St. Paul daily globe., 1892-02-17

were S2,l3l.4l, leaving balance
ofS209.59 on hand. This report Y ai
adopted, and Secretary p. j. Smalley
then read his annual report, which
was printed In the GLOBE of Monday.
The work of the poll of the state, which
is being made, Mr.. Smalley announced
was under way in all but ten counties OF
tions in regard to the work were made,
and good account of the years work
was given.
After Secretary Smalley's report had
been adopted and placed on file the
president declared the election of Off
GERS to be In order, and, on motion OF
Hon. ID. w. Lawler, of st. Paul. the
general officers were all reelected by
acclamation. This was followed by
hearty applause, which was greeted by
the rising of President Foote.
al suppose it is due that some one of
the officers express their thanks for this
honor" said Mr.. Foote. For my part
do not feel like this. This has been
my shoulder to the wheel for another
year. The Importance of securing a
poll of this state cannot be Overesti-
mated. In my experience l have seen
the necessity and advantage of this
work. We tried to work with an organ
izatiOn in Hennepin county two years
ago and we carried the county and / be-
lieve we shall do it again next year.
Hennepin is not a Republican county,
especially if the Democrats are organ
lied and work"
The speech of President Foote was
made in his customary vigorous manner
and caught the boys. They were ell
thusiaStic and demanded that style of
Speech-making.
cit is no more than proper" said Mr..
Aberle, "that the treasurer express a
few words of thanks. and while do not
intend to make a speech l want to urge
necessity of raising money for the car
rying on of this work. l would like that
each member of the club would call
upon the treasurer and state how much
the treasurer can draw Oh him for"
Chairman Campbell, of the state COM
nittee, made short speech OIL the SUBJ
Ject of finances. He referred to the fact
that tine mass of the Democrats of Min
nesOta are poor, and that on this account
the Democracy has always been ham,
pered in campaigns. He advocated a
change in this matter in an eloquent
manner.
II do not believe that the party should
depend on one or two men for the
money with which to run campaigns" :"
said Mr.. Campbell. 1.-The Democratic
party of Minnesota ought not to be
under obligations to one or two rich
men,"
The unorganiZed condition of the
party in the state was cited, and Mr..
Campbell told how necessary 1t is to
complete the poll. and furnish the next
state committee with the needed ma
terial for the next committee. Under
the new election law Mr.. Campbell said
that the pollWorkers will no longer he
needed. But" said Mr.. Campbell,
'the necessity of informing and pre-
pairing the voter how to cast his vote in
teiligently on the political questions Of
the day" The breaking up of the Re-
publican party in many sections of the
country was mentioned, and the loose
ness with which party ties set on the peo-
pie of the country. The elections OF
Senator Palmer In Illinois and
Senator Villas in Wisconsin were
cited, and the statement made
that Minnesota and Michigan
would have made the same report had
United States senators come up for
election. This speech was loudly ap-
plauded, and at its close Hon. E. c.
Stringer arose and moved that the
officers of the association be empowered
to appoint the twenty-One members of
the executive committee. This was
adopted,and President F0ote announced
that the officers would meet and select
the members of the executive commit
tee later.
The subject of raising the fees, as rec
commended in Secretary Smalley's re-
port. was next tackled, G. j. Buell., of
Minneapolis, moving that the fee be
made 50 instead of $40 per aDnum. This
was approved by William Quinn, OF
Wright county. and by Treasurer
Aberle, of st. Paul, who was of the
opinion that it would simply mean the
cutting off of one-half the revenues of
the club without any compensatug adj
vantages. Mr.. Buell. agreed with Mr.
Aberle and said he was ready to pay his
$40 in any event and merely made the
motion for the sake OF bringing the mat
Ter up. In the course of his remarks
the Minneapolis man wandered off into
a speech on the situation.
.'Ihe time has got to come" he said
enthusiastically, "when Minnesota will
be Democratic state. We have an
issue before us which we must stand by,
and 1t Will bring success. What is it
that has made it possible for the Demo-
Gratis of Minnesota to poll the vote they
can today? Simply the cause of tariff
reform. Let us stand by it,"
Judge H. r. Wells, of Preston, sug-
gested that the fees remain the same as
they have been, and plan for county
and district club organization be formu-
lated. President Foote offered this, and
the resolution was finally withdrawn.
This ended the regular business and
Treasurer Aberle took the chair and in
less than half an hour nearly every man
in the hall had stepped forward and paid
his fees for the newyear. The official
board as reelected is made up as fol-
lows:
President C. NJ. Foote. Minneapolis; vice
president. c. D. O'Brien. st. Paul; treasurer,
Dan Aberle, st. Paul; secretary, P.J. Smalley,
st. Paul.