The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-07
FUSION FORCES NANE A STRONG TICKET
Headed by Gov. Lind and Filled Out With
Old Leaders of Reform Parties
All the Proceedings of the Day Were Character
lied by Tremendous Enthusiasm and
Intense Patriotism

Governor ......................JO JOHN LIND.
of Brown County.
Lieutenant Governor...T. ]. MEIGHEN.
of Fillmore County.
Secretary of State. E. NEARY.
of Hennepin County.
State Treasurer. HENRY c. KoERNER.
of Ramsey County.
Attorney General ......R. c. SAUNDERS,
of Pine County.
Railroad Commissioner
For two years. SIDNEY M. OWEN,
of Hennepin County.
For four years. PETER NJ. RINGDAL.
of Polk County.
For four years THOMAS ]. KNOX.
of Jackson County.
Supreme Court
Chief Justice ...........F. c. BROOKS.
of Hennepin County.
Associate Justice. ~. c. NETHAWAY,
of Washington County.
THESE FOR THE ELECTORS.
First District. no. w. ANDERSON
Second District. GEORGE LESTER
Third District
o. T. RAMsLAND PopulisD
Fourth District. DANIEL ABERLE
Fifth District.....F. D. NOERENBERG
Sixth District
JOHN JENsWALD PopulisD
Seventh District
T. c. HoDGsoN Popullst)
AT Large
RUDOLPH SCHIFFdAN OemocraD
M r. PRENDERGAST PopulisD
Confident of victory as never before,
LOO enthusiastic Democrats of Mime
sofa, assembled in convention at the
Auditorium yesterday and in session
of over seven hours, gave John Lind an
enthusiastic and unanimous denomination
as an Endorsement of his administration
as governor, and backed this tribute by
nominating with him a fun ticket of
staunch and true members Of the united
reform forces of this and past cam
paigns in this state.
NONE BUT THE TRUE.
Indeed, the only time when the proceed
ings of the convention were characterized
by even the semblance of a wrangle was
Minnesota friends of Chief Justice Start,
of the state supreme court, the present
Republican incumbent, tried to secure for
him a reimbursement at the hands of
the Democratic convention.
Five counties, Wabasha, Winona, Ohm
sted, Blue Earth ard st. Louis, all but
the last named near his home, voted
solidly for Start, ana he obtained per-
haps dozen scattering votes in other
counties, but they aggregated only about
one-seventh of the total vote cast on
the proposition, and the convention went
on record clearly as favoring the nomina-
tion of any one else as against a Re
publican, even going so far as to instruct
the state central committee to name a
Democrat or a Populist in the event that
the nominee finally chosen for any place
should decline.
ALIVE TO CURRENT ISSUES.
The convention rang with patriotic ut
terances from the early opening when
Capt. w. H. Harries, of Caledonia, in
accepting the temporary Craftsmanship,
spoke eloquently in condemnation of the
Republican policy toward Porto Rico and
the philippines, until the closing hours,
when hungry delegates wearied by long
days session, clustered solidly around
the stage, determined that the good work
of earlier in the day should not be ruined
by anything that savored Of cemprom-
Use with the advocates of the opposite
political theories.
PAID TRIBUTE TO LIND.
Gov. Lind was clearly the hero of the
hour He was renominated by accla-
nation, and the denomination was
greeted by a tremendous burst of enthu-
siasm, as was the announcement that he
would appear at the hall in the evening
to express to both the Democratic and
Peoples party conventions his accept
ance cfathe honor they had conferred
upon him
Aside from the furry over the supreme
court chief justiceship nomination, the
convention was almost incidentless, much
time being lost in waiting for the re-
port of the conferees appointed to act
with representatives of the Peoples
party, and a part Of this recess was
spent, greatly to the delight of the deIe-
gates, in listening to eloquent orators
on topics of the times.
Shortly after II o'clock Chairman Ros-
ed the meeting to order. He spoke very
briefly, congratulating Minnesota Demo
cracy on its magnificent showing at the
convention, and predicting that the next
sixty days would see a winning fight, the
keynote of which would be struck in the
evening when Gov. Lind would accept the
nomination for governor. The mention OF
Lind's name was the signal for wild
cheering, and for the opening of Henne-
pin county's red, white and blue um-
brellas, which they waved Justify Mr.
Rosing proposed the name of Capt. w
H Harries, of Caledonia, as temporary
chairman.
Senators Johnson, of Nicollet county
and Gausewitz, of Steele county, escort
ed Capt. Harries to the rostrum, and his
presence there was the signal for loud
and prolonged cheers. These cheers were
also vigorous punctuation marks for the
speech with which the newly elected
chairman addressed the convention. Capt
Harries spoke in part as follows: 81
thank you, gentlemen of the convention
for the honor you have conferred upon
me by granting me the privilege of pre-
siding over the deliberations of the Dem
ocrats of Minnesota as their temporary
chairman. In order that may perform
my duty acceptably, 1 ask your co-opera.
ton and forbearance. We rejoice that sc
many of our Democratic friends, who
struggled by the wayside four years ago
are with us today. We are also glad OF
that other magnificent body of recruits
from the Republican ranks, whose con.
science and whose sentiments have forced