The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-18
A SPLENDID CONVENTION.
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Combine. Gov. Nelson had to pay the
expenses of the delegation out of his
contingent fund. In the same way he
nullitied the action of the Legislature
to investigate the pine land robbie ries;
and Gov. Nelson had to invent an eX
quisite but absurd dodge" to get
around the barricade of the Attorney
Generals prodigious intellect; or see
his administration put in the attitude
of defending the pine-land ring. Now
we have no i'll will towards Mr.. Chlds;
we believe he is an honest man; but it
seems to US that the Republican party,
which consists principally of lawyers,
ought to have been able to find some
good attorney who would not think
himself a bigger institution than the
Legislature, especially when ma
jority of them belonged to his own
party: and who would not interpose
his head, however large it might be,
or become, as barrier to all human
progress.
Mr.. Reyes will receive a great many
votes from members of both the old
pdTUleS anu Will DC eleCUcu.
For Clerk of the Supreme Court the
choice of the convention was G. H.
johnson, of Pipestone. Everybody
knows "ChaIley" He has been read
ing clerk of all our conventions for
years. He has voice as is voice.
When he calls the roll of the grand
jury, in the Supreme Court room, in
st. Paul. the farmers near Farming
ton, will respond, Here" Here is a
good fellow, well educated, we'll in
formed, an earnest Populist, and will
run like quarter horse. Success to
him.
For Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, Hon. Sumner Laid, of Henne-
pin was chosen. He is a lawyer of
standing; man of fhility; and has
been identified with the course Of re-
form for many years past. He is not
so we'll known as-some of the other
candidates, but he will grow upon the
people as the campaign progresses. If
elected we will have no more butcher
ings of laws, like Che State Elevator
act az: at the demaed of the Elevator
Ring.
For associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, the convention named Hon.
John Willis, the scholarly and accom-
plished judge of the district court of
Ramsey county. sMdge Willis is in
stinctiyely a Jeffe RS oman; believer
in the people as against the mere pow
er of wealth; he would have held up
the hands of Andrew Jackson when he
crushed the National Bank; and of
Abraham Lincoln, when he manumit-
ed four millions of slaves. A dignitied,
courtly, courteous gentleman, he has
been prosecuted because of his SYM
pathy with the common people. His
decision, in favor of the State Eleva-
tor act, -over-ruled by the Supreme
Court,-has endeared him to the
farmers of the state and he will poll
an immense vote.
In short, brethren, we have
magnificent ticket-a better was never
presented for the suffrages of the peo-
pie since the state was admitted to
the Union. Now let us all take hold
q Hu CICCU anu CNCIy Ou
it. Let each Populist constitute him
self committee of one to bring one
other voter into the fold. Mr.. Owens
election is sure. That is all right; but
what can he do as governor, if all the
other state offices are filled with men
hostile to him and to his principles;
and ready to thwart him >at every
turn?
Then elect a Legislature to sustain
the governor. For what does the
Executive amount to without a law
making body to put his ideas of re-
form into statutes?
You say you are in slavery, rethren.
Now is the time to break your
Shackles. Will you do it? We believe
you will. Id.