St. Paul daily globe., 1894-08-18
OLIVER T. ERICKSON.


for congressional honors. 1t is under
stood he will have the Endorsement of
the Populists. and as that means
goodly number of votes, his election is
the more assured.
The convention was a harmonious
one. and, aside from a little wrangle
over the admission of certain contested
delegations, not a ripple of dissention
passed over the meeting. 1t was antic-
ipated that there would be a contest
for the nomination between Judge John
p. Rea, but previous to the opening of
the convention Attorney Battlesop re-
ceived letter from the judge, stating
that for certain reasons he was obliged
to decline any honor that might be the
desire of his friends to confer upon
him. This letter was not generally
known to be in existence, which ac-
counted tor the judges name being
placed in nomination ana the bringing
OF number Of tickets bearing his name
to the hall. Capt. o. G. Merriman was
nominated, but as quickly declined.
Tickets were spread around the hall
bearing the name of DR.. NJ. o. Tiegen,
but no one appeared to know him. His
name was not mentioned, so that Mr..
Erickson had everything his own way.
The convention was called to order at
? O'Clock by Louis K. Hull, chairman of
the congressional committee, and on
motion or David b. johnson his position
as head of the meeting was made per-
manent. Frank Caniston was chosen
to officiate as secretary. 1t was voted
to have the chairman appoint commit
tee on credentials to consist of one dele
gate from each ward and three from the
country. He selected: From the
country, Ed Egan, James Wiley and
Lutte Barto. First ward. Martin Ring;
Second, o. G. Merriman; Third, q. 0.
Robinson; Fourth. II. E. Fryberger;
Fifth, James Gray; Sixth, Harry Lund;
Seventh, 0. Il. Shepley; Eighth. E. w.
Murphy; Ninth, Mat Bredimus: Tenth,
Henry Oswald; Eleventh, James T.
Toben; Twelfth, William Russell;
Thirteenth, F. r. McFail.
G. 5. Miller, OF RObblnsdale, was re-
quested TO act as sergeant-at-armS, ani
the following were appointed as a COM
mittee on resolutions: ID. B. johnson,
l.. r. Larson, Z. B. Barker. Carl F.
| Goebel, A. Grethen. The committee
| on permanent organization consisted of
| E. A Stevens, L. r. Huddlestone, G.
| A. Quist, c. A. Carnman, w. s. Milross.
Tie committee OH credentials took
| over an hour to transact its business,
| and while the convention was waiting
| for its report, Hon. P. B. Winston was
called upon TO make speech. He con-
sented after being pressed hard. and
during brief discourse remarked that
| the Democratic representatives in
! Washington had of late redeemed the
pledges they had made to their constitu-
| ents. The passage Of the tariff bill was
| great achievement for the De mocratic
! party. The bill was a good one, in
finitely better than the Mckinley affair.
| The repeal Of the Sherman silver bill
was accomplished by the Democrats,
and this one act should stand promi-
nently TO their credit. Mr.. Winston
said he was silver man and had no
besitancy in telling the people SO. He
! proceeded to give an explanation of BIZ
| metaliSm and monometalism. The coun-
try, he argued, had passed through its
! crucial period and was OIL the very eve
| of prosperity. The hard times were by
| no means the fault of the party in DOW
er, but due to natural causes, whose
effects are felt every five or six years.
| Looking at it from one standpoint he
believed that financial crises are not
without their good effect. The country
passed through state of liquidation
which, in this instance, would end hap
PLY.
Z. A. Stevens rose in his seat at this
| juncture and asked the speaker if he
thought either he or his brother would
accept the nomination for congress. Mr..
| Winston replied in the negative, stating
| as his reasons and those of his brother
for the declination, that business inter
ests rendered such a public office im-
possible.
| The committee on credentials SUBJ.
mitted its report, including the decision
| on the matters of various contested
| delegations from the First, Third and
Eleventh wards. w. Il. Parker. of the
Eighth precinct Of the Eleventh ward,
who held a proxy from the Sixth pre-
ciRct, appealed from the decision of the
committee and explained to the conven-
tion how two delegations from the Sixth
came 10 be appointed. 1t was brought