The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-07-11
POPULIST CANDIDATES.
A Complete State Ticket is Placed In the
Field with Thomas q. Meighan as
Candidate for Governor.

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| more.
| Lieutenant Governor, John e. Hon
| tie, Otter Tail.
Auditor, o. S. Reishus, Yellow Medi-
| cine
Treasurer, e. w. Knatvold, Free
| born.
Attorny General, f. J. Seidle, Trav
erse.
Clerk Supreme Court. Fl. B. Install,
| Marshall.
Secretary of State, Spurgeon O'Dell,
Lyon.
Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sioner, +. c. Gibbs, LeSueur.
The foregoing was the ticket nominated
| by the Minnesota Populist convention in
Century hall, Minneapolis, July 2:
The nominations were all made by ac-
clamation except that of E. N. Knatvold
| for treasurer. J. B. Duker, of Hennepin,
and F. x. Beaudette, of Dakota, ran
against him. John Mcclure of Lac qui
| Parle was placed in nomination but his
| name was withdrawn. Knatvold received
1853 votes. Duker 1913 and Beaudette 70.
Mr. Meighan made short speech in
| accepting the nomination, in which he
| said populism was his religion.
| Mr.. Horte declared he was Republic
| can Of the Abraham Lincoln school and
this remark was heartily appiauded. He
said that conditions which later came
| up in the Republican party had made him
| Populist.
| The platform as adopted was as fol-
| lows:
We, the representatives of the Peoples
| party of Minnesota, in convention as
sembled this I'd day of July, 1902, do
| hereby reaffirm our allegiance to the
fundamental principles of our party, as
| set forth in the Declaration of Independ-
ence, and in our several platforms, en-
bodying the public ownership of all pub
| lie utilities. direct legislation, and the
| issue of all public money direct by the
government, every dollar of it full legal
tender. whether paper, silver or gold We
believe the Fowler banking bill now be-
fore congress is gross iniquity con-
ceived by a heartless money trust.
All monopoly, as a rule, is the di-
| rect result of unwise legislation, either to
| restrict or stimulate the development
of natural resources, and the growth of
business enterprises. for the profit of sell
| uSn commercial combinations.
| We look with alarm upon the vast in
! dustrial combina lions to control the
| prices of the necessaries of life, and we
charge the Republican party with hav-
| ing fostered such combinations by ex-
| cessive and discriminating tariff laws
| and with negligence in enforcing the anti
trust laws now on our statute books. We
| propose that import duties be removed
from all articles, the production or sale
| of which is controlled by a combine, and
| that the criminal law be revoked for the
punishment of violators of the anti trust
| laws.
| We are opposed to the national bank
| ing system of the money trust
We demand the payment of the ma
| tional debt, and an enlargement of the
issue, and circulation of the paper cur
rency known as greenbacks.
| We demand an amendment of the fed
| eral constitution, that will sustain an in
come tax.
We demand the establishment of gov
| eminent postal savings banks for the safe
| deposits of the earnings of the people.
In disposing Of problems that have
| been thrust upon our country by the ext
| gencies of war, we do not believe that It
| - ACScSSdiy " lildhe lOTefEn people Clll-
zens of the United States, our subjects
thereof and declare ourselves in favor Of
according to all such people, the same
| rights that the American people have
insisted upon for themselves since the
foundation of this republic.
| We believe that the system of taxation
now in vogue in this state, is grossly
unjust and severely condemn the last Re-
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act a just and equitable tax CODE We
| believe that all state taxes should be
levied on franchises. incomes and in
heritances, and that county option be
| granted in the matter of local taxation.
I We demand that as far as possible the
common schools of, the state should be
/ divorced from the university system, and
a more thorough instruction be given
/ in the fundamental branches of common
| school education.
| We declare in favor of extending to the
raters Of each county the right of local
| option in the matter of granting license
| to sell liquor within the county limits
| We favor the enactment and rigid en-
| forcement of laws reducing freight rates
| upon the railroads Of the state.
| We ask the people of the state to con-
| trast the abject subserviency to railroad
| influence of the railroad commissioners
| elected at the last general election with
| the determined protection of the people
/ displayed by the Populist commission ap-
| pointed by Gov. Lind
| First. Be it resolved that we do pledge
ourselves and our nominated and our
| elected officials whether in state, coun-
| ty or otherwise, to the support of the
| doctrines herein enumerated and other
| principles which may naturally arise from
| the same.
Second. Be it further resolved that we
| do hereby endorse the able and efficient
| administration of Gov. Lind and con-
| graduate the state of Minnesota on hav-
ing enrolled his name among it's list of
| governors and on having made his work
and policies part of the history of the
state
| Third. And be it resolved that we do
| pledge ourselves to the maintenance of a
| separate and distinct party organization,
| and in the exercise of the right of fran
| chise to the support of our own inde-
| pendent nominees for positions of public
| trust
| At the night session resolutions ex-
pressing regret at the death of Igna titus
! Donnelly were adopted. A resolution de-