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

The GREAT WEST will never lend it.
self to political villiany if it knows it,
and it generally knows it,. The
course of the odorous alliance cam
paign committee in regard to Bur-
lingame smacks of dirt of the slime
order. Mr.. Burlingame never gave
any encouragement to the Commit
tee that he would accept the nomi-
nation given him. At the first gen.
eral meeting he personally attended
and handed in his declination. They
urged him to stay and he declined
over and over again. The discussion
with him, public and private, was
long and earnest. Finally the COM
mittee asked him to defer action for
two weeks, and with much aversion
he consented. Then he renewed his
declination and gave his reasons at
length-very poor reasons, to be
sure. But if his aversion to running
had been accepted when he presented
them there would have been no such
document in existence.
We do not know this man-never
saw him-nor have we ever seen any
defense of him. But this paper is
proud to say of him. stranger though
he be, and a political foe, that he
acted in the highest and Hottest man.
ner possible in declining just as he did.
And we say further, that the COM
mittee in abusing and shamefully ~
ing about the man, is simply carry
ing out the dirty instincts of the
slum political demagogues that most
Of them are.
We don't care who agrees with us
nor what Mr.. Burlingame's secret
motives are in hanging to mort
bund old party-we say his action
towards us was just in every respect.
And every one of that committee
who was present at his urgent first
declination knows that we are right.
in this opinion OF him.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10
A Fools Folly.

We heard one of our "Indepen.
dent" politicians urging that the
radical men in the alliance ought to
be kept out-they were a damage to
the success OF the party! And he
said, or intimated, that the marke is
were free to any man to ship grain,
etc., over any line of transportation
to home or foreign markets! That
poor fellow is not half baked yet. He
is an Ephraim, a cake unturned. He
better try shipping wheat from Min
nesota to Liverpool.
Well put up the money to cover
the cost OF coal if he can go down in
to Indiana, buy 500 tons Of coal, and
get railroad to carry it to Chicago
land we will allow him to buy from
mines having three railways going
by the shafts!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

We have received a full account OF
Wesenberg's career, in Wisconsin and
Minnesota, with IA to 16 different
newspapers, and also the articles in
the "Scandia" of Duluth, and the
" Volksfreund." It is unnecessary to
publish these personal records. The
man never vii! be Sc rotary of State
OF Minnesota. ii he does, decent PEG.
pie will move out.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10
Support that Local Ticket

with all the energy and faithfulness
at your command. Work! 1t is of
vital interest to our cause The
clouds are gathered darby over the
state ticket, and the crimes of the
free-lunch committee will never be
atoned for in this generation. But
your local campaign is your own
you can only look to yourselves. If
there is any spirit of resistance to
wrong and robbery let it assert it.
self in your legislative work. Do not
ask which is the "smartest" man.
the most cultured man, the most
cunning man! Ask solely "Who is
our man." and then vote and work
for him.
And by ''our" we mean ours in
principle.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

A heavy grain dealer OF Mime
apolis became almost tigeractious
over the statement that neither In
dia, Russian nor English wheat enter
ed into competition with Minnesota
wheat. 1t was a revelation to him
almost as much as the proof that
Liverpool never fixed" the price of
our wheat for us, but we fixed it for
them.
Now here is the result of a little re-
search:
Average" price OF English wheat
in the English market for crop OF
1SS9-9O, was 31s, I'd per quarter, or
93hc. per bushel
Average price of Minnesota hard
wheat mot our mixed, or Duluth, :"
but the grade Canadian" 4Os, or
$1.2O per bushel. ($1.25 with ex-
change).
This shows difference of 26hc. per
bushel. English wheat never rises
above Gas per or.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10
MA Not Help Pay for the Watch.

Dia Not Help Pay for the Watch.
MORRIS. Mimi, Oct, l, 80.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
DEAR SIR.-In Justice to all parties
concerned please state that ! was in
no manner connected with the pre-
sentation of a watch to Mr.. John
Lathrop. Very Truly,
CARRINGToN PHELPS.
We have more faith in Mr.. Phelps,
ex-banker though he be, than in
most OF that hireling gang OF free
lunchers. But the fact remains that
he neither publicly condemned that
folly, nor requested us to correct the
list OF donors, until the entire state
was afame over the matter. Still if
he states that he did not donate to-
wards the crime we thoroughly be-
lieve his statement true. He should
slap the face of the editor of the
Daily News, the Committees cor
gam" for so publishing him.
We are confident, from what has
transpired, that Mr.. Phelps heart is
not with the Committeeman he is
pretty nearly Disguised. And so is
the entire state.
The next will be statement from
Warren that he was asleep when he
said he contributed $1OO of the
money,-and that he had nothing to
do with it. Oh that was a "hilari-
ous' time, as the News truly said.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

"But do you really know that w.
w. Erwin has bargained with the
democratic committee and the ALI
ance ree-lunchers for the senatorship
as the price OF his labor?"
Well, you might ask Albert Warren
he knows, because he has spoken.
And then you might ask Mr.. Durant,
who wanted it and can't have it!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10
Wants Fair

Wants Fair y
The writer Of the fpllowine aiiiiele
writes also this letter:
GENTLEMEN VIII You insert tie
following in your valuable p4l2er and
answer the questions fanklv2 II b.
ieve it is of some importazIcs to. our
mutual cause. We can, unier no cir
cumstances endorse democratic prin-
ciples.'
The gentleman is one Who has the
friendship and respect Of every man
in tie 5th District, and we only re
greet that we may not Sign his name.
The letter Is as follows:
EDITOR GREAT WEsr:
Will you please answer the follow
ing questions in your paper:
1.-HOw could the Farmers Ali
ance endorse a democrat for State
Auditor, and what was the reason
for such endorsements?
2.-Have the democrats, where
they have been in power, ever inaug-
urated any of the reforms demand
ed by the alliance? If not, how
can an alliance man vote for q demo-
craft?
3.-If an alliance man can consist
emily vote for one of the old party
candidates, why can he not just as
well vote the whole democratic
ticket?
4.-There are thousands of straight
prohibitionists in the alliance ranks.
How can these vote for al democrat :?
blow will a republican, who has
joined the alliance, feel when he has
to vote for one ofjhis former political
enemies, a democrat?
eff Mr.. Bierman is elected, will
he be elected as la farmers alliance
man or a democTat? If as a demo-
craft, will such election help the alli-
al,ce?
III the alliance keep on switch
ing off, will it not seon be back in the
old parties, and will not this course
be the death of the alliance?
S.-Are the alliance fighting for
principles or only for political pow
err? SUBSCRIBER.
We cannot answer these questions
fairly. Fifty thousand voters for the
ticket would demand the proof-and
thatwe cannot give. One answer can
be made to all these questions, and
that's an evasion, viz: "That Cam
paign Committee, and it's banker
chief (Scheffer,) no more represents
the heart and head OF the Farmers
Alliance, and the trades organiza-
lions than a frog-pond illustrates
heaven. The alliance fights for purer
politics-the committee gives gold
watches to embezzlers. The alliances
are, most of them, the children of a
certain radical element COM
mittee are enemies thereof. The ALI
ance does not believe in "boodle''-
members of that committee are sup
ported by it. The alliance believes in
personal honor-at least one member
kept out of st. Paul for fear of a
widow woman's warrant! The ALI
ance does not believe in trading poll
tics-the committee will answer for
political crimes of that character at
the terminus of a three-tined pitch
fork. They have ruined the cause
when humanity stood at the bari"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

The same thing has occurred to us
as to the Iowa Tribune the question
as to whether National Bank notes
were taxed, asked byincredulous peo-
pie. And it was hard work to make
them believe that if the bank held
them they were not taxed. But such
is the case.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

We see even the pulpit is taking
up the awful truths given in Caesars
Column" We clip a notice of a SER
mon on the book by the Pastor OF
the M. E. Church at Merrill, Wis, on
last Sunday evening.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

Men, you have nearly month yet
to work. Will you hitch up and get
into the field? The field is big one,
and laborers are wanted. While ex.
horting republicans, get out among
the democrats, and give them the
plain truth of Tom Wilson's history,
You don't have to talk Merriam
when you expose the Wilson blunder
of democracy. You don't have to
abuse the voters for the work of the
machine mo. but present to them
their cause. and your cause, as farm
ers and laborersl
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

Our friend C. L. Smith, he who
thinks the farmers are getting rich
with electric speed, is campaigning
for the &. O. P.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10
What Does this Mean?

The following is taken from the
Farm, Stock and Home:
"Mr. John Lathrop, late secretary
OF the Minnesota State Farmers Al
lance writes F. S. & H. to say that
he has discovered the errors in his az
counts that caused his integrity to
be assailed, and that induced him to
resign his position. His explanation
is that he received from Mr.. Haigh,
his predecessor, something over
eighty dollars, dues from some twen-
ty Alliances. This money had not
been receipted for by Mr.. Haigh. hav-
ing just come into his hands, but Mr..
Lathrop gave his receipt to Mr.. H.,
and then III his own name gave re-
ceipts to the Alliances from which
the money came. This made the sit
uation look bad for Mr.. Lathrop, for
certain Alliances held his receipts for
money without corresponding credits
on his books. The mistake was in
not receipting in Mr.. Haigh's name
Tor the money Subordinate Alliances
sent to him. We are informed that
the whole trouble regarding Mr.. La
throp's accounts came through the
Alliances herewith referred to.
We sincerely trust that Mr.. L. has
found the solution to his difficulty
and to his discrepancies in his ac-
counts. A long acquaintance with
Mr.. Lathrop is the writer's warrant
for saying that he never doubted
that gentleman's integrity. He may
have made mistakes, have been m
fortunate, but that he is Intentional
y dishonest the writer cannot be-
ileve, John Lathrop is a poor man.
but ne is not purchasable.''
Will the F.S. oh. be kind enonoh To
go down to Gary and get concensus
OF opinion? John didn't steal a spit
toon, even. No sir, he merely paid
Zoe. and charged so!
The above sickening slush is unfit
even Tor hog wallow. The Farm,
Stock 4 Home forgets that the
GREAT WEST goes into thousands OF
farmers homes with the factsl Tn.
deed' as to those 80 unreported ALI
ances we have never cast up a figure
against Lathrop Gentlemen Of the
Watch Crew, let us tell Won that
you're lot of tools.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

A correspondent asks us how much
land has been given to railways: We
answer, over 200 million acres !
which have yielded in value about
1000 million OF dollars, twice the
cost OF all the railroads in the coun-
try. Yet our people will talk Cush.
Davis into the Senate in '92.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

See to it, gentlemen, that when you
give money to Mr.. Warren, out in
the state, that 1t is not to pay the
cost OF moving Mr.. Grigsby down
to St. Paul. The COMMITTEE" are
now using money for the purpose of
keeping up a bogus Office for him
here
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

The Alliance Elevator and Mer-
camille Company at Adrian is doing
an immense business. 1t has sold
through Mark Graves, over 40 Irvine
binders this season, at about 500.
Mr.. Mcknight, president, lends con-
slant assistance. Adrian is astir,
Lecturer Long and ]. V. Hynes help
keep things stirred up.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

A royal Independent writes:
''Stand firm for the Lords sake
and all our sakes!"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

The Watch Crew at the Merchants
don't refer to the fact officially that
the Clerks Union and the Trades
Council OF Duluth are after their
scalpus.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

There's slight row on now in the
State Central Committeeman seri-
ous-at least not serious enough to
break it up-which we regret very
much.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

Cheer up, ye toiling men! Lift up
your hearts and look upon better
days. Even in the midst of gloom
there comes the rosy hue of dawn
when the Truth and the Christ-love
shall triumph IN the human breast.
Gain but little to-day-more tomor-
rowland the victory will come in
time.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

Warren has not denied his 81 con-
tribution to the Watch as yet
We're waiting only waiting.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10
For Lieut.. Governor,
j. O. BARRETT,
of Traverse County.
For Attorney General,
ROBERT TAYLOR,
OF Dodge County.
For Clerk Supreme Court,
F. w. KOHLARS,
of LIE Sueur County.

We have cut down many of our
letters this week on account of
crowded columns.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

Frequently some exchange accuses
as OF using hard language. Yes, it is
hard to call knaves by their proper
titles. It is very hard-but very
just.
Nothing but blow from a pickaxe
will trouble society when the public
conscience is so depraved as to con-
done public evil.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

Inc duty on Irvine is henceforth <
cent per pound. This will be two
cents q pound BY the time it passes
through three hands to the farmer
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10

just as our market settles down
about ten or fifteen cents below the
recent bulge in grain, it is interest
ing to quote the following Tin CAPT
tails just as we give them from the
great English grain journals:
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-10-10
CLOSE OF THE MARKET, 2 +. n
by Te!eDhOne.)

by Ie!ephOne.)
THE MARKET IMPROVED. AND
ATTENDANCE INCREASED AT
TER THE LUNCHEON HOUR.
AMERICAN MAIZE ADVANCED Ia.
3d., TOUCHING 24s. 3d., THE
HIGHEST PRICE RECORDED
THIS YEAR. OATS AND GRIND
ING BARLEY WERE STRENGTH
ENED IN SYMPATHY"
And yet, do you know, Jack Pitch
fork, that the American grain-hog
has been telling us how the foreign
demand made the American market
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-25
How She Behaved.

The negro makes us laugh because
he will say things which he should
have left unsaid, and say them with
out the least intention of giving Of
Tense. An admirable illustration of
this sort of humor is given in Har-
per's. Briefly told it is as follows:
Samson, the colored janitor of an
apartment house in which Mr.. and
Mrs. Robinson. occupy a fat, is not
treated by their Irish cook with the
Difference which he thinks due to his
position.
One morning when. at the going up
and down of the coal scnttle, Samson
had been worsted in a wordy encount-
er, his wounded dignity could stand
itno longer. Stopping Mr.. Robinson
on the front stairs, he complained to
him of his sharp tongued servant.
What Samson wished to say was
that the girl assumed as much au-
thority as ifshe were one of the ladies
of the house. What he did say was
this:
"Mr. Robinson, that girl of yours
has ordered me round, an yelled at
me down the elevator shaft, an
blowed me an, jawed me until you'd
have thought it was Mrs. Robinson
herself"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-25
The Mad Stone,

D. c. McGuelkin, of Knoxville, Ma
rion county, Iowa, was bitten on the
hand by mad dog one day, and i'm
mediately went to Paris, Linn county,
to be treated by the maidstone in the
possession of Mr.. Given, ofthat place.
He describes the maidstone as white,
spongy-looking little stone about as
large as a filbert, with one fat side,
the other being cone-shaped. Given
scratched his arm with pin until
the blood started and then applied
the stone, which, if there is any poi
son in the system. will stick like a
leech. In this case it stuck until it
was full of a darkish substance when
it fell off. 1t was cleansed with warm
milk and water and put back again,
and twas seven hours before it would
not adhere to the arm. Soon after
the stone was applied his hand in
side turned spotted black and white,
the same as the dog that bit him,
and when he saw that, though the
spots were not very prominent, it
frightened him badly. After all the
poison had been sucked out McGuel-
kin departed for his home thorough
ly satisfied with the cure.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-25

day will come when there will be no more
hospitals, for there will be no more sick, and
no moro eye and ear infrmaries, for there
will be NO more blind or deaf, and no more
deserts, for the round earth shall be brought
under arboriculture, and no more billiards.
or sunstrokes, for the atmosphere will be ex-
purgated of scorch and no chill, and more
war Tor the sword shall come out of the
foundry bent into pruninghooks. While in
the heavenly country We shall see those who
were the victims of accident or malforma-
ton, or hereditary ills on earth, become the
athletes in Elysian fields. Who is that man
throne? Why, that is the man, who, near
Jericho, was blind, and our Surgeon cured
his ophthalmial Who is that erect and grace
fui and queenly woman before the throne?
That was the one whom our Surgeon
found bent almost double, and could in no
wise lift up herself, and He made her straight.
Who is that listening with such rapture to
the music OF heaven, solo melting into cho-
rus, cymbal responding to trumpet, and then
himself joining in the anthem? Why, that is
the man whom our Surgeon found deaf and
dumb on the beach of Galilee, and by two
touches opened ear-gate and mouth-gate.
Who is that around whom the crowds are
gathering with admiring look and thanks
giving, and cries of "Oh, what He did for
me! Oh, what he did for my family! Oh,
Surgeon of all the centuries, the Oculist, the
Aurist, the Emancipation, the Savior. No
pay he took on earth. Come, now, and let
all heaven pay him with worship that shall
never end, ana a love that shall never die.
On his head be all the crowns! In His hands
be all the sceptresl and at His feet be all the
worlds!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-25
AGAIN ARRESTED.
A Wisconsin Banker Who Has :Been
in Hot Water Frequently.

in Hot Water Frequently.
LA Crosse, Wis, Special Telegram,
Wyatt H. Graves, proprietor OF the
Farmers and Mechanics bank st West
Salem, this county, was arrested to-day by
the sheriff of Sank county on the charge of
obtaining money under false pretenses. The
particular ofense was giving check on his
own bank for SILT to the Baraboo Savings
bank when he had no funds to meet the
same. He has been arrested for doing the
same thing at 6toughton and Reedsburg,
this state, and Pierre, S. D., where he OBJ
tanned $275 from the Bank of Commerce on
the pretense that he was buying real estate.
Many crooked acts are known to have been
committed by him. One OF the most COM
mon was making small loans of $25 or $50,
and then raising the notes to $125 and $l3O,
and negotiating them with larger banks.
Forgery is also alleged. Graves IS lawyer,
and first started in Trempeleau county,
where he was under arrest half a dozen
times for all sorts of offenses but always
managed 30 escape. He might have been
arrested on dozen charges any time the
past two years, but people were all hoping he
would make a turn somehow so they could
recover their money. He is married, and
has parents living near Fond du Lac.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-25
Two Hundred Wounds.

An extraordinary attempt at sui
eide has been made in Paris. Ashoe-
maker, described as a decent, indus
trious man, having fallen into mis-
fortunes, and suffering from extreme
poverty, decided to take his life and
end the struggle. He took a knife
used in his trade and commenced to
stab himself in the arms and legs, it
is supposed with the idea of opening
one Of the chief veins, but, finding
that the end did not come quickly,
he continued with a sort of fury,
and had just rolled upon the floor
exhausted when a brother, who had
been apprehensive of his state, ap-
peared on the scene. The wounded
man was conveyed to a hospital,
where it was found that he had in
ficted on himself two hundred dis
tinct wounds.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-25
IN A BAD FIX.
A Chinaman Forced to Remain on q
Bridge at Niagara Falls.

A Chinaman Forced to Remain on a
Bridge at Niagara Falls.
NIAGARA FALLS. Epecial.-Three China
men, two of whom had attempted to cross
the frontier with Mum Lee two weeks ago,
the other q stranger, presented themselves
for admission to Canada to-day, hav-
ing been hustled over to this side
by United States officers. The two
belonging to Nun Lees party were allowed
admission, having Canadian customs GER
tificates in their possession The stranger,
not having the necessary document and
only $40 to pay the Canadian tax of $50,
was denied the privileges given to his COM
panions and was sent back to the Ameri-
can side and was there stopped and the
gates Of the bridge closed on him. The only
the bridge, where he has been since, and is
likely to remain for some time. Collector
Of Customs Flyn communicated with the
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-25
LOVED ANOTHER MANS WIFE.
Such a Condition Of Affairs Causes
a Fatal Shooting At fraY.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Special.-A shooting
affair occurred late last night at North Nc
Gregor which contains much of sensa-
tional character. George Cornell, young
man of Twenty-Five years, is an engineer
on the Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, and
son of Roadmaster C. III. Cornell of that
road, we'll known citizen of Dubuque.
Cornell arrived at North McGreg-
or at II p. M, and was met after leaving
his locomotive by J. J. Grinnell, who
was evidently waiting for him. Grinnell
walked up to him, and without word dis
charged two bullets from q revolver, enter
ing the head just above the eyes. It is i'm
possible for him to recover. Grinnell, who
did the shooting, has been for years official
reporter and stenographer Of the district
court of the McGregor district and is well
known. 1t is alleged that Cornell had been
paving too much attention to Grinnelrs
wife. On being interviewed to-day she de-
clared she loved Cornell, and that he loved
her.