Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-26

honor, and were it not for my private business
I would not have hesitated one moment
Your action to-day in tending me the nonlina-
| tion SO warmly, 80 generously, places me in q
position where / cannot refuse. / accept the
| nomination. (Hardly were these words utter
ed before the entire audience arose to their feet
| aud made the hall ring with cheers, shouts and
every demonstration of delight.) Reeuming
| Mr.. Poehler said, 'If re-elelected, l will
| try to do my duty to my constituents, to the
| State, to the district and to individuals. If l
| fail, it will not be for the want of good will.
| All ask of you is to do your best in the cam
| paign. With the talismanic name of our gal
| liant leader in the national contest, Gen. Han
| cock, (cheers) we cannot but succeed. When
| he fell upon theIbloody field Of Gettysburg be-
dewing the soil of his native State with his
| own blood, he exclaimed "thank God, the bat
| tie is over and we have wonp' We have a
| bloodless battle to fight but it is fight never
| theless. Let us all do our duty, and when the
| sun goes down on the I'd of November we will
| be enabled to say, in the words of the gallant
Hancock, "thank God the battle is over and
the victory WON'T prolonged cheers)
Mr.. F. J. Whitlock took the floor and paid
a glowing eulogy upon Gen. Hancock and Mr..
| Poehler.
| Mr. j. T. Norrish moved that the chair ap-
| point Congressional committee to serve for
| the ensuing two years.
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| ticipated in by Messrs. Norrish, Kinds, Whit
| lock, Randall, of Lyons county, and Judge
| Maynard, the point being taken that before
| another Congressional convention was held the
| State would be redistricted and it would be
| difficult to tell what counties would comprise
| the Second district. The motion was finally
| amended, authorizing the chairman to appoint
| g committee of one from each county in the
| district and announce the same through the
columns of the St. Paul GLOBE.
| Hon, Henry Kinds, of Scott county, being
| called out, excused himself from making a
| speech on account of his health, but he urged
| upon each individual delegate the necessity of
earnest, untiriug and faithful work from now
| until the polls closed in November, and called
especial attention to the necessity of looking
| after the nomination and election of members
| of the Senate and House of Representatives,
as upon the next legislature devolved the duty
| of electipg United States Senator and OF re-
| districting the State.
Hon. VIM. Smith, of LIE Sueur, was next
| called for, and gave graphic account of his
| feelings when he heard of the action of the
Republican convention at Chicago. He was In
| Washington at the time, and when bulletin
after bulletin was posted of the vote announc-
| ing Minnesota, Window 10, he felt ashamed,
| and almost denied that he lived in Minnesota.
But when the news of the Cincinnati conven-
| tion came and he saw the proud position of
| Minnesota's delegates, he felt like shouting,
end he did shout. The Minnesota delegates to
| that convention covered themselves with ever
lasting glory.
Judge Maynard being called for, said this
was time for action and not for words. The
nominations of the two National conventions
| were typical of the two parties. That Of Chi
cago represented almost every crime known to
the catalogue-that of Cincinnati represented
honesty, intelligence, capacity, eternal vigi-
| lance, and Democracy. Fifty years ago the
| stump was the great agency for influencing the
masses. To-day the papers are the school
masters of the people. They know more than
| most any man can say, and it was needless for
him to undertake to say anything new.
Hon. n. Doran declined at first to say any
thing, but as the audience would not excuse
| him he made q personal explanation in refer
ence to the nomination of Mr.. Poehler. He
had told everyone that Mr.. Poehler would not
accept the nomination, and he did not want
him to think this was put up job. He knew
| Mr.. Poehler's personal feeling in the matter,
| and did not feel like urging him to accept. He
| has accepted in q epirit of manhood which does
him honor. Henry Poehler is man from the
| ground up, while his competitor
is thing from the ground up.
latter is the head and Horace B. Strait the foot.
| Mr. Doran then gave brief account of Mr..
| Straits connection with the asylum for the in
sane at st. Peter, charging him with petty
thefts of the peoples money. He said Straits
| stealings were not as great as Garfeld's De
| Golyer pavement and Credit Mobilier steals,
| but they were id sight meaner. Maughter
| and applause. And, now, gentlemen (con-
| tinued Mr.. Doran) told you two years ago,
| when we nominated Mr.. Poehler, that we would
| elect him, and we did. / tell you we are going
to elect him again. (Applause.) Do your
| duty, Democrats, and pledge you success.
We know we can do it, and by the eternal we
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been beaten, Hancock and Poehler, and we
don't intend that they shall be beaten now.
We intend to get rid of those frauds who have
| been fattening on the hard earnings of the
| people.
The above is but q meagre synopsis of Mr..
Doran's impassioned and earnest speech he
| felt every word he spoke, and his actions said
| palmer than words that he meant every word
he said.
| There was few moments yet left before
| train time and the convention insisted on hear
ing from Gen. Adams. who finally arose and
said he agreed with Judge Maynand that this
was time for work. Talk is cheap every
| where. Work takes time and energy. No
stump speech ever converted any man of brains.
| 1t might warm him up. A man who is DEM
ocrat is one from principle. Flags, bands Of
music, enthusiasm, ETC., might
catch a few of the floating, unthink.
| ing crowd, but the mass of the
peOpie VI ILLS COuutIy dIo tnlukluB mcu anu
are not caught with such ohaff. He paid hi gh
compliment to Gen. Hancock, under whom he
served for three years. He knew his soldierly,
as well as his siatesmanlike qualities, and if
we do not elect him it is your own fault. Re.
ferring to the sacrifices that Mr.. Poehler is
| making in accepting the nomination Tor Con-
gress, he said 1t was the duty of every Dem
ocrat to put his shoulder to the wheel and
pull him through. Two years ago he
| bore your banner to viotory-heipihim to do it
| again and forever relieve us from such repre-
sentative as Strait. Thanking the convention
for the courtesy extended to him as their pre-
| siding officer, he was ready to entertain mo-
tion to adjourn.
After passing resolution of thanks to the
officers Of the convention, on motion of B. Il.
Randall the convention adjourned with three
rousing cheers and a tiger for Hancock and
| Poehler.
AT PoEHLER's HOME.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
HENDERSON, Minn., Aug. 25.-The cannon is
booming to report the nomination of Hon.
| Henry Poehler to Congress.
/ Ioica Radicals.
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