The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-21

and yet we're not SO very friendly
either.
The Co-operator, Of La Crescent, is
brim full of alliance news this week.
It is an excellent journal.
Co-Operator:
'sThe Alliance Tribune has q number
one article from the state lecturer.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly. He should
be the lecturer for the National Al
lance as we have very few as able
and no better worker in the nation"
Yes, Bro. Brown, we wish the Ma
tional would appoint him. If the
State Alliance cannot rise above pet
ty prejudices, Mr.. Donnelly can pos
slbly rise above the petty politician.
Speaking of Mr.. Haigh's candida
cy for Secy of the Alliance, Strain, OF
the Battle Lake Review says:
'The opposition to Mr.. Haigh was
based on the fact that he had lately
taken little stock in the Hecla In
surance company, and Fish was OBJ
jected to on account of his not being
a farmer, his ineligibility, and his
being a party to the combine that
was to make Donnelly president,
Fish secretary, and Allison lecturer.
Two ballots were taken resulting in
no choice, when a dark horse was
trotted out and elected"
That is a mixed lie clear through.
The objection to Mr.. Haigh was on
every known count. Fish was not
objected to on either of the above
statements, because he was thor
oughly eligible-both as farmer and
publisher of the GREAT WEST.
There never was a "dream" even of
making Fish Secretary until an hour
or two before the election. Mr.. Fish
had been writing ballots for Mr..
Lathrop up to that time. Mr.. Al
lison never had been suggested for
State Lecturer by living mortal to
our knowledge-except it was by
himself! The stories Strain told in
that convention-when he had no
right to be in the hall-were false
hoods, every one of them.
"The State Alliance, according
to the vote for president thereof,
consisted of 299 members. They
were, we suppose, mostly real
farmers and not lawyers. Not
one OF them would think of deter
any question of law OF
much intricacy without consult
ing a lawyer. Any one of them
would be glad to have and to
follow implicitly the advice of C. !
K. Davis, for instance, as to the
course to follow in order to OBJ
tain, or to maintain, his legal
rights.
Mr.. Davis has been employed
by the United States to deter
mine, with other lawyers, what is
the legal condition of the security
of the United States for the pay
ment OF debts due by the Union
Pacific and the Central Pacific R.
R. companies. The committee
were Of one mind in regard to
both roads, not only that GER
tain course was best, but that |
it was Indispensable to the secur-
lty OF the governments claim,
and they introduced a bill for
the purpose, which they unani-
mously recommend to pass.
Now comes the astonishing
thing. The farmers at St. Paul
in convention, not one of whom
would question Mr.. Davis's opin-
ion upon a law question affecting
his own property, resolved that
the measure, which the lawyers
say can alone secure the United
States claim, is 'an outrage upon
the people of this country"
The above is from the Red Wing
Advance Sun. It is astonishing, isn't
it, that 500 farmers should know
Perhaps these farmers
had read C. P. Huntington's letters
showing how easy it was for him to
purchase committees. Perhaps they
have never known the government
to give a farmer an easement of 1875
years at IL per cent on a past
due farm mortgage! Perhaps-but
what's the use? Those millionaires
are sent there to make all necessary
rules and regulations for us poor
grumbling is not in the
by laws. The above is about the
silliest thing we have heard in long
time. Hail Rex Davis! Lawyers
made the bred Scott decision, didn't
they?
Will the Red Wing Advance Sun in