St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-23
BEARDED The LION.
Darlington Phelps Faces the
Accusation Of Donnelly'S
Aut0matons.
He Foreibly Denies That He
Is a Wolf in Sleeps
Clothing.
Mr.. Donnelly Frustrated in
His Effort to Gust Miss
Mcdonald.
Other Rich ana Juicy Items
Which characterized Yes
terday's Meeting.
"a wolf in sheep,s clothing.o

IA wolf in sleeps clothing"
When this line caught the eye of
Darlington Phelps yesterday morning
in the report of the Alliance executive
committee, he lost no time in making
for the Merchants hotel. The eXecu-
tive committee, with Mr.. Donnelly in
the chair, had resumed their meeting i'll
Room G., and Mr.. Phelps requested a
hearing in reply to the resolution. The
request was granted, and Mr..
Phelps gave an exhaustive address
upon his position in the ranks
of the Alliance. Mr.. Phelps, posi-
ton on the Davis bill was explained
in this way: He was opposed to the
Davis bill because OF it forfeiture
clauses, and he supported this by illus
tratng the working Of the present law.
claiming that it had kept millions of
dollars from being invested III the state.
1t was unfair to allow the innocent nom
resident money loaner to suffer by rea-
son of the forfeiture clause. Mr.. Phelps
was not i'll the slightest opposed to the
punishment of the agent, but claimed
that it was not only unjust, but unwise,
as it frightened money from the state,
to forfeit the principal for uSury. This
was his stand on the Davis, and he took
| itsbecause he behoOved that the Davis
bill. If it had passed, would have
worked against the interests of theagrl-
cultural community. His position was
| also Endorsed by Mr.. Owen. the famr-
| ers' candidate for governor. Mr..
| Phelps denied addressing the house
| banking committee against the bill. He
| n m W.
| Of that committee as an individual. He
| specifically denied speaking in the
name of the Alliance or any action of
the Alliance, and declared the state
ment made by Mr.. CapSer on the
| floor of the house was erroneous.
| Furthermore, Mr.. Phelps said, in re-
gard to interest. he favored reduction
of the legal rate to ) and per cent. with
| the elimination of the forfeiture clauses
in the present law.
Taken 10 Task.
Mr.. Phelps severely took Mr.. Don
nelly to task, the latter raising the CUES
ton of the authority of the state central
campaign committee III Alliance affairs,
of which Mr.. Phelps is the chairman.
Mr.. Donnelly claimed that the Alliance
party, as political party organized for
| last election, went out OF existence alter
the election and that the sO-caIled state
| central Alliance committee had no eX-
iStence in fact.
Mr.. Phelps pointed out the absurdity
of this position. Under the Australian
election law the Alliance party was a
recognized political party of the state.
To say that the party went out OF exist
ence after the election, merely meant
that the work of the Alliance party had
to be gone over again-the Alliance was
to lose all the prestige it gained IN
the hardly fought election last year
Mr.. Phelps did not feel inclined to lOOl;
upon the matter in this way, and III
timated as much to the committee.
The executive committee had quite
lively session Yesterday, for Mr.. Phelps
was not the only outsider to appear be
fore it.
warren Was Worried.
Secretary Albert Warren, of the state
Alliance campaign committee, did no
allow the grass to grow under his fee
Yesterday morning when, in his morn
ing'S GLOBE, he saw the executive com
mittee of the Farmers Alliance had re
solved that he must furnish them Will
an account of the receipts and expenses
for the Alliance campaign last fall
The executive committee complained
that they were being constantly impOr
1
ing the campaign. Mr.. Warren wa
naturally VrOth at this statement.
eve do not - he remarked. lowe n cent t
| any One-at least the state Alliance campai9
committee does not. Every expense INQUIRE
| by the committee was promptly paid. W
| cannot of course, be held responsible for tn
| expenses which any outsider may have II
| Cured, although | do not know of any on
who has claim against the committee TO
such q debt.
Mr.. Warren laid the following befOr
7 the committee:
= Report of the Alliance state central con
mittee: The books OF the secretary hav
been audited by subcommittee, and the
report has been accepted and approved, ant
with a detailed statement, is on file. til
following summary is submitted to the pui
lie:
Receipts
Collected, secretary's Office. ........ $50
Is Collected, annual meeting State Al
} lance .....-.. Observation-Disclosures. 539
If Collected, Industrial Age. ............ 126
If Collected Farm, Stock and Home. 81
: Collected, meetings ............ 49,. oil
II Total .......... .S2e44
p Expenditures
le Merchants hotel. Observation-Disclosures. So
II A. Warren. secretary ................ 200
20 Clerk hire acknowledgements. 1Jl
~ Speakers services. Observation-Disclosures. 463
Speakers expenses. blI
u | petitions. ...-...-.... ....-.....-.... -
is State, Australian ballot.............. 200
" Printing and Autographs. ........... SIS
10 Postage, express and telegrams..-... 1O6
Supplies, stationery, etc........ ~
Total. .Sa,94
Unparalleled Gail.
~ But the committee was not Statistic