The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-12

OSXASANO4 Il IA
Notwithstanding the hard times,
and the unprecedently low price of
wheat, large gathering of the lead
ing men of the State Farmers Alli-
ance and the peoples party, assem-
bled on Thursday, July 9Th, at 1O:3O
o'clock, at the Merchants Hotel, St.
Paul.
The constitution of the State Alli-
ance requires meeting of the execu-
tive committee to be held once in
every three months; and when Mr..
Thomas J. Meighen, chairman of the
peoples party executive committee
of Minnesota, heard that the presi-
dent of the state alliance had con-
vened the alliance committee, he
very wisely called a meeting of the
executive committee, of the peoples
party to meet at the same time and
place. Among those present were
the following officers and members of
the state alliance: President Igna-
titus Donnelly; Secretary A. L.
Stromberg; Vice President J. I.
Vermilya of Olmsted Co.; G. H.
johnson of Pipestone Co.; G. N. Per
kins of Mcleod Co.; J. F. latter
strom of Isanti Co., and A. III. Hen
erickson of Todd Co. Among those
present from the peoples party state
central committee were the chair
man, Thomas J. Meighen, G. T. She'll
man of Olmsted Co., L. Montgomery
of Lyon Co., (by proxy, G. N. Perkins
of Mcleod Co., O. A. Lindberg and
DR.. E. F. Clark of Minneapolis, M.
Wesenberg of Duluth, Louis Hanson
of Clay Co., and L. B. Cantleberry of
Pope Co., (by proxy) In addition to
those there were a number of prom
inent peoples party men of the state,
among whom we noticed Edwin
Reishus of Lyon Co., A. r. Holston,
county attorney of Polk county, A. G..
Sexton of Wright county and num-
ber of others. It was altogether a
splendid gathering of jealous men,
every man having paid his own ex-
penses, lin some cases as much as
$2O,] out of his own pocket, with no
hope of ever being reimbursed. It
did ones soul good to see such public
spirit and devotion to the cause of re-
form; and to witness their wise and
intelligent action. 1t inspired one
with hope in the eventual triumph of
our principles.
THE FISH NATTER
A good deal of time was taken up
in discussion of the course of the
Great West newspaper and it's editor
With the exception of one gentle
man, every man present seemed to
be convinced that E. w. Fish had
sold out the party to the republicans
in the campaign of 1892. Mr.. Louis
Hanson, who was secretary of the
state central committee of the peo-
pies party during that campaign,
and, with Mr.. Eckford, conducted
the whole campaign, gave some
startling testimony. He said that
Fish's bills, for printing for the COM
mittee, were extravagant and extor-
tionate, and he had a quarrel with
Fish about scaling them down; and
in one of these disputes, Fish being
very angry, stated to him, Hanson,
that the republicans had offered him
several thousand dollars to sell out
to them and that he intended to take 1t.
A day or two after Hanson, travelling
on the cars, met leading republican
politician, and member of the state
executive committee of that party,
(Mr. Hanson gave his name), who
said, "you got a pretty lot of fellows
in your party! We have just bought
one of them up?" "Who is that?''
asked Mr.. Hanson. The republi-
can replied, ..'the editor of the
Great West" Mr.. Hanson is ready
to. make affidavit to these facts.
Then Mr.. Holston testified as to
Fish's refusal to print the exposure
OF the attempt of the republicans to
buy up W. G. Hunt, the populist edi-
tor Of the Mcintosh paper, although
they offered to funish him copies al
ready printed free of charge. From
every direction the testimony was
poured in, and not voice was raised,
in all that large representative gath