St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-17

Nor, If remember Alright, did my pred,
ecessor. Maj. Strait, who is sitting there,f
ever do much talking. We believe in
working. So far as the tariff is con-,
cerned. thought that was settled long,
ago. We formulated a platform two
years ago, and ON that we elected a.
president and five congressman from
this state. We formulated tariff bill
by the aid of Mr.. Mckinley and several
l don't say that bill is perfect, | do say,
that it is for the good of the whole peo-,
pie. l believe the men who formed
that bill, Mr.. Mckinley and Gov. Gear
OF Iowa. are honest men, and | would
rather take their advice on the tariff
question than that of the long-whiskered
Englishmen who are standing around
In the lobbies telling us how to vote.
This a farmers tariff bill, and / tell you
IL IS the farmer who will be protected
and benefited by it. Look at the tariff
that has been placed on barley, on wheat
and on eggs. L know this tariff on bar
ley is a good thing, and have couple
of hundreds of bushels of it in my gram
ary which hope to be able to sell when
it becomes law.
"The Fifty-first congress has done
more for the farmers than any other in
the history of the country. The Nc
Kinney bill was framed in their interests
and will help them wonderfully. The
farmers are being remembered by con.
gress this session, and L tell you that
not day passes that his trials and trib-
ulatlons are not discussed by the mem-
bers OF congress-. We sympathize with
them and are going to pass the McKin-
ley bill for their benefit. But of course
this bill does not please our Democratic
nVnantad
would. So it is about pensions. Some
wanted to give every soldier pension.
NOW, we have passed bill which will
place 100000 soldiers on the rolls, and
they ought to be satisfied. If / have
1alled to represent you right want to
say that it has been failure of the
mead and not of the heart. Again
thank you for the nomination"
This defense of the Mckinley bill fell
like wet blanket on the convention,
no one supposing for an instant that
MI. Hall would do so foolish thing as
to attempt such defense. Feeble APP
plauSe rewarded his efforts and a more
funereal aspect was assumed by the con-
ventlon. "Strait! Strait" were calls
started by the Dakota county delegation,
Ill response to which the veteran ex-l
congressman arose, and, with his bland
est smile, started in on an elaborate
speech justifying the Mckinley BILL
while l did not expect to make a
speech" said the MAJOR, II do feel that
want to make suggestion or two. I
know that it is a faculty of our Demo-
cratic friends to like some other bill all
ways than the one we give them. be-
Heve that this Mckinley bill, while not
perfect. is the best we can get. It is
not what | would like nor what
many of you would like, but it
is the best we can get. On the
whole it is pretty good bill, and I
believe an era Of prosperity awaits the
minnesota farmer under it. This cOun-
try has proSpered under tariff laws. IL
that farmers convention which met
here week ago had had their interests at
heart. they would have nominated MIR.
Hall. He is farmer. and resident of
Renvllle county, although two years
ago the Democrats alleged that he was
citizen of st. Paul. 1t is true he had
two years ago, but he has disposed of it
and now has all his interests centered
at his farm in this district. This can
not be an argument against him this
year. l have no doubt eff his success"
The Speechmaking was ended by
Hon. Frank NJ. Wilson, the eloquent
county attorney of Goodhue county who
''rOaS eT' the Farmers Alliance and
favored tariff reduction. His tariff re-
form enunciationS met with hearty
greeting and plainly showed that only
fear of the machine kept the conven-
ton from declaring for quite different
attitude on the part of Mr. Hall on this
question. A motion authorizing the APP
pointment Of congressional commit
tee, composed of one member from each
county, was made by Brother-in-
law Hudson, and the convention then
adjourned. The new committee will be
named by Chairman Peterson at his
leisure, after consultation with the can
didate. Probably number of the old
committeeman will be reappointed.
The old committee was as follows:
R. II. McClelland, Mcleod; s. H. Hudson,
Swift; D. j. Haugland. Chippewa; G. Il.
Christensen, Renville: j. H. Alderman, Car
yer; William Wilson. Scott; William Hodg.
son, Dakota; c. A. Burch. Kandiyohi; f. N.
eavens, Rice. and E. V. Garfield, Goodhua