The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-31

deplored the advent into the party of a
number of cheap skates and low
grafters." These should be fired out
without delay. When the applause sue
ceeding- his speech had subsidized the COM
mittee on platforms returned and submit
ted the following. which was unanimous
ly adopted:
BE it resolved, That we, the delegates
Of the Peoples party of Ramsey county,
Minnesota, in convention duly assembled,
do hereby renew our allegiance to the i'm
mortal principles of our party as enun-
ciaued at Omaha, st. Louis and Sioux
Falls national conventions, and pledge
anew our support to the loyal advocacy
thereof in the preservation of the in
dividuality and integrity of our party;
and,
Resolved, That we do hereby tndorse
the candidacy of the Hon. William Jen-
nings Bryan for president, and the action
OF our national convention and national
committee in tending, to bring to him
every possible element of strength.
RESOLVED, further, That We do in like
ton of the Hon. John Lind as governor
of this state. and pledge our support to
him in our coming state convention and
at the polls a the fall election.
"And we do further indorSe the efforts
Of organized labor in it's battle for the
emancipation from the sweating system
and other intolerable burdens under
which breadwinners have been forced to
struggle, and pledge to organized labor
our most hearty support for shorter
hours, better wages and more humane
conditions in both business and home
circles. Signed, o. B. Wargdahl, M. E.
Murray, j. e. Johnson. N. c. Hardy"
After the delegates had been instruct
ed to vote for John Lind the convention
adjourned, not having had anything to
do with their brother Pops in the next
room.
A delegate from the other hall did put
L.
ticipate in the proceedings of the other
convention, but the request was ignored
on unanimous vote. ~sH
IN PARADIs' FACTION
Meanwhile, in an adjoining room, ].
Lazarus, chairman Of the county COM
mittee, tried to call convention to order
at 2:05 p. m.
There were more spectators than dele
gates present in the room, and spectators
and delegates alike were expecting to
hear something drop, but they were dis
appointed as the other crowd had al
ready organized their convention.
As soon as Chairman Lazarus had called
the gathering to order he asked all those
who had credentials to present them and
stated that those who had credentials and
did not present them would not be count
ed as delegates.
AS soon as this had been said ParadIs
walked up to the chairman and handed
him a list of names Of delegates for whom
he had credentials.
Chairman Lazarus read the official call,
after which the Lazarus-Paradis conven-
ton was organized by electing w A.
Stafford for temporary chairman, and Ed
Slater for temporary secretary.
The job Of eleeting these officers, how
ever, was not to go through without
some interruption, as they had Just nomi-
1ated Slater, when the young man who
was acting as assistant janitor appeared
on the scene, and inquired Of Mr.. Lazarus
whom he should look to for the rent-$250
Lazarus told the young man that ne was
chairman Of the county committee, and,
as such, he would go good for it.
This didn't go with the young man,
however, and in few minutes he reap
peared, this time with a BILL and, walk
ing up to Slater, who had by this time
been elected, asked him II he was the
chairman. On being informed by Slater
that he was the young man presented
him the bin with the cheerful news that
they should pay or get out This was the
finish Of the $3.50 deal, although It took
those present about three minutes to
find the required change
A committee on credentials was ap-
pointed and promptly brought IN a list
Of delegates
Mr.. ParadIs politely informed those
present that he desired to make a state
ment, and for a few minutes he almost
fell over himself trying to say bad things
about the state administration and 9th
ers. He even went so far as to admit
that he had played detective In order to
get information, and called the fusion
faction 'hirelings Of the state" and
''bolters''
For the rest of the session It was Pa
raids for at least nine-tenths Of the time.
The organiza ton was made permanent
on motion of Paradis. Then, as they had
the control of the convention cinched,
Paradis made a motion that the chair
appoint a committee Of three to confer
with the gathering IN the next room and
invite them to come in and take part
in his" convention, and fight the bat
tie out in fair way. Paradis. Beattie
and Egan were appointed on this COM
lnittee. and were requested to proceed
at once on their mission. This they cid.
but Paradis only went as far as the door
of the enemy's camp, when he turned on
his heels and came back, saying that
he valued his life more than the job.
F. Il. Hays addressed the crowd for
n While during the wait for the commit
tee, who soon returned with the informa-
tion that the either gathering were
''beiler-nakers"
Paradfs again got the floor and moved