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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21

People in Kansas have not yet for
gotten the murder of the great alli-
ance worker, Sam. Wood, one of the
ablest and best of Kansas citizens.
Although difficult to prove, there is a
general belief all through the state
that he was murdered with the
knowledge Of the Topeka republican
ring same committee-outft that
tried to blow up a building with dyn-
amite, and charged it to the Vim
cents!
Brennan, the murderer, was rank
republican politician, in all the Sc
cret intrigues of the G. O. P. The
following account of the reyolting
murder is from the Kansas CITY
Times:
Mrs. Wood, who sat in a buggy
within ten feet of her husband when
Brennan fired the first shot, made the
following statement to The Times
representative: "Much against my
wish and that of other friends, Mr..
Wood insisted on going to Hugoton
to attend court. He was entirely un-
armed as he thought his enemies
would not modest him again. He
went to the church building, which
was used for a court room, and Mrs.
Carpenter and l sat in our buggy
outside, waiting for him to come out.
| saw Brennan standing in the angle
OF the door, but did not know him,
and the report that 1 talked with
him is mistake.
O'Connor, the county attorney
whose office Mr.. Wood was contest
ing, came out and followed soon by
Judge Botkin. In a few minutes Mr..
Wood came out and passed within a
few feet of Brennan without noticing
him. AS Mr.. Wood turned toward
our buggy, his back toward Brennan,
the murderer stepped forward, put
the muzzle OF the revolver about two
feet from my husbands back and
fired.
"Mr. Wood ran, Brennan following
and I after them. In few yards
Brennan fired again, but my husband
kept on and turned the corner. Then
he turned around to receive the third
bullet under his eye going clear
through his brain. He fell and as he
went down l reached him.
"Who is responsible for this awful
murder? 1 tell you it was a cold
blooded conspiracy.
Brennan will never be punished,
for he was only the tool of men like
Botkin, O'Connor and C. E. Cook. 1t
is not the first time they had plotted
for Mr.. Woods murder. They knew
that SO long as he lived they would
never be safe from prosecution for
their crimes"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21
Ke1kuckv.

The result of the Kentucky elec-
ton will fill every true Peoples man
and woman with qualification. The
party was organized there on the
l2th OF June. Two weekly papers
only advocated our cause. Thirteen
speakers from abroad made a can
vass OF ten days each, and vet we
have polled $4,000 votes for the
state ticket.
We have elected 124 of the 223
members OF the house of representa-
tlves, and seven OF the eighteen SEN
atOrs. We have carried the new con-
stltution by near 100000 majority,
and glory enough for the first round.
The plutocrats or the people must
perish and it won't be the people,
Elk.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21

It is conceded that the present
season has been disastrous one to
foreign crops.
1t is conceded that the western
farmer must feed the world this year,
and it is apparent that he can do it.
It is conceded that prices of bread
stuffs must rule high.
1t is a question who will get the
persimmons, the farmer or the specu-
lator.
Moral: 1t seems a good year for
farmers to hold their wheat.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21

The Albert Lee Standard, a dyed
in-the-wool bred-in-the-bone republi-
can paper published down in the
southern part of the state, says:
1.-THE Alliance in the Kentucky cleo
ton last week achieved the remarka-
BILE feat of securing control of the leg
islature. If they can do this in a
bourbon Democratic State like Ken
lucky, their overwhelming success in
Minnesota next year need cause no
surprise"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21
As We Were in the sos"

CEDAR MILLS, MIMI, Aug. 1O, VI.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
| am a subscriber and reader OF
your valuable paper; it is somewhat
radical, but we are in need of some
thing radical now, as we were in the
COS. We are in need OF a Peoples
Party county paper in Meeker Co.,
and one about as radical as the G..
W. At our county organization, the
Litchfeld Independent was desig-
mated the official alliance organ for
Meeeker Comfy, but the editor don't
put his shoulder to the Alliance
Wheel and lift quite vigorously
enough to suit us. As a sample of
the interest he takes in the 3rd party
movement he publishes without COM
ment, an address of F. P. Olney, de-
livered before the district alliance at
Appleton, Mimi, June 4Jh, 1891, in
which F. P. Olney publicly asserts
that the farmers have only horse
sense and the Lawyer is the teach
er" (F. P. O. is a one horse lawyer)
and then branches off on a prohibi-
bition harrangue, and tries to shout
der the liq uor license, intemperance
crime, hard times, etc., upon the
farmers. Every body knows-even
every 1O-year-old school boy knows
or ought to know-that the saloon is
licensed by our cities and incorpor-
ated villages. Let us take our own
county seat for a sample-nine
church spires pointing heavenward,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21
Her Hearts Desire.

The prevailing tone of a family is
sometimes reflected in the conception
of the children. A lady, hearing a
little girl repeating the form of
prayer she had learned, told her to
ask, as she would of a father, and
in her own words, for what she need
edmost. The child knelt, and aftera
few moments reflection implored
earnestly: O Lord, please make us
all very stylish" To be stylish is
the great desire of many, but the
hearts desire of all experienced
travellers is for a smooth track, easy
and comfortable cars, elegant and
luxurious sleepers, fast time, and a
dining car service which rivals the
tables of the best hotels. 1t is so
easy to crafty this desire, by trave-
ling over "The Burlington that
there is no reason any should
go unsatisfed. In whatever direc-
ton one wishes to travel, there is
hardly a point in Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska,
Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Wyom-
ing, or the Black Hills region, that
cannot be most conveniently reached
via "The Burlington" and connec-
tions. For tickets, rates, maps and
time tables, apply to any ticket
agent, or write to W. J. c. Kenyon,
Gen. Pass. Agent c., B. & N. R. R.,
St. Paul, MINI.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21

State Farmers Alliance.
FOREST LAKE, Aug. Is, 81.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Please find the following report:
Cash receipts from local alliances
since my last report:
Alliance No. 613, F. j. Kron,
Candy, dues.................. $500
Augsburgh Alliance, No. 636,
A. J. Englund, Marshall,
dues ....................... 80
Scandia Alliance, No. 1862,
Chas. Granstrand, Scandal,
dues ..........:................ 1.3O
London Alliance, No. $40, G.
P. Meadowcraft, London,
dues ....................... 2.4O
Total................................ $3.50
A. l.. STRoMBERG, Sec'y.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21
How the Alliance Is Dying in
Kausas,

The Field and Farm, published at
Denver, Colorado, is an agricultural
paper, and it's editor usually confines
himself strictly to the discussion of
agricultural matters. Last week,
however, he pulled OF his coat and
pen in hand chased into the polit-
ical arena with results as follows:
NO MISTAKE ABOUT 1T.
Without stopping to thresh over
lot OF old straw we want to observe
that the so-called peoples party has
come to stay little while, possibly
longer. A Topeka man named At
wood, who springs up in Chicago
like Cadmus' soldiers, full grown and
strong, is credited with telling
newspaper reporter that "the farm
ers' alliance in Kansas is passing as
blissfully away as an aggregate OF
the Lily Dales'-whatever that may
be. He also has the termerity to say
that the alliance is likened unto
big balloon, and "the demagogues
are trying to keep themselves afoat
by throwing out good deal Of the
ballast which was used in their way
pings when the farmers alliance was
first organized, but their case is
hopeless"
This son of the great Demiuogus is
simply an idiot. He figures without
his host. In avoiding Chary bdis he
forgets Scylla. He does not look be-
You'd the tip of his nose or he would
see the infrmity OF his Judgment.
The more such simpletons as this
Kansas Kalmuck ridicule the poor
and the plain, the worse it will be for
their principles when the poor and
the plain are heard from out of the
m@lstrom OF political disruption.
1t is dangerous to rob man of his
coat. 1t is more dangerous to make
fun of him afterwards for having no
coat. Whom the gods would destroy
they first make foolish.
The Kansas Cicero must not shut
his eyes on the inevitable, for the
sword of Gideon will not always
sleep. The car of the iuggernaut is
moving. While we are not of the
complexion political, we can see that
the ri6iculed third party is gradually
getting a big hole in the canvas Of
the political ships. This is only his
tory repeating itself. In the days
when the republican party was cut:
ting it's teeth it was a stand-off be-
tween the wings and democrats as to
which could make the most sport of
the new infant. When the baby ap-
peared with a full mouth" and
boots on. the tune was changed, but
it was too late, just as it will be too
late with such imbeciles as our To-
peka prophet. The wings ceased to
sing at all forevever and the demo-
Gratis intoned on the back seats for
twenty-five years.
We saw an awakening of the lion
in Kentucky the other day when the
alliance people polled 10000 votes.
Again in Ohio last week nearly 700
delegates, representing all the con-
gressiopal districts of Ohio, met in
the peoples party convention.
Neither of the two old parties in their
palmiest days seem to have had a
larger or more enthusiastic state
meet. And this was the first effortI
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21
Three of a Kind"

J. A. Stewart, Garden City, writes:
"You are doing a heirculean work;
60 on!'
Archie Cameron writes from Haw-
ley: 81 take five other papers and
would rather do without all OF them
than without the GREAT WEsT-it
suits me to the letter. and is none
too radical.
Byron Flahaven writes from Mel
rose, in Stearns County: "Don't
stop the paper-I can't do without
it."
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21

What may be expected when organ
'zation has been fully perfected and
discussion has aroused the masses to
a full sense of their wrong? The tale
IN Ohio is the story of the whole west.
The Don Quixote from Topeka and
all his followers must read again the
romance of old Belshazzar who saw
the awful handwriting on the wall
and failed to take heed of it.
There is peril in such a condition
Ii the demand for our gold goes on
and notably increases, our banks
and those who owe money abroad
must "strengthen'' themselves in
this particular. That is, they must
discriminate and hold out cold.
This sort of thing cannot 90 on long
till a fine day will dawn when de,
positors in the savings bank will
begin dropping in at the bank and
calling for their deposits in gold.
When that day comes a financial
hurricane will be upon the country
which will strew it with the ruins Of
lndustry.-Sioux City Journal, july
8, 1891.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21
Pleasant Valley Alliance.
LONG PRAIRIE, Aug. 7th, 81,

oo0@oAAO0e
LONG PRAIRIE, Aug. It'll, 81.
EDITOR GREAT West:
Please allow me a little space in
your valuable paper-it is the best
newspaper that ever came in to Todd
County. must tell you Mr.. Editor,
that we have one of the best sub
alliances in the northwest, and she
is a-booming every month. We
bought our Irvine from the Alliance
Business Agency, and received it all
right and in good order. We saved
from $3.50 to $500 on the hundred
pounds. We held our meeting in
July, and we are ready to ballot for
Mr.. Donnelly. HARRY Brown,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21
Not Long Shall These Things Be.

The cattle low in the sunset glowing
And the land is fair to see;
But the men who SOW reap not their sowing,
And this ought not to be.
For the earth was made for man
BY Gods own command,
And woe to those who dare oppose
And take it from his hand.
Men toll and spin, great riches winning
On land, in air, on sea;
Then starve-die-sn, through others SHINING
And this ought not to be.
For the muscle and brain of man
Form his Code capital here,
And right, not might, will pass His sight
When each takes final share
And bark, the sight of those who dying,
Crouch low on Bonded knee,
And for bread cry-to meet denying!
Good God! Ought this to be?
In the midst of power and wealth
Which they have helped to gain?
For men who frown, while they go down
By grinding wages slain?
But see the dawn, how bright the morning!
Arise, refresh, be free;
No more we mourn sounds loud the warning,
Not long shall these things be-
For shoulder to shoulder we stand,
The banner of Justice raised high,
And Truth and Right, in all mems sight,
Shall be our Workers Cry
Geo. Fiske, in (London) Wor
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21
WEST CONCORD, Aug. Is, 80
EDITOR GREAT WEST:

EDITOR GREAT WEST:
l am of the same opinion or little
more so. The balance of mankind
isn't educated like the FLUTES. The
clover" class of the people is not ed
ucated in the the same principles as
they are. The farmers are little
worse yet-thus saith the Pluto.
Just hold your breath mo-
ment Mr.. Pluto. You are determined
to keep the farmers down and keep
them in slavery all these years. You
got them to throw away the sickel
and the cradle and take your ma
chinery; and when they get to using
Irvine, then you put your price on the
Irvine and they are obliged to take it.
That the laws OF Minnesota, or of the
United States should permit any one
to put an exorbitant price upon the
necessaries of life and take it out of
the poor mans pocket and to trans
fer it to their own is Infamous. Cap
italists of other countries come here
and buy up vast areas of land and
cut down the price of labor, and seek
to subject the laborer to the same
despotic control it has done in Eu-
rope. They stop at nothing in their
efforts to crush the poor man down.
The associated press fraud, owned
and run by the FLUTES to suit their in
terests, suppressing part OF the news
and "doctoring" the rest to suit
themselves. But we have a few
Judge McKay's in the country, God
bless them, and may the ID take
the other kind who interpret thelaws
so as to back up the iniquities of the
FLUTES and crush the poor.
J. B. COPELAND.
Mr.. Sem on Pres't Donnelly's Cir
Cu1ar.
ELLINGTON, Aug. 10, 1891.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
l read with interest the great con-
troversy about the wheat. While 1
think it is good thing for farmers
to hold their wheat, in their granar-
les, there is danger of throwing too
much of it on the market at once in
event of its commanding price, and
l agree with Mr.. Donnelly, land his
letter was just in time)-it would be
bad policy for the Alliance to under
take to give advice. Woe unto him
that gives that advice should it turn
out the other way. Two or three
years ago wheat took sudden
boom, and every one that had
wheat was happy, and those who
had none were sad. Even Mr.. Pills
bury announced, that wheat would
go up to $3.50 to $500. 1 know
one man that had three years wheat
stored in the elevator, and he was
happy; but 10! the bottom fell out
of the market and many were left.
believe that Muller circular and all
this bowling, was intended to de-
stroy the Alliance, and any far see
ing man can see it. We have to show
first that we can do away with our
enemies then run the government.
And it must be done at the ballot
box. Then up, and tend to your
duty, and let old party ties go to the
ID. Z. Sem.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21

The money which is invested in our
railroads was largely borrowed in
Europe. Our railroad bonds, our
municipal bonds, to say nothing of
the advances secured on private
credit, are largely held abroad
Sioux City Journal, July 8, 1891.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21

1t is useless to attempt to disguise
the financial situation in the United
States. 1t is delicate in theextreme.
Sioux City Journal, July 8, 1891.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21

From Secretary Hanson.
SABIN, Mimi, Aug. Is. 81.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
The following sums of money have
been received by me since my last re-
port:
From Glendorado Alliance, Sher-
burne Co.
Jens. P. Anderson................ S 10
Andrew Richmond. .. LOO
u. T. Flynn. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. LOO
GreenleaftOn Alliance. .. LOO
1910
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21
A Success.

After advertising for over a month
in every partisan political paper in
the State, and obtaining excursion
rates on all railroads, and afterr re-
peated and earnest appeal by it's,
steerers, only thirry-seven could be
raked and scraped together in all
Texas who are, or have been men,
bers Of the Alliance, at the Fort
Worth scab convention. These thir-
ty-seven have every one been repudi-
ated by their county Alliances as DO
litical demagogues and blatherskites.
Brethren. outside of Texas may rest
assured that the Alliance all over
Texas is nearer a unit now than it
ever was before, and is gaining men,
bers very rapidly, having. nearly
doubled it's membership in the last
year. The Alliance in Texas has
gone through the crucial test, and
has come out solid to the core, with
a growth that means death to the
demagogues, and life, liberty and
prosperity to the whole people,
Southern Mercury.
The above proves that the "weak
and wicked can not control the
bone and sinew OF the alliance, in the
Lone Star State.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21
MIN NESOTA-
Peoples Party of Minnesota.

COMMITTEE
Chairman.-T J. Meighen Forestvile
Secretary,-Louis Hanson, Sabin.
Treasurer.-Andrew Climax
s. M owen And Richmond, Ignatius Donnelly,
C. n Perkins, j. F. McNaly A. R. Holston, "
w. w. Irwin, D. P. Lister, Louis
Andrew STEVENSON, c. Phelps. c. F. BohaU
j. b. Baker E. w. Fish, II. B.
L J. Meighen NJ Weisenberg, A. D. Ferris,
j. B. HOmpe J.. 81. p. Gildea.
T. j. Meighen, Andrew Stevenson, Louis Hanson
Ignaus Donney NC c. n Perkins
81 B Martin, Andrew Richmond, Wv Irwin
Gen Baker, E. w. Fish
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-08-21
The Wish was Father to tho Prouh
esy.

esy.
The good crops are having differ
ent effect upon the farmers to what
the 6. o. p. bosses prophesied, and
wherever there are good crops the
farmers are feeling encouraged in the
good work Of the peoples party.
Just as one farmer said in our hear
ing last week. IF the farmers have
good crop and can get good
price for it they will feel more like
fighting for the cause; we can then
better afford to give more time and
can help ''chip in" to keep the ma
chinery oiled. Yes, good crop and
good prices will do more to hold the
farmers together for independent &C
ton than anything" This farmer is
one OF influence and has never taken
any active part in politics, but saws
he will Join in the fight to the finish
as soon as he gets his harvesting
done, and will not only give part Of
his time but will do his share toward
''chipping in" to help keep up the or
ganization. And so it is all over the
country. The farmers know that a
good crop will give them but little re-
lief. and that only for short time;
and they also know that the "cor-
ner' men will get all the profit
Honest Dollar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-15
WRECKED THE TOWN.
Ellsworth, Mimi, Visited by q Terrible Wind
Storm-Other Places Suffer.

Ellsworth, Mimi, Visited by q Terrible Wind
Storm-Other Places Suffer.
A special from Ellsworth, Mimi, says that
the most terrible wind storm that ever passed
over this section of Minnesota struck Ellsworth
Thursday afternoon and left the town a pretty
complete wreck. A dark cloud with q greenish
tint along its edges came swirling in from the
northwest and crushed pretty much everything
in its path. The Iowa. Minnesota and Dakota
elevator was completely blown to pieces. The
Congregational Church was partially blown
down, the dwelling of D. F. Cramer was thrown
from its foundation and the Burlington depot
suffered great damage about its west end. Sew.
eral box cars were hurled from the track like
SO much kindl,ng wood, but, fortunately, NO
lives were lost. There is not building in the
village that was not hit by the storm and blown
away. The loss will reach S25, ZOO.
A dispatch from Lake Benton, Mimi. saws
that place was visited by the most destructive
hail storm Thursday that was ever known in
the vicinity. At 4:30 the storm suddenly struck
and for the next ten minutes the air was thick
with hail stones, many OF which weighed four
ounces. Nearly every pain of glass on the
north and west sides Of buildings was broken.
Two thousand dollars will not more than nav
for the broken glass. In the country eyery-
thing in the shape Of uncut grain in the path OF
the storm was annihilated.
Aterritc rain and hail storm passed over Fulda,
Mimi, Thursday. Hail larger than goose eggs
poured down for half an hour, breaking hun
dreds OF windows and stripping leaves and
small branches from the trees. Farmers re-
port corn and fax badly damaged.
hail storm, accompanied by wind, passed
just north Of Worthington, Mimi, the same
coming in report considerable damage to fiax
and corn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-15
Bardsley Wants Commissions.

John Bardsley, the former treasurer of Phil
adelphia, yesterday afternoon, through his
counsel, filed petition in which he claims that
he is entitled to commissions from the city and
state for moneys collected, and asks that the
court give him access to the books showing
where the money went This claim is based on
tic fact that between May 80 ard before his
resignation took effect he collected as treasurer
the sum Of SS53. 656.2l. which was deposited by
ham in the Farmers and Mechanics Bank, and
that as he was responsible for that amount he il
entitled TO commissions on that amount And az
suits are now pending in the courts in which
he Is interested, and for other reasons, he con-
siders it important and absolutely essential tc
preserve his right that he should have access
to the books and public accounts kept by him
while city treasurer and by the present in
cumbent, W. L. Wright. He makes this peti
ton, he AYERS, because the present city treas
urer has refused him. through his counsel
access to the books. 1t is believed by many
that when Bardsley has completed his term Of
imprisonment he will begin a suit for damages
against the city.