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Show TSts news of his nomination hy the Minn- 1 sou Democracy was received here i Mr. Llnd was asked If he Intended i to accept the nomination, if tendered He slated that ho hod not determined whH ner ho would or not. and that ho would not decide the matter for som time, probably not until after tho con- ; elusion of his Alaska trip The Impression Im-pression Mr. Lind gave was that be I would make very effort to Induce his 1 party to substitute some one In his 1 place to head the ticket Nomine teLind; Platform Dcplcrcs Weakness of Taft MINNEAPOLIS. July Democratic Demo-cratic storm signals which were flying when the state Democratic convention met here today were torn to shreds by the tempest of feeling which was let loose late this afternoon over tho nomination of John Llnd for governor and the attempt to introduce a direct resolution in the party platform favoring favor-ing county option. For more than three hours up to the very minute when the motion to adjourn ad-journ was carried there was no let up to tho scene of disorder except for a few miimenis when tho chairman made himself heard after terrific pounding with a piece of two by four sca.ntllng, which he used as a gavel. The ticket named is: For Governor John Llnd .of Minneapolis. Minne-apolis. For Secretary of State Fred Johnson John-son of . New I?lm. Clerk of Supreme Court Fred F. Wheaton. Minneapolis. Attorney General J. M. Freeman. Olivia. State Treasurer Charles F. Lander. Lan-der. St Cloud. Railroad and Warehouse CommissionerJames Commis-sionerJames C. Tracey. Rochester. State Auditor T. J. Meaghan, Albert Al-bert Lea Justices of Supreme Court T. J O'Brien. St- Paul; A. W. Snow, Winona; Wino-na; Phillip E. Brown of Luverne; Cal-.ln Cal-.ln L. Brown of Morris Mutterlugs of the trouble were heard early In the day and an unusual condition con-dition existed Tho delegates were unanimous In declaring that Jjhn Lind wa3 one of tho best Demo.rats in Minnesota. They were r-11 his friends, but divided into two faction. One declared that Lind must be nominated nom-inated despite his refusals to ho a caudldate. and his final flat deelara tion. In a telegTam from Portland, Ore., yesterday that he would not accept ac-cept the nomination If made; the other oth-er argued that Llnd had been governor gov-ernor of Minnesota and hod nothing to gain by the nomination and that he wai of snfllclent Importance to have bis wishes heeded by the convention. con-vention. The latter faction argued and shook fists at the chairman and at the other side, while these who were bent on nominating Llnd howled, hissed and completely blocked the proceedings until by sheer force of noise and enthusiasm they w-on their point and secured the nomination Even then the friends opposed to the nomination took advantage of a motion to make Ihe nomination to argue. They wnjited an opportunity to submit sub-mit the nomination to Mr Llnd by telegraph and await his answer; to take a recess nntll S o'clock toDlght If n(ice.ssary, but this failed and finally the nomination was made unanimous j and the convention adjourned at C.:33 j P m. Other nominations were made : by acclamation On the metter of resolutions there i Ti-9 3 Tr rontentlon eTcent for a Blank on county option. The anti-county op-tionlsts op-tionlsts were in tho majority In tho convention on resolutions. This committee com-mittee heard the resolutions offered by the couuty . optlonlsta and then voted them down and Inserted a plank declaring for the Initiative and referendum, refer-endum, which the committee declared would answer the same purpose. On the other resolutions In the platform plat-form there was no fight On national Issues the platform says: We deplore de-plore the weakness and timidity of President Taft, who with his campaign cam-paign promises still fresh, but dominated dom-inated by the predatory Interests, weakly failed to use the tremendous force "to his high office to force a recreant rec-reant congressional majority to do Its duty in reforming tho tariff. "No subsequent effort to fulfill party par-ty promises can atone for this supreme su-preme failure to restore public coufl-dence. coufl-dence. "We condemn the national administration adminis-tration for its Initial effort to prevent the conservation of natural resources and have nothing but contempt for Its Insincere efforts to appear t- support conservation after public disapproval i of Its course manifested. "We condemn the retention of Richard Rich-ard A. Palllnicr a secretary of the In- terlor. after the exposure of his meth- I ods of conducting the nffalrs of that ofn.ee relating to conservation and de- j clare It to he a national flcandal. "We deplore the disehargo of Glf-ford Glf-ford Pinchot from the office of chief forester as a national crime. "The Democrats of Minnesota commend com-mend tho Republican Insurgents of Minnesota for their vote on the Payne tariff bill- "We strongly commend the course of Winflcld Scott Hammond, tho Dem orratlc representative of Minnesota congress and urge the people of his district to re-elect him "We demand the election of United Slates senators by direct vote of the people." A resolution 'favoring, additional laws protecting women wage earners and several other state Issues of minor min-or importance wero included In tho platform. " ' L nd Going to Alaska. PORTLAND. ORE.. July CS Former For-mer Governor John Lind of Minnesota Wt Portland today for Pucct Sound and Alaska. He departed before the |