The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-08-04
which has been the means OF protecting and de-
Tending our farmers against one OF the great

trusts and monOpolleS. "A
sixth--We believe in protecting the laboring
man by all necessary and JUG .cious Legislation,
and to. this end we favor the enactment OF suit
able laws to protect the health, life and limb OF
manufacturing companies while engaged in the
service Of such companies; (2l the establishment
IN form OF boards or tribunals Of concii-
alton and arbitration for the peaceful settle
ment OF all disputes and disagreements between
capital and labor touching wages, hours OF
labor and euch questions MS pertain to the
safety anu phys1c2l>and moral we'll being OF the
laborsr; 81 the exclusion from our shores by
suitable laws and regulations OF all paupers,
cIfimhais, CONTRACT labor and other dangerous
classes: and az the preservation OF the public
DOMAIN Tor actual aud bona fide settlers under
the homestead law
FREE AND OPEN MARKETS.
SeVentn-Ihe farmers OF this state, who con-
stltute the chief element OF our productive
Weaith-creatng population, are entitled to the
cneapest aud best facilities for storing ship
ping and marketing their products, and TO this
end we favor such laws as will give them cheap.
safe and easily obtainable elevator and ware
mousse facilities, and will furnish them promptly
aug without discrimination, at fair and reRson-
abe rates, proper transportation facilities to
all 40 essibe markets
Eighth-Railroad. telegraph and telephone
companies and all corporations or individuals
charged with and performing any public service
or employment are amenable to public control,
and we favor the enactment and enforcement OF
such laws as will compel them to render the
best and most approved service at q fair, just
and reasonable rate without discrimination as
TO persons or places.
AGAINST OPTIONS.
Nlnth-The convention approves and re-
adopts the resolutions passed by the last Re-
publican state convention, urging upon con.
gsess the passage OF the Washburu-Ha anti
Notwithstanding the Importance to the peo-
pie OF good pub .ic highways, we are in favor OF
the enactment OF laws Tor the systematic i'm
proVement and maintenance OF the same.
aH- Fl PENSIONS. CO.
Eleventh-Ihe debt OF this nation to tn, men
Who preserved it cannot bs computed from the
STANDPOINT OF dollars AMI cents. nations
gratitude is theirs and III proof thereof the Re
publican party OF Minnesota, not grudgingly,
but heartily, cordially and earnestly favors
provide for the living and tender.y protect
from want the widows and orphans OF the dead:
ana we rejoice that the nations growth and
great prosperity of the government they served
warrants us in making this pledge.
,Iwefth-We recommend the work and the
object OF the State League Of Republican clubs
and advise a continuance OF the same.
Thlrteenth-rhe Republicans OF the state are
heartily in favor of the protection OF its forests
SO lar as consistent with its general interest.
c. X. DAVIS NOMINATED.
Fourteenth-W hereas the Republicans OF Min
nesota recognizing the conspicuous ability and
fidelity OF Senator Cushman K. Davis, have
manifested substantial unanimity in demands
ing his reelection to the position he has SO ably
filed: and, ~
Whereas, notable presidents are on record
Tor the nomination by state conventions Of men
who are evidently the popular choice for United
States senator, thus ma king them the recognized
candidates OF the party for that high office;
Therefore. aa& -. :,
Resolved, That this convention hereby pre-
sents the name OF Cushman K. Davis as the
chosen NOMINEES and candidate OF the Repub-
ncan party OF the State of Minnesota for re-
election to the United States senate by the esis-
lature of 1898. -.
NELSON NO MINATED. e.. .s I'll
The convention now being regularly Or
ganized and possessed of a platform, was
ready to transact business. Nominations
for governor were declared in order and
the first to rise Tor the purpose of making
nominating speech was James A. Tawney
OF Winona. Mounting the PLATFORM he
gave record OF the private lite and public
services of Hon. Knute Nelson, and .ol-
lowed up his Biographical sketch by say
ing: . =
With a record such as this, such as he has
achieved against all the adverse circumstances
that accompany poverty and lowly BIRTH is it,
ask, at all remarkable that to-day the choice
OF an overwhelming majority of the Republicans
OF governor IS Hon. Knute Nelson ofAlexandria?
[Cheers.1 ..-s
We are are at this time confronted with ques-
tions OF the most vital Importance to,the public
veal; questions We must consider, and. by the
peactfhl arbirrament OF the ballot, decide on the
8th OF next Novem Der. We have hot, had we
Will not have, during this last quarter OF the
nineteenth century, more important national
issues presented for our consideration and de-
termina,i n than those which to-day divide the
people OF Minnesota into prac ticAlly five distinct
political parties. That these questions may be
decided right. decided exclusively El
IN The INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE
OF our state and nation, 1t becomes us as free
meli ana we owe it TO ourselves and to our par
ty, to select as its Representatives the men whom
we honestly believe to be the choice OF the peo
pie With Harrison and Reid, G. X. Davis and
Knute Nelson, we can sweep the State of Mime
sofa and win for our party and its principles u
triumphant victory Oh the 9Th OF next Novem-
large maj ority OF the Republicans Of this state
and especially in behalf of the Republicans OF
southeastern Minnesota, present to this con-
vention as the nominee Tor the office OF gov
ernor the loyal, patriotic American citizen Hon
Knute Nelson. =
DR.. Smith in short speech announced
that the name OF A. r. McGill had at his
request been withdrawn from the contest.
Frank +. Davis Of Hennepin then took
the platform to second the nomination Of
knute Nelson lie said: Z
The face of the Republican party is ever
turned toward the dawn. 1t battles itself in the
sunrise OF promise, ana on the eastern hills OF
progress pitches its tent.
III the full glow OF Gods sunlight, where men
are prosperous where happy homes are built
where wheels OF industry hum. where the face OF
l.eedom lifts itself to the sky and the dark
sp ctre OF slavery fees III terror there it finds
con2enlal atmosphere. 1t has no field in the
shades OF night, wh-re unho!y shapes OF want
an, famine OF poverty ana calamity reyel-
are not calamity orators, its prophets are not
prophets OF evil, It's adherents 1--we not to block
anu retard the wheels OF progress. but to move
onward the car OF mans advancement and ele.
Walton into broader fields and higher planes of
human existence Its mission is rot ended Its
mission will not end while unsettled questions
OF state confront men III this ever Chanting clr-
cumStances OF American life.
AN AMERICAN PLATFORM
When the Repub lcan party makes platform
IT makes an American one. Its Magma Charta
is the bill Of rights and the federal constitution
You shall find i'll its platform, as you shall
find i'll that OF Democracy. q sentiment drawn
from the constitution OF q rebel contingent dis
loyal to country and hostile to flag You
shall not fnd its cardinal principle
hostility to American homes, Ameri-
can workshops and American bread
winners. 1t has no time or place i'll its creed in
winch to make America the slave Of Europe. It
1s Tor good money, for honest money, or Tor an
obligation that represents an honest dollar and
believes In universal suffrage not as q theory
but as an exemplifed fact.
IT WILL MAINTAIN RIGHT
as 1t did IN the days from u to IS, even though
the blood CT traitors be shed in the contest it
Is the enemy Of anarchy and discorG; it is the
foe OF the midnight assassin. OF the mask and
the cloak and the midnight raid, az it was once
the Toe OF the bloodhound and the scourge. n
IN THE CHOICE OF IT'S LEADERS
1t has ever exhibited wisdom. 1t mas sought the
best for guidance, for it has the best for guild
~ance Men OF uncertain and unsafe statesman
ship it has laid aside, and men of sterling worth,
OF wise leadership, and CT broad state views
it has been its disposition and it's record to