St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-12
Anti-Republiean Literature,
It Seems, Is Not Being De-
livered Promptly.
Reports From Different Por-
tons Of the State Look
Very Queer.
Owen Will Carry Lac Qui
Parle County by a Good
Plurality.
The Last Day Of the Week
Turns Out It's Share Of
Political News.

Political News.
"The postmasters in various portions
of the state are accused of holding back
Alliance campaign documents"
This statement was made to a repre-
sentative of the GLOBE yesterday by
member Of the Farmers Alliance state
committee, and to clinch the same this
gentleman produced letters from patrons
of an Office in Todd county and another
in Yellow Medicine, in both of which
local postmasters were accused of hold
ing back mail matter sent to the people
from the headquarters of the Alliance
in this city. Hints of this same kind of
crookedness have been sent in from
many other places in the state, and,
naturally enough, the people are greatly
excited over the matter. The fact that
these complaints come from so many
places in the state at the same time
leads to the inference that the post
Office department has been pressed into
the service of the Republican party.
Inquiry at the Democratic head
quarters revealed the fact that no COM
plants have been received there up to
the present time. This may be, how
ever, from the fact that the Democrats
Ouly recently commenced sending out
any great quantity of matter through
the mails, and it is too early for any re-
ports to come in from it, There is every
reason to suppose that there will be no
discrimination by the satellites of Hall.
Dunnell, Lind. ct al, between the Ali
ance and the Democracy, land it is pretty
certain that if the Alliance matter is
held back the Democratic literature
will receive the same treatment. This
Is one of the crimes for which very seri-
Gus penalties are imposed by law, and
every citizen OF the state, outside of the
political bosses of the dominant party,
will not hesitate to denounce it as out
rageous and dastardly. Democrats and
Alliance men everywhere, be on your
guard. Ii You send for literature to the
headquarters Of either of your commit
tees, and it fails to reach you, take pains
to Investigate the matter, and, if the
postmasters of this state are lending
themselves to this dirty work, do your
part towards landing them behind the
bars.
The mail of citizen of the United
States is sacred, and the people will not
| submit to any crooked work in this de-
partment. Of course the head of the
| Republican congressional committee,
the notorious Clarkson, appointed near
ly all the fourth-class postmasters Of
this state to office, and he is probably
| the man behind this scheme. No one
realizes better than he the dire extremi-
ties to which the Republican party ne-
| tiOnally is reduced. He knows the
power of the anti-McKinley bill Htera-
| ture being scattered over the country
| by the Democracy. and he may have de-
cided that the best way to campaign this
| year is to keep the people from obtain
ing information on any but the Repub-
| lican position. Be this as it may, the
| people should remember that fore
warned is forearmed, and prepare to
meet such methods in manner that
will forever put an end to them.
AS rule, however, the country post
masters of Minnesota are good and re-
| putable men and large majority of
| them will undoubtedly be willing to do
| all in their power to ferret those who
are crooked" and bring them to jus.
| tice. An honest man can do no less.
| Ii few OF the pOStmaSterS of this state
| are attempting to deprive their people
| of one of their most sacred rights, the
| people will of necessity hold all
| alike guilty.
The mails must not be tempered with.
The Farmers Alliance seems to be
| having things about its own way in Lac
qui Parle, Yellow Medicine, Lyon and
| Pipestone counties, Gov. Merriam'S
own organ virtually admitting that
| Owen will come out ahead in all of
| them. A Shrewd observer of politics in
| Lac qui Parle writes the following re-
| sumo of the situation in that county:
f.! Gen. Baker, Alliance and Democratic cam
| didate for congress, addressed q hall full of
| farmers and business men here last night on
| the issues of this campaign. The general
| held his audience for all hour and q half
| spelloOund with his excoriation of the Nc
! Kinley tariff and the abuse Of power by the
dominant party. This county has been John
! Lind's stronghold heretofore, but it is safe to
saw that he will find the farmers of Lac aui
| Parle this year standing together in defense
of their rights and against the present
| boodlers and monopoly agents that have mis-
! governed and misrepresented them for the
| last two years. John Lind promised here in
| Dawson to give US q tariff with greater re-
| auctions than those in the Mills bill. The
| mouse which that great labor OF the Re
| publican mountain brought forth, branded 90
per cent in lieu of 45, don't fill the BILL and
| our farmers want to know the reason why.
| You can put this county down for Baker
| with handsome majority. One feature OF
| the cam paign is especially flattering to the
opponents of our present high protection
congressman. The Democrats will vote SOLID
for the Alliance congressional nominee.
They are especially grateful to Mr.. Wilkin-
| son for his Self-sacrificing and patriotic
course in leaving the anti-monopoly party
untrammeled in the fight. so that they can
| concentrate upon one candidate instead of
| scattering their forces. His motives will not
| be misunderstood here. All parties attribute
| his action to an earnest desire to uproot the
present outrageous system of monopoly and
boss rule in the Second district. 1 see by
| Yesterdays CLIQUE that some one from Lac
qui Parle has been giving you figures on the
probable vote. The general result is possibly
| correct, but some revision would come nearer
my estimate.
Let me give you what November will
probably show: Probable vote, 1000: Owen.
300; Wilson, 700; Merriam, 400. Here are
some reasons for the faith that is in me:
Will Mer-