The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-28
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committee should be appointed first,
and that they should select the secre-
tary. He wanted everything to be
unanimous, and thought that would be
the best thing to do The country men,
bers wanted to take part in the cere-
monies of the afternoon and did not
want to stay over night. Mr.. Betz set
tied the matter by moving that an in
formal ballot be taken for secretary.
There were some nominations invited,
and the result was that there were
some speeches, but no nominations.
Maj. Bowler, the candidate for lieu
tenant governor, was present, and was
invited to say something. Maj. Bow
Ter said that he had very little to say:
that he was saving his strength for the
fight that was coming, and that he felt
it would be winning fight.
j. j. Heinrich, candidate for secre-
tary Of state, made a very brief speech
in response to a very urgent demand.
He said that he was going heart and
soul into the campaign to win, and he
felt that the ticket would be elected.
Secretary Corser, of the Silver Re
publican organization, said that the
party which was represented was the
party of Bryan and the party of Lin
coin, and that 1t would be ardently
supported by Republicans of his stamp
and that there were thousands of them
in the state.
Judge Willis said that while the COM
mittee was listening to words of en-
enlargement he would like to hear
from Maj. Hotchkiss, of the Preston,
Mimi, National Republican.
Maj. Hotchkiss was given a very
cordial reception. He said that he had
been born into the Democratic party
and that he only left it when Buchan-
an was nominated. That he had been
seeking the party that most clearly and
definitely followed the Democracy Of
Jefferson and felt that the platform
upon which the candidates stood was
satisfactory to him and would be to
the Independent people. He had much
experience and could foresee that the
ticket nominated in Minneapolis would
be elected. He said that he was the
original Peoples party man, had been
Populist since 1875, and knew that
Populists the whole state over would
give hearty support to the ticket.
A demand was made for A T. An
keny, chairman of the notification COM
mittee, and he said that he had moth
ing to offer in the way of speech, but
he had the autograph letter Of John
Linds acceptance of the nomination.
He knew that the document would be
valuable to the state, as being the turn
ing point in its political fortunes, and
he wanted 1t preserved in the archives
of the party. He formally presented
the letter and remarked that though
this was a great day for the state, the
greatest day in its history would be
Jan. 3, 1899, when John Lind would be
inaugurated governor. He believed
to great extent in predestination and
knew within himself that there was no
question of the outcome Of the fight
that was to be begun.
The questions that divided the Dem
ocratic party have been lost sight Of
said Mr.. Ankeny, 80 far as national
issues are concerned. The duty that
lies before us is the redemption of the
state from its desolators. The things
that we are fighting for include the
rights of property, the regulation of
transportation companies; equitable
taxation and a judiciary that will be
free from political bias. There is never
a doubt but that the people are with
us on these issues, and we must win.
We have strong candidate and the
enemy weak one. The opposition has
nothing to commend him but his
tongue, and that wags all the time.
He will have no weight with thinking
peopie-and all the people are thinking
now"
The motion for an informal ballot on
secretary was put and carried, and the
result of the ballot showed that Ram
sey county had been grooming a dark
horse-the brilliant young lawyer and
member of the committee, Thomas r.
Kane. getting IL out of the II votes
cast. The balance of the vote was
scattered between G. A. Quist and w.
q. Gooding, of Minneapolis, and Gen.
Pope, the last secretary of the COM
mittee. A formal ballot was taken, and
the result accented, Mr.. Kane being
unanimously chosen.
Col Thornton nominated P. B. Wins
ton for treasurer. Mr.. Winston wanted
to decline, as he thought he would
not have time to devote to the duties of
the office, but he was assured that the
chairman and secrerry would look af-
ter the routine, and he was elected by
reclamation.
The committee practically turned
over complete control of the campaign
to Chairman Rosiug by empowering
him to name the executive committee,
to consist Of seven members, and the
confidence of the members in the chair
man was made clear by Mr. Stewart. of
Mime apol's, who made a formal mo ion
that he chairman of the committe he
the chairman of the executive commit
tee.
The committee went into executive
session for an hour to discuss a plan
of campaign, and then took recess.
At O'clock the commttte resumed
the executive session that was broken
by the adjournment and discussed the
policy Of the campaign until after 7
O'Clock. A practical plan Of campaign
was outlined in the deliberations. and
the affairs Of the party were discussed
In detail. A feature of the meeting
that was commendable and unusual for
a political party was the readiness with
which the members subscribed to the
proposition that the nucleus of a cam
palgn fund be started on the SPOT. IT
was not the usual programme on mat
tiers of the kind, but the members felt
that they must set an example to the
Democrats of the state and they did it
With good grace. Even an outsider, a
prominent Democrat, but not a member
of the committee, proved his faith by
putting himself down for a nice little
sum and drawing his check for it.
The committe was in session for two
hours, and in that time the entire
ground of the campaign, state, congress
SIGNAL and legislative, was gone over
and the future course of the party set
tied, except in the matters that were
referred to the executive committee.
The one important question of the To-
cation of headquarters was not dis
posed of, being referred to the executive
committee, but there is not the least
doubt that they will be located in St.