St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-15
ROW AMONG The POPS
The Robust Young Party
Splitting Itself Up the
Back.
DONELLY AND MACDONALD.
The Pair Making Faces at
Each Other and Bandy-
ing Epithets.
A DAILY PAPER SCHEME.
Donnelly is Willing to Make
the Representative Re-
volye Diurnally.

"Many men of many minds" NUT
tered lgnatius Donnelly his he emerged
from the Populist state headquarters at
l04 Washington avenue south about $50
yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Donnelly
also minated something about it being
wonderful that the republican form Of
government lasted as well as it did I'M
der the circumstances.
Mr.. DOnnelly was in a very disguised
frame of mind. and it was not to be
wondered at. lie had been in attend
ance ever since o'clock at a gathering
of Populists, from whom he was trying
to get some encouragement in the way
of fight against Judge Macdonald, of
the state central committee, and his
Popullst daily scheme. He got very
little comfort out of the meeting, how
ever, and in fact many of those present
showed a disposition to sit down on
Donnelly. Mr.. Donuelly had really two
serious propositions in the form of reso-
lutions. One was that the state central
committee be asked to meet right away
and act as if it meant to do some work
this year, and the other was that Judge
Macdonald be deposed as the head of
the state committee.
When the meeting adjourned about a
half hour after Mr.. DUnnelly left, the
resolutions were still OH the table, and
now they are in the pocket OF Robert
Eckford, business manager Of the
Representative. They did not meet
with cordial reception at yesterdays
meeting. The result of the whole affair
is that the Populists are still quarrcling
among themselves and are badly rat.
tied because they cannot get together.
MIR. Donnelly has formed his opinion of
Macdonald, and as he sincerely believes
him to be the bad man of the Peoples
Party, he will fight him, and the Repre-
S NATIVE, while doing what it can fol
Populist ticket, will not be responsible
for any action taken by the state central
committee.
AS it stands now, the Pops have
really two state headquarters. One is
at MacDonad's Office in St. Paul and the
other is in Minneapolis. Two factions
are in control, and it looks as if there
we're practically two state committees.
Neither one is doing anything in the
way of work. however, and that is just
what is bothering Donnelly. He is con-
WINGED that MacDonald's delay is delib-
crate, and that he does not intend that
the state committee shall get together
and do any work. Macdonald has also
deposed Paul Fontaine as secretary of
the state committee because he would
not go to st. Paul and work, and now
the Minneapolis Pops do not believe
that Mac has any right in himself to
GUST a secretary. Naturally the friends
of the Representative do not take kind
ly to the transfer of the headquarters
to st. Paul. and they are prepared to
fight.
The state central committee IS sup
posed to meet next Monday in this city,
and until then nothing is settled def
nilely. On that day, however, the
question OF shutting up the headquar-
tiers in Minneapolis will be discussed.
While it was given out that yester-
days meeting was state committee
meeting, it was not. A number of
committeeman were present, but other
members of the committee refused to
have anything to do with it. DR.. E. f.
Clark was asked ii it was a committee
meeting, and he SAID that it was not. If
it had been he would be inside, and it
was noticeable that the doctor was not
inside more than minute and quar-
ter. He said it was meeting which he
knew little about and he did not
propose to find out anything
about it. Macdonald was not present,
either, and in fact there was a general
disposition to fight shy Of the meeting.
DR.. Clark said that they were hunting
round trying to find some member OF
the committee to act as chairman, but
they couldn't. They did get one, how
ever, in the person of D. f. Norwood, Of
Tracy.
One Populist SAID that the proper
name for the meeting was that of the
committee Oh ways and means. There
were about thirty present, including E.
E. Lommen, the Pop candidate for
lieutenant governor, as well as num-
Der of other candidates. The local
Popnlists controlled the meeting, how
ever, though the most OF them were
present more as curiosity seekers than
anything else.
Senator Donnelly said that the meet
ing was family affair, and, as the re-
porters did not belong TO the Pop fam
lily, they were requested to retire, and
the meeting was supposed to be exec
utive. The grapevine was in good
working order, however, and the report
ers are able to give an accurate and
reliable detailed report of this secret
meeting, which was intended to throw
harmony about the Peoples party
wherever it is found in this state, but
which really succeeded in creating more
discord if it succeeded in doing anything
at all.
For long time there was general
skirmish with the idea of intending to
draw out expressions from those pres
ent. 1gnatiuS Donnelly stated his case,
ana then stated that he hoped that there
would be free expression of opinion
on the part of those present. The meet
ing was tame at the start, however, and
it was some time before the Pops pres
ent got warmed up.
After number of tame remarks had
been passed, Capt. A. Ii. Nelson got the
floor. He stated that the matter of a
daily paper had been on the minds of
the P0pulists for some time, and they
had looked in every direction to see
what they could do. They were being
daily misrepresented in the daily press,
lie said, and daily Of their own would
set them right with the people. He
stated that he had been appointed a
CONN ittee of one to see A. j. Blethen,
of the Penny Press, to see if he would
not flop into the Peoples party. He
had made two calls OH Blethen, and the
first time Blethen said:
Il an a Republican, and must remain
a Republican. but am going to be very
Independent this year. and l will try to
give you folks as fair show as possible.
You can write for the paper. and we
will treat you well, but l must remain