St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-12

SATURDAY MORNING,
called and the new laws laid down with
emphasis. Hereafter political happen
ings will be chronieled with great care
in that office, per request.
Congressman "Dar'' S. Hall. of the
Third district, has thrown aside the ar
duous duties that fall to the lot of the
members of the present caucuS-ridden
house, and has rushed home to repair
his fences. He finds them in excellent
shape, it is said, and there will be no
opposition to his denomination at Glen
coe next Wednesday. 70 less obtuse
man than Congressman sDar'' the fact
that there are no Republicans in the dis
trict who care to oppose him for the
the thing is 'sloaded'' this time. But
'.Darn looks back to the landslide of
1888, when he pulled through by good
majority. and rests content in the bliss
full idea that he can pull through again.
But he can't do it this year, as he will
find out later. Two years ago he had
not voted for
1. The Mckinley tariff bill; or
Q. Against the free coinage of silver.
! Probably three-fourths of his constit-
uents believed when they voted for him
! that he would vote for reducing the
tariff rather than increasing it, and it is
also likely that at least nlne-tenths of
5 his people were in favor of the remOn-
etization of silver.
j What can Mr.. Hall say to these people
I l,oo IN F0rc,
didate this fall?
The Republican scheme of capturing
the coming Farmers alliance conyen-
ton through the medium of Trick-Mule
Donnelly has been exposed so fully
that the workers Of the governor are
despairing of accomplishing their pur-
pose. and the order has gone out to raise
the cry that "the Democrats have car
ried the convention" in case MI. DON
nelly fails to receive the nomination.
The farmers will not be fooled so
easily this time, however. They are
ION" to Mr.. Donnelly, and have been
ever since the Fifth district alliance
convention. The real reasons which
inspired him to fight SO hard for
the presidency of the alliance
were then revealed. and the gran
to repeat the trick on them which he
played so we'll on the Labor party in
1888. Gov. Merriam's low tariff speech
was delivered simply to give Mr.. Don
nelly, as president of the alliance, the
opportunity of declaring that the gov
ernOr's attitude on that question did
away with the necessity of the alliance
taking independent action.
1t was very clever and fne-laid
scheme, but the election of President
Hall and Secretary Lathrop, instead of
Mr.. Donnelly and DR.. Fish, knocked it
out completely. The defeat of this
scheme only impelled the versatile sage
to renewed exertiOns, however, and he
set out at once to capture the executive
committee. A number of his Staunch
supporters were given places On this,
but when it came to the test they voted
in favor of holding convention, and
again was the eminent BacOnian de-
-feated. These many reverSeS would
have Silenced almost any other man,
but they had different effect on Mr..
DOnneliy, who will carry the warfare
into the convention next week.
The alliance convention. which will
convene in the Newmarket next
Wednesday, will he one of the most in
tereSting conventions of the year. There
will be host OF prominent men on
hand who will enliven the proceedings
when the music really commences. The
Fifth district in all probability will have
the strongest delegation present. Gen.
IT. H. Barrett, the sOldier-farmer of
Morris, will be on hand to roast every
convention. Hon. Charles Can
ming, too. will be present, and he
may have word to say about some
,iof the men who will try to rnn this con-
,vention, and who sold him out so neatly
two years ago. Senator HiXon will also
be On deck. with an eye on Col. Tom
Toombs. of Hereford. From Stearns
will come Farmer Atwood. and KittSon
county will be represented by the brill
liant and energetic w. F. Kelso. Gen.
Bakers silYer-tongued oratory will re-
mind the delegates that the Second dis
trict is not completely lost, while the
bulky form OF D. d. Burleson, the smooth
schemers of Jack" Diamond, and
the well-known countenances of ex-Sec-
Rotary Haigh will all serve to convince
the convention that Blue Earth county
is yet in the ring. Seth Bottomley, OF
Faribault county, will talk all the time
if he gets half show, and Jay La Due,
of Rock, will do some of the solid think
ing. DR.. Fish will hold proxy from
Washington county alliance, the loca-
ton of which may not be exactly
known, and will roast the railroads and
KDute Nelson or the Minneapolis wheat
ring whenever he gets cEance.
The convention may contain 500 dele
gates, and if it does there will be no
ticket placed in the field.
Hon. D. II. Freeman, of st. Cloud,
the author of the famous blouse File
157," which became law during the
session of 1887 of the state legislature,
was in the city yesterday, stopping at
the Merchants. Mr.Freeman has been
out of politics since that time. but he
may decide to re-enter the arena this
to try for the seat held down by Frank
Searle in the last house. The Demo
cratic majority is quite large in that
district. but MI. Freeman understands
the latest improved methods of cleo
pioneering according to the revised
code of M. S. Quay and W. w. Dudley,
and there's no telling what might hap
pen.
Another well-known citizen OF Mime
sofa at the Merchants yesterday was
Frank clifford, or SnaKOpee. FOr Cnlr-
ty-four years." said Mr.. Clifford to
GLOBE reporter, Il have stood at the
wheel and worked for the Republican
party, but am through with protection
now. / used to think it was just the
thing, but have changed my mind.
The farmers of this country ought to
have the privilege Of buying what they
need in the same market in which their
products are sold. This is the only way
farming can be made to pay in this
country. l used to think Mckinley and
those fellows were all right, and was a
great admirer of Blaine, but their tariff
ideas don't suit the farmers of Mime
sofa, and [ shall not stand at the rack
any longer"
TEXANS ON THE WARPATH.
A Pitched Battle Between Rival