Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-21
THE THIRD PARTY.
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The State Convention Opens with Differ
ence of Opinion, Considerable Discussion
and a Lively Time-They Finally Get
Down to Business-The Organization
The First Session.
The Prohibition Home Protection
! party mass state convention was called to
order by President S. B. Williams, at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Prof E. G.
| Paine was elected temporary chairman
and E. w. Pennlman chosen secretary.
Prayer by DR.. S. G. Satterlee, of Still
water, was the opening of the session and
was followed by the appointment of G. E.
Holt, g. ]. Virtu, VIM. Kopp, VIM. Gal
lagher and E. J. Cults as a committee on
delegation.
1t was moved and seconded that the
members of the convention be requested
to sign the following:
"We, the undersigned, for the purpose
of enrolment, at the Prohibition Home
Protection party mass state convention,
held at Harrison hall, in Minneapolis,
March 90, 1888, do hereby declare our
selves to be Prohibitionists, aud in sym
patty with that party, and we claim the
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said convention for that reason"
This acted on some of those present like
red rag on an angry bull. They rose and
beloved and snorted and tried in every
way to get rid of the obnoxious thing
They favored prohibition, but did not want
any third party. The Republicans would
elect temperance men and that would do.
The discussion was continued for some
minutes.
| A SUBSTITUTE.
DR.. S. G. Smith of st. Paul, moved, that
all who favored constitutional prohibition,
be united to participate in the convention.
Dr. Emery and others held that the motion
was out of order. DR.. Denton said that the
direct object of the convention was for
party organization and nothing else.
Mr.. Satterlee thought the mo-
| ton would be good
idea after the convention was organized,
but was out of place at the present time.
The chairman decided the question out
of order in favor of DR.. Smith. An appeal
was taken, and by rising vote the appeal
was sustained by vote of eighty-on to
thirty -four.
DR.. Miller, of st. Paul, asked if those
signing the call were pledged to support
third party.
On being in formedthat such was the case,
he remarked that ''some of US have no bus
mess here'' and left the room followed by
one or two others.
DR.. Smith, of st. Paul, made long and
vehement speech against the formation of
a third party. He was warmly opposed by
G. E. Holt, DR.. Denton and others.
Rev. DR.. Marshall, of st. Paul, counseled
wisdom and not haste, and said that the
greatest obstacle IN the temperance work
was the want of unity among the workers,
and asked that the previous motion be
withdrawn.
Rev. McCIary, of Saltwater, did
not think that the signing of the
paper would force anyone from
the convention and moved that
all who were in harmony with the call as
published in the public print be declared
members of the convention. This motion
also raised great deal of argument, dur
| ing which Mr.. Gallagher said that the
| Prohibition party had been kept down and
under by the members who were better Re-
publicans than they were Prohibition
! lists, and that the reason why
the Prohibition party has thus far accom-
! pllshed nothing is that it has been run in
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Mr.. W. A. Gulick said that the matter
was simply a question as to whether the
persons present were willing to place
themselves on record as Probitionists or not
The discussion still waxed hot and furious
considerable excitement ensuing. A vote
was finally taken on making the call as
published the basis of the convention, and
was decided in the affirmative by vote of
15+ to fifteen. The call selected as the
basis OF the convention reads as follows:
THE CALL.
The undersigned friends of the prohibi-
ton of the manufacture and sale of intoxi-
eating liquors as a beverage, and of the
right of the people to amend the consti-
tuition, and in view of the defeat of the
constitutional amendment in our legisla-
ture; do hereby make call for mass
convention of the men and women of this
state for the purpose of organizing the
state In harmony with the great national
reform movement as represented by the
Prohibition Home Protection party, to
meet in the city of Minneapolis, in Harri
sons hall, on Tuesday the twelfth day of
March, 1888, at o'clock p. m. of that day.
While the call was being circulated and
the members of the committee being en-
| AOA4CN' q SOA4H1IIboo Ou POIndnOAV OlSdn1-
cation, consisting of S. B. Williams, DR..
Emery, G. A. Pierce, I. McClary and Il.
D. Child, was appointed and retired for
consultation.
THE COMMITTEES REPORT.
The committee reported the following
officers: President, Charles E. Holt; for
vice presidents, G. j. Virtu, Ramsey county;
G. w. Emery, Hennepin county;
T. McClary, Washington ccunty;J. G. Nc
Reynolds, Dodge county; G. W. Putnam,
Anoka county, B. F. Jenvers, Kandiyohi
county, j. w. Daniels, Blue Earth.
G. w. Greeves, Mcleod county; C. O..
Moody, Benton county; G. Remington,
Freeborn county; R. B. Satterlee, Steele
county; G. Edwards, Fillmore county; John
w. Malloy, Carver county; John Boldly,
Scott county; Rev. NJ. W. Mathew, Goodhue
county; NJ. Wing, Dakota county; N. A.
Trowbridge, Martin county; o. B. Johnson,
Yellow Medicine county; M. W. Parker
Wright county; NV. SlocumsW inona coun-
ty;B. F. Kepkart, Mobiles county; A.W. Dean,
Olmsted county; Lyman Palmer, Stevens