The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-02-07
let in the IiOht.

Let in the Light
'sBy the request of the officials OF
the Minnesota State Alliance there
is published in the Farm, Stock and
Home a letter rejecting upon Mr..
Alonzo Wardan, the ''grand man
successful of the Dakota Alliance,
now head of the National Insurance
Co. Of the National Alliance and In
dustrial Union" with head quarters
at Washington.
In addition to this it gives reasons
why the Northern States except Kan
sas' did not unite with the Indus
trial Union. This letter is from the
Ex-president of 1.-THE Northern Alliance,
J. Burrows, of Nebraska, man with
q grievance. In the following crit
icisms On this letter do not under
stand us as rejecting upon the Farm
Stock and Home. It's managers and
editors, understand the situation full
ly. Even more than the GREAT WEST
they would regret the opening up of
a difficulty in the Alliance. They
publish the article "by request"
The request was made by Mr..
Spcague.
Mr.. Sprague was seemingly the cen
ter of an opposition movement to
the general progress of the Union
work at St. Louis. He led his dele
CATION in voting against Mr.. Loucks
for President at the informal ballot,
but seeing that it was forgone mat
ter, turned the votes for Mr.. Loucks
in time to ill the political maxim of
running to cover"
The following is the letter:
"First-There was no organic un-
ion OF the Northern and Southern AL
liances effected. Kansas was per-
mitted to Join the southern body.
That Mr.. Wardall, of the Dakota Al
lance, joined and was appointed a
member OF the executive committee
OF the southern body, at a salary of
81, 900, there is no doubt. But the
State Alliance of Dakota will not
leave the northern organization"
Kansas was not ''permitted" to
join. Kansas instructed her dele
gates to join, and she did so-and
has quietly dropped from the North
ern body. A vote of farewell or God
speed was passed. Dakota did not
join at that time because her dele
gates were sent for the purpose of re-
porting to the state organization.
but they took the ''ritual' (for the
secret work. and her alliances are
now studying up and practicing for
the consumation of the union. When
Mr.. Burrows says Dakota will not
unite he simply states what he knows
nothing about.
Mr.. Wardall does not receive So 900
from the Industrial Union or from
any Alliance. The State Alliance of
Dakota does not pay Mr. Wardall
one cent-the National Union pays
him $500 as executive officer and to
have the Insurance Business trans
ferred to Washington. Mr.. Burrows
certainly knew he was telling an un-
truth in that statement. Mr.. War
dali is President of Insurance Com
panies doing millions of dollars of
business. The manager of the Phoe-
nix, in the same city, with less to do,
gets $1,000 a year. Mr.. Wardall
gets 81 ,50O-and is working like a
giant-fron Dakota to Florida, and
from Texas to Washington, organ
izing forces in several states at the
same time. This fling at an upright
man whose work is monument of
energy is unworthy of Mr.. Burrows.
"Second-As to the color line, the
Southern Alliance amended it's con-
stitution, leaving eligibility las far as
it relates to race to each state, but
refusing to admit colored delegates
to the national meeting"
The Colored Alliance held a meeting
at St. Louis at the same time. A
committee of the Southern Alliance
visited them, and they, the Colored
Alliance, requested that there be no
union of the two bodies at present.
The Northern Alliance also sent q
committee to the Colored Alliance
and the latter made the same request
to that committee. In view of this
the action of the Industrial Union is
clearly understood. 1t was all done
to keep the political issue out of the
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