Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-18
AFTERNOON. Session.

1t was peculiar looking crowd that assem-
bled this afternoon. The majoritysof them
looked as if they wanted greenbacks more than
anything else, and their subsequent proceed
ings demonstrated this to be the case. Previ-
GUS to the calling of the convention to order
G. B. Lowell, of Hastings, appeared to be
wrought up to the explosive pitch, and he pro-
ceeded to bore the audience, which perhaps
numbered fifty persons with his views. He
proved himself the champion nuisance by
speaking at intervals all the afternoon.
The first business of the afternoon was the
report of the committee on credentials. 1t was
unique affair. Mr.. Lindsay, of Faribault
appeared the platform with a couple of
scraps of paper in his hand, and said
Rice county is full. Dakota is full, and
Mr.. Hall is here from LIE Sueur. We also pro-
pose to allow those present to vote for localities
not represented.
The immortal fourteen, who it subsequently
appeared comprised the convention, adopted
the report quick, and Mr. Chamberlain, of Da-
kota, reported Joseph Gore, of Morristown,
Rice county. as permanent chairman, and @. W.
Pye as secretary. The report was adopted.
THE PLATFORM.
f. O. Rice, of Northfeld, then presented the
platform-and such platform. Rice evident
ly wanted greenbacks something else bad.
His hair was long, his eye wild, his shoulders
stopped, evidently by carrying weighty
BRAIN, and aside from the blue ribbon IN his
dated the original greenback. In order to give
his intellect still freer play, he wore no shirt
collar and read as follows:
WHEREAS, The Republican party has in
augurated financial policy the tendency of
which is to create moneyed aristocracy and
reduce the people to a condition of poverty or
serfdom, and
WHEREAS, The Democratic party, as party.
is pledged to the same ruinous policy, there
fore,
Resolved, By the delegates of the National
Greenback labor party of the Second Congress
sional district of Minnesota, in convention as
sembled, that we declare ourselves party
absolutely independent of either of the old
parties, and that we adopt the following funda-
mental plank in our platform:
l. The greenback dollar to be full legal
tender for all debts both public and private
and made as absolute in its functions as the
gold or silver dollar.
2. All money to be issued by the general
government and that in sufficient quantity to
pay it's bonded Indebtedness.
8. The immediate payment of all bonds in
the lawful legal tender money of the country.
4. No further issue of bonds Of any State
or class.
S. No class legislation.
6. Equal taxation.
Z. The repeal of all national bank laws and
the retirement of all national bank bills.
8. Honesty and economy in the admlnistra-
ton of public affairs.
Rice had evidently made such an impression
that his platform was likely to go through
without dissent. when Mr.. Donnelly arose and
stating that while he was not member of the
convention he was Greenbacker and he did not
want to see the party place them
selves in the position of reputation
lists. Bonds had been issued PAYABLE
in CON- and it was such resolutions as the third
one of the series read which enabled their
enemies to accuse them of being reputation
lists. He hoped the convention would not adopt
the resolutions without change.
B. G. LowelPs time evidently hung heavy or
his hands, for he straightway proceeded tc
make an ass of himself for the space of hall
an hour or more. He talked of everything
under the sun, and even the most visionary Of
the remaining thirteen wished he had died be
| fore he was born. A motion to throw him ou
of the window would have prevailed unani
| mously.
Mr.. Smith, of Faribault. followed with
| ringing and sensible speech. He denounced
anything squirting towards reputation. The.
wanted honest money, greenbacks instead o
national bank currency, and If they set them
selves up as regulators they would be defeat
| ed and ought to be. He moved to amend b,
striking out a portion of the second plank ant
substituting for the third, making the tw
read as follows:
2. All money to be issued by the genera
government.
8. The payment of bonds now outstandin
at the earliest practicable moment in exac
accordance with the conditions of the origina
contract upon which they were issued.
Pending Mr.. Smiths amendment, Lowe
made three or four more harangues to the hol
horror of Chairman Gore-the father of th
Greenback party in ADMINISTRATIVE woul
have given several greenbacks to have shippe
the fellow home to Alaska. During one of hi
multitudinous yawps he drew memoranda
book and read the following resolution, whic
was presented by some lunatic to Hewitt's Coz
gressional labor inquiry committee in Ne
York:
Resolued, That the government should issr
seven thousand million greenbacks and loa
them to the States, the States to loan them
the countess the counties to loan them to I'll
towns, the towns to loan them to the people
, two per cent. per annum, taking mortgages {
real estate therefor.
1t is to the credit of the other thirteen th
no second was obtained to the resolution, az
Mr.. Smiths amendment was adopted, wit
Lowell and two or three others dissenting
The amended platform was then adopted
! a whole, and
NOMINATIONS WERE IN ORDER.
A motion to proceed to an informal ball
+ for member of congress was made, and pro
ably would have carried, but Chairman Gore b
a short cut and he put very fl
motions to the house. When
motion was made he would announ
8 what it was and sit down telling the conve
n ton to go ahead. That was the way he serv
! the motion for an informal ballot and the CO
vention proceeded accordingly. Before t
vote was taken Mr.. P. B. Cook, of Hastin
: read telegram from Ara Barton positively
d cIining to be candidate. Mr.. Cook said Mi
tenths of the convention were in favor of B
ton if he would run.
OF course vote could not be had withou
If scene from Lowell and he arose and stretch
- out his arms to their utmost extent, shouted
&C.