St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-11
The Wolverine Ex-Congress-
man Nominated by DEM
oepats for Governor.
He Represents the Farming
Community and Probably
Will Be Elected.
Hoosier Republicans Shout for
Harrison and Reed and
Name a Ticket.
South Carolina Democrats
Lock Horns in Convention
at Columbia.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept. TO-
The Democratic state convention was
called to order at IL o'clock this MORN
ing in Hartman's hall by Chairman
Weston, of the state central committee.
Ex-Congressman M. I'll. Ford was made
temporary chairman. After the usual
committees had been appointed the con-
vention took a recess until 2:30 D. N.
At the afternoon session of the Demo-
cratic state convention the names of
ex-Congressman E. B. Winans, of Ham,
burg. a prominent farmer, and f.
A. Dean, of Charlotte, were
placed in nomination for governor.
Before the roll call Mr.. Dean appeared
and withdrew from the contest. and
Winans was nominated by reclamation.
John Strong, of Monroe, was nominated
for lieutenant governor. The names of
Frederick Marvin, of Detroit; Arthur
Meigs, of Grand Rapids, and Frederick
Braastad, of Ishpeming. were placed in
nomination for state treasurer. On~roll
call Marvin and Braastad each had
about 400 votes and Meigs the rest. [. NJ.
Weston, of Kent, announced change
of Kent's vote from Meigs to Braastad
and one county following another.
Wayne finally withdrew Marvin, and
Braastad's nomination was made unan-
lmous. The convention completed its
ticket tonight by nominating Mayor A.
A. Ellis, of Ionia, for attorney general;
John w. McGrath, of Detroit, for JUS
tice of the supreme court; Capt. Daniel
E. SOper, of Newyago, for secretary
of state: Col. David Bacon,
of Niles, commissioner of the
land office; Ferris I'll. Fitch, of Pontiac,
superintendent of public instruction;
David A. Hammond, of Charlotte, for
member of the state board of education,
and d. j. Campau, of Detroit, chairman
of the Democratic state central commit
tee. Mayor Edwin +. Uhl. chairman of
the committee on resolutions. reported
the following platform, which was
unanimously adopted:
We reaffirm the declaration of principles in
the platform adopted by the party i'll its last
national convention.
We point with just pride to the prudent,
wise and statesmaniike administration of
Grover Cleveland.
We condemn the administration of Ben
jamln Harrison for utter disregard of its
most solemn pledges made to the peo-
pie before elections; we denounee it
for its unparalleled extravaganza, which
has in the first eighteen months
of its life dissipated the greater part of the
vast surplus left in the treasury by the pre-
ceding frugal Democratic administration; we
condemn it for its deliberate abandonment of
civil service reform, for its use of cabinet
and other official positions to pay financial
campaign debts: for its undisguised hostility
or indifference to the rights and interests of
the laboring classes.
We reaffirm the obligation of the PEG pie to
the soldiers and sailors of the war, and favor
policy of liberal pensions to their disabled
survivors and dependent families. We de-
mand that henceforth the issuing of all Cir
culatiOn medium be made under acts of con-
gress, through the national treasury, in such
amounts as the business wants of the country
require We denounce the Lodge force cleo
ton bill, which has passed The house, as
revolutionary and unconstitutional. We
declare the interference of the federal gov
ernment with state elections is dangerous
menace TO free government The public
domain should be reserved for homesteads
for actual settlers.
Lands granted as subsidies to corporations
which were not earned i'll strict conformity
with the terms of the grants should be
declared forfeited and settlers upon them be
protected.
We condemn the policy of giving bounties
to promote commercial relations with other
countries until closer commercial relations
with those countries can be maintained
We believe i'll the creation of a merchant
marine which can be best brought about by
unrestricted commerce. Until the freedom
of commerce permits the reciprocal return
in profitable exchange for American prod
ucts sold abroad, we condemn the system of
subsidies which only maintains line so
long as the subsidy lasts. We condemn
the last Legislature for its manifest incompe
tency and its humiliation of the state
numerous ili-eonsidered impracticable and
unconstitutional acts. We are In favor of a
secret ballot, and of such legislation as Shall
be ADEQUATE to effecIually preserve the pu-
rity of elections while securing to each voter
the exercise of his franchise. We believe in
the free and unlimited coinage of silver. and
condemn the Republican party because it
demonetized silver and still refuses the de-
yer to complete equality with gold.
The report closed with denunciation
of the Mckinley bill and the high tariff
policy of the present administration, at
the same time demanding that the tariff
and internal revenue taxes shall not be
higher than actually required to carry
on the government. economically adj
miniStered.