The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-26

the state alliance be charged back to |
him.
RESOLVED, That a copy of these
resolutions be send to the chairman
of the Executive Committee, and an
other to the GREAT WEST for publ
cation. c. E. SANBORN.
Sec'y Hammer Alliance, No. $50.
Pres.-V. NJ. SANBORN.
AN HONEST, EARNEST LETTER.
GossEN, Mimi, Sept. 10Th, 1890.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
There is now a full supply of tickets
in the field in this county OF Polk.
Bnt hope and think, as far as un-
derstand, that the Alliance ticket
stands a good show, both county
and state. Times have been so busy
now they have not had time to held
meetings as often as they ought to,
but it is wonderful how this alliance
organization has stirred the farm
ers. Wherever two or three farmers
come together there is sure to be
politics, and almost every one is hop
ing success for the Alliance ticket this
fall. The trouble is that so many in
this part OF the county can't read
your valuable paper, and some OF
these so-called Alliance organs are
coming out squarely stating that the
GREAT WEST has turned it's back on
the Farmers Alliance in Minnesota,
and splitting it up for the interest OF
Gov. Merriam. Now, dear friend DR..
Fish, am one of them that believes
YOU to be a man who would not de-
ceive us poor farmers that way, to
first arouse us to full knowledge of
the situation we are in, under the old
party lash, and just when we are pre-
pared for battle, then leave us in the
mud.
Now, | shall trust in the GREAT
WEST yet, and 1 hope l am not mis-
taken. l shall also vote the Alliance
ticket with one exception-I mean
the state ticket Our ticket for coun-
ty and Legislature is good as far as
it reaches. One of our Representa-
tives to the Legislature Thomas En-
VIM declined the nomination on &C.
count of the Temperance Alliance and
Prohibitionists joined with us in our
convention, and with good reason.
Good by, Thomas, we don't need
you. We have some good men left
in our ranks yet, to select from.
With my hearty wish for your con-
tinuance in revealing the wrong and
defending the right, and for victory
for the Alliance ticket, / am yours,
KNUTE H. ROLLAG.
Knute, on one side are $4,000
farmers as little acquainted with the
awful corruption in public move
ments as they are of the chemical
constitution OF methyl-propyloxicon !
On the other side is a combination OF
a hundred capitalists with 5000, O0O,-
900 in a system which doubles their
capital every five orsix years-at the
expense of labor!
Do you think this 200 millions will
give up without an attempt to Sc
duce your leaders? Mott is beyond
reason. They do attempt. Do they
succeed? Well, what think you?
Does Sprague draw his $4,000 sal
airy? Does Hodgson draw his $4,000
salary? Does Haigh draw his
81 900? Does Hall draw money
from one bank-and go on big junk
cts at the gift of the owner of anoth-
er? Is the wheat ring represented by
it's ex-inspector-and are there not
two wheat buyers on the Campaign
Committee?
Did they want to elect the ticket?
Did they not scrape the slums for
members of the committee? How
about Gardner-spewed out by
county alliance and three local ALI
ances? How about Eric Olson?
How about the frauds in the Conven-
ton? How about the destruction of
the treasury through Lathrop? How
about the Insulting exclusion OF Mr..
Donnelly and the GREAT WEST? How
about the selection OF the Daily News
as a Campaign organ!!-and SO on
through the shameful list!
And yet, Knute, the GREAT WEST
does support the ticket. 1t is faith
full to cause which shameless men
have betrayed.
Another Letter.
The following letter tells what a
terrific campaign Mr.. Donnelly is
carrying through for W. r. Merriam !
1t is in response to letter on the sub
iect.