St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-19
TALKS wlTHsTRAyELERs.
what the Hotel Guests Are Talking
About.

George W. Sprague, the president of the
Minnesota Farmers Alliance and a farm
owner in Fillmore county, was in the city
yesterday. He said that the alliance was in
creasing in numbers and influence all the
time, and its non-interference in state poll
tics was proving great step in its favor. He
gave it out that the policy about decided on
was not to conduct state campaign as an
organization, but to encourage the members
throughout the state to secure pledges from
the nominees for the legislature on each OF
the tickets, to the end that they would not be
unfflendly to legislation on behalf of the
farmers. In this way, he said, the legislature
would be secured and the alliance would not
be placed in false position or in the light Of
a political organization.
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The legislation to be presented in the in
terests Of the farmers, he said, had not been
mapped out and no one could tell exactly
what it would be- In general way, how
ever, he thought it would comprise needed
legislation on the state abroad laws respect
ing standard OF transportation charges and
its application to long and short hauls; more
stringent laws against the manufacture and
sale of bogus butter, and other reforms Of q
general and beneficial character. The legis-
lature in session. he said that the alliance
would have lobby in attendance and the
members of the lobby would be empowered
and prepared to put forward such bills as
were desired.
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Referring to the recent published address
of the alliance, which by Inference attacks
Lieut.. Gov Gilman, he said that the address
as published bad been changed in one very
important particular and that was the inter-
polation of the word again. which gave the
sentiment anent the conduct of the alliance
in case the lieutenant governor was unfriendly
to it, retroactive character that was not in
executive committee, who got up the address,
or in keeping with the copy as made by the
secretary. He had no doubt. he said,
that the word "again" was injected into the
report by some person who was unfriendly to
the candidacy of Gov. Gilman and took such
an opportunity to show his spite and to boom
some other candidate. The address, he said,
had been stolen and was first published in the
Fergus Falls Journal and was copied from
that paper into the st. Paul dailies. 1t was
not the complete address, he intimated, but
only part of it, the person stealing it being
unable to get the whole and made Off with
what he could get. Mr.. Sprague insinuated
that the members of the alliance were not op-
posed to Gov. Gilman, as they felt kindly
toward him for his action at the last session
in breaking the deadlock on the alliance rail-
road bill and securing its passage. The
speaker at q loss to know who gave the
address to the Fergus Falls paper and who
inserted the word again in the report. He
said that he proposed to make a diligent
search for the party and intended to publish
him when discovered.
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Dr. Guernon, the collector of customs at St.
Vincent. in the city yesterday, said that he
was more interested in the making out of his
report closing up the accounts of the Of
fee for the present fiscal year than in rumors
explaining, why his appointment had not been
confirmed by the United States senate. He
knew nothing about the latter, but was posted
on the former.
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E. Brookwalter, the ex-oollector of customs
at st: Vincent, and now prosperous farmer
in Blue Earth county, was guest at a local
hotel. He figures as the state representative
to all the National and interstate farmers
alliances that have been held during the past
year and has recently been appointed by the
governor to attend the coming National gath
erinlr Of TINT chara cter