The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-26
TODD COUNTY.
Proceedings of the Peoples Party
COnNentiO
To the Editor.

Convention.
To the Editor
At the Peoples party county convention
for Todd county. held at Long Prairie
Thursday, Sept. % 1891 the following nam
Ell county Ncket was placed in nomina ton
For county au1ito: n. J. Olson; county
treasurer, q. X. Gladen; register of deeds
j. il. Lackey; clerk of court, H. A. Corey;
superintendent of schools, Prof J. NJ
Burke; judge of probate. A c. Poor; sher-
if, Horace F. Tracy; surveyor, f M
Prettyman; coroner, Dr., ]. S. Tyler. Dele
gates chosen to represent Todd county at
the Forty-sixth district legislative conven
ton. at Little Fails Sept 81: C, E. NJ
brown, Chas. jacobson b G. Maynard
Ole j. Farden Marion Porter, Gunder Jen
son. G. X. Gladep, II. f. Tracy, c. f. Bo-
hall. Jos. w. Oliver Martin P. Nelson. NJ.
l.. Human and A II. Hendrickson.
The following resolutions were read before
the convention and unanimously adopted:
The Peoples party of Todd county, In
convention assembled for the selection of
candidates to fill the various county offices
and nominate delegates to the Peoples
party legislative convention of the Forty
sixth district, to be held at Little Falls
Sept -, hereby affirm their allegiance to
the principles Of the Peoples party as set
forth in the Omaha and state platforms.
We heartily indorse the action of our leg
sslators in their efforts to reduce interest
rates at the last session of our legislature
ard In securing act to build an elevator
at Duluth for farmers to store grain with
out having to pay eXorbitant prices to the
wheat ring; and, be it
Resolved, That the decision of the su-
preme court of this state, declaring the ac,
unconstitutional, be accepted as it really ia
"a blow at liberty and that we regard it
as Il decision in the interest of capital and
against the farmers who gave them their
seats, seeing this power and determination
of the supreme court to defeat the wshe )
of the people; therefore, be it further
Resolved That we favor a change in our
constitution that all acts passed by our
legislature shall be submitted to the vote
Of the people before they become laws, and
that the constitutionaity of laws shall only
be determined by the people whom they
govern, and that our entire ship of stale
be put under the ruling known as the inita-
tive and referendum, SO that our laws may
derive their powers from the consent CT
the governed
lance to our noble heroes of the late war,
and pledge every candidate Of our party to
do all in their power to assist soldiers III
getting their pensions or making up any
papers relative thereto without Trying TO
make political capital of their favors.
Resolved, That we heartily indorse the
nomination of S. NJ. Owen for governor,
and the whole state ticket and pledge our
selves to do all in our power to secure their
election. Be it further
Resolved. That we consider the nominal
ton of Kittel Halvorson for congressman
from the Sixth district wise selection,
and pledge hn entire support, and call
on all free silver MEN regardless OF parties
to help us elect him to congress
Whereas We have been connected with
other parties for four years, each time TO
our detriment. seeing other parties on our
ticket elected while our men were defeated
therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That we will not tolerate fusion
in any form whatever, that we Will run a
ticket that we know to be popuiists-
Whereas, We have heretofore had great
npensA In getting our county doctor TO