St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-12

/ greatness of the Sage of Nininger. He
says he does, although his paper is grad
ually getting around to the point where
it Will be able to roast Mr.. Donnelly IS
formerly did ). NJ. Owen. K. J. Hall,
Senator Hompe and other Old Allianbe
leaders. At the recent meeting of the
executive committee of the Alliance, at
which Fish resigned to save being
kicked out. it was decided to start a
new Alliance paper, and the executive
committee ordered such steps to be
taken. Shortly thereafter MI. Donnelly
issued a circular letter regarding the
project. which doc" Fish publishes,
a'ong with great deal of comment. i'm
the last issue or the Great West. This
follows:
The following circular marked "Pri
vate," has been sent out by Mr.. Don
nelly, through the state secretary, at the
expense of the Alliance treasury. II
the necessity for such all assault existed
1t would be scarcely more sad than its
appearance without necessity. In re-
gard to its personal references to us. we
simply sorrow over the attitude of fallen
greatness trying to drag down to mis-
fortune that one man who for six
months faithfully warned the blind man
OF the ruin into which he was plunging
with dauntlesS determinatIOn--fOr
Mi. DOnnelly's determination to fuse
antedated the July convention, All
that Mr.. Donneily says below about our
inetficiency as state lecturer is true
! except that
One Solitary Alliance
was organized-and that is all. So q
| gantic was the business of carving on
hIfGipaSc Iortra - 70
| dence, watching the fusion bedeVil-
| ment, tracking the work of at least two
OF three OF the enemy, suffering contin-
| uouS pain for months, editing journal.
keeping from three to six persons OH
| the road speaking and singing for Don
| nelly, making 400 tWO-hOur speeches IN
| 2G0 days, etc, etc, that we shamefully
| neglected going into the schOolhOuse
organizing work! We should have or
! ganiZed at least a thousand between
! spells! We have heard of two ALI
ances organized by Mir. Donnelly in his
whole life-and that is a good deal If
we had got that 5000 voted for our work
at least TWO men would have been at
the organizing business. But we out
rageously neglected the work, aud that
IS probably the reason we worked for
| nothing. We don't see why our good
MIR. Donnelly should weep such bGiny
! tears over the resignation of Il treacher-
Gus "cusS" who never did anything!
Better weep because we did not resign
long before.
DOnnelly Sonsts Fish.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. Is, 1892.
Private
Dear Sir: The reform movement has
reached a crisis in its career in this state,
| and the help of all it's friends is necessary if
| would not die nnGpT the Domino
| position of Its enemies.
| DR.. Flsh's course has been very unfair and
| injurious d US He has not personally or.
| gained Il single new alliance during his in.
| eumbencv as state lecturer and on the heels
| of defeat of the Peoples party at the polls.
! he resigns his position as state lecturer and
! refuses to remain the organ of publication Of
| the State Alliance During the campaign his
| paper was very ineffective for good, while his
| repeated attacks on Mr.. Owen, in the face of
| my repeated appeals to him to let him alone,
| cost us thousands Of votes. We must either
| have new paper that the movement can
| control or must abandon the party alto
! gether. With 10000 voters in the state we
| ought 10 be able to maintain hrStClass
| weekly paper. with 10000 circulation, and
with such paper we can carry Minnesota
| IN 1884 enclose you copy of the address
| or the Peoples party executive com
mittee. Read it carefully. We can easily
| get individuals to establish such u paper
but in the midst of the next campaign our
stab us under the fifth rib with all manner
| of cunning pretenSeS. We will simply work
| for two years to enrich, at the last moment
| The owners of the paper. Whatever is done,
the People party or the State Alliance must
absolutely owu ma jority of the stock, and
that majority must be assigned so that il
cannot be bought up in the crisis OF the cam
| paign.
For myself would say that will never
again be Il candidate for any Office. II | fol
| lowed my own inclinations, would give UP
the whole work, ana retire to my home GnC
| spend the rest OF my life looking after my
| personal affairs. But TO do so at this time
would be Il cowardly Abandonment of Il great
cause in the darkest hour of its history, and
| | am therefore determined to stand by 1t at
| any cost. Every hour of my time is precious
to myself and family but If il Is thought that
my name as editor in chief would add any
! thing to the success of the new paper | will
| cheerfully serve in that capacity and write
| one or two columns a week for It,
The remainder concerns the mat
ter of getting up the new paper. Very truly
ana respectfully your friend,
lGNATIUs DoNNELLY.
From the Circular.
But in the campaign his paper was
very ineffective for good. "-Ignatius
mad.
From Private Letter, Mr. d. to DR.. f.
"First page G.. w. last weeks was
! splendid. Have it stereotyped. Have
package of or 400 sent to me wherever
| | speak. Don't oYtrwOrk Yourself
Even -- d former personal enemy
is enthusiastic over the q. w. You are
attracting national !'-Taify
before lgnatlus was mad.
His repeated attacks on Owen, etc"
-IgnatiuS after the trade.
Don't say word about Owen-he is
| playing himself out by his selfish
| nnupcn ~ A ICO affnr tbn trnHp
IF it is thought that my name as
editor-in-c hief would add, etc, would
serve in that capacity. "-Ah, therel
! Now we would be very glad to see
| Mr.. Donnelly at the mead of powerful
organ. We would prefer that lt be on his
capital and not ours. The "defunction"
OF his "Anii- MOnOpOlist" does not cause
any doubt as to his business Judgment
but WHO would guarantee that Mr.. ID.
would not be writing offensive editorials
for three months before an "eXec. COM"
could get at him-and, being president.
! he might delay an executive meeting
until tomorrow" How would Il few
articles indorSing the rottenest political
stencil ever known. do, for instance, as
! preliminary?
Mr.. DOnneliy is man who deserves
great appreciation-an earnest advocate
! of man - q thoroughly kind-hearled
man, and honest. There is ore loose
spoke in his judgment-Wheel, and it
rattles in dry weather.
Good Lord. wilt Thou kindly eXtin>
gush the taper if we take up this OBJ
n0xiouS topic again--it is wearisOme, II.
r, and too much. Give Brother Don
nelly long life. peaceful death, generous
reward-and newspaper.
Those who have read the Great West
during the past two years will be sur
! prised at the above. and will wonder
more than ever that the Sage did not
throw him overheard long ago.