The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-12
DEMOCRATIC STATE. CONGRESS
SIGNAL AND COUNTY COMMIT
TEES IN SESSION.
LETTER FROM SENATOR JONES
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN URGES
DEMOCRATS TO STICK TO THE
SILVER ISSUE.
RoAsTs NATIONAL DEMOCRACY,
and Silver Republicans Who
Supported Him

The Democratic state, congressional,
/ executive session at Century hail at II
! o'clock yesterday morning About 800
delegates from various parts of the
state were present, and, although the
meeting was announced of an executive
nature, the doors were open and the
common herd flocked in until the hall
was filled. C. F. Macdonald, of st.
! Cloud, was chosen chairman, and c.
! Amundson, of Saltwater, was elected
! secretary.
Chairman Rosing, of the state Demo-
/ cratic central committee, made state
ment in which he announced that the
Democratic organization of the state
had been without funds; that it had
not been perfected until recently, and
that he had spent nearly 5000 of his
own money in maintaining it. He re-
quested a reimbursement of the
amount. No sooner had he stated his
shortage than a storm of coin rained
down on the stage. Men threw dollars.
half dollars, quarters and small change
until those on the stage were COM
PEELED to seek refuge back of the
scenes. The curtain was punctured,
electric globes were broken, and, after
the storm ceased, it was found that
the purse strings had lOosened for
$SO82
Chairman Rosing read a letter from
Gen. ]. K. Jones, of Arkansas, in
which Mr. Jones said:
Hon. L. A Rosing, West Hotel. Minneapolis
Dear Sir: I have hopcd UP to the last mo-
ment that I would be able to attend the meet
! ing of Democrats in Minneapolis. Duties to
the party, however, make it imperative that
l remain at my post and forego that pleas
ure. l cannot tell you how greatly disap-
pointed l am in not being able to meet our
friends on the 18th, but it is my rule to forego
a pleasure at any time for the purpose Ct
performing duty in the great cause in which
we are all engaged
l sincerely hope that you mag have a s1len-
did meeting and that the Democrats of Min
nesota may return to their homes as full OF
fight ard hope as the justice and magnitude
of the cause deserves. large majority OF
the American people are today opposed to the
recently promulgated policy of the REPUBLICAN,
party TO commit the country more thoroughly
to the gold standard, to retire greenba ks to
issue gold bonds, and TO increase the power
privileges and profits Of the national banks
/ There is but one way for the gold men to
beat US, and that is for to be divided either
by the Vaccinations of the gold men, or by
our own Cbstin2cy. IL IS of the greatest i'm
portance, therefore, in this struggle that our
people everywhere manifest the greatest for
bearance towards those agreeing with them
on the main issues. and who do not agree with
them in details. When the magnitude of the
interests involved are fully considered | have
no doubt that our people Will stand together
solid as stone wall in defense of the right
The most cheering news from the different
/ secuoSS or the Union comes to me. Numbers
OF Democrats who were persuaded to abandon
the party year ago, are back in line uncoa-
ditionally, with the determination to stand for
all time with the party. We are making ac-
cessions daily from these who have been here
tofore politically against US and I feel sure
that by temperate action on the part OF Dem
ocrats. silver Republicans and Pc2ul:sts. an
Overwhelming victory will be easily accom-
pltshed at the election next November
Regretting more than can tell you my in
ability to be with you I rejoice at the nras
ence CT Mr.. Bryan, who Will a long way
more than compensate fer any d:sappont-
ment you may feel on account CT ny absence
such compensation.
Bidding the Democracy of Minnesota god
speed, with the most confidence relying on
their patriotism, am sincerely your,
James X Jones
Acomm1ttee on resolutions was
appointed by the chairman as follows.
J. J. Thornton, ST. James; Charles
DAutromont, Duluth; L. NJ Rand
Minneapolis; A. B. Cole, Motley; Sena-
tor McHale, Shakopee; B. J. Mosier,
Saltwater; L. G. Pendergast. Eagle
Bend. The committee was instructed
to send telegram of greeting to Sena-
tor Jones.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
At 2 o'clock NJ. 2ryan was intro
duced to large audience by Chairman
Macdonald, and delivered a speech in
which he said in part
cannot but note, gentlemen the nroqrese
that has been made by the cause In Which
you are enlisted, and for which you are pre-
H.,
member that it is only a short time apo
less than two years. that there was in the
Democratic party such a contest as was never
/ witnessed before in any party in the limited
states 1t was not contest over men bat
contest over a principle. If you will rememN
Der that in 1896, when the Republican CON
ventlons were being held, the newspapers
reported so many votes from a certain state
for Mckinley, so many for Reed SO many
for Alger, it was a contest between the fac
lions OF the Republican party, who were wag-
Ing their fight in behalf of some man for the
candidacy, but when you read of the conven-
tons being held by the Democrats the in
fuences were for silver against silver
1t was principle, not man. Men were lost
! sight of in that contest, and that convention
I which met at Chicago in July 1896 was the
most democratic convention that was ever
! held in the United States (Applause) II
was a convention which more clearly. more
plainly and more emphatically reflected the
| sentiment of the members of the r,artv 1,non
a great question than any other convention
our fight in the primaries. man could NOT
go as delegate from a precinct to his county
convention until he had stated his position
on that subject. He could not go from the
| county to the state convention until he had
stated his position on the money question
| He could not go as delegate from the state
| to the national convention until the peopIe
knew where he stood. Not only that hut
| lest there should be some Judas among the
| twelve, when they selected their delegates
! they as q rule, instructed them how to vote
on the money question, and they were bound
| by the unit rule. So that that convention
| when 1t assembled IN Chicago assembled
| there not to DISCUSS and to plan platform
| but to write the platform which the people
| had already written in their primaries (Ap-
| plause). 1t was triumph OF the rank and
| file of the party. The platform was written:
| a platform which met with as much abuse
| as any platform ever adopted in this coun-
| try, and is one of the best platforms ever
| written. and more popular today than ever
| before. (Applause.) What was the result of
| that convention? Those who had been re-
| cefving the honors and emoluments at the
! hands Of the Democratic party were con-
| spicuous among those who went out from
| that convention and organized a party known
| as ''The National Democratic PARTY have
never understood why they took the word
national" unles it was that they did NOT
expect to carry a county in the nation. (Ap-
plause) I suppose they selected the word
national for the same reason that thew Sc
| lected the word Democratic, because II was
| the most undemocratic party ever organized
and for that reason they called themselves
| Democratic, and 1t was so local that they
called themselves national They went out
and, instead of fighting an open honest
manly fight, they resorted to tactics which
were new in American politics. l presume
that no party ever before nominated a ticket