The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-04-09
OF DEMOCRATS
Caucuses Last Evening the
Convention Today
REAL NICE QUIET Time
However, That Old Warhorse
John D.Quane, Attempted to
Start Something


Start Something
From Saturdays Daily. ..
Democratic caucuses held in tn,
various precincts of the city last even
ing were quiet affairs for the mos
part. Only a scattering handful o
votes were cast in a number of tn,
wards. In the first precinct ten votes
were cast and in the fifth but thirteen
No women appeared at the polls IL
any of the wards with the exception
of the fourth. Here the ballotini
was lively throughout the evenin,
and a number of alternates wer,
elected as well as the, regular dele
gates to the county convention today
The Delegates Elected.
Delegates elected in the variou!
precincts of the city were as follows
First Ward-J d. Duane, Joseph
Lyneis, Frank Mettler. III,
Frank Kelly, II. F. Leonard, E. V.
Waters, A. G. Roemer, F. J. Ma
howald, Martin Bowe. .a
Third Waru-John Temple,
Charles Taylor, Ferd G. Hoerr,
Max Wishnick, Glenn Schroeder
and Fred Zimmerman
Fourth Ward-O. M. Hatcher,
L. L. Champlin, r. Z. Brown. W.
G. P. Smith, L. w. Andrist, T. x.
Jones. ~"
Alternates, Jean A. Flitte, Mrs.
J. NJ. Eager. E. P. Kelly, c. ID. OFT,
Orange Little. Mrs. w. G.. P.
Smith. ... .....
Fifth Ward-Quimby Larkin,
John Wise, John Macbeth, Will
liam Schultz, John E. Regan. G.
Sixth Ward-William Polzin,
Louis Lille, Anton Txner.
Open For OrsG7aypur.
Caucuses were ope eight pT
It'll nine o'clock al the evening e
! to the cold weather the number o
voters was less than had been ex
pected. Chairmen in charge OF th'
various precincts of the city were
First precinct, J. d. Duane; secont
precinct. F. j. Mahowald: third pre-
cinct. Charles T. Taylor: fourth pre-
cinct, o. NJ Hatcher; fifth precinct
John Macbeth; sixth precinct, William
Polzin. - a.g,s |.-r t.s.- ae1
The County Convention. !
was called to order by county chair
man, L. L. Champlin in the Eagle.
Hall at 1890 this morning. In call
ing the meeting to order Chairman
Champlin said that this is the frs
time in eight years that the demo
Gratis of the county had met in con
vention. The resumption Of the ole
plan of county conventions instead o.
the primaries. he said. would NEE
with the approval of the party. The
democrats are known as the minority
party in this state, but the question
of whether it is or not will be sub
mitted to the voters of the state. In
the past on several occasions the party
elected such governors as the late
John A. Johnson. w. s. Hammond an6
Alexander Ramsey. Under the con
vention system. Mr.. Champlin said
the best timber in the party can be
drafted into the party service.
Never in the history of the state
has there been such an opportunity
offered for service of the party. He
said that the opposition party is bat
Ting with radicalism and looking for
ward toward the democrats to save
the state from the blighting rule OF
radicals in either party. s.
In closing his address, Mr.. Cham
plin said that whatever action was
reaching effect on the democratic poll
cies in other parts of the state
In the reading of the official call
Mr.. Champlin stated that the con
vention was called for the purpose
of electing thirteen delegates and
thirteen alternates to the state con-
vention to he held at MINNEAPOLIS APP
ril 6. and also to form county com :
mittee.
Following this Charles T. Taylor OF
this city was chosen temporary chair
nan and John Temple. temporary
secretary. Later these elections were
made permanent.
The convention next proceeded to
the appointment of committees.
The committee on credentials con-
sisted of L. L. Champlin, J. e. Regain
and Edward P. Kelley.
Committee on resolutions, v. J.
Greirer. Manleton. !. d. Duane. John
c. Wise and L. w. Andrist of this
citv and w. A. Just Rapidan.
Nominating committee consisting of
one representative from each of the
five commissioner districts of the
county was as follows: J. H. Mac
beth. second district: Matt Sanger,
first district; G.. s. Stone. third dis
trict: Fl. c. Kraus. fourth district;
P. ]. McGuiggan, fifth district.
John Duane Created Ripple.
The convention was marked by
complete harmony with the execution
of slight Jolt delivered by 7. j..
Duane. who took executions to o. M.
Hatcher's suggestion for the appoint-
nent of nominating committee Mr..
Ouaue was verv orItspoken In stating
that he thought that this plan was
"trn cut and dried"
"Mr Chairman" said Mr.. Duane.
Eve are all democrats and we do not
want to delegate the appointment of
the delegates to one man. I want to
tell Won right here that IL knew that
these were the tactics to be used
would not have come up here to
waste my time. II Is too much Of a
cut and dried affair for me-"
Mr. Hatcher was quick to assure
Mr.. Duane that this was far from his
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