The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-07-24
shall not consent that the interests and
prosperity Of this State be crippled that othe3
may be unjustly fOstered.

Of the public credit. S 3.
1t is for you, gentleman, and the Republ
cans not only OF this district and State, but
the whole country, toanswer at the ballot bo
I'm November next, as to whether these lead
els shall continue to be- trusted and be Al
lowed to controlthe next House Of Repre-
sentatives ~
Ley me urge upon you members of this con
ventlon, representin as you do every count
i IN this district, the necessity of thorough
ana complete organization. Let this be don
surely follow.
l.; Again thanking you Tor this nomination,
teave It with you and the people Of this dis
trict to say whether am worthy of YOU
further confidence.
Second District Democratic COnxression
al Convention.
Pursuant to notice the Second Congress
sional Democratic convention. met a
Shokapee, July 18th, to put IN nomination
a candidate for Congress. J. G. Pierc,
was elected chairman, and Judge O'Lea.y
secretary.
All the counties of the District Wer,
represented except Chippewa, Renville
and Swift. #
The committee on resolutions unani
mously presented the following:
We, the Democracy of the second congress.
sional district of Minnesota, in convention as.
sembled, reaftirm our unshaken fidelity to the
national union, the constitution and the laws.
We congratulate the country upon the final
overthrow of the organized rascality and sys-
tematic misrule, which, in the name of Repuhr
hcanism, and in the form of carpet bagism
Tor the past twelve years has plundered an;.
Impoverished the people Of large section u
our common country. In this assured anu
accepted triumph of the Democratic principles
OF nome rule and the subordination of the
military to the civil power, we hail the prom.
lse Of revived prosperity and honest govern
ment in that part of the Union.
We arraign the Republican party for it's cor.
ruptlon in Office and its unwise legislation, its
dangerous usurpations and its wicked perver.
sion of the popular will as expressed at the
polls. 1t has squandered the public lands
wasted the public funds, and has inaugurated
and maintained an era of corruption unparal
leled in the history of this country. 1t has
prostituted the civil service to the purposes of
personal and partizan gain. 1t has disgraced
us abroad by the ignorance and follies of its
chosen diplomats, while its vacillating foreign
commercial policy has rendered our country
byWord and a reprOach among the nations of
the world. 1t has swept our commerce from
the seas, and destroyed our once powerful navy.
1t has created and subsidized gigantic monopo-
hes;-lt has allied itself with rich corporations
and has burdened the people with unnecessary
ana oppressive taxation. It has used the army
for the purpose of intimidating voters at the
polls, changing the results of elections. and
dispensing State legislatures. To preserve it's
political ascendency it has reasonably defraud.
ed the people of a President lawfully elected.
and has bestowed Offices of honor and profit
upon disreputable men solely as reward fol
their participation in that great crime.
We demand a full investigation of the elec-
toral frauds to the end, that the truth of his
tory may be vindicated, the repetition of such
crimes prevented in the future, and the perpe.
traitors thereof visited with condign punish
ment. - ~
we proclaim our answering confidence in
and devotion to the great cardinal of the Demo
cratic party that that government is the best
which governs the least. AS subsidiary thereto
we declare r.rs.- .-s~r.
First-That free trade-the unrestricted
right of our people to sell IN the highest. and
buy in the lowest markets of the worlds
founded upon wisdom and Justice. It is espe-
cialy adapted to the condition and necessities of
the people of this district, and we are uncondi-
tionally in favor of it's immediate establish
ment as a permanent national policy. .....
Second-That we are opposed to the creation
and existence of monopolies of all kinds; to
subsidies in the interest of private persons and
corporations to all special class legislation; to
sumptuary laws; to extravaganza in public en-
terprises; to the use ofthe army for political
purposes; to the bestowal of public offices as a
reward for partisan services, and to any inter-
ference by government in the manners, GUS
toms and habits of the citizen, when the same
are not inconsistent with the rights of others.
Third-That we favor the immediate curtail-
ment of public expenditures, the reduction of
taxes and the conduct of all pu blic affairs upon
the basis of rigid economy. In this connec-
+ s<1r 49, r
over $3.50, OOO,0 900 in the public expenditures,
achieved in the past four years by the Demo-
cratic House of Representatives. .,..--
Fourth-We demand a thorough revision of
the patent law, to the end that while reason
able compensation is secured to actual in
ventors it shall not be SO excessive as to be
burdensome upon our farming classes and all
who use mechanical inventions.
We condemn the course of the present Rep
resentative in Congress in his corrupt use of
his official patronage to secure his continued
in his blind devotion to party
caucus; in opposing the investigation Of the
electoral frauds in at all times voting against
a reduction of public expenditures; and es-
pecially in his constant and unwavering sup
port of a high protective tariff in the interest
of Eastern manufacturers, as being contrary to
good policy, and inimical to the welfare of the
people of this district.
The report was adopted without discussion
OF ODJectAou.
The names of Ara Barton of Rice
county, Henry Poehler OF Sibley county,
G. H. Lienau Of Carver county were pre-
scented. Two ballots were had. The first
as. follows: Poehler 50; Lienau 80;
Barton 10; scattering 1. Second ballot:
Poehler Al; Llenau ~; Barton 16.
Y The nomination of Mr.. Poehler was
made unanimous. 81
A committee was appointed to wait on
the nominee and inform him of his nom
ination. s
Mr.. Poehler soon appeared and was in
troduced to the convention.
He said in substance: Mr.. President and
Gentlemen-I thank you with all my heart for
the bestowal upon me of q nomination for the
high position Of representative in the national
Congress. accept the nomination with graft
tuele and promise to do my best to realize
your expectations. There is hard work before
rs, but will do my best from now until the |
night of the election to secure q ratification of
your choice at the polls. have lived in the
district more than quarter of a century-the
greater portion of my life. Minnesota
Is my home, her interests are m
and it elected. shall