The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-17
FROM DODGE COUNTY.


EDITOR GREAT West:
Allow me to inform you of Alliance
matters down here. Dodge County
remains true to genuine Alliance
principles. She takes none of the
bogus-the false. But, true to her
self and right, she battles on to vic
tory. Her sons feel that since the
July meeting they have been passing
through a period OF regeneration.
They have been enabled to see the
enormity of their sins, and mistakes,
and propose to bring forth works
meet for repentance.
They now know who are the enc
mics of the Alliance-who it's friends.
By the latter they will stand undis-
mayed.
And they earnestly desire every
subordinate Alliance in the state to
be represented in the next state
meeting, and be prepared to place
the State Alliance in the hands of it's
lriends-not it's enemies. Then, with
some reason, we can look for sue
cess-not before; for it will not come
where it is undeserved.
Our County Alliance was in session
October the Sth, at Kasson. 1t was
convened for campaign work. A
Campaign Committee was elected
and fully organized, and future work
outlined. The delegates were never
more earnest and hopeful than at
present.
A vigorous campaign may be ex-
pected. Very Unexpectedly to most
of us, Miss Eva Mcdonald was pres
emit at the meeting (having been
written to by one Of the delegates.)
As the Republicans had the best hall
secured for that evening, and an
nouncements made that Hon. r. R.
Odell, OF Minneapolis, and E. A. Jag
gard of St. Paul, would speak it was
thought best to wait until the follow
ing evening for Miss Mcdonald to
spt ak.
Mr.. Jaggard Invested himself of a
speech composed mostly OF misrepre-
sensations, and weak arguments in
favor of the Mckinley Bill and high
protective tariff.
Mr.. Odell followed with a very re-
markable speech, consisting mostly
of stale stories-chesnuts. At the
close Miss Mcdonald made the an
ouncement that she would discuss the
same questions in that hall the next
evening, from an Alliance stand
point, which was greeted with en-
thusiastic applause from every part
of the hall At the appointed time
the hall was filled to it's full capacity.
Miss Mcdonald in a very unassum-
ing and lady-like manner took up
the speeches of the previous even
ing and logically proved the fallacy
OF their conclusions. She spoke near
ly two hours. No offen,e given to
any one, yet all were charmed by her
eloquence, convinced by her logic, and
melted to tears by her pathetic dis
cription of the poor of the great cit
les. The whole speech was a great
success and made a good and lasting
impression. D. 0. GATES.
Mantorville, Oct. Is, 1890.
NEW ALLIANCES.
FOREST LAKE, Mimi, Oct. II, 80.
Report of Secretary to State Lee
turer for the week ending Oct. 18th,
1890:
Charters issued to new alliances:
Fair Haven F. A. No. 1904. ]. G..
Sylvester, President; address, Fair
Haven, Stearns Co.
Cannon Falls, F. a., No. 1905, J.
c. Wangan, Secretary; address,
Cannon Falls, Goodhue Co.
Looney Valley. F. A., No. 1906,
Adam Coon, secretary; address,
Houston, Houston Co.
Mound Prairie, F. A. No. 3, Henry
Olson, secretary; address, Mound
Prairie, Houston Co.
A. L. STRoMBERG.
Secretary s. F. A.
Irvine Notes.
A new hemp factory has been
started at Fremont, Neb. 1t uses
two carloads of machinery.
Our new Irvine factory is rapidly
nearing completion, and is an i'm
mense affair, occupying ground
enough to build an ordinary village
on. The machinery has not arrived,