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touched on the laboring man. The resolu-
ton was as follows, and Mayor Ames said
he simply wished to offer it as an amend
ment to those of Mr.. Donuelly:

| touched on the laboring man. The resolu-
ton was as follows, and Mayor Ames said
he simply wished to offer it as an amend
ment to those of Mr.. Donuelly:
| FOR THE LABoRING MAN.
Resolved, That while opposed to all anarch-
ism we are in full sympathy with the legiti-
mate and peaceful efforts of the great mass
of the people who earn their bread by the
| labor of their hands, and who are the glory of
| our land in peace and its defenders in war,
| to improve their temporal condition and eie-
| vate their moral and mental standing, and we
trust the day may yet come when the great
| mass of the humble toilers of our republic
will enjoy all the comforts and refnements of
| life now possessed by our prosperous middle
and higher classes, and we would say to the
worklngmen OF the country that the path to
reform does not lie through the bloody field
of revolution and anarchy, but through the
peaceful Instrumentalities of the balot-box,
unintimidated and uncontrolled by employers
| of every description.
| Resolved That we are opposed to state
prison labor coming in competition at 40 cents
per day with honest labor that cannot live at
these figures. Such a system has cost Mime
sofa hundreds of thousands of dollars, and
has given us nothing in return.
| In moving these resolutions DR.. Ames
made speech that was received withsa
good deal of enthusiasm. He said he
| thought this was a step in the right direc-
ton. He said he had belonged to the
Democratic party for long time, and he
considered it somewhat fossilized party.
He wanted to get out of this and get the
party to condition where it could properly
be called rising, progressive Democratic
party. He advocated the immediate pas
sage of the resolutions.
A. Ladue agreed with Mr.. Sweet. The
resolutions should go to the convention.
The delegates would come prepared to right
the wrongs perpetrated by the state COM
mittee when it delegated the power to two
men. He did not favor any action that
would foreStall the convention. He urged the
! gentlemen present to read the platform on
which Mayor Ames was elected in Mime
apolis recently, saying that it was square,
plain document and model of Democratic
simplicity. There was getting to be quite
wrangle. and Mr.. Sweet moved half
compromise by recommending the state con-
vention to pass the resolution.
MR.. DoNNELLY AGAIN.
Mr.. Donnelly said that one man by him
self had a right to express his opinions on
any subject
and certainly this great assemblage gathered
! from all parts of the state had an equal right
| to put forth their views on any subject. He
said: II agree with Mayor Ames, the next
governor of Minnesota" Loud applause.]
At this point, Mr.. II. II. Scott of
Hinckly arose and made very plain
speech. He said he came from up North,
and there was more or less feeling on polit-
ical matters there. Said he:
1--WE have issued this address to the Demo
Gratis of the state. Now I'm in favor of doing
something to catch some of the Republicans.
There are some Republican farmers in thu
state, and we must do something to get the
| hinopc fnh alr, 1aoot tboP ,Eli
as well as overthrow P II. Kelly" This was
received with applause.
The resolutions as introduced by Mr..
Donnelly and supplemented by Mayor
Ames were then passed.
| Col. Platt Walker, of Minneapolis, then
arose and said he had looked on with
great deal of pleasure at the proceedings.
The resolutions were not just what he
would have drawn but they were good.
He would move all honor to Senator Buck
who had drawn them, to down the oil
garchy. He thought it would be good
| scheme to present to the state convention,
if the Oligarchy allowed one to be called.
the resolutions adopted and the address.
He moved a committee of five of which DR..
Ames should be chairman, to present to
the state convention the resolutions and
other facts and figures to show to that body
that there was need of resolution in the
Democratic party. The motion was car
ried.
WILL BE SENT TO CLEVELAND.
The secretary of the conference was
authorized to transmit the action of the
convention to President Cleveland In
moving this, Mr.. IL. E. Rawson said there
had been seed-time and now there must
come harvest. Democrats, said he, wax
ing eloquent and speaking forcibly, cannot
| afford to neglect their SenSibilites. Let us
do away with boys play. Let us act like
men; let us stand like the Greeks at Their
mopola.
The Hon. G. n. Lienau then introduced
the following resolution. which was adopted:
Resolved, That we protest against the
practice which has lately grownup permitting
the chairman of the state central committee
to name the temporary officers of the Demo-
cratic state convention and thus perpetuate
Indefinitely ring rule. We demand for the
next state convention the right to select all
its officers, temporary and permanent, and
we will submit to nothing else.
ANOTHER CYCLONE.
What proved to be another mild bomb
shell was thrown down among the front
seats, when a resolution was introduced in
dorsing Secretary Lamar and Commissioner
| Sparks. 1t was thrown by Mr.. j. j.
| Thornton, who introduced the following:
! Resolved, That the course of Hon. L. Q. c.
Lamar, secretary of the interior, and Hon. W.
J. A. Sparks, commissioner, of administering
their grave trusts with honesty and ability,
deserve the commentator of all men.
While this was being read Judge Cox
looked as if something was hurting his
feelings and he at once opposed it, as did
w. 81. Grant, who said he was in favor of
indorsing the administration. If Lamar
and Sparks were singled out it would look
as if the conference were going back on the
rest of the administration. Mr.. Thornton
supported his resolution. Judge Cox again
made all attempt to speak. He was refer
ring to Sparks ante-war record on the
homestead law. There was" said Judge
Cox, "a gallant soldier who wore the gray.
[Cries ''out of ORDER" tout of order."l
He wore the gray, that gallant soldier"
Here the speaker was interrupted and the
chairman called ''time' ON him, and he
never gave away just who the ''gallant
| Tended Lamar and Sparks in strong terms.
W. II. Grant said he was opposed to
| Sparks record.
Mr.. Donnelly said there was on the plat
form distinguished gentleman, Ex-Sena-
tor Rahilly, who was well acquainted with
| Secretary Lamar. and in answer to these
attacks on him he would ask Mr.. Rahilly to
state his experience in Washington.
LAMAR INDoRsED.
! Mr.. Rahilly said he did not expect to make a
| speech, but he went on: l have paid several
| visits to Washington and have had an oppor-
tunity to see good deal Of the administra-
ton. am prepared to indorse them ali.
| President Cleveland is very able and a very
| honest man. He means to do what is right
and when he errs it is on account of his in
formation. l am satisfied that President
| Cleveland intends to do justice. not only to
the Democrats of Minnesota, but to the Dem
Gratis of every state in the union,
and when he fails to do SO
| it is because of misinformaton in the chan
| nels where he naturally looks for advice. AS
| to Secretary Lamar he is scholar, states
man and a gentleman. No purer or ADLER
man ever sat in the chair of the secretary of
state. AS TO Commissioner Sparks, he is a