The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-04-10
CORRESPO NDENCE.

you, and SO does the Whcle country,
and by the eternal Plute-sucking
Hompe, we don't want you to sell our
paper-the GREAT WEST I mean.
You don't know the solid comfort we
poor devils robbed by the wheat
ring, take to see youpunch them-the
Sage at one end and you at the other.
How beautifully you have kept the
animals on their feet. Stick to it.
Doc, we love you've will take care
of you while you live, and then we
will build a monument for you that
will outlast any ever constructed by
the hand of man." THAT makes our
palpitator palp!]
Stately alliance elected officers as
follows:
President.-Conrad Balbach.
Vice Pres.-R. Marty.
Sec'y and Treas.-E. E. Dickerson.
Gas to sale of GREAT WEST, we
think it best to remain where it is. If
the Executive Committee cannot con-
troll the Constitution and Bylaws we
think they would make poor head
way with the GREAT WEST. We wish
you all the blessings flesh is heir to
and the sham alliance members all
the evils. E. E. Dickerson, Secretary.
RAILROAD REDUCTIONS.
E. Hinde, of Cameron Alliance,
writes us a strong letter in re-
gard to getting reductions on the R.
RS to the Cincinnati Convention. If
circumstances were just as Mr.. Hinde
supposes, we would radically agree
with him, that reduction we're favors,
and, as favors, Just as bad as passes.
And although circumstances are diff
ferent, as we will show, still, there is
a cloud question if Mr.. 81. is not
right!
The circumstances are these: The
GREAT WEST does not ask any favors
of the R. RS for the alliance. But
the National Organization for a new
party puts the organization before
the Giraffe Association''-as per
schedule of Interstate Commerce
Commission. That is to say, there is
a certain tabulated arrangement
made, OF universal application,
whereby all railroads agree to take a
certain number at a certain rate. 1t
is under this prepared tariff that the
G. W. puts Minnesota before the CAS-
ISOLATION" This, our brother will
see, is somewhat different from asking
special favors-and we will assure
Bro. II. that the railroads address
ed us on the subject before we had
moved at all in the matter. Does
this clear the matter up any?
D. Munro, of New Auburn Alliance,
whose resolution in favor of Miss Nc
Donald for State Lecturer, was noted
two weeks since, writes us again on
the subject. We will state, in all
kindness, that Miss Med. was present
ed as a candidate when a salaried re-
porter for the Globe, and has stood
charged with mutilating resolutions
for that plutocratic sheet. She never
was an editor of an alliance journal
to our knowledge. Nearly year be
fore the State Meeting she wrote la
Dor articles for a department in the
GREAT WEsT-three or four articles
altogether. But we were compelled
to drop the matter-one reason being
her fiery antagonism to Mr.. Donnelly,
and other reasons being what we
thought was a too close relationship
to the city politicians. There we're
still other reasons, however. All
these things make no difference, in
fact. Miss Mcdonald was not a
member at the time OF the State
Meeting, and that ends it. Mr.. Nun
70 writes us that she is now a mem.
Der of 621. As to that we make nc
comments. A great many alliances
have ineligible members, and if there
were a State Meeting now, probably
Miss Mcdonald could be elected
her late vindictive course has beer
satisfactory.
We make but one single, non-per
sonal, all-important point-Miss Nc
D. is NOT the State Lecturer. She is
not, and that is all there is of it; anC
if she were, we would have no argu
ment on the matter. Her having
written three or four articles to the
GpCA Wren docs not have a nvth;vc