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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29
How About Your Legislature?

Are you putting in your very best
labor on the Legislative and Con-
gressional tickets? Gentlemen, re-
member that while the chances may
be against us on the State ticket,
owing to wretched partisanship and
Encouragement, the law-making
bodies are completely within your
grasp. If you fail to capture the
legislature there is no excuse.
Some men are always wanting 9th
ers to Jump into the breach and fill
the trench with dead men-but here
is the fort for you to capture. Do
not fail in individual personal work =?
Who is your District Candidate?
Does every man in your county
know who it Island know of him? If
not, hitch up your sorrel nag, and go
for that man. If he talks party" tell
him that there is no party in law
making! There is simply a cry for
justice and honor and preservation.
Ask him to vote for your candidate
for the legislature as favor, person
al favOr-as a favor to himself as
well. Ask him to try a granger leg
islature for once! Unite with your
neighbors in this work, and go visit
ing in groups! There is a wonderful
power in campaigning in groups |!
Did you know that?
When you talk with a number of
your friends do not parcel out your
work: "Well now, Bro. Smith, if you
will go and see Mr.. K, will go and
work with my friend KIP Do not do
that way. 1t is like committing ten
pages to memory by reading clean
through the whole, over and over
again, instead of committing as you
go along!
Go in groups. If six men get into
carryall, and go and see a man, and
the driver is the only man who says
a word, it is better. than the six men
going to see six different men and all
talking five miles apart. This is the
gospel of campaigning. There is a
cumulative power in numbers. But
don't let one man in the group do all
the talking though!
Work, gentlemen-see that glori-
GUS reformation takes place in the
State House!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29
A Lie Unparalleled In the History Of
Politics.

The Sunday Times, of Minneapolis,
published on the Oath one OF the
most libelous and Infamous false
hoods ever perpetrated on q news
paper in political history. 1t stated
that Mr.. Merriam not only started
the GREAT WEST, but held notes Civ
en- by DR.. Fish for the money used,
and that the paper was now for sale!
That corrupt bargain was entered
into, and that Mr.. Donnelly and DR..
Fish having failed to deliver the ALI
ance over to Merriam, the latter was
putting up the paper for sale, etc.,
etc.
There is not one single shadow of
truth in these statements
shadow upon which they are built.
Mr.. Merriam does not have note of
this paper, or of it's editor or it's bust
ness manager. The paper is abso-
lutely owned by them. It's outfit was
purchased by them with their own
money, and not one single cent is
owed to any man, living or dead,
on that outfit, or on the enormous
issues sent out through the state.
Mr.. Merriam is practically stranger
to the editor-we did not know him
by sight until months after the GREAT
WEST was established, nor was there
ever any friendship between us. DIR.
Frain came from Iowa, to take q
partnership interest, a total stranger
to every politician in the state, and
has never made any bargains with
any living soul in regard to any mat
ters connected with the GREAT WEST.
GREAT WEST is NOT FOR SALE.
1t is one of the most prosperous
plants in the state. 1t asks no ia
vors of politicians, nor any one else
not friend to reform and an enemy
to the plutocracy of the country. It
does not owe one cent and has no oc-
casion to SELL
Mr.. Merriam has no "notes' of the
GREAT WEST, and never did have
any-not a "note''-nor has any 9TH
er man.
[LATER.-The Times has published
denial of the statements above.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

Well, what is the Campaign boss
going to do about the Independent
Party name consisting of four words
when the Australian law refuses to
use but three! This is one of the lit
tie blunders, following the sad Con-
vention muss, which shows that the
men who are really running the party
are a lot of botches who care more
for drawing their $4,000 a year sal
airy than winning success!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

DR.. Fish will campaign in South
Dakota this week. from Aug. 28th to
Sept. 1. Thursday he will address
the citizens of Gary. Saturday,
Clear Lake, at the home of Pres't
Loucks. Sunday will visit in Water
town. South Dakota is afame, with
"a splendid Independent ticket, and
an upright party. 1t looks now as
though Mr.. Loucks would be the
next governor. The DIR. will be in
Otter Tail County the latter part of
next week.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29
1900 or 1.l617

The Farm Stock and Home, in it's
issue of Aug. 18TH, defends Lathrop.
the best it can. Will it explain the
following article which appears in it's
columns in the preceding issue, Aug.
LIST:
Organizing.-John Lathrop, secre-
tary OF the Minnesota State Alliance.
reports that there are now about
thirteen hundred subordinate ALI
ances in the state with an average
membership of thirty, and that since
Gne state convention the applications
daily for charters for new alliances
have materially increased.
Mr.. Lathrop accounted to the Fl
nance Committee of the Alliance for
the charter fees of but 1 ,161 sub-alli-
ances. Here is a difference of 139
sub-alliances, and at s.. 90 each this
amounts to $278.OO. Did Mr.. La
throp tell the truth to the Farm
Stock and Home, or to the Finance
Committee? If he lied to either. he
Is unit to hold the place of Secretary
any longer and should resign. The
plea OF ignorance will not avail for
ne must have known the number of
tne last sub-alliance chartered by
him. Which horn OF the dilemma
will F., S. & H. take?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

that a new party should give &C.
casion for such remarks so early in
it's history"
And stranger still that the farmers.
of all the men in the world, would
permit such awful frauds to go un-
whipped. Forty years ago they
would have arisen in a mighty
swarm, sent a turbulent convention
to the capital, and thrust the wretch
es from public work.
By the way, Bro. Enterprise, the
GREAT WEST does not claim to be
the official organ! We claim not to
be.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

We understand that the little
widgeon who edits the Glenwood
Herald, the man who bounced the al
liances of Pope county to please a
village ring, a man who gets along
easily without any principles '-has
spoken of Mr.. Donnelly and the edi-
tor of the G. w. as ''rascals." Well,
we are glad he has opinions, anyway.
The epithet is harmless-we are we'll
known in Pope County.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

Our Brother. J. R. Lowe, until now
editor of the Bijou Hills Times, So.
Dakota, and royalman, leaves the
Hills, taking his plant" with him,
and locates at Huron, So. Oak. He
enters a larger field, as he should do
with his unquestioned abilities and
that big palpitator under his vest.
Sometimes, so sympathetic he seems
over mans sad wants, we think he
hasn't any vest himself! But wheth-
er rich or poor, humanity has q
friend in editor Lowe.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29
Farmers Leader (Pipestone):

Farmers Leader (Pipestone):
Pioneer Alliance No. 1, of the Ma
tional Alliance and Industrial Union,
has received it's charter. This is the
only Alliance of the /. U. in the state,
but in a short time, it will be only
one of thousand. The order is
growing very rapidly in every state
Of the Union, and is destined to con-
troll the presidential election in 1892.
We want to shake hands with every
member of this ''initial number"
This paper is for the 81. u" every
day in the week, and knows well why
the whole state is not there now
May "Pioneer" bloom and flourish
forever.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29


We believe there are a great many
people in Minnesota and other por-
tions of the country who are better
off than they were, people who have
risen from poverty to comfortable
circumstances, and whose toll has
been literally rewarded. Some of these
people are still very disconnected and
if there are any rights, benefits or
profits withheld from them to which
they are justly entitled it is perfectly
natural that they should strive to OBJ
tain them but they should not forget
to be grateful for the blessings which
they now enjoy, nor allow ambition
for something better to disturb their
peace of mind. A good many people
would beglad to exchange situations
with them.
We know that the Hutchinson Lea
der editor means the above for just
presentation of the case. But we can
not see that it is. In this great coun-
try in which 81 billions OF dollars 81
times a thousand times thousand
times thousand dollars has been &C.
cumulated by fraud the laborer who
barely lives should not be grateful
nor express any gratitude. We say
this MAYNARD rather than Godward.
The fair estimate of false-bond ac-
emulation represents it at more than
Is billions. Two lines of commerce
figures up one-half Of these Is billions.
These 16 billions represent one thou
sand times thousand times thou
sand dollars every year paid by toll
ing men and women to support idle
men and women in luxury on false
and fraudulent securities.
The terrible showing of the GREAT
WEST, in which we furnished no
figures of our own, but solely those
OF Mr.. Pillsbury and the English
trade, in grain commerce, are them
selves enough to make q man shud-
der at the thought OF gratitude! It
cannot be said that these statements
were false-for they were derived
from the very man who issued his
$4,000 challenge to us with such
dramatic effect.
No, we do not think, under a
reasonable view of our country con-
dition, that the farmer should be
grateful. His prices are set for him
and gratitude would ascend direct
~ to the throne of the wheat ring.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

Mr.. Warren was not appointed in
the campaign committee at the sug-
gestion and endorsement of Mr.. Don
nelly. Mr. Phelps asked Mr.. D. if the
appointment OF Mr.. Warren would
be ''satisfactory" to him? As it was
very singular that such question
was asked of some one man, out of
twenty or more without any consul
tation of any kind-and aman whom
he was a stranger to-and one who
was under suspicion of changing his
attitude by arrangement-Mr. D.
simply replied, 1T makes no differ
ence to me-" We now understand
that Mr.. Warren offered the resolu-
ton in his alliance which instructed
for Donnelly. The matter is under
investigation.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

Saw, my friend, did it ever occur to
you why the party press is SO delight
ed with the alliance movement, while
so "warm" in their peculiar praises
OF "Donnelly and Fish ?" Didn't ?
What, never occur to you at all?
Well, now friends, just think of the
matter very coolly, and when you
get there let US hear the why!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29
The New York Central System.

1t is matter of some interest now
to know what the n Y. Central Rail
way System embraces. It's connec-
tions in interest practically extend
over the continent, and several lines
west from Chicago have material
combination Herewith. But the act
ual control and management of the
"Vanderbilt Roads" is as follows,
many lines being double and quad
ripple tracks:
New York to Albany, two lines,
Albany ter 8estoa~-one line and>
branches. Albany to Buffalo and
Niagara Falls, two lines and
branches.
Mich. Central and ''Great Western"
in Canada and branches.
Detroit to Mackinaw, northern
Michigan.
Detroit to Chicago, direct by Michi-
gan Central, via Toledo by "Mich.
Southern" and branches.
The great "South Shore line, Buf-
falo to Cleveland and Toledo.
Cleveland to Cincinnati to Logans-
port and Chicago and branches.
Gallon; Ohio, to Indianapolis and
st. Louis and branches.
The Chi. and Northwestern Rail-
way is controlled through stock,
7,785 miles.
The entire system embraces the
backbone of the railway interests of
the country. To drive the Knights
out OF their employ would strike or
ganizd labor terrible blow.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29
LEGISLATIVE TICKETS!
Send in Your Nominations, and Pre-
pare for Vigorous Campaign!

Send in Your Nominations, and Pre-
pare for q Vigorous Campaign!
Farmers, as you value your politi-
calrights, and appreciate yourpower,
get out into the field and work for
your legislative and congressional
tickets. Let this be the field of the
most energetic labor. Do not delay.
II you have but halliday to spare,
go and talk to your neighbors-
plan-urge-canvas-with an activ-
ity never known before! Send in the
names OF your nominees that we may
keep the list standing in this column.
Get an inspiration on you.
We have gathered from the press
the following names. Fill out the
column as speedily as possible:
DODGE COUNTY.
SENATOR.-Wm Edison.
REP.-Asa r. Greene.
ROCK. MURRAY, PIPEsToNE AND MOBILES.
SENAToR.-J. LaDue, for Rock,
Pipestone, and Murray and Mobiles.
REPR.-Patrick Gildea, Murray,
John Pemberton, Pipestone; N. Gus
lawson, Mobiles.
CHIPPEWA AND LAC QUI PARLE.
SEN.-Erick Erickson.
REPs.-John Mcguire, II. A. Wells,
O. M. Larson.
LINCOLN, LYON, YELLOW MEDICINE.
SEN.-Orrin Mott.
REPs.-C. Wilson and
REDWOOD.
REP.-T. D. Barber.
CARVER
SEN.-Jacob Truwe.
REP.-JOhn KOehnen.
Congress.
1st District-NO nomination.
I'd Gen. J. Fl. Baker.
Sd w. W. Gamble.
4th d" No nomination.
5th " -Kittle Halverson.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29
Double shot your guns, Doc!'

There is some grief manifested in
Scheffer circles because the GREAT
WEST don't enthuse. But while this
paper is advising farmers to vote the
Independent ticket the Daily News is
outrageously abusing Mr.. Donnelly.
Now, what kind of an organ is it that
seeks opportunity to down Mr.. Dom
nelly?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

That Gorgeous Campaign Commit
tee have requested the Alliance Secre-
taries to report to the Daily News,
of St. Paula bankers organ, and a
fraud. Fortunately but few OF them
do it. Albert Warren is Secretary Of
the Campaign Committee, and we
hear is doing everything he can to
advance Scheffer's paper.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29
A National Party.

There is a little doubt now but that
there will be National Party in the
field in 1892. There is a vast Hope in
this. If once the bankers and cor
porations are brought face to face
with the nations laborers there will
be small question as to the result.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

The GREAT WEST does not seem to
be going to decay very rapidly. It
has removed to larger and better
quarters, three blocks nearer the
Capitol, still on Wabasha Street, and
at this hour has eleven persons in
it's employ. But all the same among
all the papers OF the state it can
count but four that are really friend
ly. A multitude of party papers
stand by the alliance now (for week
or two), but they all fire their cul-
verins at Donnelly and the GREAT
WEST. Let 'em below! The great
throbbing heart of the poor man
and the toiler lies up against the G..
W., and draws hope and inspiration
during the battle hours that have
come upon us!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

An exchange says that Editor
Fish, of the GREAT WEST, is "a cuss. :"
What kind OF a cuss? Cuspidor? It
must be, every body seems to be try
ing to spit on him.-Benson Times.
Yes, it's a sort of vicarious punish
ment. The dirty rascals get all of
the good things, as usual, and the
GREAT WEST gets the 'tspit."
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

Our friend Mooney, in lively arti-
Gle in the Granite Falls Tribune, uses
the following quoted expression, as
if he used it:
"The GREAT WEST said that DON
nelly was beaten by labor votes not
counted by the teller
Now we beg Bro. NJ. to recognize
an error in that statement. The la
Dor votes did defeat Mr.. D. by being
counted Whereas they had no
right in the convention. They we're
SIS men put in there by an under
standing with the plutocrats Of St.
Paul-with the aid of Hall and La
throp- picked men for purpose
none of them with credentials.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29
Albert Lea ENTERPRISE:

1.-The GREAT WEST, which claims to
be the official organ of the farmers
alliance of the state, last week used
two or more pages of it's valuable
space to prove that 81 900 of the
funds of the state alliance had been
juggled or embezzled. 1t was also
bitter in it's denunciation of the pres
ent management and makes various
charges of corruption. 1t is strange
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

The Red Wing Advance says "Doc"
Fish is advocating the farmers in
terests only for his own interest,"
Well, what will you say of all party
papers? Are they advocating a
given line of public policy for their
own interest, or are they making un-
selfish sacrifices? What is the Ad-
vance published for?
Again, the Advance has been very
generous disputant-let it be gener-
GUS in dealing with "honor." That
paper knows well that when we put
up the money for this paper there
was no alliance in Minnesota. The
Labor Echo persisted with 600 sub
scribers.
Five thousand subscribers are
necessary to run paper and live
off it. Not a man in the state
would take such chances from a
pecuniary stand point. Nor could
we hope for Office" Nor have
we gone in with the political ring
when 81 900 and immense advertis-
ing and printing patronage has been
offered us in this Office! Now let the
Advance be just! Would we not
have done better, financially, to
stand in with the powers that be?
Do you think we could not part with
our slight influence with from ten to
fifteen thousand farmers for political
consideration, as well as those who
have done so before us? Is not the
journal graveyard full of dead labor
journals?
Be fair, gentlemen-even with so
radical a foe as the GREAT WEST!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

me farmers OF this state will be
told something one OF these DAVIS
cnat will make the air turn blue. Do
you see that handcuffed athlete there
L a ms way to the prison? WHY
don't he strike for freedom ? Racan:o
OF his bonds. oe'uoe
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

Two weeks ago the GREAT WEST
stated that we were approaching
crisis, and advised the farmer to
"keep some money in his stocking"
One week after that issue the whole
commercial world was shaken. The
papers kept remarkably quiet. Call
loans last week went up to 100 per
cent on the New York Exchange.
Money is still tight, but the wonder
full efforts of the government officials,
and the watchcare of the "Clearing
House" over the N. Y. banks averted
a crash. twenty-five years ago the
crash could not have been avoided
nor is the country safeyet. You bet
ter put wad in your stocking for a
few weeks anyway.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

Can Hall explain why Mr.. L. c.
Long, one of our truest men, was put
on the State Committee and then re-
moved? Or is that one of the mys-
teries locked in the 81, 900 breast of
Deacon HOdgsOn.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

The first alliance organized in Vel
low Medicine County was the elm
vincible," No. 219, formed on the
18th OF February, 1885. 1t now has
over SO members. Mr.. K. Claim,
Secy, wrote us these items full three
months ago, and the letter has just
1'turned up!"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29
For Treasurer,
ERICK MATHISON,
of Lac qui Parle County.
For Auditor,
P. H. RAHILLY,
of Wabasha County.
For Attorney General,
J. NJ. BURLINGAME,
of Hennepin County.
For Clerk Supreme Court,
F. w. KOHLARS,
of LIE Sue1r County.

Frank Barnum has bought out the
Sank Centre Avalanche. Frank is a
well. known think-producer, and he
will print it weth-ink-printers' ink.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

K. OIL, IN ST.. PAUL.-"As q La
Dor Organ the Daily News gets the
cake!"
GREAT WEsT.-''It does? HOw?'
KNIGHT OF LABOR.-"Gets the
stOmachake"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

The Advocate" of Pipestone, has
become the Farmers Leader" It
is a jewel among the state papers
for it stands squarely up to living
tissues.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

I'VE differed with you awhile in
cnat you aired the alliance men, but
now incline to think no wise editor
could do otherwise
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-29

The Independent State Ticket.
For Governor,
SYDNEY M. OWEN,
of Hennepin County.
For Lieut.. Governor,
J. O. BARRETT,
OF Traverse County.
For Secretary of State,
N. WESENBERG,
of st. Louis County.
For Treasurer,
ERICK MATHISON,
of Lac qui Parle County.
For Auditor,
P. H. RAHILLY,
OF Wabasha County.
For Attorney General,
J. NJ. BURLINGAME,
of Hennepin County.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-09-20

WtruIN the past four months and since
Wyoming has heen admitted, its capital,
the city of Cheyenne, has gained 1900
inhabitants several large business houses
and investment companies have located
there and it is estimated that over 81 ,0OO,-
600 worth of real estate has been pur-
chased there by eastern capitalists during
that period That's what statehood has
done for the capital OF Wyoming, and
that is what it ought to and will do for the
capital of New Mexico. This is gentle
hint to the citizens of the capital city. A
vote against the constitution means blow
and an injury to this city.