St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-08

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| DR.. MILESTONE Hennepin. 2
After the vote was announced Mr.. Will
Jams of Minneapolis moved the nomination
| of j. e. Chiids for governor and j. Z.
Pinkham for lieutenant governor. This was
carried with great applause despite the
protestations Of Mr. Childs that he did not
! wish the nomination. At this point j. l..
James was made assistant secretary. Other
state officers were nominated by acclama-
ton, as follows:
Secretary of state, c. A. Bierce, Winona;
auditor, Ii. w. Allen, Hennepin; treasurer, P.
j. Kness, Rock; attorney general, W. NJ.
| Hatch, Otter Tail.
For clerk of the supreme court there was
a contest between G. A. FosneS of Chippe-
wa and Charles C. Christensen of Murray,
and the counties were called for ballot.
which resulted in F0Snerreceiving 1T votes
and Christensen 81, and the nomination of
Mr.. Fosner was made unanimous. At this
point the Rev. w. II. Coffin offered the fol-
| lowing resolution:
Recognizing the Christian Sabbath as Of
| priceless value for economic as well as for
religious consideration, we favor the enact
ment and enforcement of such laws as shall
| secure its benefits to all our citizens.
After the reading of the resolution one
gentlemen jumed to his feet and said that
the adoption of the resolution would drive
a thousand votes from the party, and a
| heavy voice responded, LET them CO."
| There was some confusion caused by a half
a dozen men trying to get the floor at the
same time but w. w. Satterlee of Min
neapolis got the floor and stated that all
were not agreed Oh which day of the week
should be celebrated, that putting this res
olution in the platform would cost the
| in,
other way. The effect was that the reso-
| luton was laid on the table by an almost
unanimous vote.
| u. w. Cochran of Minneapolis, G. E.
Shannon of Duluth and Joseph Mcknight
OF Leroy, Mower county, were nominated
| for justice of the supreme court. Some
one had suggested the name of o. r. Ter
rell OF Redwood Falls for one of the JUS
tice when It. w. Kasker of Granite Forks
said that no one who was candidate on
the Republican ticket was fit for Prohibi-
ton candidate.
+. B. Olney offered bill favoring re-
vision of the present tariff on imports and a
material reduction Of the same. which
speedily shared the fate of the Sunday
question and was laid on the table.
At this point DR.. Leonard, recently Pro-
hibition candidate for governor of Ohio,
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many Of the delegates had to go home be-
fore evening, he was called for. DR.. Leon
ard came forward amid the hearty applause
of the audience, and spoke of the necessity
of thorough organization by Prohibitionists.
Every county, town and school district
should be organized, and he detailed the
methods Of organization in Ohio. He
| told over the story of the Hamilton
| county election frauds of last year and the
| subsequent outcome, charging both Repub-
licanS and Democrats, and reviewed the
whole liquor war in his own state. He
spoke rapidly and earnestly and was enthu-
siastically applauded.
The convention then proceeded to the
election of a state central committee, to
consist of fifteen, two being chosen from
each congressional district and five at large.
The following committee was chosen:
At Large. T. James, George f. Getty, c.
E. Holt, n. Ball and r. P. Lupton, all of Min
neapolis. First district w. Dennis, Steele; S.
o. Stevens, Winona; Second district, L. P
| Grout, Rock, and f. M. Dyer, Cottonwood;
| Third district, N. Lathrop, Rice, and c. T.
| Laugeson Mcleod; Fourth district, j. P. Fur
Der, Washington, and j. S. Lawson, Anoka
| Fifth district. G. A. Couillard, Wadena, and j
| w. Earl, Otter Tail.
Dr.. Milestone of Minneapolis offered q
| resolution declaring that it be the sense OF
the convention that no county have more
votes in state convention than the num-
Der of delegates reported present by the
committee On credentials. His object was
! to get members to the convention. This
excited a good deal Of discussion and was
finally laid OH the table.
| On motion of DR.. Denton the state cen
trial committee was authorized to establish
a state lecture bureau for Minnesota, and
| fI,o -
| being then 6 o'clock.
THE EVENING SESSION.
The convention assembled again at 7:3C
| O'Clock to hear an explanation OF the plans
| developed by the state central committee
| for providing for the financial necessities
| of the party. The chairman of the com
mittee had, however, been called home
during the interim by telegraph, and the
report was not submitted A resolution
was adopted Recommending that the Review
Of Minneapolis be adopted as the state
organ of the party, and making the office
! of that publication the headquarters fol
| distributing Prohibi0nist literature. II
| being nearly o'clock, the time appointed
for DIR. A. b. LeOnard'S lecture, Rev. James
| Z. Plnkham of Minneapolis, nominee fol
| lieutenant governor, occupied the meantime
! in making prohibition speech, at the close
| of which the hall contained an audience OF
| several hundred people. On the stage
were seated the president, four vice presi-
dents. and secretary of the convention.
Shortly after o'clock Dr. Leonard as
cended the rostrum and was introduced by
President ChildS and spoke for nearly two
hours. being frequently interrupted by ap-
pIause:
Dr.Leonard devoted some time to the general
q traff riyyir C%a
the mortality caused annually from strong
| drink, from 10000 to 100000 people. He
spoke of the prevalence of the beer-drink-
ing habit which he thought was lowering the
intellectually of the country. in drawing the
attention of young men from books and
| checking their intellectual growth He in
sisted that the liquor traffic induced to bad
| morals; that the saloon was moral pest
house, in which everything that was bad
| fourished, and nothing that was good,
| affecting the private morals of the
| community. The speaker dwelt on
| political corruption, with the Payne
| investigation in Ohio as his test and ventured
| the assertion that if all the seats of senators
| and representatives who got their election
by the illegal use of money were vacated
there would not be a quorum left in either
| house. DR.. Leonard spoke of the falling out
| of the natural friends. capital and labor, now
| waging bitter fight. He believed that the
liquor traffic lay at the seat OF the labor
| troubles OF the country, and the labor queS-
| ton would never be settled until the liquor
question was determined Whisky now sold
at $1.06 per gallon, of which so cents repre-
sented tax and 16 cents represented labor.
He drew very graphic picture of the mis-
| sion of the saloonkeeper aud said the only
| thing the saloon deserved was determination.
The government treated every liquor manu-
| facturer and dealer as dishonest man,
watched the process of distilling SO
that the distiiler could not get enough
OF his own goods to get drunk on until the
government got its 80 cents a gallon, and
requiring tax from every dealer before he
could sell a drop. They were treated as
thieves, and the government knew very well
who was in the business. He had found hard
times everywhere, and there never would
be good times as long as those 100000 of
people were living in novels with nothing to
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