St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-29
The Executive Committee OF
the State Alliance Sours
on Protection.
President Cleveland's Views
on the Tariff Endorsed by
Minnesota Farmers.
Gen. Barrett Declines to Ee
the Candidate Of the Al
lance for Governor.
The Other Session Will Be
Held To-Day to Discuss
State Politics.

When the executive committee of the
Farmers alliance resumed its session at
the Clarendon yesterday all the menu
bers were present, and Gen. Barrett, Of
Herman, formerly president of the alli-
ance, was an interested auditor of the
debates. Business was inaugurated
with the presentation of a report from
the committee on resolutions, the text
of which was as follows:
resolved, That we heartily indorSe Presi.
dent Cleveland's views on the tariff issue.
resolved, That the so-called protective
TAR tarltf is an Ubiquitous tax on the people for
the benefit of monopolies and trusts and wa
demand its immediate reDeal on all raw ma.
terlal ana the neeesSaries of life.
only one Objector raised his voice
against the passage of the resolutions,
and his argument was that the alliance
was acting unwiseIy by introducing the
name of President Cleveland into what
might be construed as one of the blanks
in the platform of the farmers of Mime
sofa.
This brought out vigorous and pointed
remarks from the other delegates, in
which 1t was held that President Cleye.
land had proven himself TO be
THE PEOPLES PRESIDENT
and his action in taking the bull by the
horns in the tariff controversy was en-
titled to consideration and cOmmenda-
ton; for the views enunciated in his
message to congress were a fair reflex
of the sentiments of the agriculturaistS
of the Northwest.
Discussion of the resolutions occupied
the forenoon session of the committee,
nd tn 4
they were unanimously adopted, the OBJ
stinate member acknowledging that he
was a convert and would not oppose the
insertion of President Cleveland'S name.
These resolutions were ordered to la
sent to the Minnesota congressional del
egatiOn at Washington.
Who should be indOrsed for governor
was the proposition before the commit,
tee at the afternoon session, and when
an adjournment was taken until to-mOr-
row, nothing definite had been agreed
upon as result of the three hours
talk.
Four names were discussed by the
delegateS-Gen. Barrett, Mayor Ames,
Albert Schetfer and John Frank, and
several informal ballots were taken ia
test the strength of these candidates,
Gen. Barrett was the first to receive a
complimentary vote of Endorsement, al.
though IL was generally understood that
he would not accept, and this was made
manifest when the entire committee
voted to make him the farmers stand
ard bearer. The recipient of this com.
pliment, however, declined in q short
speech to accept the nomination, upon
the ground that he could not afford ia
sacrifice his private interest, and the
committee then dropped his name and
took test vote on those of Messrs.
Frank and Scheffer, Contrary to what
had been expected, Frank
DEVELOPED THE GREATEST STRENGTH,
the result of the vote being z for in
dOrsing Frank for the gubernatorial
nomination, while Mr.. Schet1er only
mustered 3.
This was not satisfactory to the
Scheffer contingent, and straightway
they precipitated a discussion by sug-
costing the ACCESSIBILITY of not indOrs-
ing any candidate, but that arrange
mentS should be perfected for holding
a farmers convention, and thus have a
vote direct from that class of the citi-
ems of Minnesota. The friends OF
Frank, jubilant over the result of the
ballot, although it was an informal one,
would not agree that convention was
necessary, but favored a reference to a
committee of five, who should submit
recommendation at tO-day's meeting.
This committee was also empowered ia
draw up platform for submission ia
the voters of the state, and matters were
in this shape when motion to adjourn
prevailed.