Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-03-24

Mason Spicer and Geo. H. Bitterness.
Upon motion OF Mr.. Felg, the tenn
porary organization was made perma-
nent.
The chairman suggested that as no
regularly elected delegates were pres
ent from some towns, other persons
who were present from those towns be
admitted to the convention as dele
gates. This brought Hon. Feig to his
feet, who questioned the power of the
|. convention to do SO under the new
law. Legal light was asked for, and
when none was offered, Mr.. Nasset
| was sent for the statutes, but before
they could be brought to use, Mr.
Felg said the convention might as
sumo the responsibility, and moved
that MI. o. E: Olson and Knut Smith
be admitted as delegates from Doyre
| which motion prevailed.
$. NJ. Sivertson OF Atwater, arose,
| and calling the attention of the con-
! vention to the fact that several dele
| cations desired to take 3 o'clock trains
and expediency was needed to finish
| the business OF the convention in order
| to enable them to do so and moved
a committee consisting Of one member
| from each commissioner district be
| appointed to prepare a list of per-
| sons to be elect9ds sas@delegates~ to-, the
! congressional and State conventions.
Mr.. John Williams, of Willmar,
arose and objected to this, but the
| motion prevailed with large major
| ity, the negative vote being exclusive
ly by the younger element of the Will
mar delegations, who are on the war
path against "bOss rule.'
Having thus delegated the business
OF the meeting to committee, the con-
VentiOn lapsed into ian experience
meeting'' SO to speak. The chairman,
| Mr. Thorpe, was first called on for
remarks. He spoke Of the unsatisfac-
| tory manner Of electing the delegates,
regretted that there was need for such
great haste in the matter: and hoped
| that future conventions would take
more time. Emphasized that the Re-
publicans must be extremely careful in
| everything they did. Although there
| was no doubt that they would be put
in power, still they must be careful.
With power comes responsibility.
They would name a platform which
would bring prosperity. which is SO
| badly needed now. He said that the
Peoples party comes forth with many
loud sounding promises but as they
| advocated ito get something out of
nothing" they could hardly be trusted.
| Would not say that the G. O. p. was
infallible, it was human. They
should be judged by what they had
done in the past, that would give con-
| tidence for the future. There was no
reason why, if they continue as they
had, when they regain power they
should not hold it another generation.
Henry Feig was called for. He
stated that he desired to save his
thunder until later, when perhaps it
would be Of more service to the party.
The statement had been made two
years ago that never before had the
| people been SO anxious to vote as
then. They had voted, and here the
| speaker in his bombastic style spoke
in glowing terms of the off year Gland
slide" He believed that the desire to
vote had not abated among the masses
and that the result would be that the
G. O. P. would be placed in complete
control of the government next year.
The speaker did not neglect to give the
populists fling. He understood that
the certain newspaper which represent
ed that sentiment had "unmasked'
itself and declared in favor of ''fiat
money!" which he denounced in stem
torian tones as ''repudiation, "dis-
honesty" and "degradation, some
thing to which the ''people'' would
not submit. eve may be poor, but
we are honest" and no matter how
poor the people would become they
would insist that money should remain
'honest." He would pick MP the gaunt-
let thrown out to make currency reform
the issue for discussion, and would
meet them on common ground before
the election, and when the ground
clears off after the battle he had no
doubt the republicans would come out
with a new lease of life. The principal
fightwould be as heretofore between the
Republicans and Democrats. Re-
fered to the lack Of leaders in Democ-
racy, to which he contrasted the con
trasted the eond itions Of his own party,
which has So: many available men.
WitA q lanbbFGan. president and con.
gress al uncertainty would be removed
and prosperity 'return.
GeQ.sW. Haselton, the representa-
tive from .Roseyille, next had the floor
He suggested for a battle cry the
words, ~ ''rotection, Prosperity ani
'Procity.,, Had -.:been a Republican
from the time Fremont was nominated
The speaker pictured how: the. Repub
lican party. was Organized from tn
best material from other parties which
enabled it to grapple successfully will
the great question before the peopl,
then, (the old gentlemen failed to in
innate that occasion might arise agail
! for PATRIOTIC men to overcome part,