The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-07-09
ANOTHER REFORMER.
He is One of the Anti DON
nelly Alliance Leaders
that the Union Re-
ferred' To.
What Answer will the ex-
President of the Ali
ance Make to Clau-
sens Charges.
Special to the Minneapolis Tribune.

dnC0 mdh0 W -Oldu
sens Charges.
Special to the Minneapolis Tribune
ST.. PAUL, July 3.-The Globe
Of yesterday printed an interview
with R. A. Hall, the Alliance
leader, in which he said in sub
stance that:
The Grain growers association
was satisfied with the bent of the
wheat investigation; that it had
been shown that the State inspec-
! ton department, as now CON
Quoted, is fraud; that the State
inspectors lend themselves to the
elevator companies; that wheat is
locked for dirt or other extran-
eous substances, but is not cleaned,
and that it is shipped out dirt and
all. -. .....-...,.. ......
The attention of Chief Grain In
spector A. G. Clausen was called
to the interview last evening as he
stepped from a Duluth train, and
the way he opened out on Mr..
Hall was a caution. .,.... .s
"Why," said he, E'the evidence
by Mr.. Murdoch and from all
other sources was to the credit of
the inspection department., and
completely exonerated it from all
charges made against it. The
whole trouble is that there is a
coterie Of politicians in the Fifth
district who have made it their
business for the last three years to
stir up discomfort among the farm
ers on the question Of grain in
spection, purely to advance their
own political interests. The peo-,
pie Of the State generally support
the grain inspection department,
and all agitation against it origi-
mates in this one center. .
''The trouble with this man
Hall, who so flippantly cries
FRAUD is that he.is politically and
otherwise, discredited by his own
local constituency, and could never
be elected to the lowest Office in
their gift. The Great West news
paper Of this very day says that
Hall stands charged with an at
tempt to sell out the Alliance
party in the last campaign, and I
can back the paper up. On July
Is, 1890, Hall came to me and
asked me how Merriam felt about
the third party movement. | re-
piled that I didn't think Merriam
was paying much attention to it,
thereupon Hall replied, well, he
ought to- Then he went on and
said he would like to meet Mr..
Merriam and talk the matter over
with him. adding: Il think I can
stem the tide, but it will take
money to do it, I then told him
to 90 to hell, and advised him that
if he wanted to talk to Merriam he
couldn't do it through me.
s'Now, while | am on the ques-
ton of Halls acts, let me inquire
why he doesn't explain about that
$500 commission from Todd? And
then there's that bill of $500 for
expenses as member Of the COM
mittee appointed to go east and
make an investigation about flax
machinery for the state prison.
Don't you think man could so to
New York and have a pretty good
time for less than $500.
ssThe State grain department has
for five years been standing the
abuse Of these fellows, because we
have thought that they didn't
amount to much and couldn't do
much harm. But now you can
say for me that / have undertaken
the task Of showing up the charac-
!. ter Of the political buns who have
! been prosecuting the department