The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-09-13

nominated from governor to chief JUS
tice, and then John w. Willis, the Pop
ulist candidate for associate justice.
was endorsed. Gen. George L. Beck
er, who Is at present one Of the state
railroad commissioners, was nominated
Tor governor, and the stalwart German
American, John Ludwig of Winona, for
lieutenant governor.
A feature of the convention was the
exceedingly bitter contest over the nom.
ination of q candidate for state au-
ditor. Here the fusion element in the
convention united with the personal
enemies Of Michael Doran and, after
an acrimonious discussion in which the
lie was passed between Mr.. Doran and
Mr.. Buell., the candidate for auditor
favored by MIR. Doran, John D. KY
naston, was defeated and Adolf Bier
man, the presnt state auditor, was
nominated.
Chairman winston.
Chairman Mareck called the conven-
ton to order and offered the name of
Hon. P. b. Winston for temporary
chairman.
Hon. F. B. Winston was elected, and
spoke as follows:
Il assure you, fellow Democrats, 1t
would have given me greater pleasure
to second the nomination Of Senator
Leavitt. / believe Senator Leavitt Is
as good Democrat as I am. / believe
it great honor to be elected chairman
Of this convention. / believe the Hen
nepin county delegation will stand firm
for the principles Of Democracy now,
as 1t has in years past. / thank you,
gentlemen, for the honor conferred
upon me. AS next in order of bust.
ness l find we have the election of a
temporary secretary for the conyen-
ton"
Judge Netheway Of Saltwater, before
the convent III t. ok recess, offered o
resolution which rendered the deep and
heartfelt sympathy of the convention
to the sufferers of the forest fires In
their loss and suffering, and authorized
the chairman to appoint committee
of three to collect subscriptions among
the delegates and forward them to the
relief committee at Pine City. Mr..
kelso of Polk county amended this by
making the chairman Of each county
delegation q collector of subscriptions,
and as amended the resolution was
adopted by rising vote. Before the
close of the convention the canvassers
turned over to Secretary Mullane 1915
as the offering Of the convention.
When the convention reasSembled
there was a larger crowd In the con-
yention than during the morning ses-
sion. Mr.. Foley Of Altkin offered q
resolution providing that this conyen-
tion favors the taxation of those rail-
roads which are not included In the
taxation of the gross earnings of rail
roads yet owned by them and upon
which taxes are not paid.
Another resolution by Mr.. La Due
of Rock demanded that the government
return to the coinage OF silver on q
basis of 16 to l. Both these resolu.
tons were referred to the committee on
resolutions
All Democrats over sixty years of
age were invited to seats on the plat
form, and among those who accepted
were Judge Brisbine, William Pitt
Murray, Col. Stevens Of Minneapolis
and others. Levi W. Folsom declined
to be considered old and sat with the
boys. The old brigade was called on
for five-minute speeches
Ed Darragh, the Democrats candi-
date for congress in the Fourth dis,
trict, who was introduced by Chairman
| Winston as. the gallant young man
who Is making the fight in Hennepin
county. He subsequently corrected his
error and made it Ramsey county
when 1t was shown to him that Min
neapolis can't steal Ed Darragh from
| ST. Paul
Mr.. Darragh, after saying that he
had not intended to make Q speech,