New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-07-30

liz iSeN11lSo VI tAS Gall NY JUL Z I1SdG-
wole of Mortified, the state secretary, oc-
cupied about five minutes, during which
time the remaining delegates ran the gaunt-
let of the two policemen guarding the aisles.
<s When this tedious task had
J ! ] |
%8SS been performed, the chair
@& man again rose and an
- m w nounced that nominations
III for temporary chairman
MR8n VIZ werein order. This brought
EQ&A TX John G. Nelson of Otter
AsmN Tail county to the front.
n " y He simply said: II NOM
G w mate Hon. A. E. Rice OF
= w ~ Kandiyohi county for tenn
hh. porary chairman Of this
H.e.R,cE convention" This was sec
: ~" onded by J. T. Wyman of
Hennepin. and the chairman put the vote
by reclamation, the decision being unani-
nous for Rice. ri.
R. D. Russell of Hennepin moved that a
committee on credentials Of enc member
from each judicial district and one at large
be appointed by the chair. This went
through without objection and Gordon p.
Cole of Rice county moved the appoint
ment Of a committee on resolutions consti-
tuted in the same way, which was also
passed by everybody's consent.
THE PLATFORM.
E. K. Roverud, chairman of the commit
tee on permanent organization, reported
that the temporary organization should be
made permanent. This was very satisfac-
tory to the convention. The committee on
resolutions, through Gordon E. Cole, then
presented their report. The reader was fire.
quently interrupted by applause, and the
platform was unanimously adopted amid
great enthusiasm. The committee had pre-
pared its report during the noon recess in
the office Of Hon. Gordon E. Cole. The planw
in the platform which the committee was
to evolve, to which the greatest interest at
tached, was that relating to the tariff. After
the committee had unanimously agreed
upon endorsing the present administration,
this tariff question was taken up. There
was little divergence of views, and the
plank as agreed to was quietly discussed
and adopted without heat or opposition.
The remainder of the platform was the re-
suit of equally judicious and calm consid-
Grafton. The eleven clauses which make
up the platform upon which the Republi-
can party Of Minnesota will stand are as
follows:
The Republican party OF the State of Mime
sofa, in convention assembled, announces the
following declaration OF principles: y"
It heartily Endorses both the national and
state admins trations in the conduct Of the af-
fairs respectively intrusted to them by the peo-
pie; that it especially commends the sound
business and financial principles, the strict re-
made by the last Republican state convention
and emphatically ratified by the electors at the
polls which have distinguished the administra-
ton of Gov. William R. Merriam.
That having the requirements OF the govern
ment in view, our tariff laws should be so ad-
iusted as to best protect our American indus
tries and bear fairly and equitably on all Sec
lions and interests of the country.
1t cordially approves of the policy recon-
mended by Mr.. Blaine Of such reciprocity treat
America as will open closer commercial rela-
tions between the Northern and Southern
Americas ..-
It claims that in it's high license policy in re-
gard to the liquor traffic it has inaugurated the
best and most efficient method Of dealing with
the evils attendant upon such traffic which has
yet been devised, as shown in the results which
1t pledges itself to continuance of this policy
and vigilant enforcement of such laws and
that in the future, as in the past in its efforts to
regulate and restrain such traffic it will take no
backward step.
1t favors wise and discriminating legislation
by congress on the subject of emigration, by
which persons not III sympathy with our insti-
buttons, or opposed to republican or any gov
eminent, may be excluded from our Shores
Y. - j.
1t favors reduction OF the legal rate of inter-
est permitted by written contract, and the vigil
liant enforcement Of all enactments passed for
the punishment of usurY.
49, e.. VI ",.
It endorses the introduction of the binding
Irvine industry into the states prison, and the
supply thereof to the citizens of the state en-
gagged in agriculture and other pursuits, at the
prime cost OF manufacture and sale.
1t denounces all monopolies, whether under
the name Of trusts or otherwise, and demands
the passage OF laws By the congress OF the
United States for placing on the free list any
commodity which shall at any time become the
subject thereof
It favors the regulation of the tolls of COM
mon carriers by interstate commerce laws, Or
if solely within the state, by the legislation Of
the state, in such manner as to prevent the
watering of stock, with view to ilegitimate
exactions OF interest thereon, or oppression or
discrimination between different individuals or
localities, and at the same time to secure to the
employe of such carriers a just return for his
labor. 1t pledges itself to the endeavor to Sc
cure the passage Of such laws as will guarantee
to the people of the state the free disposition
and transportation of their products, unim-
peded by the vexatious exactions of rings and
monopolies or the unjust exercise of corporate
franchises, and particularly to secure the reduc-
ton OF rates on grain, lumber and coal.
VII.
1t approves of the Australian system of vot-
ing, and recommends it's adoption by the next
legislature for the entire state.
That the nation owes a debt of gratitude to
the brave defenders of it's flag, and that they
auu tu6lT WIDOWS duu OrpDduS SlOulu aO dill
times be the subject OF national recognition and
protection.
That it endorses the disability pension bill
passed by the present congress in fulfment OF
the pledges made by the Republican party care
for the ex-soldiers, their widows and orphans,
and the Republican party of Minnesota take
special pride in the fact that this just measure
was prepared and championed by the Hon. G.
Z. Davis, senior senator from this state.
Resolved. That we favor relieving, as far as
possible, the poorer classes of our people by
providing free text books in our comm Oh schools
at the public expense.
Resolved, That we are firmly opposed to any
federal legislation designed to restrict the com
petition of Canadian with domestic common
| carriers
| THE NOMINATIONS.
Gordon E. Cole nominated VIM. R. Merriam
for Governor; " N. 81. Eustis spoke for w w.
Braden and Frank NJ Eddy nominated
Knute Nelson, and the informal ballet re-.
suited as follows:
Necessary to
Merriam
Nelson
braOen.. 81
Hats and handkerchief waved at the an
Il