The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-24
DEMOS CONCLUDE
COUNTY MEETING
ELECTED DELEGATES TO
TWO CONVENTIONS
Resolutions Are Strong of Fault
Finding; Only One of Con
structive Character Is That
Asking Return of Old Con
vention System; Session Con-
cludes With Vocabulary Cere-
mony.

Democratic delegates at the
county convention in session at the
city hall yesterday voted unanim-
ously to indorse the candidacy of
any service men for any Office,
providing their Qualifications are on
par with those of any other candi-
date in the field. During the entire
convention there were no indorse-
ments of any individual candidaci-
es except Frank ]. Mahowald for
county commissioner, and the only
other resolution passed of a con-
structiye nature was for the abol-
ishment of the present primary sys-
tenn and for the return OF party
lines in election and nomination of
state and county officers.
Officers for the county committee
who will serve for two years were
elected by the convention which
placed John E. Regain in office as
county chairman. Henry Leonard
was elected secretary and H. l.
Champin, treasurer. Other commit
teemen Will be chosen later.
Democrats Elect Delegates
Delegates to the state and dist
rict conventions were elected yes
tenday as a part OF the regular bus
mess Of the convention. They are
as follows, the state list the first
in order:
Delegates at-large- L. Com
stock, John G.. Wise, and Charles
r. Taylor, Mankato. --,s.-s..
First Commissioner distr1ct-Jui
nus Reinsberger, j. D.. Sullivan OF
Madison Lake, and Joseph Kern OF
Mankato township.
Second Commissioner district H.
c. Kroon, P. II. McGEaW, J. E. Re
gan, Al Kircher, e. v. Waters, X.
E Brown, T. J. Mahowald, L. l..
Champiin, o. N. Hatcher, e. P. KEEL
ley and c. o. Daily, Mankato.
Third Commissioner distTict-E-
liot Epson. George w. Champlin
and Lous Neessen, Lake Crystal.
Fourth Commissioner district
Charles Chamberlain, and Mrs. Yes
Ia Armstrong, Amboy;i William Just
Rapidan; and George Richardson,
Garden City.
Fifth Commissioner district
Pierce Norton, Carrie Bachtel, w.
G. Borehert and W. aGrefner OF
Mapleton and Charles Hertzberg
Of Good Thunder.
District Democratic Delegates
First district Mat Sanger, Lime
township; Charles Doran, William
MCCARTHY, Madison Lake; Waiter
OBrfen, st. Clair; Arthur Quinn,
Madison Lake.
second distrset-c. o: Daily, H.
r. Leonard, Grace Anderson. G.
Nachbar, William Schultz, J. : d.
Duane, Mira Sarah Kendall.
Third district-Be-t Cole. L. W.
vid E. Bowen, Lake Crystal.
Fourth district George Kfeth,
Amboy; H. C. Krans, Vernon Cen
ter; Paul Kunh, Rapidan; Charles
E. Gilman, Garden City George
Richardson, Garden City and w. II.
Dennison, Amboy. - - ~
Fifth dkstrict-Paal McGuiggan,
H. Pagel, O.. X. Olson and Waiter
Pagenkopf, Mapleton.
After the meeting had finished
all stated business, delegates called
upon County Chairman Regain for
some remarks anent the prospects
of the party in the state and nation.
MIR. Regain harangued the repub-
hcan party. from the president on
down the line and asserted that In
no case had the party carried out
the promises made IN the campaign
in 1920. He criticised President
Harding for his activities stating
that the only times his name APP
peared in public print was In ac-
count of golf match or pictures
showing him carrying a prize
poodle to a dog show"
Concerning Governor Preus OF
this state, Mr.. Regain said that the
one aim of the governor lis the
building OF a state machine that
will prove fmpregnab3e to all at
tacks. He ATTACKED the proposed
state constaoRlary as a means for
frrthertng political aspirations ami
found fault with many other &C
tiyities of the state administration
The convention was adjourned
after an expression OF harmony and
good win all around and after Mr..
Regan had expressed his opinion
that James Carfey OF Pfafnview
would be a winning candidates in