St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-04
ALL ARE LEADERS,
The Alliance Party Bears a
Striking Resemblance to
the Mugwumps.
Donnelly and the Peoples
Party Have Swallowed
the Owen Voters.
Editor Heatwole Discusses
the Chances Of a Repub- !,
lican in the Third,
And Decides That He Is a
Brave Man Who Takes -
the Nomination. -

State convention, called TO meet In New
market hall, in this city, on Thursday.
The call fixes the number of delegates
at 2S6, and less than half of this number
have been chOs en- up to the present mo-
ment, and it is very doubtful, indeed,
whether any conventions will be held in
many of the counties which We're swept
SO clean by S. NJ. Owen two years ago.
A great many strong and independ-
ent men have gone into this movement
with the idea and for the purpose of
heading OFF the Sage of Nininger in his
wild career of machine rule, but ii looks
as though mistake had been made.
The fact Of the matter or the situation
is, that the Peoples party has swal-
lowed the entire rank and file of the
Alliance party OF 1890. Considering the
allegiance of the Peoples party to such
schemes as the sub-treasury plan, it
may be considered too bad that such is
the case, but this reflection does not inn
prove things in the least. Bourke
Cochran, the eloquent Tammany orator,
In crlticiZlng the mugwumps in his
celebrated speech at the late Chicago
convention, declared that they were all
leaders and that there were no mug
wump privates. This is pretty nearly
the situation in the Alliance party
which will hold its convention in st.
Paul this week. There will be plenty
of leaders OH hand, but the privates
who say little and do the voting will be
absent.
1t is needless to remark that politi-
cal party. though its leaders may be
able. honest and sincere, must have 1.
followers or it cannot long exist.
And followers are just what the AL
lance party lacks. There was a time
when she had some 60 600 votes, but the
the organization of the new party has
taken SO nearly all of the great Owen
vote of 1890 that the Alliance party will
make great mistake if it dominates
ticket. No ticket can be named by
Thursdays convention that will take
away any number of votes from the
Peoples party, while it may draw from
party that will enter the coming cam
paign Oh the same lines as the Alliance
party of two years ago.
The statements made above may be
considered strong by the anti-Donnelly
men. but they will be willing to hear
evidence on the subject. The first wit
ness called to the stand will be Senator
Jay La Due, the well-known and
straightforward representative OF the
Alliance in Rock county. Senator La
Due was in the city last week, and was
dohCQ Ills OplItlUu VI llc prODOSCu ALL
ance convention.
II shall probably attend the conven-
tion," said Mr.. La Due, "but do not
know whether shall be. delegate or
not. All the Alliance voters of two
years ago have gone, into the Peoples
party, and scarcely amy remain outside
to elect delegates to the convention
which will be held in Market Hall next
week" x. ~ ;sres c,es 3
Senator La Due teld Of a meeting of
the farmers IN isIleighhorho recent
ly. where the. Alliance question was
considered. lie was not jim favor of GER
tain features of the Peoples party plat
form and said SO. He was taken to task
by man who had been a Republican
before he went into the Alliance move
ment. This man could not see why
Senator La Due could support the Dem
ocratic national ticket.
II will tell you, neighbour" said the
Rock county statesman. When went
into the Alliance movement two years
ago did not have to change my views
favored tariff reform. 1t was different
with you. When you left the Repub-
lican party you were obliged to change
your position on the tariff question. L
shall continue to advocate and work for
tariff reform for the reason that [ con-
slider it the great question of this CAM
pagn."
Testimony is abundant to show. that
in Polk, Marshall, Norman aud Kittson
counties the Peoples party has COM
pletelY absorbed the old Alliance, and
Otter Tail, Clay, Wilkin, Grant,
Douglass and Pope is attested by
Fergus Falls man whose sympathies are
entirely with the Alliance movement
and against the PEOPLES party. This
man is close observer of the current
of events political, and his statement of
the situation closely tallies with that of
Senator. La Due.
''Donnely has taken the Alliance
over into the Peoples party to man in
the counties surrounding Otter Tail"
said this man. II understand there
will be delegation down from Otter
Tail to the Alliance state convention,
but they will represent mighty few
voters. The closest friends of Senator
HOinpe and G.. w. Brandborg, while
having nothing against these men, will
refuse to follow them away from the
Peoples party. They consider this
movement as caused by spite and jeal-
ousy, and for that reason are simply
made stronger in their sllegiance to the
Peoples party. l think the PEOPLES
party as strong in my section of the
state as the Alliance was two years ago,
and they will sweep everything in the
Red river valley"
Substantially the same story comes
from every one of the counties in which
the Alliance was strong two years ago
The Peoples party has swallowed all.
the independent voters. The mistake
of the Alliance leaders is their assump-
ton that Donnelly is the Peoples party.
When the party was made a national
organization it gained standing that
enabled Mr.. Donnelly to 60 in and gain
the support and aid of great many
men who would have opposed him for
leadership in the old Alliance. Don
nelly's prominence in the Peoples
party forced the opposition to tight the
triumph and their defeat.