The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-07


We meet upon most favorable occasion
The outlook is bright for victory next
November. We have two splendid lead
ers, leaders whose Democracy is unques-
toned, in William Jennings Bryan anG
Adlai e. Stevenson. They are men OF
the people and for the people. 1 am alsc
glad that this state two years ago elected
such magnificent, sturdy, honest mar
as John Lind for its chief executive. A
man with the courage of his convictions
man who has given US an administra-
ton any nation might be proud of.
There are many things pressing upon
US. The times are ripe for victory. The
Republican party is presenting theory
of administration contrary to the prece-
dents of this country. The Declaration ot
independence is as true today as it was
one hundred and twenty-four years ago
For the first time in the history of these
United States, we have failed to extend
sympathy and good will toward strug-
Cling republics, in South Africa or any
where else. When Greece was struggling
for its freedom, President Monroe die
not hesitate to let the struggling country
know that it had our sympathy and moral
support. When Hungary was fighting
valiently for its liberty, a special mes
senger from these United States convey
ed to 1t our best wishes for the success OF
its dearest hope This was but the SYM
pathy which every struggling republic
should receive from a nation of freedom
The Republican party has deliberately
turned its back on this time-honored pre-
cedent.
''It has abetted the establishment OF
trusts throughout this land which have
increased the prices of necessities with
out increasing the wages of the laboring
classes.
IF you elect John Lind as governor of
this state, as believe you will, you
will find that he will suggest legislation
that will gain justice for the employees,
through compulsory arbitration, between
them and their employers. Stephen A.
Douglas once said that when man gov
erns himself that is freedom, but when
he governs himself and another that is
despotism.
when you look back over the annals
of the republic you will find tendency
against war, against criminal oppression,
has ever marked its course. VIII we de-
part from that course now? We are all
interested in good government, every
Democrat is. But good government is
not oppression. When the Republican adj
ministration treated the Porto Ricans as
they did, it violated a sacred trust. The
Democrats of the country must wipe out
that blot, and the Democrats of the state
of Minnesota must aid in the repudia-
ton of this bad faith"
William Pitt Murray was recognized by
the chairman, who for fifty years had
never failed to vote the Democratic tick
ct, or attend q Democratic convention.
M. S. lamar and Capt. w. "A. Wood
were made the secretaries of the conven-
ton. w. P Murray, of Ramsey county,
and Thomas Van Etten, of Benton, and
Peter Nelson, of Goodhue, We're made vice
chairmen. On motion of Lewis r. Larson
the organization of the convention was
made permanent and the roll of delegates
in the hands of the secretary made the
roll of the convention, doing away with
a committee on credentials.
The following committee, one from each
congressional district, was appointed to
confer with the Peoples party conference
committee, then on its way to the Clar-
endon hotel: Senator William Gausewitz,
Hon. w. P. Brown, Timothy O'Connor, T.
D. OBrien, E. J. Conroy, DR.. NJ B. Gull
lom and c. w. Stanton.
The committee on resolutions was an
nounced by judicial districts, with three
at large. They were: Frank M. Stacy,
T. D. O'Brien, A D. Weston; at large,
First, L. w. Folsom; Second, A. R. Fen
wick; Third, w. ]. Whipple: Fourth, w
H Donahue; Fifth, M. NJ Shields; Sixth,
Daniel Buck; Seventh, F. B. Benolken;
Eighth, J. w. Craven; Ninth, ]. A. John
son: Tenth, w. J. DuXbury; Eleventh.
w "A Skemp; Twelfth, H. S. Rearick;
Thirteenth, ]. A. Redding; Fourteenth,
Nat Campbell; Fifteenth, George C. Gil
bert; Sixteenth, T. F. O'Hair; Seven
teenth, F. Day, and Eighteenth, w. S.
Huntington.
The convention then adjourned until 8
o'clock
SLOW IN RECoNvENING.
tt was considerably after o'clock
when Chairman Herries called the after
noon session of the convention to order.
The band played Rally Round the
shouted themselves hoarse for five min
utes, Rev S. w. Sample, of the Peoples
church, of Minneapolis, was introduced.
Mr.. Samples address was eloquent, short
and pat, snd the convention roared its
appreciation.
"I notice in one of the morning papers,"
said Mr.. Sample, "a sentence quoted from
a speech by Senator Platt, of New York,
to the effect that under the guidance of
the Republican party the laboring people
during the next four years would con-
tinue prosperous. Now, according to Of
fetal statistics sent out by the United
States itself, the prosperity under Re-
publican rule has reached such a point
that nine per cent of the people own sew
enty-flVe per cent OF the wealth of the
country, and the remaining ninety-one
per cent own twenty-five per cent Of the
wealth. If that is the prosperity under
which laboring men want to continue
then | do not know the sort of pros
perity that the laboring men desire
tCheers.) The laboring man, gentlemen.
desires not only a full dinner pail, but
be desires breakfast and supper besides
] do not believe that the laboring men Of
this country are men who live only from
the waistband down, who desire only ma
terial qualifications. The laboring man
wants mental qualification, independence,
freedom. During the civil war, when the
workers in the cotton mills in New Eng
land were told that If they expressed
sympathy with those people who were
trying TO throw off the fetters of slav-
cry in the south, their wages would be
decreased, the threat did not intini-
date them. They believed in emancipation
and were willing to go hungry for that
belief. / know that the citizens of this
country are not so enamored of stom-
ach rights that they cannot sympathize
with the little brown men on the other
side of the world. prolonged cheers. }
Englishmen are now engaged in a strug-
gle that will aid English mine owners
in compelling the mine workers of South
Africa voluntarily to take less wages for
the majority of the American people
sympathize with those Englishmen. [
believe, on the contrary, that the heart
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