St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-12

for lobbying in the legislature against
the Interests of the people and in favor
OF the .mOney-lenders. A. l.. Gardner,
who attended as one of the delegates.
was expelled from his alliance in Now
er county, | am told.
Gen. Baker," continued Mr.. Dom
nelly, lis a gentleman of ability. fine
speaker and man of some influence,
would have been glad to have seen
him nominated for congress. and told
some of the delegates if they could not
get the man of their choice. to concen-
! trate upon him. He was not nominated,
and he seemed To think had something
t0do with his defeat, when the truth
was had not lifted my finger against
HIM. 1t was his opposition in the last
Alliance convention to the sub-treasury
plan that defeated him. In some conn-
tiessthe delegates were instructed that,
no matter whom they voted for, they
must Hot,vete f0rsGen. Baker. Iregret
his defeat. for think a man ought to
be honored who stands mp for WhdtShe
considers right, even in. ths face OF q
majority, but | think he is wroag i'll
antag0irizing the. People,s pstty upon
the sub-treaSury plan. The platform as
adopted at st. Louis and OS.,aha de-
clares In favor of the suptreaanry plan
or some better system. and if Gen. Ba-
ker OF any Other-Inan can suggest a bet
ter system. have no doubt the PeO-
pies party
Would Accept H.
In any event, it is question of leglS-
latiuh after we have got control Of both
houses of congress and the presidency.
and there Will be ample time to study
the whole question and agree on some
solution OF it, Every sensible man can
see that our present currency supply is
inadequate for the moving of our ire
mendous crops of wheat. corn. cotton.
etc. Last fall the Minneapolis mllers.
with all their credit and capital, could
not get currency with which to buy the
wheat i'll the. .Dakotas, and were COM
PEELED to issue their checks, which
passed from hand to>hand like bank
notes. A great bugbear has been
made out of this Subtreasury matter,
bat it is simply a means that the Peo-
pies propose to study and discuss the
question and reach some reasonable
legislative solution for the difficulties
which surround the producing classes.
The presentssystem costs the people of
Minnesota millions a year. Our crops
are forced into the market in the space
of two or @three months, the farmers
have to sell to meet their debts. the
markets are glutted. the price breaks
down and the most industrious class of
our people are driven into bankruptcy.
1t is, of course, a novel proposition that
the government should lend money
upon these imperishable staple COM
mOditieS, such as wheat, corn and cot
ton, but the conditions that surround us
are novel also. Our whole form of gov
ernment is novelty. Our population
is so vast and growing so rapidly that
fbnE E.,o Il r. ho oil
not adequate TO our wants, and we are
compelled to study our surroundings
and devise remedy if one can possibly
be found. We think that the supply of
money should be as adequate for carry
ing on business as the supply of post
age stamps is for carrying on the cor
reSpOndence of the country. If postage
stamps were only issued tor about one
half of the correspondence, and these
were issued through the banks instead
of direct to the people, and the banks
would sell the 2-cent stamps for 10
cents or 25 cents each, we would have
q condition analogous to our present
financial situation. In agitatiDg these
Questions the farmers are doing a good
work for the business element. be-
cause if we are right the success of. our
principles would increase the pInsper-
lty of every business man and working.
man in the state. We believe that mis-
government is costing the whole people
of Minnesota good many million dol
lars every year, and this disagreement
does not go into the pockets of the busi-
ness people either, but into the pockets
of non-reSidents. 1t is our hope that
the business men in the coming cam
paign will study these questions and
give US their alp."
sWhat do you think of the Homestead
dificultyp
II regret the Homestead difficulty as
every body must" said Mr.. Donnelly.
my sympathies are, of course, alto
gether With the men. l think it is
terrible state of things when man can
start from poverty and by the help of
the laws of the country concentrate in
bis hands S30, 100000 out of the taxpay
ers and the work of his labOrerS, and
then go back to his native country, buy
q palace to live in, become one of the
titled aristOcracy of the old world, and
cable back orders to the United States
to put down the wages Of 5000 laboring
men, who, undes our theory of govern
ment, are just as good as he is, and just
as much entitled to prosperity. The
remedy, OF course, is not violence or
ibloodshed, OF the employment of Pink
change in the relations of labor and.
capital. 1t seems to ME that the
government will yet be COM
PEELED to interfere and declare
that the wcrkingmen Of the country