Show I 1 I 1 I 1 MINNESOTA FOR GOLO GOLD r i democratic conventions ex I 1 elicit words I 1 1 I 1 NO 16 TO I 1 SILVER FOR THEM I 1 but the gold gola hard right it was Is a bu buss s putnum outnumbered bared the Silve rites ind and carried the day with IL a hu hurrah arah populist Clairm chairman sin breidenthal I 1 believes his bis party would support I 1 a democratic silver candidate for president if he were the right kind of a anu st paul cirill june II 11 As a decided dramatic c close lose to lo the most exciting democratic 1 state convention held in minnesota for many beals michael doran for or a bacote of years the political la latiker and national commit lieman finan tn from tills state late today defeated every move of those who sought to lirine bring about bis big defeat winning not only in the passage of 0 a gold platform acu but also in III being chosen by a largo large vote to lead the minnesota 1 delegation ion at it chicago after winning the third light fight ol of the day and by a vote of 0 to 10 2 being p placed need ut at uie the head bead of 0 the mr doran took the floor and denied several sensational chames that had bad been made against him during durine the day atter after a sp uplifted lifted de defiance flance or 0 its his enemies la in tho the convention he be berged begg red to be allowed to retire from the delegation and asked that av W lan lalar ter ot of st paul be named in his stead there alore v we N vigorous pro ush from tile the co contention hut bill ills his request was waa granted and mr doran dora n gracefully pace tully retired lifter arter winning one of oc the hardest lights of 0 his life the chief light fight waa on tile question ot of silver but we the light on oil national michael domn dolan was well to lo the front P a winston nominated IB 31 13 chaplain tta ILI the silver candidate for or temporary chairman 13 W durrant nominated 0 SI hall as the gold candidate doran dora seconding the nomination of 0 hall explained that ilia alio vote on temporary chairman was Is a les test t of the gold find and silver strength halt hall received 4 51 1 votes of ah 44 and the convention went wlm wild the motion of P R winston Wl a free silver delegate to make the nomination unanimous w was as declared carried although a big nega live vote was given it was waa nearly 1 4 when the con lendon got to real work in the afternoon there were two reports from the platform committee eight of th tho committeemen mitte emen favor favoring ing a gold eold stand standard ard plank find and six rc a plat platform forn anade up ot of selections fro frami the no na democratic platforms of 0 1992 ISSI isia and and favoring freo free silver coinage o at a 18 16 to I 1 ratio 01 0 1 a motion to substitute the to rol 1 lor for the majority report the tha silver forces were defeated the lite vote be bi ing ma 2 13 to the third hard light was on tho the first det del gato at large lai ge or chairman of the delegation deleff atlon tho the opponents of doran selected ex cengr congress 82 man 0 M hall us as the roost most likely man to defeat the old leader and the vote veto resulted dolan hall in the delegates at al large are D vt lawler P 13 winston inston vr Chaunc cy baxter and logan breckinridge FINANCIAL PLANK the financial plank that was adopted la Is as follows we W are re in favor of tho the present irola standard n lord of value we favor the use UBO of b both thaid and silver is as money and belleve believe that our our government conerd khoo khouli coin and kerp keep in circulation an ail a part ot of tho the medium as large sit ail amount of silver as can ho he employed destroying or threatening to UP do stray the existing parity of value begun the unit in ROII gold anti and tho the unit in silver wo are to a descent to I 1 min in a and to a sliver mono sm with its li de depreciated recia ted and dc prec lating standard of values s wo tire arn firmly r convinced b that tho the free und ind un on 1 1 ai b n 0 of f sliver silver by our govern ir irani nt at a r a t t cor it of 16 to 1 without cooperation on the part of tho the other great commercial nations of 0 tho the world would reduce this country to a condition of 0 sll sit vrr entailing upon us ua a financial panic ant and commercial and industrial du allster wo we are anro utterly and irrevocably opposed to the adoption of 0 any uch such policy |