Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-06
GREENBACK MOVEMENT.
The Third District Greenbac1;ers tn Con.
gentiOu.

yesterday afternoon at Workingmens hall.
The convention was called to order by n. G..
Martin reading the call. G. 81. Mccarthy, of
Ramsey county, was elected chairman and
" P. Kennedy, of Meeker, secretary. The del
egates who were present then sent in their
| names, and consisted of the following:
Hennepin county-James German, Edward
Cranlsie, Vim. Gregg, Geo. Brown, Frank De-
laney, T.. FL. Merithew, Simon LYONS. F. G..
Clark, Peter Corney. A. P. Lane. G. B. @.
| Dougherty, VIM. Blaisdell, Jacob Kesler.
Samuel Sydiard, VIM. Krechet, Emil Shagre. e.
A. hudson, John McGurk, G. W. Curtis T. s.
Meeker county-A. p Ormsdorff, E. P. Peter
son, n G. Martin, G. F. Dortt s. Y Gordon,
Patrick Casey, V. P. Kennedy, Fred. r. Hawley'
ramsey county,. p. Muniford, Jacob
Nellie, Jacob Dillon, B. A. Froisett, James
starkey, G. 3. Stanley G. NJ. MCCARTHY.
Washington county-R. Jones, G. NJ. Bailey.
d. A. Kent, E. Ayres, = Waters.
Anoka county-M. d. Laphan, J. ". McKen-
ney, Il. 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 a committee of five ON permanent
| organization: N. c. Martin, d. c. Fisher. q. NJ.
bailey T.. A. Hodgson, John McGurk
committee OF two from each county was
appointed on resolutions, consisting of E.
Ayers, = JONES' Washington; III. Holton, j. W..
Mckinney, Anoka; Z. Cramsie, VIM. Blaisdeli,
=; ". Curtis, VIM. Gregg Hennepin; N. G.
James Starkey, G. 3. Stanley Ramsey; ]. Don
nelly, Stearns.
Ihe committee on permanent organization
reported that the temporary organization be
the permanent one with the addition of
Thomas A: Clark as Sec'y and Fl. w. Henon as
vice-president. Report adopted.
The committee on resolutions reported the
following resolutions:
The National Greenback Labor party of the
third Congressional district of the State of
Minnesota, In mass convention assembled re-
| affirm the Toledo platform of the National
dreenback party and hereby declares itself to
De independent Of all old party organizations,
or present sins to atone for, and no clannish
pride or clannish hate to cherish, prescribing
none Tor former atfiliations-now stands ready
to meet all opponents to the following living
issues OF to-day, viz:
tlrst-The repeal of the resumption act.
oec"nd-Ihe abolition of the national bank
| ing system.
| Thrd-The substitution for the national bank
notes OF the notes of the government, made a
| legal tender for all debts and dues to the gov
eminent, including duties on imports, and
from one individual to another, and in quantity
nalltIent IOT Ine wants or trade.
fourth-Ihe payment of all government
bonds IN strict accordance with the original
contracts.
Fifth-The taxation of the rich man prop
| erty as well as the poor mans.
Slxth-The reduction of all salaries from
that OF the President down to and including
county officers.
Seventh-Limiting the Presidential office to
one term.
Eighth adjustment Of all useless
| Offices.
Ninth-Retrenchment in both state and ma
tional expenses.
Tenth-A civil service reform that shall be q
reality and not mockery.
Eleventh-That as labor produces the wealth
OF the nation, it should receive Just, full and
adequate protection against the exactions and
aggresslons OF capital, that the toiling man
may have cause to bless the government which
he sustains by his labor and patriotic devotion.
Twelfth-l'esol,ed, That we especially COM
| mend to that class OF monopolists who accuse
US OF communism and assert that the American
iooorer must make up his mind not to be much
better off than his European brother, the fol
lowing quotations from the first annual mes
| sage of Abraham Lincoln. Labor is prior to
and independent of capital. Capital is only
the FRUIT OF labor, and could never have exist
ed II labor had not first existed. Labor is the
superior of capital and deserves much the high
er consideration. Capital has its rights, which
are as worthy of protection as any other ri hts.
Nor ls 1t denied that there is, and always will
be, relation between labor and
capital producing mutual benefits. No men
living are more worthy to be trusted than those
who toll up from poverty; none less inclined
honestly earned. Let them beware of sur
rendering a political poarer which they already
possess, and which, if surrendered, will surely
| be used to close the door of advancement
against such az they, and to fix new disabili.
ties and burdens upon them, till all Of liberty
shall be lost.
( Thirteenth-Prohibitio of the employment
OF children under IA years Of age in industrial
| establishments, under severe penalties.
Fou,teenth-The contract system of build
| ing public works, and all other methods that
permit speculation upon labor, should be abol-
| lshed.
Resolve7, That we are in favor of the soldiers
and sailors homestead law being so amended as
to remove all unfair and obnoxious restrictions,
SO as to enable the late brave defenders of the
Union, their widows and orphans to become
| t he actual owners of a homestead without price
or cost other than the district land office fees,
thus placing the poor and INDECENT ex-soldier
| affluant comrade.
And, also, we are in favor of all lands belong
ing to the general government being placed in
market, subject to entry or settlement, includ-
ing pine lands.
NOMINATION..
The convention then proceeded to the noni-
nation of candidate for Congress-. Mr..
Ignatius Donnelly and E. A. Cramsie were the
names before the house. Mr.. Cramsie with
drawing. Mr.. Donnelly received the nomiua-
ton, and com mittee of fifteen was appointed
by the chair as an executive committee to fill
vacancies, which consisted of the following:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Messrs. Ayres, Washington county; Kennedy
Meeker county; Stanley, St. Paul; Thornton,
Anoka; Hawley, Meeker; Blaidsdell, Henne-
pin; Cramsie, Hennepin; Lapham, Anoka;
Holton. Sherburne; Froisett, Ramsey; Ma rtin.
Meeker.
Hon. l. Donnelly made a short speech after
his nomination, in which he said that if three
candidates were in the field this fall he would
not stand much show of election. He favored
the appointment of committee of fifteen to
ill vacancies should any occur, or in other
words, if the Democratic convention did not
agree with the Greenbackers' nomination of
himself, there could be some other candidate
nominated by the Greenbackers. He was
ready to step aside and support any man both
parties could agree upon if he was not satifac-
tory,
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