The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-04
QUIET COUNTY CONVENTION.
DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE OF
BTMETALLlSM."
WAS ADOPTED WITH A HURRAH
Then the Delegates to Represent
the County at Minneapolis
Were Selected.

VentlOn TO select QoleSaueS TO the state
convention at Minneapolis today was a
short and rather tame affair, compared
to the exciting conventions recently
held in st. Paul. There was certainly
unanimity in the convention, however,
and the session passed off smoothly.
i The delegation which will so to Mime
1 apolis from Ramsey county, will be a
radical free silver band of Democrats,
who affirm and reaffirm' all the
7planks in the Chicago platform.
i The convention was called to order
by Capt M. j. O'Connor There were
several departures from time henored
Democratic customs, and several faces,
usually found in the convention, were
missing, showing still more wildly how
many of the leading Democrats in Ram
sey have remained with the single gold
standard ranks.
f. J. Schurmeir was made chairman
and James A. Healey secretary.
Thomas J. O'Brien started the thing
off with a red hot Democratic speech,
all for free silver, and in it he pre-
dicted a love feast at the Minneapolis
convention today. He closed with a
motion to the effect that eleven dele
gates at large be elected by COM
mittee, to represent the county at the
state convention. The motion was
adopted, and the committee, consisting
of Messrs. DUNCAN, Scanned, Nilsson,
Hearn, OBrien, Giltinan, Savard, Clark,
Buckley, Ellery, Baker and Hamm,
was appointed and sent about it's bust
ness. 1t was, however, not until pro-
posed amendment, offered by Mr..
Ermanntraut, had been discussed with
some animation. The amendment pro-
vided for the appointment by the ward
! delegations, of one member each to the
committee to select delegates at-large
for the state convention. The amend
ment was supported by Mr.. Do5ner
and others, but was lost after some
little debate. The majority declared
that it was too much of an innovation.
The committee on resolutions sub
mitted it's report while the committee
on delegates was getting in its work.
| The resolutions presented and adopted
were as follows:
/ The Democracy Of Ramsey county, MIME
| sota in convention assembled, hereby reaf-
| firms it's allegiance to the time-honored DEM
! ocratic doctrine of bimetallism. And we here
by declare our deliberate belief that the coin
age act of 1873, in so far as 1t demonetiZed
silver and established gold as the single unit
| of value was, and is in it's effects, hagrant
violation of Of the most important pro-
|
| States, and most nefarious and cruel crime
against the American people; that that crime
! Of 1873 has caused, with continuing effect, a
| fearful depression in the prices of all COM
modities; enormous losses of property; a
crushing increase in the burdens OF debts,
even when nominally of the same amounts
general commercial and financial embarrass-
ment, and widespread impoverlshment and
ruin; thus practically bankrupting all the
debtor-class of our people; that that crime
has caused, and is causing, along with vast
S,1iYr 60 do limit Of hn
employment and wages of labor, as a result
of the pauperization of many, and of the en-
| forced economies and reduced scale of living
| of the multitudeS in financial distress.
That that crime has caused, and is still
causing a trebling of the suicidal rate of
| former years; a driving Of many more into
/ disease and unto death as a result of the
mental anguish consequent on poverty and
| the disappointed hopes of business industry
also, a sacrifice through mortgage foreclos-
ures of countless thousands of American
/ homes, involving the breaking UP and dis
persion of many families and thereby weaken
| ing that recognized foundation alike of So
! ciety, the state, virtuous manhood and virtu-
GUS womanhood alsoy the further rapid
| building up of that colossal money power
whose shadow now darkens the whole earth
and under the blghting shade of which the
! tree of our liberty already languisheS; fur
| Their, that that crime has sowed the seeds of
| business hostility and sectional hatred every
| where among our people. a part of the crop
! of which we people of this locality are reap
! ing in the already great diminution of our
| trade with the people of all the great states
west of JUS, and in their manifesty growing
disposition to more completely boycott st.
Paul goods; and. generally, we believe that
| this crime of 1873 involves, if permitted to
continue its operation, a course which must
! bring completely upon our nation the condi-
| ton of misery and privation under which the
common people of Europe groaned during the
dark period of the Middle Ages as conse-
| quence of a constantly enhancing value of
! the money standard, condition then destruc-
tive OF population civil liberty morality and
/ of civilization itself, and full of human woe.
In view of all which considerations, and of the
! evident righteousness, demonstrated expedi-
! ency and vital necessity for the action we
| SO insist upon, we demand that the minis
OF the United States be reopened to equally
| unrestricted coinage for both gold and silver
/ into money of unlimited legal tender quality
at the old coinage ratio of 16 to l. and that
the minis be so reopened without awaiting
me PERMISSION consent or concurrence of any
Foreign nation, prince, potentate power
| or any consent other than that of the people
of these United States by law given.
Resolved. That we renew our allegiance to
the national Democratic party and it's plat
form and principles. declared In the reso-
buttons adopted at the late national conyen-
ton at Chicago, and pledge our enthusiastic
support to the nominees of that convention
| Bryan and Sewall
Resolved. That the delegates here elected
from Ramsey county to the state convention
| at Minneapolis be instructed to vote as a
unit upon the platform and candidates
The resolutions were adopted unan-
imously and with apparent enthusi-
asm. After a recess of ten minutes.
| Chairman Buckley, of the committee
| on delegates at-large reported that the
committee had finished it's labors.
The committee allotted the wards
| the following delegates each: First
| ward z, Second ward Z, Third ward 8.
Fourth ward 8, Fifth ward 8. Sixth
! ward 9, Seventh ward 5, Eighth ward
! r. Ninth ward z, Tenth ward q.
Eleventh ward 2, country f. The names
! selected by the committee, and adopted
by the convention, to represent the CITY
| and county at the state convention are
| as follows:
At Large-w: A. Van slyke, Harry cald-
Murray J. J. Townley, t. D. o'Brien' r.
R. Kane, John Lynch, ]. H. Ives. L. J.
Dobner. Alternates-L. D. Palmer, r. L.
Johns, D. W. Gray, J. J. Dwyer, r.. q. B.
Woodruff ]. T. Avery, William Jones +
H. Dean, Patrick Conley, F. a. Pike, ]. A.
Campbell
The The following qHov1 were chosen by wards:
! nan. w. S. McCawley. J. r. Donohue. John
Bohmart, 2. W. Buckley. 'o--''
Second Ward-iienry O'Connor, W. J. Mac
KEY, Anthony McDonough ]. P Gill H
Brand. I. Vaughan, O. B. Wagerdahl
Third War6-E. J. Schumacher, Joseph
Ehrmanntraut Jr, ]. A. Nilsson. e. j. Oar
Fourth Ward. e. Flanagan, o. J. Cook.
/ J. G. Donnelly. John E. Hearn. James
cBrien, J. c. Kemp. Jerry O'Brien
Fifth Ward-ChRrles L. Lauer. Charles Nc
nard Ryan. Dan Aberie, G. o. Nettleton.
I, J. ,o'Ieary. 6. J. Flint
Sixth Ward-A. L. Graves, ". R. Haw-
tnorne, James Melady. Joseph Smith. Thomas
{. Tierney, r.. N. Hare w. O'Keefe, George
Gu;on. L. Fahey.
Seventh ward. A. Meade, D. W. Law
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