The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-16

For seven mortal hours yesterday 1000
Democrats waited for their allies to
get through fighting and make them
some sort Of proposition for uniting
their forces. The Democrats were, un-
til they heard from the Populists, as
harmonious and orderly as the Popu-
lists were disorderly and Jangling, and
there were those Of the old line Demoe-
racy who got 80 tired Of the " alt that
1T would have taken but little persua-
sion to make them throw up the al
lance and act of their own accord.
But they waited and the alliance was
effected.
The convention was unique in the
number Of new faces on the floor The
old Wheelhorses Of the Minnesota
Democracy were not present in their
usual numbers. Most of the lee ding
was done by men who have not hither-
to been at the forefront of Democracy,
and the business of the convention
dragged to considerable extent. There
was plenty Of time for speech-making
but little of it was INDUCED in, and the
one speech that aroused enthusiasm
was an ifnpromptu and very brief one
delivered by a Ramsey county man, T.
r. Kane. Mr.. Kane was called for late
in the afternoon, and though his speech
was very brief, it fairly electrified the
delegates. And then followed the one
real hearty burst of applause Of the
day.
Senator McHale, Of Shakopee. pre-
sided, his nomination by T. T. Hudson,
n If do
bert Baldwin, of Duluth, was made sec
retary, and Ed. Dahl, Of ST. Paul, as
sistant. John D. Lyons, of Minneapolis,
was sergeant at arms.
By o'clock in the morning the
country delegates were in some num-
bers about the exposition building,
there having been an error made in
the announcement of the time for the
convention to convene in some coun-
ties. The arrangements committee had
done it's appointed work in the hall,
and there was a plentiful display of
bunting everywhere, and the hall was
brilliant with color and life at 12
O'Clock, when the Hennepin county
delegation, 200 strong, arrived, headed
by band. The Ramsey county peo-
pie were seated at the same time, be-
ing led in by the Third regiment band,
and when Chairman Rosing called the
convention to order at 1890 full dele
cations from nearly every county were
present.
Ramsey, Hennepin and ST. Louis
counties had the center of the hall.
the three big delegations occupying the
first ten rows of seats. The rest of
the delegates filled up the floor and
overf1owed into the elevated seats on
the sides.
The only thing to intimate the ma
ture Of the gathering was banner on
the platform, which bore the legend,
Keep your eye on Johnnie when he
comes marching home.'' AS the dele
gates got their eyes on it they fell In
with the spirit Of it and shouted for
Lind.
CHAIRMAN ROSING'S WELCOME.
Chairman Rosing, in calling the con-
vention to order, said 1t was a pleas
urable duty for him to welcome this
great body Of Democrats to another
free Democratic convention
'"The spirit of liberty that was STIR
red by the booming Of Dewey's can
non was the same that came into be-
Ing at Chicago in 1885," he said 1--WE
are going onward with that spirit of
party independence that we then de-
clared for. We bid Mckinley God
speed in his every official act in the di-
rection Of this war, but we notify him
and his advisers that the war must
not be used for purposes Of political
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The heart beats Of
100000 people are not to be used for
the furtherance of party aims, nor
the patriotism of a great people for
paltry purposes"
Mr.. Rosing called for nominations for
temporary chairman and recognized
Mr.. Hudson, of st. Louis, who put Sen
ator McHale, of Shakopee, in nomina-
ton.
There were a half dozen seconds to-
the nomination and it was made unani-
nous. Taking the chair Senator Nc
Hale made a. speech thanking the con-
vention for the honor that had been
bestowed upon him and briefly reviewed
the prospects Of the party and the cam
paign. He referred briefly to the his
tory that had been made by the party
two years ago, and said that the logic
of events that had recently developed