St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-11
WANT NO wATERED STOCK.
Mr.. DOnnelIy's Views of the Farm
ers TO the North and West.

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The Hon. Ignatius Donnelly was at the
Merchants yesterday on his way home from
Dakota and Western Minnesota, where he
has been making speeches to the Farmers
alliance. He said he found the crops very
poor in Dakota, especially in Brown coun-
ty, and pretty fair in Renville, Big Stone,
Traverse Stevens, Wilkin and Clay coun-
ties, in Minnesota. He did not think Da-
kota would average half a crop. He spoke
at Columbia, OAK, for two hours with
the thermometer at 106o in the shade.
The same morning at Ashton at 4 o'clock
it stood 100 .. Hail had done great dam
age in many places. The outlook was blue
for the future, he said. He had been met
by immense crowds of farmers. He found
them red-hot against the railroads and
watered stock. The alliance is Oh the
war-path and party lines will amount to
little this fall he thought. They are dis
posed to break loose from the Republican
party and cooperate with any party that
viii help them light the railroads.
If the Democratic party sends Kelly, Deran
anc Jim Hill TO back Seats" said the sage,
land takes strong ground against watered
stocks and wheat rings, a combined ticket can
be made of Democrats, alliance men and
workinemen that will sweep the state. But
IL the Democratic party remains in the hands
OF the railroad Influences, the alliance will in
dorSe the Republican state ticket, however
dista steful it may be,as the least of two evils;
the anti-monopolist Democrats will slough off
at the ballot box: and there is not county
in the state that the Hill Democracy would be
certain to carry. Neither platform nor can
didates Will avail to secure popular support if
1t is known that the railroads stand behind
and control the party.
Mr.. Donnelly had talked with hundreds
of alliance men from all parts Of
WESTERN MINNESOTA,
and he knew that this was their feeling;
many of them liked Mr.. Cleveland's course,
but they were anti-monopoly to the back
bone. The legislature beyond question
would represent these ideas and would
greatly reduce railroad rates. Their motto
was, as one man expressed it, millions
for interest on real capital, but not one
dollar for water" In answer to question
Mr. Donneliy said that the Farmers alliance
OF Dakota territory was spreading rapidly,
and they were fully as radical as the same
association in Minnesota. The two bodies
were cooperating. He had had consider
able correspondence with Mr.. Louks, the
president of the Territorial alliance, and
he thought it probable that when the Min
| neSota State alliance met at st. Paul in
January next, a joint committee of confer
ence would be appointed between the two
bodies.
1t was also proposed that the two
| legislatures of Minnesota and Dakota
should appoint committees of conference
SOFAS to act together on railroad matters,
and thus insure uniform rates on through
| freights. The Dakota Territorial alliance
at its recent session, July Z, at Aberdeen,
resolved in favor of reducing rates on lail-
road freights in the territory; and they
would have large political influence: anC
unless the Democratic party of the territory
repulsed their advances, and drove them
back into the Republican ranks they might
by united action, convert even that strongly
Republican territory
Mr.. Donnelly left for home at O'Clock
last night.