The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-03-26
District Convention Took
Action Late In Day
0RATORY GIVEN CHANGE
Some Fireworks Were Stirred
Up Toward the End of GO.
p. Convention
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Progressing with the smoothness
OF clock work. the second district re-
publican convention did not strike n
snag until il came to the question of
either sending its delegates to the
national convention at Chicago in
structed or uninstructed. Ii was then
that DR.. ]. w. Andrews Of this city
delivered bolt Of tightening out OF
the sunny skies OF the meeting by
standing out alone for the Endorsement
OF Governor r. o. Lowden for presi-
dent. against the other six members of
The resolutions committee who went
on record unreservedly for General
Leonard Wood.
This was the signal for the intro
duction of the old time enthusiasm,
which in former years had featured
republican conventions. Everybody
was up on the tiptoes in a minute.
After the reading OF the report of the
committee on resolutions recon-
mending the Endorsement of General
Leonard Wood as 4 candidate for the
presidency. Dr. Andrews said that
he had minority report TO offer in
regard to instruction Of delegates to
the national convention. In his re-
port, in which he was the only mem
Der of the committee to concur, DR..
Andrews said that believing in the
administrative ability of Governor
Frank o. Lowden of Illinois, that he
would move the Endorsement OF the
chief executive Of that state as the
most capable man for the presidency.
and would instruct the delegates
the national convention 10 vote for
Governor Lowden.
Motion to Uninstruct.
The Offering of the two resolutions
turned the meeting into one of fric-
tion at once. 4 motion was offeret
10 send the delegates to Chicago un-
instructed, owing TO the fact that the
two men selected TO represent the
district, were men of integrity and
their Judgment could be depended
upon. Some OF the delegates pres
ent stood out boldly for General
Leonard Wood. Other delegates who
had seen service in the Civil war
cited instances Of where army Of
feers had been elected to the presi-
sdency and had given their country
excellent service. One man whose son
had seen service in the St. Mihiel
drive in the World war said that
General Wood should receive the in
dorsement OF the convention, and he
should be elected to the presidency TO
Offset the humiliation OF not being
sent overseas in command of the
American Expeditionary forces. Mo-
tons and cross motions were propOs-
ed so rapidly that the meeting was
soon enmeshed in parliamentary
tangle, which Judge Frank Clague
was called upon to untangle.
A. o. Moreaux, in order TO pour oil
on the troubled waters of the con-
vention, said that he would suggest
THAT the delegates to the national
convention 60 uninstructed.
Howard For instruction.
C. T. Howard of Pipestone was
very outspoken in his defense of
General Lenard Wood. He said that
the American Legion of Pipestone
are to man for General Wood, and
the county will go six to one for
that candidate 'Let us not be COW =
ards and pass the buck but stand pat
and assert our democracy by send
ing our delegates 10 the national con-
vention Instructed for Wood. II was
because we forgot to assert this de-
Mocracy and have the courage to ex-
press our convictions openly that we
have at the present day a democrat
ic administration" said Mr.. Howard.
The situation finally simmered to a
vote by county as TO whether the
delegates would go instructed or not.
The vote by county was as follows
those wishing to send the delegates
instructed voting yes and those op-
posed voting no.
Blue Earth county, fourteen yes
and one no q. w. Andrews). Brown
county eight yes and one no: Martin,
no; Murray, no; Mobiles, seven yes
and four no; Cottonwood, no; Wat
onwan, six yes and three noes, Rock,
yes; Redwood three yes, nine noes;
Pipestone no; Lincoln, one yes and
eight noes; Jackson, no. Total neg
alive votes, IS. affirmative, 40.
1t was then decided to take a vote
by counties as to the choice of a
candidate for the presidency. This
vote resulted as follows: .-
Blue Earth county, fifteen for Low
den; Brown, six for Wood and three
for Lowden; Martin, fourteen for
Wood; Murray ten for Wood; Mobiles
seven for Wood and four for Low
den; Cottonwood, unanimous for
'Lowden 10 votes; Faribault, fifteen
for Wood; Watonwan, six for Lowden
fonr for Wood; Rock, ten for Low
den; Redwood eleven for Wood and
one for Lowden; Pipestone nine for
Wood; Lincoln, eight for Wood and
one for Lowden; Jackson eleven for
Wood. Total for Wood, 81 for Low
den, so.
This vote was taken as an en-
dorsement of Wood, and the delegates
TO- the national convention will go so
instructed. =,
e.; For Presidential EIeetor.
On motion of Mr.. Lindquist of
Fulda. Robert w. Terry of Slayton
was placed in nomination as a presi.
Dental elector. Following this G.. M.
Bendixon Of Redwood county placed
in, nomination Dr. George B. 'Weiser
OF, New Ulm. This latter nomination
was seconded by Phil Leisch or New
Ulm, who stated that DIR. Weiser had
played the game as a true blue Amer.
lean under adverse circumstances
throughout the war in a community
where II took fle stauncheSt of nat