The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-22
rhe snre and the Tall Pine.

The Sage and the Tall Pine.
Tho Convention held last week by the Min
neeota Farmers Alliance was treated to con-
siderable speechmaking. The Hon. 1aNIs-
FAFUus DoNNELLY, the Sage Of Nininger,
was present in great force as usual. A Min
nesota Convention without DoNNELLY would
be like catfish without waffles In Philadel-
phia. Mr.. DoNNELLY ls anxious to serve his
State as Governor or as Senator In Congress,
and the number of parties that he belongs
to or has belonged to Is the census figures
OF Minneapolis. His wondering fellow citt-
zens are never entirely certain as to what is
his politics at any given hour OF the day,
and perhaps it would be difficult for him to
say himself. He is a bee he is humming
bird. He skips from flower to flower. He
skips, in fact, after the manner OF that active
uncertainty, the puler iSritans. 1t was
charged that Mr.. DoNNELLY's mission with
the Farmers Alliance was to manipulate 1t
In tho interest OF tho present Republican
Governor, MERRIAM, and to get the Alliance
nomination. Mr.. DoNNELLY denied that he
was q candidate. He denied that he be
trayed" the cause OF a Convention that
nominated him two years ago. Finally he
thetio eloquence:
have been the subject Of criticism and abuse from
all sides It IL singular fact that every man in
thia State that has fattoped the farmers
that has grip on tho throSts Of the farmers every
man who has Got his hand the pockets Of tho farm
ID my personal enemy; and Am proud Of the fact
because II tasnes clearer and louder than the lightning
AND thunder Of heaven that am not pur1hasabs.
tAppausel nIhad been, It would have bssneasier to
buy In the quiet Of Of those hotel rooms than
plse9rdlH me a. . thief for twenty yearA have
worked for eight for tho Alliance and great
many years before for the Grange, delivering thou
sands of speeches. II had been paid for
them a. ! have been paid for my literary
addresses It would have put from $4,000 to $4,000
into my pocket; but / have never received enc
cent Of compensation from the Grange or the Alliance
IhavS never asked for cent, and until lately did
not get back my Oxpenses These things are the
best answers to all the attacks made upon me. Now,
then, what would say, passing from these personal
questions 10 this That We must have harmony. AZ
one Of my ancestors may have said. We must have
peace IL We have TO fight for it. Laughter We must
have harmony. regret as much a. anybody any dit
fSrsneea that may have arisen. do not think that
have provoked any Of these differences am so con
sttutSd that II any man kicks me on tho stern there
are responsive thrills In the Uranium The story Is told
OF . politician In New York who had dealt him hard
kick with the foot which met with obstruction
Gil it struck tho base Of tho skull have got hack
bone and thank COP. think good deal of it"
He proceeded to show his backbone by
telling the Convention story scarcely COM
plimentary to an audience OF farmers
one of the railroad maguatsS said, about a year
age he would rather have Legislature OF farmers.
because he said the lawyers he could not buy for less
than thousand dollars but he could buy the average
farmer with a bull calf that was worth $3.50"
Mr.. DoNNELLy was sure that II q Farmers
Alliance Legislature Of the right sort could
be elected, he would undertake in two
weeks to remedy one-half Of all the abuses
growing out of bad government that this
State suffers under" We have no doubt OF
It. Indeed. our confidence in Mr.. DoNNRLLY
is such that Wa would back him to under
take to remedy in two minutes all the abuses
under which Minnesota or the Farmers
Alliance groans. One OF these abuses Is the
tightness OF money In the farming districts.
To remedy this there is the great financial
scheme that tho Government should lend
money to the farmers at three per cent.
According to the Sage OF Nininger this scheme
must be carried out or the farmers will be:
why In all this great Western country tho farmers
being swept on the face of tho Garth The great
middle claLA tho yeomAnry class, being destroyed
- they have been destroyed in tho Old World Let tho
Government turn around aud sSy' 'Wo hays got hun
drtdS OF millions belonging to tho people Tor when we
pay three per will let that money town and
county to these WSStsrnsrA ~ three per cent to DO
loaned 10 the farmers on mortgages on their lands
why, the moment that that was done those hATpSB
that have sucking the life blood OF the people
To- thSAS many years and have infested these Hobbies
until the ItAneh Of their presence almost fingers yO
these balls Laughter and SppAuseL these men would
says 'OuT occupation Is gone; We have got TO come
down three per cent per year for interest
The farmers OF the country will rise up and DO blessed
and Ill men will DO happy and prosperous and no man
will suffer but the thieves, aud the man who is thief
and desires to rob his fellow msA, he ought to thank
GoD every day Of his life that he allowed to live and
u not IN the penitsRtiarJ"
After 4 few digs at the monopolists and
stock waterers. Mr.. DoNEELLY sketched this
portrait OF himself:
I'VE want In that white House . who viii put
fence around Congress and Whew ash that fence and
put upon warning 10 wall street to Keep out OF Ihs
premises We want some man there that will be 10
this industrial movement what that great man OF
blessed memory. ABRAHAH LRooLE was TO tho Rspub
lieGA moVsmsnI-hohsSt and fearless and devoted to
the right and believe zee day coming when such
revolution will be possible IN this country As step
toward thAtTOIult hail this tremendous gathering
nSSt AuSpieiouS omen"
Mr.. DoHNELLY sat down amid tremendous
applause. He was succeeded by an orator
whose fre-tlpped and robustious style made
toe DoHnelllan periods seem cold as a
chiEel. Tho Hon. W. d. ERWIN q criminal
lawyer OF much distinction and lung power,
arose 10 the occasion and took 1t by the
BcruA OF the neck and played With II. APP