St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-10
.IC. IS STILL ON DECK.
His Scheme Is to Head Off a
Nomination by the Far
merS.
No Trouble About Expenses
for Delegates Who Are
"All Right"
Col. Hans Mattson CorralS
q Few Votes in Old
Chisago.
Local Politicians Evolve q
brilliant" Scheme for
This Fall.

VIII the farmers make any n0mina-
lions at their convention to be held in
this city next week?
They certainly will not be able to do
so unless the schemes of some clever
Republican wirepulierS and Ignatius
Donnelly are headed off before that
time. By the alliance constitution,
drafted with exceeding great foresight
by that arch old demagOgue, the Sage Of
Nininger, at the annual meeting last
winter, it is provided that vote of two
thirds of the delegates to this conven-
ton is necessary to nominate candi-
date. This is very large proportion,
and it has been predicted by good poll
ticianS that the honest and sincere men
in the convention will not have that
great preponderance in the body.
At any rate. there is to-day an organ
lied effort being made by Donnelly and
the Republican machine to capture a
little more than one-third of the dele
gates to next weeks convention?
Will they be able to secure enough
delegates to block things?
/ The best answer to this question can
be found by glancing back a few months
and noting the makeup of the annual
meeting. In that gathering, it will be
remembered, Mr.. Donnelly and his
man, Fish. had nearly one-half of the
alliance men entitled to seats in the
convention enrolled on their side, and
who marched boldly up and voted in
favor of making Mr.. Donnelly presi-
dent of the alliance and Editor Fish
secretary. How great many
of these delegates got into
that convention is well known
and many of those on the inside claim
also to know who paid their hotel bills.
But this is neither here nor there. What
Mr.. Donnelly did so neatly in March is
he not very likely to repeat in July?
In his relentless opposition to any
scheme of Independent action by the
farmers this year can be seen the causes
and the reasons which led him to make
so hard fight to gain complete control
of the alliance at the March meeting.
Had he accomplished his endSa that
time. does any one acquainted with his
utterances since suppose for an instant
that any independent man would have
been heard from this year? But,
defeated in his grand scheme, Mr..
Donnelly is at it again. and now he is
openly working to secure coutrol of a
strong minority III the coming cOnyen-
ton. Yesterday the Marshall county
alliance met at Argyle, and elected j.
@. Cronkhite delegate to the eonven-
ton, and instructed him for 1gnatius
Donnelly for governor. Every ''dead''
alliance in the state will be represented
by a man who will vote as Mr.. Donnelly
dictates.
How is this to be accomplished? is
the question. and it will be answered by
a farmer. and a member of a Carver
county alliance.
1.-THE Donnelly men are going to have
the advantage of us in the way of get
ting men to this convention" said this
gentlemen. "The money is all on that
side, and venture to predict that any
man who is ready to come to st. Paul
and vote to block things and prevent
nomination will have the funds placed
at his disposal, not only to 'reSuScitate'
his alliance, but also to pay his bills and
recompense him for the time he spends
attending the convention"
An amusing little colloquy took place
in the lobby of the Merchants yeSter-
day afternoon with Hon. John l.. Gibbs,
the railroad commissioner. and we'll
known young man of st. Paul in the
leading roles. The fun commenced by
the second party ending a long talk on
general politics from Republican
standpoint with the assertion that he
knew a way to prevent the farmers
making nomination for governor.
Show can that be done?" asked Mr..
Gibbs with interest.
"Oh, easily enough" was the reply.
"You see it takes twC-thIrds to nominate
and Gov. Merriam can buy the One-third
needed without any trouble and with
small amount of cash."
whats your politics. anyway?'
querried Gibbs at this Juncture, as he
gave the young man severe look.
"Well, Pm an independent" was the
answer, and the conversation came to
an end.