The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11

Who would "Send the Whee Thing to He'll"
n. Kind Of Mon Who Seek tn. Destruction Of Tho Great West.
wAnoA, April Sd, 1890.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
When the Dodge County delegation, who we're elected to attend the
Spraeue. Funong, Gardner, and others, who were wonderfully pleasant
agreeable and overiun of honeyed words: The next thing that specially
attracted or attention, was a paper presented by Mr.. Gardner and others
for o m signatures; which ne said was for the purpose OF organizing n A.
lance for the
that thew had already effected a temporary organization, making MT
snrsoue Temporary chairman; that they would meet next morning at 8
O'Clock, in room 16, Clarendon Hotel, to complete the organization, and
make it permanent; that the 9Th District had organized that morning.;
that all the other districts we're organizing in st. Pau, n d rns'
ought not to be behind the rest, and hoped we would b present Inc help
complete the organization, etc.
ular, at least. But at the appointed time W went to Groom 16," and
found only Sprague, Furlong and Gardner present. Two or three others
we're called in, when the meeting was called to order by Mr.. Furlong, who
was claimed to be permanent president. No secretary wa present, no
minutes of any previous meeting were presented, and no statement in re-
gard to any previous meeting was made! 1.-THE previous meeting"
racket is a sheHworn device OF the old timers before primaries were hedged
about with law, to put up ring officers in caucus@s-ED].
On motion OF Il. W. Norton, delegate for the Dodge Co. Alliance 1. O.
Gates. delegate for the Mantorvile Alliance, was elected temporary S@re
ta1y. b. W. Norton then made the point that we should proceed n fur
thr with the organization of a District Alliance, for the reason that the
tend the State Alliance, and for no other purpose; that it it we're advisable
to organize a congressional district alliance there should be a call made,
notifying all the county alliances in the district, and that they should meet
in their own dhstrnt-not in St. Paul.
MI. Sprague replied with a good deal of bluff and pomposity, that the
matter was wholly and entirely out of order that
THEY A FULLY ORGANIZED;
that they had their charter; [Haigh was still Secretary, and prepared it
o. Dr0C0nU0O pTcVIOu6 uccOMSc -AD. y. w Ic oAO CJ Au Av
and completely organized, and had elected Mr.. Gardner delegate to the
State Alliance. The question was asked him, "How could you elect
PERMANENT OFFICERS WITHOUT FIRST ADOPTING A CONSTITUTION?
Lob" it was replied, "we have a constitution in the hands OF a COM
mittee, who weren not here to report yet!!"
The meeting then adjourned to meet in the evening-to consider the re-
mort of that COMMITTEE on constitutional The Dodge County delegation
came to the conclusion that the whole thing was a scheme to get Gardner
in a a delegate at the State Alliance; that the proper way was to meet it
and crush it at the Capitol. The matter was fully explained to the COM
mittee on credentials, our objections fully stated, and the scheme was
beaten.
Mr.. Gardner having failed to get in the convention a s a delegate for
the First District, next claimed to be a delegate from Olmsted County.
The Dodge County delegation believed that to be a fraud, because e was
not d resident of Olmsted County, was a resident OF Mower Co., and did be-
long to a alliance lin the edge Of Dodge County. For that reason his vote
was challenged.
WE HAVE HAD NO NOTICE
of O. Congressional District Alliance being formed in the First District, and
we protest against it. [The last few words are intenined, and W e take it
that the protest is against the present bogus Dist. Alliance-ED]
H. W. HtaSo, noao,c onn+r .uI,noo
D. O. q 1;es President.
c "''' County Lecturer.
P.s-In regard to Gardner's course in the work of the local Alliances,
and the threat that if he were not made q delegate he would
"sEND THE WHOLE THING TO HE'LL"
" ~ would refer you to F. J. Hill, Waltham, Mower County.
Make such use of this as you choose.
In which the denial of caucusses by the Spragus faction gets a sad
The writer Of this thought it would be interesting at Least to follow the
matte. in i, reference Sssss sos to First Stt co1g9n Dis 65t's St Alliance III sttsn " stt the t"r sdieu sasd
meeting that was to hear and act upon the report OF the pretended
.s. zsoed IL nr ssS;sI present resent !. NJ e. FG n ne in ns tss chair a is ss oses5 The he
t sass the .! see as an;'S 6h a%sc Imagine I'M es my S surprise when : . committee On
sGnsttgaG %a %'t es fhs First a co ~gss iSsa sRo afian S, any 's's'snes
But in lieu Of that, Mr. = sprazue got up 2s and as said he " was sE going ao to speak a.
e ce%pas $ the be defeat %sss- 81 Nj. DennA lily fr President of the State Alliance
Hsxas well enough sag s for s; State tt Lecturer hs%n7a s, but \. di hhian want him r fr Prs sd
nit he was the greatest literary genius of the age, but a IS an organ
He was a disorganzer. He failed in the legislature and was beaten il
his own district by a man who didn't possess ordinary abllty'-and mucf
III After much no sy,t talk II. and ss,.s consultation Latte ,, they =, appointed saasss m g E %mi Ute,
were to meet in a room in the Clarendon after the convention adjourned