St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-25
THE PLATFORM.


form was read and adopted without a dis
senting vote:
THE PLATFORM.
Independent labor party.
Opposed to convict labor in any form COM
peting with honest toll
Opposed to our city government being run
by political rings.
Opposed to our present city contract sys-
tenn, whereby few contractors enrich them
selves each year by giving the laboring man
starvation wages.
In favor of an economical city government
and reduction of taxation.
In favor OF not over eight hours work for
iaborers on city contracts and that they re-
ceive for their pay not less than 81 so per
day.
The president then announced the object
of the meeting and said nominations would
be in order.
AT this John E. Chisholm arose and
from manuscript read nominating speech
that was pointed and well put together. 1t
brought before the meeting the name of
Maj. L. NJ. NewsOn as candidate for city
treasurer, and it was hailed with shouts
and wild cries. The nomination was
quickly seconded and the question put. Mr..
NewsOn was unanimously nominated and
cries or ''Newson!" ''NewsonP' rang
through the hall. The major wasn't present.
but committee of one was appointed to
search him out if possible and bring him
before the meeting. While the committee
was absent nominations for alderman in
that district were asked for. This brought
Ii. E. Wright to his feet who said
The laboring man is coming to the front.
There was a time when the laboring man was
subservient to demagogues and writers, but
now they are able to take care of their own
interests. They can read as well as the So
rnn nd ob-
them He wanted to nominate for the office
of alderman a man who was honest and up
right,a workiugman who had no great amount
OF money and owed nobody that he knew Of
That man was Henry Harity. The audience
broke out into enthusiastic applause and
cries of ''HarityI' "Harity!'
Mr.. Harity was present, and, in re-
Spouse to the call made for him, rose and
said:
L am no public speaker but thank you
for the honor TINT you have conferred upon
me; and, if victory should come our way, l
promise you that l shall work tireiessly for
the success of the interests of the laboring
man. Applause.
While Mr.. Harity was on the floor, Mai.
NewsOn entered the hall, and his presence
was amounted by cries of his name and
loud demands for a speech. The major
smiled pleasantly, and, stepping upon the
platform, he spoke as follows:
THE MAJORS SPEECH.
Ny friends, and when / say my friends
mean It. (Voice-You bet you dol My SYM
pathies are with you. Not for Jour votes, not
for the nomination for the Office of city treas
urer, but because have been and am still one
OF you. Tuirty-foar years have been in this
city in active life and have never asked for or
been given position of public trust. Voice
We'll give 1t to you now.) feel proud to-
night that / have been brought for
/ hU eli ha
great and honest power on which
the world depends. ] address you tonight
and my remarks are here on paper. do this
so that If ANYBODY charges me with making
statements before you that did Lot, have
here in black and white the words that win
set me Alright.
Mr.. resident and laboriug men of the city
of st. Paul: 1 am profoundly impressed with
the enthusiastic rece p ion you have given me
and thank you most sincerely for the conf
denco you mali est in spontaneously
and unanimously nominating me
for the responsible position o. city treasurer
of the city of St. Paul. This is especially
gratifying, as the nomination comes TO me I'M
sought and unsolicited from q class OF men
who represent the industrial interests of a
great and growing metropolis. Under ordi-
nary circumstances l should positively de-
cline but in view OF the present struggle TO
maintain its rights, in view of momentous
interests at stake, both as respects
Il
capital and the material prosperity
OF our city, in view OF the fact that may be
an instrument TO degree to harmOuize their
conflicting interests and at the same time to
advance the cause of laboring men. waive
my own personal predictions and accept the
honor ut your hands as the standard bearer
OF your cause and the cause of right and jus
tice and manhood and good citizenship and
good government Applause. At this par
cular period, my friends, we need 10 he cool,
considerable, calm, self-poised, but earnest
and decided. At no time I'm the history OF the
labor movement have the skies been so bright
aud at no time has your cause been
so well understood and so well ap-
preciated as now. AS to the reduc-
ton of taxes and an economical city
government, 1t seems to me that several fee
Offices now in existence should be run on
salaries, and that all the money above these
salaries obtained from fees should be turned
into the treasury, and thus tighten our taxes.
| The amounts thus saved would reach from
ss5, 900 10 $4,000 per year, and one Of those
Offices Is the city treasury, to which you
propose to elect me. A law should
be passed by the legislature to this effect ar
| be in operation Immediately after 1t receives
the signature Of the governor Applausel.
/ Relying my friends upon you 10 bring out
| every labor vote IN order that you may sus-