The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-20
The 5th District.

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The 5th District.
The 9Th District Alliance was a
singular gathering. 1t was a
thorough surprise. Fergus Falls is
a centre of politicians. The men
whom this paper has opposed CEN
tured there. Messrs. Sprague, Hodg-
son, Atwood, Hall, etc., were sup
posed to have captured not only the
county, but had completely en-
trapped Mr.. Hompe. These men
were bitterly hostile to the aggres-
sive course OF the GREAT WEST, and
also to an independent movement.
Mr.. Hompe was thoroughly OPP
posed to. it owing, as he states, to
his relations to Mr.. Merriam, and
Mr.. Hodgson was opposed to the &C.
tion but voted against it.
Under these circumstances, the
complete overthrow of the politician
in the 9Th District, and the thorough
change in the organization, was a
surprise and a congratulation. In
the name of the Alliance of Minneso-
ia the GREAT WEST thanks the 9Th
District for it's loyalty. 1t stood up
nobly to their principles and pro-
nounced eloquently for a Farmers"
Alliance.
Every officer was changed, and
complete revolution resulted. The
following officers were elected
President.-Hon. Henry Plowman,
Otter Tail County Vice R. J. Hall.)
Vice Presidents.-F. D. Smith, of
Stevens; R. Probstield, of Clay; G.
w. Swift, of Polk.
Secretary.-Louis Hanson, of Clay
County, (Vice E. H. Atwood, of St.
Cloud.)
Treasurer D. Gaines, formerly
superintendent of schools, Alexan-
dria.
Lecturer.-Milo Camp, OF Stevens,
(Vice T. c. Hodgson, of St. Cloud
The convention stood almost a
unit for independent political action.
The vote was 1OS to 9. Several can
didates we're presented for Congress
man, and after various nominations
and withdrawals Kittel Halvorson,
of Stearns County received 80 out OF
100 votes.
Mr.. Halvorson is a man of excel
lent character, and would undoubt-
eddy make strong run. The GREAT
WEST is not yet fully posted upon
the matter, but will be very glad to
second any nomination made by the
stalwart 9Th District.
FERTILE, MINI. June 10th, 1890.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
In the last issue of the GREA T WEST
l found what l have expected for a
long time. That our 5th District
dudes would show their true char
acter, and that they would make a
break so that we have good reason
to set down on them with effect. It's
no wonder any longer what their OBJ.
ject was by having SO many caucu ses
at the state meeting. The very first
thing that they did was to call a
caucus to discuss the "wheat ques-
tion." But couldn't hear anything
said about the wheat question. The
caucus they called before the election
of officers which broke up in a row,
ought to have taught these traitors
that the alliance men present at that
meeting from the 5th District were
not all sheep that would follow their
call in everything. They put a man
at the door to watch. 1t had to be
held SO secret you know. We won
dered what was up, but we soon
found out it was to get us to vote
for R. j. Hall for president. But
some one shouted out that if they
chad candidate to trot out before
the convention let him stand his
chances with other candidatesr' ]
will wager that the majority of the
9TH District delegation voted for
Donnelly for president, and l want
the 5th District Alliance officers to
remember this. Don't it look sus-
picious that you shall invite a Grim
inal lawyer of Minneapolis to address
you at your annual meeting, when
we have such man for state lecturer
as Ignatius Donnelly. He is the
man who has fought our battle for
many years, and never received a re-
ward for it yet. hope the Alliances