The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-05-10
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS
State Convention Mt Port Huron Sc
lccts Delegates at Large to
Kansa City.

Port Huron, Mich, May 2.-The first
state political convention in Michigan
was held here Tuesday, when the dem.
o%cratic representatives from II coun-
ties elected delegates to the national
convention and adopted resolutions
embodying their views on the various
political issues of the times. Three
of the four delegates at large were
elected unanimously, but the three
cornered fight which ensued over elcc-
ton of the fourth developed enough
acrimony to quite offset for the time
being the harmony which had pre-.
vailed up to that point. Following are
the delegates at large: Daniel j. Cam
pau, of Detroit; Thomas E. Bark
worth, of Jackson; Wellington R. Burt,
of Saginaw; Rush Culver, of Mar
quette. In addition to his own unani-
nous election as first delegate at large,
State Chairman Campau won an easy
victory in the selection of the other
candidates on the slate which he had
favored. Some opposition to Campau
had developed in Detroit in the county
and district conventions, but his tenn
porary opponents gracefully seconded
his selection.
The contest of the day was brought
over from the Grand Rapids district,
which had two determined aspirants
for a place as delegate at large. One
of these, William f. Mcknight, of
Grand Rapids, came with a county dele
cation which, although instructed for
Mcknight, had divided so that half of
them had come out for his opponent,
George P. Hummer, of Holland. The
final result was that neither was elect
ed, the honor going to Culver, the upper
peninsula candidate by the following
vote: Culver, 444; Hummer, PSI; Nc
Knight, 104.
After choosing alternates at large,
adopting the platform and r%atifying'
the selection of national delegates, as
chosen by the district caucuses, tho
convention adjourned sine die. The al
ternates at large are: George P. Hum
mer, of Holland; Thomas Cook. of AL
Logan; Emery G. Weimer, of Ludington,
and Charles T. Casterlin, of Lansing.
Following is a synopsis Of the plat,
form adopted:
1T renews allegiance to the Chicago
platform; demands that the government
snail not depart from those principles of
humanity, justice and equality upon
which the constitution was built: con-
dennis President Mckinley and congress
for action with reference to Porto Rico;
denounces republican scheme of imperial
presidential dependencies, and declares
its belief that this policy has been die
tated to and forced upon the administra-
ton of President Mckinley by the mer-
cenary combinations known as trusts;
urges national convention to select the
most practical and effective of the many
plans for curtailing the powers of the
trusts, and to pledge the party to specific
legislation upon the lines adopted; in
dorses bimetallism; opposes retirement of,
greenback currency and giving injurious
legislation; extends sympathy to the citi-
zens of the South African republics in the
gallant fight they are making for life,
liberty and home; favors a federal income
tax and the election of United States SEN
ators by the people; condemns the present
republican administration in Michigan
as the most corrupt and scandalous
in the history of this commonwealth:
instructs the delegates from Michigan tc
cast the vote of the state for Hon. Will
liam Jennings Bryan for president, AND
heartily approves of the nomination OF
Hon. Charles A. Towne for vice presi.
dent.