The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-05

ever comeS,' said he, when / shall at
tempt to set myself up as political
boss, I want you to
CUT MY HEAD OFF
in twenty-four hours"
We'll do It," shouted the delegates
in high good humor, and they cheered
the new committeeman most heartily
The committee on resolutions report
ed the following:
Ffrst-The Democracy of the state of Min
nesota, In convention assembled hereby re-
affrms the platform recently adopted at Chi
cago, and heartily approves the selection of
It's candidates. Bryan and Sewall, for the high
omces or president and vice president of the
United States.
Seeond-We denounce the platform of the Re-
publican party on the all-absorbing issue of
the day. namely honest money. 1t processes
to favor bimetallism, yet it proposes to sub
NIT the question to other leading nations
when 1t well knows that those nations are
present gold standard. The question. there
fore, now before the people is. whether we
snail be obliged to remain on the gold stand
ara, with all its destructive tendencies, or
Wnetner we shall follow the divisional policy
OF our fathers-both gold and silver to
De the standard money of our people and
freely coined at the old legal ratio of 16 to l.
On this all important question we earnestly
invite the cooperation of every citizen who
Is anxious to promote the future welfare of
our country.
has for the past thiry-eight years controlled
the legislation of our state, and the admins
trat1on of It's institutions and affairs be now
changed No state can ever prosper which
commlts Tor SO long period its affairs to the
same poAtlcal party We now congratulate
the people that this long period of misgovern-
ment IS about to end, and that the people
are now ready to reassume the rights of hon
est government. and the reform of old abuses
FOurth-We denOunce the Republican party
OF OF THIS state for It's subservience to corpora
uons, rings and trusts. and its total disregard
OF the great producing masses-the middle
classes. the common people, farmers mechan-
les and laboring men. We hold that these
latter s classes should especially receive the
tive and executive power of the state.
we pledge the people. If given the au-
Inorfty that corporate and monopolistic sell
hshness, greed and power, shall not control
our conduct. and while we have no desire
10 strike down or in any manner injure in
the slightest vested rights, we will see to it
tnat the rights of the common people shall
not be trenched upon but shall be jealously
guarded.
Fifth-The ballot is the weapon of the
American freeman. and the sacredness of the
we unqualifedly condemn all efforts of cor
porate or private employers to inquire into
and investigate and uncover the true senti-
m I OF voting employees. thus by covert
threat challenging his vote and neutralizng
MS influence and making him tributory to in
terests which may be opposed to the interests
of the people.
Sixth-The constitution Of our state pro-
vldeS that taxation of property shall be as
nearly equal as possible. We therefore de-
mana That iron mines and unused railroad
iands snail be required to pay a fair and
Just tax In the same manner that other prop
erty is taxed
We are furthermore opposed to the struck
Jury law, and demand at the earliest day it
be repealed.
On motion of S. A. Stockweu. of
Hennepin, the paragraph in favor of
popular election of president and sem
ators was added to the platform.
which was then adopted as amended.
Hon. HI. j. Peck, of Shakopee, from
the conference committee, reported
that the agreement was as stated in the
q b e yesterday-Lind for governor:
a populist for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Democrats for secretary Of state and
treasurer; Populist for attorney gem
eral, and an even division of electors.
He said there was a distinguished rep
resentative of the Peoples party pres
ent, and introduced Ignatius DonneIly.
The sage was given generous piece of
glad hand and said
This exceedingly kind and cordial greeting
makes me feel as If l was at home In fact
We Populists claim to be better Democrats
than you Democrats. (Laughter) There is
no body of men in this country that have a
more supreme respect and veneration for the
than the Populists. 1 refer to Thomas JEFF
ferson and Andrew Jackson. (Cheers) This
is not an idle word of compliment because
upon the title page of the newspaper which
nave mad the honor to publish for some
years in this city, there has stood always
the portrait of Thomas Jefferson, and upon
1t also appears the declaration that the paper
is an advocate OF Jefersonian Democracy
and Lincoln Republicanism. am glad to
see the signs of unity. They auger well
for the future. This convention stormy and
yet harmonious, Is ready to turn down its most
cherished idols in devotion to a princiDle
1t measures the length and breadth and the
height of the tidal wave of free silver ad-
vocacy that is sweeping over the country
from one END to the other There is no rea-
son why we should not combine. We ex-
pect you gentlemen to nominate for governor
OF this state Hon. John Lind. (Cheers) We
nope on election day to go to the ballot box
with you for the same electoral ticket for
William j. Bryan. (Applause.) We have
been met here by the most cordial and kindly
treatment. We have met nothing but mag
nanimity at the hands of your committee.
They have cheerfully granted everything
reasonable that we asked. All we ask is
that you leave certain places vacant upon
your ticket We want to have left vacant
FOR us four places on the electoral ticket
attorney general, and on the 18th day of
August / think I can pledge you that we
will fill those places with honorable men
worthy of your support, and that we will
tickets. And for the first time in the his
tory of the state, the people, rising above
all the limitations of party, and all the rule
of bosses, will march side by side as one
harmonious body and will sweep this state
from Lake Superior to the Iowa line
1t seems to me that the day of argument
Is done The day Of action has arrived
There is no man in this state with intelH
gence enough to keep out of the imbecile
asylum who does not understand these uues-
lions. There is no man in this state that
does not understand that this is the battle of
ITS over again. There is no man who does
not understand that the enemy who fought
at Saratoga and at Bunker Hill is fighting
us today. l speak of the power of England
That power which has told you from the
mouth of the great leader, Gladstone tina 1t
was the interests of the English people as tic
greatest creditor nation in the world that the
money should be paid annually in the dearest
and scarcest money that The world could
afford. With 1t she could buy so much more
OF all the productions of the countries Of the
world. and she Is buying wheat To-Day
that ought to be worth a dollar a bushel. for
80 or SO cents bushel. So with cur cotton
and all our productions. This has got to
stop! The American people cannot walk
already red from their bleeding feet. NV
friends, | hail you as allies, allies in this
sacred fight for the salvation Of the Amer
lean people.
Remember, if you do not agree with us in
everything. 1t is because your educlti1n is
not yet finished. Gaughter) Four years
from now L hope that instead of holding two
conventions, we will be welded together in
one solid mass. (Cheers.) But to do this.
my friends. you must remember that YOU
must not let the Wall street end of your
party to ever again dominate It, We are NOT
advocating sectional ideas, and yet we cannot
but feel that this is battle of the money!
lending class against the money borrowing
class. We want no sectionalism save that
sectionalism which is inspired by the neces-
sity OF self-defense. Mr.. Bryan said we beg
no more. we petition no more, we defy youi
The West and the South unite, my friends, in
self-defense we will see the stars and
stripes the emblem of a nation of slaves 1t