The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-13
THE BUNGTOWN LETTERS.
The Proceedings Of the Peo-
pies Convention.
General LeDuc arrives and makes
aspeech about the Presidents
Policy and his traduced
Jack.
ICONTINTED FROM LAST WEEK.

fCONTINTED FROM LAST WEEK.
When the noise caused by the ar
rival of the procession had subsidized,
Col. O'Leary offered the following
resolution:
Resolred, THAI we are in favor of a
reduction Of the salaries Of all the
county officers
This was greeted with applause;
but there was an ominous whispering
among the newly elected officials, and
Johnny Newton rose and remarked,
that as a question Of principle that
was all we'll enough; that they had,
during the last campaign, secured a
good many votes by using that argu-
ment; but that things were thanged
now; they had formerly been the
.outs, now they were the 'ins:
that the principle which was all right
when they we're ssouts' was not APP
plicable to a similar state Of affairs
when they were '.ins: they possessed
most of the offices, and hoped soon to
secure the whole Of them. The cry
of reform is all right until you get
in; then it is proper to go slow and
become conservative. He was sorry
that the worthy gentleman who had
offered the resolution was not re-elect
ed Judge of probate, he was a lawyer
of the highest attainments, "a smile
rippled over the convention.) if he
had been reelected he would proha-
bly, have viewed this question from
different standpoint. (Applause). He
called the attention Of the convention
| to the fact that any one of those pres
ent might be hereafter elected to one
of these county offices. and he thought
| it was not wise to crowd the mourn
ers. Great applause and excitement
They would need funds for campaign
expenditures. (Cheers). They cOuldn, t
always rely upon the dry goods mer-
chants of Hastings, for 500 contribu-
tions. (Groans). He therefore moved
to amend the resolution as follows:
"Resolred; That we are in favor of
4 reduction of the salaries and fees of
the register of deeds ana county treas
urer for two years from the 1st. of
January next.
This amendment was adopted with
out dissenting voice, and the con-
ventiOn breathed easier.
Here an honeSt-looking farmer from
Castle Rock. arose and said:
"Gentlemen of the conventions In
my township there is a good deal OF
complaint against the Peoples Party
on the ground that it is merely col.
lection of sore-heads who want office
1t is claimed that at our last conven
ton there were more candidates than
delegates; and that they were afraid
to pass a single resolution, upon any
important question, lest they should
impair their chances of success. / have
defended the Peoples Party to the
best of my ability from these charges
} l would like to test the sense of this
convention upon this question Of of
fice-seeking. We grangers hold tina
. 1.-The office should seek the man. no
the man. the Office" | want to b,
$ able to 90 back to Castle Rock and sa,
to my friends that this body is reall,
a collection of disinterested patriots
seeking to advance the public welfare
and not hungry set Of place-hunters
, | therefore request that all those pres
ent who are not candidates for offic'
will rise and withdraw to the furthe
end of the ROOM
There was a rush; every man mOve'
o off lively; even Charley Baker. with
. serene and self-sacriicing smile. grab
bed his chair and toddled after them
Such proof of disinterested virtu
never had been witnessed before il
, Dakota county. Bill Tod propose
three cheers: Peter Flicker spran
wildly TO his feet and waved his hat
e and the convention yelled its applause
This, continued the honest farm
er from Castle Rock, This is nobl
: sight. Now want the secretary t
call the roll. and make record 0
t those present. and I want a copy o
: that list and | shall publish it; and t
: prove our sincerity to the Who'll
z world, | now move that no member 0
: this convention shall be a candidat
II for any Office for three years.
!. fla ten gallon keg of gun powder ha
t just then exploded under Dan E.
: store it could hardly have produced
: greater sensation than did this extra
y ordinary proposition. The whole cor
! vention rose up in body. and. wit
a roar like hurricane, rushed on tina