The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-18

was decided that Thos ]. Meighan, chair
man of the state committee, should be
temporary chairman, and Louis Hanson
temporary secretary. The following addi-
tional officers of the convention were pro-
vided for:
Assistant Secretaries-Robert Eckford and
p. ]. Seberger
Reading Clerk-C. H. Johnson
Sergeant-at-Arms-Albe Harris Assist
ant, H. A. Swain.
Among the recommendations decided up-
on was one to the effect that the chair
man of the convention appoint two men at
large to act as chairman and secretary of
the committee on credentials and that the
body of the committee be made up of one
member from each county, to be selected
by the respective delegations.
Another recommendation is that each del
egation be authorized to cast the full vote
to which it is entitled.
The convention was called to order at
1850 by I. j. Meighan chairman of the
Populist state committee, who refrained
from making speech, but introduced Morris
Baker who sang the French national air
The Workingmans Marsellaise in the ORR
ginal"
The following were elected honorary vice
presidents for the convention: First dis
trict T. j. Meighan; Second district F. NJ
Currier; Third district, j. A. Ames; Fourth
district, Judge Mcdonald: Fifth district
III 1ldrk, SlXtn k1ttle falVOfSen;
Seventh district, H. p. Bjorge.
The following telegram from H. E. Boen,
the Populist congressman from the Seventh
district was received and read. The anti
fusion sentiment seemed to suit the cenven-
ton, Judging by the hearty applause that
followed the reading of the telegram:
Washington, D. C.-To the Chairman
and Delegates, Peoples Party Convention:
Jeffersonian Democracy Of 1904 and Lincoln
Republicanism Of GA are Populism of 's4
A brief. plain platform, strong ticket, no
fusion and victory is sure.
H E. BoEN.
On assuming the duties of temporary
chairman Mr. Meighan made very hrief
address. He thanked the convention for the
honor, which he said he considered The
greater insomuch as 1T came from the party
that is soon to take possession of the row
eminent. NV
Mr.. Meighan declared the only salvation
of the country to be the enactment into law
of the principles of the Peoples party a
declaration that was greeted with vocifer-
Gus applause.
The girls of the Populst Glee Club
aroused the convention to the shouting
i.4 .-.,.4 500, mis- My Party"
me girls were given three cheers and a
tiger after which the convention which
had had taste Of enthusiasm and wanted
more, cried Justify for speech from DON
nelly. The sage made his way to the stage
and the chairman took advantage of the
as chairman and secretary of the credentiaI
committee c. F. Aldrch, Of Swift county
and j. NJ True, of Fillmore, respectively
The other members of the committee will
10 chosen BY county, one from each.
NELLY SPEAKS
1gnatus Donnelly then entertained the
convention with a characteristic address.
tie referred to the convention as the great
est ever held in the state. "There is no
one here" he said referring to the burial
of the factional differences, "who contem-
plates his fellow with feeling of rivalry
or bad feeling. We are literally a band of
brothers" This love-feast-like aspect of
things the sage attributes to the course of
his paper, The Representative.
Senator Donnelly then turned his atten-
ton to the condition of the times the
great strike and the feeling of the time.
we meet he said, with earnest elo-
quence, lin the midst of turbulent times. I
DO not believe the country was in as much
Hanger in 1861. when the legions of Lee were
IN sight of the capitol, as it is today
ihen it was battle between sections.
winch 1t was possible to unite Today the
struggle is internecne. 1t is everywhere. in
every hamlet and village and city in the
North and in the South. The battle is not
Tor separation of sections, but for the total
supVerslon or the very principles upon
which the government is founded This
government was founded by plain men, not
by mllionaires. But a force from outside
mas been at work-a foreign force-and we
now have two parties arrayed against each
other,
ARISIOCRACY AGAINST COMMON
Atty.
Thirty thousand families own one-half
the wealth of the country, and they have
had no part in producing it. They have
stolen it from the labor and toll that has
produced the nation. Why you can't nut
your finger on anything essential to human
happiness but labor has produced it. A class
has fastened on human toll and steals its
reward At the same time we have raised up
Goldfish aristocracy that is responsible for
these conditions, and that is now threaten
ing the very life of liberty.
"At such an hour we meet and we say
we are not responsible. No man can shake
his locks at US and say Thou didst it.