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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
An Earnest Appeal!

FELLOW WoRKERs:-On the 18th
day OF April the expenses of the State
Lecturer will begin at the rate OF 10
or $12 per day. I am already fully
$500 behind, and the $4,000 fund
shows up only about $500. What
are you going to do? Twill carry on
the most tremendous campaign ever
known with that 50, OOO-and have
registered a vow not to spend one
cent which cannot be published to
the world. 1 will purchase no Eek
ira copies OF any paper-nor pay
for any log-rolling. But if that fund
falls short something will drop
what it is we do not know. But you
must get a move right. off. Let the
County Committees as we'll as alli-
ances and individuals take this mat
ter up. Webeg Of you not to be sat
isfied with sending $500 to an ALI
ance. OF course contributions at the
Institutes will be large. But en-
cheering a mighty campaign, involv-
ing 1900 meetings, over $50 OF them
mass meetings, with singers and a
few salaries, means an expense right
of. have not drawn one dollar of
my salary SO far. Do not leave me in
danger-nor Cypress me with doubts
when we need your earnest and gen
erous aid. Do not let 25c., or 81 90.
personal contributions satisfy you.
Come up bravely and trustfully to
our aid. This is the year for sacri
fees. Come up, patriots, and meet
me in the middle of the road!
EVERETT w. FISH,
State Lecturer.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

There is a new society being formed
called the Secret Order of Million
aires. 1t is not made up of million
aires, as one might suppose, but by
those who are gullable enough to
swallow bait. 1t requires $40 for
each degree, and after several degrees
have been conferred upon the dupe
and several los have been raked in
to the schemers pockets then the vic
tim is considered a full fedged men,
Der. 1t is said that Oliver Herbert.
the organizer, enrolled two hundred
members in one town, Keokuk, in
Iowa. That being the case there is a
fair show Of their being one million
aire and great many fools in the
organization.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
Signs Of Prosperity.

They said the GREAT WEST lied
when it made that terrific exhibition
OF the mortgage Indebtedness in
Otter Tail County. Well, we were re-
minded of it just now by picking up d
copy of the Fergus Falls Weekly
Journal, of March "a, 1892. We
counted twenty eight notices of mort
gage foreclosure, one sheriff's sale,
'one referees sale, two advertised
'summonses, a lot OF probate notices,
and thee applications for license to
sell liquor! And this is the county
Hompe lives in and he wanted the
forfeiture clause of the usury law re-
pealed. READER.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

One part of our campaign program
has not been carried out. 1t was in
tended that the county lecturers and
assistants should make reports, on
prepared postal card blanks, to Con-
gressional lecturers, and thence to
State Lecturer, so that the precise
condition of each county would be
known. But the campaign broad
ened to such an extent. and the In
stitute work doomed up SO, that we
concluded not to try to do too much,
and fail to do the work well. There
is not money enough to put in an
other clerk, even at SIS a week, to
care for such a tabulated system,
and our Private Secretary has her
hands full now taking care of the
correspondence and billing the insti-
tute work. Every alliance that has
not sent in 5, 10 or 500 to the Lee
turer's Fund should do so at once.
Practically the Lecturers Fund OF
$4,000 is campaign fund. But it is
better to specify that it is for the
Lecture work where so designed. Our
printing bills are enormous this week
and yet we are cramped.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

1t is said by some one that million
aire Rockefeller who has managed to
get hold of many million dollars
earned by other people, has recovered
from his recent alarming illness, and
celebrated the event by giving a mil
lion dollars to the Chicago University
as ''praise Offering to God for be-
ing restored to health" If Mr.
Rockefeller hadn't mentioned names
his restored ability to plumber the
people would naturally lead one to
think that Satan was managing the
patients case.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

The Institutes will begin at Dodge
Centre on Monday the 18th. There
will be seven instructors at that
point. Both our professional singers
can also "talk" at either "outrider''
meetings or at the Institute. Ar
range for at least four outrider meet
ings a day or two before the Insti-
tute. We will send out that many
speakers. Hold other meetings with
local help, and get men to go to the
opening of the Institutes.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
ONE PURE BAKING POWDER
Which the Legislature and State
Chemists Endorse, Dealers Sell,
and Consumers Use with Impun-

C00m2StS ENDORSE, dealers Sell.
and Consumers Use with Impun-
ity.
The health authorities OF Mime
sofa are proceeding to enforse the
law against the alum baking pow
ders sold in violation thereof. From
the long list of such powders pub
lished in the official reports of the
State Food and Dairy Commission,
it is apparent that the officers will
be kept pretty busy in the future.
1t is asserted that every baking
powder sold in the State of Mime
sofa, with the exception OF the
Royal" contains lime, alum or
sulphuric acid. The official reports
likewise show that a gross deception
is practiced against consumers by
the false labels placed upon some OF
the inferior brands OF baking pow
ders. These labels state that the
powders do not contain lime, alum,
ETC., while the Government tests
show such substances actually pres
ent in their composition. This is a
very serious offence, and the prose
cutting authorities will of course take
cognizance of it.
Meantime, the great army of con-
eumers will go along complacently
using the Royal Baking Powder
the old reliable, absolutely pure
which State Analyst Drew and the
Food and Dairy Commission give
evidence that they have found from
official tests to be of the highest
character as to purity, wholesome.
ness and leavening strength, and
which is always sold for what it is
without falsehood, prevarication or
misstatement.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

The mortgage tax law as passed
by the Michigan legislature of 1891,
has been held legal by the supreme
court, that. body having granted a
mandamus compelling the board OF
assessors of the City OF Detroit to
make out Detroit's assessment rolls
in compliance with the new law, as
the board OF assessors were previous
ly instructed to do by the common
council of Detroit.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01


River Valley, the company will cede
to thegovernment it's right Q) to the
land patented to the North Oak. set
tiers, amounting to 81, 400 acres-the
company to be allowed to make its
own selections in the states through
which the road passes. In as much
as the railroad company has in JUS
tice no shadow of claim to the Red
River Valley lands, this proposition
is very magnanimous in them. Sec
rotary Noble, supposed to be work
ing cling in the interest of the peo-
pie, recommends that the PROPOSE
ton be accepted. He says it will
enable the company to locate town
sites all along their lines and sell
lots at big prices.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
The Musical Team,

The State Lecturer has secured
Messrs. R. L. Glasby and Clifton ALL
bright, LIST and I'd tenors, two young
men from the University, for the
Institute Glee Club. The two are
splendid material, and they are Sc
cured for an extremely moderate sal
airy, for the entire campaign. They
are now getting the music together
solemn and not so solemn!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

The old party papers throughout
the land are making a great howl
about an alliance fusion with the
democrats in Kansas. Now there is
a two-fold motive in their reeling off
this gigantic fabrication, as Atwood,
yard-wide, true-blue material. In
the first case, it is with the object of
affecting the alliance men who were
formerly republicans. Knowing full
well that these men would rather re-
turn to their first love-the republi-
can party-than stay in the alliance
fold and give their votes to build
up a democratic structure. Such a
structure, being rotten at the foun-
dalton, would topple over and bury
them in corrupt mass OF broken
pledges. Secondly. it will catch the
half-baked alliance democrat, who
feels that should the reformers fuse
with the dems., then he is on the
right track, and SO will win in any
event. 1t is a shrewd scheme of the
old ringsters to keep harping on this
string-but, friends, do not be de-
ceived by the tinkling cymbals OF the
republican MINISTRIES. The reformers
OF Kansas are the pioneers in this
great movement. They have passed
the mile stone where fusion in any
shape, will be considered. If the
scared democratic leaders of that
state, who sold their party out to
the G. O. P. last fall. for Doodle and
for the purpose OF strangling the
giant OF reform-if they fatter them
selves for one moment that the new
party people are standing around on
the corners of highways and by-ways
waiting for the refuse of the old par
ties to be thrown at them, they will
awaken to the facts that their cake
is all dough. The heroic men and
women of Kansas have labored and
fought too valiantly for that-and
now that the pecan of victory is in
the air-why should they sell their
birth-right for a mess OF pottage.
They have not. and will not!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

Senator Stewart has introduced a
bill in the senate to this effect; "No
person who has held the Office of pres
ident for term of four years or any
part thereof, shall be eligible to that
office within four years after the expi-
ration OF such term. This article
shall take effect and be in force on
and after the 9Th day of March,
1897"
Should that bill pass, a tremendous
load OF ante-election axiety would be
lifted from presidential shoulders.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
Did Not Have the Sand.

We understand somewhat that at
the last state convention Hompe
and his seven satellites did not
stand up to Gen. Baker, in the as
sault on the subtreasury. Hompe
agreed to do so, but for some rea-
son concluded to keep shady! Result
was Baker had to take the fight
against the peoples platform all
alone.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

The Institute Workers will please
come to ST. Paul a few days before
the. 18th. Messrs. Stewart and
johnson are called to be on hand at
the GREAT WEST office by Wednes-
day, April 18th. Mr.. Ferris may de-
lay if he chooses, until Friday.
Messrs. Glasby and Albright will
please be on hand Wednesday morn
inp
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
Swedish Lecturer.

We have a competent young man,
of excellent powers, who cannot talk
in English, but can talk strongly and
we'll in Swedish, Mr.. Victoren. Or
ders sent to the GREAT WEST for this
young man will be sent to him. Ex-
penses and $500 will be the fee.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

Bro. Cronkhite, of the Marshall Co.
Banner, besides editing a good re-
form paper is doing effective work
for the cause in the Northwest corner
of the state. He has recently held
six meetings and organized two new
alliances, besides enthusing a wide
constituency with the spirit Of re-
form
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
Mrs. Marion L. Todd.

Alliances wishing Mrs. Todd, one OF
the most powerful speakers in this
country, should apply at once. Her
appointments are not yet filled.
Those who wished Mrs. Lease better
send in appointments now for Mrs.
Todd. Expenses will be a total of
from 500 to $25. Do not delay-as
we must fix the dates.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

The letters are already coming in
glorifying the hope Of Mr.. Donnelly's
nomination for the governorship.
Mr.. D. in the executive chair means
justice there.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

c. E Taylor has held series OF
successful meetings recently in Maple
Lake, Glendorado. and elsewhere, as
sisted by VIM. Shenton. Mr.. Tay-
Tor has visited considerable sections
OF the state and says the prospect
was never before so bright.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
ELLINGTON, March % ,!

LLLiNGION, MdrC0 70, ~.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Ellington Alliance No. 597 met on
the 10Th and elected it's Peoples par
ty officers and chose Delegates to
the county convention, as follows:
Peoples party officers: Chairman,
4. >. Norton; Treasurer, H. j.
wright; Secretary, U. Sem, ST..
Delegates to county convention:
A. D. Barr, Joseph Kulzer, and Thos.
1oiiefson. Aiternates: H.J. Wright,
John Clark, and o. Sem, Sr.
Wewill be out in force at the In
stltute if possible. / trust your
health may be strong.
U. Sem, Sr.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

W. P. Mobiles delivered a thought
full and convincing address to the
citizens OF Springwater township, on
Wednesday, the 10th inst, under the
auspices of Springwater alliance. Mr..
Noble also addressed the citizens OF
Denver on Wednesday March 3Oth.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

Negotiations between the govern
ment and the Great Northern rail-
road, are apparently approaching a
close. 1t is proposed by the COM
pany, that as soon as the govern
ment shall authorize them to select
an amount of land equal in area to
that claimed by them in the Red
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

The way the printed matter begins
to pile up in the GREAT WEST office
it looks as though some campaign
advertising would soon be done.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
Having q grand platform let us
put grand man upon it.

Carver Co. was omitted in the In
stitute work. Never mind-we will
see TO Carver if it takes off both
limbs. We will manage that matter
yet!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

The Supreme Court has refused to
sustain the appointment and re-dis-
tricting bill, that was passed in the
Wisconsin legislature, last session.
1t pronounces it unconstitutional.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

An exchange puts it this way:
They have the right kind of girls in
Nebraska. At Sartoria young lady
won't dance with young man unless
he belongs to the Alliance, and then
the tripping of the light fantastic has
to be done on the Ocala platform.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
ATTENTION ALLIANCES.
Do Not Neglect this Notice. you Love the Great Cause
Of Humanity.

Every alliance within 20 miles of Instructor the
Counties requested hold meeting within
Institute Do neglect this Work
cannot get large
exchange work if
Remember that order the territory
right through seeding hayn harvesting stacking
cannot be helped Prepare sacrifices Think
neglect business IN this work for humanity See to that alliance
meets EVERETT W. FISH,
Lecture
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

Poultry Topics" is the title OF a
new Journal published at Marshall,
Mo-, exclusively in the interest OF
poultry keepers. 1t is bright and full
of interest. "What to Feed" "Pure
Breeding" and "Cure for 'Mossi-
ness" are OF special interest in the
March number.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

Montana joins the Alliance ranks.
The state was organized the latter
part of February, with full set of
state officers. Another gun for re-
form.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

Hon. D. B. Culberson, chairman of
the 4th Cong'l Dist, Texas, has left
the democratic party, and Joined the
great alliance boom! Thus we 60 and
grow!
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
Secretary Stromberg's Report.


FOREST LAKE, Mar. %. '92.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Please find the following report:
Cash receipts from local alliances
Tor the week ending to day:
Alliance No. 936, Ole Wefsen-
moe, Wegdahl, dues. 225
Alliance, - J. W. Anderson.
Trosky. membership fees.... 200
Alliance, 1916, Jno Swoboda.
Bechyn, dues 5Oc., member
ship fees &c., 20
Alliance, 900, J. E. Wagner.
Belview, dues 900
Alliance, 1861 D. Boardson.
Thief River Falls, dues, and
membership fees. ........... 400
Alliance Hail and ms. Co. of
Austin, dues collected. 1900
Iotal....................... $2S 30
A. l.. STROMBERG.
Sec'y.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

Secretary Foster has been abroad
holding a conference with the British
Lion, trying to drum up an interna-
tional monetary combine.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
Robert Schilling.

engagements for Mr.. Schilling, in
German, are filed as to the ten called
fOr-but we can have him for a few
more. Do not delay, as the dates
must soon be fixed.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01

one dstaseu onehalf the
who opposed
sst such being for Office Those opposed
s tremendous fight against the last today
bulk
not b: hoodood putting those opposed
vital principles Any attempt force
division and loss OF unity The alliance
Donney their standard Only
Meengthe greatest unity known! Now harmony
earnest Let into the fold and
and bear banner forward triumph
attempts to divide destroy strength We the
justice and vorya platform,
ual energy 2
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
MIN NESOTA
It is Time to Speak Out.

II is lime TO Speak Uut.
People country amount Of 6gurnc
and schemng going in the Cities the
party starting points It was not Mr.
Ovens FIGHT against Donnev ON the Forfeiture law last
his foolish the GREAT campaign wareare
the fat money his bitter hostility subreasury
broke his this state and drove
his support 1t the leaking that Mr.
intriguing going onand that putocrac
fusion democrat praisg him the working
political hemng 1t is Down Donnely lift
every uplfted political window il he Tw Cities.
As to the relations Owen JB Hompe Furlong
say speak fusion monkey
going public getting oathsome
putrid politics The air of the Twin Cities getting
alliance through Owen
alliance who wrecking themselves rocky shore
The the Alliance surprised that kilograms
like the following the leading newspapers
the u S, during the last few days:
ITO PARTY.
IL the SCHEMES m mel
party the nomination alliance ticket outside this party
This work was begun in Otter Tail County Yesterday when
scheme all the northern and western
5 he Scheme sn | s6s NJ oven G
The Democrats will be asked ndorse Mr. Owen and division
suit for ten days. and they they willing to fusion the alliance
MINNESOTA ALLIANCE MEN TO UNITE DEMOCRATS
Special sa f the ssagS p Nsvs t Of tho alliance. Tho
eoqny s dssop political
strength and give peoples
ad 1 that Pfen R Dom the alliance
recognition the ntiDonne element handled matters
learned that this method OF procedueis prevail
northern and counties The repudated
ton The is to hold straight alliance
owen for the his non ad
offer divide the presidential electors giving the
The antiDonney who number alliance
employ this method clip the wings of MIR Donney who presidential
this evening said they had been apprised the
course any fusion with the treasury wing
the alliance harm could uniting
platform
Hompe letters against Donney have been
Alliance the
othersa country
the Alliance but hard kilograms
New York to know these terrible division conflict
the Peoples Party Minnesota They
corporas guard of mem
bers the Farmers Alliance Minnesota who give
principles and march into the Democratic
Mr. Owen These harmless
doing deal of harm abroad circulating throughout
nation to the injury Peoples other
let
him take straight.
State Alliance
to put provisions State Const
tution:-
The Executive Committee shall the
local alliance the who working
the destruction of the Alliance pay any corpora
Would
1t that Mr.
the nomination president Omaha
in flooding the with Hompe against him.
thrown But do believe him the
Governor
these schemes Peoples Party
kick them respec-ook out
for congressional candidates.
ATTENTION ALLIANCES
Do Not Neglect this Notice. if you Love the Great Cause
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
1Er. Poors makes : Statsmsn t.

Mr.. Poors makes Statement.
EDITOR GREAT West:
Having noticed much comment on
an article reported in the st. Paul
+" Globe" as my statement as to who
will be the candidate for Governor
nominated at the Peoples party con-
vention, / wish to say such statement
was thoughtlessly made, and consid-
ering what is made of it l very much
regret it. / deem this statement nee
essary, as the impression may pre-
vail that / am nota supporter Of Mr..
Donnelly, and that l may be desert
ing the radical workers in the ALI
ance. HAMLIN V. POORE.
The above does great credit to Mr..
Poore. He is a rugged worker in the
field-one Of our deputy State Lee
turers at large, and is earnest in his
work. It is our impression that the
Globe reporter got taken in by one
of Mr.. Poore's dry winks.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-01
Sr. PAUL, MIMI, APRIL 1, 1892.

~emsea REFORM PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-11-03

ing Legislature Of a sum sufficient to
enable our State to be fully repre-
sented, such sum to be available i'm
mediately after its passage and ap-
prevail.
RESOLVED, That we favor the pass
age OF a law by the next Legislature
requiring the Commissioners OF this
county to divide the same into three
districts for the selection of County
Commissioners, thereby preventing
the election OF two members from tho
same locality, and thereby enabling
the people of each district to elect a
Commissioner who is informed of
their local wants and interests.
E. REINHART,
FRANK FERNALD,
J.J CAMPBELL,
VIM. MITCHELL.
REsoLvED, That we favor a Con-
stitutional Convention to revise the
fundamental law of this State.