St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-09
He, Like owen, Will Circulate
a Petition Among the
People.
Two Thousand Signers Will
Make Him a Candidate for
Governor.
Judge Baxter, Of Fergus Falls,
Is a Candidate for No
Office.
"Tim" Byrnes May Be Added
to the Alliance Finance
Committee.

And now Ignatius DOnnelly proposes
to become candidate for governor. and
will seek to place himself OH the same
basis before the people OF the state as
S. M. Owen, the nominee of the Alli-
ance.
But how will he get his name before
the voters?
Easily enough, and by the same proc
ess that must be gone through by the
Alliance people to comply with the
directions of the Australian election
law passed at the last session of the
legislature. Owing to the fact that the
Alliance party received no votes at the
election of 1888. there is but one way by
law for the ticket nominated on July Il
to secure place on the official ballot.
and this is by securing the signatures OF
2,0O0 legal electors of the state. in con.
formity with the following provision OF
the election law:
The certificate of nomination of O candi-
date selected otherwise than by convention
of delegates shall be signed by electors resi-
cent within the district or political division
from which the candidate is presented, to q
number equal to one (D per cent OF the ell
tire vote cast at the last preceding election IN
the state, county or other political division or
district from which the nomination is made
provided, however, that the number of sigma
lures required in the case of any state officer
shall not exceed two thousand (2,O0O.
The certificates of nomination previ-
Ously filed by the officers of the Alliance
with Auditor Braden have already been
withdrawn, and the canvass for the
requisite 1900 signatures will at once
be commenced. Of course this is really
a mere matter of form, as the nominees
of the party were all named by the con-
vention, and the petition will be circu-
lated in the interest of all the candi-
dates from Mr.. Owen down to F. w.
Kolars. the nominee for clerk OF the
supreme court. Small, however, as is
this loophOle, it is to be seized by Don
nelly and FiSh in their efforts towreck
the party they could not manipulate.
Here is their plan as outlined by one on
the inside:
''Just as soon as the Alliance commit
tee starts out to secure the 1000 signers
required by the law to place Owen and
the others on the official ticket" said a
gentleman who is thoroughly up in the
schemes of Donnelly and the Great
West, - Doc Fish will start out agents
with petition in Donneily's interest.
The Sage will be placed OIL the ticket,
and will take the stump for himself.
The Great West, of course, will howl
for him. Later on, if Merriam comes to
time. the Sage will either withdraw or
stick to the end, according to which
plan may be deemed the more advisable
by the Republican nominees advisers
and managers"
What, then, do you consider the real
0hiaat Of thic fpnyp hv Mr. nOnnpl Iv97,
asked the GLOBE man.
''It is, first of all, move to bring
Merriam to time" was the reply. 'They
will tell the governor that with two AL
lance candidates in the field the voters
will be sure to desert it and go back to
the Republican organization. To my
mind this is the very object Donnelly
has been working for from the day he
was defeated for the nomination. He
has all along been working hard to Sc
cure some cause for deSerting the Al
lance cause. and coming out as a
candidate in the interests of the
dear people. Failing, however,
in this, he will now trump up some ex-
cuSe and leap boldly into the fight. He
will probably allege as one of his rea-
sons for rebelling that the campaign
committee is not a farmers body and
that he has been given no representa-
tIves upon it. The Lathrop investiga-
tion will also be cited and magnified to
an alarming extent"
''What effect will the candidacy of
Mr.. DonnelIy have upon the campaign
of the Alliance proper"'
None whatever" was the reply;
"and should he remain in the field he
would damage Coy. Merriam far worse
than either Owen or the Democratic
nominee. he will draw entirely from
those men who will vote for Merriam.
Indeed. am more than ever convinced
that the sole object of the Sage during
the last month has been to bring the
Republican nominee to time. In other
words, the Sage is out for the stuff, and
he proposes to have it."