The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-08-05
CHAIRMAN USES
PIECE OF SCANTLING
TO SECURE ORDER
WILD SCENES CHARACTERIZE
THE MINNESOTA DEMOCRAT
&c MEETING.
MOB RULED FOR THREE HOURS
All Over the Nomination Of candL
date for covernor-Row Also on
Question Of County optlon-Ex-eov.
Lind ls Named.

MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. July IS
Democratic storm signals, which were
Aging when the State Democratic con
vention met here today, were torn to
shreds by the tempest Of feeling
which was let loose late this after
noon over the nomination Of John
Lind for Governor and the attempt
TO introduce a direct resolution in the
party platform favoring county option.
For more than three hours there
was no let-up to the scenes Of dis.
order except for few moments when
Chairman Michael DAILY managed to
make himself heard after terrific
pounding with piece Of two-by-four
scantling, which he used as a gaVsl.
The ticket named follows:
Governor-John Lind.
Lieutenant Governor-M. c. Tiff
of Long Prairie.
Secretary OF State-Fred w. John.
son, Of New Ulm.
Attorney General M. Freeman.
of bolivia.
State Auditor-L. j. Meaghan, OF
st. Cloud.
Clerk of the Supreme Court-Fred
E. Wheaton, of Minneapolis.
State Treasurer Charles F. Lad.
ner, of st. Cloud.
Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sioner-James G. Tracy, of Rochester.
Justices of the Supreme Court-T.
]. O'Brien, of st. Paul; A. H. Snow, iof
Winona; Phillip E. Brown, of Luz
verne, and Calvin T. Brown, of Nor
ris.
Mutterings of trouble were heard
earlier in the day and an unusual con-
dition existed The entire convention
was unit in declaring Lind was one
of the best Democrats ii Minnesota.
They we're all his friends, but dIvid-
ed into two factions, one declaring
that Lind must be nominated despite
his repeated refusal to be candt :,
fat declaration in telegram from
Portland, Ore, that he would not &C
cept the nomination if made; the 9th
er declaring that John Lind had been i
Governor of Minnesota and had roth :
ing to gain by the nomination and !
that he was of sufficient Importance
to have his wishes needed by the
convention.
The latter faction unanswered, ar |
gued, shook their fists at the chairman a
and at the other side, while those bent
on nominating Lind howled, Kissed :
and completely blocked the proceed t
ings until by sheer force of noise and s
they won their point and
secured the nomination. After this :,
was out of the way the nomination s
Of the other candidates was quickly t
made by reclamation.
On the matter of resolutions there 4
was no contention except for a plank
On county option The committee on
resolutions heard the resolutions Of
tered By the county optionists and
hen voted them down and inserted
/ plank declaring for the iniative and
referendum, which the committee de-
dared would answer the same pur-
,ose. On national issues the platform
Iays:
I'VE deplore the weakness and tim OF
dity of President Taft, who with his M
,wn campaign promises still fresh, wv
tut dominated by the predatory inter- pr
sts, weakly failed to use the tremen- ae
Ious forces Of his high Office 70 force In
recreant Congressional majority to tn
10 its duty on tariff reform. No sub we
equent effort to fulfill party promises ex
an atone for this supreme failure to
estore public confidence. Tn
we condemn the national admin iy
stration for It's initial effort to pre- H.
ent the conservation of natural re- OF
ources and have nothing but con- mi
empt for its insincere efforts to ap- &C
ear to support conservation after We
ublic disapprovaI of its course was TIN
pa
I'VE condemn the retention of Rich ma
I'd A. Ballinger as Secretary Of the ms
Interior after the exposure Of his tn
lethods OF his conducting that once III
elative to conservation and declare to,
a national scandal. th'
I'VE deplore the discharge Of Cliff tn
ord Pinchot from the ONCE of Chief Yc
'orester a. national crime rel
"The Democrats Of Minnesota COM ag
lend the insurgent Republicans of he
Minnesota for their vote on the Payne an
I'll, We demand the election of ye