The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-07-24

sional duties will not permit him to
enter upon responsible duties in pol
itics.
Mr.. Hompe declined to serve at
the meeting of the 7th. Whether
that decision held or not we have
not heard. We presume it will, as
Hompe has his hands pretty full
with local political difficulties in his
own county
Looks Like Trickery.
We have in our possession a print
ed and imperfect copy of the type
written letter OF Mr.. Donnelly invit-
ing few of his friends to the Soon
ference" at the Merchants on the
7th instant. This printed forgery
was sent out to the Hompe- Hall
faction, by unknown parties, and that
was the reason that so large a num-
Der OF that crowd was there. How
ever, inasmuch as Mr.. Donnelly knew
that two-thirds of those present were
unlimited it was easy enough to call
his friends to another room rather
than the public writing room OF a
public hotel.
We have received an intimation
that the bogus circular was issued
from the Elbow Lake "Alliance'
Office, Grant Co.; but bad as the
odor is from that Office we doubt
their doing this. 1t was sent out to
about $50 persons.
The Farm, Stock and Home now
says our charges against Lathrop
were persistent, cruel and malig-
nant." Well. we insist that they are
persistent, for the heartless wretch
stands exposed before the state not.
withstanding his friends Hall and
Page tried to ameliorate his shame
less actions. If protecting the treas
ury and causing the return of 1916
after Lathrop's removal is cruel and
malignant, then we are abominably
cruel. The F., S. & 81. ought to he
denounced by every man in this state
for it's dirty and low lived defense O.
that man. Lathrop was not ignor
ant. He is an excellent writer, a rea
soner, and had nothing to do but at
tend to alliance business. Perhaps
the F., S. & H. thinks $155 for rail
way fares, $50 for board, two bust
ness desks at $11 and $25 each, an(
$26 for duplicate SIG job, as wei
: as that highly seasoned 25c. spit
toon for healthy fifty cents!-wer'
legitimate. Perhaps it thinks leav
ing out the money sent by 80 ALI
I ances-absolutely u9accounted for
o was all right. Perhaps it thinks i
; was all right with Hall to snatcl
$5O-inasmuch as he afterward turn
ed it over. What made Lathro7
turn over the $246 after remova
:, and demand, if he didn't turn Vi
: short?
= The sense OF honor that F., S.
: II. possesses!
Our friend Marin of Melvin, sent u
a report of the Polk County Alliance
but too late for this week. 1t seem
, that some Ichabod got up and tall
= ed against the G. W. Great pit,
i isn't it, that the G. W. was started
. wasn't it? Just think what a d.
Is structive influence the almost-a-mi
le lion copies OF the G. W. have had
e. this state! Why the alliance trea
< ury wouldn't have been wrecked,
a we hadn't exposed the thing. TT
trans-Liverpool wheat trade woul
in not have been disturbed-the raj
er roads would have sailed on over tt
20 pocket-books of farmers so muC
more tremendously. Great pity thu
- Doc Fish ever stirred things up s.
Id The city politicians would have ha
u things so much more peaceful. NJ
d, Marin adds postscript to the r
10 port in which he says:
of 81 take more stock in the G.
ID than 1 once did, and as my subscri
- ton is about to expire take anot
u er dollars worth of stock in it.
y Foley Alliance.
~ SAUK RAPIDS, MINI. July 13, g
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