The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-06-17

Sb raul, June l2.-Ine OemOcrat1c
state convention tor the election of del
egates to the Chicago convention met
in Market Hall, this city. at IL o'clock
Thursday morning. and the hall was
crowded before that hour, every body
anticipating lively session. The chief
fight was on the question of silver, but
in the fight on national committeeman
Michael Doran was well to the front.
The state committee had decided not to
present a candidate for temporary
chairman and the gold and silver peo-
pie each selected candidate, so that
test vote was Immediately possible
on the chief question at issue.
P. B. Winston of Hennepin county
nominated E. T. Champlin the silver
candidate, for chairman and E. w.
Durant of Saltwater. nominated o. M.
Hall, the gold candidate. Mr.. Doran
seconded the nomination of Hall who
explained that the vote on temporary
chairman was test of the gold and
silver strength here, and E. c. Gridley
of Duluth in seconding the nomination
of Champlin emphasized the same
point. After number of very warm
| speeches covering wide range and
sting till past noon the vote was
taken. The ballot resulted in Hall re-
ceiying 454 out of IA and before the
Champlin vote could be given. the con-
vention went wild.
The afternoon session proved one of
the most exciting and interesting in
its development of any democratic con-
vention ever held in the state of Min
nesota- It witnessed the remarkable
spectacle of Michael Doran resigning
from the delegation to the national
convention at Chicago. When the
election of delegates at large was taken
up, Doran was elected without much
opposition. He then surprised all by
resigning. Daniel Lawler was elected
unanimously to fill his place.
The other delegates at large and the
district delegates elected are as follows:
Delegates at large: Daniel w. Law
Ter. Ramsey; Philip B. Winston. Hen
nepin; Chauncey r. Baxter. Otter Tail;
Logan Breckenridge, Olmsted.
Alternates at large: j. j. McCafferty,
Ramsey; T. C. Kuntz. Clay; NJ. E.
Mathews, Lyon; c. A. Quist, Hennepin.
District delegates: First District
John Moonan, Waseca; j. b. McGov-
ern. Wabasha; alternates, j. M. John
SON, Winona; George A. Love, Fill
more.
| Second District-B. E. Voreis, Martin
county; C. W. Shultz, Mobiles; alter
mates, j. A. Hulscher, Blue EARTH; Jas.
A. Gray, Rock.
Third District-Albert Schaller, Jno
Sheehy, Dakota; alternates, c. B. Do
Ian, August True.
Fourth District-Frank Brady, Geo.
]. Mitsch, Ransom; alternates, j. w.
DeCamp, Daniel Aberle.
| Fifth District-A. d. Smith, W. 81.
Donahue, Hennepin; alternates, E. W.
Murphy, Albert Christello, Hennepin.
| Sixth District = Thomas E. Foley,
Aitkin; W. r. Remer, Stearns; alter
mates, E. c. Kiley, Grand Rapids; W.
Garner, p Hemstead, Crow Wing.
Seventh District-M. E. Noonan, Big
Stone; j. E. O'Brien, Polk; alternates,
W. Stanton, Swift; Ed. Russell, Mar
shall.
The committee on resolutions report
ed as follows:
We, the democrats of Minnesota, in
convention assembled, heartily COM
mend President Grover Cleveland for
his veto of the outrageous river and
| harbor bill, his economical and just adj
ministration and his answering in
tegrity, and reiterate our confidence in
and our admiration of our leaders.
We maintain our allegiance to the
cause Of tariff reform, and are uncom-
promisingly opposed to any change in
our tariff laws that will tend to re-
intrench the cause of protection. Our
motto is, No step backward!
We are unqualifedly in favor of the
present gold standard of value. We
favor the use of both gold and silver as
money and believe that our govern
ment should command and keep in cir
culation as a part of the circulating
medium as large an amount of silver as
can be employed without destroying or
threatening to destroy the existing
parity of value between the unit Of sill
YER and the unit of gold.
We are opposed to descent to
monometalism, of any kind and par
ticularly to silver monometalism with
its deprecated and depreciating stand.
ard of silver.
We therefore oppose the free coinage
of silver by our government at the ratio
of 16 to 1, without the cooperation on
the part Of the other commercial ma
tions of the world. 1t would reduce
the country to a condition of silver
monometalism, entailing upon US finanr
cial panic and commercial and indus
trial disasters. We are utterly and If
revocably opposed to the adoption Of
any such policy.
The minority presented the followings
Resolved, That we, the democrats of
Minnesota, in convention assembled.
hold to tha use of both gold and silver