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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-21

Santa Claus has already left his home
in icy Toyland for his Christmas trip
to I'LL the stockings Of the children Of
the land and the thousands of letters
that have been sent to him by the little
tots have been marked at the post
office :" too late for delivery
In fear that Santa Claus might not
find out the wants Of the children, Post
master w. D. Hale has given the late
letters to The ournal to pub
fish, as it is known that Santa will see
them in it's pages. Some Of the letters
were wrongly addressed and instead Of
going to Toyland were sent UP
North, :" ITO Iceland, d" :" On the Frost
Hills,0 tWabasha,' and various other
for years. Here are the letters:
Dear SANTA want doll and a
buggy and gold and sled. 1924
Emerson ave n. ..@.,. %sA1. id
Dear Sante Cluse-This is Hayes o.
Halverson, 1926 Ceder av I want a vllln;
want opere glasses I want tool
chest. I want sum skates. l want a
drum good by. 49,. So. ..4...
Dear Sante Closes-This is Bertha N.
Halverson, want sum dishes. 1 want
little peano. II hi.
Dear Santa .Claus-I will tell you
which I want for Xmas a rocking horse 35
trycle for Xmas stocking full OF
want nuts and candy and an orange
and sled, watch. from
=. = Earl Wyatt,
Hotel 1873 Franklyn ave.
| ~@' 49, Minneapolis, Mimi,
! ~ 534O East 18th st.
| Chimney No. 3
Dear Santa-I never write to you ex
cept when it is near Christmas, For
suppose you are very busy make ane
getting things for Christmas: Il.
pose YOU can not spare them all. But
will Just tell you so you can no and 20!
can give me What you can spare. A dol
wig lreal hairy My doll dresset with
dress, coat, bonnet and undersk1rt, a b01
| Of note Paper, locot and chain (gold)
a dolls chair Iratan), a dolls hot waite
bottle, And lot Of little trlnkets
Christmas cards, dress, money. 1t !
getting, late SO l will nave e1 to ciose' WIFI
P. s-Give my love to Mrs. Clause
It is eight weeks from Christmas an
we can hardly waite. Good bye agar
9 years old.
Daniel J. Manipulating desk
Jack lantern, dinner bell, EXPIRES
wagon. skates, sleds, tin pens, grocer
stor, schates, candy, fruits, nuts.
SIG g st, Daniel j. Lealny.
Dear Santa-Please bring me do
"a inches long. Please bring me,
. story book. Please bring mama nc
handshref. Please bring Violet
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Dear Santa Idella wants doll this
year can you bring her it Satday night
and bring her a few story books. And
one game. IF you can bring her stove
and a set of dishes Dear Santa clauz,
I write you this letter Dec 10th
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AM OBLIGED TO REALIZE ON FEW SHARES
National Bank stock, and to sell quickly will
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Minneapolis Nov 10. Dear santa
claus I would like nice doll and doll
buggy good by
CO.. From Fal O'Neill
r.. 3OlO 16 ave south
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Daniel J. Misunderstanding desk,
Jack lantern, dinner bell, Express
wagon, skates, sleds,. tin pens, grocery
stor, schates, candy, fruits, nuts.
SIG 9 st. -Danlel .. Lea1ny'
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Dear Santa Claus, Please bring me q
log house Jumping Jack a lantern an
air gun. Chester siegmann, 1851 18th
ave So, Minneapolis.
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Dear Santa-Please bring me doll
"a inches long. Please bring me. a
story book. Please bring mama nice
thandshref. Please bring Violet
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Minneapolis, MINI. Nov. 19.-Dear
Santa. T would like to have big doll
Clara O'Neill,
..-a e.. 3O1O l6 ave South.
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December 10 1900 Minneapolis MINI:
dear Santa claus I love you bring me
big doll and a buggy and tell what
you I'll brng at christmas dear santa
claus T am going to wright to you. and
tell you bring and bring me a rolled
gold ring can spare it my sock1ng fute
Blanche Flynn.
Come to 1901 Treamont ave moth
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Minneapolis MINI Dec. 8. Dead Santa
II will write you letter to tell you
what I want. I want home It / can an
get enough none to by It. | nave W.; S ss,l,
enough. I will close now. your loving
friend Clarence Warner.
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Dec. 6, 1904. My dear. Santa Claus.I
want YOU to bring me atumobile like
WaYnes and a Steiner and please send
me q box Of Sleeps some Candy and
things and put it on my Xmas tree.
-. p Your Gordie. ),
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Dear Santa Claus-A doll kite Baby
sister and dear little -poney. I send
you many kess. Beatrice Geon.
21O9 Blaisdell Ave.
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Dec. 8, 1904.
Dear SAINT Clause
/ met YOU down town and I forgot to.
give you my address SO thought I
would write you a letter SO you would
know where to bring my doll. want
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-23
LIND SNATCHES PRIZE
FROM HEARST BOOMERS
Continued From First Page

eupied a prominent place at the rear Of
the stage, the Hearst delegations howl
ed themselves hoarSe. There was a no.
table lack of enthusiasm in several of
the delegations, whose members re-
gard Bryans effort to nominate Hearst
as i'll advised.
In announcing the order of business,
Chairman Buck said that in several
counties conventions had not been held
on the date specified in the state call
and that these counties, as we'll as
those where contrasting delegations had
been sent would not be permitted to
take, part in the preliminary organiZa-
ton of the convention.
Nominating speeches for the tenn
porary chairman developed oratorical
efforts for more than an hour, and sew
eral of the speeches were positively
sensational in character.
Orville SRinehart, of Hennepin coun-
ty, was recognized by the chairman to
make the nominating, speech for Maj.
J. NJ. Bowler who had been selected
by the Hearst men as their candidate
at caucus of the leaders during the
forenoon. Rinehart began to speak
from the floor in his place in the Hen
nepin county delegation, but the
Hearst men insisted that he take the
platform Mr.. Rinehart said:
On this day, when Democrats are gath
cred togethered to give expression as, to
the kind of man who shall be the next
president of the United States, it is meet
and proper at the initiation OF proceedings
to demonstrate by our votes the direction
of our expressions, and as to what kind
of a man shall be our candidate.
There is a small chance in Minnesota
tIatsours electoral vote will be cast for the
nominee, but this convention can at this
time give expression as TO the kind of a
man it wants shall nominate man
who has voted the Democratic ticket for
thirty years. who stood with the party on
bimetallism, against government by in
Junction against imperialism and for the
control. of public utilities. for a man who
has seen cur infant industries under the
beneficent rule of Republicans trans
formed into the trust; who has seen
Cries of Name him, name him.
came up from all sections of the hall,
and finally Rinehart declared his
nominee was Maj. ]. NJ. Bowler, Of
Hennepin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-23
LARRABEE MODIFIES
TRAITOR CHARGES

There were cries of ''No!'' mol"
from all over the hall, and Mr. O'Brien
attempted to get the floor and contra
vert some of Larrabee'S statements re-
garding him personally. Larrabee de-
clared in explanation that he had not
charged Mr.. O'Brien with being a de-
serter, but that he stood with Lind,
Rosing and r. D. O'Brien as a Parker
man. Larrabee concluded by calling
on the so-called reorganizerS to elect
O'Brien and control the convention if
they had the votes and to his support
ers to nominate Bowler if they had
the power
He wanted full set of instructed
delegates for Hearst or none at all.
The convention was wrought up to-
fighting pitch by the speeches and went
almost wild when T. d. O'Brien, TAX
ing Larrabee'S speech on his brother
and of his own position in the contest,
took the platform and made a ringing
speech, outlining his position and that
of his friends, as follows:
In many respects this is the most de-
1ightful convention that l ever attended
l am obliged to Larrabee for the oppor-
tunity he has given me to come before the
convention and advocate the candidacy
Of cause in which my elder brother is a
candidate. I believe Judge Parker is an
honest man and the best candidate that
any Democrat can name. believe it be-
cause as chief justice of the great state
of New York in 1896 when you and We're
called anarchists, cranks, fanatics and
dishonest men, and when business threats
We're following and finding men who took
that position in Minnesota, that man was
so good Democrat that he cast his vote
for W. j. Bryan, for president, and was
asked by Mr.. Bryan to become a candi-
date for vice president on his presidential
ticket.
The only thing that is urged. against
him now is that certain New York men
are for him for the presidency Are we to
nominate a candidate to beat him? Can
we elect a man unless he carry New
York, Connecticut and New Jersey? Are
we here for boys play? Do you suppose
that Bowler and Larrabee will turn down
support? This reorganizer claim is all
nonsense. We, simply say that we will
not instruct. We say we are willing to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-23

represents what you believe or not, for
he is an honest fearless and peerless.
man. He stood with Bryan, he has al
ways supported the ticket and he has
supported it when his support for it
meant something more than diSrepute.
We know the history of this man, and
this convention can honor itself by hon
q. O'Brien, of Ramsey county
Charles d'Autremont took the plat
form for Mai. Bowler. and said:
You can all cheer O'Brien, but at this
convention you cannot vote for him for
temporary chairman. Let us look plainly
at a few facts to guide US in our votes.
The Democratic party of Minnesota and
the United States is divided into two
is known as the Cleveland and the other
as Bryan Democrats. On the side of the
reorganizers you will find two leaders,
Cleveland and Parker, and with them
every man who was a traitor in 1895 and
1909, on the other side Bryan and Hearst.
While we are here today fighting the
nomination of Parker, Mr.. Bryan was
in New York just two days ago nighttime
the same thing. While we are divided
now we will be united later. For eight
years we have been fighting the battles
of the true Democracy, trying to bring
new life and blood into the party of Min
nesota under the leadership of Bryan.
Now at the end of this time you propose
to have all this work thrown away, to
have us bound hand and foot, and de-
livered to the men In New York and the
the party of Bryan and Towne. In the
name of ST. Louis county and the Eighth
district want to second the nomination
of Mai. Bowler.
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MINNES0TA SENDS UNRESTRICTED DELEGATI0NI0 LOUIS
PLATFORM ADOPTED BY CONVENTION

and giving the Filipinos an immediate
promise or ultimate independence.
The administration. of a colonial Sys-
tenn according to monarchial principles
is repugnant to our theory of govern
ment and cannot be denfended without
the assertion Of doctrines which, If
carried out. will undermine free gov
eminent in the United States inaug
urating and enforcing lust and extend
ed Democracy, would restore the tariff
to revenue basis and administer it
for revenue only. thus demoiishing the
legal bulwark behind which the preda-
tory trusts have found refuge.
Protection for projections sake is an
ingenious device for the exploitation of
the masses by the privileged classes. 1t
has brought great injustice to tHW con-
sumers and has been the fruitful source
of widespread political corruption.
Democracy would administer the
treasury department in behalf of the
public not as now, in the interest of
coinage of legal tender silver dollars
into limited legal tender subsidiary
coin; it would secure to the people a
volume of standard money sufficient to
keep pace with the demand for money;
1t would favor paper money issued by
the government without the interven-
ton of national banks; it would resist
the attempt to establish an asset cur
rency and branch banks, and it would
oppose the loaning of government
money to favorite banks, a scheme by
which the peoples money is employed
to lay foundation for campaign fund
and TO bride the financial interest to
oppose any reduction of taxation.
The present administration of the
treasury department is progressively
beneficial to the. capitalistie class and
progressively harmful to the producers
of wealth. Democracy would make
taxation more equitable by collecting
a part of the revenues from an income
tax, secured by constitutional
amendment, and would bring the gov
eminent nearer to the people by popu-
lar election Of the United States sena-
tors and by direct legislation. Democ-
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vote for platform they talk about COM
ing out of ambush. Do they advocate
Hearst because they believe he can be
elected. L sacrificed much for Mr.. Bryan,
but he has no right to dictate to me or
to this convention. We do not believe in
going off after some FOOLS errand that will
bring us no results
J. l.. TownIey, of Otter Tail, pleaded
for harmony and told how G.. D.
O'Brien had risked his business pros
perity in supporting Democratic candi-
dates in several elections, and Charles
E. Vasaly made radical speech In
favor of the radical candidates, but
yielded to repeated cries of roll call.
Harry S. Mead, of Minneapolis, and
J.. L. McGovern, of Wabasha, were
named assistant secretaries, and the
roll call by counties began. James G.
Michael, of Ramsey, vainly protested
against the shutting out of Polk and
other counties, where it was claimed
conventions had not been legally held,
and threatened to appeal from the rul-
ing Of the chair, but finally yielded the
point in the interest of harmony.
On the roll call, which was frequent
ly interrupted with applause of dele
gates, the Hearst candidate, Bowler,
was declared elected by the following
vote:
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liberated by the seating arrangement.
The big Ramsey delegation was seated
directly in front of the chairman's
desk and at it's left the even larger
Hennepin delegation occupied the Sec
ond of the middle row of seats Back
of Ramsey was the Third district dele
cation and at the rear Of Hennepin
sat the First and Second congressional
districts. The ST. Louis county dele
gates occupied the front rows in the
east tier Of seats in the armory and
on the extreme west sat the big
Stearns county delegation.
Ranging back from the st. Louis
delegation We're the representatives OF
the Seventh and Eighth districts, and
In the rear of Stearns were gathered the
delegations from the Sixth and the
Ninth districts. Each county was des-
ignated by d placard hanging from the
rafters and as the different counties
took their seats there were cries of
greeting from their partisans in the
hall. Back of the chairman's table OF
raised dais, extending entirely across
the hall, were seated fifty to seventy
five of the prominent Democrats of the
state who We're not in the convention
as delegates. They joined with the
delegates in their cheers and greetings
and there was a good-natured eX-
change of political repartee between
delegations who represented the rival
factions in the party
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-23

racy would strictly regulate the rail-
roads, thus protecting farmers and
merchants from excessive rates and
determinations. Democracy would
safeguard the interests of wage earn
eIs and the artisan by providing for an
eight -hour day by substituting arbitra-
ton for strikes and lockouts. by restor-
ing the right of trial by Jury. now sIls-
pended through government by iniunc-
ton.
Democracy would secure to the sur
viving soldiers and sailors and their
dependents generous pensions. not by
an arbitrary executive order, but by leg
lslation which a grateful people stand
ready to enact. Democracy would con-
struct and maintain an isthmian canal
without violation of treaty obhga lions
and without exciting suspicion among
cur sister republics of Central and
South America. Democracy would re-
gard public office as a public trust, pro-
vide for an honest and economical ad-
ministration Of the government and
punish with severity any betrayal of Of
fetal duty.
Democracy has nothing to gain from
ambiguity and nothing to fear from the
light. Democratic platforms should,
therefore, set forth Democratic princi-
pies, policies and purpose with frank
ness, clearness and definiteness. Those
who champion the principles embodied
i'm truly Democratic creed can appeal
to the moral sense Of the country and
trust for VlndIca ton to the awakened
conscience of an intelligent and pa
triotic citizenship.
The delegates chosen by-this cOnven-
ton to the Democratic national con-
Yention are hereby instructed to vote
as a unit on. all questions. We COM
mend the able and fearless leadership
of William Jennings Bryan and believe
that by standing with him and those
splendid leaders VINO have so ably sup
ported him in his fight for Justice for
humanity. for Democratic institutions
and for equal rights to ALL is the only
hope for Democracy. and the surest
and shortest path to success.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-23

Ter, and bedlam then broken forth on
the floor.
There were appeals from the anti
Hearst men for fair play, but Bowler
persisted in refusing to grant the de-
mand for a roll call and continued to
read the result of congressional con-
Ventions.
Ramsey county became wild with
the frenzy of the injustice and Dan
Aberle began speech, but two big
policemen grasped- him and were going
to put him off the floor of the conven-
ton.
1t looked. as if there would be a. bolt
but L. d. O'Brien was brought to the
platform while some of the Hearst men
were weakening and advising Bowler
to grant the request for roll CALL Mr..
O'Brien said:
If the Democratic party of Minnesota
expects the people of the state to place
the. control of the states affairs In our
hands NE must be able to control our
selves. If thRre is any man in this hall
who has reason to be sore, it is /. have
sat here today and heard myself SANDER
ed as a traitor and wanting to sell out
the party. In the face OF this have said
nothing, but if you cannot control your
selves you might as well adjourn and go
home.
If this convention is to resemble the
Wisconsin and Illinois Republican con-
Ventions and the convention to be held
by the Republicans at ST. Paul June 30,
we have no business here. If you are
thinking men and have business to do,
do it properly. ! did not come up here
to cast my vote to the tune of any
drunken rowdy, and ! won't do it.
When this convention becomes a mob,
it ceases to be a. place for a man who
wants to do his duty. The majority Of
this convention are my masters so long
as they express their will in a proper way,
but when they refuse to hear or listen,
and when the chair refuses to put mo-
ton, don't propose to sit and listen
to it.
The life of the republic depends upon
the public will, and we must behave as
we would in our own homes. Let my
Hennepln friends take their exaItatfon
after the convention. If you have got the
votes do your will, but in the name OF
God don't disgrace the name of the DEM
ocratic party of Minnesota. If you re-.
spect yourselves you will respect your
chairman, and he will respect you.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-23
JOHN LIND TURNS
TIDE FROM HEARST

There was prolonged applause from
both sides, and Bowler said he would
give every man recognition when he
sought it, and Kisses greeted the re-
mark The chair washed it's hands
of the disorder. The reports from the
districts were received and when all
We're returned, an omnibus motion was
made and carried that they be district
delegates to st. Louis.
While the Third district was caucus
ing on the motion of c. D. O'Brien,
John Lind was brought down out OF
the balcony and escorted to the plat
form, where he made a speech fairly
teeming, with sensational statements.
Mr. Lind made a straight out deelara-
ton that he was through with public
life at the, end of his present term,
and his speech gave his Minneapolis
enemies something to think about. He
said:
No man will be better pleased with the
result when You adjourn this conVen--
ton than L will from my own individual
standpoint. Things have been said here
today that have grated a little hard. NY
work in public life ends on March next.
My public work is a part OF the record Of
this state and thank God it is a part
of the history of the United States. I
wish you good will and gOdSpeed, but I
ask to proceed in an orderly, patriotic
way. 1 have no regrets personally. The
Hennepln delegates have some of them
made sacrifices for me and have made
some sacrifices for them. They will have
no regrets and / will have no regrets
Our relations will be as citizens
working for the public good and one an
other. When yQu tell us who have sacri-
hced so such convictions, when you ac-
cuse us of being traitors, you are not
expressing the judgment of the real
democracy of this state nor of the ma
ton.
Six months ago 1 was as Indifferent to
Democratic success as you are here to-
night. | looked on Democratic success
with apprehension. But as time progress
ed | saw the misconduct of the majority
and have lately thought differently The