The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1894-01-12

bury the alliance The Donnelly men had their speakers
after another to get up and the Unanimous
dodge and assert that man could prove anything
against Donnelly They did their work well. Mr. Long
was nominated by opposition constituting almost
the entire convention which fact Mr. Long knew. No
declare the election of Donnelly outrage
upon the state alliance. Long himself arose and made
heavy speech for Donney, declining the nomination
himself after he had ntmated that he would accept it,
and the thing done for. The vote rising
one, "a for 81 against and 10 not voting. There
not the slightest attempt at applause when the vote
taken. When some time after, the announcement
made, few perhaps six, tried to applaud little,
but it failure Almost every face serious dur
ing the thereafter indicating that catastrophe had
occurred stated hereafter many shed tears
So the old putridty sits upon the ruins of the
organization elected there by 81 men, for 400 ALLAN
And two years ago he elected unanimously in
the organization with 600 delegates. 1t
barren honor-and will be followed by the grief of the
alliances.
One of the most affecting the nomina-
ton of Long, by old Mr. Reynolds of Wadena Long
had intimated to not less than twelve that really
wanted to preside he would serve. When we talked
with him hour before the election he intimat
ed that he would not decline. But he held absolutely
aoof from the GREAT WEST and said with cold blooded
effrontery that
eff the GREAT WEST hadn't said those good words
for him last week he might have been eectedl p When
Mr.. Reynolds given assurance that Long would
run, other candidate looked for. That
enough. So intense (at that time) the feeling
against continuing the old Destroyer in Office that
Long or any other candidate, would have received
every vote except those of the 40 SO who there
Donnelly's henchmenl Then when Long, the man
who had led dozen to understand he would run, got
up and declared Donnely upright MAINLAND that
ne would stand by him as long he lived, and would
80 against hm-after the nominations, and too
reke any-Mr Reynolds cried like child-the
ming down his face! A. G. WEIGH came out
and Modes douglas Co. J, eyes filled
Ulrich Senn's voice broken that he
oeak-he tried but in vain.
uote twenty men in that little conventic n
tie their firm belief to Mr.. Long that he
. --1eep laid and Unfair scheme to
Without definite yes or no, until
pom another man-and then
thereafter-but it was too
of his party and Destroy
seated where his imam
not for long. The rep
that the alliance is
ir countless We write
he president of the
counties has left us
said. 1--WE will hang card on
luce is dead-killed by Donnelly'
4enow, editor Of the Ppestone Leader
warmly for the election OF some other man than
Donney. He told the political porpus, he sat in
his seat grnnng and licking his chops with satisfaction
-"You have not proved single thing against DR..
Fish'
But the evidence OF the "dovetailing" was over
whelming. There but 1877 delegates present-144
alternates and a-includng Donneys thirty to forty
henchmen.
O. 81. Page, 81. V. Poore, c. P Carpenter "a lawyer
practicing law and not living farm made dele
gate without his alliance knowing it, on Donnelly g
appeaD Lommen, Long, Vermilya Meighen Stromberg,
Hanson, Eckford etc-easily the thing and sane
toned everything. And the opposition merely looked
on and groaned in spirit Everywhere the expression
was: 1.-The alliance is gone-gone forever"
Look at this a sample of Donnelan tactics in
an alliance body
Long, led on the opposition, which was two to one
in numbers then, to believe he would run and then
withdraw for Donnely
Destroyer Donnelly begged for endorsement" and
then declared Gas he did last year, he would resign in
favor of first vice president which he hoped would
be Vermiyal Aud Vermlya slid in stills.
Then Vermya killed of Chas johnson from Pipe
stone County, as Secretary (who had plurality OF
votes for Secretary by stating that OF the
vention wanted Long for Lecturer, and he right
from that section OF the las if Mr. Probsted, the
treasur r not from the Northwest) And SO Hen
dricksen a Dounelly was put in by the process
4 known to sailors as wrapping
But Why did majority vote for Dondelly-so vile
man? Simply because one-half Of those delegates were
there unearned in these schemes aud onethrd in
the schamesl And the game was worked SO that the
vote would not be "For Donnelly," For "Long." II