The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-27


Third district be given a hearing. Mr..
Peck could not be found, however, and
there were loud calls for Ignatius Don
nelly. Hennepin wanted to hear from
Owen, and the audience cheered Justify.
A Dakota delegate insisted that the
regular order of business be proceeded
with. But pending the report of the
committee on credentials nothing was
done, and Delegate Aldrich, of Ramsey,
moved that E. E. Lommen, candidate
for congressin the Seventh district, be
extended hearing. But Mr. Lommen
could not be found. Again Hennepin
called for Owen, but the chair refused
to recognize the demand. Finally the
committee on credentials reported and
after Secretary Odell had read from
the report in a voice not heard beyond
the front row Of seats for five minutes
the delegations became reckless and a
motion that only the number of votes
allowed each delegation be announced
| was carried with a whoop. This ac-
! ton facilitated matters considerably
and the report was promptly adopted
without dissent. Eight counties were
| not represented.
| from Prof. Gould, but Delegate Wal
| rath, of st. Paul, got the floor and
made red hot speech demanding that
Owen and Donnelly be heard All at
tempts to hiss down Walrath refused
| to be squeched There has always
been crowd of howlers in our con-
Ventions who refuse to recognize the
| right OF others. We want to hear
| owen, and are willing to hear DON
| nelly"
Again there was great confusion,
and Walrath was hooted and Kissed
! at but he refused to yield the floor.
Finally delegate from ST. Louis coun-
ty moved the regular order of business
| and Walrath was forced to subside.
| The report of the committee on per-
! manent organization, recommending
that the temporary officers be made
! permanent. was then received and
| adopted
Delegate McCracken, from Fillmore,
moved that all candidates for congress
present in the hall be invited to the
platform. AS Mr.. McCracken had been
CONSPICUOUS in his motions and appeals
to the chair, walking up and down in
front OF the platform, two motions from
Hennep1n were presented, instructing
Mr. McCracken to take his seat. The
Fillmore county man grew defiant and
paced slowly up and down on the va
cant place in front of the stage, while
there were vigorous demands that the
| Sergeant-at-armS exercise his privilege
| and
OOTT hElioS MCCRACkEN.
Some delegate under the Otter Tail
panner discovered Judge J. w. Willis
IN the hall and moved that he be in
V1ted to the platform. The convention
| agreed and the st. Paul gentleman
was duly escorted to front seat
| among the elect.
| Then on motion the order Of business
was slightly changed and pending the
arrival of the committee on resolutions
nominations for state officers were de-
clared the next business of the con-
| vention.
S. M. Owen then appeared on the
platform as spokesman for Lind. There
never was more noise in Harmonic hall
tnan When the candidate for congress
advanced to the front of the stage TO
place IN nomination the candidate for
| governor. When the disturbance had
subsided Mr.. Owen, speaking slowly
| and earnestly, said:
There never was a time in fhe history of
Tue country when union of the forces of
the people was more necessary as TODAY Ar
Tayed against the people and at war with
tnelr rights are the millions of capital and
| the corporations of the nation We have
nothing to oppose to the foes that confront
| us except masses of men. If we confine our
Iorces TO Populfsts, our army is too small; if
| connned to the rejuvenated Democrats they
alone are not strong enough the silver Re-
publicans, the Prohibitionists alone are help
| strength sufficient to win our battle. 1t is
| Ior this union that I plead this afternoon.
ana now am to name a man who will as
| cheerfully and ably do the will of the People $
party OF Minnesota as any man in it, a man
! who by reason of that balance in his noble
head will do all that in him lies to carry out
| the wishes of the Peoples party, a man who
surrendered a high Office because he could
no longer sit in congress and maintain his
self-respect; man who told me that he was
| IN favor OF labor organization; man who
| is not a seeker of Office, but who was sought
| out of his retirement for this occasion; a
man who is in sympathy with our move
that are despotic and despoilers Of the peo-
| pie; man who will fulfill the obligations of
his oath and renew that lost art the execu-
| tion of the laws of the state Life will be
| free and you will understand what 1t is to
| have law executed in this state We have
| been denounced as anarchists by the powers
| that be- but 1t is the man who neutralizes
| the effect Of the law by inaction or refusal to
| enforce 1t, that is the anarchist, and not the
| man who sees to 1t that the law is properly
| and promptly executed-as will our candidate.
| With this man shall have representa-
tive in the state house of whom we shall be
| proud. You all know Of whom l speak. (Cries
| of Lind Lind.') The man 1 speak of is
| honest John Lind
Then there was voceferous cheering.
and delegate from Hennepin moved
the nomination be declared unanimous
| by acclamation. This was carried with
| much enthusiasm, and Messrs. Meig-
| han, Owen and Vermilyea were appoint
| ed to notify Mr.. Lind and escort him to
| the platform.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Pending the arrival of the guber-
national nominee, the regular order Of
| business was resumed and the COM
mittee on resolutions reported as fol-
| lows:
| Imbued with faith in the righteousness of
our cause, the Peoples party of Minnesota,
n jrd n0nUQnfiQn cd iron
| of preserving to ourselves and posterity the
| blessings of peace, law and prosperity, here
with put forth the following declarations of
principles:
| We pledge our unqualified allegiance to
the principles Of our faith expressed in
the national Peoples party platform adopted
at St. Louis, and to those noble standard
bearers of our national cause-William J.
Bryan and Thomas E. Watson.
We hail the union of the reform forces Of
America under a common standard for a
common cause, as the great means of emanci-
patton of the people and our country from
the money power and the allied forces of or
ganized greed, which have now obtained con-
troll OF the nation, and we welcome to our
ranks all who place patriotism above PARTISAN
ship.
We demand the strict and impartial enforce
ment Of the laws, as applied to the most pow
erful interests as to the humbest citizen and
believe that the government for and by the
people is possible only by enforcement of the
laws expressive Of the welfare of the people
We demand that all public officers be
placed a salary basis, and that all fees
be paid into the publs treasury, thereby pre-
| venting their use as political corruption
| fund, as now exemplified in the offices of the
oil inspector and surveyor general of logs.
We demand the election of the board of rail-
way and warehouse commissioners by the
| people and the enlargement of their powers
| to the requirements of a fair full and open
market and just scale OF railway and ele-
| vator rates.
| We demand the taxation of railway lands
| and commend the Anderson bill to that end
now before the people for ratification. and
| we recommend the taxation of mineral lands