Simon Clark
% Long IL, Helenski and John
Kenna 5. Clark's vote was greeted
with cheers and then he arose and
positively declined to stand as a can
didate.
The fourth ballot decided the mat
ter. Long got 80, Charles Budden 7,
with 4 scattering. On motion of
Henry F. Greene, Richard Long was
declared the nominee of the conven-
ton.
For register of deeds, on motion
of Henry F. Greene, Herman Han
sen, the nominee of the Peoples
party, was made the choice of the
Democratic convention.
On motion of A. N. McGindley, A.
F.. Rudolph, also the nominee of the
Peoples party, was nominated by the
Democrats.
On motion of G. P. Maginniss,
Emil Olund was nominated for coun-
ty treasurer. Henry F. Greene NOM
mated Charles o. Baldwin for county
attorney. The nomination was re-
ceived with great applause and Mr..
Baldwin was made the choice of the
convention by reclamation.
1t took two ballots to nominate
county surveyor. Thomas F. Nc
Calvary won over Quincy A. Thomas
by a vote of 81 to %.
Miss Ida B. Earhart, then prin-
cipal of the Jefferson school, was
given the nomination for superintend-
ent of county scho s.
Phineas Aver was given the GUS
tomary nomination for judge of pro-
bate.
After G. w. Davis withdrew his
name the nomination for coroner fell
to DR.. Fullerton.
Messrs. A. N. McGindley, H. F.
Greene, Charles Mcnamara and
Frank NJ. Thomas were appointed
committee to select Is delegates to
the judicial convention. Their selec-.
tons were:
John Rustgard, Alfred Jaques, A.
E. McCordic, j. L. Washburn, A. N.
McGindley, George F. Chester, John
M. Martin, A. H. Crassweller, ]. C.
Hollembeck. Morris Thomas, Simon
Clark, F. w. Paine, A. S. Wilson,
Henry Truelson, E. H. Hall and John
G. Brown. -'
A committee embracing E. H. Hall,
E. Applehagen, ]. A. Bede, A. Fit
ger, Simon Clark, C. P. Maginnis, NJ.
F. Marion, James Sullivan, ]. H. Da-
Wis and L. L. Aune selected delegates
to- the legislative convention as fol-
lows, viz:
Martin Sorenson Morris Thomas