St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-23
WILL WORK TOGETHER.
The Democrats of the Second Minnesota
District Nominate q. @. Bulls
for Congress,
And the Nomination is Promptly Ratified
by the Convention of the Farmers
Alliance.
Candidates Chosen in the First, Third
and Seventh wisconsin
Districts.
The Crow Wing Fair--A Sioux City
Infant Poisoned With
Strychnine.
WILL WORK TOGETHER.
They Join Hands.

Special TO the Globe.
MANKATO, Mimi, Sept. 22.-The Dem
ocrats of the Second congressional district
met in convention to-day in this city at p.
NJ and the Farmers alliance met for the
same purpose and at the same time and
place. The alliance assembled in the jury,
room of the court hOnSe. while the Demo
cratic convention met in the courtroom.
The alliance convention refused to ad-
NIT reporters and little regarding their
preliminary work could be learned. Hon.
?. II. Carney. of this city, chairman of the
Democratic district committee, raped the
Democratic convention to ORDER and D..
Leduc. of Rock county. was chosen chair
man, with j. c. Wise, of MankatO, secre-
taIy. \
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS
was appointed. and the following gentle
men were made committee on resolutions:
Col. O'Leary, of MuIry; P. A. Foster, of
Blue Earth; NJ. Pope, of Brown; Cos
grave. of Sibley, and P. Kremer OF
Faribault. At this juncture the alliance
asked for the appointment of a committee
Of Democrats to confer with a similar COM
mittee from the alliance relative to plat
form and nominee. This was granted.
While the committees were in conference
A. j. Morse suggested that the tariff ques-
ton be made a living issue between Mr..
Lind and the Democratic nominee, and
moved that the congressional committee be
instructed to use its best endeavOrS to
bring about such movement, and that
speakers be arranged for to push that and
subsidiary issues This was made the sense
of the convention. The Democratic COM
mittee on resolutions reported. The salient
points of
THE RESOLUTIONS
sre an Endorsement of Clevelands admins
tration, in favor of securing legislation that
Will insure farmers and labOring men proper
returns from their labors; the regulation of
interstate railroad commerce; that each and
all shippers be given fair and equal service;
to prevent all rebates; to prevent the giving
of all passes; the reservation of all unOccu-
pied lands for actual settlement; to dis
courage landlordiSm; reduction OF the tariff
to a revenue basis; that all parties
paSturing public lands, be made to pay
rent; the improvement of all water ways;
thanking Messrs. Wakefield, Strait White
and Nelson for their vote on the tariff
question; expressing sympathy for home
rule in Ireland; favoring bill including
recommendations of the national pension
bureau committee, and the establishment OF
soldiers home and to appoint ex-soldiers
10 public trusts. There was slight objec-
ton TO some sections by the alliance commit
tee. but these were passed over without diff
guilty. The alliance committee recommended
the nomination of of II. G. Bulls, of
Winnebago City, after which the con-
vention proceeded to an informal ballot,
resulting: Bulls s. Buck 9, Wilkinson 9,
O'Leary 7, Foster Z. Leduc ? Bray 5. A
formal ballot resulted: Bulls Z. Buck 2,
Wilkinson Z, O'Leary IA, Foster 9, Leduc
2, Bray 6. A second formal ballot re-
suited: O'Leary 10, Bulls II, Leduc l,
Foster ?, Wilkinson 9. The third formal
ballot resulted: Bulls 81. Wilkinson 4,
O'L.eary Is. Mr.. Bulls was declared the
nominee as the joint candidate of the
Democrats and alliance