St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-18
WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
Nebraska Democrats Name a
Strong Ticket.

SlDle serious split regarding the att
tude of the party towards the
farmers, particularly on the railroad
question, was apparently to large eX-
tent responsible for the extraordinary
late start. Chairman Ogden, of the
state central committee, nominated
Frank p. Ireland for temporary chair
man. The nomination was promptly
seconded and put through with hur-
rah. MIR. Ireland is not opposed to
Gov. Boyd. The chairman'S speech was
neat, indeed-both brief and eloquent.
He denounced the tyranny of the courts
of Nebraska in their treatment of
Gov. Boyd. There was great cheering
by Boyd's friends, and it began to
look as if the Boyd men had sue
ceeded and had the convention well
in hand. -Four secretaries instead of
one were elected, all that were nomi-
mated for the position. The peace was
intensified by the next action of the
convention in making the temporary
organization permanent. Then the
wheels whirled again, and committee
on resolutions was in speedy process of
formation. The names of NJ. V. Gan
non, of Omaha, and Congressman
Bryan, of Lincoln, elected rapturOus
applause, Bryan being apostrOphiZed as
NebraSka's Democratic congressman.
Another peace spike was swiftly
driven by the convention ordering that
all resolutions be referred unread to
the committee on platform. Congress
man, Bryan, i'll remarkably eloquent
address, placed in nomination Judge j.
II. BrOOdy for member of the state SUI
preme court. 1t was said by several
delegates that the Judge did not desire
the Office, and could not accept. New
ertheleSs, the nomination OF Judge
BroOdy was put before the convention,
and carried with vim and absolute
unanimity.
Cannon. of Omaha. nominated Law
yer +. A. Blogan for regent of the state
university. Capt. S. f. Heneker,
farmer, was also nominated, and both
he and Brogan, like Broody. were
selected by reclamation. This COM
pleted the ticket, all without the
slightest suspicion of hitch. 1t was
decided that the state central committee
should fill any vacancies on the ticket.
Nominee Brogan was called upon for
speech. and made one of the purest
Democratic speeches, without even the
smallest Farmers Alliance bOreais.
Heneker, the farmer candidate. re-
sponded to a similar call upon him with
a beamlng face and just twelve words.
Gentlemen, | can attend to the farming
business and other business, too.
He brought down the house. During
an address by State Senator Switcher,
of Omaha, congratulating the conven-
ton on its harmony up to this point
and strongly deprecating any siding
up to 1.-The so-called Alliance party"
the name of Grover Cleveland was
mentioned. Instantly there WAS an
outburst of enthusiasm. To such
fHA al,A sI,1 al ,,k
the delegates felt themselves physically
unable longer to continue the proceed
ings, and half hours adjournment was
taken, as the chairman naively re-
marked, to procure ''lunch." The hall
was cleared in thirtyeight seconds by
the watch.
On reassembling the report of the
committee on resolutions was read.
The principal planks of the platform
follow:
The Democrats of Nebraska in convention
assembled, give thanks to God, and the
energy and industry of our people for bouu-
tifui crops and the prospects for remuner-
ative prices. Considering the legislative OBJ
stacles confronting the people these
are blessings for which To be pro-
foundry grateful. The Democracy Of
Nebraska are determinek in as far as human
foresight will peanut so to urge. guide and
direct legislation that the people of our go-
rious state may be so unhampered by unWise
laws that a season of two of bad or INSULT
cient crops will not find them in the future
as in the recent past, almost wholly at the
mercy OF graSping corporations and
usurious money lenders.
We denounce the one-sided reciprocity pro.
posed by the present administration, which
invites commercial intercourse only with ma
tons which buy our manufacturing prod
ucts, aud prohibit freedom of exchange with
those nations which purchase our surplus OF
agricultural products, as an attempt TO con-
uuue TO favor manufacturing industries in
another form with the advantages which
they have under the system of protection.
and we demand that oil legislation upon this
subject shall give to the interest of the farmer
equal consideration with the other classes of
society.
We favor the free coinage of silver. and
that 1t be made a full and legal tender for all
debts, public or private, and denounce as un
lust and dishonest the provision Of the law
recently enacted allowing parties to stipu-
late against payment in silver and silver GER
tificates. thus setting up one standard for the
rich man. and another TOR the poor nau.
We condemn the Mckinley bill IT'S bold
and shameless attempt TO repay out of the
pockets of the people to the protected indus
tries the amount contributed bv them for the
purpose of wholesale corruption at the last
presidential election. We direct public at
tention to the fact that, while the bill pro-
poses TO help the farmer by useless additions
to the tariff on agricultural products, ii in
fact multiplies the peoples burdens and in
| creases their taxes, lessons the price of their
| products and decreases the purchasing
| power Of the income We demand a tariff
! for revenue only, limited to the necessities
| of the government economically admins
| tered. and in returning from special to con-
stitutional taxation we favor placing raw
materials upon the free list. greatly reducing
the burden of the necessaries of life, and OF
| imposing the heaviest duties upon uXurieS.
The platform as whole was adopted
without amendment. The plank relat-
ing to the tickliSh subject of Gov. Boyd
| and the maximum freight law was read
| last. The enthusiasm of the convention
at this stage was at TOO high pitch to
tolerate for an instant the thought of a
| split, and the last vestIge of fear of such
calamity quickly vanished under the
| spell of such magic orators as Cannon,
of Omaha, and Bryan, of Lincoln, max
ing occasional deft references to Hon.
| Grover Cleveland.
1t was now nearing midnight and the
convention had no other business in
sight, but il had come prepared for a
! dayliglS' adjournment, and genuine
| Democratic love feast was the result
| The convention did not adjourn until
long after midnight.
All for Blaine.
Boston, Sept. 17.-In reply to in
| quirles made by the Boston Globe