St. Paul daily globe., 1890-08-08
An Alliance Man Solves the
Problem of Donnelly's
Gyrations.
The Governor Must Come
Down or the Sage Will
Be for Owen.
Meetings of the Executive
and Campaign Commit
tees of the Farmers.
Hon. Henry Poehler May Be
Nominated for Congress
Against Lind.
How DonnelIy does sauirm!

How Donnelly does Squlrm!
Ever since the last annual meeting of
the Farmers Alliance those on the in
side Of the affairs of that organization
have been aware that the sage's plans
were considerably disconnected by the
election of MeSSrS. Hall and Lathrop as
president and secretary instead of the
''boss Hopper" and DR.. E. W. Fish. Of
course everybody knew that more than
year ago MIR. Donnelly started out to
deliver the farmers of the state to Gov.
Merriam. This scheme came to most
ignominiOus end when MIR. DOnnelly
was defeated by President Hall. The
most elaborate preparations had been
made to elect Donnelly and Fish, and
even indorse the administration OF the
present governor, if it was deemed ad-
visable. Mr.. Donnelly had gone so far
as to write splendid farmers speech
for Mr.. Merriam and the latter
had kindly furnished the money
needed to pack the convention
with the representatives of alliances
long since dead and buried. Ere this,
however, the governors cash had estab-
liShed farmers organ in st. Paul, and
everything seemed to be fixed in Mer-
riam'S interests.
But, alas, for the willy Sage of Ninin-
ger. The farmers refused to follow his
lead, and his work for more than year
fell flat. The governor kicked and Don
nelly was more than miserable. lie re-
tired to Nininger, and finally evolved
the magnificent scheme of capturing
the alliance nomination for governor,
with the idea of again dropping it at the
proper time and turning in for Merriam.
With this idea new alliances were Or
ganiZed everywhere by himself, doc"
Fish, Miss Mcdonald and others, and
wherever he or his partner appeared on
the stump the regularly elected alliance
officers were roasted" to turn. The
methods and means which had been en-
ployed by Donnelly to secure his
election as president of the Or
ganization were freely charged
up to Messrs. Hall, Atwood, Hixon,
Canning and Baker. The best proof of
this assertion is found in the glib way
in which these charges were detailed
by both Fish and Donnelly, as only
men who were ''in'' with such schemes
could possibly have so intimate an ac-
quaintance with the ways and the
means OF packing convention.
But the worst charge is yet to come.
1t was made yesterday by one OF the
state, who said:
"The fact is, Donnelly is now playing
a desperate game. The governor has
recently learned that. although Donnel-
ly had promised to work" the Alll-
ance in his interests, his ambitions
were too much for him. When the sage
came to st. Paul in July and saw and
realized the strength of the Alliance
movement ne was carried away. He
forgot all about Merriam, and was
ready to throw him and everybody
else overheard, if by so doing he could
obtain the coveted position for himself.
This was brought to the attention of
the governor, with the result that the
rations regularly supplied the Donnely
organ for nearly year were cut off.
and the pleasant and intimate relations
previously existing between the sage
and his eXcellency were abruptly sew
cred. This explains the peculiar course
of Donnelly, Fish and the Great West.
They are hacking at the Alliance. yet
pretending to support It's ticket. The
simple fact is, they're trying to play the
governor for big money. They are try
ing to make him and his managers be-
lieve that the Great West is a power
among the farmers, and that, therefore,
its support is worth something. This
Chairman Heatwole and the governor
decline to believe. Meanwhile the
merry war goes on week after week.
1t is now simply matter of cash. If
the governor will put up the cash de-
manded the Great West will either con-
tinue its present guerilla mode of fight
ing or come out openly for Gov. Merri
am. If the head of the Republican state
ticket declines to be bled, the Great
West may finally support the Alliance
ticket"
Futher confirmation of this story can
be found in an interview published in
the st. Paul evening Merriam organ of
Yesterday, in which the sage states that
a detailed report' OF Secretary John
LathrOp's expenses will be published
in the Great West. For specimen of
the monumental littleneSSeS to which
the famous disciple of Bacon is able to
descend, the following interview is COM
mended to the reader.
II am not here,'' said Donnelly. ''to make
trouble. 1 simply want to see things con-
Quoted III buslnessl1ke manner. We have
constitution, but Mr.. Lathrop has not
acted in accordance with one of its pro-
visions He should have given monthly re-
ports but he never did So, although he had
money in his pocket when attending our
..
ury some of the members of our committee
had to borrow monev to get home. He has
about lost his head in this excitement, and
has been spending money without Keeping
much account OF 1t. Some wlre..puilers made
him believe that he would receive the nomi-
nation for congressman i'll the Second dis
trict, and he has been running around that
part OF the country and imagines that he has
become the party dictator A detailed report
of his expenses win be given in the Great
West
A better example still of this trait of
the sage's nature is found in the follow
ing interview in which his identity is
concealed under the convenient title Of
''An Alliance Man,"
This bungling carelessness shown by Sec-
retary Lathrop in keeping his books, and
this indiscriminate charging the Alliance
with his expenses, Will end In breaking up
the executive committee said an Alliance
man this morning. "Think of Lathrop hav-
ing $3.50 expenses for running his office at
his own home in Dawson. 1t is absurd. Ac-
cording to his own accounts he is Sl12 in
the hole. and President Hall had to indorse
his note. i know that the Great West will
have our expose of it all next week, and will
show that he is over $500 behind. That pa
per has had a detective after him and he
didn't know OF it. Mr.. Lathrop has not ac-
counted for the charter fees received from
alliances He has told US that we
had passed the 1900 point, but he can only |
show that 1, l6l alliances have been organ
lied. The alliances of the state will be called |
upon to verify their accounts with the secre-
tary. The constitution calls for monthly |
report and the turning over of all moneys, |
but this has not been done once. | tell you |
that the majority OF the members OF the ex- |
ecutive committee are disgusted with this |
kind of work and will have nothing to do |
with the committee unless the secretary can |
bolster himself up and do better
.'This is where Lathrop has been spending
the money: As guy he has been promised