The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19

AZ luc paper, SO dS 10 r. ItSANX
selling out during elections,
the doctor continue to edit II
this was also strenuousIy object&a
In fact, l do not think there Is s113
gle member of either the exechtiN&H
committee of the Farmers Allfance4
or of the Peoples party, ofNthis
state, who supports the doctors anu
certainly nine-tenths of them nave
not particle of confidence IN MIN.
AS soon as the Doctor found that
the Alliance would not buy his pa
per, the walls ,of his wrath we're
poured out on my devoted head with
tenfold fury; and he sent message
after message to me, by Mr. Robert
Eckford, of the terrible thingsR
was going to do in his paper, inNo14
ing the publication of my pr1va1
correspondence, etc., if his N
was not at once bought up res
ed all this as species of black
| found that the Doctors q
or ''outfit," for printing his
the has no press except Il
hand-press), could be bought y
for $700, while the Doctors II
rial has had several years weara a$ld'7
tear. But he wanted US to pay hin1
So, 500 for it, and also, we were to-
furnish the paper to 1000 paid-uFy
subscribers-all he had--for.s ono
year; which would cost us $1,000
more, or 49, 500 in ALL On Aprils7th
Mr.. Eckford came to me, very me-
alarmed at the terrible things the
Doctor was about to do againstSuy
self, and showed me the following !,
memorandum, in lead pencil, in the 1
Doctors well-known handwriting.
This was a form of a letter whiah
he wanted Mr.. Eckford to write W
me in his (Mr. Eckford's) name. If
any of the Doctors friends donRtI
the reality of this letter, the crisks4
inal is open to their inspectiOn1
The Doctor wrote, for Mr.. Eckfor d,
intending he should copy it, theSol-
lowing:
1--WE have seen an advance COPY
of the Great West this week anHNad
can see that great war is on n
| had talk with DR.. Fish, and
feels as though he should de-
himself, but is sorry to do so o
count of the bad effects. He ]
if the committee like he'll llG
them one entire page to edit GK
selves for all state matter. Th1 ~
the rest of the paper he will M0e
even mention the name of a pereon
in the state; that within thrGS
months he will sell to some perton
agreeable to the committee. Bntaf
he should fail to get purchases
will continue above arrangem&
until he does-and will not puEf&
price at more than SO, 5OO."
The reader can see how cunni
all this is contrived. My fri
Mr.. Ecktord, is to write this LED k
He is to be used to scare me J.
the horrors of that unku |
advance copy. There is to
great war"tnaugurated-upon m6f5l
or have got to ''come down. ana
and pay that So, 500, and furnish the
paper to those 1000 subscribed,
through whose captured intellects
this Boanerges is to smash me But
the Alliance is to have zone cntixa
page' of the Great West; and tn
take hold and make those 1000 sub
scribers 10, 900 subscribers and what
the Alliance does on zone entire
page'' the doctor can undo on the
other entire seven pages: and when
the next campaign comes there will ),
be 10000 subscribers to sell out, and
dumfoozle and bamboozle and hopey.M
fuggle with cries Of 4'fusion. ~ in
stead Of a beggarly 1000 or 500 or
nothing at all And this is the
patriot who SO loves the people that
he is ready to shed his hearts 6lJ6N
on the altar of his country; but. Cor
all that he will run away and let
the plutocrats and the devil swallow
them alive. if he can only get that
So, 500 for his $500 of materials and
his 1000 subscribers. Oh, it il "
charming arrangement!
Now, 1 am, 1 repeat, sorry to ;
all this. But the doctor is deteri
ined to destroy the Alliance and D
literate it's president unless he &c
his price; and the Alliance is end
tied to know just what kind Of Aai
he is, and what his purposes are t.
and to live in spite of him.
1 sincerely hope that after thlY
first issue the name of DIR. Fist
will never again appear inathescol
umns of The REPRESENTATIVE He
told Mr.. Eckford that he would. az
tack Mr.. Donnelly and Mr.. Donnell
would have to reply, and then th
people would buy the Great West
see what it said in return! HesWi
find himself as badly fooled in
particular as he mas been in for
US to buy his paper by personal
representation and abuse. Ha
survived twenty five years of
Pioneer Press, do not think
Fish can wipe me out with his
thousand subscribers and his pc
frumnef