The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-07-28
NO COUNTY OPTION
Stearns County Democracy Wants
None of That Doctrine
RESOLVES AGAINST IT
DR.. J. A. Du Bots of Sank Centre
Files Vigorous Protest But Is
Voted Down

So it seems that Bro. Mac Donald
of the ST. Cloud Times knew what he
was talking about when he told The
Herald some time ago that Stearns
county democrats would not put a
county option plank in their platform.
The convention met at st. Cloud
last Saturday and adopted a resolu.
tion which stated that: 'aThe dem
ocrats of Stearns county, in conven-
ton assembled, hereby declare them
selves unalterably opposed to county
option" The resolution was intro
duced by J. d. Sullivan after the res
olutions submitted by the resolutions
committee had been adopted.
DIR. j. A. Du Bots of Sank Centre
made vigorous speech against the
Sullivan resolution. king for his
text the query: "Shall the people
ruler" He held that in order to give
the people chance to rule they
should be given chance to vote OH
whether they desired county option
DR.. Du Bots, in the course of his re-
marks, said:
''1n instructing delegation to the
state convention TO vote against
county option we are acting in direct
opposition to the principles of true
democracy and are denying the pub
lie that very priv lege that our COM
mittee on resolutions would have
them secure. We are gathered here
to select delegates to the state con-
vention to help choose candidate
for the office of governor, and / for
one can see nothing cowardly in let
ting our delegates 60 uninstructed. l
shall vote against the adoption of
this resolution presented by Mr.. Sui
livan, and sincerely hope that you
gentlemen will agree with me-"
Mr.. Sullivan and j. r.. Bennett Jr
spoke in favor of the resolution intro
duced by the former, and then DR..
Du Bots again took the floor and
said:
''YOu claim to be brave men and
dread the thought of an act of cow
ardice. If you are brave, why don't
you take fearless stand and add to
your resolutions that your delegates
shall not support any candidate who
shall express himself in favor of a
county option plank in the Democrat
ic platform?"'
On the vote to adopt the Sullivan
resolution every delegate except DR..
Du Bots voted for it, the latter regis
tering firm ''no" when the neg
alive vote was called for
The resolutions reported by the
committee, and adopted by the con-
vention without dissent read as fol-
lows:
''We, the representatives of the
Democratic party of Stearns county
in convention assembled, declare the
following principles:
1--WE re-atfirm the spirit of the
Democratic National convention of
1908. ''Shall the People Rule is the
overwhelming issue which manifeStS
itself in all the questions now under
discussion. During the past two
years the gross abuses of power by
the Republican National organiza-
tion, usually termed the machine
have emphasized the fact that the
people do not rule. The Payne-Ald-
rich tariff law has not removed the
tariff-shelter from the trusts and
there is no pretense that it has done
so. 1t has not lowered but increased
the cost of living. And we particu-
larry arraign the Republican party in
this state for refusing TO condemn
this outrage and for Withholding in
the platform its commentator from
those Republican members of con-
gress from this state, who, in response
to the popular will, fought to prevent
this outrage. The indecent and in
furious alliance between the trusts
and the government has been de-
nounced openly by the most prom
inent Republicans and by many lead
ing Republicans in this state who are
disguised with the rule of corrupt
privilege. But the Aldrich-Cannon
machine insists that the people dc
rule.
ssIf the people rule, why don't the
people get what they want? Why
has there been no reduction in the
tariff? Why has there been no eff.
fectiye control of monopoly? Why
has there been no lowering OF prices
on the necessaries of life? Why nc