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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26
Corporation Congress. 1898,

1t is very desirable that Co-opera-
tive Industry should be represented
at the Columbian Exposition of 1898.
Many of the leading Co-operators of
England and France will doubtless
be present on that occasion, and it
would be eminently fitting apart
from the material advantages to be
derived from such a movement, that
welcome, should be extended from
the co-operators of this country to
those of the old world. This welcome
would have greater force if it pro-
ceeded from an organized body in it's
representative capacity at a Nation
al Congress-, called to advance Co.
operation in the United States, and
to present to our people the leaders
and expounders of system, destined
to revolutionize the social and indus
trial world.
We request the friends of coopera-
ton throughout the country, and es-
pecially those engaged in cooperative
and profit,sharing enterprises, to
address the editor of the Sociologic
News, Brooklyn, N. Y, that steps
may be taken to call a preliminary
conference at an early date for the
purpose of carrying out the proposed
work |. C. FALEs,
Editor Sociologic News,
RrOOklvp N V
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

There is now a case before the Su-
preme Court of the United States
which is OF great interest to the pub
lie, and the decision of which will set
tie the question as to whether the law
of 1887 which granted free coinage
of silver has or has not, been repeal
ed. Some time since there was taken
to the mint at Philadelphia a brick
of silver, with a demand for it's coin
age into standard dollars, which was
refused. 1t was then taken to the
treasury department with the same
result. A mandamus was then asked
OF the district court of Washington
that the Secretary of the Treasury
be compelled to coin the silver into
dollars, but the writ was denied, and
the case goes to the Supreme Court.
The action OF that body is awaited
with great interest.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

matter that should come under the
Jurisdiction of the states only. The
reform members will take issue with
the committee report of the house
aud demand report on the resolu.
ton. Mr.. Watson says OF the reso
luton, and he is endorsed by the ALI
ance members:
"This is party measure OF the al
lance and we shall push it to the end.
For a corporation to arm and equip
a standing army to settle difficulties
with their employees is we think an
archy. The Pinkerton detective agen-
cies viewed in the light of their actu-
al practices are but standing militia.
Of course an investigation into the
affairs of the capitalists private
standing army would clearly be un-
constitutional"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26
Hompe.

We are asked if the GREAT WEST
will reply to Hompe's articles
pitching into Donnelly and the editor
OF this paper? No. We have not
read one line>of the sniveling trail
tors trash-not one line. Our life has
been above reproach SO far as our
own conscience is concerned. 1t has
been our duty to trounce the low-born
offspring of iniquity who has put on
the landslide for eight years to
play the wolf in. We are too busy to
even think Of the scum which putrifies
on the surface OF the moving present.
This state is ablaze with a fire of
sacrifcial enthusiasm-and j. B.
Hompism isn't in it-no room for
him-no time for him. The banner
is up and if Hompe should want to
steal any oxen he will have to 90 to
other pastures. We mean no refec-
ton on past event! A letter writer
in the Fergus Falls Journal, says:
"a DOG IN THE MANGER.
Mr.. o. L. Kimber, OF Girard, writes
as follows:
l have read J. B. Hompes rotten
legislative article. He says the late
alliance convention has filled many
true friends with alarm. Now, it looks
to me that j. B. is showing a sort of
dog-in-the-manger disposition, and
is doing more injury to the alliance
than good. Now, if he loves the ALI
ance as he says he does why don't he
60 to work to that end and not be-
mean the men that the late conyen-
ton elected by a rousing majority to
the office of president and state lee
turer? 1t looks as though he would
have the people think they didn't
know what they wanted when thew
elected Donnelly and Fish, but the
farmers are not at all fools, nor are
the foolkillers all dead yet. There
has been a good deal OF jealousy
shown by the leaders of the Otter
Tail county alliance towards the
head men Of the state alliance for the
last two years. Now gentlemen you
can't all be at the head at once, so
you had better get in the harness
and go to work with the majority or
else step down and out, for SO long
as you show the disposition to work
against the interest of the alliance
you are detriment instead of a
help"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

The actual proprietors of the
Farmers Voice the Stalwart alliance
and third party journal of Chicago,
are Montgomery, Ward & Co., the
wholesale retailers" Mr.. Lester
Hubbard was the editor-and a right
good one too.
Now, it seems that the wealthy firm
back OF the journal are a set of plutes
and they demanded that Mr.. Hub
bard should "come down off his
perch of independence and patriot
ism. They crushed out Mr.. Hubbard,
and now the journal is sickly car
REINFORCEMENT organ. Gentlemen
De Sickle, thrust in the blade, and
nip these princely Iscariots-drop
their paper by the platoon and regi-
ment.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

. The eight hour league of this state
recently held meeting in Minneapo-
lis and made arrangements to parti-
cipate in general observance of an
eight hour day May 1. A committee
was appointed to look after the in
terests of the movement. Itwas also
decided to cooperate with the Amer
lean Federation.of Labor in the circu-
lation of eight hour literature. All
members present joined in denounc.
ing the action OF the Plymouth Cloth
ing Company of St. Paul, for the en-
ployment of "scab" labor. 1t is
probable that the trades and labor
assembly will take some action in the
matter at their next meeting.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26
To Cities and Towns.

T. 81. Lucas and A. S. Edwards,
both of Minneapolis, are to take the
field within thirty days to put in
their whole time in reform work I'M
der the State Bureau. We have ia
ken these people from their regular
work, and they will enter the field
with enthusiasm and power.
They will arrange to start together
on a given line of road, and hold two
meetings every day where possible,
stopping at every village and station
where a room and hearers can be OBJ
tanned. Give them a rousing re-
ceptiOn.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

Representative Watson of Georgia,
is backed by the combined strength
OF the alliance congressman, as well
as the representatives of organized
labor, in his resolution introduced in
congress, instructing the committee
on judiciary to investigate the Pin
kerton agency, and report to the
house it's methods and number OF
armed men, and what relation they
hold to the capitalist. The first
skirmish was won by the enemy,-the
house committee on the judiciary
having agreed to make an adverse
report, on the ground that it is a
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

A meeting of railroad men was
held in New York city, early in the
present month, for the purpose OF
bringing the different organizations
more closely together on the question
of future federation. Chairman Weisz
in addressing the conference said:
"For the first time we meet to-day
in fact and truth as brothers. Any
one who knows what this grand fu.
sion of forces really means need not
be told that it is the greatest assem-
bly, of railway; employees ever seen in
this country. Our enemies may well
quake when the news of this gather
ing reaches them, for the unifcation
we shall win our long denied de.
mands."
There will be presented in the New
York State Senate this winter, bill
asking that ten to twelve hours be
considered days work for day &
pay, for employees on railroad trains
and another bill regulating the mum
Der of men OH trains and engines, and
the third, known as the employers
Liability" law which gives to the
employe in case OF injury or to Ills
legal representatives in case of death
occasioned by the want of proper
care and diligence upon the part O.
the employer, the right OF action
except when the negligence or care
lessness of the employees contributes
to the injury. The chairman further
says: eve know that corporations
have vast resources on which to con.
fdentIy rely in fighting the legisla
ton we need, but the power of the
100000 votes exercised by the rail
road employees of the state, if proper
ly cast, can work wonders. 1t is the
votes that count"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

The old party press are now busy
accusing the GREAT WEST of being in
the National Union Co.!
Well, let them blow. We are mot
in it," never had the slightest rela-
tionship with them-in any manner
and yet we don't Jump on to them.
They have offered to work for alliance
interests as no other combine has
done-and the plutes are pounding
them like blazes. We are not among
their defenders, nor Founders either.
Let it work-it is not an alliance at
fair.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26
Sir Edwin Arnold

For a poet, Sir Edwin Arnold is
very practical, busy man. AS editor
of a Londoa paper, he works indie
fatigably, but during a compare
lively recent visit to Japan, which
was of shorG duration, he wrote, in
addition to his editorial, a portion
of ''The Light Of the World" and q
series of sketches entitled "Japoni-
ca" besides mastering colloquial ia
panese and learning to write one of
the older languages of the island.
''The Light of ASIA" however, is
generally regarded as his master
piece, because OF the beauty of it's
diction, the oriental coloring and
the high poetic thought. But, hav-
ing exhausted the Orient, Sir Edwin
should complete his fame and career
by writing an epic OF the West. In
this country he would find much to
inspire him, and especially in that
part of the Northwest which is ira
versed by the Saint Paul & Duluth
Railroad. The Duluth Short Line
runs through some OF the finest
country imaginable and is famed
everywhere as the peoples popular
route to and from St. Paul, Mime
apolis, Duluth, West Superior, Tay-
lors Falls and Saltwater. Close con-
nections for all points, coupled with
the best of service. Information
cheerfully furnished by agents or
upon application to Geo. W. Bull,
General Passenger agent, or Geo C.
Gilfllan, Asst, G. p. A., st. Paul,
Mimi.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26
OutriderS.

The Alliance Advocate, published
at Oakdale, Washington, contains a
communication from an alliance man
who had been out on the frontier to
organize sub-alliances. In one case
he went to a school house in a drench-
ing rain where he organized an ALI
ance with sixteen charter members,
while they were being initiated the
rain had SO swelled the streams, that
a number of them could not reach
home. Men who lived only six miles
away we're compelled to camp out for
two nights. They feel the Importance
of organizing for self protection, and
they propose to keep up their meet
ings-come what may.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26
Lester C.. Hubbard Ont.

A revolution has taken place in the
office of the Farmers Voice. Lester
c. Hubbard, the founder of the paper,
has been removed as editor. The
reason is, Hubbard was much too
earnest reformer and too fiery a
writer to suit the capitalists that took
hold OF the Farmers Voice "for the
money that is in it," and who are
now controlling the majority OF it's
stock. Before his removal Mr.. Hub
bard had to contend with these mer-
cenary spirits attempting to rule
the editorial tenor of the paper. AS
final result, Mr.. Hubbard finds him.
self without grace thrown out OF al
institution that he had built up from
small beginnings to the best paying
and most influential farmers paper
in this country. The last two num-
bers OF the Voice did not contain any
OF Hubbard's editorials and the habit
ual reader found himself disappoint-
ed. Instead ofeconomics and politics,
enlightenment, prescriptions as to
the best methods OF clover culture
are to be found; the last trace OF
Lester Hubbard's spirit seems to
have been banished from the columns
OF the formerly brilliant journal. The
farmers movement will have to take
stops backward if the paper expects
to gain new subscribers under such
an editorial management.
Mr.. Hubbard, who holds consider.
able stock of the company; will not
silently abide by the decision of his
would-be masters; he intends to bring
suit against his would-be masters fol-
breach OF contract.
The parties now chiefly interested
in the paper are Montgomery, Ward
& Co. OF this city. They went into the
Farmers Voice as advertisers with a
view OF capturing the many farmer
cooperative stores as customers
through it's columns, point in which
they succeeded to their hearts content
Thus the Farmers Voice is finally
destroyed as a reform paper by the
very same parties, who at first put ii
firmly on it's feet.-Press.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26
Convention Chatter,

Twas prize worth working for,
and the people of the Northwest
seldom weary of talking about it.
Every preparation which it is
thought will advance it's cause in
any way is promptly met. Ener-
getic push and cooperation have
b1 ought their reward. The people
will flock to Minneapolis and be on
hand early. This is fully anticipated
by the Minneapolis & st. Louis Rail-
way, which is a party to the rate an
nounced, and will provide facilities
to transport the populace. For full
particulars, call on any agent OF the
M. & St. l.. or C. M. Pratt, G. T. &
P. A., Minneapolis, MINI.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26
A man named Albert Warren. VIII

A man named Albert Warren, who
is not Secretary OF a Campaign Com
mittee this year, publishes a state
ment that an Otter Tail county pa
per is going to give Donnelly sque.
ezicks right of, and the estate" will
give Fish Gifts" AS one is edited by
Hoskins, and the other by x-Grain
Inspector Hodgson- under Merriam,
we expect fits. Maltulath, Fernald
Woodman-who own the paper-are
the plutes who have been eft" by us,
and quick returns are solicited.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

The "Odd Fellows Grand March"
and the "Air Ship Waltz" are two of
the latest compositions of Isaac
Doles, Indianapolis, Ind. Both are
musical gems. They comprise five
pages each, sheet music size, besides
illustrated title pages, not difficult
in execution, but beautiful in COM
position, and sell at 40 cts. each. By
way of introduction Mr.. Doles will
mail them to any address on receipt
OF ten cents per copy, when accom-
panied by this notice.
Address, Isaac Doles, Indianapolis,
Ind. u. s. A.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

Duluth has Just elected Demo-
cratic mayor, by the assistance of
the republican voters, who desire a
free-and-easy, wide open administra-
ton. Chas. D. Antremont, dem. re.
ceived 1858 votes, and Davis, the
anti-saloon candidate, had 2,O96.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

We have some interesting material
on the L. L. Polk controversy (Salis-
bury PRISON. for next week. That sill
lv fellow who affidavited about Col.
Polk being Gen. Polk has broken
loose again.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26
The Austin Hail ms. Co.
MANKATO. Feb. 9. '92,


EDITOR GREAT WEST:
At the last meeting Of the State AL
lance, the Austin Hail ms. Co. were
not prepared (as usual) to make any
report to the convention; but q pr ON
inent official of that company pub
licIy pledged himself that it should
be forthcoming Immediately and that
it would be published in the &c. WI"
Now there are many alliance members
in this county who desire to see that
report without any more monkeyine.
1t will be remembered that at the an
nual meeting one year ago twas like
pulling teeth to get any facts, re-
lating to that Ins. Co., and why they
should be so reticent is passing
strange. 1t would seem that self-in-
terest should prompt them to invite
the most searching scrutiny into
their methods of doing business; 9th
erwise they cannot expect to retain
the confidence of the farmers OF the
state. Two years ago they did con-
siderable business in Blue Earth
County and did not pay over per 40
cent of their losses, and this fact
had a bad effect on the alliance move
ment here and l certainly hope that
inasmuch as they sail under the alli-
ance banner, they will let alliance
men know what they have done and
how they did it! Very truly yours.
F. M. CURRIER.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26
A Reform Paper for Cottonwood Co

A Reform Paper for Cottonwood Co.
The Cottonwood County alliance
men are making arrangements to
secure the establishment at Window
OF an alliance paper. The matter has
been placed in the hands of a com
mittee who will report at an adjourn
ed meeting of the county alliance to
be held on Thursday, March Sd, at the
school house in Dist. No. SO, South
west Storden. The election of offers
will also take place at this meeting.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

The New Jersey bureau of labor
and industries gathered a large
amount Of valuable matter relating
to abandoned farms in that state re-
Gently, and the showing was so
abominably bad that Governor Alb
bot ordered it's elimination from the
annual report OF the bureau.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

The annual meeting Of the Red
wood Co. Alliance will be held on
Saturday March 5th, 1892, at the
Merriam school house in the town OF
New Avon. A. D. Stewart will be pres
ent and give his report as delegate
to the St. Louis Convention.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

"The Alliance pot begins to boil in
this LAC qui Parle) county," writes
Bro. Snow, "and I am adding a few
sticks to the fire while politicians are
dumping their Goals on my head. |
met the Hamlin Alliance last Tues
day, yesterday preached the gospel
OF the new dispensation to Riverside
alliance, and will meet the Garfield
and Maxwell brethren soon.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

The peoples party of Clinton Co.,
Indiana, met all the reform forces and
put a. full ticket in the field on
February ID.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

A meeting was held at the School
house, town OF Becker, on Feb. 25th,
at Z p. M, the subject was ''The Pol
itical Issue OF the Day from the
Stand point of the Peoples Party"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

Representative Fithian, of Illinois,
has offered resolution instructing
the ways and means committee, to
report a bill placing all agricultural
implements on the free list,-but it
will probably not be adopted. The
alliance congressman have endorsed
the resolution.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

81. Hilaire Alliance, 900, sends in
$22.35 back dues to the State Secre-
tary-in one dose. 1t was sent to
Mr.. Eckford and by him forwarded.
That must be a live alliance-sure
enough. Ole A. Rouning was the
man who sent it.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

Members of the reform party can
be consoled, when the epithet "Anar-
chist' is hurled at them by the repub-
lican leaders, for in the "6O's'' when
Republicanism was in it's infancy the
same epithet was applied to them.
and with equal bitterness,-and yet
they are with us to-day.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

There has been a bill introduced
into the senate, providing for the diff
ferent counties to tax railroad prop
erty, the same as other property, in
stead of havingit taxed by the execu-
tive council.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

Mrs. Sam. Wood of Kansas whose
husband was 80 brutally murdered
by Botkin and his man Brennan has
been elected member of the board
of the Kansas state Historical So
ciety. She is the first woman ever
elected to membership in that
body.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

Representative Livingstone, OF
Georgia, has introduced bill into
the house to establish a system OF
sub-treasuries, in accord with the
Ocala demands.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

On Feb'y Goth at Rushmore will be
held a meeting OF the County ALI
ance, in order to organize a Peoples
Party convention.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26
Free Coinage.


The Minneapolis Tribune of the
10th, denounces in an editorial free
coinage and other financial legisla-
ton, after which it says: "And the
object of this is to enrich the farmer"
Reverse this, and say: And the OBJ
iect OF the present legislation was to
rule the farmer" and we get at the
truth. There is not a line of financial
legislation since 1869 that has bene-
flied the farmers unless we except the
act known as the Bland law, and
this was only tub thrown at the
greenback whale. Had not that act
became law, the whole system of
robbery would have broken down
years ago, and the plutes would have
been out of a legislative "job."
The law Of 1890, suspended coin
age, and gave the option to pay sill
yer certificates in gold, and last Au-
gust Foster decided to pay them.
What has been the result?
At that time silver bullion was
worth about. $1.O5 per fine ounce.
Yesterday it touched S9A cents, as a
depreciation of IS per cent.
The crossroads yelper, will call
this a failure to maintain silver, but
the student of finance can see farther
than that.
Before Fosters silly discussion,
gold only redeemed gold certificates.
Now that metal has to redeem $780,
100000 OF silver coin and bullion,
and there is nothing to hinder Sec'y
Foster from selling the bullion, or at
least any surplus, between the gold
value OF bullion and the amount he
has on hand. By this method he can
always have a surplus in the treas
ury, as a gold dollar will buy bullion
enough to coin a silver dollar and
45-fifty-ifths of another.
Gold having its use doubled, of
course advances in price. All such
legislation so long as it robs the
farmer is all right-sound finance.
On the 9th, silver bullion fell TX
cents per fine ounce, and wheat in
Chicago closed 2 cents per bushel
lower than the day before. Still you
will find people yelping that there is
now no relation between silver bull
lion and wheat.
In the face OF such fact, there are
alliance men who claim that free sill
yer coinage will have no effect on the
prices OF farm produce. The fact is
there is no one act that will relieve
the farmer SO quickly as free coinage.
Wheat would stand at least ST.. so per
bushel in the Chicago market today,
and cotton would rise 3 cents per
pound, if we had free coinage, corn,
pork and all other produce follows
indirectly in the wake of these two
great staples.
Foster is too silly to see the effect
OF his option ruling, but it is evident
ly the strong hand which the bears
hold over the market, and which will,
instead OF damning Harrison as q
liar and deceiver of the American peo-
pie, for in 1888 he said he was in en-
tire accord with the republican plat
form which read: "We are in favor
OF the use OF both gold and silver as
money" will be used as pretext for
not complying with the platform and
using silver as money.
Under Fosters ruling, it is only
gold that is money, silver being not
in it at all, a commodity only which
like worn out condemned army
mule, can be sold to the highest
bidder. AZ. Rail-.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26

Hill River Alliance, No. 735, Lind
say, met Feb'y 9Th, and adopted
resolutions endorsing the Land Loan
and Subtreasury measure.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-02-26
sBarkis n Willin'"

1t is understood that Knute Nelson
has signified his willingness to accept
the republican nomination for COVER
nor If rendered to him.