Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1894-09-11
BAKER FOR CONGRESS-
HE is NOMINATED BY SECOND
DISTRICT DEMOCRATS.
The Convention Adopts Free Sill
YER Plank-It Is Thought That the
Populist Candidate win Withdraw
in Mr.. Bakers Favor.

Mankato. Mimi, Sept. S. - If the
wishes and expectations of the dele
gates to the Democratic congr assional
convention which was held in this city,
are realized, Gen. James II. Baker will
marshal the combined forces Of Demo
Gratis and Populists of the Second dis
trict to battle for Congressman Nc
Clearys seat in congress. Baker was
nominated by the Democrats with the
hope and fact fresh in minds of the
delegates that he nearly succeeded in
Wrestling John Lind's seat from him
four years ago, when the latter only
had few votes to spare.
On July & the Populists in the dis
trict nominated L. c. Long for con-
srcss. Long is farmer of Mobiles
county. and not much trouble is an
ticipated in inducing him to withdraw
in Gen. Bakers favor when it is made
plain to him that fusion may prove
successful. Mr.. Baker was nominated
by rising vote. and made a speech,
in which he said that the people of the
Second district wanted free silver He
predicted the success of the Demo
cratic ticket. Tho platform adopted
reads as follows:
THE Democrats of the Second con-
gressional district reaffirm their ad-
herence to the national Democratic
platform adopted at Chicago in 1892.
| We rejoice that our chief executive has
in all his public acts demonstrated his
love Of absolute justice, never sacrific-
ing our national honor. We believe
that so long as revenue for the sup
| mart nf f1,n nnr,f oil
administered, is collected from duties
on imports that these duties shall be SO
levied as to bear as light as possible
on the consuming classes and in no
way foster and protect monopolies and
trusts at the peoples expense.
I'VE commend the tariff bill passed
by the Democratic congress, not as Il
final enactment, but as a step in the
right direction. We favor further tariff
legislation in the DIRECTION of free raw
material and lesser duties ON manu-
factured products. We wish all good
Democrats and all others who disap-
prove of class legislation and who are
opposed to- the taxation of the many
for the benefit Of the few'tty Join hands
and push on the good work of tariff
reform. to the end that all combines.
luonopolieS and trusts shall be broken
|'up. and that Eeace and cooperation be
restored between capital and labor.
We believe the class legislation of the
Republican party for the last thirty
years, which has brought the country
into the present depression by trans
fcrring the wealth from the many into
the hands of the few, making million-
aires Oh one hand and paupcrs on the
other, calls for some intelligent and
serious, ,oonsidera ton on, the part of all
good citizens, irrespective of party.
y: I'VE, believe gold; and silver to be the
money metals Of the united states, and
that congress has the right to coin
money from both metals and regulate
its value; that both metals should be
admitted to- fhe government mints and
coined on private account, as recon-
mendcd by Thomas Jefferson and es-
tablished by our forefathers, without
any discrimination in favor of either
metal. They should be equally stand
ard OF values and equally legal tender
for all debts, public and private We
demand the repeal cf all laws which
authorize creditor to contract with
debtor to be paid in either metal to the
exclusion of the other. We denounce
the Republican party for paying gold
out of tho treasury in the purchase of
silver bullion and refusing to coin that
bullion into money, and we therefore
approve the action Of President Cleve-
land in calling an extra session Of
congress to repeal the law authorizing
the purchase of: such. bullion. ....
I'VE believe in the principle of arbi-
tration and conciliati51, in adjusting
disputes between labor:aud capital, end
we condemn any individual or corpora
ton who is unwilling to submit such
disputes to fair and honorable adj
| iustment''