St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-11
THE PLATFORM.
On This Shaky Structure Must
the Nominee Stand.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
ROCHESTER,, Minn., July 10.-Coming
down on the train from Kasson to
Rochester, Lovely said: ''If Dunnell is
nominated he cannot carry Freeborn
county," statement that has been re-
peatedly heard during the progress Of
the convention, from Willmar, Mower
and some of the Dodge delegates. The
assertions of hostility to Dunnell were
as broad and aggressive as those made
against Strait at Red Wing. The in
terim between the afternoon adjourn
in attempts on the part of the Dun
nell men to break the ranks
of the opposition, and efforts
by the Conkey and the Mullen men to
unite or draw out new candidate.
They finally made a half arrangement
to drop few votes to Nathaniel Kings
lev, of Mower county, and one or two
from Fillmore to j. A. Leonard, of Ohm
sted, hoping thereby to induce deser-
ton from the Dunnell standard. The
convention met again at ., and,
after having been out four
hours in useless wrestle with
the tariff, the Chicago platform
and their own varying opinions, brought
one commented, twas apparently spewed
bv Mr.. Blaine" No criticism upon the
document is necessary. Its halting SEN
tences and contradictions run as fol-
lows. The platform is wired to you
from the original manuscript, and any
incoherency is attributable to the plat
form committee and no one else:
The Republicans of the First con-
gressional district of Minnesota, through
their delegates in convention assembled,
do hereby adopt and enunciate the fol-
lowing declaration of principles:
Resolved, That we proclaim anew our
unyielding adherence to the grand
principles of the national Republican
party, which for almost quarter of a
century safely guided the country
tions of party strife and the snares and
pitfalls of alternate financial prosperity
and depression, so that under its mas
terly and patriotic leadership the name
of the republic became illuStrious
throughout the worldi and the synonym
for strength, security and freedom of
its citizens all over our wide domain.
Resolved, That while we are most
iustly proud of a past record of uneX-
ampled political achievements and
grandeur, we depend not upon this
alone to animate us in the future, but
confidently and with sincerity turn our
thoughts and attention to the new
problems of civil government, in the
Just and equitable solution OF which
the humblest citizen is interested as
deeply as he whose fortune places him
above the contingencies of doubtful or
too partial code of legislative enact
mentS.
Resolved, That the result of the re-
cent national Republican convention
and the declaration of principles there
enunciated by the representatives of
the party, meet with our hearty appro-
baton, and that we do hereby most sol
emnly and sincerely pledge to the can
didates there placed in nomination for
the offices of president and vice presi-
dent. our earnest, united and most en-
thusiastic support.
Resolved. That agriculture, being the
foundation of our prosperity as a dis
trict, and should receive the first, if not
the highest, consideration of those en-
trusted with the framing and passage of
our laws affecting its welfare, that
therefore we approve the law enacted
by our last legislature and commend the
course pursued by those entrusted with
its execution, securing thereby a more
lust rate of transportation on all prod
ucts of the soil and implements re-
uuired in it's cultivation, sand we
do most heartily recommend that the
entire system of state and national con-
troll over railroads and their appurte-
nances be so amended, perfected and eX-
tended from time to time in compliance
with the dictates of experience as to
conduce to the highest attainable we'll
fare of the people.
Resolved, That labor is the true basis
and true developer of national wealth !;
that humanity has claim upon our
| regard infinitely superior to that of
capital and that the toilsgs Of Amer