The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-02-20
Who Furnishes the Globe
With Lies?

Who Furnishes the Globe
With Lies?
The Pennington Tribune, Dakota
Co., prints this week the following
article on the outrageous falsehoods
of the Globe, and it's source of mis-
information:
A FALSE AND GARBLED REPORT.
There appeared in last Sundays
Globe what purported to be special
telegram from this place. giving an &C
count of the meeting of the county
alliance and one of the resolutions
adopted, which pretended telegram
was as follows:
SLAPPED THE GREAT WEST.
Special to the Globe.
HARRINGTON, Feb. 14.-The Dakota
County Alliance held it's annual meet
ing here to-day and discussed the
GREAT VESTS proposition, as set
forth in the circular issued by the
executive committee. The following
resolution was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Dakota County
Alliance refuses to have anything to
do with the proposition to purchase
the GREAT WEST, as submitted in the
circular issued by portion Of the
executive board,
DR.. Fish had been invited down to
explain his position in attacking men,
bers OF the executive board, but he
failed to appear"
Now, the above was never telegraph
ed from this place to the Globe, and
1t could have found it's way into that
paper in only one way. Miss Eva
Mcdonald was in attendance at the
meeting of the county alliance, and she
is q paid reporter of the Globe, and
there can be no doubt that on her re-
turn to the city she furnished the
Globe with the abovefalse and garbled
report.
Thu. GREAT VESTS proposition did
not form the principal topic of discus
sion, as the above item would lead
one to believe; in fact it would not
have been referred to at all if Miss
Mcdonald had not herself brought it
up and insisted on reading the foolish
circular which she recently sent out to
the alliances, also the circular sent
out by Mr.. Bjorge. There were a few
side remarks about the matter, but
no one else engaged in any discussion
about it. The resolution adopted was
not part Of the regular committees
report, and just how false the above
item is can be seen by reading the res
olution actually adopted, as follows:
''Resolved That we are not in favor
OF the proposition submitted by the
executive committee of the state alli-
ance in regard to buying the GREAT
WEST"
This resolution was not intended
as a slap at the GREAT West, or
any one else, but SIMPLY to express
the judgment of those present that it
was not advisable for the state alliance
to engage in publishing newspaper.
The gentleman who offered this resolu-
ton himself suggested that it might be
well to amend the same by adding the
words cor any other paper" but as
the proposition submitted did not re-
fer to any other paper it was thought
that the resolution was all right with
out it.
" We understand that DR.. Fish, as
we'll as Miss Mcdonald had been in
vited to be present by the president OF
the county alliance, but the invita-
ton, as we understand it, did not in
clude any referenceto any attacks up
on any one.
Miss Mcdonald was invited to be
present at the meeting; she was re-
ceived and treated by all with the ut
most courtesy, and given two or three
opportunities to speak. She was also
paid $500, in addition to the $500,
received from the state as clerk of a
legislative committee In return for all
this kind treatment shehas apparently
given to the world the false and unjust
account OF the doings of the meeting
quoted above, thus showing herself to
be unworthy ofconfdence. Her effort
to make it appear that the Dakota
County Alliance officially recognized
the silly division which she created in
the executive committee by refusing to
sign circular decided upon by a ma
jority of the committee, is absolutely
false and without the slightest founda-
ton in fact.
| Miss McDonaldis nice little woman
and pleasant talker and all right in
her place, but that is not in the office
ofstate lecturer of the farmers alliance.
We are grateful to the Tribune for
this straightforward statement. Ill
ness prevented us from attending the
meeting.
The Proposition to Sell the
Great West.
There iS az WAS oYpecte6 much IN.