St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-10
TO FIGHT DONNELLY.
The Split in the Alliance
Ranks Beginning to Bear
Fruit.
alliance Men Disguised With
the Methods of Donnelly
and Fish.
On Additionally Organize
ton Will Soon Be ES-
tablished.
t Will Be War to the Knife
From Now to Election
Day.

fhe annual meeting of the Farmers
alliance of Minnesota which has just
been held was surprise to everybody.
1t was surprise to the Republican poll
ticians, who were quite sure that the
movement had died out. Is was a sur
prise 10 the conservative members of
the order in the many rash things the
body did, during its three-day session,
and, last of all, it will be surprise to
the great mass of the Alliance men in
the state as soon as they have had time
to digest the platform that was adopted,
as well as the proceedings.
The radical element joined hands
with the demagOgue and the result was
simply astounding. The advent Of the
female agitatOrS from Kansas was bad
thing for the convention. The history
of the Alliance in this state proves that
the members are most easily reached
by the ladies. No statement, however
wild, made by Mrs Lease failed to re-
ceiye loud applause. The staid old
farmers heard her words and they at
once Endorsed all she said. When they
have had time TO consider those matters
at their homes they will see exactly
where they made their mistakes. If this
does not prove the case, the farmers of
the country Will lose the reputation they
have won as the most conservative
class in the country. The SubtreaS-
ury scheme, for example, is one of the
schemes Endorsed. 1t is the most viO-
lent piece of class legislation ever pro-
posed, and yet it was indorSed by the
Alliance right in the face of declara
ton of eternal opposition to all class
legislation. The per cent loan scheme
f- ~ a. sH.,1l ~ fl,A
state, many of whom are lenders of
money and not borrowers.
The worst feature of the whole matter
Is that this platform, with its
Contradictory and Absurd
plankS, serves to alarm the business in
terests of the state, and cannot fail to
be disastrous to the Alliance movement
There are many good plankS in that
long list, and it is unfortunate that they
should be rendered of no avail by the
radical and wild schemes that are in
dOrSed.
The convention fell into the hands of
the element headed by the editor of the
Great West. The design of Fish was to
make it impossible for men like S. NJ.
Owen, Gen. j. H. Baker and others AS
able to remain in the party, and the
plan appears 10 have carried. Fish IS
determined that Mr.. Owen shall not
head the Peoples party state ticket next
year, apparently not being satisfied with
the efforts he made to defeat him IN
1880. The position of Fish was clearly
revealed at the Merchants on Friday
evening. y reporter asked him, in a
room filled with Alliance men, whether
he thought MI. Owen would be nomi-
mated for governor this year.
Owen" answered Fish. "Certainly
not. He is not an Alliance man and
never has been, and besides he is
against the subtreasury bill and against
fat money"
although not so intended, to Mr.. Owens
honesty and good sense, the Great West
man passed out, leaving his lieutenant.
Robert Eckford. to continue the aenun-
citation of Mr.. Owen. Mr.. Eckford de-
clared that under no circumstances
could Mr.. Owen have the nomination.
His reasons were the same as those
Given by His Chief.
The farmers of the state who voted
for S. NJ. Owen in 1890, $4,000 strong,
ought to consider these things, and they
will do it. The situation Simmered
down means just this:
Donnelly and Fish have set out to
down Owen and all other men not under
Iheir thumbs.
What objects have they in view?
The same objects that moved the Sage
Of Nininger to withdraw from the Labor
ticket and support Gov. Merriam in
1888. The Peoples party, if these two
men continue in control, will become
the subject of trades and dickers.
Either Republicans or Democrats can
have its support il the terms are salts
factory. The history of both these men
furnishes sufficient guaranty for their
statements. The fight made against
Owen i'll 1890, no one will deny, was in
the interests of the Republican state
ticket. The withdrawal of Rahilly
from the ticket was sure indica-
ton of the feeling of these men, and
the infamous circular attributed to Ra-
billy, and which was designed to drive
the Irish voters of the state away from
Judge Wilson is only one of dozen
proofs that can be found. The full his
tory of that Orange circular would make
the proof even more convincing.
What will be the result of ali this?
Simply this-that the Alliance party
of 1890 will place a ticket in the field
against the Peoples party ticket. I'm