St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-12
Believing FOR BILL.
The Sage of Nininger Dis
cards Dead Bacon for
Quick Merriam.
Legislative Districts Alone
viii Attract Attention Of
Eric 0lson's Party.
Disciples Of Knox and Calvin
Convene to Discuss
Church Topics.
Gleanings From ALI Sources
Condensed Into Readable
Shape.

That Mr.. Donnelly should come out
! and announce himself as a Merriam
man, and, Furthermore, state that he
would take the stump in favor of that
| gentleman, was expected. Since his
nomination at the hands of the Peoples
party of Dakota county his political
/ future was assured. In spite of the
| fact that he has repeatedly stated
| that he could pledge himself to
| support no gubernatOrial candidate,
| his utilization with the Merriam
cause was a foregone conclusion.
Mr.. Donnelly looked the picture of con-
tentment as he sat in the reading room
of the Merchants last evening. He was
| in a talkative mood, however, and in
response to questioning as to his per-
! Sonal feelings over the withdrawal Of
| the ticket, stated that he was in some
| respects sorry that the committee had
concluded to withdraw their claims.
And yet recognize the necessity for such
action" he continued; for the party had
neither speakers. money, nor organization.
| They would have been compelled to print
thousands of different kinds of tickets, for
every city, town and county in the state, and
to secure working committee in every voting
precinct. to take charge of these tickets on
election dav. There were some counties
where the Farm and Labor party was we'll
organized, but in many others they had
no organization. 1t would be fatal
10 any future attempt to carry the
an insignificant vote, and this would GER
tainly have been the result under the present
circumstances. Their case was so plainly
| hopeless that their own friends would not
/ Sra and nv do raClxrn "a H.
vass of the STATE at my own expense but one
man could not cover a great state like
| Minnesota; especially In the face of the
Democratic and Republican parties, with
plenty of money and hundreds of speakers.
1t was like splitting against Niagara. II was
better, the committee Indicted, to post
pone their battle until another day, and in
the meantime try to secure all the members
they could in the legislature, and thus obtain
the reforms they sought
In answer to a question, the sage said that
| he should continue his canvass of the stale,
making speeches similar to those he had
been making, and trying to help the legisla-
tive tickets of the Farm and Labor party,
wherever he could.
Who will you support for governor, Mr..
Donnelly:'
Being out of the field myself, would. of
course, be expected TO vote for
EITHER MERRIAM, WILSON OR HARRISON.
While have not one word TO say against
MIR. Wilson or Mr.. Harrison, for both are
honorable and able men. my preference is for
Mr.. Merriam, and l shall support him. When
l met Mr.. Merriam at the opening of the last
session of the Legislature, l am free TO con-
fesS. ] had some prejudices against him. [
looked upon him as millionaire banker, who
had 10 Interests in common with the far
mers and working men. and whose affilia-
tons would probably be with the railroad
corporations But the Farmers Alliance eX-
ecutiye committee decided to support Mr..
Merriam for speaker; and ! must say he
could not have treated the farmers and la
borerS better II he had been one of them
selves In the face of great opposition from
the railroad companies he made me chair
man of the important committee on railroads,
aud some of the railroad men have not for
! gwen nm TO this day. lie gave the Farmers
Alliance nine men ont of thirteen on that
committee. and the best places on all the
other committees. And whenever any ques-
ton arose, at any time during the session,
where the interests of the peo-
pie FLASHED with the interests of the
monopolies and corporations he took the
side of the people. Although a banker, and
making his money by lending money, he
came down on the floor of the house and
made a speech in favor of my bill to reduce
interest on money from ten to eight per cent
He is a clear-headed. liberal hearted man,
and. if elected, will make one of the best
governors Minnesota has ever had As he
stood by me in that fight, l shall stand by
him in this. / could not do otherwise. But,
i'll doing so | shall say nothing abusive, or
insulting of the Democrats. / have too
many friends among them, and have received
too many kindnesses at their hands
do So do not think denun-
citation and abuse help any party. am glad
to see that this campaign is being conducted
without the violence and vituperation which
disgraces politics in some other portions of
the Union. l cannot remember a single I'M
kind word that has yet been uttered by the
Republican press against Mr.. Wilson. This
is as it should be-
How will the Farm and Labor party
vote?'
81 cannot say. l can speak for no one but
myself. The members of the party think for
themselves; some will vote for Mr.. Merriam
some for Mr.. Wilson and some for Mr.. Har-
rison. No man owns or can control the
Farm and Labor vote. There is talk of put
ting up
ANOTHER FARM AND LABOR TICKET
| 50 that those who are not satisfied with the
candidates of the other parties have a chance
to express their preferences. l cannot even
guess who will profit most by my withdraw
al; in the cities it will help Mr.. Wilson. in the
country Mr.. Merriam.
Il shall make a few speeches and talk to
the people about watered stock, usury and
trusts. and say a few kind words for Mr..
Merriam. ] expect to make several speeches
in my own county, where I am a candidate
for the house."
You are on both tickets. I believer
Il don't know about that / have the
honor to be on the peoples ticket-there is
no Republican county ticket-and the Demo-
Gratis did me the honor also to NOM
mate me by a vote of Sc to II
! The convention then practically adj
journed by resolving itself into groups to
nominate county commissioners for some of
the commissioner districts, and a majority of
the members went home. A 'rump parlia-
ment of sixteen, upon motion of a gentle
man who had not voted for me- and there
fore had no right to make the motion, moved
to reconsider my nomination, which nomina-
ton was not a motion but an official act, and
not capable of being reconsidered; and Mr..
| Aiken was nominatedby reclamation instead
| of ballot, by, | understand. twelve votes to
| one. ] was not within 100 miles of the con-
venton, and therefore speak from hearsay.
| don't know whether l have one nomination
| a two or one and half Only a member of
| the Farm and Labor party could find himself
| in such Il complicated position. am think
| ing of calling that one member OF the 'rump
| parliament together again who voted
! against Aiken. and getting him to re-
! consider Aiken's nomination and put some
one else on in his place. Then Aiken and
| could ride together on the Democratic horse
! back to back, and the third fellow could
| hang on by the tail We would go through
| the county illustrating that new wrinkle in
| politics. invented in Dakota county, of re-
| considering nominations! And by the way,
| / would warn Cleveland 10 look out for
Aiken, for if he gets to aching for the presi-
deney, it is not too late yet to reconsider the
nomination AT St. Louis, and lay Grover out,
hors du combat We have an aching void in
Dakota county that must be filed