St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-25
FIFTH DISTRICT DEMOCRATS.
They ADOPT a Platform and Decide
Not 10 Nominate a Candidate for
CONGRESS.

They Adopt a Platform and Decide
Not 10 Nominate a Candidate for
Congress.
Special to the Globe.
SAUK CENTRE, Sept. 24.-The Demo
cratic congressional convention assembled
this afternoon and organized with G. j.
Cahally, of Clay county, as temporary
chairman, and G. L. Baxter, of Wadena,
as temporary secretary. The usual COM
mittees on credentials, resolutions and per-
manent organization were appointed. The
committee on credentials reported eighty
six delegates entitled to seats under the
apportionment, large majority of whom
were present. The temporary organization
was made permanent, and the committee
on resolutions reported
THE FOLLOWING PLATFORM:
The Democrats of the Fifth congressional
convention of the state of Minnesota do
hereby declare their principles as follows:
First-We heartily indorse the ticket nomi-
mated by the Democratic state convention,
and believe that in DR.. A. A. Ames' nomina-
ton the Democrats of the state have placed
in the field a man of ability, renowned for his
generosity to the poor laboring classes of
society Il man who will do justice to all and
q standard bearer who will lead the party to
victory. Second-We heartily indorse the
administration of President Cleveland, and
declare that in all his acts he has been
actuated by but one desire-the purity
of the national administration, the correction
of abuses and the strangling of corruption,
which was created by, born of. and fostered
and sustained by the uninterrupted rule of
the Republican party in national politics for
twenty years; that he has
MADE GOOD EVERY PROMISE
made to the people. and has carried into b is
of
the city of Buffalo four years before he re-
ceived the nomination as president of the
United States, that public Office is public
trust. Third, That the Republican con-
vention of st. Paul was controlled and
run by and in the interest of
the Millers' association, and the fire
life and hail insurance monopolies of the
state and that in state that has been here
tofore Republican by about 10000 majority,
the Republican party has shown their fear
and the recognition of the apparent weakness
of their ticket in endeaving to import James
G.. Blaine and John A. Logan into the state
campaign, with hope that the voters may
be diverted from the issues before the people
and the rule of ring perpetuated
Resolved, That the time has come when the
demands of agriculture must be heard, and
that the rule of wheat rings and railroad cor
porations in the state must be
CHECKED BY LEGISLATION,
and that no person be sent to the legislature
who does not indorSe this and the other reso-
buttons adopted by this convention
Resolved, That we demand q fair rate on
the railroads, so that they will make reason
able interest on the actual capital invested
above current expenses, but not one penny OF
tribute on watered stock;
Resolved That the legislature itself regu-
late the tariff of the railroads without the use
Of railroad commissioners;
Resolved. That the practice of dealing in
what are commonly called futures is de-
moralizing to society, and that we request
the legislature to prohibit it.
Resolved, That we demand legislation that
shall REQUIRE owners and warehousemen to
make good the full value of their wheat
checks as to grade and weight at the terminal
point.
Resolved, That we endorse the principles
declared and stated in the Democratic con-
vention.
Resolved, That it is against public policy
for state officials and members OF the legisla-
ture tSaccept passes from the railroads.
Resolved, That the legislature request con-
gress to fulfill some of the many promises
made in the last twenty-four years by the