New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-08-10

Under our present statutes pays less than
tue votes OF 2.OUU employees, coercpd into w.t.
ing the Republican ticket, the Republican party
has coyeila1ited to perIetnaIe this system aud
to deliver 10 these men the government OF one
of the counties of the stat.
We demand that this condition of things be
TsctIhed. w denouncs allsbounties and eNemp-
lions and demand that all taxes o be raised III
this state shall De nearly equal as may be,
and that all pro- erty OH which taxes are to be
levied shall have cash valuation and be
equaiIzed and uniform, and we call upon all
good citizens, without distinction OF party, to
join vii h US in defeating the proposed couslitu-
rional amendment, known as chapter 2.sof the
General Laws OF 1S91to be voted upon this
fall. which seeks to perpetrate this unjust sys-
tenn OF taxation, and while it pretends to levy
take upon sleeping car and other similar COR
porat1ons. 1t repeats the existing constitutional
tax OF per cent upon gross earnings OF our
railroads. now realizing for the state a revenue
the rate OF taxation upon the earnings or such
railroads at the caprice Of the legislature.
WANT AN AMENDMENT.
We especially call attention TO and denounce
The form CT The ballot for the proposed amend
ment to be voted at the coming election.
which which Is known as Senate File No. 12I, as
being especially designed to mislead the voters
and we call upon all honest citizens to assist in
rebuking such trickery.
Resolved. That We are i'll favor Of q radical
change in the laws of this state. and demand
such legislation as will provide tor intelligent
and economical supervision OF the building aud
maintenance OF our country roads.
That for the better securit v Of our government
we recommend an amendment to the federal
constitution extending the presidential term TO
SIX years and making q president ineligible for
reelection.
We favor also the election OF president and
vice president and senator's Of the United States
by the direct vote of the people.
+ The following resolution was introduced aft
err The platform was adopted, and it was also
adopted by the convention:
Resolved, Believing the contract system i'll
force III the state penitentiary to- be wrong i'll
principle, prejudicial to the interests of the
state the welfare OF the conyicts and aninjustice
to honest labor, we demand it's discontnuance
at5the expiration OF .he present contracts, an
that the legislature prohibit any future con-
tracts and provide for the employmei,t by the
stare and. Tor the state OF all conyictS and per-
sons confined i'll the penal aud reformatory in
situations OF this state. Gill
The method Of appointing the state CEN
trail committee occasioned some dispute,
but after long wEangle the chairman cut
the knot by declaring an amendment pro-
yldlng Tor the appointment OF five mem
bers at large by the chairman and two from
each congressional district, carried. An
effort Was made prior to the adjournment
forsupper to have the matter recon,idered,
but motion to adjourn cut off the effort.
CD. Buell. tried TO introduce resolution
he seemed to think important, but ]. j..
AlcCaHerty sat down mon the single tax
man and the convention adjourned till s
O'Clock.
EVENING SESSION.
The ball was started at $50 by a motion
to nominate lieutenant governor, but
Mr.. D'Autremont of st. Louis was n OF in
clined to abandon the effort to Ilavethe vote
on the motion to appoint t. e STATE COM
mittee reconsderea. He objected to the
method proposed and would not. be sup
pressed. He proposed. that the committee
be selected in this manner: One committee
man from each judicial district one each
selected by the counties of Ramsey ami
Hennepin, and the chairman to select five.
committeeman at large. He obtained re-
consideration and offered his plan as sub
stltute for the original motion. The sub
mover OF the original motion, and was
adopted with one dissenting vote
Nominations for lieutenant governor.
We're now called for and Aitkin county
yielded to ST. Louis county. J. Adam Bede
of Duluth took the platform and nomi-
"a suburb of Duluth" He made an ex-
ceedincly humorous speech regarding the
real and alleged history OF the Democratic.
party. He referred to the armies OF the.
North and South during the war by saying:
They were all Democrats on one side and
al Democrats on the her. :" He declared
that the Republican party with "lones,
ballot and political purity in its mouth
could vote fifty Indians with one suit Of
clothes. He told the story of the Borneu
monkeys fishing Tor crabs anu>uslng their
tails as bait.
1.-THE Republican party has Daited its tail
with Knute Nelson and is dragging it over the
prairies hoping to catch the farmer vote. But
the Republican party Will not do any thing Tor
the farmer that the monkey Will not do for The
crab"
When Mr.. Bede concluded delegate
proposed three cheers lor him and they
were given with vim. Carried away by
the humor OF the speech another delegate
rose and proposed THAT Mr.. Hawk be
nominated by accla1nation, and amid
laughter and cheers the convention carriea
the motion.
and madea brief stereotyped speech, thank
ing the convention Tor the honor II had be-
slowed upon him.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Nominations for secretary OF state were
called for, and Anoka yielded to Ramsey
county. G. j. Buell. nominated III. b.
Martin Of Hennepin, who is the nominee
otthe Peoples party. He declared tina
Mr.. Martin had no love Tor the anarchistic
doctrines Of the Peoples party.
When lie had finished Hennepn
delegate wanted to know how it came that
a RAMSEY county delegate nominated "A
Henncpin man. Ramsey county delega-
ton promptly repudiated Mr.. Martin
and Senator Craven OF Carver
said that unless Martin would pledse
himself to support the Democratic tickc
from top to bottom and work or Daniel
W. LAWYER and not Tor Iglatius Donnely
he could not be the Democratic nominee.
w. p. Murray OF Ramsey nominated
Peter Nelson of Goodhue county ana
Washington county seconded the nomina-s
ton. Mr.. AIcCatterty demanded to have
Martin produced and declared the conven-
ton wanted the whole of its ticket to b:
composed of Democrats.
The roll was called OH the nominations
and when Meeker was reached and Martin
had only received one vote the further
reading of the roll was dispensed with
Martin was withdrawn and Nelson declared
the unanimous choice Of the convention.
THE OTHER OFFICERS.
For state treasurer, Frank Nocollin, 10.
seph Leicht OF Winona and II. @. Bull
Wright We're presented, but before the roll
call was completed Nicollin and Bali were
withdrawn and Leicht's nomination was
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