The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-07-21
THE PEOPLES PARTY
First Convention of the Peoples Par
ty of Minnesota Held at st.
Paul,
Hon. Ignatious Donnelly Nominated
for Goyern0r--0ther Officers
Nominated.

The first convention of the Peoples Party
of Minnesota was called to order at st. Paul
by Chairman Meighen of the state central
committee who read the call and announc-
ed the following temporary officers:
Temporary chairman, A. d. stewart tempo
rary secretary, p. Nj. Rngdal of Crookston as.
sistant secret aries, G. Seeburger OF ST. Cloud and
Robert EoSiord of ST. Pau; reading clerk, G, ii.
Johnston of Pipest one; sergeant o {, arms A. q.
Wech of Mcleod; assistants J. II, Lackey O.
Todd aud s. L. Rasmussen OF st. Paul.
Temporary Chairman Stewart made the
usual address, in which he eomplimented
everybody because of the magnificent
gathering" and said it was convention OF
earnest and industrious men thorou shly
aroused and bornd to wreSt the reins OF
power from the hands of those who had
held them so long, and inaugurate an era
of great and sweeping reform.
THE COMMITTEES.
The first step was the appointment of the
usual committees, and on suggestion by
Mr.. Hanna of Murray the committee on
credentials was composed of one delegate
from each county. the list being as follows:
Blue Earth, w. G. DAILY; Brown, Chris Ahlness;
Benton, /. A. Baruum; Big Stone, A. :. McGhee,
Becker. L. ]. Moore; Chippewa. John Kuhn,
Cottonwood Charles dderdons ChiRago, Z.
f. Stark; Carleton, A. Anderson; Clay, A. IL.
Holloway Dakota 7; 2; Garpenter; R Dodge; r.,
Il. r. Clark; Freeborn, w. w. Sweet; Goodhue:
Fred Cluett: Hubbard, j. w. Smith, Houston;
J. A. Eberhard: lsanti o. A. Lindbers; Jackson
W. V. King Kittson, +. W. Wagner; LIE sueur;
p. Shipman Lincoln, George Meine kandiyohl;
John Swenson; Lac qui Parle, John Mcclure,
Lyon, 7. Montgonu Mcleod, Nels La VaIlee,
ry Bourk; Mower, A. Kingsbury; Meeker;
d. Manning: Otter Tail, o. f. Forsyth,
Olmsted. w. G. Bowers; Rock John johnson,
Rice, Gilbert Fish; Pope, Carl Erickson: Polk:
w. S. Hunt: Ramsey, A. b. Ferris; Renville, +.
C. Green; Redwood. r. l.. Gilbert; Sherburne, A.
o. Whitney; Sibley p. a. Cosgrove. Swift. o. S.
Clapp: st. Louis, John JenswOr;h; Stearns, A.
NJ Stearas; Stevens. II. Callahan: Todd, d. $.
Duman; Traverse, G. A. Westphal; Murray, H.
+. Pffer: Martin, G. d. Everett; Nicollet, N. n.
Austin; Norman, b; NJ Chesey; MOBILES, J. H.
A. Alton; Waseca, w. A. Fee; Watonwan, John
Erickson; Wabasha, John Morrow: Wilkin,
Robert Glover; Wright, p. Kirshemer; Yellow
Medicine, S. Lindsay.
The following committee on resolutions
was appointed:
At Large-E. W. Fish
First District-William Me;ghen, Fillmore; Fl.
W. Norton, Dodge.
SECOND Dstrict-C &. Goodnow, Pipestons; =.
NJ CIrrier. Blue Earth.
Third District-H. A Swain, Wright; T. War
ner, Renvllle.
Fourth Observation-Disclosures, Ramsey; A. D.
Fifth District-H. b. Martin, Jonas Howe
Hennepin.
Sixth District. L. Robbins, stearns; C. F.
Bohall, Todd.
Seventh District-Andrew STEVENSON. Polk
William Re irdon, Clay.
Mr.. Donnelly being loudly called fol
delivered short speech.
The afternoon session was one of the
most interesting ever held by political
party in this state. Pat Rahilly of Wabasha
openedsthe bail by offering the following
resolution:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this conven
ton that the board of prison managers at Still
water be requested to sell the present years
product of binding Irvine at cents per pound
Mr. Rahilly said he had been assured
that if the convention passed such tesOlu-
ton unanimously the managers would re-
duce the price OF twinC accordingly.
On the motion of Mr.. Miller of Renville
the resolution was sent to the committee
on resolutions in spite OF Mr.. Rahilly's OPP
position.
The committee on credentials now re-
ported that the various counties were rep
| resented by delegates as .ollows:
Anoka. j; Blue Earth, 8; Brown. ~; Benton
| 16; Big Stone, 2 Becker, 3; Chippewa. Z: Cot
! tonwood, 4; Carver, A. Chisago, 2; Carlton. 3
Cass, ?: Clay, 49, Dodge, Is; Dakota, ID; Doug
| Houston, 5: Hennepin, "a; Hnbb lrd, 4; ISanti.
3; Jackson, 4; KttSon, 2; Kandiyohi, IL: Lt
sne1r, 4; Lyon, s; Lincoln, II; Lac qui Parle
i6;; Geeker r. 5: Mile Lae5 8; :" Morrison
Marshall .; Mobiles 9; e.. Nic9 :It :, I
kk e$ Fass = T. RRS oef g. PSt g.
/ vile, 20; Sibley, 6; Sherburne, z; Swift, 10
Stevens, z; Steatns, Is; s.. Louis, g.; Todd
| basha, g.; Watonwan, 3: Washington, IL
| Wright s. Wadena, 4; Wilkin, 6: Yellow Med
| icine, l. Total, $50.
On the,motion of Mr.. Rahilly the chair
man appointed the following as the com
mittee on permanent organization anC
rifles:
]. l. Vermilyea. O.msted; Gilbert FISH Rice; A
| S. Edwards. Hennepin; Il. L. Gilbert, Redw God
:: ]. Mooney Yellow Medicine; Thomas Lucas
| Hennepn; NJ. Love, Brown; p. RingdaI, Polk
While waiting the report ofthe com
mittees, Mr.. Schilling of Milwaukee de
| livered an address.
A committee from the Farmers Alliance
was announced and the chair appointed {
| committee to escort them into the CONVEX
| ton hall.
When the committee retired the com
mittee on permanent organiza
ton made q report recommending
that the temporary organization b.
made permanent and that the con
| vention proceed to nominate state ticket
and that the convention vote by coun
| ties.
| The ALLIANCE committee was then intro
| uuCSu anu MI w. w. EIWlIl Tie pOkGS
man addressed the convention, h
| said
| Il appear as the spokesman of fifteen gen
| tlemen representing the state central commit
| tee of the Alliance party of Minnesota" aid
| Mr.. Erwin, "a party which embraces one-h al
| or one third of the membership of your own pc
| ltical party. We come from the Alliance part!
| OF 800 to ask you to affiliate with us Oh STATE
| issues and to work together to set right man!
| wrongs not yet righted We obtained 5S,0UI
| votes to uphold our standard, but were beate
united, at the polls by the old parties by 70. COT
| each. on state issues, which we could BSk OF
| most conservative men to stand. Since then
| new party has sprung up and taken root il
| Minnesota. 1t has held national convention
| and adopted n national platform embracing tn
general sentiment OF the whole country. ant
| not controlled by the local needs of the severa
| states. Your national convention adopted
| measures of reform far i'll advance OF thos
| OF any political party. They vii
| revolutionze the government and institution
| OF this country, convert the government into
and district bank. Are you willing to close tn
| doors to private enterprise in these two matter
| and delegate the monopoly to yourgovernment
We cannot subscribe t o these two planks.
WE WE'RE WITH YOU
| in 1890 and we are identified with the reform
| movement i'll this state. We ask you to 81
| form your line OF battle in this state that W
can join you and present again a united iron
| against the plutocratiC foe. We doa't wish t.
Interfere with your national platform aut
| presidential electors, but We ask that Your stat
| pldGlOFHl De Sucu GIlaI we cdu JON you. III
| greatest issue i'll this state is the movement t
crush the great wheat combination which take
Sl0,000,oOo annually out of the farmers
| pockets. Will you give this u
| to push extreme views which ar
| only suited to the needs of the country at larg
Mr.. Erwin was here interrupted by prof. cnge
| jeenng laughterl. We represent in this con
servative idea OF the PEOPLE in thissub- treaslr
| plank, one-haf of the men who voted for MI
Owen two years ago. Mol nor shouted tn
conventional. in Blue Earth county twenty
four sub-alIiances repudiate these and othe
measures"
| SOME HOT SHOTS.
Here Mr.. Erwins voice was drowned b,
shouts of That is not true" and Mr. Cur
rier of b ne Earth rose to remark tina