St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-29
REFUSED THE CAPITOL.
Gov. Merriam Establishes a New
Rule Regarding the State
HOuSR.

Gov. Merriam Establishes a New
Rule Regarding the State
House.
The Alliance state convention, which
has been called to meet in this city on
July7, will probably be held in New
market hall and not at the state capitol
as was stated in the call. The cause of
this change is the refusal of Gov. Mer-
rIam to allow the capitol to be used
hereafter for political conventions. AT
the time the state central committee or
the Alliance met the capitol was select
ed for the reason that the convention OF
the party two years ago was held there.
That convention was very large, While
the convention that will meet next
month will be rather small in point OF
numbers, as the call limits the repre-
sentation to 2S6 delegates.
1t is needless to state that this action
of the governor has stirred up great
deal of feeling Oh the part OF the ALI
ance leaders, who point out tnat they
have as much right to use the state
house as have the State Medical society,
the State Teachers ASSOCIATION and
number of other organizations that are
in the habit of meeting there. Tne
capitol has been used for political con-
yentions from the foundation OF the
state. and the reason that the Republl-
can and Democratic conventions go
elsewhere is simply because they de-
mand larger halls. The following COM
municatiOn received yesterday brings
out this fact:
The Governors Insult 20 the Farm
ers and LabOrers.
To the Editor of the Globe.
His excelleney, Bill Merriam. has seen MT
to refuse the farmers and laborers OF the
state the ancient privilege of holding the Al
lance party convention in the state house.
The Alliance convention or two years ago
was held there without protest. ms is
new departure and shows the bitter anlmus
of the Doodle combine against the farmers
and Iaborers OF the state. Alexander Ram
sey and Henry II. Sibley were nominated py
a political convention held i'll the state capl-
phen Miller and Gov. Austin. SO were
long line of Democratic candidates. The
taxes of the farmers and the sweat OF
the industrial classes laid every stone
and brick in that bullding, oeGIcaseq .tei
to public uses If any body Of men in this
state are entitled to its free occupancy, 1t is
the farming and industrial class 1t has been
used with the governors sanction, by med
ical and otlfer conventions.
The Republican convention only ceased 70
use it solely on the ground that it had not
suffi fieient seating capacity. 1t has been boldly
used for a full dress reception by the presenE
governor. with the fashionable accompany
ment of colored walters, escorting the ciht
zenry to the show of gaudy executive power;
The present governor turned it into danct
ing hall, with a restaurant on the side, thus
desecrating the purposes Of its erection for
his own personal glory. II the governor can
thus use it for a dance and banquet, what
fear incites the plutocrat to refuse 1t to the
plain people for an honest and proper pur-
pose?
Has the governor dared. or has he blum
dered?
AN OLD TERRITORIAL FARMER.
ST. Paul, June IS, 1892.
Darlington Phelps, the chairman of
the Alliance state central committee,
spent Yesterday in st. Paul making ar
rangements for the convention. He
was feeling in. the best possible humor
over the outlook, claiming that the con-
yention will not only be represent
ative body. but also an enthusiastic and
determined one.
II am hearing from all parts of the
state" he said. land | am gratited to
be able to state that county conventions
to elect delegates to our convention are