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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

Persons who order Erwin's Speech
OF us are laboring under a mistake.
When the matter came up before the
Executive Committee, and Mr.. Don
nelly requested that the GREAT WEST
be permitted to bid on it's publication
in pamphlet form, Hall and Lathrop
put veto on it-declaring that the
vote to have it printed was taken be-
fore the credentials committee had
reported, and therefore was not COM
pulsory! And there the matter lies.
Last winter the GREAT WEST print
ed the constitution pamphlet, 80 pp.,
four languages, at cost of between
500 and 5000, without charging the
Alliance one cent. Butwe were out on
the streets of the Twin Cities getting
advertising to pay the expenses.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

The supreme ignorance OF Hall is
shown in his statement that the Au-
stralian law cannot be enforced
that to defeat the twill OF the peo-
ple," on account of violation OF the
election law, "would be unconstltu-
tional!' The poor ignoramus-
can't he find some school boy to in
struct him?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08
Very respectfully.

The following is taken from the
Sleepy Eye Despatch, the new weekly
Of Brown County:
'The Alliance has been worked in
elegant shape bv the dems. Blythe
way, the st. Paul Daily News, is a foe
in an ambush to the republicans and
the party may as we'll understand
it's editor, Mr.. Hall, Mr.. Dunn never
has and never will be a republican;
he's a democrat and can't mask him
self behind even a corps of Republi-
can reporters"
The News is now ambushing for
the Alliance. It is run by the pluto.
Gratis. 1t is owned by one. It is
edited by Dunn. 1t is managed pol.
itically by Albert Scheffer, and every
banker in St. Paul unites in the am.
husband nearly every party news.
paper in the state follows the bank
els into the bush. The ambush was
laid, Hall and Lathrop, etc., led the
alliance here we are. Donnelly
and Fish are the only disreputablt
cusses whom you can't trust, now
And as a newspaper! The News has
quoted Liverpool markets by pre-
tense, for four years, including wheat
and never, during those four years
has it given the English price o
grain-sweet newspaper.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

The Climax Advocate asks a per-
tinent question: SWas there ever
country ruined by having too much
money!" And looking back over the
history of the world, even through
the epoch OF French Assignat depre-
citation. much to our own surprise,
we are compelled to answer "No."
Will the Silver editor of the Bucca-
neer Press please call to mind few
nations ruined by too much money |!
Why even in the thickest days of the
war era, when gold was SO scarce that
children of age had never seen a gold
piece, the country was tremendously
prosperous. 1t had never seen such
times-and never will again. There
were no hard times until, first the
greenbacks were destroyed; second,
the seven-thirties were called in, and
lastly, silver was demonetized! The
last stroke introduced an era of plu-
tocratic development on one hand
and mortgage poverty on the other.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

The following is a fair statement OF
facts. 1t is taken from the columns
OF the Crookston Journal. Mr.. Cook
did not believe in independent politi-
cal action. We did. But perhaps
the following is correct The fact is
however, that a very fair ticket was
nominated:
'"The GREAT WEST gives the Far
mers' convention a scathing write up
in it's issue Of July 25th. This state
of things only confirms the position
Of the Journal that the time for indie
pendent action is not ripe. Mr.. DON
nelly, the father of the alliance in
Minnesota, the strongest, the truest
friend it has, was sacrificed to blind
prejudice and partisan hate, which
could never have happened in body
of men SO fully and thoroughly drilled
as to be able to be and act in perfect
harmony on the main question. The
Journal has held the position that
the Importance of the movement and
the raw condition of the troops offer
ed golden opportunity for the fine
Italian hand of the demagogue to
get in it's work, and this his proven
true almost to the tearing asunder
OF the alliance as aparty. Old party
office-seekers, who failed to capture
the plums they sought, rushed in;
demagogues, who saw the opportun-
ity OF lifetime, caught on; all these
recognizing that their schemes would
be fruitless under the eagle eye of the
great head of the alliance, at once
and with one accord began the at
tempt to 'down Donnelly" And
that became the watchword and the
main idea. Corporate power, that
for the last 25 years has been engaged
in the same laudable effort, saw it's
opportunity and contributed money
and brains"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08
Every Dollar Draws Double Interest

0VoXy OOAA0T draws OOUOA0 A0C0T0SCs
The following letter is one which
doubles our estimates based on the
National Bank circulation some weeks
since. By reference to the comptrol-
ler's report and the report OF the New
York banks for last week, we can
readily see that what Mr.. Smith says
belowis true-and more so. 1t is un-
doubtedly fact, as singular as it
may appear, that every dollar OF
money in the United States is paying
to banks, three interests continually.
Mr.. Smith puts the average interestat
8 per cent. This does not allow for
call loans-the estimate should lie be-
tween SO per cent and six per cent
not less than ten or twelve per cent
and possibly Is per cent. About
100000, are out on commercial
paper in this country. We hope Mr..
Smith will write US again:
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
In the discussion of the matter of
the banks realizing interest on all the
money in the country have notseen
any reference made to the following:
(See page 1O4, Abridgement Of Mes
sage and Documents 1SS9-9O.) Total
deposits in National Banks on the
3Oth day of September, 1889, ST.
$50, 935, 161; Loans and discounts,
ST. ,SO5, 1923, 739; page 100 OF same,
we find June 80, 1889, money out
standing, 81, 666, 1896, 42O.46. This
shows conclusively that the National
Banks aloneloan $139, 1874 ,319more
the actually exists in the country
l have no means at present OF
knowing what amounts the state and
private banks handle, but it is no
very small amount. Probably not
very much if any less than the above
amount.
There are 1919 national banks,
and l think more than that num-
Der of other banks. 1t is altogeth-
er likely that the banks OF the
country loan or discount fully twice
the amount of all the money in the
country, SO that every dollar pays
double interest all the time. This at
8 per cent year would be 1886, OO0,-
600 a year-an amount sufficient to
pauperize the masses OF people in any
country if continued long enough.
Yours truly,
W. H. SMITH.
Pennington, Dakota Co., MINI.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

ooh yes, Donnelly is an able man,
but we couldn't trust him!" This
from good, well-meaning alliance
man! My God, men-when, say
when-put some time to the awaklng
from your crushing out OF all your
true men by repeating the twaddle o.
your enemies! My country-how
hopeless!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

We have heard of parties discount
ing their insurance adjustments-at
"a very large rate. Do not do this
friends. If you must have the money
write to us and we will get money at
the banks at regular rates for you.
Inasmuch as the company is in our
office we are not afraid to endorse
their paper at the bank until Decem-
Der.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

ALI. Wooster, a young war-horse
who has published the Mapleton Ad-
vocate, of Iowa, for several years,
has started the elderly Bell" at
Sioux City. 1t is truly Bell, and it's
clear grand tones will reverberate
through Western Iowa with effect.
ALI. has hit us once or twice-but
then it was probably deserved.
Ring out, Liberty Bell-let it be
brave and brass-throated
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

II any man says he sold you pure
Manila for less than 14hc. he tells q
1t may be unintentional
on his part, but it is untrue. No
"pure Manila has ever been sold for
less: but Extra Manilla," hall New
Zealand hemp has been sold for 13c.
We know what we say on this mat
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

Last Saturday the bankers alliance
Ambush organ had one-the first
alliance editorial. It had 80 lines,
and was on silver. 1t actually told
how much silver was purchased by
England in two weeks, and what it
indicated. The Daily News got this
item out OF the two-days old GREAT
WEST OF Aug. 1st We challenge the
fraudulent bankers -alliance-orga to
show up where it found it's figures.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

The daily papers are stating that
the GREAT WEST has called for an
other convention. This is all rot, of
the silliest kind. The GREAT WEST
has never mentioned the matter.
Several correspondents have. If an
other convention were called, on &C.
count of the Australian ballot law,
the only proper course would be to
bounce Hall and Lathrop, and re-
nominate every man on the ticket l.!
AS to the legality of the present NOM
nations there can be no question.
The Supreme Court of Montana set
tied that recently. The nominations
are not legal. If the farmers of the
state wish to get a law for their pro-
lection passed, and then violate it
first themselves, we shall interfere no
more than to tell them of it. The
'sticket" is not to blame for the
schemes of the traitors in our ranks.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

The Australian ballot law does
not apply to the state at large-on-
ly to- five cities. The difficulty is
that the State Auditor has no right
to put the names of candidates on
the tickets in these cities unless the
conventions abide by the law.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

One of our correspondents insists
that Mr. Owen is democrat Well,
what of it? Hasn't he right to be
a democrat? Wasn't Jackson a
democrat? But are you sure that
he sis a democratic
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

1t is rather amusing to have the
alliance which tried to nominate a
public insulter Of Mr.. Donnelly de-
mand the continued energies OF the
insulted man-but it will get it. And
next convention it will try to insult
him again-but it won't.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

Sec. II, Alliance Platform.-'That
we ask the legislature to estab lish the
Australian system of voting for the
whole state''-and then let all the
parties, our own included, violate it
when we sweetly will
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

We are glad to learn that Mr.. Don
nelly will support the ticket. Rare
man that! Suppose that Mr.. Don
nelly had publicly insulted Mr.. Hall ?
All, but then Mr.. D. is not Mr..
- bring the camphor bottle.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

The GREAT WEST enjoys the distinc-
ton of having only four friendly
newspapers in Minnesota- land yet it
is thoroughly satisfied. Don't break
any suspenders on our account, gen.
tlemen-fifteen Thousand farmers are
constituency enough.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

What we want to know of the
Mankato Register is: Will it support
the Alliance Ticket?
If not, the low-lived political
strumpet better shut it's mouth. This
idea OF dictation to the Alliance by
it's enemies is too much like currying
down a canary bird with brick
Either support the ticket or shut up
that's straight-unless it has man.
hood enough to oppose it openly.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

The complaints about not getting
the GREAT WEST until a week after
publication are very numerous. 1t is
hoped that hereafter the service will
be better.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

The more the census OF the two
twin. cities comes down Mel inty, the
more appalling appears the robbery
which has created II milliOnaires
within them within twenty years!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

According to the Daily News Mr..
Donnelly is the nominee of the ALI
ance. The News declares that no
city delegates were present at the
convention. Hence Mr.. Donnelly
had 80 majority over all.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

The Park Region Pioneer is edited
by a lady, Mrs. Anna E. Rathbun.
The paper is peculiar in some respects.
But for all that, and notwithstand-
ing it's limited stature, it is always
read in this Office. Had Mrs. Rathbun
published a paper in the '50sit would
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

Have any OF the alliances discussed
this question: "Why is it that all
the city papers, the bankers, the
country party press-the politicians
all, without exception, just adore
the Alliance move-but cuss Donnelly
and Fish?' Mystery in that, you
know.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

"Donnelly and Fish have bolted the
Farmers Alliance ticket and gone
over to Merriam. This bolt will great
" aid the alliance. having got rid
of the two greatest demagogues that
can be saddled on any political
party"
This kind of stuff follows a mag
nificent notice of the Alliance ticket, in
one OF the party papers. About 800
party papers write the same way.
Wonder what the farmers think of
this fact. We presume these 300
party papers built up and organized
the 300 alliances!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

Herman Enterprise Mr.. Owen is
in the field to stay. and will poll a
large vote. Those who think to the
contrary will find themselves sadlv
mistaken. While we do not expect
or believe that he will be elected. vet
we are aware that his candidacy will
have an important influence in the
coming campaign.
What is it in the Alliance ticket
that draws all the party papers of
the state to this ticket? If the
above were an honest expression of
political admiration the best thing
to do is to bounce the whole alliance
business. When it gets so that Jo
Reynolds supports a ticket it is time
to blow the candle out andgo to bed.
When 10 gets his $4,000 for his
wonderful Washington trip-or gets
another horse-whipping-we will feel
better.
l
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

A daily paper says that the alliance
is thoroughly organized-the secreta-
ry having the address of 5000 mem
bers! The GREAT WEST Office has the
address OF over %, 900 members!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08


The following is clipped from the
New Ulm Review. We do not know
that that sheet endorses the law
spoken of-presume not. It is in &C.
cordance with certain spirit of the
age-but we ask if it is righteous
feeling:
''Iowa has new tramp law which
went into effect a few days ago. 1t
provides that any person of 16 years
and over-going about the country
without any apparent calling or
business to maintain himself, shall
be known as tramp. He is to have
five days OF solitary confinement or
ten days at hard LABOR. 1t shall be
unlawful for a sheriff or keeper of any
jail to allow any one convicted I'M
der this act to have or keeping in his
possession tobacco, newspapers,
cards or other articles of amusement
or pastime, or permit such persons
to be kept or otherwise fed than
stated in the commitment. Any
sheriff or jail-keeper who violates or
neglects his duty as stated in this
measures subject to a fine offrom $25
to 800. If Minnesota had some
such a law we would see fewer OF these
pests
Now, it is true that three million
men are "tramping." OF those men
doubtless 500, 900, as estimated by
others, are naturally shiftless, a mil
lion incline to work but do not find
it readily; and million and Il half
seek work, but in those fields where
they are capable OF working cannot
find the work to do. We have, our
selves, been a ''tramp''-for fully
three weeks. When a young man we
were unfortunate in getting work to
do for that length of time, and took
the advice OF others-left the CITY,
During that time we tramped the
greater pant Of the distance from
Kansas City to St. Louis. Perhaps
the State Supt, Of Instruction at jeff
erson City would have been surprised
had he known that those two young
men spending their days at his office,
in the summer time of SO, were Sleep
ing out in a glen three miles from
town, poaching on cornfields and
potato patches!
Why not get work? Well, where
and how? OF what earthly use to a
farmer were two ''boys"-just from
Mich. University-with some Greek
but no callouses nor knowledge Of
the labor involved?
Gentlemen. you don't always know
who lives under the sunburned brow
of the tramps who ask for aid There
are lazy, lurking, brutal villains, al
times, standing in the doorway-bu1
not always. Is there no public work
nor road to improve, that even {
tramp may earn his prison bread
These are hard times for labor, whel
the "Trusts" order factories closet
one-third the time-and some close,
all the time-and factory hands ofte1
don't know a thrashing machin
from a potato-bug!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

The Tenth Congressional District
Convention, in Ohio, was yesterday
taking it's 525th ballot without a
choice. Reckon that "our Lathrop"
don't call the roll.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

Among the lies OF the Daily Press
was one referring to a proposed trade
by which Mr.. Gamble, in the Sd Dis
trict, was to withdraw for the Demo-
cratic nominee-and the Dems. were
to support Gen. Baker in the I'd. The
scheme funked before it was baked.
Mr. Gamble writes as follows:
STEWART, Mimi, July 80, 1890.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Enclosed find clipping from Pioneer
Press of the goth inst. If you think
it worth while to notice it you are
authorized to say for me, that the
Third Districts fighting for principle
and is in the field to stay, and that
the candidate for Congress in the Sd
is willing to abide by the result what
ever it may be. You are authorized
to deny all reports of withdrawal as
without foundation.
Very respectfully.
VIM. w. GAMBLE.
We wish to add that Gen. Baker
was not in this matter. 1t was
cooked up as a suggested policy by
the same gang who worked up all the
other alliance politics in St. Paul
the Daily News can tell you all about
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

In Buenos Ayres (Argentine) there
is Anarchy. The rural population
have risen now, in sort of irregular
crusade against corporation villainy
and political corruption. The track
OF the "Great Southern Rosario" rail
way has been torn up in many places,
and troops sent to quell the farmers.
A censorship Of the press has been
established.
The Argentine Republic is but a
preliminary skirmisher in the mighty
'Armageddon" which will occur about
1920 over all the world. The Elec-
ton Force bill is a primary step in
this country to get the army ready
for action to control the ballots.
The interference OF the mail service
with the infamous lotteries and the
Objectionable literature are the open
ing wedges of press censorship. Much
as we abhor these detestable social
crimes we think the laws should pre-
vent the crime-nOt the mails used to
boycott what the laws are not right
eous enough to interdict. Tighter
and tighter will this censorship be-
come, until the Argentine Republic is
transplanted to this continent. In
1920 the GREAT WEST will be refused
the mails-if indeed the postmasters
are not already monkeying with it.
Every single step in the progress to
despotism, taken by itself is justified
else the people would resist at once.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08
For Clerk Supreme Court,
F. w. KOHLARS,
of LIE Sueur County.

We have a report OF nine alliances
organized in Rock Co. and vicinity,
as the almost direct result of Mr..
Donnelly's address there some weeks
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

speed in the name Of the people and
hope with you, that the time may
speedily come, when money shall lose
its power to Cypress.
Yours very respectfully,
j. r. Lowe.
Editor Biiou Hills Times
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

Am ong the Daily lies was that in
regard to Mr.. Barrett withdrawing
from the Prohibition ticket. He
never thought of it. However, the
Globe, which firstpublished the state
ment had a right to the item Sin the
egg" If it had not broken the egg
before it was ripe there would have
been a dead chicken in it. The "com-
mittee" would have made the ''sug-
gestion"-but that would have ended
the matter. The committee was a
small-fry political oneness whose
berth is in the Daily Newsance.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

G.. S. Ames, of Brownton, will have
a great auction sale at his farm, on
the 9th of August, selling stock,
horses, machinery, implements, ETC.,
etc. Sale begins at 10 o'clock, A. NJ,
sharp.
For ten years, just after the politi-
clans have downed Mr.. Donnelly, the
friends who do really admire him"
tell around that Donnelly stands
higher than ever" More than hum
dred said that after his insulting de-
feat by a man like Hall land
then after 214 had voted for the same
man, who had been publicly exposed
as political deadbeat, we hear the
same expression from all over. Do
not deceive yourself, gentlemen. An
irate woman was one time poking the
mopstick under the bed. Finally,
after a large amount of skirmishing,
a stentorian voice came from under:
"You had better look out now, SAL,
or you'll raise the spirit of a man il,
mel" About the time the alliance
breaks the enthusiasm Of their strong
men few more times with traitors
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

who publicly and outrageously in
suit and sell them out, perhaps they
will find Mr.. D. a little backward about
coming forward.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08

For Attorney General,
J. NJ. BURLINGAME,
of Hennepin County.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-08-08
For Lieut.. Governor,
J. O. BARRETT,
of Traverse County.
For Secretary of State,
N. WESENBERG,
of St. Louis County.
For Treasurer,
ERIC MATHIESON,
of Lac qui Parle County.
For Auditor

P. H. RAHILLY,
of Wabasha County.