St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-14
THE ALLIANCE KNOCKS.
A Hot Discussion, and the Com
mites Given a Hearing.

A Hot Discussion, and the Com
mittee Given a Hearing.
A. G. Wells, the doughty little SER
geant-at-arms, came climbing to the
platform to make an explanation. His
dignity had been imperiled, and he was
ready to show fight. He stated that
Gen. Baker and w. w. Erwin. backed
by committee from the Farmers ALI
ance, stood at the door and sought an
adinittance without cards. The SER
geant-at-arms amplified by asserting
that in the course of his official duties
he had peremptorily refused TO admit
his own friends. gentlemen coming from
Mcleod, his own county, and whom he
knew to be good members of the
Peoples party. and if the convention
saw fit to admit these men who have
nothing in common with that party, it
would be treating the sergeant-at-arms
very shabbily. This declaration of in
dependence and daring called lgnatius
Donnelly from the committee room,
where he had been laboring with his
"Man Friday" doc" Fish, in tormu-
lating the platform upon which the
party is to go to the polls this fall, and
he wanted to make statement. The
excitement that had been provoked by
the announcement of the Sergeant-at-
arms was of the most intense sort. A
murmur ran through the hall, and the
delegates sat in feveriSb expectancy as
the Sage hesitated. They anticipated
one of those old time arraignments
for which he is so famed, but
they were doomed to disappointment.
The Sage was polite. He was ready
to capitulate, could it be done without
compromising or in any way mitigating
the principles that had been enunciated
at the Omaha convention. He began by.
asserting that the convention had
reached a very important point in its
proceedings. He then recited the old
story that certain gentlemen who had
formerly been allied to the movement
had become disatfected and had with
drawn from the party. A year ago, he
pursued. everything had been done to
satisfy the recalcltrant element. 1t had
even been proposed to increase the COM
mittee from ten to twenty, and to give
the gentlemen who now stood knocking
at the door for admission one-half of the
number of members. Some of the dis
affected gentlemen had come over and
were in the convention. but some de-
manded still further concessions. He
felt that the convention would really be
justified in denying admission, but he
did not think it policy under all the cir
cumstances.> He believed with the poet.
He who has ten thousand friends has not
one friend to spare.
But he who has single foe will find him
everywhere.
He went on to say that he felt that if
there were any honorable gentlemen
who wanted TO speak the convention
should hear them. He had heard that
the ouly differences that divided the
two factions were upon minor planks in
the platform, and he advised admitting
the delegation. and also connecting any
thing that will not be in direct conflict
with the principles of the party. He
cautioned the convention that Gen.
Baker and Mr.. Erwin are in the fore
most rank of the orators of the state.
and then resuming his plea said:
"If. by any reasonable concession.
we can effect "a reconciliation, let US