The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-07-23

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grain growers Of Minnesota under our present.
system OF grain inspecting misunderstanding.
therefore, .
Resolved. That We demand that the trans
portation companies shall provide suitable ship.
ping and Warehousing facilities At every station
on heir lines, also that tile state shall erect
Duluth Tor public storage OF grain.
Resolved, That We extend our sympathi.s TO
over tie United States in their fight against the
expressions OF monopOlistic emp oycrs, and we
urge them TO join with lis in all attempt to over
throw at the polls our common enemy. the
monopolistic millionaires who are now through
their control OF the government and the indus
tries OF the country. rap dly and surely reducing
the people to a condition Of. political and indus
Whereas, We believe there If corruption
caused BY the forming. OF political rings by
office holders: therefore,, be 1t
Resolved. That no man holding q salaried
ofics shall have u right to become II delegate to
a convention or serve as a committeeman.
ton that the board OF managers Of the Irvine
plant at Saltwater and the governor be re-
quested to sell the present years product Of
Irvine at nine cents per pound.
MINORITY REPORT.
A ter the reading OF the platform and
resolution, Roc OF Washington appeared
with a min ,rity report. =.
The first OF these two planks." he said.
".is this"
We believe the saloon an clement OF monopoly
hIiu NAV tIlc EcOple b purity fuOulu Use AL en-
deavor for the destruction OF this evil OF 3d.
ciety.
Hesaid it should not be passed over FOR it
was filling our prisons and beggaring our
homes. The other plank was:
We believe all the people. without regard to
Oh which depend the happiness and prosperity
OF our homes.
The chairman suggested then that the
con cntion act on the other resolutions,
but Duncan o Todd objected to the Irvine
resol ution OH the ground that the people
the state than ut Still water. This, then,
Was lie t out. and q motion was made that
action b., taken on tho resolutions aide
from this one, and it was unanimously car
riel.
Here Mr.. Donnelly came forward and
said lie feared evil results would follow
this vote. You have lett this prohibition
plank out of the platform, and people will
say We have taken u back track" lie then
offered this resolution, which was unanl-
mously adopted.
Resolved. That we believe it should be the
d 'ty OF the legislature to submit to the vote Of
the people any amendments to the constitution
that are.demaaded by q reasonable number Of
the voters of the state.
The majority report of the committee
was adop.ed and after considerable DIS
Gu son the report Of the minority was
tabled.
by a unanimous vote the Irvine reso-
LUTON was tabled.
THE NOMINATIONS.
Nominations were then declared in Or
der and Mr.. Carpenter of Dakota county
! took the platform and in concluding q
short speech said:
II have been hoAored by our delegation to
present Il gentleman whom we +, In
behalf OF Dakota county, the great common
wealth of Minnesota, / present the name OF the
fsx@t e1' DU""siy' ne ff paad ieasr" ur our n0"e'
Jockey Of Todd seconded the nomina-
ton OF Donnclly. and a doz,n counties o.
lowed in s%econding speeches amid the wild
est kind Of enthusiasm.
Mr. Donnelly's nomination was made
unanimous by a rising vote. A committee
then escorted Mr.. Donnelly to the platform,
and after the applause had died away, he
said:
My Friends-I know this is not . time for
long speeches and that you wish to get through
with your business and get back to your homes.
Therefore l will simply cay that l thank you
from the depths OF my heart, not only for the
honor you have conferred upon me. but the
Especially am ] grateful when l remember 1t was
entirely unsolicited OH my part by word or deed,
for | belleve in the grand principle which our
party has adopted that the office should seek
the man an not the man the Office. Whether
you have acted wisely III nominating me- re-
mains to be seen. but l promise you l will do all
NAoO g IA ny POhC1 ~ u Vu6u
the harvest is over and we Can get audiences I
viii take the stump ana continue to speak until
the night before election. not alone tor myself,
but Tor the ticket YOU will nominate tonight
and for the success Of ourgrand cause and every
ticket i'll every county In the state. 1t will b. OF
little avail II you elect me. unless you at the
one that will stand ty us IN the struggles to
come. This is the paramount issue. Friends,
/ am getting Older and cooler than
q. moderate, just and reasonable with all men. II
! have failed, or talked unkindly to any one of
our party. ! here express my regret for so doing.
Every man who Is with us here Is my friend.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Donnelly's
speech, 81, 9a3. 43 was subscribed as a cam
paign fund.
At II O'Clock the convention adjourned,
and will meet a. ain ut 8 o'clock this morn
ing and nominate the rest Of the state
ticket. -~
SECOND DAY.
The convention was called to order short
iy after 8 O'Clock aud after a few prelimin-
aries proceeded to the nomination of O
lieutenant governor.
Mr.. Wesenbagg Of Duluth in an able
speech put in nomination kittel Halyorsen,
the nomination received several seconds
and on motion Kittcl lIalvorsen was NOM
mated by reclamation.
For secretary of state II. b. Martin of
Hennepin was nominated by reclamation.
For state treasurer. p. NJ. Ringdal of
OOkstO and Eric M0tthison of Lac
qui Palle were placed in nomination Mr..
Rlngdal received a majority ofthe votes
and was declared the nominee. The con-
vention then adjourned till 1870.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Tho following nominations were made to
complete the ticket:
Attorney General-J. L.. Mcdonald,
Ramsey. - .-, '2
Supreme Court Justices-Daniel E. Buck,
Blue Earth; Thomas CAVITY, Hennepin; W.
N. Davidson, Rock.
Presidential Eiectors-WiIliam Meigl,en.
Swan Nelson, II. NJ. Norton, +. NJ. Cur
rier, G. y. Carpenter, + w. Fish III: F.
Clarke, O. Il. Bohall. J.. II. Holloway,
Alter passing the following resolutions
the conventions adjourned sine die!
That this convention pledges itself to support
all candidates for the legislature who stand
upon the Peoples party platform nd to support
no Others. -
This convention endorses the action and ef.
fc,ency OF T.. J. Moore in presenting Ills minority
report TO the grain and warehouse commission.
efS of this state. ''"'
That this convention, recommends that the
remaining $40O Of the grain Investigation prose.
cutting fund be applied to farmers institute
work.
That the executive OF the state central com.
Inittee are instructed to turn over $500 to the
lecture fund to be used In unorganized d~istricts.
Her Exact Words.
Housekeeper-"How's this7 You
promised to saw some wood if 1 gave
you a lunch"
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