St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-05

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during a dozen or
fifteen years as a low tariff man and,
like Gen. j. H. Baker. Gordon
E. Cole. Gen. Sanborn and most
of others, became again blind Wor-
shipper at the feet of the painted god
deSS of protection. "What will Don
nelly saw" was asked by a stalWart
tariff Teformer from the ''bluody Fifth.
when the sage mounted the platform IN
response to calls from the audience. I'M
,nedately after the close of Mr. Ashny's
address. But the sage was equal TO the
occasion. He paid a tribute to the Iowa
talkeT and then started out very prop
erly by Temarking that he had been
accused of being a very
VACILLATING MAN.
but" he continued. ''for quarter OF
century have preached the doctrine OF
anIi-mOnopOly. | haven't always had
tender regard for political parties.
When political parties have gone
against the people PYe denounced them.
Pm glad to See that you farmers
have at last come up to my
standard" Here Mr.. Donnelly narrated
the story Of Hawkeye on his first rail-
road trip, designed to Illustrate the
SlOWneSs with which the farmers have
taken hold of his theories. The train
was rushing along with Mr.. Hawkeye
on board when suddenly the whistle
blew and the Hawkeye inquired what 1t
meant. He was informed that several
cows had strayed on the track. A short
time thereafter the whistle blew again,
when the Iowa granger exclaimed:
We'll, I'll be blowed if We haven't
caught up to those cows again." The
farmers applauded. They've been COM
pared to cattle by the ''bOsses" so often
that they didn't mind Mr.. Donnelly's
making the comparison ih the least.
"Dhe first dutyOf the people is TO take
care of themselves" continued Mr.
DOnnelly. 1--WE didn't come to this
Northwest, with Its inclenent climate,
for fun. but to better our condition.
This vast crowd augurs a revolution.
We are not here 10 wage war on any
political party, but to serve notice
that we want certain things and
propose to have them. We are not here
to take up the cause of any politician;
we are not here TO take up the cause OF
Gov. Merriam. that of WOuid-Be Gov.
Schpffer. eX-GOv. McGill or any other
politician" The Sage then denounced
in vigorous terms the action OF the
alliance two years ago in rendering
Albert Scheffer their nomination for
governor and illustrated it by story
too loud to print. I'VE are here" he
remarked, ITO deliberate upOn the best
ways of advocating our own interests.
Some say this can best be done by noml-
mating
FULL STATE TICKET.
~ don't say amen to this. When you
can show me that the organization Is
strong enough TO do this successfully,
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let us turn our attention to securing the
next legislature. We can control that
if we manage things rightly"
The legislature of 1889 was then vlgor-
Ously denounced. the speaker making
charges of corruption and bribery III MS
usually lurid manner. suppose you
were the legisl ture," he said, address
ing the audience, land should come
before YOU here and say: 1OI are paying
interest on SlO,O00.0u0 of watered rail-
road stock; l move we abolish 1t. Ii
would be done in fOrty-elght hours. Stop
electing to the legislature crossroads
LAWYERS. machine men, and lmpecunlonS
cuSsps who come to st, Paul To sell out,
and all this will he changed. Ihe rem
pdV for all this is for each OF you to go
back to your homes and say to every
farmer Come into the alliance raise
tO 30 cents. and place fund
/ nF 500 600 in the hands OF a committee
and send speakers into every district in
the state. If this is done nlne-ttnthS OF
the next legislature will be farmers.
The legislature of 1887 passed a law
making it a criminal OtfenSe for an
officer of a railroad to issue Wat3red
stock. WnaJdid the last legislature do?
They took a man who is really crilnl-
nal under that law and sent him, not to
the penitentiary, but to the United
States senate"
The balance of the Sage's speech was
devoted to explaining his work for the
alliance during the past year. PreSi-
dent WardalI of the Fidelity insurance
company, of Huron. Dak., was alluded
as the man VINO was generous enough
to provide for an issue OF $4,000 circulars
gotten up by Mr.. Donnelly. The found
ing of the "Great West" was next
w. Fish pronounced great
discovery. III this instance the
Sage related in his usually interest
ing stvle how DR.. Fish had pulverized
Editor Lorraine, of Renville, who had
started out to lump on Donnelly." AS
a final Wind-up the Sage warned the
convention that the society, while ap-
parenty at the top notch of pros
perity, was really in very dangerous
position. Il haven't got much relig-
ion." he said. but I've got an idea that
st. Peter when he pokes his head out
of that window will not ask mans
opinion on Greek text. but what have
you done, you miserable cuss.'"
THE NEXT TRANSITION
was easy. 1t was from the Sage of
Munger to DIR. E. W. Fish, of the
Great Vest DR.. Fish described his
journalistic ventures at length, paying
a lengthy tribute to mis- friend Dom
nelly. He wound up by Scathing crit
icism of the Republican party, say
ing that he had a right to do
so because he had been Repub-
lican. A message from the committee
on credentials was received at this
iuncture. informing the convention that
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