The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-09-19
Full Report of the Proceedings
Of the Democratic Congress
SiOnal Convention.
Wilkinson Says he Leads a For.
lOrn Hope.
Blue Earth County gives Baker
Eight Votes.
THE PLATFORM.

The caucus adjourned at 2:20 o'clock
Thursday afternoon, and five minutes
later Judge j. E. Porter, chairman of
the congressional committee, called the
convention to order and read the call.
The convention had considerable
trouble In securing temporary chair
man. Four gentlemen successfully de-
cl1ned the honor, and d. H. Morse, of
Fairbault county, was finally elected,
when he made 1t known that he was
rot delegate. Several others declined
Some one moved that the chair appoint
the chairman, but Judge Porter ruled
this out of ord T, IS un-Democratic.
Col. ]. " Poleys, of Fairbault
county, was finally elected and stuck.
He said it was jor the convention to de
eide what the word Democrat" means,
whether Alliance o, something else.
w. 7. Ecksteih, Of New Ulm, was
elected secretarY.
| The chair " as authorized to appoint
committee Of five en- credentials,
which he did as follows: Messrs,
Tucker, of Lincoln; Rabe, of Nicollet;
O'Connor, of Blue Earth; Bartlett, of
Falrbault; and Sails, of LeSueur.
1t was moved that the chair appoint
a committee of five on resolutions.
Several raised the point of order that
this could not be done until the creden-
tial committee had reported. The chair
over-ruled this, and the motion carried.
The following were named: Fred
Pfaender, of Brown; Capt. NJ. Ross
kept, of Sibley; S. F. Barney, of Blue
Earth; H. Feuersteln, of Redwood, and
M. Sullivan, of Mobiles.
The committee on credentials reported
the following DELEGATES entitled to seats:
Brown. j. Ray, Fred Pfaender,
Joseph Schneider, E. G. PAIL, DR..
Routenburg, W. I. Eckstein, T. R.
Humphrey.
Redwood-H. Feuerstein, Richard
Martin.
Blue EARTH. c. Wise, proxy for D.
Hayes, Garrett Murphy, @. Leonard,
Chas. O'Connor, w. r. Hughes, M.
Russell, T. B. Murtaugh, n. Brules, L.
Troendle, o. H. Austin proxy for J. G.
Graham, S. F. Barney proxy for Daniel
Buck.
Nobles-Dr. NJ. Sullivan, E. F.
O'Nally, Grant Morrison.
Faribault-D. H. Morse, James w.
Pollyes, Peter Kramer. Arson Bartlett.
Watonwan = Frank Richlinger. d.
Bohan.
Cottonwood-O. Mason, VIM. Beeser.
LeSueur-J. J. Screen, E. E. Sails, W.
M. Sterling, T. c. Mason, N. Burgess, B.
L. Bassnot, M. R. Everett, Al. Gala
CHAN.
Sibley-W. H. Leuman, Michael
Davitt, R. B. Perdy, NJ. bangs, D. w.
Jones, n. ]. Rosskopf, J. c. Wheelan.
Nicollet-Patrlck Hughes, Walter
Johnson, A. F. Rabe, John Michaels,
John E. Mans.
Henry Murphy, F. G. McQuade, A. j.
Jordan.
Lincoln-W. H. Roberts, John S.
| Tucker.
! Pipestone = Louis Hirschey, and
same, proxy for Burkenhauser.
Martin-B. f. Varies, G. 0. True.
Yellow Medicine-P. 0. Iceberg, and
same proxy for Bert Winter.
Jackson-S. j. Moe, V. B. Crane,
John Woolensteincroft.
Four counties did not send delegates
The report was adopted.
The delegates present were author
ICED to cast the full vote of their coun-
ties.
A recess was taken until the commit
tee on resolutions should be ready to
report. 1t finally came in with the fol-
lowing resolutions:
The Democratic party of the Second
Congressional district met in convention
to nominate candidate for congress
resolves as follows:
First-We fully endorse the platform adopted
by the late Democratic convention at ST. Paul.
Second-We heartily endorse the nominations
made by that convention for state officers, and
we urge their support by the people.
Third-We still adhere to the time-honored
doctrine of a tariff for revenue only, believing
that the large amount to be raised by the gener-
al government for revenue purposes will afford
all the incidental protection to home Industries
that any interest has a right to demand.
Fourth-We repudiate the doctrine, advocat-
ed by the Republican party, that the federal
government has right either in law or morals
to tax the whole people to enrich the few.
Fifth-We denOunce the SO called Mckinley
bill recently passed by the House of Representa-
tives in Congress- because
1st-It is so framed as to draw a large amount
of money from the agricultural and labor peo-
pie of the West in order to add to ,the vast ac-
cumulations of the already over protected man
ufacturers of the East.
2nd-It is an open and shameless violation of
the promises made by the Republican party,
two years ago, when they pledged themselves to
reform the tariff in the interest of all the people
of the whole country.
3rd-It is a bill to foster trusts and combines
among corporations for the purpose ofenabling
them to rob and plumber the people.
4th-We denounce the force bill, so-called,
passed at the present session of Congress by the
enabling the party in power to control the cleo
tions in the several states and by this means
retain control of the administration of the gov
eminent, for an indefinite period of time.
5th-We favor equal and exact justice to all