St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-08
ALL CRY HARMONY.
DonnelIy Comes Down From His
High Pedestal.

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High Pedestal.
The conference of the three gentle
men appointed at the Cincinnati
convention with the multitude did not
begin until after O'clock, owing to the
fact that the Sage, in his endeavors to
give a semblance of harmony to the
affair. had invited members of the Op-
posing faction to the conference with
himself and Messrs. Stevenson and
Perkins. Before calling the meeting to
order there was a little objection to
holding an open meeting, but this was
overruled and all who cared were
allowed to crowd into the reading room
of the Merchants, and ii was filled to its
utmost capacity. After little hesita-
ton the Sage accepted the chairman
ship and arose to explain the purpose Of
the meeting.
The work of the Cincinnati conven-
ton was outlined and the appointment
of the national cOmmitte explained.
These members he thought too small
for work in the state, and for the pur-
pose of receiving authority he had Sc
cured the passage of the resolution at
St. Louis. He made frequent appeals
for harmony and read a list of the
eighteen men they had ''called'' to their
assistance in organizing the state. He
alluded, to the fact that such men as
Owen, Erwin and Hompe had been
added and claimed he did not know
which faction was in the majority. He
thought the division fair and gave his
opponents several rough thrusts. If
the Owen campaign cOmmitte insisted
meeting between the two, it could be
arranged. at which the call for a state
convention oO4,ld no rarprarpd
The speech was a strong and cleverly
constructed appeal for harmony, but it
didn't work.
HOmpe Wakes Hot.
At the conclusion of the Sage's re-
marks. Mrs. McDOnald-Valesh was
elected secretary without opposition
and Senator John B. Hompe, the power
tul and fearless Otter Tail senator, took
the floor. His rising was notice to the
Sage and his followers that no cut and
dried scheme would be allowed to pass
unchallenged. Perfect silence reigned,
and in his plain forcible way Senator
HOmpe said:
''As one ofIthe other faction I would like to
Etate the other side of the question in oppo-
sitiOn TO the side so ably stated by our presl-
deuL coming as l do from Otter Tail county,
where the first gun in this independent
movement was fred. We are in earnest in
this movement, and We desire above all
things to secure harmony, which ought not
be difficult thing. We have here PROPOSE
ton submitted by Mr.. DOnnelly which seems
fair in some respects but 1t is very
ge4 UnqF g8ong IN 9he[s of the Fet5T Gwen to ed the
paign committee The Republican and
Dem ocratic conventions held in this city last
year left campaign committees Whilh hold
until others are selected. Why should the
Alliance committee be treated differently?
HhfC did 1rC f11li dufv alfbOrurb
handicapped by the CRY set up by q certain
faction that these committeeman were cor
rupt urging all friends OF the cause not 10
contribute This committee of three was
named al Cincinnati 10 work in unorganiZed
states. Minnesota is an organized state,
which no one can deny. l do not believe in
treating men thus. 1t is liable to leave 8
sting behind. Why not say well done for
" Ork faithfully and deserve better treat
ment and you cannot organize q
political party on any other ground, and we
have q right to say that we viii stand bv
them. But we are willing to go farther and
allow half Of the DOnneLy and Fisk faction
TO name an equal number of this campaign
committee. We want harmony, but we do
not want the harmony Of the graveyard. Our
enemies base their hopes of success on our
chickering's. I want harmony and am willing
10 work for this independent party, but do
not want party built up on the one-man
power. We have LETT the old parties because
of this bOssism. We want recognition for
those men who fought the great battle of a
year ago."
Doc to the Front.
DOC" Fish next took the floor and
claimed that the appointment by the
Cincinnati convention of Donnelly, Per-
kins and SteenerSon as a committee
placed it in the position of the state or
Owen committee, and eTectually wiped
out the old committee. He claimed the
Owen commIttee was abolished by the
action Of the state executive committee,
Which action, he claimed, was made
thereby the action OF the entire Ali