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fA 96 ~&l THE DEMOCRATS.our 'The State Democratic Convention .^5 Meets and Nominate^ a K'^:, Estate Ticket.?$ S? Daniel W. Lawler of St. Paul Chosen to Lead the Democratic ?&$ ,-. Forces. /-VO if'^?fit ,' '. THE TICKET. \t ft**9*'* or Governor—D. W Lawler of a Fo Lieut. Governor—Harry a in of •Scott. Fo Secretary of State—Peter Nelson of •Goodhue. or State Treasurer—Joseph Leicht ot W in a or Attorney General—J. 0. Nettiawavo Washington. Fo Justices of the -Supreme Court— Willia Mitchell of Winona, Daniel Buck •of Mankato, as Canty of in or Presidential Electors—R. A Smith, B. Nelson, D. R. P. Hibbs, A L. Sackett, D. N. Jones, J. T. Barron, J. C. Oswald, Willia Quinn, Martin Shea. he state Democratic convention was •called to at Minneapolis on the 3rd inst., at 12:30 o'clock by chairman Camp bell. Rev. W Wilkinson opened proceed ings with prayer. Mr. Campbell, in behalf of the state cen tral committee presented the a me of Al fred Jaques, of Duluth for temporary chair anan to which the convention agreed. Chairman Jaques in accepting the ination said he esteemed it no mean hono to preside over such a gathering. apologized for his youth and inexperience, asked the convention to extU3e any mistakes he might make, as they would be due to faulty rather than to bad intention and unfairness. said: Every day brines evidence that the five years' educational campaign we have had has wrought wonders in the interests of the cause of tariff reform and has brought forth pood frn.it. To day the farmers of this state are asking them selves the question if it is just or expedient that they should be compelled to purchase every thing in a market of high prices and limited competition and sell their produce in a market where they have world-wide competition. The wage earners have learned that a protective tariff is a lraud and a delusion as iar as they are concerned, and people i.»i general are in quiring whether it is just and popular with a free people that a few should become rich by law. Th chairman concluded by applying re flattering epithets to the younir and hoped he would see no {.actions in the Democratic party of Minnesota this fall. Th chairman "then announced the selec tion of Joh A. Johnso of St. Peter as temporary chairman and B. J. Mullai.ey of Minneapolis as assistant. It was then decided to empower the chairman to name committees on cre dentials, permanent organization and plat form on the basis of one member lrom each judicial district and hve at large. D. W. LAWLER.. On the motion of Ives of Ram sey it was decided to reter all resolutions to the committee on platform. I was also resolved that each delegate to the conven tion sbail be an actual resident of the •county he claims to represent. A recess ol ten minutes was then taken, alter which tthe chairman announced the lollowing committees: THE COMMITTEES. OnCredentials—First district, J. C. Gerharty .-Second district, A. K. Boysen Third district, C. •von Kampen Fourth district, Martin King iPifth district, D. E. Darby: Sixth district. -Charles Andrews Seventh district, J. H. Sheets Eighth district, Jchn Sheery Ninth district, Tim O'Connor Tenth district. Thomas Black lin Eleventh distri t, A. 'Wood.vard Twelfth district, D. O'Brien Thirteenth district, S: B. Crane Fourteenth district, James E. Morrissey Fifteenth district, C. D. Jphnson: Sixteenth dis-: trict. Charles Cater. At large—K. O. Craig, P. J.. Hammerel, J. J. Rider, P. P. Fitzpatrick. T. F. O'Hara. On Platform—First district, E. W. Durant Second district. W. F. Goehr: Third dist'iot. W. J. Whipple: Fourth district. M. A. O'Hair Fifth district, G. F. Baxter: Sixth district, J. C. Wise Seventh \U\ riot, D. F. Calhoun Eighth district, W. C. O'Dell Ninth district, E. P. Ber trauu: Tenth district, H. It. Wells: E'.evenih district. F. N. Sullivan Twelfth district. S. W. Xeavitt: Thirteenth district, A. I). Laduc: Fourteenth district, W. S Kelso Fifteenth dis trict. W. Hempstead: Sixteenth district, Dr. Bart Robertson at large, Lewis Baker, S. A. •Challman. F. C. Brooks, William M. Campbell, M. S. WilkiiiBOii. On Permanent Organization—First district. •C. L. Davis: Second. F. W. McCutcbeon Third, John Mi-Govern Fourth, Titus Marecic: Fifth, A. Labile: Sixth, J. J". Thornton: Seventh, C. L. Baxter Eighth, B. Pierce: Ninth, Fred Gley: Tenth, J. M. Larabee Eleventh. C. P. McGium: Twelfth, 0. W. Stoutoin '.Thirteenth. C. P. Shep herd Fourteenth. J. F. Holmes Fifteenth. J. W. Haw-kin* Sixteenth. M. Finnegan. At large, P. B. Winston, V. K. Boden. H. C. Stivers, W. •Craven, Josepn Leicht. The convention then adjourned until 3 o'clock. AFTEBN003S SESSION.* TJie convention reconvened at 3:30 p. m. The committee on credentials presented their report which was adopted. In the ruatter.pttheselection of presidenti al electors, it was decided to allow each con gressional distritOto select its own elector and the convention to select two at large. THE NOMINATIONS. _( A motion to proceed to the nomination of candidates for governor was, after con siderable opposition, carried. The roil ot counties was ordered called for the purpose of a in nomina tions, ai.d Aitkin, the first on the list, gave ..way to Ram^ev amid cheers, and Judg C. E Flandra of St. Pau ascended the plat lorm, but before he could a the speech nominating Daniel W Lawl he was com pelled to wait :or Hennepin Th Henne pin delegates asked leave to retire ior the purDose of conferring. They departed a id hisses and returned with changed liearts amid cheers. ,' Judg Flatidrau then proceeded as fol- I rise to perform- a duty Which to me a ..gratifying privilege. What I have to .say relates to matters of serious import to the American people. This is no time to C(-ver up the in jqmties of party corruption an.i legislative ,',-frauds with rhetorical flourishes aud insincere 'moutbiugp. We are mora concerned with htern irrealities. The music that eveets the ears of the ^'American popl to-day is the out utats &ft of indignation from 80 per cent population who are robbed of oneTtbird of their sweat bought earnings by vicous tariff legislation. They de mand reform. They know that they oc cuny the most pro-* auctive country ou, thef ace of the planet. They know that they are industrious. f/F?3k moral aud intelli- '//ffigU gent, and yet they teef that they are handicapped in all their efforts to gain a reasonable hveli hood. They demand an explanation of the difficulties which environ them. Juoae Ft-ANOftAU. It is the duty and the mission of the Democratic party to make the ad clear to them by intelligent ^discussion of existing troubles, and by thorough reforma tion in tariff legislation should the power to do so be bestowed upon us. The national cam paign is fairly inaugurated, and will bu fought out on the Hues of protection to the few and the rich at the expense of the many and the poor on the cue side and a tariff for reveuue only—for the necessities of government —on the other, together with the question of whether our national elections are to remain to the people, free and uurestrictea. or to be con trolled by federal bayonets. This state election in Minnesota INVOLVES ALL THESE QUESTIONS, for as the state goe on local issues so will it on national issues, and it becomes our duty to exert every force at our disposal that may lead us to victory. How are we to combat these evils that af flict our people? By what means are we to equip and place in tne field an army that will lead us to victory? I answer, by choosing gen erals of high intelligence, great enthusiasm, ke sincerity in the advocacy of our doctrines, of youth, vigor aud strength, men who possess the power of virile elo quence that carries conviction in its utterances, men who can stand before -the people with the assured position of honorable consistency in the principles they enforce. This and tbi* only „is the road to victory in the coming struggle. To insure this glorious result I nominate Dan W. Lawler of Ramsey county for the position oic governor of the State of Minnesota, and I rejoice in the assertion that he possesses all'the qualifications ior such leadership. All oi you have known Mr. Lawler for years, and when you kuow.hfm as I do you will agree with me that he is the man among men for our leader. There isn't a more eloquent, a more prudent, and more democratic man iu the whole com monwealth than Dau Lawler. Whe the cheers died away after Judg Flandra retired there were loud calls ior Cyrus Wellington ot Ramse\ and in re sponse he made a fiery speech seconding the nomination ot Mr. Lawler. The nomination was also seconded by B. Johnson of Hennepin P. B. Winston, ot Minneapolis, moved the suspension of the rules and the a in of the nomination by acclamation, which was carried. On the motion of Mr. Thornton a com mittee of three, consisting, of Winston ot Hennepin, Leavitt of Meeker, and Thorr.ton Watonwan, was appointed to escort the nomine fco the plat.orm. Th band commenced to play, and be:ore it ceased Mr. Lawler had entered the hail and stood on the platform bowing to the cheering crowd. W silence was re stored Mr. Lawler spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Conven tion: Your committee has informed me that this convention has placed'me in nomination for the high office of governor. I earnestly and suicerly hoped that this great honor and re sponsibility might be conferred upon some older man [cries ot No! No!]. But bowing in submis sion to the will of the Democracy of Minnesota, I accept the nomination. I accept it iu the be lief that the state and national tickets will re ceive tne .endorsement of thp people of Minne sota in November. The Democratic party de serves that mnoth at the hands of the hundreds of private citizens of this state, because it is the organization which expresses iu its principles the noblest aspirations of the Americau people of our day. 1 have no word to utter against the rank and file of the Republican party, for they are Americans and honest in their convic tions, but the party of 1860, the party of Greeley of Lincoln, Chase aud Sumner is our day merely the political machine of Gould, of Van dsrbilt aud of Andrew Carnegie. The party that marched to the aid of the black slave in 18(50 is to-day in the hands of a ring of men who lay their whips on the backs of sixty-five million tree Americau citizens. A protective tariff which the people generously granted in IStjO is to-day in a time of profound peace higher than during the darkest days of the War of the Rebellion, it was •»rover Cleveland who raised his voice Against this iniquity and who raised his hand and tore the mask from the face of protection. What has protection done for our merchant mariue? The fleets of vessels which once covered the ocean sailing under the Amer ican flag are no more, and the vessels carrying the produce to and from this country almost' without exception carry a foreign flag at their masthead, and our ocean carrying trade is almost entirely in the hands of foreign nations. "Phe farmers aud workingmen of all classes are called UDon to pay an unnecessary tax on all they eat and on all they wear, but when this monopoly lays its hands upon our people does the government give the farmer and the work man protection in the markets of the world for their products? THE HOMESTEAD MATTER. Within the last few we^ks the condition made possible by a protective tariff wroucht at Homestead the saddest and most terrible dis aster in American history. The people of this state can afford to put their trust in a party wnich stands by the .principles of Gro ver Cleveland. And I believe firmly that they will not only iu the Democratic county of Ramsey, which will give us 10,000 majority when November comes'round again, but al.-o iu the banner Democratic county of Hennepin. Democratic principles are for the "plain, common people" of America, and we will see this fall the 'old Democrat aud the young Democrat stand shoulder to shoulder in a cam paign of political honesty and they will carry the banner of Democracy to victory and plant it on the state house iu November. If elected to this office, as I b^lieva I will be, I have one promie to make. I will be no man's man, nor will 1 wear any mail's collar, but ac cording to my light I will faithfully aud con scie tiousl discharge the duties of that high office in the interest of the people ot Mmneso. a. THE PLATFORM. Mr. Lawler's speecli was well received, and ho delivered it in a manner which quite captured his auditors. Th ol applause having subsided. Lewis Baker, chairman of the committee on resolutions, submitted the following platform, which was read in a perfunctory manner and adopted by the convention: The Democrats of Minnesota gathered in del egate convention, mingle their rejuiciua with that of their fellows in the nation that the ear nest voices of the rank aud file of the party was heard and obeyed by the uatiOual convention and found expression in the nomination of the able and courageous Cleveland for our leader, and in the bold, explicit declaretions that Re publican protection is a fraud, in proof of which we point to Homestead, where the militia of a state is keeping peace in a quarrel over the spoil bet wesu the reai aud supposed beneficiaries of protection. We denounce the rapacious and conscience less combination whipn has grown up in this *tate, with the connivance of Republican legisla tures, between the elevator companies, the millers ana the railroads, by which our grain markets have been mouopolized aud our farm ers robbed of the fruits of their hard labors. We reaffirm onr belief that this combination rests upon the fact that the railroads of this state have abjured one of their primefnuct ions, the provision of suitable means ior handling grain, and have given the sanie over to the con trol ot private parties, and we again declare our belief that the remedy, simple but efficient, lies hi legislation requiring the railroads to resume this proper function, thus giving to every sta tion a free and open market. TO CATCHTHE LABOB VOTE. We recognize the great, conspicuous fact that the prosperity of our coverument rests upon labor, aud that all legislation should be shaped, so far as possible, to relieve it from all unjust aud oppressive burdens and to Secure to ic Us just share of the benefit of our general prosper ity. We are opposed to state interference with pa rental r.ghts and r.glits ot conscience in the edu cation of children as an infringement of the fun damental Democratic doctrine that thelargestin divfduai liberty consistent with the rights of others insure* ihe highest type of citizenship and best government. W-again call the attention of voters to tbe» manifest injustice aud inequality of our tax laws, under whi wealth easily evades its share of the public burdens and compels moderate accu mulations/ to tx-ar the part it shirks, and we again invite the coming legislature to-a serious consideration of th subject, to the end that a jimt, eveuly-beariiiBHy.to-.il may be adopted. REGARDING IKON MINES. The Democrat.c parrylias always been and Is to-day the consisten' opponentof all legislation the result of Whicn to .-reatelaw-made wealth wnich impoverishes the ooor and tii. se of mod erate means iu «"*-ier to enrifh the few. We condemn ad us* the taxing powers foe this •T|L^^fflMw^?%?ii!^#v ijtftjti.)«'r\ in purpose. We call the attention of the people ol the wtate to the fact that mineral wealth at the northern part of this state is not bearing its just share of the public burden*. The non-resi dent millionaires who own lrpn mines whose value is, at a moderate estimate. S20.O0O.OO0. under our present statutes pays less than $9,000 per annum in taxes. In exchange for the votes of 2.000 employes, coerced.into vjt mg the Republican tick#, the Rsnublicau party has covenanted to perpetuate this systtni aud to deliver to these men the government of one of the counties of the sta We demaudthat this condition of things be it-ctified. We denounce alhbouiitie3 and exemp tions and demand that all taxes to be raised iu this state shall oe as nearly equal as may be, and that all property on which taxes are to be levied shall have a cash valuation and be equalized and uniform, and we call upou all good citizens, without distinction of party, to join with us in deieating the proposed constitu tional amendment, known as chapter 2,.of the General Laws of 1891, to be voted upon this fail, wnich seeks to perpetrate this unjust sys tem of taxation, and while it pretends to levy taxe- upon sleeping car aud other similar cor porations, it repeals the existing constitutional tax of 3 per cent upou gross earnings of our railroads, now realizing for the state a reveuue oi $725,000 and annually increasing, and places the rate ot taxation upon the earnings ot such railroads at the caprice of the legislature. WANT AN AMENDMENT. We especially call attention to uud denounce the form cf the ballot for the proposed amend ment to be voted an at the coming election, which is known as "Senate File No. 124," as being especially designed to mislead the voters, and we call upou all honest citizeus to assist in rebukine such trickery. Resolved, That we are iu favor of a radical chahge iu the laws of this state, and demand Bucji legislation as will provide tor intelligent and economical supervision of the building aud maintenance of our country roads. That for the better security of our government we recommend an amendment to the federal constitut.ou extending the presidential term to six years and making a president ineligible for re-election. We favor also the election of president and vice president and senators of the United States by the direct vote of the people. [The following resolution was introduced aft er the platform was adopted, and it was also adopted by the convention:] Resolved, Believing the contract system in force in the state penitentiary to be wrong in principle, prejudicial to the interests of the state, the"welfare of the convicts aud an injustice to honest labor, we demand its discontinuance at the expiration of the present contracts, an that the legislature prohibit any future con tracts aud provide foT the employment by the state and for the state of all convicts and per sons confined in the penal aud reformatory in stitutions of this state. Th method of appointing the state cen tral committee occasioned some dispute, but after a long wrangle the chairman the knot by declaring-an a pro viding for the appointment of five mem bers at large by the chairman and two lrom each congressional district, carried. A effort was. made prior to the adjournment for supper to have the matter reconsidered, but a motion to adjourn cut off the effort. C. J. Buell tried to introduce a resolution he seemed to in a but J. J. McCati'erty sat down upon the single tax man and the convention adjourned till 8 o'clock. EVENING SESSION. Th ball was started at 8:30 by a motion to nominate a lieutenant governor, Mr. D'Autremon ol St. Louis was not in clined to abandon the effort to have the vote on the motion to appoint siate com mittee reconsidereu. objected to the nietho proposed and would be sup pressed. proposed.that the committee be selected in this manner One committee man from each judicial district, one each selected by the counties of Ramsey an-.i Hennepin, and the chairman to select hve committeemen at large. He.obtained a re consideration and offered his plan as a sub stitute for the original motion. Th sub stitute was accepted by Mr. Stevens, the mover of the original motion, and was adopted with one dissenting vote. Nomination for lieutenant governor were now called for, and Aitki county yielded to St. Louis county. J. A am Bede of Dnluth took the platform and nomi nated a a in of Carlton county, "a suburb of a an ex ceedingly us speech regarding the real and alleged history of the Democratic party. referred to the armies of the North and South during the war by saying: "The were all Democrats on one side and ail Democrats on the tier." declared that the Republican party with "i^ones! ballot and po.itical purity in its mouth could vote fifty Indians with one suit ol clothes. told the story of the Borneo monkeys fishing lor crabs an dousing their tails as bait. '•The Republican party has baited its tail with Kuute Nelson and is dragging it over the prairies hoping to catch the farmer vote. But the-Republican party will not do any thing for the farmer that the monkey will not do for the crab." W Mr. Bede concluded a delegate proposed three cheers ior him and they, were given with a vim. Carried suvay by the or ol the speech another delegate rose and proposed that Mr. a a be nominated by acclatnation, and amid laughter and cheers the convention carried the motion. Mr. a in was called to the platform and a a brief stereotyped speech, thank ing the convention for the hono it had be stowed upon him SECRETARY OF STATE. Nominations for secretary of state" wen called for, and A a yielded to Ramsev county. C. J. Buell nominated B. Martin of Hennepin, who is the noiuituv of the People's party. declared tha Mr. Martin had no love lor the anarchistic doctrines of the People's party. W he -had finished a Hennepin delegate wanted to know how it came that a_ Ramsey- couniy delegate nominated .a H6nncpi man Ramsey county delega tion promptly repudiated Mr" Martin, a Senator Craven or Carver said that unless Martin would pled^v himself to support the Democrati tickc from top to bottom and work or Daniel W. Lawler and not for Ignatius Donnelly he could not be the Democratic nominee. W Murray of Ramsey nomiiiatt-d Peter Nelson of Goodhu county aim Washington county seconded the nomina tion. Mr. McCaflerty demanded to have Martin produced and declared the conven tion wanted the whole of its ticket to composed of Democrats. Th roll wras called on the nominations and when Meeker was reached and Martin had only received one vote the. further reading of the roll was dispensed with Martin was withdrawn and Nelson declared the: unanimous choice of the convention,,, S^iSiaffi! THE OTHER OFFICKRS. or state treasurer, a Nocollln, Jo seph Leicht of Winon a and C. Buil Wrigh were presented, but before the roll call was completed Nicpllin and Bull were withdrawn and Leicht's nomination -was ma.de unanimous or attorney general C. Netheway of Washingto county, W Logan Brecken ridge ot Olmsted and L. McDonald Ramsey, the last named being the People's party candidate, were presented,, but be.ore the roll call was completed Netheway'* nomination was a unanimous It was decided to nominate three candi dates ior justices of the supreme court/on at a time. Hon S. T. Champli Blue Earth, in a few feeling words, placed Dan iel Buck of Mankat in nomination. Mort Wilkinson seconded the nom ination oi Daniel Buck. Secretary Johnso moved that.the inations of Buck. Canty and Mitchell be a by acclamation. After considerable discussion .this was carried. This concluded the business of the con vention with the exception of the selection presidential electors, and the delegates went into caucus by congressional district* to a selections. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.- 1 A 11:45 the chairman succeeded inJltwing ing the remnants of theconvention order touce more and the congressio:.al district* reported the lollowing electors: First district. 1). R- P. Hibbs, Albert Lea Second, A. L. Sackett, bt. Peter Third, S N. Jones, Guvlord: Fourth, J. T. Barron. Stillwater Filth, C. Oswald, Minaeap- •^^i^i^^^^^&^^^^^B&^W^^^i olis Sixth, William Quinn Wright county Seventh, Martin Shea, Otter TaiL. Th chair appointed Nelson of Henne pin and ii A Smith oi Ramse electors at a a v, THE IfEW COMMITTEE. he chairman then announced the new state central committer as follows: Owen Austin. ad hisv. Dan Aberfe, St. Paul Chris H. Heflron. RoeiJter: -lohir Coleman. Anot*a E. O.JLTaia. jauj-»viile^r. C. Wise. MHU kato C. A. Moody. rJentohWGeorge Dutau, Cbaska M. Mullen. New Utih J, 1). 8heedj\ Austin Morris Thomas, Duluth J. M. Spicer, Willmar James Manuing. Washington Four teenth. James D. O'Brien. Crodirston Fifteenth, Hempstead, Werner Brainerd Sixteenth. Charles Cater, Grant county Hennepin county, Lars M. Rand Ramsey county, 'Crawford Liviugston. A vote of thanks to the chaiiman, secre tary and exposition management wa* parsed and the convention adjourned. GEN. BAKER WITHDRAWS^ The Allanca Candidate for Governor Declines the Nomination. w)i At a meeting-of the alliance state central committee in tt. Paul Gen. Baker resigned as the Alliauce candidate for governor in the lollowing letter: ». .^ .^ GEN. BAKER RESIGNS. ST. PAUL. Aug. 2.1892.—To the Alliance State Central Committee—Uentlemeu: I herewith suu mit my declination of the gubernatorial nomi nation the Alliauce convention was pleased to tender me on the 7th of July last. It will be re "•membered that 1 reserved the privilege ot so Uo ine should circumstances, in my judgment, in dicate siich" a courae wisest for the cause. 1 am of opinion that the neueral situation is such, both for the ensuing campaign and onr future as an organization, that we withhold present political action. It appears to me that you can as well pre serve tne Alliance party organization without a state ticket as witn it, though 1 trust that con tinued local action will ensue, especially in the legislative held. Soma of us were originally lie publican Alliance meii, some Democratic Alli ance men. The suspension of present political action by your committee will leave the mem bers of the Alliance in this state free to co-operate with such political party as in their judgment will best promote true Alli ance principles. I respectfully submit we had better so form our action, that we may not be ubjected to the charge of resisting any real re form movement. I have not at any time, as you well know, stood in tne way of harmony. We distinctly stated that we desired none ol the offices. These we were williug to remit to greed and ambition. In fact we only sought to keep the reform forces of the state in the path so suc cessfully pursued in 3 890. It should be bor.ie iu mind,that the original purpo»e of TOE ALLIANCE WAS NOX-PARTISAN. It was.estaDlished for the economic and social betterment of the farmer. Agafuat the best judgment of the best men of the Alliance it WHS plunged into the mire of politics. It influence as a non-political organization was vastly moiv powertui than it-will beaa a political party. Tnev moral influence it brought to bear upon the olu parties was healthy and suocessiul. But its present management in this state has brought to it new and extraordinary politica measures. The most important step taken bv the People's party of Minnesota, and soimht to be enforced with relentless discipline, was makincr thesubtreasnry scheme the only test or party loy alty. To ibis procrustean bed must aii its foJ lowers conform. A bold and reckless scheme, it has no home in the atmosphere of honest polit ical economy. Above all it is the special child of class legislation. POLITICAL CHARLATANS OFFER as-wine at the banquet to beget irridween: dreams of easy fortune. To-morrow it will be consigned to the lumber room of political trash. Its only function in Minnesota has been to drive men of conservative judgment out of the People's pajty. The utter abandonment of tariff reform by $ he People's party is the most shameless CUSJ of political cowardice in the history of the state. This was the potential issue with the Alliance two years ago: to-day it is side-tracked for tne sub-treasury, a substitution of the fox for the lion. There were plain aud practical questions on which we conld all have united. That we did not do so is no crime of ours. The respon sibility lies with those who have perverted the Alliance info a mere political machine, dom inated by "bosses," like the lowest type of po litical parties. Our action was a revolt .against suoh treason, and a rebuke against, selfishness. To the People's party in its natural aspect w« have offer.d no opposition. The general trend of its purposes is good. It is A RAPIDLY MUSTERING ARM horn of many injustices aud wrongs.Y Its errors nt'e such as time may cure and tne final silthu may enable it to form its lines of battle on ten able ground. But in this state, unhappily, it has been so officered and so led that for the present all hopes' of uniting the reform forces are frustrated. I am especially proud to have been nominated by the old Alliance. Tha stalwart men who created the organization, who we its pro rooters and bravo builders, have not struc.c their flag to the new and absurd doctrines which later men, by craft, have imposed upon it. My grateful appreciation is due these men .or the high honor they, have conferred upou me. Tney have made a history and planted an organization in this atate which political strife ••vid not soon efface. With them it will be my pleasure to cherish the old principles whicn nave given real life and power to our cause. Very respectfully, J. H. BAKER. The resignation was accepted and it was decided not to put any candidates in the field tor this election. .Poor -l»u's tiuut. London Hospital: Acqufred gout is usually one oi"the'consequences of errors and excesses o.' diet. Those who eat too much meat and drink too much wine are, as is well known, very .requently the sub jects of the disease. 11 it it is by no means so Wtfll known that oeer is a profitable cause of gout. Th facD is so, however. ir. Frederick Robert in "Quain's Dic tionary of Medicine," tells us tnat brewers' drayme are particularly subject to gout. Malt liquors, Br Roberts considers, stand next to wine as originators of gout. Good whisky and brandy, on the other hand, are -aid to be less mischievous in this Brewers' draymen, though ]oor in pocket, dx not generally suffer .pom the poor man'sgont On the contrary, their gross and ponder ous bodies are gorged with the products of their own excesses. Some of them, it is said, drink as much as two to lour gallons oi beer a day. Sir Alfred Garrod, a com petent authority, s^a es that lead taken into ihe system is a potent cause of gout. No le^s than 30 per cent of Dr. Garrod's hos pital patients owed their gouty seizures to working a lead. Many ol these were probably physiologically poor, poor in blood and tissue: and they would, no doubt, suffer lrom what is uopularly called poor man's gout. Butchers and barmen, coalheavera and painteis, and others who have to do with lead are all liable to the disease. It will be proper here to remind readers that mental worry is a fruitful source of .out. and as the mentally worried often have poor appetites and feeble digestive uo'wers, they are not seldom physiologic ally poor in a very marked degree, and they are therefore particularly liabls to suffer lrom poor man's gour. Scientifically this question of terms and definitions has iittle or no interest, because, as we have al ready said, gout is. gout, and can never be anything else. Bu from a practical point of view the subject is weii worthy oi tha consideration ot ail intflli .-m nersons. Graftin Toua^iur)* *.*.! a To gether. At a recent meeting of Indian a horticul turists the question was asked: '"Is it true that tomatoes and -potatoes oan be grafced together and.bear a double crop?" A s(pro essor at the' Purdu univeMt present replied: I is a lacs that plants Chusgralted have b»«en a to grow toma toes above ground and potatoes below .round." W. Ragan. while admitting that the tomato and pot ito are closely related, ex pressed the opinion that we can no on a little w«y in this direction of crossing cer tain species «oi plants and that the gralt 'connecting the potaro- with the tomato must be- an imperfect one. a thought that usually the union will be only me chanical." ". An Indian a farmerpresentdid not believe the time would ev^r come when potatoes a tomatoes will a grown on the same vine for profit, though it may be done as a curiosity. Hi :€0^DENCED TELEGEAMS. 8ir Daniel Wilson, president ol the„ Toronto university, died yesterday. -':'', Death is announced of Adiren ©e Conrcelle, the French dramatic author, in bis eighty-sixth year. *V»i» -'-i 4 A six-story block on Mitchell street. Glasgow, was burned yes etday, and {several surrounding blocks were badly damaged. Loss, $800,000. P«stor Rocher-Dieu, of the Protestant Evan geline church, died in Brussels yesterday. He was presiden: of the synod of the United Prot estant churches. Cholera of a mild form is spreading in Tibriz, Persia, the official accounts reporting twenty deaths daily. The Armenians and Europeans have fled the town. Lord Tennysou celebrated his birth 'ay Sat urday in is house at Aid worth, near Hasterer. He received a number of congratulatory mes sages from, America. .- The Birrella cotton warehouse in Liverpool was burned yesterday. Two hundred bales of cotton aud a vast quantity of linseed wei-e de stroyed. The property was fully insureds THS MARKETS. CHICAGO—WIUUT—No 2 sprin,*. 78to 784 tfo. 3 spring, 73to73ic No. 2red. SO COBJS—No.. 2, 49Jc. OATS—-No-. 2 31c No. 2 white, c3ito to33i No. 3 white, 3Jt@32ic'. RYE—Noi 65l BA.RLEY—No. 2, 65c. MINNEAPOLIS W E A N O 1 hard, 80c No. 1 Northern, 78ic No. 2 Northern, 70to75c ftp CORN—No? 3, 43c No. 3 yellow, 4 OATS—No. 2 white. 30to30jc No. 3 white, 29c. RYE—No*. 2, 69to70c BARLEY—No 3, 38 to 48c. A N hay sold pretty well, if choice, and new timoth also went well, a car of the latter going at $10 old upland, $7to8 new upland, $Uto 9.50 new timothy, $9to 10 poor and damaged, all kinds, $4to 6. ST. A W E A No. 1 hard, 81c. No. 1 Northern. 80c 2 Northern, 73 to 75c. CORN—No. 3, 43to44c No\ 3 yellow, 46 to 47c. 0 A 3 N O 2, 28 to 29c No. 2 white, 30i to 314c No. 3, 30 to 30i. BARLE AS E N O 3 barley, 40 to 50c No. 2 rye, 71 to 72c: malt, 60to75c, GROUND E E AND MILLSTUKFS—NO. 1, $16@ 10.50 No. 2, $16.50@17 No. 3, $17 to.$17.50. low grade, $13.50 to 14 corn meal, bolted, $22 to 23. do unbolted, $10 to$l(5.50 bran, bulk, $9.50to 10. I W A E E W E A N 2 spring 73to7-lc No. 1 Northern, 8c. CORN—No, 3, 4c. O A S N O 2, white, 32to33J-3. No. 3, do 31to31ic. A E N o. 2 ,58c: sample. 43 toOliJ THEY ALL WA^T IT. An I re in Contest for the Control oT Territor in Af iianistan Loxno.v. Aug 8.—Even domestic politics is overshadowed by-the'gravity o: the news from Paluir. China and Great Britain are both moving in defense a.rainst Russian ag gression, while the.Af-rhans aL-o lay claim to p:irt ol the disputed territory, and are at tempting to hold it both against tin? Rus sians ar.d Chinese. Th British are decided ly strengthened for opposition to Russian advance by the recent British concfuest of the petty States of Hunzea and Nagar, situ ated between the Little a and the iron tiers of Kashmir. Th allied States o. zea and Na^ar comprise all the rivers drained into the Kantjut or a river, which 11 »\vs into the Gilgit river, two miies below Gil it fort. This region is extremely difficult of access, to which fact is due the impunity with which the tribesmen have hitherto been able to carry on their raids into the countries of their neighbor*. These valleys are-buried in a gigantic mountain sy.-tein containing some of the highest peaks in the Hnhilayas, Mount Rakaposh which towers a Chalt, being 25,560 feet in height, while a number of summit ex ceed 25,000 ice I glaciers descend into the ravines, the Nagar river itself ris ing in the vastness of a glacier, which is nearly eighty miies in length. Sur rounded thus by granite precipices and huge wastes of ice au snow, affording only a htszardous passage during a ew months in ihe neighboring countries. zea-Nagar ii but one vulnerable point, the ravine of the Kantjut river, while the junc tion 't :a!- torrent v/iili ilia Gilgit river is the one gateway of the country practicable for AN' INVADING FORCE. Even this entrance.is priciically closed dur ing the months, for ten the river, swollen by the iiu-liin- snows, btconies a formidable and ragin,.: torrent, overflowing the whole buttom -the valley at many points, so that the only way le.t by wiiich one can ascend the »or^e is a rough.tiac high up on the cliff'ij side, carried a narrow ledges and overhanging, rightful precipices—a road tit oti-fy .or goats and cragsmen, which could be etts.ly held by a hand ui ol men against a large force. Holdin this virtually impregnable posi tion, the British are much mur strongly prepared than a year a to obstruct the Russian advanw*, should the Russians en deavor to Kiicroach upon British territory. At present ihe Russians' invasion is con fined to territory bevond the line 'British possession, nlthoiuii sipproachin^ danger ously near it. A dispatch from Peki states that the Chinese government is already on the altrt and explanations have been de manded irom Doth Russia and Afghan istan for encroaching upon territory claimed by the Chinese. Th Chinese forces in the Pami region commanded by Gen. Chanf, without waiting for any ex planations, have already encountered the Afghans in a b.oody couflict at Samutash. Th Chinese were considerable outnum bered, but they fought resolutely and only retreated in the la'ce of Overwhelming forces. Gen. Chang, i!. ia stated, has sent with liis-report of the conn.v.-t an impera tive demand ior reiniorcein^nts. Quite Mystery. CHICAGO. Aug 8.—Julia Phillips, the Lockporr, N. Y., girl supposed to have been killed here by a iraiu but who, after a corpse had been shipped East said to be hers,, was alleged to be alive and all right in Chirago, cannot be found. There is a suspicion tLat the telegram signed with her a me and sent to her parents in Lockport was a lorgery. William Ryan, a livery stable employe, formerly irom Lockport and believed to Julia's intended hus band, death. •has not been seen since the girl' Struc by a KOCR. E O K. Iowa, Aug 8 A rock from a blast in a bluff to-day crashed into the smoking, car of a St. Lout?, Keoku & Northwestern passensrer tram. William Burt of Chicago and W Carnes of Es sex, Iowa, were struck an the head by frag ments. Bur is probably fata.lv injured. Games' was seriously hurt. ?.'' 't'., :-fi'. lien a Subsided. PARIS, Aug 8.—Don Carlos has aban doned his opposition to the republic in de erence to the pone's policy. has published a letter announcing that he will no longer maintain a representative in France. •m IM mun Fritz Williams, Proprietor of SAMPLE BOOM —ANI— |^tfe&ii BILLIARD HALL A Fine line of Wines. Liquors and Hx* Cigars always kept in Stock.. --T 1-$M ,_ NEW BLOCK Minnesota Street,' New Ulm ,:• JUTilUS KRAUSE HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER -AND- Paper Hanger. Ceiling Decoration a Specialty. All Work Executed Neatly, Prompt ly and at Low Rates. Shop Corne a a a Fifth S re North NEW ULM MINNESOTA. FAAS & KOBARSCH. The above parties would give the publi*Jbc notice that they are now prepared to do all manner of plumbing and are ready to guar antee satisfaction. Charges reasonable. Office at Kobarsch's shop. COMMERCIAL HOTEL, Chas. Stengel, Prop. Opposite Depot. I will serve a hot and cold lunch every morning, and at the same time the fines* line ol wines, liquors and cigars will always be found on hand. I will endeavor to ac commodate everybody to the best of satis faction, hoping to always extend and im prove the place. CHAS. STENGEL. NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. H.FRENZEL, —Manufacturer of SODA WATER, SELTZER WATER A N CHAMPAGNE CIDER. Centre Street, New Ulm, Minn. LIVERY, SALE AND OARDING STABLE. Fin turnouts furnished with or without drivers at reasonable rates. Fishin?, ing and Pleasure Parties Furnishe Teams. Ladies Saddle Horses. Fin Carriages for Funerals. Office and Barn in Skating Rink... Fin Heare for Funerals is kept in Order for such occasions. KKETSCH & BEROj Proprietors. Cement Work. The undersigned announces that he. is now prepared to do all kinds of ce ment work, such as sidewalks, cellars, cisterns etc., either by contract or by the day. All kinds of material and especially cement of the best quality kept on hand and sold at low figures JOHN LUETJEN. H. HANSCHEN CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Estimates on buildings or on materi al and lahor, more especially on ma son work, furnished on application. Prompt attention given all work and satisfaction guaranteed. The sale ol all kinds of cement, lime, adamant (a new kind of hard plaster) and plaster hair a specialty. ./ NEW ULM,.-,' MINN: BRUSTS HEADQUARTERS. •:ii!-.}i'-:\'''i'."rM*.vA'' .'•' '-.: ffor the Best of Liquors and Cigars .the only place in the City ia at™,- Ghas. Brusts^#* Minrm«ita Street. .. NEW ULM, $& '•el 3: sfrd MINNESOTA.