The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-09-22
That D.: or:|12s Donnc.y and
His: .Ju1..a II p;slccrs.
They Ha Nothing IN Common
Will. Minnesota PeLr4o.
Donnelly Pops OF 90 Are Not
the Alliance OF 1890
They Have No Platform Of Priea
ciple $ and Want Mono

ulity of the ,neop'e of this State when it
attempts to lose as the lnyi.,n,ate sue
cessor to t.,a F.Imr,s' Alliance "f two
years ago. there is aEt,ely anything
In common 'ietween the Peoples parry
of 1892 an' the Alliance NOV. nIent OF
1890, The '"llsted leaders vi tue Ali
ance have Lecn Discarded for new set
of men VIII" blindiy eiieve that Allah
Is God and Ignat,,s DpnHe'lly his
prophet. And HIS for the principles for
have not been conslti ,rt.d worthy of III
corporation i'll the seed formulated
by such soaring minds AS Polk
and Macu"o aud Taubtneck AMI
Weaver AMI Mrs. Lease sud lgnatius
Donnelly ard ''Doc" Fish.
As will be remembered. Dnnnrlly at
tempted to control the Alliauce stale
convention in 1880. He failed most TX
ANONYMOUSLY H WAS tslr'ed down as
candidate for governor, WAS not permit
ted to fran- the platform Of the party
duu Ulu rs tttic ~ i't'f'9t biO ~ Shppo'1
the ticket. Tut wi.vn the ballots We're
counted and it was found that the Ali
ance had rolled up an unexpected
large vote, Ii. u ,nnelly stepped for
ward to clai al tin, honor He fot hwlth
proceeded t. Disc. :i!.:Ht anl transform
All organization lie has! Teen nm
able to & ntr l. n; usu'p the
leadership OF the Alliance party in
the legisl e. using power for cor
rupt and y; On i *. How utterly
and complr, lily the expectations and
hopes of t; Alliance. were dashed to
pieces by his incpu. .)etent leadership
of the party' forces III The legislature,
is fresh and familiar history which need
not be retoln. Bat it is important that
the people Of this state should under.
stand the Racial difference between the
party led by S. M. Owen i'll 1882 and the
party which has chosen iur leader the
very man who forfeited al. the advan-
tages that were almost within TIE grasp
of the Alliance after the election of
1890.
The Alliance platform of lSap was de-
voted main to state issues. 1t Endorsed
''the present freedom Of traffic law. the
present grain laws and the law for dis
tribution of cars" and demanded 1.-The
erection by the state of public ware
houses, whc~e the producer may store
= his grain unmixed in special bin. at
actual cost" 1t demanded further.
"that the grading of wheat at country
stations be a, olished and that the right
to establish sidetracks to connect grain
warehouses and the equal use of cars
shall in no manner be abridged" 1t
contained planks dealing with the sub
iect Of railroad rates, taxation of mort
gage Indebtedness, taxation of per-
sonal property in general, interest
on money, protection of our forests,
public fran chises, secret ballot. etc. j,
and demanded 1.-The improvement of our
great waterways, SO that our produce
may 20 in III. broken bulk to the mar
kets of the world"
All these were practical questions, d.
rectly affecting the material welfare of
our farmers and the people in general
On most of these questions the Republic
can party was in thorough accord with
the Alliance. The legislation endorsed
by the Alliance platform had been en-
acted by Republican legislature with
the hearty cooperation OF a Republican
governor. The rights. the ma;nte-
nance Of which the platform
demanded had. likewise. been
granted to the people by
a Republican legislature. The de
mands' of the platform were then. as
they are now, in line with the Repub
hcan policy In 80 far as it related to
state issues the Alliance platform was
worthy of tho support it received at the
polls.
Now, turning to the declaration of
principles put forth by the state conven
ton of the Peoples party on July Is,
1892, what do we find? That body. con
sisting almost exclusively of worshippers
of Donnelly, had no time for the humble
needs of our farmers. The Omaha
platform, that indecent libel upon this
great and prosperous nation - that
curious conglomeration OF all imprac
ticable visions between heaven and
earth, was endorsed. That was all In
caudal appendage to the platform the
convention generously fixed the price OF
Irvine manufactured at Saltwater at
cents per pound. and demanded shipping
facilities Which the people of the state
have enjoyed for many years Beyond
that nothing was said, resolved or de
manded. 1t was, as if the State OF Min
nesota had sunk completely out of thu
sight of this body Of alleged representa-
tives of an alleged Peoples Party O
Minnesota. Nothing was left Of thu
spirit Of tho old Alliance. What tn,
Alliance had contended for re