St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-14
HERE THEY ARE.
The Resolutions That Carried the
Circus of the Day.


The committee Oh resolutions, through
John L. Byrnes, the chairman, reported
the following:
The Democracy of Hennepin county in
convention assembled. through its accredited
representatives, formulate the following
declarations of principles:
We most heartily approve the admlnlstra-
ton of President Cleveland and cordially i'll
dorse the national platform adopted at St.
Louis by the Democracy in national conyen-
ton assembled. We pledge untiring support,
fidelity and allegiance TO the candidacy of
the Democratic standard bearers, Grover
Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman.
We most heartily approve of and commend
the action of Hon. Thomas Wilson, Hon. Ed
mund Rice and Hon. John l.. Macdonald in
their advocacy and support of the Mills bill
and extend to Hon. Knute Nelson our con-
CALCULATIONS and thanks for the manly and
consistent course pursued by him in defend
ing the rights of his constituents by his vote
in favor of tariff reform.
We denounce the present tariff as master
piece of injustice, inequality and false pre-
lenses. 1t has Impoverished many industries
to substitute q few. 1t prohibits imports that
might purchase the products of American
labor. 1t has degraded American commerce
from the first to an inferior rank on the high
seas. 1t has cut down the sales of American
manufactures at home and abroad, and has
depleted the return of American agriculture,
an industry followed by half our people. 1t
duces to the treasury: obStructs the process
of production and wastes the fruits of labor.
We demand that all custom house taxation
shall be only for revenue.
That public officers. and all others in au-
thority, are the peoples servants; that their
offices are no private perquisite; that they
are q public trust, and that no necessity eX-
lists in the Democratic party of Minnesota for
trust to parcel out public officers this be-
ing "a government of the people, by the peo-
Pile for the people," No man, nor set of
men, have a right to dictate the nomination
of any candidate. or candidates, not wanted
by the people, or, by concert of action defeat
the peoples will Upon these principles we
refuse to bend the knee to ''self-constituted
bosseS,'' or candidates OF their selection, and
will have none of it, And while we recog-
niZe that political parties are simply instru-
mentalities for the enforcement of certain
recognized principles, we shall endeavor to
promote the principles of the Democratic
party by means of that party, Disseminated
and released from the domination of boss
es'' and machine politics, but should we fail
in this. we shall have no hesitation in seek
ing to advance these principles of the party
through movements and organizations out
side of the party lines
That our delegates to the state convention
are instructed to do all in their power to
bring about the nomination of men known
to be opposed to and outspoken against
bossism and ring-rule of every kind. nature
and description, circumventing and thwart.
ing the will of the people. And as a man
championing and defending the rights of
the people from the despotism of the dicta-
tors, we present the name of Hon. Albert A.
Ames for governor.
And the Democracy of Hennepin county,
the banner county Of Minnesota, do en-
phaticaIly declare that he is their first
choice. and that they have no other, or
second choice among the Democrats of this
county, and that he is the only candidate for
the office of governor that can possibly lead
the party to victory in the coming contest.
And we further declare that his former
great services to our party in the last con-
test IN reducing the Republican majority
from 10000 to $500 entities him to this
nomination.
committee, by prostituting his office in the
interest of the bosses and by the MANY
gross misrepresentation made by him at
their dictation, has demonstrated that he has
outlived his usefulness in that position. if,
indeed, he was ever of real benefit therein,
and that there can be no harmony so long as
he is permitted to disgrace position which
should be held by the TOOL of no man, CLIQUE
or faction.
That, in the event Of an attempt to defeat
the expressed wishes of the majority. by the
admission of boiling delegates from any
county, our delegates are instructed to stand
for the right let come what may. and we
will stand by them; and that, in all things,
they are directed, as unit to stand by the
spirit of these declarations. a
That the chairman of the Hennepin county
Denocratlc committee, In delaying the call
ing of this convention until The eve of the
state convention, for the manifest purpose of
creating false impression as to The real
strength of Hon. Albert A. Ames where he is
best known, and thereby injuring his candi-
dacy, deserves our censure, and is hereby
condemned.
That representing the masses of the people
we desire sincerely to add to the tribute of
nation now being rendered to the memory of
that soldier Of the people, the gallant Philip
Henry Sheridan our expression of the loss
suffered by America when the Sword of
Shenendoah'' was sheathed forever.