The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-17
SILVER WAR NOTES
Continued from FIRST Page.

fered by Rev. H. F. Stillweli, pastor Of
the Calvary Baptist church. Then Jas.
w. Griffin, Minnesota committeeman
of the silver organization, read the call.
E. s. Corser moved that Lieut.-Gov.
Day be made temporary chairman,
and he was elected by reclamation.
In taking the chair Mr.. Day made a
hit by clubbing Frank Nye the VIII
liam J. Bryan of Minnesota. Proceed
ing, he said:
We meet today to reafirm and to pledge
our fealty to a new declaration of independ-
ence We are here to assert the true main
tenance Of the principles of our beloved
country and Of free institutions and to avow
the supremacy of the people of the republic.
Recognizing the necessity for political par
ties and OF organized political effort under a
Republican form OF government, history has
shown that the time has been when the duty
of the citizen to his country is greater than
that of allegiance to his party-when the de-
mands of patriotism overwhelm and sever
the ties of partisanship, and such time we
believe again has come.
The conditions and the circumstances are
indeed remarkable, and Of mighty portent
when the affairs Of the country demand of
citizens that they renounce the party af-
fliations of lifetime as hundreds of thou
sands are now doing and unselfishly enlist
In an open fight for the rights of man.
Those then on the stage of action witnessed
the emergency of 1860 when justice sum
moned her cohorts to battle in the greatest
cause mat DaQ ever shaken the ClV1llZ0Q
world and it then for the rights OF man.
No other cause could have so aroused and
united the masses and impelled them by an
irresistible force, regardless of party ties and
prejudices to make the sacrifices of such
contest.
The people are patient and long forbearing
They trust, they hope. they are slow to sur
render faith in their fellowman but he is
not slow to take advantage of IT.
Thus events have moved on until are
forced to confront and grapple with the con-
dftions which now exist in this stricken ma
ton.
OF these conditions and their causes /
will not at this time undertake in detail to
discuss, but they are pregnant with wrong
and SO threatening to the existence and pros
perity of our free institutions and of the well
fare and happiness of the people that no
well-advised and impartial citizen can fail to
realize it and to be anxious and alarmed as
to the outcome.
My friends, N such a crisis partisanship
becomes a toy-a selfish or sinister pastime;
and patriotism becomes an engine Of neces-
sity the highest mandate of manhood and
citizenship.
So, my friends, we have assembled here
with such a representative of all classes and
interests and IN such an outpouring as is
rarely witnessed, to counsel together, to ar
ray our forces and to help to organize in
this year 1896 a campaign as momentous in
the principles at stake as that which in
1860 gave freedom to a race and wrought the
redemption of this mighty nation.
j. II. Bennett, Jr., was elected tenn
porary secretary and H. B. Stocker
assistant
On motion the following committees
were appointed:
Credentials-D. G. Cash. St. Louis; D. w.
Parsons, Hennepin; ]. T. Learingen, Mar
tin; H. G. Waite, Stearns; o. H. Case, Fill
more; c. E: Rogers, Chippewa Bert W.
Day, Mcleod; G. H. Stevens, Ramsey
Charles B. Laybourne, Hennepin; ]. E. Davis
st. Louis.
Permanent Organization-H. A. Payne,
Freeborn; Charles Lowe, Cottonwood; M. W.
Clay. Mcleod F. A. Pike, Ramsey; w. s..
Wingate, Hennepin; ]. M. Hayes, Crow
Wing.
Rules-Charles G. Johnson, Freeborn; j..
s. Livermore, Martin; D. H. Sage, Ramsey;
L. E. Olson, Washington; F. P. Lane, Hen
nepin; M. NJ Siktman, Wright
Charles A. Towne. St. Louis; A. Barto,
Fillmore; E. j. Lynch, Polk; H. E. Con-
ley, Goodhue; ]. M. Hawthorn, Ramsey
Frank M. Nye. Hennepin; L. G. Pendergast,
Todd; o. L. Larson, Polk.
Delegates and Alternates-Judge McDon-
aid, Ramsey w. A. Peterson, Cottonwood; ;
]. Ellis futile, Hennepin; G. w. Bowe,
Ramsey; ]. E. Childs. Waseca; James O'Con-
nor. Yellow Medicine; A. G. Weatherston.
| Rice; 0. A. Turner, Ramsey; ]. M. Bart
lett, Hennepin; ]. H. Will, Itasca; George
w. Taylor, Becker; r. G. Mitchell St. Louis.
| fin, Hennepin; William Butterss9H ennepfn !;
D. G. Parker, Freedom; S. E.oFafnam Lac
/ quf Parle; G.. M. Perkins, Mcleod; John
| Dale, Ramsey; H. D. Stocker sJr. Hennepin;
| A. Barto, Stearns; William McEaughlin OF
| ter Tail. .5Rxs
James w. Griffin offered the resolu-
ton for the naming of a state commit
/ tee. He called the organization a Re-
| publican imetallic convention and the
| motion was so adopted without a kick
Afterward Delegate Aldrich objected
to the term Republican. He had not
0aFecsf N<N1 ho
ceeding to enter speech of protest
when Chairman Day cut him off by
saying that Aldrich's understanding Of
| the call would be taken as the sense Of
| the meeting.
H. L. .Chaffee, travelling man, was
| called to the chair for a few minutes
| and proceeded to make a red-hot free
silver speech He wanted the state
house combine destroyed, so that Min
nesota will no longer be ruled by the
| Knute Nelson's for Bill Merriam and
James ]. Hill but by the people and for
the people. He paid tribute to the
Populists for their consistent stand in
behalf of free coinage Of silver. and
| also gave Bryan words of praise 1--WE
will take our starry banner" said he.
which for years has been nailed to the
English cross, and we will plant 1t,
not In the East nor in the West, but
| III the very center OF our country. at
Lincoln, in Nebraska"
Rev. Mr.. Rutliffe Of Glencoe. was in
troduced and made a carefully-worded
little speech, in which he pledged him
self to do all in his power for the free
! silver cause. Bryan was eulogized and
| John Lind was called 'the savior of
Minnesota" He advised less of cam
paign and more of education. Be "wise
as a serpent and harmless as dove,''
ne said, because men in time Of excite
ment are prone to do things they after
ward regret. From the Biblical quo
tatton the reverend gentlemen worked
out several witty deductions that threw
the audience into excellent huuor.
! Closing, he advised his hearers to nav
more attention to the preachers who
are sowing political heresies in the
! parlors, to be afterward dinned in the
ears of men by the persistent women.
A recess was then taken until 8
O'Clock. At the afternoon session.
which was held in the Exposition build
Ing. the temporary organization was
made permanent. A. letter was read
from Aftkin county. pledging 900 of her
1,30O votes to the free silver candidates.
| This telegram enthused the delegates
so much that John Day Smith was
called on for speech. Mr.. Smith
opened up by proclaining that he had
learned to place country above party
and patriotism above partisanship. The
! men who have been running the Re
publican party, he said. have graduated
| in the school Of politics of that party
and have taken a postgraduate course
in Wall street. 81 have nothing against
| the gold-bug as bug" said Mr.. Smith,
except that I am like the man who
was tortured by bed-bug. object