Telegram-herald., 1890-09-29

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s4eh stFong 9gpos.t tsou from = naaiter
OF the faitAfai wuo h4d the ot-ice itch,
that tas meal hers we're Undecided what
Is was lest % 90. About that time
Albert Dosgs, of Eos.eFEille. enisf
Ia0gui, hlgn mack-A-muck xua gfal1
kssPer oL TIE sea- of The fgoaioitioa
party, conserved the lsiea Of tie pF0his
s~alioSipg the patron movement, hide
and tai, an1 begAn pulling MS Hlres
with taAt cod ia yies. lie accordingly
lad Ms plans before AzaE4h Partridge,
who Was a shining ght Ia the PT0hlb-
lti0n party, and had peen 3 candidate
Tor once on the ticket every time since
he was refused The nomination tor Ge-
election % the Legislature on the Re-
publican t.cke. Partridge scratched
his pate. fel n with the idea. sut at
once became one Of Dodge's heelers-
''ln accordance with thAt ldea a meet
ing OF leaders OF AL branches OF the
movement Was called al Lansing, and
that $ the meeting referred 10 IA the
News as the committee OF IS who met
AZ The Hudson House in secret session.
ME. Dodge appeared very ANXIOUS that
a. the elements should be united TINS
fall, providing everything came Dodge's
NAY, as developments Hill show.
when the matter had been carefully
talked over AL but he were agreed that
new political organization should be
born. To every proposition OF tins klnd
and Il was put IN every form, the wily
Albert would shove back as chair and
repeat this sentence. 4 won't consent
10 anything that VIII antagOnze the
name or organization of the PrOhlol-
ton party; and It WAS owing 70 that at
tltude OF his that such a union was not
perfected. arrangement was flnal.y
made, however, 10 call the State con-
ference and convention, which met IN
this city the last OF July and continued
n session for three successive days. 1t
was also agreed that II sufficient strength
was shown IN the Patron state Confer
ence TO carry the proposition. delegate
was 10 move that they resolve them
selves into a convention and proceed to
nominate Mr.. Partridge for governor,
Henry I. Allen, State Master Workman
OF the h. OF l., and another old-lne
Prohibltionist, for lieutenant governor,
and some prominent Alliance man, not
named at that meeting, for secretary of
state; and thus give the PrOhI's good
start on their ticket.
"But, alas, there's MANY a slip.
The PrOhlDiuonlsts were 10 meet the
next day in State convention and en-
dorse that ticket, making their own
platform, with prohibition as their
main feature. The Union convention
was 10 meet the next day, endorse the
same ticket and make It's platform,
tins being the only plan of uniting to
which Mr.. Dodge would consent-the
only one he could consent TO and
make hlm the star of SO thrilling
plot.
when the patrons met the motion
was made as agreed upon, and for all
that two-thlrds OF the delegates voted
favorably, Brother Partridge weakened. i.
as the News article says, and ruled that
the meeting was a conference, not q
convention, and the delegates bad no
power under their election 10 that
conference by the call, to resolve them
selves into q convention or make
nominations, and that ruling ended
the plan or union despite the frantic
efforts of Mr.. Dodge and his followers,
who nearly hOwled themselves hoarse
as they saw their much-coveted plan OF
union swiftly evapOratlng into thin air,
III vain endeayor 10 convince Mr.. Part
ridge that he was In toe wrong. But
Mr.. 7. wss firm and after this outcome
as a result of hIs own ruling, he OF
course objected TO being nominated for
Governor by the prohls and 1t was only
by dInt of much coaxing by Dodge, VINO
/ thought he could yet see rift IN the
clouds, did he consent.
"The prOhIs nominated their ticket
and adopted their platform, and the
next day the union convention, with
| 1913 delegates present, 90 of whom repre-
sented Patron lodges, organized the In
/ dustriai party. and, knowing the above
I facts, virtually informed Mr.. Dodge and
his followers they could 20 10 sheol,
and refused 10 endorse Mr.. Partridge,
although the prohi's. led by q. K. Ma.
lone, we're present and used every
| effort TO secure said endorsement. 1t
was SICK party that left Lansing that
night. Mr.. Dodge had had his plumage
most handsomely trimmed and the
prohrs had been snubbed as never be-
I fore"