St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-28
.DONNELLYS HkRPOON
The Sage Throws It Into the
Midst OF the Pop
Army.
/ POPULISTIC CYCLONE.
Ye Representatives. Editor
Belabors the State Gen.
trail Committee.
WILD MAN OF BoRNEo.
Ignatius Applies That Name
to That Interchangeable
TOmaSo Lucas.

lgnaCluS ApplleS Inat Name
to That Interchangeable
TomaSo Lucas.
When the Populists wake this MORN
ing they will imagine cyclone mas
struck them during the night. Ignatius
Donnelly went on the warpath yester-
day and poured several broadsides into
the Populistic fraternity they will not
soon forget. He came out with an open
letter, in which he not only belaborS the
state central committee, but digs into
Mr.. Ovens ribs. The sage throws the
''harpoon," as it were. to use vulgar
expression, and he throws it with vigor.
The supposed treason" for the latter is
an attempt to down the Representative,
but is is really splendid opportunity
for the beardless bard to tell few peo-
pie what he thinks of them. Apropos
Of his paper, he begins his letter with:
"Our readers know how hard this pa
per has labored to heal the wounds of
the party and produce perfect harmony y
and peace. 1t has been merciful to Its
foes and helpful to its:friends. thought
we had succeeded in the great work of
unity and good will. 1t seems l was
mistaken. A cabal has been secretly at
work for weeks past to destroy the Rep
resentative. The head of this move
ment is John L. Macdonald, of st.
Paul, the chairman of the state central
nf l.
though the paper has never spoken
an unkind word concerning him, and
had made no fight on him of any
kind, he has never entered our office.
or attempted to confer with US. The
Representative is large part of the
Peoples party. If had not started it
after Fish betrayed the cause-and
put in nearly l,300 to keep 1t alive dur
ing the dark days of last winter, we
we would not have any more Popuists
in Minnesota today than they have in
Wisconsin,; and the Alliance would
probably have perished. Our paper
has been the very heart and soul of the
movement. The labor l have per-
formed has been simply incalculab1e."
Mr.. Donnelly then goes on TO state
that he receives $40 for a 1000 word
article for a New York paper and that
he would have earned small fortune
had his writings for the Populist party
been paid for at that rate. He then
says:
II am even yet paying out from my
own pocket SS to SO week for personal
expenses incident to the publication of
the paper, aud intend to take in part
out Of my pocket the money to start
Swedish and Norwegian editions of the
Representative so as to help elect Mr..
Owen and the entire ticket. This whole
vast work is labor of love for the
truth and humanity. l am not asking
anything from the party. John Mac
donald knew all this. and yet he con-
ceived scheme to ruin the Representa-
tive, and bring to naught all the toll and
money and others had put into it. He
himself never contributed one cent to
start or support It."
Just little scheme.
What is designated by Mr.. Mac
donald's "scheme" is there referred to.
1t was to bay the plant of the defunct
st. Paul News, and from 1t publish
Populist daily. For this action Mr..
Donnelly thus criticizes Macdonald:
Instead of coming to Mr.. Eckford or
myself and counseling with us, asking
US if we could not start daily paper.
he goes to one N. Q. Westerfield, of the
Pacific Milling Company of Minneapolis,
whom we never heard of in the Peoples
party work, ;and some other men
of wealth, whose names have
not yet been furnished to the
public, and got up combination with
George S. Garfield, Republican and
reporter until recently, on the Mime
apolis Tribune, and Willard j. Hall. of
Buffalo, n. Y, who is lecturer on
temporary visit to our state; and then,
having his bomb ready to explode, he
called the state central committee to-
getner last Wednesday and laid before
it resolution to adopt the scheme, and
sent out circnlar. to be signed by all
the committee. calling upon every
POpulist in the state to take hold
and work to build up his nondescript
bantling. Of course, as there never was
a daily paper that did not have weekly
issue, there would be a weekly issue
also; and the same official machinery
that pushed the Daily Record (as it was
to be called would be expected to push
the Weekly Record; and every good
party man would be under obligation
no longer to work for the Representa-
tive, but for the Record. Macdonald did
not propose to put penny in the vent.
ure himself (he is sixteen weeks in ar
rears on the very paper which he is try
ing to Destroy, nor did the capitalists
or the Pacific Milling company intend
to start the paper until enough Popu-
lists had paid up In advance to make it
a certain success! And when the Pop
aliSts had established the paper the
capitalists would own it, and could soil
it out at any time In the heat of the
fight to the highest bidder, just as a
similar weekly paper. the News. In st.
Paul, sold out the party in 1890, and
left them in the lurch. And the Record
of 1894. we understand, is the legitimate
successor of the News of 1890!
Tried to Hoist Him.
Remember that during all the time
these schemes were being worked up
not one word was said to us. 1t was
proposed to hoist US In the air without
moments warning. When the CON-
mittee met there was lively time. i
had not been Invited to attend 1t, and
some or the members were so indignant
atahis slight put upon man who was
doing more for the cause than any other