St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-02
SAGE IN THE SOUP.
Donnelly's Letter Causes a
Sensation in Farmers Al
lance Circles.
Determined Opposition to Him
in All Parts OF the
State.
His Quondam Friends In otter
Tail Are Now Against
Him.
A Practical Farmer Will Be
Elected President on
Dec. 80.

That,there will be hard fight at the
coming meeting of the Minnesota Farm
er's Alliance, to be held in this city
Dec. so, goes without saying. The can
didacy of the Sage of Nininger has
served to stir up Alliance circles as
nothing else could have done. and it is
safe to say that there will be upwards
of 1000 delegates in attendance. The
fight on the part of those opposed to
Mr.. Donnelly will be made in behalf of
practical farmer, who will undOubt-
eddy be taken from the Fifth district.
1t may be President X. J. Hall, whose
friends are insisting that in view of the
malicious attacks that have been made
upon him, it would only be just and
right to vindicate him by a reelection.
Mr.. Hall does not desire the honor again
and ma insist upon retiring in favor
of some other farmer. However this
may be. the foes of Donnelly, Donuel-
lyism and the Great W est will not al
low questions of locality or anything
else to divide their votes sufficiently to
elect the Sage of Nininger.
Shall the Minnesota Farmers Al
lance join the Southern Alliance and
become secret political society,"
This is another question that will be
fought out al the coming convention.
Ii those delegates and others who re-
member the annual meeting held in this
| city on the 4th of last March rack their
memories just tritie, they will recall
the fact that an attempt was made to
do this at that time, but, on
account of the objections made by Sem
ofor Naahi,ar nf Scott county and
other German Catholics opposed to
secret societies. it was dropped. This
year another attempt will be made, with
Donnel;y. Fish and the Great West
| leading the procession. In this cOnnec-
| ton the following account of the where
abouts of DIR. Fish, of the Great West,
as told by an Alliance man yesterday,
| is at least interesting:
Il do not know" said he inst who gave
| DR.. Fish the authority to act. u understand
| he is now i'll Florida attending the national
| convention of the Southern Alliance, and
| pretending to represent the State Alliance of
| Minnesota No one delegated him to do this
| and do not know how far he will pretend
| 10 represent US. We are not members OF the
| southern Alliance, nor are the Alliances Of
Nebraska ana Iowa. Such union is impos-
| sible as the Southern Alliance stands to day.
| We are ready to unite, but we cannot become
| part of great secret society,""
why does Donneily want to be pres
ident of the Alliance?' was question
asked T. c. Hodgson by GLOBE reporter
| yesterday afternoon.
He has an idea that il he can obtain con-
| troll of the Alliance he can secure the elec-
ton of a lot of legislators two years hence
| who will turn down Cush Davis and elect
him to the United States senate" answered
MIR. Hodgson, with a smile. 1.-The fact is he
could do nothing of the sort, for with one
year Of Donnelly the Alliance would be SO
badly wrecked that it could do nothing.
Were it not for the effect on the Alliance
movement The election of Donnelly would be
the best possible mode of disposng
of him. But the Alliance movement
cannot afford to be set back five or
six years just at this time. 1 believe in tax
ing Donnelly's advice: no weak or wicked
man should be elected president For this
reason Donnelly should not be chosen; for
| know of no weaker or more wicked man who
could be elected. After the disorganizug
work of the Great West during the late CAM
paign, am surprised that even Donnelly
can ask such thing"
Although it has been but few hours
since the GLOBE made Mr.. Donnelly'S
remarkable letter public, the farmers of
the state are already awake to the i'm
portance of the issue and are maxim Z
themselves heard. The following dis
patch from Fergus falls shows the feel
ing in that Alliance stronghold:
DOnnelly'S letter announcing his can
didacY for president of the State Farm
erS' Alliance made great stir here to-
day when the DAILY GLOBE was re-
| ceived. II. E. Boon, the leader of the
| Alliance in this county, said:
1.-The presidency of the State Alliance is an
| Office which should not be sought by any
| man. The Alliance should and will select a
| man for the place whom it thinks will best
! perform the duties of the office. 1t should
| not select man just because he wants it.
| There will be strong opposition to Mr. Don
| nelly from this section; in the first place be-
| cause he is after office, and secondly. we
| hold him largely responsible for the course
| of the Great West during the campaign. /
| received a letter from Donnelly in regard to
the circular. He did not ask me to support
| him. but said: Il presume you will bring
| down an Otter Tail delegation solidly against
| me out of pure cussedness. l wrote him
| in reply that if the Otter Tail delegation
| opposed him it would not be because of
| pune cussedness on my part, but because of
his course i'll connection with the Great West.
| l don't know who will be the next president
| but the name of some Fifth district farmer
will be presented. 1 understand r. j. Hall
| will not be a candidate for reelection
A. Solem, editor of Ugeblade, was
asked what ne thought of the circular,
to which he replied:
81 have not read it yet but have heard of
| its contents. 1 do not think Donnelly will
! be supported very strongly by the farmers of
| this district
From other sources it is learned that
G. w. Brandborg, president of the OF
| ter Tail county Alliance, is mentioned
as man possessing the necessary quail
| ifications for president of the State AL
lance. 1t is also learned that Senator
John 3. Hompe Will not support DON
nelly, but, on the other hand, has writ
| ten the sage letter in his most forcible
| style letting him know he will not.
SHELVED AGAIN.