The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-06
The Soft pated Freak Breaks
out Of the Museum.


RenviIle County the Seat Of the Disease.
The editor of the Hector Mirror, in
Renville County, publishes half-col-
umn of advice to farmers on how to |
run alliances. He says the alliances
would be useful if they spent their
time in
Debating their experiences as to
the uses and benefits of the various
agricultural machines and imple-
ments manufactured for performing
labor, by pooling their funds and buy
ing books on chemistry and agricul-
ture listening to the most
advanced thinkers, and men skilled
on agricultural subjects, such as soil,
and manures etc., ETC.,
ad nauseam, stomachakeyam-'and
grow richer in honestly earned
wealth."
The whole article is soft and silly. He
proposes to vanquish elevator COM
bines by hauling manure and prun-
ing gooseberries. While the world is
agog over the stride OF plutocracy,
this hen-rooster is analyzing manure
in the barnyard. The Lowrys, jim
ills, Washburns, ct AL, have run their
ducats into poor mould if they fill
up this mans Uranium! The farmers
are robbed of a good ten million dol
lars every year-and this dupe of his
own nothingnese tells them the REM
edy lies in the manufacture of better
manure wherein honest wealth lies
Then this scamp continues:
"Ignatius Donnelly's life is too we'll
read, and his smooth tongued orato-
ry too often heard, as he blows and
talks and makes speeches and pledg-
es, proven false in theory and prac-
tice and broken as soon as made, for
the honest, confding farmers even to
gain pure patriotic, liberty loving
party-if such be their Intentions
by engaging such a notorious turn
coat, and ndall-things-to-all-parties-for-
the-sake-of-offic man, as their cham
piOn and mouthpiece has proved
himself so on for half a mile.
No ties other than common labor
in a common field call for a notice of
this stuff. Mr.. Donnelly's political
history will take care of itself. The
dirty hogwash Of the entire half-col-
umn leads us to notice two matters ::
First, the vile subserviency to party
which this servile editor teaches. He
puts love of country and humanity,
and political conscience, under the
lash Of a traitorous partizanship of
the most odious nature. He speaks
the voice Of a political lecher and the
howl OF demagage!
Secondly, as to the 'turncoat." We
do not ask Mr.. DIS countenance to
call the animal by the name upon his
collar. His misrepresentation of the
alliance bespeaks the knave-his mis-
representation of the alliance work
ers bespeaks the fool. If there is
anything in English or Greek which
means more will some linguist please
loan us his lexicon.
Ignatius Donnelly never was nomi-
mated for an Office in this State by
the democratic party.
To be a democrat is no dishonor
Indeed, we seriously doubt if the dis
credit isn't parcelled out in ''Blocks
of Five and ''Trusts-are-private-
affairs!'' But Mr.. Donnelly never
was nominated for an office by a
democratic convention, provided
there is any difference between an en-
dorsement and a nomination!
In 1878 Mr.. Donnelly was nominat-
ed for Congress against w. D. Wash
burn-by Labor party and Peoples
and Alliance conventions, which was
practically an overwhelming can
didacy OF the republican party in it's
revolt against Plutocracy. And Mr..
D. was elected.
In 1884 Mr.. D. was nominated for
Congress against Strait by a bolt
ing convention. He was endorsed
by the Alliance convention. Then
the democratic convention endorsed
J him-that is, part of them did. The
others ''bolted." Now we have un-
derstoOd that President Cleveland
absolutely refused to consider Mr.. D.
a democrat when he was quoted to
him as a democratic candidate.
I Mr.. Donnelly has the fair record
of standing for the people, and with
them, against powerful political and
commercial enemies. He has never
. wavered a moment as far as we know