The herald., 1896-06-12
MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS
A Bitter Fight Results IN ths Geld nen's
Victory

ortter ftgnt kesustS IN tho Geld Hensn
Victory
ST. PAUL, June n.-As a decided dra.
matte close to the most exciting Demo.
cratic state convention held in Mime.
sofa for many years. Michal Dora1. for
a score of years the political leader and
national committeeman from this state
defeated every move of those who sought
to bring about his defeat, winning not
only in the passage of a gold platform.
but also in being chosen by large vote
to lead the Minnesota delegates at Chit
cago. After winning the third fight OF
the day and by vote OF 526 to 227 being
placed at the head of the delegation.
Mr.. Doran took the floor and denied sew
eral sensational charges that have been
made against him during the day. After
a spirited defiance of his action in the
present convention he begged to be al
lowed to retire from the delegation and
asked that Daniel w. Lawler of ST.
Paul, one of the best and most favorably
known Democrats in the northwest, be
named in his stead. There were vigor-
Gus protests from the convention, but
his request was granted and Mr.. Doran
gracefully retired after winning one Of
the hardest fights of his life.
When the convention met Market hall
was crowded, everybody anticipating Q
lively session The chief fight was on the
question of silver, but the fight on Ma
tional Committeeman Michael Doran
was we'll to the front p. B. Winston
nominated q. Il. Champlin as the silver
candidate for temporary chairman and
p. w. Durant nominated o. M. Hall as
the gold candidate. Hall received 45l
votes of 744 and the convention went
wild, Michael Doran finally being heard
above the uproar shouting, 'The old
mans here yet"
1t was nearly o'clock before the con.
vention got to real work in the after
noon. There were two reports from the
platform committee, eight of the COM
mitteemen favoring a gold standard
plank and six representing a platform
made up of selections from the national
Democratic platforms of 1892, 1884 and
1875 and 1868 and favoring free coinage
or silver at the 16 to ratio.
The debate on the matter was hot, Bit
ter and prolonged.
The delegates-at-large are: D. W.
Lawler, p. b. Winston, Chauncey Bax.
ter and Logan Breckenridge.
The financial plank was adopted az
follows:
I'VE are unqualiledly in favor of the
present gold standard Of value. We
favor the use Of both gold and silver as
money, and believe that our government
should coin and keep in circulation as q
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 be-
tween the unit in gold and unit in sill
yer. We are opposed to a descent to
monometallism, and particularly to q
silver monometallism, with its depre-
ciated and depreciating standard Of
values. We are firmly convinced that
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer by our government at a ratio of
16 to 1 without cooperation on the part
Of the other great commercial nations
of the world would reduce this country
a. - 30 koyl
entailing upon US a financial panic and
commercial and Industrial disaster. We
are utterly and irrevocably opposed to
the adoption of any such policy"