St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-12
The Peoples Party Head
Gives Out a Rafting In
tervieW.
He Scores the Alliance Effort
in His Own Unique
Style,
And Gives His Ideas Of the
Tragedy on the Home
stead Stage.
The Advance Mutterings Of
the Big Peoples Party
Gathering.

81 have asked no man to support me
for the nomination. but if the conven-
ton desires me to accept it l shall not
refuse" said Senator Ignatius Don
nelly. the great leader of the Peoples
party hosts. last evening. Mr.. Don
nelly arrived in the city early yester-
day afternoon, and at once secRred
quarters at the Merchants hotel, where
he will remain until the end of the PeO-
ple's party convention. The Sage is
looking as rosy and healthy as though
he had not been rushing from place to
place, and doing the most vigorous CAM
paigning of his life for the past few
weeks and he is just as enthusiastic
as he was when on the floor
of the big Omaha convention
predicting success for the ticket there
nominated. He had little to do yester-
day beyond receiving such OF his friends
as reached the city during the day, but
this morning he will commence the
preliminary work. The state central
committee of the Peoples party, or
rather the executive part of the body,
will meet at 10 O'clock this morning and
decide upon q man for temporary chair
man OF the convention.
Il have heard of no one desirous of
that honor" said Mr.. Donnelly, with a
smile, land it strikes me the gentleman
selected Will have no easy task"
'How large do you anticipate the
convention will be?"
Il think we will have large and har-
moniOuS convention replied Mr.. Don
nelly; mot, perhaps, so large as the
newspapers have been claiming. for the
farmers in considerable part of the
state are busy laying, and, as they do
not anticipate that there will be much
of a conflict in the convention, good
many Of them may not attend. l do not
think there will be much division of
sentiment in the convention. unless it
comes from the emissarieS of. the rail-
road corporatioHs.Gs
The Alliance Move.
ssWhat do you think of the Alliance
movement and convention?'.' s..
II have regretted very much the ac-
tiOn of the gentlemen who call them
selves the Alliance party" he said The
Peoples party state centrat committee
tried very hard to satisfy them year
ago and gave them about half the men,
bers of the committee. putting OH Mr..
Owen. Gen. Baker, Mr.. Hompe, Car
rington Phelps and number of others.
At that time it was believed that all
differences were harmoniously ar
ranged. Mr.. Owen, Gen. Baker and q
number of Others took part in the meet
Ing Of the state committee at the time
the call for the coming convention was
issued, and great many of those who
were put on from the Alliance side, in
Guiding Mr.. Owen, II. B. Martin, of
Minneapolis; Mr.. Van Emmert, of
Mower, and MIR. Wesenberg, of Du-
luth. and others, repudiate the attempt
to divide US at this time, and are thor
oughly with the Peoples party move
ment."-
"Will there be a compromise made
as result of the conference committee
appointed at the Alliance conventions"
''It is difficult to see how we can
make any compromise with Mr.. Phelps
and his party" said Mr.. Donnelly, "for
the reason that our convention is a con-
vention of the Peoples party of Mime
sofa, held under the direction and au-
thOfity of the Peoples party of the
United States. and at the same time ask
us to cooperate with them in some
way. have great respect for some of
the gentlemen in Mr. Phelps camp afld
would be willing to do almost anything
to crafty them, but when they ask us
to give up the principles OF the Peoples
party and the Peoples party itself and
hopes for the future success of our
principles, it is too great a sacrifice to
make, even to secure the support of
such honorable and influential gentle
men as Mr.. Phelps and his party"
''Will a conference between the two
parties take place"
II have no doubt" said the Sage, ..if
the Alliance committee makes PROPOSE
ton to the convention for conference
the convention may appoint a commit
tee to confer with them and ascertain
just what they want 10 get at. The
whole matter will rest with the conven-
tion."
what effect will a full Alliance
ticket have if placed in the field ?''
elf they place full ticket in the
field" replied Senator Donnelly, ''it
will be a benefit instead Of an injury to
US, for they would not draw a single
vote that the Peoples party would
otherwise get. If they do not put a
ticket in the field there will be two or
three dozen gentlemen who will vote
for the Republican or the Democratic
tickets. Nevertheless, l am for har-
monv, if it can be had upon any proper
and honorable basis. Every alliance in
and nearly all have, has resolved to
Support the Peoples Party.
1--WE have 200 or,S0O more delegates
than we had two years ago, and much
, larger membership. Not single county
convention of the Peoples party in any
part of the state, and not single Al
lance county convention. has indorsed
the movement of Mr.. Phelps. Even
among those present at their convention
the other day there were those there
under mistake. who thought 1t was the
Peoples party convention. This was
the case with the delegates from Anoka
and Big Stone counties. Olmsted
county sent delegation to obtain har-
mony and try to prevent a separate
ticket. Outside the delegations from
Minneapolis and st. Paul. the attend
ance from the state at large of men fa-
vorable to their views could be counted
on the fingers of your two bands.
i am told that the secretary,
Albert Warren, called a meeting
in his own county and the meeting when
assembled refused to send delegates,
and Lincoln county does not appear to
have been represented, nor was Mr..
Warren q delegate. Mr.. Phe lps for
merly had farm and was connected
with bank at Morris. But he traded
off his land for city property in Mime
apolis. and do not believe ne controls
a vote In the 1nivers Sc, except his own.
At the close of the last session of the
legislature the executive committee of.
the State Farmers Alliance passed sa