St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-19

he knew that head was necessary to organ
re party and put it in good training.
Mr.. Low, of Otter Tail, contended that If
the farmers viii act as they should they can
control the Legislative nominations andzeleet
a legislature which will carry out their wish
es. Our friend who doesn't attend caucuses
is lame in that. If the farmers viii attend
the caucuses they can control the parties.
He was a Republican, but since he had
lived in Otter Tail county and seen how
the Republican party of this state did
not move against but rather helped the mon
opolies which were stealing his earnings, he
felt that his Republicanism was almost
knocked out of him. He was in favor of
farmers party first and if that failed then for
trying something else.
MIR. Burdick, in explanation Of what had
been said by him before, said he was heart
and soul in this work and if peoples party
was to be organized he wanted it understood
he was with it, in it and for it.
But first we must organize. Three-quarters
OF the people OF these cities he believed were
with US, and if we were organized he predict
ed these cities would elect legislators favor
able to our rights. He had had prominent
business men say to him that they were with
us, and that all people outside the wheat
rings were with u.s.
Mr.. Guiteau said, let every man stick to
This is not political question.
He was in favor of appointing central com
mittee.
Mr.. Loring thought it was time for Repub-
licans and Democrats to pool their
issues, as the party leaders had in this
state-time for farmers of the two parties to
act together.
DR.. Collins, of Grand Forks, had no faith
in success being reached by third party Or
ganization, but had witnessed success in
movements similar to this by indie
pendent action, as to the parties,
by organizations having a laudable pur-
pose to carry. They could nominate and
elect
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES
when the party nominations did not satisfy
them. But they needed organization and
the forming of associations among farmers
to produce unity of feeling and action and
to stir up farmers to attend caucuses and
look out for their interests. He favored the
central committee and hoped
its mission would be to promote
the formation of county and town
associations among farmers. In the north
west of Minnesota and in Dakota the farm
ers are thoroughly organizing, and if that is
done throughout the state there would be no
need of farmers going out of their parties.
Mr.. Brandt, of Mower, favored thorough
state and county organization and resolve
not to vote for any man for the legislature
who will not pledge himself to carry out the
purposes of this convention.
MIR. Harrington, of Wabashaw, referring to
the fact that it might take four years to re-
form the state senate, said the farmers must
be represented here next winter by men who
will bring proper pressure to bear on the
senate. Hence he was in favor of thorough
organization.
Mr.. Davis, on the theory that the farmers
and their sympathizers constitute three
fourths of the voting strength of the state,
saw no need of new party,
but that they should determine that
no Democrat shall be elected unless on
farmers platform and no Republican should
be elected except on a farmers platform.
We've got good men, a plenty of them, and
all we have to do is to organize. Then we
can put in office the men We want.
Mr.. Stoddard was mystiied by what he
had heard. The speakers were in favor of
central committee and thorough organization
throughout the state but not of third party.
Yet if we did what they said they favored,
then we would have new party organization
at once. One gentleman had proposed a
lobby to watch the legislature, but who would
watch the lobby if we had no party organiza-
ton?
AT this stage of the discussion a motion to
adjourn was interposed, pending which it
was announced that the several committees
will meet at O'Clock this morning at Hotel
Livingston.
An adjournment of the convention was
then had to $50 a. m.