St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-17
The Alliance Party Will Nom
mate Seven Candidates
for Congress,
AS Well as a Full State Ticket.
at the Coming State
Convention.
Opposition to Paternaiism in
All Forms Strongly Ad-
vOeated.
Erwin Could Not Be Caught
by the Baeonian's Tempt
ing Bait.

The anti-sub- Independents,
who rejoice in the name of the Alliance
party, evidently propose to give their
followers full opportunity TO vote their
principles at the coming election. In
the call for the state convention issued
yesterday notice is given that candi-
dates will be named not only for all the
state Offices that are to be filled this
year, but also for congress in each Of
the districts. The number of delegates
will be 2S6. and they are to be elected
by mass conventions to be held at the
county seats.
Paternal legislation is denounced and
the sub treasury scheme held up as the
worst sample of this class of laws that
has ever been presented to the people.
The Mckinley bill is also declared to
deserve the continued opposition of the
men who voted for S. NJ. Owen two
years ago. The platform upon which
MIR. Owen made his remark
able campaign in 1899 is
indorsed and declared to be broad
enough for this year. The call is
powerful campaign document and will
have the effect of ra!lying the conserva-
tive element as nothing else could do.
The position of the well-known attor-
ney, ". w. Erwin, who was such q
tower of strength to the campaign two
years ago. is giving the Sage of MIMI
ger no little discomfort. For some
time past, in fact ever since the old Al
lance committee commenced kicking
against his well-geared machine, the
Peoples party organization, Mr.. Don
pelly has been trying to find out Mr..
ErwiD's position. He knew that he
naturally affiliated with the anti-sub-
treasury or Owen wing, and so the
name of Cy Wellington, Mr.. Erwin's
partner. was brought out as the prob
able Peoples party nominee for
attorney general. The Donnelly men
ton. But this had no effect Oh Mr..
Erwin, and when the Alliance commit
tee met he was on hand and attended
all its meetings, holding the proxy of
an absent member.
The sermon OH the mount is the great
est platform ever promulgated on earth,
according to Mr.. Erwin, and he de-
clareS that nowhere in it can he find
anything that would warrant or excuse
what is known as the SubtreaSury
scheme. Opposition to all forms Of pa
ternal legislation Mr.. Erwin, and, in
fact, all the leaders CT this element of
the independent movement. believe to
be for the best interests of the farmers
and the whole country as we'll. and they
further hold that the SubtreaSury
scheme is the worst possible form of
paternal legislation, with the Mckinley
tariff lava close second. by the way.
The call for the convention follows in
full:
The official Call.
An Alliance convention for the state of
Minnesota will be held on Thursday. the 7th
day of July. A. d. 1892. at the capitol i'll the
city of 81. Paul. at II o'clock a. m, for the
purpose of placing in nomination candidates
for the following named Offices: Governor.
lieutenant governor. secretary Of state, treas
urer, attorney general, three associate justices
of the supreme court, and for the transaction
OF such other business as may properly come
before the convention, including the nomi-
nation of lawful presidential electors and
candidates for congress, the latter Of which
are to be nominated i'll separate conventions
consisting only Of delegates elected TO this
convention from counties situated in each
respective congressional district
All voters who sustain the platform of the
Alliance party of 1899, or who votod for s.
NJ. Owen fOrgOvernOr in that year, are here
! by invited and authorized to assemble III
their respective counties at the county seats
and i'll or at the usual place for holding the
district courts, i'll mass meeting, at o clock
p. m. of the second day Of July. A. d. 1892,
to be called to order by any elector with the
foregoing qualifications, 10 select delegates
to this convention.
Each county will be entitled to two dele
gates at large. and to one delegate for each
five hundred (50j) votes cast for S. NJ. Owen.
and.one delegate for each fraction of two
hundred (.J0)
The counties are entitled to the following
number Of delegates in this convention: