The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-06-19
A THRILLING BREAC CHI.

There can be no question but that the
alliance is true political party, ior it
jumps into existence with full fledged
breach-two factions-just like the old
parties enjoy. 1t is characteristic ear
mark OF we'll organized politics, and as
much an evidence OF prosperity as any
thing could be. Said 4 rector ola parish
in a neighborlng city, when asked if his
church work was prospering Eyes,
fairly booming. have already a first
class row in the choir" So it is with
the alliance. The following correspond
ence between the President and Mr..
Donnelly has Just been made public:
NORRIS. Mimi, May &c, 1S9O.-To
Hon. Ignatius Donnely, Nininger, MINI.
My Dear Sir: Believing that the at
tack on the leading members OF the Fifth
District Alliance by the Great West, in
its issue of the 23d inst, will cause bitter
feelings, hostile to yourself, and that
your presence at the meeting to be held
on the 10Th of June as the invited guest
| ofthe Alliance will be unpleasant to- your
self and to the members of the Alliance,
| hereby withdraw the verbal invitation
| extended to you some time ago to at
| tend SAID 1neeti1g. The leaders of the
| Fifth District Alliance are not thieves.
liars and traitors, but are honest and
| unselfsh workers for the advancement of
human liberty, justice and right. cam
not believe that you are the author of or
| a party to these ISLANDERS. l am with
great respect, your friend, r. j. HALL,
| President Fifth District Farmers AL
lance.
MAY %, 1S9O.-Dear Sir: Your val
ued favor of the Goth inst. is received
| When you invited me to attend the Fifth
| District Alliance meeting on une ~, l
made up my mind to be with you at that
| time to help along the Alliance work.
You told me at the same time that you
| were going to St. Cloud to see Mr.. At
| wood to arrange about the issuing of
| the call for the convention. You went
| there. The call was issued. 1t omitted
| in it's list OF speakers all reference to my
self and named in my stead w. w. Erwin.
of ST. Paul. and others. Mr.. Erwinis an
| able gentleman and my friend, but he is
not a farmer nor member of the Ali
| ance consider this action of Mr.. At
wood a deliberate insult, and as you are
President of the Fifth District Alliance
| and had conferred with him as to the
| case, | could not but feel that you were
| party to it. | could not think that
| Atwood sour and malignant as have
| long known him to be, with an atrabil-
| iOuSncss of nature in inverse ratio to his
| insi9nificanCe, could have ignored the
| State lecturer of the Alliance after you
| had invited his presence, without your
| authority and consent. had therefore
! written to my friends that | should not
! attend the meeting and your notice for
NE to stay away was therefore unneces-
! sarv. When | speak III the Fifth district
! it will be rs private citizen and shall
! feel il my duty to show up the creatures
! who are striving to use the Alliance for
their personal benefit. Hodgson and
. Spraguc have alrcadv tc1tIcred their
nest TO the extent Of $4,000 a year each;
! Canning desires to go to Congress, by
, turning the Republican leader Of the Al
! nance over to the Democrats; Furlong
. has got Il fat Office out OF the Hail Insur-
! ancc Company and Atwood desires to
| use the machine OF the Alliance to lift
| himself ont OF his native nothingness in
i to nOtorlcty.
| 1t is the duty OF al real friends of re-
! form to expose ard smash such creatures
| The Great West has not vet told half
the truth about them. As for nvs' IF I
| have worked for eight years tor the AL
! lance without cent reward. | was 4
| man Of elninence and influence before the
| Alliance was born, and | will be wi Ell it
/ is dead. ask nothing of it but the op
portunitv to serve it. have fought
| lions in my day and am not ready now
| to 90 on the Warpath against iackals,
suit 81 me very we'll for the executive com.
| mittee meeting. Very respectfully
yours, lGNATlUS DONNELLY.
To r. ]. Hall, Morris, Mimi, President
Fifth District Alliance.