The Redwood gazette., 1936-04-23
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Praising the achievements of
President Roosevelt's administra-
ton and indorsing his policies,
Redwood county Democrats at
their convention Saturday after
noon selected delegates to the
state Democratic rally, pledged to
the support of Joseph Wolf as ma
tional committeeman and to the
nomination of Franklin d. Roose-
welt for a second term. About 75
persons, regarded as an exception
ally large turnout, attended the
meeting held in the city hall.
Support of Wolf was contained
in separate appended resolution.
One of the delegates, Joseph
Zwach of Milroy, raised the ques-
tion as to why the county's repres-
entatives should be bound to the
Staples committeeman whose lead
ership over Minnesota Democrats
rests in jeopardy because of fac
tional difficulty in the party. w.
M. Smith of Redwood Falls, coun-
ty chairman, explained that it was
through Wolf that the county had
obtained it's appointments and fav-
ors, when it encountered adver-
sity from other sources, after
which the rider was adopted.
The convention also condemned
the proposed charging 'in any
manner or form for the public use
of state parks with the exception
of reasonable charge for camp
ing privileges exceeding one day."
This measure was in opposition
to the plan to assess 25 cents for
parking privileges in Ramsey as
well as other state parks. Louis
Sommers of Redwood Falls, in a
brief address, asked that the con-
vention go on record as opposing
the commercializing of the park,
adding that the Farmer-Labor
party had already done so at its
district caucus. The park reso-
luton stated that the parks of the
state were obtained through the
efforts of the people and their
money for their benefit and enjoy
ment.
Mr.. Smith was named delegate
-at-large and chairman of the del
egation of 25. Twenty-Five alter
mates were also chosen, with Mrs.
T. F. Reed, Sr. of Redwood Falls
as alternate delegate-at-large. The
state convention was held Tuesday
in st. Paul.
The delegates were Anton Mat
son, Morgan; William Rogers,
Delhi; Joseph Zwach, Milroy;
Tony Kramer, Lucan; James Gaff-
ney, North Redwood; Miss Aagot
Omtvedt, Belview; Andrew Tauer,
Morgan; Henry Kramer, Walnut
Grove; George Phillips, Redwood
Falls; John Pietig, Morgan; Victor
Bernardy, Wanda; M. H. Sanda-
ger, Swedes Forest; Dave McCon-
nell, Vesta; Otto Franta, Wabas-
so; Mrs. Florence Welch, Milroy;
n. E. Letter, Willow Lake; Pat
Kelly, Milroy; Mrs. Tom Matson,
Belview; T. F. Reed, Sr., Redwood
Falls; C. A. Lauterbach, Redwood
Falls; Ed Dunlevy, Redwood
Falls; Nels Ryerson, Redwood
Falls: Mic Heiderscheidt, Morgan
and Nick Dederich, Wanda.
Alternates were Louis Pankratz,
Morgan: John Hobbs, Delhi; Hen
ry Ludwig, Milroy; John Zeug, Lu-
can; Ed Spiering, North Redwood;
Tom Matson, Belview; H. F. Hop
fenspirger, Morgan; Tom Master
son, Walnut Grove; Henry Fang
man, Redwood Falls; John Helget,
Morgan; Tom j. Kirby, Belview;
August Abraham, Swedes Forest;
Jake Schroeder, Vesta; Peter P.
Kragh, Wabasso; w. A. Welch,
Milroy; Charles Reed, Milroy;
Mrs. August Abraham, Belview;
Rud Stensvad, James A. Baikie,
Mike Lauterbach, Mrs. James A.
Baikie and Mrs. C.. A. Lauterbach,
all of Redwood Falls; Frank He'll
ing, Morgan and K. T. Borte,
Wanda.
Mr.. Smith called the convention
to order, following which Otto
Flom was elected convention
chairman and C. A. Lauterbach
was named secretary. Flom NAM
ed T. F. Reed, Jr., Mr.. Smith and
N. R. Ryerson of Redwood Falls,
Mrs. Welch and Mr.. Mcconnell to
the resolutions committee and
Tom Arnett, Sr., Mike Lauterbach
and N. R. Ryerson and Henry
Kramer of Walnut Grove to the
credentials committee.
Following a suggestion by Otto
Franta of Wabasso that county
Democratic offices be distributed
throughout the county, Rud Stems
vad of Redwood Falls was elected
county chairman for the ensuing
year; Tom Masterson of Walnut
Grove, vice-chairman; c. A. Lau-
terbach was reelected secretary;
Tony Kramer of Lucan, treasurer;
Pat Kelly of Milroy, state commit
teeman and Mrs. Welch, commit
lteewoman.
Stensvad, in taking over the
Craftsmanship, commented that ne
texpected to see a greater landslide
for Roosevelt than in the 1882
election. Two Of the county's old
est Democrats, John w. Lauter-
bach, Sr., "a, of Redwood Falls and
William Rogers of Delhi, father
of County Auditor Ira r. Rogers,
were called upon to say a few
words.
Contrasting conditions before
the Roosevelt administration and
after its inception the IL point
platform commended results the
Democratic party has brought