The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-12-26
washington County.

"ooAA08SO0 OOUAtys
The county Alliance held it's meet
ing at the courthouse, Saltwater, on
the Goth inst, and elected A. D. Roe,
a strong alliance man, as delegate to
St. Paul. He is a Donnelly man and
the alternate, T. P. Woods, of Mar
line, is also a member of the straight
earnest workers. The convention in.
structed for Mr.. D.
But the convention went still fur
ther. It adopted a resolution cen
surlng R. J. Hall, and protesting
against his re election!
Slowly, but surely, the GREAT
WEST standard of alliance honor
forges to the front.
If the Alliance, like body of bust
ness men, organized for business,
had acted wisely and Instantly upon
the miserable follies of it's tmachine'
last summer, the state to-day would
have been under the rule of laboring
men.
The GREAT WEST was right.
Minneapolis testified by the with
drawal of Thos. Lucas from the lab
or end of the committee.
Duluth responds by withdrawing
the 'oficia" relations of organized
labor from Griggsby's Indust. Age,
and the open rebellion OF several
Unions from the dirty labor frauds.
St. Paul responded by demanding,
in emphatic language, the withdraw
al of the labor end of the committee
from this city. The demand was re-
fused-and St. Paul refused to or
ganize!-Or vote.
Pipestone Labor Unionists declare
the "clubs" organized in these cities
to misrepresent labor in the conven-
ton as frauds-and Pipestone is the
only officially organized body, or
county, in the state.
Now comes the Washington county
alliance meeting at the very centre of
vast laboring interests-in a city
where great efforts were made to or
ganize under the Ha]l-Scheffer regime
and pronounces against the recreant
president.
The volume has only been opened.
Successive chapters follow.
The half we did not dare to tell
although some say the G. W. is fear
less. To have told all would simply
have ruined our grand vote, and
buried the G. W. under an unjust
and hotheaded indignation.
Before God and man the G. w. will
stand justified in it's course.
LATER We have received the res
olutions OF the Washington county
Alliance.
r. ]. Hall and the Twine Fraud.
THE GREAT Tw1NE MACHINE FRAUD AT
LAST LINKED TO THE GANG.
Every reader of the G. w. remem-
bers the crushing letters from Mr..
Todd, the Irvine machine man, at the
very least duplicating the prison
committee in machine purchase of
a questionable nature, and six
thousand dollar profit. Mr.. O'Brien
was the man implicated, or maneu-
vreing the Irvine deal. While private
information let us on to the facts it
was not safe to tell the whole truth.
But one by one the exposures of this
paper are corroborated. The Still
water Alliance Convention deserves
the thanks of the alliances of the
state for the noble stand taken. The
resolutions are as follows: i*
Whereas, Mr.. R. J. Hall, presi-
dent of the State Farmers Alliance.
was present at the two independent
political conventions of the Alliance
party OF Washington county, held at
Saltwater on the LIST and 18th days
OF September, and there did use his
influence as president of said Farm
ers' Alliance to have the convention
endorse one James S. O'Brien Zone of
the prison managers) as candidate
for the state senate; therefore
"Resolved, That we protest
against the proposed reelection of
Mr.. Hall to be president of the State
Alliance; and that we further believe
that Mr.. Halls association with the
said board of prison managers
should disqualify him for the office OF
president of the State Farmers ALI
ance of Minnesota"
We have received grand, concise,
eloquent and effective letter from
Bro. II. L. Burgess, of Amor, Otter
Tail County on alliance no1it;cs-on1