The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-08-22
The Complete Ticket.

MI.
Lieutenant Governor-John L. Cashel,
| Walsh.
Supreme Court-C. L. Tcmpleton,
Grand Forks.
Secretary of State-J. e. Hodgson,
Sargent.
AUDITOR. I. Eager. Stutsman.
Treasurer-H. ID. ALERT, Cavalier.
Superintendent of Instruction-Mrs.
Laura J. Eisenhuth. Foster.
Attorney GENERALIZATION Conklin,
Stutsmah.
Insurance Commissioners. L. Par
lin. Cass.
Commissioner of Agriculture-G. s.
/ Rcishus, Ward.
II. II. Commissioncrs-Oliver Knud-
son. Nelson; 0. G. Major, Steele; w.
S. Kent. Dickey.
Electors-D. +. Seigfried, Barnes; G.
4. Digncss, Trail; L. G. D. Shortridge,
Burleigh.
The Democratic state convention was
called to order at Grand Forks We'd
ncsday afternoon by Chairman Burke
Corbet, of the state central committee.
Secretary Hall read the call, and
| Chairman Corbet stated that the CEN
trail committee had examined all of
| the credentials presented. The coun-
| ties of Griggs, Kidder, Logan, Steele
and Oliver were unrepresented. No
contests had been filed. but the county
Of Richland had elected twenty-seven
delegates, while entitled to only twenty
one. The report Of the committee was
approved, and the twenty-seven dele
gates were seated with q fractional
21-27 of a vote for each delegate.
MI. Corbct then announced that the
committee had selected NJ. A. Hildreth
of Cass county for temporary chair
man. and James Murphy of Stutsman
county. for temporary secretary, and
there being no other nominations he
declared Mr.. Hildreth the temporary
chairman and Mr.. Murphy temporary
secretary. Messrs l.. Stavenheim and
Maj. TONNES were selected assistant
secretaries.
Mr.. Hildreth, on taking the chair,
made Il short speech thanking the con-
vention for the honor.
The central committee, through Chair
maj Corbet, then reported the agree
ment which had been arrived at with
a conference committee from the Pop
ulists for a fusion ticket, and asked
11C SO1N CuJlOA " 1uIlly Llc uCllOA VI
this committee by endorsing the nomi-
nees of the Populist convention, and
then nominating only the vacancies left
in the Populist ticket-congressman,
Lieutenant governor, judge of the SUI
preme court, attorney general, commits
sioner Of insurance and one railroad
commissioner.
The chair was then authorized to ap-
point the usual committees, and named
the following, the committee on Gre
dentials being dispensed with:
Rules and Order of Business
Mooney, Cavalier; Leistikow, Walsh;
McLaren, Grand Forks; Ryan, Cass;
Conklin, Stutsman; Braithwaite, Bur
leigh.
Observation-Disclosures Grand Forks;
Mclean. Cavalier; McGahan, Devils
Lake: Eagle, Ransom; Campbell. Nor.
ton; Richardson, Sargent; Raiders, Mel.
SOn
Permanent Organization-Campbell
Morton; Kinter, LaMoure; Ely, Ward;
White. Barnes; White. Grand Forks;
%Shelenberg, Benson; Kleinagel, Cass.
A short recess was taken, and a
short address was made by 'Silver
joe" whose real name is Joe Sylver.
The convention was called to order
again and the temporary organization
made permanent.
The committee on rules and order of
business then presented it's reports and
supplies the following programme,
which was adopted. Adoption of res.
| olutions, nomination of judge of su,
preme court, state treasurer, attorney
general, commissioner of insurance
railroad commissioner, member of COR
gress. and renominating the candidates
nominated by the Populist state con.
yention.
THE PLATFORM.
The following resolutions were re.
ported by the committee and Adopt ri
without question:
We, the Democrats of North Dakota
in convention assembled. believing tbs,
freedom Of speech. freedom of tho
press, freedom of conscience, the Tres.
ervation Of personal rights. the equa'i.
! ty of all citizens. and the faithful oD'
| servahce of, constitutional limitation,
TO be the great underlying and essen
| tial principles Of Justice and liberty
! upon which Our institutions are found.
ed. 10 hereby pledge iii full and n5so.
lutte and unqualified allegiance to those
| principles as enunciated in the plat
form adopted at Chicago by the ma.
| tional Democratic convention. And we
heartily approve of the selection there
made of Bryan and Sewall as its can
| didates for the high offices of presi'
| dent and vice president Of this great
republic.
We denounce the platform of the Re
| publican party and the attitude that
| party takes in the all-absorbing issue
! Of the day, and demand a speedy re-
turn to the money Of the constitution
and people, and that both gold and sill.
| yer be coined at the old legal ratio OF
1G to /. And, as the paramount ques'
| ton now before the people is, shall we
be obliged to remain on the British
| gold standard with all its destructive
| tendencies, or shall we return to and
follow the divisional policy of our
fathers, declaring both gold and silver
as the standard money Of our peoplei
| We invite every citizen who Is anxious
to promote the future welfare Of oul
country to cooperate with us On this
all important and vital question.
For its subservience to corporations
| rings and trusts and it's total disregard
of the producing masses, we denounce
| the Republican party, and we hold that
| the mi6lle classes, the common people
farmers, mechanics and laboring men
! should especially receive the fair and