The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-07

RESOLVED, That the Alliance will
not support any paper which is det-
rimental to the interests of the AL
lance. JOHN w. KNIGHT,
Secretary.
ORR, N. Dak., Oct. Both. 1890.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
You have now gone through your
first year of successful operation"
on the mental faculties of the farmers
OF Minnesota and the great North
west. And you have done more to
cure through your estimable paper
than all the doctors together with
knife and herbs-and still your good
work is going on. May the people
sustain you, and encourage you in
your grand heroic work for the I'M
trodden toilers of this country-and
your name will be eternal in the GEN.
turtles to come.
Will the farmers of the Northwest
keep up paying from 8 to so per cent
or will they get the subtreasurv
Dlll-Whlch means loans at 2 Der
cent? My advice is not only to send
lgnatlus as state senator, but as a
U. 5. Senator. Can you show q sin
gle good thing that your q. S. Sena-
tors have done in your interests?
c. J. SUNDAHL.
Good Reading for President Hall.
For the GREAT West:
Why is it men of little worth are
looked up to by men of honor and
true manhood? 1t is astonishing to
see it, but alas, too true. Let a man
be wealthy, no matter how he has
reaped his riches, how many children
are suffering for want of bread, or
how hard the fathers and wearied
mothers toll, that he may become a
millionaire. The very ones who are
creating his wealth will bow the
knee as he passes by. If a promi-
nent man drops Csc. in the contibu-
ton box on Sunday he can steal all
the week and no one will say a word.
Especially if he is Banker! Oh, be
careful what you say, the church
members will whisper if any one re-
marks that the Banker is too severe
or unjust. He would be offended and
not come to "our church, if he
should hear you had criticised him.
1t never is our best men that hold
the high positions in any party. It
Ii some NE that the political rino'
can use. They want a piece of clay
that is soft anu rliable that will
mould into any shape they NAV
wish or cold men who look out from
their moderate windows to catch the
selfish advantages. We have hosts
OF good men, but they are kent in
the background for fear they will do
some good. Look at the amount of
work required to get the Alliance
ticket IN the cities lust because our
headstrong President would not
nave the tellers sworn. 1t is almost
comical to see them at our meetings.
swearing the men seven times to sun
port the new party-when had they
listened to our good DR.. Fish, when
ne begged them to swear the tellers
it all might have been saved. Tar
and feathers are too good for Hall.
Yet ne holds the highest position in
the Alliance. And it is a detriment
to the cause that he is our President.
The farmers do right when they de-
mand him to resign. He is a bigger
rascal than Lathrop ever was.
1t is we'll the farmers have one
irlend-the editor of the GREAT
WEsT-that they can RELY on. One
who will not combine with the ring
taat has run the State Alliance for
their own benefit. The farmers
ought to have sense enough to see
that he is one of our truest friends
That the old parties want to DESTROY.
The DR.. is a thorn in the flesh to
them, and it is to their interest to
hire the ring that runs the Alliance.
and Scheffer's Bank, to keep him
down and out of sight. But every
true farmer ought to stand by him
to the end. There is not another
editor that has shown up the wheat
ring robbers as he has. There ia a
day coming when the farmers will
put out Hall and his clique, or leave
the Alliance. A1THrA
Otter Tail County.
Trades Journal:
Those who favor the nationaliza-
ton OF the railroads will find in the
recent report of the Interstate Com
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