The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-07-16
THEPEopLE,s PARTY.


The Promlnent Nelnbsrs Of the Alliances
s Meet in 1t. Paul and Organize tho
- New Party. I
81. PAUL, MIMI, July 6.-The first
steps have been taken towards organic
ing the Peoples Party of the State
of Minnesota by the appointment and
rganization of q state central commit
tee, which will henceforth occupy the
position held by the old campaign COM
mittee of the Alliance. The meeting
was held at the Merchants Hotel. All
Yesterday morning the lobby was
hronged with members prominent in
Alliance councils and the agricultural
affairs of the state. 49,.
Among those present were Hon. Rob
ert Schilling, of Milwaukee, Secretary
of the Peoples Party National Commit
tee; Gen. J. H. Baker, of Blue Earth
| county; Darlington Phelps, Chairman
of the Alliance committee; Senator
Hompc, Senator Lommen, T. j Meagh-
in, Representative 3. NJ. Chcsley, Sec
| rotary A. L. Stromberg, of the ALI
ance executive committee; r. H. Nc
Chez, NJ. Wesenberg, Pat Rahilly, Al
bert Warren, d. p. Lister, Charles 30
hall, A. Il. Holstad, Andrew Steiner
son, Hon. C.. N. Perkins, Senator
Donnelly and others.
1t was about p. m. when the meeting
was called to order and after some de-
bate it was decided to hold an open
meeting and Senator Donnelly was
allied to the chair, whereupon the work
| of the Cincinnati convention was out
lined, and the appointment of the ma
| tional committee explained. These
members he thought too small for work
in the state, and for the purpose of re-
| ceiving authority he had secured the
passage of the resolution at st. Louis.
He made frequent appeals for harmony
and read list of the eighteen men
they had ''called" to their assistance in
| organizing the state.
This was vigorously opposed by some
who claimed that both factions of the
Alliance should be represented in the
organization of the state committee and
formulation of plans.
Maj. Bowler moved that the whole
matter be referred to committee con-
sisting of Mr.. Donnelly, Mr.. STEVENSON,
Mr.. Perkins, Mr.. Owen and Gen. Baker,
with instructions to report at o'clock
this evening. After discussion the mo-
ton prevailed.
In about an hour the committee COM
pleted their labors and returned to the
! meeting, and made the following re-
port through their chairman Mr.. Don
| nelly.
''The committee" he said, ''has
| agreed upon a state central committee,
| and hope it will go forth that the Al
lance is henceforth unit. We had to
| give and take. There are some men
OH the committee that were distasteful
| to our side, and we have some members
| that may be a little Objectionable to
| the other side. We have acted on the
principle that the committee shall con-
sist of twenty -one members, three hold
ing by virtue of appointment in Cincin-
! natl. This leaves eighteen to be Givid-
! ed equally between the two factions.
F.; There are some names on the list that
| will be hard for beth sides TO swallow,
| but l hope that through this committee
we will have harmony"
The following were selected to act as
C1lc ocdlt NculIdl
$. NJ. Owen, 1Iennepin county; G. NJ.
Perkins, Mcleod; w. w. Erwin, Ram
sey; Andrew Stevenson, Polk; j. H.
Baker, Blue Earth; Thomas J. Meighen,
! Fillmore; John i. Hompe, Otter Tail;
Andrew Richardson, Wabasha; J. F.
McNally, Ramsey; D. p. Lister, Lac
qui Parle: Darlington Phelps, Stevens;
E. w. Fish, Ramsey: NJ. Weisenberg,
st. Louis: j. II. Hanna, Renville; Ig-
natius Donnelly, Dakota; A. Il. Hols.
ton, Polk; Louis Hanson, Clay; c. F.
Rohall, Todd: II. Il. Martin, Hennepin;
A. D. Farris, P;pestone, and p. Gildea,
Murray.
The appointment of Doc Els, was
distasteful to a number of those pres
ent, some of whom expressed their dis
appreciation in vigorous language. Ex-
President Hall was strongly opposed to
the nomination, as were Senator Hompe
and State Lecturer Mrs. Mcdonald
Valesh. However, as . matter of har-
mony the committee appointments were
confirmed with but 5,w dissenting
voices. Secretary Schilling. of the ma
tional committee, stated the necessity
of raising funds for the Kentucky cam
paign, and the sum of So was raised in
a few minutes. After the announce
ment had been made that the new COM
mittec would meet fer organization at
o'clock the meeting broke up.
The state central committee met in
the evening and completed it's organi-
cation. The session was a long one
and was reported to have been harmo-
| NOUS. Thomas j. Meighcn, of Fillmore
county, was elected chairman, LOUIS
Hanson, of Clay county, secretary, and
Andrew Steenerson, of Polk county,
treasurer.
The executive committee appointed
consists of these three officers and Ig-
! natius Donne]ly, S. NJ. Owen. C. n. Per
kins, Ii. i. Martin, Andrew Richmond,
w. w. Erwin. Gen. j. II. Baker and
DIR. Fish. Plans were discussed for Or
ganizing the counties throughout the
state. County Alliances now in exist
ence, will appoint q committee for reor.
| ganization, and in counties where there
arc no county organizations the work
| will be left to local Alliances. The
platform of the new party for the time
! being will be the platform of the Ali.
ance party.
! The executive committee also held 9
! session in the evening to decide fnap.
cial matters.
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