Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-12
TEMPERANCE.

Prohibttionists IN Council--They Nominate
a 1ickst--P Pass Resolutions--Jerk Yas'
amount of Chin Music--And Go Home
Sober. VsrtMOus and Happy.
Yesterday the Temperance men $50 called
of Hennepin count asse mbled at Lees hall
according to call, for the purpose of placing
in nomination a county and Legislative tick
ct. The assemblage was not
REMARKABLE FOR SIZE,
but for tone and responsibility was unsur-
passed. There vas no need to dem onstrate
their superiority over common mortals; they
admitted the fact without argument.
AT the assembling of the convention there
were just twenty persons present, including
reporters and curious on-lookers.
About II o'clock Mr.. John Durham took
the stand and announced that the object of
the meeting was the nomination of full
county and Legislative ticket. He called for
the
NOMINATION OF CHAIRMAN.
In response to this call some one piped
out the name of Col. Spooner, and there be-
ing no other name suggested he was elected
unanimously. The name of G. J. West was
then presented for secretary, and he also
was elected without opposition.
Mr.. Durham moved the appointment of a
committee of three
ON CREDENTIALS.
Adopted, and John Durham, John Thrall
and r. P. upton appointed.
The chair then suggested that while the
committee were determining who should be
allowed seats in the convention that some
brother entertain the convention with a
speech.
This was dropped upon in moment by
Bro. Greeley, who took the floor and for five
minutes amused the convention by saying
that he thought the
PROHIBITION PARTY
should broaden its platform by making it in
clude all reform. Here in this county, for
instance, there is need for reform in the
matter of
SALARIES OF OFFICIALS.
The clerks of the courts we're paid from
$1,000 to $4,000 for discharging duties which
took them from two to three hours per day,
and there were just as good men willing and
anxious to do the same work for few hun
dred dollars. We should stand for economy
as we'll as temperance.
Chairman Spooner endorsed brother Gree
leys position. He was in favor of reform in
the county Offices and
ONE THING OR ANOTHER.
DR.. Potter, slangwhanger in ordinary to
the temperance element, also endorsed Bro.
Greeley. He would be in favor of fighting
whisky as a speciality Che did not specify
what brand of whisky, and attending to all
other matters generally.
Mr.. West (not John T.) rose to remark
that there was great deal of buncolnbe in
this talk of economy (cheers). The two old
parties, being run by
PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS,
talked economy to gull the people. He wasin
favor of expanding the public money so as
to provide employment for the workingmen.
JUDGE REYNOLDS,
being man of facts, dropped down on the
convention with few statistic-Q little ones
for cent? spying that over 5000, $1,000, 900 were
paid across the saloon counters in America
for alcoholic stimulants each year, and in his
Judgment the question of temperance over
Swallowed every other issue now before the
people OF the republic.
At this stage r. P. Lupton moved the
appointment of committee on platform.
The chair forgot to put thu motion, but the
convention was not proud, and so the fol-
lowing gentlemen were designated: j. @.
Erwin, L. M. Hyde, A. P. Lane, and r. P.
Lupton.
The committee on credentials presented
the following as entitled to seats in the con-