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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17
PernanenCV of National Banks

the and DR.
Fish, the columns that Journal regarding the permanncy
ona Banks rather the gt the currency interesting
evolved In the first place learned
the Union much indeed and for that have sought
of his claim In speech delivered
1870 Mr. Garfield Others interrupted
Mr. Sapp, his colleague from Iowa. among others:
SappW expire twenty years from
the time when they chartered?'
Mr. Weayer-A long that law the
this the chartering
understand that? AS the
family days of
Was
family Laughter
will chartered
then another will spring AS
bego Jacob and Jacob bego twelve
intended will further
their origin The
relief their power circulating
medium of the country
But further from the Report the Controller the Currency
comprehensive makes
O ,"-'4rom uniform legislation" etc..
report Congress the
andfrom the uniform
intended equally
that treasury gnbacks] issued
Wereintended to be funded!
"Fundng burning bearing circulating
issuing nonaxabe
could be used back up national banK
question opton the
in bond payment redemption kinds have been issued
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

The South Carolina state demo.
GRAFT convention adopted the follow
ing resolutions:
owe, the democratic party of South
Carolina, in convention assembled,
recognizing the depressed condition
OF the people, the reign OF the pluto
Gratis and the unequal laws of the ma
tional Congress. We pledge anew our
allegiance to the principles first enun-
ciated' by Jefferson" Then follows
the Ocala platform entire, word for
word"
A plank is inserted denouncing the
force bill; it is demanded, too, that
the currency shall be increased, mon
ey be issued direct to the people at
low interest, upon good security. A
resolution gotten up by a few politi-
cal r'ngsters, denouncing the third
party was killed, before it's promoters
could take a full breath.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17
President Polk IS Dead.

Tits sad duty have chronicle
the of the who has made himself
the battle humanity raging earth Col
Leondas Polk the president Of the National Farmers Alliance
dustra Unon died Washington last Saturday. 18th Of
notstad the dispatch but the blood
poisoning from other malady
Col Polk had been elected the presidency the greatest
ganizaton EARTH members third time He
Spirits prospective either
the at Omaha
July 4th
Like all great workers he had share
and vifcaonbeng base seatng prisoners
Salisbury Prisons when never at those
prisons capacity He will long be aectonay remembered
And when the of sounded
OF great Deeds the vest
bu memory L. L. Polk will stand among the
will garands grave good men who
toll for love.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

A. E. Ball, who has started the
concord People," in Dodge Co.,
takes us to task for stating that he
advocated John Furlong for Con-
gress. He denies it. We reaffirm it.
He did not come out openly and
squarely. Every one who knows Mr..
Ball knows his method. 1t was bis
method-just as twas his method to
work for Kittle Halverson for COVER
nor! As to our right to Ego for him"
for his political Manifestations, we
have the right and will exercise it,
and Mr.. Ball may chew on that
proposition for several years to
come. When we lose that right A. E.
Ball will be breaking stone as a slave
on the ruins of the republic.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

The End district peoples party con-
vention, held at Mankato, June 9th.
was the most representative OF it's
kind ever held in the state. 1t was q
body OF earnest, determined men.
who had met for a purpose, and re.
fused to be side-tracked. There was
no attempt at clique or machine die
tation, which marks the conventions
OF the old parties. It's expressions
are the pure unadulterated voice of
the people. L. c. Long, the success
full candidate had no following preyi-
GUS to the hour OF his nomination.
His commanding presence, and con-
scientious loyalty to principle con-
vinced the convention that he was
the man for the place. We are glad
to assist, in every possible way, in
his election.
In the absence of the chairman. the
convention was called to order at 10
a. m. by Secretary A. N. Morrison.
I. l.. Gilbert, OF Redwood Co.. was
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

Gov. Pennoyer OF Oregon, speak
ing Of the late election in that state,
gives it as his opinion that the demo-
Gratis might easily have been the vic
tors, had they not discarded free
coinage Of silver and endorsed
Grover Cleveland. About 5000 to
10000 democrats came into the
ranks of the peoples party to stay,
as result of prostituting the plat
form to the requirements OF the
plutocratic candidate for president.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17
elected temporary chairman, and w.

elected temporary chairman, and W.
R. Hodges, OF Brown, Secretary, who
were made permanent. After ap-
pointing the usual committees, and
accepting their reports the conven-
tion proceeded to elect delegates to
the national. convention. In accord
ance with a resolution adopted that
all names considered must pledge
themselves as standing on the st.
Louis platform, the following were
elected: W. R. Hodges, Brown Co.;
A. D. Ferris, Pipestone Co.; NJ. M.
Pratt, Blue Earth Co.; E. Hoidale,
Lac qui Parle Co.; E. J. Meilicke,
Jackson Co.
1t was p. m. before the conven-
ton began to ballot for congress. J.
j. Daily moved to nominate by in
formal ballot, A. D. Stewart offered
an amendment that the ballot be
taken without pr esenting candidates,
which met with unanimous consent.
The result revealed the followingcan-
didates named in order of their
strength, A. D. Ferris, Pipestone Co.:
A. D. Stewart, Redwood Co.; John
Mooney, Yellow Medicine Co.; Gen.
Baker, Blue Earth Co. A. D. Stewart
assured the convention that he could
not accept the nomination and fa-
vored Mr.. Ferris. A. M. Morrison,
withdrew Gen. Bakers name, and
presented E. NJ. Pope. A delegate
from Mobiles county brought the
name OF L. c. Long before the con-
vention. Ferris and Mooney d: ciined
in favor OF Long. A ballot was then
taken which resulted in IS for Long,
26 for Pope.
The above items are given us by a
delegate, from memory. We are
proud Of the I'd Dist. We pray earn
estly that all the other districts may
do as well. Mr.. Long is grand ad-
vocate OF our principles-and neither
gets on to the platform by the hair
Of his head-nor helps others on by
that route.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17
British Harrison.

Harrison nominated by British gold and British policy
millionaire and plue But Blaine impuv
h because thought banking
knew well enough that the Blaine happened
ereny would pleased awake
n idea and he acts upon t-impusive.
Harrison acod old camwho has
he has As for acting idea public the
old iceberg would appoint
Harrison type of Pm right don't have think gotist
of the monarchcal pattern
that Blaine has
been the
seal fishery NATTER it Blaine who brought Blaine
who would what
his president oon)
a branch in York City
Harrison actually the helpless dogmatic
chronic that slept the
away everything but a shrveed egotsm.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17
ST. LOUIS, June 10, 1S9

ST. LOUIS, June 10, 1892.
To The PEOPLES PARTY OF THE u. S.
The Executive Committee at it's
last session in Omaha, May 18th and
18th, requested me to be in Omaha,
June 18th to take charge of the de-
tails and arrangements for the
Omaha convention on behalf of the
peoples party. It will be impossible
for me to leave here to go there and
do that work. Through correspond
ence with our friends in Omaha, Mr..
V.O. Stricken, room 9OS and 900
New York Life building, Omaha,
Neb., has volunteered to take charge
of that work and will represent me in
all the details and arrangements per-
tanning to the Omaha convention.
He will be assisted by Mr.. Wander
vert and Mr.. Edgerton and all our
peoples party friends. All letters d.
rected and business entrusted to him
will receive prompt attention. The
Citizens committee at Omaha is an
excellent one and will leave nothing
undone to make the convention a
success. Mr.. Stricken does not rep
resent them, he is only representing
the Executive committee OF the peo-
pies party in regard to the arrange
ments of that convention.
H. E. TAuBENEcK.
Reform Press please copy.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17
Reid In Su0tted.

The Labor-Union men throughout
the country are uniting against Mr..
Whi:elaw Reid. For ten years he
fought them with his pluto wealth
and power-and was converted"
just two days before his nomination.
A petition will be circulated over the
country to have Reid withdrawn
from the ticket. Why the Labor
union men should monkey over such
a matter when the peoples party is
on deck we do not understand. But
at all events, in case OF withdrawal
OF Reid, or otherwise, ruin stares the
G. 0. P. in the face. What state can
the 0. P. carry? Not a single state
sin tie union.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17
R A T. R ED.

Millionaire Rat Reid has been nominated for Vice President
republican ticket Rat Reid the publishing
Tribune
organized labor this for He the bitter
ndcive and powerful antagonist organized labor
Even the newsboys at time boycotted his paper.
during his stated that the
Wall demanded he has also declared that
of Wall could "a hours that
against whether the
thumb and thank him for the boon!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17
The Referendum.

seriously asked
country platform peoples
party
The Referendum written partially this about
1t have all the voters of the
force township meetings. Yes No
proposed The people thus the
practical possible and desirable Like
propositions the original design has been
To the Referendum
That also with the appca
number the natve
prefer great broad the Referendum
has been force in Switzerland works
take this
of the
be glad tt up the next general campaign.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

John Diamond has switched"
again. He used to belong to the
Sprague-Hall-H odgson outfit. He
was training with them when DR..
Fish was defeated for State Secretary
by four bogus baliots-Diamond was
teller. He soon switched over to
be an ardent "Donnelly, Fish" man
-(whatever that may mean!) About
that time he wanted to be treasurer
OF the alliance! He has now switched
again-and says Donnelly-Fish is
trying to ruin the alliance. We can't
speak for the Sage OF Nininger but as
Tor the Sage-brush Of st. Paul, he de-
dominates John Diamond as an old
sorehead political prevaricamosis.
So to, John! Get thee three wheel
ed invalid's conscience-ride out in
the air on it-and perhaps conval-
essence will set in.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17
Sr. PAUL. MIMI, JUNE II, 1892.
State Convention of the Peoples Party:

A stat. convention OF the pecples party Of the
United States, for the state OF Minnesota WA De
held at 10 o'clock a. m. July ID, 1892, IN Market
Hall. St Paul. MIMI, for the purpose OF nomi-
mating candidates for the Offices OF Governor
Liutenant Governor. Secretary OF STATE; SLaae ..
Treasurer Attorney General, CLERK OF
the Supreme Court. three judges OF the supreme
court and nine electors OF president. and trans
acting .uch other business as may properly
come fore it.
The said convention shall col insist as follows;
l. One delegate from each local farmers ALI
ance in this State.
1.ation n this which was in existance prior
TO March 16, 1892. ,
d One additional delegate from each county
for each five hundred votes or mayor traction
thereof, cast therein for s. n Owen for governor
The delegates from the counties shall be
elected by county conventions to be constituted
as follows:
b1 Three deli gates from each local labor Or
ganization in said county.
c) One delegate from each township In SAID
dl One delegate from each ward OF any town
or city in said county; or in the cities OF Mime
apolis st. Paul, and Duluth one delegate from
each precinct instead OF each ward.
g. No proxies shall be admitted in the state
convention but the same delegate from any To-
cal alliance OF labor Organization may represent
any other local alliance or labor organization in
his county which has regularly elected MIN 10 re-
present it.
= The county alliances and labor erganiza-
tions are authorized to elect alternates' who will
be empowered 10 act in said state convention
only in case OF the absence OF the delegate.
To facilitate the transaction OF business the
secretary OF each local alliance and labor organ
ization and county conventions which has
elected delegates to said state convention, is re-
quested to send the names OF the said delegates
at once with name of the alliance or labor Or
ganiz alton and the P. o. address OF the delegates
to the secretary OF the executive committee OF
the peoples party OF Minnesota: Louis Hanson:
.Sa bin, CLAW county. Mimi. Mr.. Hanson VIII
thus be able to prepare roll Of the delega, es
and save much time and expense to the men,
'bers of the convention.
AS funds will be very necessary to pay the ex-
y,enses OF the convention and carry on the, cam
paign work OF the peoples party and we have no
wealthy Rings Corporations to call upon,
each delegate is requested to- collect contr1bu-
tito as from the supporters of the party in his
neighbo:hood and bring them to the convention
The list of contributors will be hereafter pup
Iisl,ed in the peoples party papers.
THOMAS j. MEIGHEN,
Louis HANSON Sec'y Chairman
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

Chippewa county held a peoples
party convention at Montevideo.
May 2Sth, for the purpose OF nomin-
ating county officers. Short address,
es we're given by O. J. Rollerson, A..
F. Fei ger, NJ. Mcclure, and DR.. Fish.
The st. Louis platform adopted. Del
egates were elected to the 2nd district
convention at Mankato. The dele
gates to the state convention were
instructed for Ignatius Donnelly.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

The editor of the Austin Transcript
says he has been going" for US in
column after column. Sorry-but
the fact is our exchange editor says
over 500 newspapers are doing the
same thing. Gordie, we never see one
of 'em. The Exc. Ed. sees 'em all.
Gordie, the gentle Gordie, complains,
with deeply rooted tears in his visual
stereopticops, that we ''use words
not to be found in the dictionary"
Gordie, lovely Gordie, you don't look
at the right dictionary. Get a Lexi-
con OF Egyptologs, Chapter on Agari-
Gus Elnaciaticus. Toadstoolonicus
and you'll find them all. Their all
pink-eyed. and are planted in rows
three. fingers apart.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

The peoples party of Wisconsin at
its state convention inserted plank
in it's platform advocating the Re-
ferendum as follows:
We demand the establishment OF
the initiative and the referendum by
which the people will be enabled to
vote down obnoxious laws and re-
move dishonest and inefficient Off
"cials, thus placing the veto power
in tue hands of the people, where it
khelOnps.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

to formulate their principles, accord
ing to the latest mode.
The following financial plank was
adopted:
We demand a national currency
safe sound and reliable, issued by
the general government only, full
legal tender for all debts, public and
private, and that without the use
of banking corporations; a just
equitable and efficient means of dis
tribution direct to the people, at a
tax not to exceed 2 per cent, to be
provided as set forth in the SUBJ
treasury plan of the farmers ALI.
ance, or some other system; also by
payments i1f discharge of it's obliga-
tions for public improvements.
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver, and condemn Pres
ident Harrison for calling the inter
national monetary conference and
inviting other nations to assist us
in fixing value of our silver. We
regard it as an effort to demonetize
the silver dollar by a national agree
ment
We demand that the amount of
the circulating medium be speedily
increased to not less than $50 per
capita. We demand a graduated in
come tax. We believe that the
money OF the country should be kept
as much as possible in the hands of
the people, and hence we demand
that all national and state revenues
shall be limited to the necessary ex-
penses of the government economi-
cally and honestly administered.
Leroy Templeton, of Benton coun-
ty, was nominated for governor, and
full state ticket placed in the field.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

Rice county held a peoples party
convention at Faribault. The St.
Louis platform was adopted. They
instructed their delegates. to the con-
gressional and state conventions, to
oppose any candidates for nomina-
ton who did not stand squarely up
on that platform, and pledge them
selves to support it's principles. They
also asked that there be plank in
grated in the state platform COM
pelling transportation companies to
furnish proper and complete facilities
for shipping all kinds of produce from
any station on their lines.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

Isanti organized county alliance,
on May %. 1t was decided to hold
peoples party convention. in the
county. The St. Louis platform
was endorsed. Isanti has many
Prohibitionists and they are hoping
that the time is not distant when the
peoples party will embrace a Prohi-
bition plank in their platform, until
that time they felt that they must
stand by their organization. The
county officers were elected at this
meeting.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

Some gentleman up in Sherburne
county claims that we never had
"free silver coinage!" What next.
Sometime some one will claim there
is no United States! Wonder if that
man will admit that we have free
gold coinage now?
There is an enormous amount of
grace required now days for men who
ought to know more, but don't.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

Indiana held her peoples party
state convention on May q. There
were over 500 delegates present.
Several democratic politicians tear
ing around the lobby, trying to
"put in an oar but the leaders OF
the giant movement could be coaxed
into no ''entangling alliance" with
the old bunlmers, and SO proceeded
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17
Examine.

Look over the new list of Insti-
tutes and note the new appoint
ments. We have almost doubled the
number, and have left out one month
for harvest.
Now, men and brethren, get right
out and work! Get out your local
bills, at least a thousand for each
county. See that your township and
county committees are actively at
work. Advertise! Advertise!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

There is bill before the House of
Commons providing a fund of $780,
100000 to help poor men buy small
farms. The principle involved in this
bill is almost the same as the land
loan measure in the peoples party
platform. Mr.. Gladstone favors it's
ypassage.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

Judge Alfred Moore, of Chicago,
not only makes the direct charge that
the colored delegates to the republi-
can convention were bought up for
Harrison, but he gives it out cold
that he bought them first for Blaine
and then Harrison overbid him. The
document is decidedly interesting and
nouvv
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17
Car Reed and Rat Reid

Do not Rat Reid the republican for Vice President the
boycotted millionaire York Tribune
Tom Reed
lord and all the committees
legislation the T. S. the destruction
c But he Millionaire Must Have King Rat Reid They
both OF sbcth dangerous
elect such serfdom
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

The Polk county convention of the
peoples party, resolved that we favor
the adoption of the referendum as
used in the republic Of Switzerland.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

Senator PETER of Kansas has in
troduced in to the senate a bill
creating a fund for giving employ
ment to idle laborers on extensive
public improvements and thus re-
moving "the strongest incentive to
crime among the poor"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

President Harrison has issued a
proclamation re esta blishing the
tariff on sugar. molasses coffee and
hides, as far as concerns Columbia,
Hayti, and Venezuela. Well may our
representatives in congress ask,
-"What are we here for?"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

At regular meeting OF the Pope
county alliance, held in Glenwood,
May "a, the st. Louis platoon was
endorsed. State and district dele
gates were elected.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17
A SURVEILLANCE OF this state resolve

A sub-alliance of this state resolves
after this fashion: "We utterly con-
denim any and all attempts OF
small minority claiming to be ALI
ance men who, from selfish and un-
worthy motives, hinder, obstruct or
neutralize the noble work being done
by our alliance state officers"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17
The Blue Earth county convention
was held at Good Thunder, on June
Or1

The alliance standard, OF Willmar,
gives live, rousing notice of the In
stitute to be held at that place June
3Oth.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17
nepvy.

Mondays st. Paul Globe wipes
the tears from the eyes of old
Hompe and Lommen, and other
traitors of like ilk. The plutocratic
press will please accept our thanks
Tor the kind words spoken for the
dead, but the farmers are not elect
ing men this year to represent the
wheat ring and money loaners.-
Mcintosh News.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

The Hennepln county convention
OF the peoples party, was held at La
Dor Hall, Minneapolis, June 18th.
Fourteen delegates to the state con-
vention to be held at st. Paul july
18th were elected, also delegates to
the national at Omaha.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

Only one spb-alliance in North
Carolina refuses to endorse the St.
Louis platform.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

Todd county held peoples party
convention at Long Prairie, on May
q, with Ga delegates present. The
st. Louis platform was adopted.
They resolved to support for Office
only such men as stand firmly on
said platform. and are out and with
p. p. men. They further endorsed the
minority report of the grain investi.
cation committee.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-06-17

The resolutions from the different
county conventions are coming in, in
such bulk that it is impossible for us
to publish them verbatum. It would
require more space than we possess.
1t would be very gratifying to us, as
well as our readers, and the bodies
who send them, if we could, but if we
cant" why we ''can't you know"