Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-10-02
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The Platform and State Ticket Of the Mn.
5sse~s"t ,''="E ssesot& Desssocraov.

OF st. Paul was made chairman, and Budd
Reeve of Hennepin county and O. II. Benedict
of WabashRw secretaries. The following COM
mittee on platform was adopted:
O. E. Flandrsu. St. Paul.
0. NJ. Hall, Goodhue county.
George A. Perkins, Wabashaw county,.
Judge Emmett, Rice county.
, VIM. Loohren. Minneapolis.
VIM. Smith, LIE Sueur county.
L. E. Evans, st. Cloud.
n. J. Severance, Blue Earth county.
d. 3. Wells, Fillmore county.
Ed. O'Hara, Renville.
Ak. Maynard, Kandiyohi county.
g. W. Holland, Grow Wing county.
r. A. Jones, Olmsted county.
THE. DELEGATES.
The convention was large, and the committee
on credentials reported the following as en-
titled to seats:
Anoka-W g. Randolph, J. O. Frost, g. F. Fair
Benton-L. Mayo, A. ]. Demeules.
Blue Earth-M. j, Severance, George +. Hoer1;
Jam Cannon, J. G. Wise, L. Cook, J. r. Mesgher
J: g. Graham, G. A. Wisweu, J. J. Thompson, Hen
Brown-ohas. Berry, Jacob Brust, J. P. Bertrand
Carver.C. Merrimsn, H. Menwisson, ". Il. Mills,
soh1 sinclair, F. @. Reibe, L. L. Baxter, I. Byhof
Cses-Reuben Gray.
Ch1sago-L. A. Roberts.
Crow Wing-G. W. Holland.
Rs,s Daey yShn wsb1e1 Hines
Callan.
Douglas Morris Hanft.
Faribault.o.rr Huntington, 81. Abbott, Col. J.
W. Poleys. NJ. B. Pratt, George Scheick.
Fillmore-N r. Booth, D. A. Sullivan. !. F
O'Terral, J. r. Jones. H. B. Mckinney, G. =. Bob
F. e. Hall, 81. R. Wells O. d. Sherwood, B. F. Til.
| lotson, Gabriel Gabrielson, John Thompson.
Goodhue-s 9. Holland, A: W. Pratt, Patrick
FreSsrioh, o. n. Hs1 Peter Ne1son ~ ''''' ''
Chas. Hoag, 4. T. Ankeny, Baldwin Brown, Car
Thielan, F. L. Morse, VIM. Messault, John T. West
F. g. McFarlane, R: p. Huntington, T. H. Stevens
August seigman, Ed. A. Stevens. Henry Ghosty, A.
A: A%ee Jacob Fore', T. M. Baboock, Isaac Nc
K.ndiyohi t K. Maynard, Scott Ransom.
Kittson-Swan Swanson.
Le sueur-R: Buffers. NJ: H: Warner, F; Caldwell
>. D. White, VIM. Smith, n: Doran, Frank Becker
"a: Borer, 4. Donate, ~. Green.
3hild, Louis Brandt, William shil ing, W. W. Har
ington, Rudolf Burgurode.
Meeker-A. 9. Smith, J. B. Atkinson, W. NJ
| Campbell, Hamlet Stevens, T. O. Jewett, M. J
Morrison--A. ausrnop, H. 9. stvers, Leon Honde
Jonathan Simmons.
J. n. Larrabee, J. NJ. Patch, Thomas Gibson, o. W
Case.
Nicollet-C.sper Baberich, A. L. s.ckett, z. s
Nobles-B. N. Carrier.
Olmsted- W: I. Breckenridge, R. A. Jones. VIM
Brown, Geo. Healey, Henry 6chuster. L. +. Cowdry
Jay La Due, A. Berman, q. p. Russell, Peter Burns
Otter Tail-Robert Miller Give votes.)
| Pine-Frank Morga", A. g. Perkins:
Ramsey-T. r. Huddleston, William Lee, Henry
Msste-son, c. E. Flandrau, Hubert II. Miller, William
Crooks sneH o. 1 9Rgsn
John Bell, James King, P. J. Dreis, Oscar Stephen
son, J. W. McClung, John Grace, Otto Dreher, JOIN
! B. Brisbin, Henry g. Haas, Albert scheffer, P. e
A. ]. Baker, VIM. Leip.
| Rice-Ara Barton, r. II. Downing, E. G. Ault
John M Archibald, A. W. Pratt George E. Skinner
| L. Emmett.
| lin, VIM. Henry, Peter Geyermann, John W. Callen
fert. "
sibley-Henry Poehler, NJ. E. Donahue, s. Kipp
F. o. Seavey, II. Beatty, s. Lnstrom, NJ. Rocs
stesrnsNE. p. Barnun, G. F. Macdonald, JOSEPH
Capser, J. P. Hammered, H. Burner, B. Mueller
L. Ebert, @. Capser, W Merz, Lucas Kells, 81. OF
tonsmeyer, NJ. Kobe, VIM. Barrett.
stsele-E. NJ. Mor-house, n. J. Toher, Il
Schmidt, A. 9. Flanders, H. M. Hastings, B.
Cook.
stevens-John Landlord Jacob Christianson.
Swift-C. b. Williams, VIM. Murphy.
wabsshsw-Horace F. Johns, NJ. R. Merrill, Z: A
J. Deidrich, s. a. Campbell, s. schram.
waseca-Fenton Keenan,, VIM. Brisbane, Chae
Kattenberg, Godfred Ruchler, r. o. Craig.
CLARK, John o'Brien, VIM. schumiey, VIM. Fowler
| G. II. Fowler, F. 8 Mellike.
| Wstonwan-James Glispin.
Win na-H. ". Lamberton, D. A. Stewart, job
1 Yy11yuj T r. McffAnUhQV. w.
Whipple, @. F. scroth, H. ". Hill, J: Cooper, A.
MCCARTHY, H. NJ. Dixon, John A. Matthews, n. g.
Schmidt A. n. Bentley, h. W. Jackson H. Dill
Wright-Charles Buchanan, Hen. Mooers, T. g
Mealey, Dav Cochran, John Tracey, H. O. Bull, J
j. Cullen, G. A. Rneholdt, W. H. Cochran.
| THE PLATFORM.
The report of the platform committee elicit
ed good deal of discussion, the following
plank being the bone of contention:
Fourth-We hold that gold and silver coin
is the money of the constitutions; that all pa
per currency should be at all times convertible
in coin at the option of the holder, and that it,
volume should be regulated by the business Of
the country.
W. NJ. Campbell, of Meeker, offered the fol
lowing amendment to the above plank:
Reso2ved, That we are in favor of the gradua
substitution of national treasury notes for ma
tional bank notes, and making such treasury
notes the sole paper currency of the country
| and placed on such basis as that the same shall
be equal in value with coin and legal tendel
coinage of silver, and its restitution to it.
original place as a metal, the same as gold.
Messrs. Campbell, II. W. Hill of Winon.
county, r. A. Jone. Of Olmsted, and Mr.. sher
wood of Fillmore, advocated the amendment
and O. M. Hall of Goodhue, VIM. Lochren ani
Segrave Smith of Hennepin, G. E. Flanlrar
and VIM. Lee of Ramsey, and Judge A. X
Maynard of Kandiyohi opposed it. The plat
form was finally recommittod to the committee
Mr.. Jones resigning, and Messrs. w. n. Camp
bell, HeekeT, @. d. Sherwood, Fillmore, NJ
| Doran, Lo Sueur, and II. W. Hill, of Winona
being added to the committee. The result wa
two reports on that plank as follows:
| MAJORITY REPORT.
| We hold that gold and silver coin is The
money of the constitution. That all pape,
currency should at all times be redeemable in
coin ut tho option Of the holder, and the volum,
thereof should be regulated by the business
wants of the country. That we favor the I'M
limited coinage of silver coin and its immedi
ate restoration to its original place as money
the same ~ gold.
THE MINORITY REPORT.
| We hold that gold and silver coin is the
money of the constitution. That all paper cur
renoy should at all times be redeemable in
| coin, at the option of the holder, and thu
volume thereof regulated by the business want.
! of tho country. That We favor the gradua
| substitution of United States treasury notes
! for national ban notes. the free coinage Of
silver and its immediate restoration to its
| original place ~ money the same as gold.
l.. EMMETT,
VIM. CAMPBELL,
@. D. SHERWOOD,
81. w. HILL
Ed. O'HARA.
G. w. HOLLAND.
After another debate the majority report wa.
adopted by 1873 to 1l9. The whole platform il
- follows:
We, tho Democracy Of Minnesota, in convention
assembled pledge ourselves to the support Of the
following principles Of public policy:
First-The United States is IN indissoluble Union
Of indestructible states; tho federal government Is
supreme within the limits defined by the constitu
don and its amendments: tho powers not thereby
Senferred upon prohib ted to the States are
eserved to the States respectively or to tho people
the preservation in Their separate integrity of the
just powers Of the Union and Of the States "a nare