St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-13

The coming alliance state convention
may be treated to genuine surprise by
Mr.. Donnelly. 1t is rumored that he
has decided to throw doc" Fish and
the Great West overheard and disavow
all responsibility for the course of that
paper during the last campaign. He
realizes that it is very unpopular in AL
lance circles, and that his close connec-
ton with doc" Fish is injuring him
for the presidency of the Alliance. The
following editorial from the last issue
of the Pennington Tribune, which has
long been the mouthpiece of the sage,
would seem to confirm this rumor:
The last issue of the Great West publishes
what it pretends is a telegram from Fish &
FraiD. from Ocala, Fla, telling how II have
just announced from the platform that the
author of Caesars Column is Hon. Ignatius
DonneIly, which created great enthusiasm
In another place the Gieat West says editor
Tally that 1T now transpIres. as given to the
world by DR.. Fish, that Donnely is the
author of the work referred to. These con
tnued efforts on the part of the Great West
TO magnify the importance Of its editor by
hltchlng him to Mr.. Donnelly'S coat tails at
every conceivable and inconceivable oppor-
tunlty are making that paper ridiculous. The
facts OF the matter are that, by previous and
we'll understood arrangement the authorship
of Caesars Column" was announced in
Book Talk, published in st. Paul. on Dec l.
throughout the country on the day following,
and hundreds OF weekly papers throughout
the country had made the announcements be-
fore DR.. FiSh'S famous buncombe announce
ment b. grapevine telegraph.
The fact that Mr.. Carpenter, the
writer of the above caustic editorial,
has been accompanying Mr.. Donnelly
on tour of the state. while DR.. Fish
and his partner were representing"
the Minnesota Alliance at the Florida
convention, is further evidence of
break between the sage and his ardent
newspaper supporter. In the event
that MIR. DOnnelly has decided to drop
Fish and Frain. the doctors name will
hardly be presented for secretary of the
Alliance at the annual meeting.
''ThiS is poor time, it seems to me.
for the Union league to disband," re-
marked Gen. M. ID. Flower yesterday,
in speaking of the breakup in the big
Republican club. Now ought to be
the time for the members to grid up
their lOlns and prepare for future con-
tests. The fact is that SEINE people
may lay the dissolution to the result of
the late election. Leaders are needed
now, and l should suppose that the
Union league would be ready to fur
nish any number of them No, did
ltOo JUN luC iOl tlic SlltiDIc CGdSUII
that too many men were getting into it
who were not there for the purpose of
aiding the party. Had the manage
ment been intrusted to such men as
Gen. SanbOru | would have had some
confidence Ill its permanency."
The GLOBES account of the troubles
in the Union league yesterday had the
effect Of stimulating the ''kids" to
greater efforts than ever to obtain the
signatures of majority of the MEN,
bers to the Lamb petition. which de-
mands that the club be continued as it
is. To this have been added the names
of d. T. Reese, Henry Johns and sew
eral others of that faction in addition to
the names of George W. Lamb aud E.
NJ. Kuby, who signed on Thursday
Their efforts to keep the thing alive are
doomed to failure. however. for large
majority of the members are already on
the other petition. and the club will
have TO be wound up.
40 my mind" remarked one of the