St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-31
WITH BOTH HIS FEET.
Donnelly Jumps Upon the
PROSTATE Form Of Sena-
tor HOmpe.
The Warning He Received
Early in the Session to
Beware.
Why the Combination With
the Democrats Was Car
ried Dat.
Some Fresh. Information Of
the Inside Of the LegiS-
latupe.

Ia a1
Ibegin to feel that any further reply by
me to HON De is unnecessary. was reDuked
hy friend the other day for "skInning
dead man." Hompe declares he is no longer
in politics (and politics is evidently no
longer in him), and. am informed, he is no
longer rightful1y i'll the Alliance. He has
sold MS farm and gone into mercantile life
in the village of Deer Creek. While he sits
upon a keg of nails at bis store door, MUNICH
ing cracker and wondering how all his
bright visions of life in Washington made
themselves SO suddenly ''air, thin air. i'll
which they vanished" l would recommend
him to cogitate over that wise Old Scotch
proverb: kick not sleeping dog. lie
must begin to realize that when man with
an utterly abominable pubic and private
record behind him INSPIRED by TOOL ike
Hoskins), pitches head foremost into the
record of another, who is not saying word
against him or raising finger to lnlure him,
he is, to use ArtemuS Wards admirable e4'
preston, IAN ass" He should read Saneho
Panza' s reason. given in Don Qu1Xote. why,
under circumstances therein stated, the I'M
necessary agitation of a subject was not
either advisable or profitable.
What am about 10 say in this letter is rot.
therefore. intended SO much 20 further pound
and pummel Hompe for he is dead, dead be
yond resurrection-his own record has killed
him-but to use his assaults upon me as an
illustration OF the dangers which emDarraSS
any attempt to obtain remedial legislation IN
this corrupt and rotten age. In that view OF
the case even Hompe may be made OF some
use. The Duke OF Argyle put up mile stones
all over his estate and the old women of the
neighborhood, afflicted with the itch, aud
MISUNDERSTANDING their purpose. used to
scratch themselves vigorously against the
stones, crying out the while, God bless the
Duke of Argyle And SO, with the assist
ance of Providence. even Hompe may prove
a blessing in disguise to the afflicted People
of Minnesota kind of unIntentonai
scratching post for the relief OF the mis-
governed
The attempt of the Alliance. in the last
legislature. TO obtain the remedial legislation
demanded by the producing classes or this
state was failure. BY thai failure OF leg
isiation as to rales of interest, railroad
Minnesota will-tefOre the next legislature
assemblcs-haye lost millions OF dollars.
Who was responsible for this failure? Who
blocked the wheels of reform and brought
the efforts of the Alliance to naught?
have no desire to do injustice TO any one,
but charge these results home upon John
q. Hompe. Let us see il that charge can be
SubStantiated.
Bonnellyss Election.
Every army must have general; every.
political movement Must have a leader. VINO
will dissociate Napoleon from the Napoieonic
campaigns? Who will separate the final tri-
umph of our arms, in 1855, from Gen. Grant?
SO important is this matter of leadership
that some one mas truly said. AN army or
lions led by an ass is less to be feared than
an army of asses led by lion"
Now, just before the opening of the last
session of the legislature, Dee 30, 1872 l was
elected president of the State Farmers AL
lance by vote of SIS to 105. Hompe led the
fight against me, and by putting up Hon.
hiItel HalyorsOn tor president. a popular
and able gentleman, he secured 105 votes Tor
him If his own name had been placed in NOM
ination he would not have received % votes.
Now it is not worth while to inquire whether
or pot my selection WAS the best that could
have been made. 1t was made. The army
had chosen its general; the movement had
selected its leader by an overwhelming ma
jority. was placed i'll command, and | was
entitled to the support of every loyai soldier
of the great army of reform. To attack ME
i'll the face of the enemy was treason 10 the
cause, for IL made victory Impossible. IL
demanded drum head court martial. Ana
it was the Farmers Alliance that
led the great campaign of 1872; il was the
Farmers Alliance that had elected one-third
of the members of the house. and thirteen
of the state senate. l stood
there i'll the senate as the chosen
mouth-piece and representative of the
Alliance hosts, and that | honestly and cor
rectly expressed their wishes and feelings IS
proven by the fact that HOmpe who had Sc
CureQ lt) Votes HSdlDSL me luz Ills CdiluIudlo
in December 1870, could only get - votes
against me for his candidate at the next an
nual meeting. And the matter was discussed
in the annual meeting of December 1879,
and that great convention elected me their
president with intent and purpose that
might thereby have increased influence to
hold the Alliance together in the legislature
and lead them to victory. They deliberately
and Intentionally placed the baton of com
mand in my hands. They certainly would
not have trusted hompe with it.
A Warming.
AT the very opening of the session of 1891
leading and weli-informed Republican of
Northern Minnesota. personal friend and
perfectly reliable man, came to me and said:
well, how are you getting along:
Very we'll. | replied; the old parties are
paralyzed by the tremendous vote of 1890.
and the rank aud file of the two houses |
think, will concede to us any reasonable de-
mand we may make in behalf OF the peo-
pie"
sold out. Hompe is in the interest of the
and he will do all he can to light
you and prevent sou from accomplishing
anything
| could not believe it. but events have
proved that nv informant was right. Hompe
complains that l proposed at first to com
bine with the Republicans in the organiza-
ton of The senate Yes. that was so. Why
was it? Because | argued that it was evident
The Alliance members OF the house were
going to join forces with the Democrats, and
that it would not do for the Alliance men i'll
he senate to follow their example. Three
fourths of our membership was derived from
The Republican party and we had TO con-
stantly meet, on the stump and in the press
the charge that the Alliance movement was
simply the Democratic party in disguise. or
yanized to break up the Republican organi-
,ation. | claimed that If we Alliance men,
IN both branches. rushed into The arms of the
as soon rs we got to st. Paul we
would justify this charge and lose thousands
Of votes. therefore urged that in the house
We combine with the Dem ocraLs and Ill the
senate with the Republicans This would
lold the balance even and satisfy both ele-
nent or our party Some OF our Alliance
senator's had previously been Dem ocrats and
hey wer. obstreperous to have the Dem0c-
racy swallow the Alliance. neck and heels,
Body, boots and breecheS. without the slight
est regard for its effect upon our Ofganiza-
ion. The feeling was natural on their
part, but it was ulWlse. l stood up for
what | thought was The true Interest of the
Alliance; and the majority sustained me:
md we should have made combination
with the Republicans IN The senate, but the
as | interpret il, said to the
leaders that they must not con-
cede anything to the Alliance, because that
meant anti-monopOly senator's at the head eff
one-half the committees. with increased
power 10 obtain legislation ln1mlcal 10 the
rings and railroads. And so the Republicans
spurned our advances and formed combi-
nation with two Democrats TO organize the
senate We had but half an hour TO change
his, but in that half hour we established re-
ations with the Democrats, won back the
Two wavering men, and organized the SEN
lite, to the Infinite disgust of our Republican
brethren. Hompe complains of this, but il
wlIl be observed that he profited by the com
oination being made chairman of the prin-
ii pal committee of the senate; and re also
secured elerkship for his friend, Il. J. Hall,
who drew about So, during the session. 1t
: said that "it is we'll 20 praise the bridg. that
carries you over" but only man like iompe
you'd denounee the bridge after having
waived himself Of it.
HomDe and Finance.
Despite the prophecy which still rang in
nv ears | was determined that no suspicious
)f mine. and no personal dislikeS of mine |