Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-07-29
INSTRUCTED FOR LIND
Morrison County Democrats
Select Delegates Satur-
day Morning

The democratic county convention,
to select thirteen delegates to the state
convention, which was held yesterday
in Minneapolis, took place at the
court house Saturday morning, the
delegates being instructed tor John
Lind. AS there we're no contests,
the attendance was not large, although
q number from the country precincts
were present.
In the absence Of Chairman Chas.
E. Vasaly, Secretary N. N. Bergheim
called the meeting to order, stating the
business of the convention.
P. J. Vasaly was made temporary
chairman, and N. N. Bergheim,
temporary secretary, the organization
later on being made permanent.
Messrs. Vasaly and Bergheim, in a
few words thanked the delegates for
the honor conferred, and the conven-
tion took up the business to be
transacted.
The delegates presented their
credentials and on motion the COM
mittee on credentials was dispensed
with.
The chair appointed on the resolu-
tions committee: D. M. Cameron,
city; Peter Tneis. Hillman, and l..
Gravel, Ripley and on committee on
delegates, John Monahan, Motley !;
John LANCER, Agram, and J. J. Gross,
city.
N. N. Bergheim was recommended
as member of the state central COM
mittee.
The chair was authorized to name
county committee of five of which
he is to be chairman.
The committee on resolutions re.
ported the following resolutions. one
in relation to c. E. Vasaly, the retir.
ing county chairman, who has held
the place for several years:
We, the representatives of the dem
ocracy of Morrison county, in conven-
ton assembled, this 23rd day of July,
1910, pause to deplore the great loss to
the state and nation, through the
untimely death of our beloved
governor John Albert johnson, whose
great name and memory and inspiring
career will remain the heritage of the
people of this state for generations to
come, and we also mourn the loss of
the able counsellor and worthy
cnieftain, and great-hearted dem
The greatest democrat who ever
lived enunciated in the phrase equal
rights to all, special privileges to
none" the fundamentals of the dem
ocratic party. That doctrine is as
vital now as it ever was, and its
essence is needed in our legislation.
The Payne-AldrIch tariff law,
enacted by those controlling the
republican party. and bittery con-
demned by the rank and file of the
republicans, was notoriosuly drawn
in the interest of the monopolies and
special interests, increasing the
burden of taxation on the common
people and at the same time decreas-
ing the burden of taxation on the
rich. This law, so justly condemned
by popular opinion, was endorsed by
the republican state convention,
recently held in St. Paul, the same
convention that chastied supreme
court judge for having and express
ing his honest convictions, by refusing
to re-nominate him-the Morrison
county delegation assisting.
After being almost uninterruptedly
in control of the law-making bodies in
the state for nearly fifty years, the
republican party admits that the
natural resources of the state are so
far gone that immediate steps must be
taken to save what is left. We believe
in conservation, but we also believe
in the recovery, so far as possible,
through taxation and otherwise Of at
least q part of the resources taken from
the people OF this state during the
regime of the republican party. We
are in favor of the conservation of
| our national and state resources and in
! favor of the highest degree Of state
development. We are also in favor of
the election of United States senators
by popular vote, statewide primary
election law, re-apportionment of the
legislative districts OF the state and a
special road tax.
This is critical year and there is
needed q leader who has been tried
| and found true, q man in whom the
people have unbounded confidence
! All these requirements are fulfilled in
John Lind. statesman and patrf In
time Of need the people calls upon it,
) bravesr> sons for sacrifice So the
: people of Minnesota call upon Lind,
+ and We instruct the delegation from