St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-16

tlon to succeed himself in the Fifty-tirst
congress. Interest centered, however,
upon the president makers, and as soon
as they had swallowed their breakfasts
the delegates began caucusing in the
motel lobby with view to fixing up a
slate to be presented when the conven-
ton assembled and thus expedite bust
ness. But row enSued on the first bal
lot, for when the count was completed
IL was found that there were eighty
three tickets in the box and there were
SeYenty-Sevea delegates in attendance
upon the caucus. Everything was
HUBBUB AND CONFUSION
when this discovery was made and there
were cries of treachery, stuffing and
similar election slogans, while every
one OF the seventy odd delegates was
trying to make himself heard and I'M
derstood at the sam time. But the eau
Gus broke up iii row and it was avery
angry and excited multitude that finally
vacated the hotel and proceeded to the
opera house where the convention was
to meet, What made the ballot box
stuffing men inconsistent was one of the
planks in the already prepared platform
which called for free ballon and a fair
count and this discrepancy between pre-
cept and practice was freely and free
| quently referred1to in the course of the
piONCSuAiSos IL was lllCItlOtC dIlltl
considerable suppressed excitement,
that Chairman A. Blanchard, of the Sec
one district congressional committee,
assembled the stage and called the gath
ering of 133 Republicans to order.
very little time was wasted i'll prelimi-
! narleS and temporary organization,
which was subsequently made perma-
nent, was perfected, with G. H. Smith,
of Washington, chairman; F. l.: Lam
meros. of Jackson, secretary. and w. r.
| Edwards, of Lyon, assistant secretary.
a committee on credentials was APP
pointed, comprising Messrs. l.. l.. Neli
son. of Mobiles: t. L. Warner, Red
wood; E. p. Freeman, Blue Earth; F.
S. Brown, Lyon; j. Gallagher. Brown;
+. +. Harlow, Martin, and G. A Blair,
of lie Sueur. but their duties were
light since there were no contests, and
the convention quickly settled
DOWN TO BUSINESS.
l.. 2. Hunt. of the Mankato Free
Press, called for committee on resOluL
tons, and it was constituted as follows:
l.. p. Hunt. Blue Earth: H. j. Miller,
Rock; S. w. Hayes, Redwood; l.. u!
Rodgers. LIE Sueur; w. W. Murphy,
Cottonwood: Christian Kleinkert, Sib-
ley, and o. III. Jackson, Lyon.
Although the resolutions were already
prepared the committee retired for con-
sultation, and during their absence it
was proposed to change the order of
business and proceed to the nomination
of representative in congress first. in
stead of selecting the Chicago delegates.
The chair put the motion, and it was at
the point of being adopted when one of
the delegates in the rear of the hall
shouted, You are going too fast, gen.
tlemen, the resolutions make provision
for that part of the business. Wait
until they are read before you vote on
this question" This seemed to meet
the appreciation of all present. and a
recess of ten minutes was agreed upon.
Meanwhile the committee on resolu-
lions was having stormy time in the
rear of the stage, owing to the efforts of
Delegate Abbott, of Winnebago City. to
have temperance plank inserted in
the platform. He met with very little
encouragement, however, but the mem
berSl of the committee advised him to
keep his resolution and submit it to the
convention for such action as it might
see fit to take in the premises. This
knotty point out of the way, the COM
| mlttee soon
SHAPED UP A PLATFORM,
and as reported to the main body the
document read as follows:
Whereas, 1t has been and is the mis-
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rate and carry out such needed reforms
from time to time in our social and pc
litical relations as are necessary and
proper to secure the government of the
people, by the people and for the peO-
pie with equal rights and liberty for all;
and,
Whereas, The Republican party is the
only political party that ever promul-
gated the principles which form the
basis of advanced civilization and the
general prosperity,
Resolved, That we uphold the doc
trine of protection to American indus
try and labor as against foreign. We
believe that a careful adjustment of
the tariff should be made so as to
eQualiZe burdens of taxation and reduce
the surplus to the necessities of the gov
eminent wisely and economically adj
miniStered.
We denounce the Mills bill as being
sectional and inconsistent.
We believe in free ballot and fair
count. We believe in an adherence to
the present policy OF the Republican
party in granting liberal pensions to
Union soldiers and sailors. We de-
nounce the Democratic party, which,,
having had control of the house of rep
resentatives for the past six years, has
never yet passed any bill looking to a,
reduction of the tariff, and having posed
before the people as champions of re-
form, loud in proteStations and silent
| in enactmentS.
We also denounce the administration
of Grover Cleveland as hollow, false and
hypocritical, because Mr.. CIeveland's
pretensions of reform in the civil serv-
ice of the government, and his endless
promises for the faithful execution of
the civil service law, ARE answered by the
removal of competent persons from
Office on purely political grounds, and
the appointment of incompetent persons
for the same reason.
Resolved, That the course of Hon.
John Lind has been such as to commend
him to the people of the Second district,
and in no way can we so alphabetically
show our appreciation of his services as
by indorSing him for a second term by
reclamation. On every question of pnb-
lie Importance has he proved himself
worthy as representative of a great
agricultural district, and especially do
we as Republicans indorse his views on
the tariff and the land grant questions.
TEMPERANCE.
Immediately after the adoption of
these resolutions, Mr.. Abbott came to
the front again with his temperance
resolution, which set forth:
Nor does the Republican party in
convention assembled underestimate
the intelligence OF virtue of the people.
We dare denOunce the saloon as an en-
! envy of all that is good in state and ma
ton. That it is dangerous body, and
has no place in our onward march of
civilization. That the liquor traffic is
the all-fruitful source of crime, Hitter
acy and poverty, and should be strangled
by Legislative and congressional reStric-
| fsnn t0y1tinn ami fines until n healthy