The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-07

w uOm U1lC OOu6 WdklG Oc6UIOy, +,
they make mad first"
Excuse my presumption. Very
truly yours, r. NJ. PROBsTFIELD.
At the meeting held by Moorhead
Alliance No. 148 on Feby %, 1890:
w. j. Bodkin was elected Presi-
dent.
A. NJ. Burdick, Vice President.
R. NJ. Probstfeld, Secretary pro
tenn.
S. E. Hartland, Treasurer.
AS delegates to Annual State ALI
ance Meeting March 4th, next, w. J.
Bodkin delgate-A. NJ. Burdicke alter
nate.
From the Dawson Sentinel:
For President Of the State Farmers
A|Iiance---Ignatius DonneIIy.
The man who should be at the
head of the Farmers Alliance in this
state as it's president, is that able
and fearless champion of the rights
of the people-Ignatius Donnelly.
The time has come when men OF
prominence and pronounced. ability
are needed to formulate and carry
into execution the plans necessary
for the regulation of the movements
OF this great and constantly growing
body OF earnest men seeking relief
from the encroachments of organized
and soulless monopoly. This is now
the farmers opportunity and it must
not be lost to them by incompetent
leadership. Mr.. Donnelly has surely
proved his devotion to the farmers
cause, and today he is recognized. all
over Minnesota as the brains of the
alliance movement. TO his ability
and untiring zeal, aided by the excel
lent work of the deputy lecturers and
the GREAT WEST, is due the existence
OF this grand, army of $1,000 farmers
united for a common purpose The
men now at the head of this organ
ization are not competent to lead
this army to victory, and they must
give place to men who are equal to
the emergency. If properly handled
there is grand future before the
Farmers Alliance-a future that will
tighten the burden of every man con-
nected with it and bring about an
era OF prosperity to the producing
classes of the country. This encour-
aging outlook, this bright prospect
OF better days, must not be COM
promised and delayed by the leader
ship of men who have already proven
themselves incompetent.
That article has broken open the
well-spring OF feeling in the heart of
the Alliance. Every statement is a
truth-and justice demands that the
alliance should put a stop to this
"downing'' of every able man in the
alliance by political lying and abuse.
No man ever saw the hour when
Ignatius Donnelly did not stand
with the farmer with eloquent
tongue and commanding presence.
No public occasion was ever lost by
him-no matter what the theme
or who the audience-to cry out
against the tyranny of greed. Before
the State editors in February he
spared them not-and we delighted
in the royal manhood that struck
out with almost sublime eloquence
against the men, and in their pres
ence, who were upholding wrong.
Every one knows his truth to our
cause-and every farmer in the state
knows that he has risen above and
beyond the trucking few who have
stood in the way this winter-and
lifted the banner of reform with a
rare power and magnificent success
What a shame that the dirty slime
of political enmity should continual
ly triumph over every master spirit
which rises to do battle for justice
Farmers, rise up as one man, and
stand by those who stand by you
try a clean cut policy of your own.
Ignatius Donnelly never made a
dollar out of politics. He never once
has shown the white feather. He has
struggled when all else was dead.
Let us cheer the heart of the great
scholar and matchless oratorl