The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-07-29
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JOHN LIND NAMED CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNOR OF MINNIE
SOFIA YESTERDAY. ~
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full TICKET IS NAMED
BY State Democratic Convention at
Minneapolis Yesterday--Dis-
order was Continued for
4 Three Hours. H-

Minneapolis, July 28.-The Demo
crate storm signals which have beer
flying when fhe state Democratic
state convention met today, were tori
to shrels by the tempest Of feeling
which lot loose late this Afternoon
for governor, and the attempt to in
troduce a direct resolution in the
party platform favoring county ol
tion
For more than three hours, UP to
the very minute when the motion to
adjourn was carried, there was nc
let up to the disorder, except for
few moments in which Shairman Mi
chacl Daily made himself heard afte
terrific pounding yith piece Of two
byfour s9antling, which he used al
gavel,
The ticket named is as follows:
For Governor--Jonn Lind of Mime
apolis.
For Lieutenant Governor-M. c.
Tift of Long Prairie
For Auditor-T j Meaghan, of AL
bert Lea.
For Attorney General M. Free
man. of Iiiva
For Secretary of State-Fred w
Johnson, of New Ulm.
Ear Tt1orL aF C.prarnn Erod
Il. Wheaton, of Minneapolis.
For Treasurer-Charles r. Ladnet
of St Cloud.
For Railroad and Warehouse Com
missioner-James G. Tracey. of Ho
chester.
For Justices of the Supreme Court
T ]. O'Brien, st. raul A, II. Snow
Winona; Philip H. Brown, Luverne;
Calvin l.. Brown, Morris.
The entire delegation was a unit
in declaring jean Lind one Of the
best Democrats In Minnesota, TneH
divided IN two factions One declar
ed that Lind must be nominated de
spite his repeated refusal to be =
candidate, the A'ther declared THAT
Lirds wishes sFouId be needed
The latter faction argued, shook
fists, wnIle those who we're bent on
nominating Linds h0wfed, Kissed and
blocked the proceedings until by
sheer force of noise and enthusiasm
they secured the nomination, which
was finally made unanimous,
The anti.county opt onists were in
the saddle in the committee on reso.
lutions The committee heard resou-
tions offered by the opti0nists and
voted them down; and inserted
plank Declaring for the initiative and
referendum, which the committee de-
clared would answer the same purs
pose.
The platform attacks Taft for not
using tremendous forces of his high
office to force the recreant congress
sional majority to do its duty of tar
iff reform"
1t condemns the retention of Bal
linger in the cabinet; deplored the
discharge of Pinchot "as national
crime" comments the Minnesota Re-
publican insurgents in scongress for
their vote on the Payne-Aldrich bill;
demands the direct election of sena-
tors; strongly urgesa the reelection
of Congressman Hammond.
Mr.. Hammond began by deploring
the death and extolling the life of the
late Governor John A. Johnson. He
scathingly denounced the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill, mentioning spec
ficaly the lead and wool schedules
and pronounced the tariff commission
mock political subterfuge, body
purposely created without power OF
action He also devoted considerable
attention to a definition of Cannon
ism
County option and other local is
sues were not mentioned. He said
in part:
"The pe 'ple of this country have
time and gain decided by substantial
majorities hat the present method Of
protecting he domestic manufacturer
and producer shall be maintained and
while man question the wisdom 0l
this kind " indscreet taxation and
the rightet usness of imposing bur
dens upon the many for the benefit
of lesser number the questions
have become rather academic and the
abolishment of the system Is not
seriously contemplated.
There Is a widespread opposition
however, u Excessive rates, making
the burdet upon the consumer
greater than they should be. For y
Iustration. The duty Of one and
one half eeats per pound on leat
bearing ore and two and one-eightl
cents per pound on pig lead makes
the rate $40 per ton on the former
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