The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-31

Of meeting the Populists half way, and
not endeavor to create the impression
that they must come to the Democrats.
Nothing should be done that would
make them think they had to do as
the Democrats wanted them to.
The motion to fix the date June 15
was adopted by a unanimous vote, and,
later in the session, T. T. Hudson, OF
Duluth, presented the following formal
resolutions:
Resolved, That the Democratic state con-
vention for Minnesota, for the year 1898, be
held in the city Of Minneapolis on Wednes-
day, June Is, 1898, at u o'clock noon, for
the purpose Of nominating state officers for
the state of Minnesota to be voted for at
the next state election, and to transact such
other business as may be brought before
said convention; and further
Resolved, That the county conventions in
each county in the state. called to select
delegates to said state convention be held
on Thursday, June 8, 1898.
Uniform County Conventions.
Chairman Rosing explained that un-
der the new law the county conven-
tions for the purpose Of selecting dele
gates to the state convention must be
held on the same day in all the coun-
ties and the date therefor set by the
state central committee.
Mr.. McDermott suggested Saturday,
June II, as proper date for the county
conventions.
Mr.. Townley objected. Don't" he
said, begin on Friday, as that Is the
day the primaries would have to be
held If the conventions were called for
Saturday. 1 am not superstitious, but
would prefer some other day."
Mr.. Hudson thought the chairman
of the committee could settle the mat
ty conventions being left to Mr.. RoS-
ing's discretion. 1t might be necessary
that the conventions be held a day
earlier or later than the state commit
tee would decide, in order not to hold
them on the same day as the Popu-
lists.
Mr.. Townley favored June as the
date for the county conventions. Mr..
O'Brien agreed with Mr.. Hudson that
it might be necessary to change the
dates, and for this reason 1t should be
left to the chairman.
Mr.. Winston said the Populists had
fixed no date for their county conven-
tions and if June 9 was the date fixed
by the Democrats it would be for the
Populists to say if their conventions
should be held on the same date.
Mr. Townley was in favor Of cooper
alton, and thought it could not come
too quick. If the Populists wanted to
hold their county conventions on the
same day they could do so and then
all could join hands
The motion to fix the date Of the
county conventions for June 8 was
adopted.
Chairman Rosing called attention to
the question Of whether an address to
the voters should not be issued at the
same time the official call was given
out.
Mr.. Winston considered the sugges-
ton good one and moved that the
committee appointed to-draft the call
should also, If 1t was deemed advisa-
BILE, issue an address to the voters of
the state. The committee, consisting
Of Chairman Rosing, G. M. Stanton, ].
H. Johnson, T, T. Hudson and B. j.
MOsier, was named.
Favored a Big Convention.
On the question Of representation in
the convention Mr.. McDermott made
a talk for the taking of the Bryan vote
as a basis. He favored large con,
vention and believed as a matter Of
principle that the vote for Bryan
should be the basis. He offered a mo-
ton that the basis Of representation
in the convention be two delegates at
large for each county and one addl-