The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-18
proud that one of, them stands so near
the head of our ticket.

For State Auditor we have Mr.. A.
L. Stromberg, who for years was the
official and trustworthy secretary of
the State Farmers Alliance. Mr..
Stromberg was born in Sweden; and it
was generally felt that the conven-
tion, having nominated Senator Lom-
men, should not ignore the other great
branch of the Scandinavian family
They have not been as unanimously
with the Peoples Party as the Nor
wegians, probably because no out-and-
out Populist Swedish papers have
been published in Minnesota: but
thousands Of them have voted our
ticket and thousands more are on
their way to our camp. These nomin-
ations, of Senator Lommen and Mr..
tromberg, were not made as bids to
catch the support Of the nationality
sentiment; but the convention felt
that gratitude for the past dictated
that we should not ignore the debt
we owed that great race. as a party
and as people. Their blood was shed
literally in defense of our national
| life and their bones are buried on a
hundred battle fields. They constitute
a large element in our population and
will affect the mental and physical
constitution of the inhabitants of this
state through all the thousand years
of the future.
| Mr.. Stromberg is preeminently an
honest man, and if elected,-an we
believe he will be,-there will be no
more pine-land frauds in this state.
He is modest, amiable man; he pos
seSses a good education, and is re-
spected by all who know him. He will
poll large yote;-largest where he is
best known.
A large and influential element in
the convention was the representa-
tives of labor from our great cities
They united in presenting the name
of Mr.. P. j. Seeberger, of St. Cloud
He was nominated by Mr. Kittel Hal
vorson, eX-M. c., of Stearns county,
and the convention honored itself by
nominating him for Secretary of
State without an objecting vote. Mr.
Seeberger is a representative of the
best elements of the labor force of
this country. He is a man of first
class ability, who asks nothing but
what is right and will submit to moth
| ing that is wrong. He believes thai
reform should be accomplished
through the ballot box. He will make
an excellent Secret tary of State, and
we hope every farmer in Minnesota
will vote for him. Appeals will be
made, during the campaign, to their
class prejudices, and the howl Of
'anarchist," etc, will be raised. Pay
no attention to these attacks. Mr..
Seeberger is not ali ''anarchist." nor
are the working people of Minnesota:
they are just as reasonable and
conservative in their views, as to the
fundamentals of government as the
agricultural population: and the inter-
csts of the two great wings Of the
! army of labor,-labor on the farm and
labor in the shop,-are Identical.
For State Treasurer the convention
placed in nomination. Hon. Ferdinand
Borchert, of Renvile county. We
cannot speak too highly of this gentle
man. y German by birth he fought
through the eiyilwar in defence of the
nation; large farmer his sympathieS
have always been on the side of the
poor and Oppressed; we served with
him during two sessions of the state
senate and we can truthfully say that
his record is unimpeac ble:-his vote
was always on the side of right and
| justice. He will be elected: and there
will be no more complaints that the
State Treasurer was drawing interest
from the banks. on the public funds,
and putting it into his pocket.
Hon. John Arnold Keyes, of Duluth,
was the choice ef the convention for
Attorney General. This was an ex-
ccllcnt selection. Mr.. Kcyes was sent
to the house fOury years ago, as Repub-
lican, from Winona county. He saw
the corruptiOns which afflicted our
politics and introduced and secured
the passage of the Australian lava
great reform, which has wonderfully
purified our political life. Mr.. keyeS is
| Il UCCp UulukCI, u SUuuCIU, anu close
observer of affairs; and his convictions
led him into the Populist party; and
last winter he delivered scholarly
address before the State Alliance,
which showed original thought and
sound principles. Mr.. Keyes stands
high as lawyer and is universally re-
spectcd. We need just such man,
for attorney general, to fight the pine
land gang and the coal combine and all
the other trusts and rings. His COM
petitor is Mr.. Childs, the present at
torney general; personally pleasant
gentleman, but who immOrtalized
himself, at the close of the last session
of the Legislature, by proceeding to
veto all the laws made for the protec-
tion of the people. He wiped out two
or three and it looked as if he was
about to obliterate the whole volume
of statutes, but Gov. Nelson, and the
Republican party became alarmed
and made him call a halt. They were
afraid he would raise question as to
the constitutionality of the Legisla-
ture itself and abolish it on techni-
cality; and wind up by wiping out the
whole state government, himself in
cluded, and sticking the solar system
into his breeches pocket. He took
the unheard of ground that joint
resolution of the two houses, intro