The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-07-09


resulted:
John Lind. &c
r.. l.. Freeman...............2
e.. IL. Smith.
NJ. ID. l.. Collester...........I2
l.. Quackenbush.. ...........lO
Col. Bobleter Immediately demanded
formal ballot.
Dunn thought that it would be useless
to take up any further time of the con.
vention by balloting, as he understood
that, in political parlance, Lind's friends
were stayers, and he therefore moved
that Mr.. Lind's nomination be made
by reclamation. One by one the friends
of other candidates seconded the motion
and when the chair put the question il
was carried with unanimous aye, and
with hearty and prolonged applause.
On motion, the char appointed com.
mittee of three to wait upon the nomi
nee and Introduce him to the conven.
ton. The committee appointed was Jos
Bobleter, of Brown, ii. S. Burgess, ol
Blue Earth, and f. f. Sails, of LeSueur
During the absence of the committee
the following central committee was ap.
pointed by the chair, and the member
from Brown county was designated III
the chairman Of the committee.
Blue Earth-L. A. Moore.
Brown-A. Blanchard
CottonwoOd-J. q. Reddinr.
Faribault-D. +. Goodrich.
lie Sueur-Cieo. a. Blair.
Lincoln-T. Macarthur.
Lac qui Parle-P. III. Dickinson.
Lyon-F. S. Brown.
Martini. A. Day.
Nicollet-G. S. Ives
Jackson-Alex Fiddes.
Murray-Herman Nixon.
Nobles-J. p. Durfee.
Professionally. Il. Brown.
Redwood-A. ID. Mclean.
Rock
Sibley-C. Kiinkert.
WatOnwan-(ieO. KnutsOn.
Waseca-S. ID. Crump.
Yellow Medicine--G. Powers.
The committee on resolutions were
ready to report just rs Mr.. Lind en-
tered the house, and after the same had
been read the nominee of the conven.
ton made brief address.
Mr.. Lind assured his hearers that,
while he had hoped for the result reach.
ed, the promptness of the action i'm this
regard had taken him by surprise. lie
thanked those who had stood by him in
the convention, and also those who had
rendered him such valuable assistance
in the canvass. He briefly reviewed
the substance of the resolutions, e xpress
ing himself in hearty sympathy witt
their provisions, and promised, if elect
ed, to give the two years of his term tC
doing all in his power to carry out the
provisions of the platform adopted.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Lind's re
marks the convention adjourned.
Following is the platform adopted.
WHEREAS, 1t has been and il the mission O
the Republican party To inangurate and carry
out such needed reforms from time To time il
our social and political relations as are ncccs
sary and proper to secure the government
by the people, OF the people and for the peo
pie, with equal rights and liberty for all; and
WHEREAS, The industrial and social rcla
tions of this country have undergone radical
changes by the inventions of the last few de
cadcs, particularly by the substitution Of ma
chinery and mechanical appliances i'm TIT
place Of manual labor. and the invention OF
new agencies for transportation and carriage
| as well rs for communication; and
WHEREAS, These inventions could be utiliz
ell and the changes brought about only by the
aid of large amounts of organized capital IN
the form of corporations, many of which excr
else governmental functions and franchises
and
WHEREAS, History and our own experience
teach us that capital 80 aggregated and EN-
powered become aggressive, grasping and
dangerous to public and individual welfare
| and inimical to the permanently OF our insti
tutions unless properly regulated and restrain
cd by law; and
WHEREAS, 1t has boon demonstrated by the
strikes occurring within the past few months
and the grievances that our people are sulTcr
ing and is apparent to every rational mind
that the dangers above suggested are immin.
ent and perilOus; ana
straint can only be secured by congressional
legislation and rs such legislation Is in harm.
ony with the progressive, national and com
pJehensive principles Of the Republican par
ty; now, therefore, be IL
Resoived, First--That IL is the imperative du
ty Of our candidate to enact such laws as will
secure equal rights Of life, liberty and proper
ty to every one.
SecOnd-That congress create a commission
to- ascertain and adjust all differences between
employer and employed which shall have pow
Third-That Congress by proper legislation
compel all common inter state carriers to car
ry freight and passengers ut reasonable rates
without discrimination against localities
or individuals, and that such rates be determ-
ined i'm bases of actual amount of capital, and
not upon any fictitious value through watercd
stock.
Fourth-That Congress exercise no greater
lcnicncy toward corporations which have
failed To earn bonus Of lands than the law
| does toward the INDECENT or unf )rtunatc
homestead settler, whose claim, when he has
been unable to comply with the law, is for
| feitcd; applying the same rule to corporations
I'm default, an area equal to half our state
would be added to public domain.
Fifth-That IL ~ the duty of Congress by
proper legislation, to prevent the manufacture
| of any substance for food that IL unwholesomC
and that such restrictions by way of taxation
| and otherwise be placed upon all authorizations
or limitations of articles used for consumption
| rs will prevent competition In the market
with genuine.
Sixth-That our interests demand Il thorough
revision of the tariff, 80 that IL may he adjust
| ed to the present wants Of all parts OF the
country, and that ali items Of tariff, Outgrowtt
of necessities Of the war be eliminated, and
that all necessities Of the producing classes
especially those which compete with none oi
| the productions of this country, be placed on
| the free list.
LINwooD, this state, is afflicted with q
large number of cases of diptheria