St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-06

Sea5II1e Ssnf; sF ,a 3sieIy vsIe!, L I2/g
en em' aSt4sse %nIs9 %atcf 3aa cf ( GbN ~
| 30 Fer cent, Ora ,.NJ>
nearly doubling, eo/WW
| the cost of tWine
to the Minnesota farmer. The cOnven.
tion received this statement so enthU-
siastically that Delegate Ii. A. Swayne.
of Rice county, introduced the fOllows
| Ing resolution, which was adopted
| unanimously:
Resolved. That the secretary Of the alliance
| at once notify all the members of congress-
| from Minnesota that IL is the sense Of tha
| alliance that twine and all raw material en-
| tering into the manufacture of twine be
| placed on the free list before the end Of the
| present session of congress.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
The afternoon session was inaugu-
! rated by the president appointing the
| regular committees upon resolutions,
| revision of the constitution and TO visit
| the state agricultural college. The
| committee OH resolutions is all especial
| ly strong one, and its utteranceS Oh the
tariff question are expected to sound in
| no uncertain way the feeling of the con.
| vention on that subject. The commit
| tees as appointed were:
On Revision OF constitutional. II. Wilcox.
| II. ID. Pore, Swan Nelson. Ignatius DOnnel1y.
| A Richmond. MIR. Comstock, John Fender.
| CAST John Fellows. A. l.. Gardner, p, Mala-
| Chi, Robert Donaldson, Representative
| Humpe, MIR. JudsOn.
Committee Oh ResOlutions-T. II. Barrett
| Charles Canning, c. l.. Brambord, j. II. La
Due Andrew Emerson. NJ. >. Hunt, +: @.
| Norton, c. .Proeschel lily Wright, Nels Ander
son, Ed Ballantine, L. A. zieber, j. II. La6er,
z. &. Dyer, w. III. White.
Committee to Visit Agricultural College
Peter McGrath. Albert Warren. Daniel Bow
erman, l.. E. Carter, Charles Graves. John
Allison.
SMART WORK.
The first clash OF the opposing fac
tiOnS came after these committees. and
it was in the nature of a motion to pro-
ceed at once to the election of officers.
This was opposed by delegate John
Diamond, of Blue Earth, i'll a Vig0ri-
Gus speech, and was generally Op-
posed by the anti Donnelly
element in the convention. A Dom
nelly delegate thought the opposition
was AFRAID To come to ''ShOW-dOwn."
"We'll fight it out right here," said
| Diamond, with emphasis, and we're in
| favor OF taking up new men altogether"
! So strong was the opposition to the
| motion that the mover withdrew
| it with the understanding that the cleo
ton OF officers should be the special OF.
der for this morning at I'D O'clOrk.
The tWine trust was the next subject
taken up. and general discussion en-
sued, in the course of which Gen. Baker
delivered few remarks, straight
FROM THE SHOULDER,
portion OF which has been quoted In
anoIher part OF this report. AIR. Dom
nelly told of a machine that could be
used by the farmer OH rainy days in
making his own tWine. This wasn't
received with favor by the convention,
one delegate remarkng that he 'neyer
had any rainy days TO spend in
making twine.' n. Is. Ashby.
lecturer of the National alliance, was
called tn the platform and told how the
Iowa farmer had handled The twine
question. He was followed by DR.. E.
W. Fish, of the Great West, who de-
clared that every investigation he bad
madein the tWine matter had led to the
patent office at Washington. All new
patients were gObbled up by the old
trust and there was no breaking 1t or
getting ahead of 1t. This was ealcu-
lated TO throw cold water OIL the scheme
of manufacturing tWine at Saltwater
and it riled Deigate Diamond, of Blue
earth, who at once said:
I'D like to know doctor. IL your talk
ing in opposition to the Schene OF max
ing twine at StlllwaterY"
mo, Pm not" was the reply. al am
ready 10 help even in financial way
Only, as sad, the patent Office is In
the way
I'm afraid there are some patent
men also in the way" calculated Mr..
Diamond with ardUT, Willie the audi.
ence rOared, or al least that portion OF
the convention III sympathy with the
Blue Earth delegation.
WILL INVESTIGATE.
In repOnse to letter from the state
uperintendent, MIR. kiehle was invited
To address the convention at 1880, and
request of several members to invite
G. j. Buell., the Minneapolis sngle-tax
advocate, to address tile body, was laid
Oh the table, as many Of the members
felt that they didn't have the
time to spare. Mir. Buell. was
however, invited 10 write a
communication covering the main
points of his speech and print it in DF.
t'iSh'S paper. The chair was then in-
structed u appoint committee of five
to investigate and learn where tWine
can be had at the lowest prices. PreSi-
dent Sprague named the committee as
follows: Ii. a. Swayne, of Rice; DIV.
BushsOn, of Blue Earth: q. w. Plank.
of Douglas; O. w. KingsDury, of Fill,
more, and &. q. COughlau, or Lac Qdi
Parle.
A BRIGHT SPEECH.
AT this moment the eVerwatchful eye
of Mir. Diamond. of Blue Earth, caught
sight of Miss Eva Mcdonald, of Minne-
apois, and she was at once invited TO
address the convention. AS self-pOS.
sessed and confident as veteran
speechmaker, but yet with modest and
unasSulniug air that won her audi.
ence before she spoke word
Miss Mcdonald took the platform, and
proceeded to give the farmers assem-
bled plain ana spicy talk on the
necessity OF organization. She spoke
OF the necessity OF organization among
the WOrkingmen of the cities, and stated
that, while the grievances of tie farm
ers were of different kind, they were
still as numerous and as difficult to deal
with.
Organization" she said, ''is the only
thing that has helped the workingmen
OF the ciIies. The wealth and inteili-
gence Of the country is organized in
order To accumulate more wealth. So
cety itself is but vast and COM
pick organization. Tie tMine crust is
an organization. and they are en-
abled by it to make good thing
out of your business. The doctors. law.
yerS, and even the ministers are organ
lied, and don't you think If organiza-
ton is such a good thing for all of these
people it would be pretty good thing
for you?"
The bright young speaker was re-
warded for her effort by rising vote Of
thanks. as well as hearty applause at
various points made in her talk. The
meeting then broke up 10 allow the
executive committee to get together
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