Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
The President has signed the bill
rspealing the increase Of salary bill.


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10 = . 0oo0eA o. The NoeerlDa
% oll PoTties.
Ths Chicago Tssss, emo Of the or.
ssas Of tAs eosSlo.sr.ts party Of odd
and ends which calls itself "Rsform,'
be- . letter from Sc. Paul, in which il
"Refosn' correspondent goes for 1gna.
tiu IN The following style:
'PuTRID a1MIN1scENIs."
Just now Minnesota politics are cha
otie. The political revolution achieved
In Wsoonsin, Iowa and Illinois, through
the agency Of the fsrmers' movement,
and the near approach to . like result
in this State, has badly demoralized
both the old parties, and there il scarce
y . doubt that this decentralization
vosld result il the entire disruption Of
one, IT not both, and the formation Of
9 new party, With the tsnen,s Of tho
frDses' movement - tho corner stone.
wsss il ao< for . fw "putrid rsmiuis-
esaes' ehat have fastened themselves
upon il, and By Il have been tsupora.
rily boosted into power. Chief, in this
respect, 10 1gnatius Donnelly, "the geu.
ue0ao from Dakota" in tho Senate.
Ever sinoe he broke With the Republic
can party, not because Of it, corruption,
but because
HI COULD NOT RULE II.
md ne It for biz own .ggranlissm,ot,
he bee been e~ndeavoring 70 unite him.
oelf With some movement by which no
could secure q share Of tho Official pap.
Thas b led Of in the Greeley move
uset in this State, aad BY it, forward
seos and pertinseity in pushing him.
eli and biz claims to The front, did
more than al other oauses combined to
create dist.,st, and finally to bring
about the dis6raeefal defeae which
ovsswhslusd It.
Then came the .irmsrs' movement.
and straightway be united with his 10.
al grange aud became one Of it, chief
mouth-pieoes. Protssts went up from
every nook and corner of tho State
agsihet allowing the order to b thus
ehampioned, but his
INToLERABLE 1NPuDENoE,
and brszen sfrontery carried the day,
and when. tho Owatonna convention
met It NJ % manipulated a. 70 be but
the mouth-pises Of I. Donnelly. An
tisipat;ag defeat for the ticket to be
nominated, 10 caused to be ct up, with
one or two sxoeptions, . lot Of mere
lgurs-heads to b knocked down, At the
same time, pompously announcing that
he wanted no odios in tho gift Of the
people, but rather desired to be 4 hum
Bio worker in The ranks in the great
battle agaiasttAs hy~dra-hsaded monster
Of monopoly. This sounded veil, and
some Of those Who had before d~istrust.
q hin begaa 70 change their tooe" and
70 spe:t in P.ais. Of the great work hs
NJ doing "for the cause" Here va
DoNNELL1's OPPORTUNITY.
Onee more he had succeeded in "closipp
the eyes" Of The dear people, AID bis
personal following in his own county
WAS ct at work fixing up the slate for
seeding him to the State Senate. So
veil were things fixed that hs VA NOM
inassd frst BY the anti.monopolists,
then By . democratic convention With
. constituency At it, back Of At least
1900 majority, and 1sally to reader
BIZ s1eet;oe sszs .bsyosd = question, the
Rspablisaa soavsation put up = gran
gsr wbo subsequently, refused 70 be =
candidate, and continued his refusal up
70 the day Of election. Once in biz
seat IL the Senate tho Inherent dems-
goGuery Of the man began to show it.
'sslf Il hes been I. Dounelly first,
last and oil the time. Some of the
measures he has brought forward
and advocated we're good in themselves,
but biz mode OF presenting his views,
and biz evident determination that ali
should
sIRvB TO BLOW TaH HORN -
Of I. Doonelly, aud of I. Donnelly
only, Of tho rsformers, has dsgusted
not only bis assoeiates, reformers and
Republicans, but the people Of the
State generally, and hss materia ally iu-
jured the cause Of the anti .mouopolists.
The writer goes on to disuse the po-
litioal probabilities of tho future from
The Democratic point Of view, and CON-
eludss - follsWs:
:Donnslly aud his ilk must be forced
70 take back seats. These mon have
become
sT1kcH IN TIE NosTR11s
Of the best men Of all parties in the
State, end tho very suspicion that any
political movement i being ehsmpioaed
BY them, il the loss Of thouseods Of
votes. They arc politically dead be
yond the hope Of resurrection. Will
The pruning knife b applied, aad
these dead ~exoressnees Topped Of and
their esroasses assigned to the oblivion
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