The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-13
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Gen. jim Baker.
Gen. Baker is quoted by Twin
City daily with stating that Mime
sofa ais not connected with the Ma
tionai Alliance or the peoples
party" and asserting that Mr.. Don
nelly had no right to act as commit
teeman for that party.
Mr.. Baker once before made bad
break in the State Alliance, bolster
ously assaulting the greenbacks.
But this last is too much. If Mr..
Baker wants to get out OF the peo-
pies party he can do so. He has
never been in harmony with it. The
Minnesota Alliance does belong to
the "National Alliance" and it
would belong to the N. F. A. and In
dustrial Union but for the ierrimy-
giggling OF the old party gang, now
shelved, who went down to st. Louis
and kicked up quarrel. Only three
states remain out of the l. o., and
Minnesota is the cause of this "side
ISSUE"
AS to our alliance being in the peo-
pies party it is unnecessary to make
even comment. Delegates were
called for from county and sub-alli-
ances. They went-thirty OF them!
The old campaign committee sent a
set of them too. Mr.. Donnelly, N.
C. Perkins and Andrew Stevenson,
were appointed State Committee by
the National Convention, and &C.
cepted the work.
The state alliance is not the peo-
pies party. 1t is not so built in any
state. The party and the alliance
are two different organizations of
necessity. But the party is here,
and here to stay, and it is the child
of the alliance.
The following is the reported in
terview with Mr.. Baker from the
Minneapolis Tribune:
St. Paul, Nov. 5.-[Special Gen.
j. H. Baker, OF Blue Earth county,
was at the Merchants today. The
general said that he was taking
more or less interest in securing the
Republican national convention for
Minneapolis, and that he had al
ready written three members OF the
national committee who are his in
innate friends urging them to sup
port the Minnesota city. Hethought
the recent election in Iowa would
have tendency to strengthen Min
neapolis' chances, because it would
make Iowa a doubtful state next
year. The general was then asked
for an opinion on what effect the
recent elections would have on the
Alliance.
"The Minnesota Alliance is in no
way connected with the National ALI
ance or Peoples Party. said he,
"and consequently I cannot speak
on causes and effects in other states.
We are separate and distinct, and
have platform of our own; des-
pite the fact that Mr.. Donnelly as
sumed the right to appoint delegates
to the Cincinnati convention and
affiliated with that body. Mr.. Don
nelly had no business, as president
of the Alliance, to do that, but mas
much as it was done, before he can
say that the Minnesota Alliance is
national body he will have to rati
fy the action of the Cincinnati con
vention at the meeting of the State
Alliance to be held next January in
Minneapolis, and l don't believe that
he can have that platform ratified,
particularly the sub-treasury por-
ton of it. No, as a member of the
Minnesota Alliance, l cannot express
an opinion on elections that have
occurred in other states"
Now, Mr.. B. need. not deceive him
self. The farmers alliance is solid
for the platform, the entire platform,
OF the peoples party. We know that
Mr.. Owen and Mr.. Baker can make
no appreciable break in our solid
column. We have been in his own
district campaigning, and we know
how the alliance men and farmers
right in his own county look upon
his present attitude as well as that
in the State Meeting referred to.