The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-12
GREENBiCK MOTEMENT.
The Third District Creenbackers in Con.
vention.

VSUltOOs
The Greebackers of the third dis
riot met yesterday afternoon al
Workmens hall. The convention
was called to order by n. C. Martin
reading the call. G.. M. Mccarthy, Of
Ramsey county, was elected chairman
and V. P. Kennedy, of Meeker, sec
rotary. The delegates who were
present then sent in their names, anC
consisted Of the following:
Hennepin lcounty-James German
Edward Cramsie. VIM. Gregg. Geo
Brown, Frank Delaney, L. II. Meri
thew, Simon Lyons, F. C. Clark
Peter Corney. A. p. Lane, c. B. C
Dougherty, VIM. Blaisdell. jacob
Kesler, Samuel Sydiard, VIM. Krechet
Emil Shagre, E. A. Hudson, JOhi
McGurk, c. w. Curtis. T. $. Meri
thew.
Meeker county-A. 2. Ormsdorff
E. 7. Peterson, n. c.. Martin, C. F
Dortt, S. Y. Gordon, Patrick Casey
V. p. Kennedy, Fred. r. Hawley.
Ramsey county,. p. Muniford
Jacob Meile, Jacob Dillon. 3. A
Froisett. James Starkey. G.. B. Shan
ley. c. NJ. Mccarthy.
" ashington county-R. Jones. G.
M. Bailey, ID. \. Kent, E. Ayres,-
Waters.
Anoka county-M. d. Lamphan.
j, w. Mckinney, r. Thornton, J. w.
Scott
The secretary read the names of
the delegates and they were adopted
as delegates who were entitled to vote
in convention.
The chairman then appointed the
following gentlemen as a committee
of five OH permanent organizations; n.
c. Martin, ID. C. Fisher, G. M. Bailey,
E. A. nodgson, John McGurk.
a committee of two from each
county was appointed on resolutions,
consisting of E. Ayers,-Jone Wash
ington; II. Holton, J. w. Mckinney,
Anoka; +. Cramsie, VIM. Blaisdell.
c. W. Curtis, VIM. Gregg. Hennepin
N. G.. Martin, j. w. Gordon, Meeker;
b. A. Eroisett, James Starkey, c. Il.
Stanley, Ramsey; J. Donnelly,
Stearns.
The committee on permanent
organization reported that the tenn
porary organization be the permanent
one with the addition Of Thomas 4.
Clark as Sec'y and II. w. Henon as
vice-president. Report adopted.
The committee on resolution re-.
ported the following resolutions:
The National Greenback Labor
party of the Third Congressional dis
trict of the State of Minnesota. in
mass convention assembled, reaffirm
the Toledo platform of the National
Greenback party and hereby declares
itself to be Independent of all old
plrty organizations. and truly
national in its purposes, with no past
or present sins to atone for, and no
clannish pride or clannish hate to
cherish prescribing none for former
affiliatlOns-nOw stands ready to
meet all opponents to the following
living issues of to-day, viz:
First-The repeal of the resumption
act.
SecOnd-The abolition of the natio-
nal banking system.
Third-The substitution for the
national bank notes of the notes of
the government, made a legal tender
for all debts and dues to the govern
iuCul, I'LL NuliCS VII BOl 10
AMI from one individual to another
and in quantity sufficient for the wants
of trade.
Fourlh-The payment of all govern
ment bonds in strict accordance with
the OF iginal contracts.
Fifth-The taxation of the rich
man s property rs well as the poor
mans
Sixth-The reduction of all salaries
from that of the President down to
and including county officers,
Seventh--Limiting the Presidential
flee to one term.
Eight-The adjustment of all
useless offices.
--Ret,enchment in both state
and national expenses.
Tenth--A civil service reform that
shall be Il reality and not a mockery.
Eleventh-That as labor produce
the wealth of the nation. it should
receive just. full and adequate pro-
lection against the eXactions and az
gressionS OF capital, that the toiling
man may have cause to bless the
government which he sustains by his
labor and patriotic devotion.
Tweltth--Resoired. That we espe-
cially CONN end to that class of mo-
nopoliSts who accuse us of commu-
nism and assert that the American
laborer must make up his mind not to
be much better off than his European
brother. the following quotations
from the first annual message of
Abraham Lincoln. Labor is prior
to and independent of capital. Capt.
tai is only the fruit of labor and could
never have existed if labor had not
first existed. Labor is the superior
of capital and deserves much the
higher consideration. Capital has its
rights. which are as worthy of pro-
lection As any other rights. Nor is it
denied that there is. and always will
be. Il relation between labor and CAPT
tai producing mutual benefits. No
men living are more worthy to he
trusted than those who toll up from
poverty. none less inclined to take or
touch aught which they have not
earnestly earned. Let them beware
of surrendering political power
which they already possess and when,
if surrendered, will surely be used to
close the door of advancement agains,
such as they. and to fix new disahili