Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-26

1ne Wno1e NUMBER OF VOTES cast, 1o2. ilua
- The Platform.
The platform was then adopted, aud is AZ
follows: -
We, the Democracy Of Minnesota, in convention
assembled, pledge ourselves to the support Of the
following principles Of public policy:
First-The United States is an indissoluble Union
Of indestructible staes the federal government is
supreme within the limits defined by the constitu-
ton and its arnendments; the powers not thereby
conferred upon it prohib ted to the States are
reserved to the States respectively to the people;
the preservation in their separate integrity Of the
just powers of the Union and of the States parts
al authority and of local selfgovernment well, is
essential to the perpetuity of free institutions;
and we shall resist all attempts to dismember the
Union by notification secession or to extinguish
the States by Capitalization or usurpaton as alike
unconstitutional, revolutionary and reasonable.
Second-The enormous tribute which the produc-
lists Of the East by the present system of protection
Is IN intolerable burden and gross Injustice. We
demand right that people shall be allowed to
msed se ve1aous and tar We favor
the speedy establishment OF free trade a. the per.
manent commercial policy Of this country. u.
Third-We demand the thorough revision Of our
patent laws the end that the innocent purchasers
Of manufactured articles using the same in good
sive suits for the infringement of patent rights.
Fourth-We hold that gold and silver coin is the
money Of the constitution That all paper currency
should at all times be redeemable in coin at the OPP
ton Of the holder, and the volume thereof should be
regulated by the business wants Of the country.
That We favor the unlimited coinage OF silver coin
and its immediate restoration to its original place as
money the same as gold. .zt{@5sS
Fifth-We favor genuine reform in the civil SER
vice of the country to the end that honesty and eff
dciency shall alone be the tests Of public employ
Of but shoad also %
clude the adjustment of super6uous Offices and such
wholesome reduction of salaries that the expenses
Of partisan campaigns cannot be paid out Of the pub
lie funds by the indirect method Of political asse g.
ments upon official incomes. ~
Sixth-We hold to the old Democratic maxim, that
that government is best which governs least-which
bestows upon the citizen the greatest personal liberty
consistent with the public pea and welfare; and
while it affords full protection to life and property,
Leave the creeds, habits, customs and business Of
the people unfeered by sum tuary laws, class legs
laton or extordonate monopolies.
Seventh-We demand . free ballot and On honest
coant Of the votes cast at election as the naliena
BILE right of sAmerican citizens. The presence OF
armed Moocs at the polls upon election day, and Of
partisan officials clothed with arbitrary power to in
timidate, arrest and imprison voters without legal
process ts intolerable In free country direct blow
at the rights Of all adopted citizens, and suited only
to the schemes OF desperate psrty determined to
maintain its political power at all hazards. Never
consitutionally expressed be nulIhed by the trea-
sonable conspiracy Of INSCRIPTIONS partisans.
Resotoed, That the enormous expense attending
Republican party, demands the most serious consd-
Grafton Of al thoughtful citizens and patriotic men,
and that the policy established by that party which
has rendered necessary in the administration Of the
State government and the maintenance Of the public
credit. to wiring from the hands Of the STRUGGLING
than 81, annually for the purpose Of govern
ing less than 100000 Of the most orderly aud law
abiding people on earth, is unsound and cruel and
should receive at the ballot boz such rebuke as will
prevent all political parties hereafter from any at
tempt to repeat the outrage.
We demand that the. railroads which the people
have chartered and endowed with vast and profitable
for their ruiz. And We affirm It to be of the first
importance that the Office Of railroad commissioner
in this State should no longer be political sinecure
capacity who allied to the interests of the people,
That while we fully recognize and respect all the
rights and privileges legally pertaining to the railroad
and %oua any o.ass s state g.
unnecessary agitation thereof, We nevertheless be-
lieve the time has come when the doctrine of the
pounded by the supreme court Of the United States
should find expression In such just and appropriate
legislation will fully protect individuals and locali-
nations, ana that the legislature Of Minnesota should
take such action in this behalf will eectusly re-
leve the producing interest Of the crushing burden
now imposed upon It.
Resolved, That We condemn the manage.
ment Of our public institutions, and especially the
manner in which the public funds were squandered
Peter, Is wei Is the cowardoe Of dovernor .Ffs.
bury In declining to remove those officers whom their
1ncapacity and Encouragement Was reported to him,
and we also condemn the action Of partisan egisla
ture In refusing to pass bill for their removal. We
further condemn the action of the partisan commit
OF the deficiency Of $4,000, reported BY the Senate
committee, on the payment Of $500.
STATE CENTRAL coMMrrIEl.
Judge Whitlock moved that the president Of
the convention appoint State central COM
mittee, and announce it ct his leisure. Car
ried.
Mr.. Smith moved a vote Of thanks to Hon.
John B. Brisbip, which was enthusiastically
o'clock 2. H., adjourned sine die.
Recopttsslaeion. fyg
The days work Of the convention shows up
Is follows. in ticket which commends itself
to the voters irrespective of party:
Governor-Edmund Bloc, Of Ramsey.
Lieut.. Governor-E. p. Barnum, Of Stearns.
Secretary Of State-Felix A. Borer, Of Lie
6ueur. 5ss
State Treasurer lyman E. Cowdrey.ot Glm-
sted. Il.
Attorney General-P. NJ. Babcock, of Hem
nepin.
Railroad Commissioner Col VIM. Oolville,.
Of 0oodhue.
PERsorsAI-
w. T. Breckenridge, Rochester; attic Claren-
don.
p. g. Kavanagh, auctioneer, has gone to Tay-
l0rs Falls to close out the bankrupt stock Of
Andrew Clendenning.