The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
AN HONEST CAMPAIGN.
me chairman of the Committed
should BE in Accord With the Rep.

me Chairman of the Committee
Should BE I'm Accord With the Rep
resentative.
To the Editor
l have duly considered Mr. Donnelly's
letter in the issue of last week and am
prepared to say this concerning it, We
must place the honest triumph of our party
and its principles above everything else.
And honest triumph can only result from
an honest campaign; and in this we must
be loyal to friends; and where has the
party, individually or collectively, such a
friend as the Hon. Ignatius Donnelly? 1t
cannot appear otherwise to me than that
Judge Macdonald, as chairman of the state
committee, displayed great lack of appre-
cation and discretion by ignoring the Rep
resentative. and not consulting Mr.. Don
nelly in the daily paper matter and other
Things of vital Importance to the party.
Even Mr.. DOnnelly's critics concede that
ne has done great work in harmonizing
factions. consolidating forces, and
spreading CONSERVATION in the enemy's
camp with his matchless tongue and pen.
Had 1T not been for the work of the Rep
resentative the Peoples party state COM
mttee would not be important a factor
in Minnesota as 1t is today, and hence
1t follows that no man should be chairman
of that committee unless he can give Mr..
ogntion.
AS to the daily Record, If Messrs Hull
Westerfield and others are imbued with a
pa triotic desire to invest capital and brains
in a Populst daily we ought all to extend
to them the right hand of fellowship and
good will; and tender them all the sup
port we can without neglecting the Repre-
sentative. But l do not see the necessity
of the state committee indorsing it, And
generally speaking it is bad policy for
commit in6nrSa hich
they do not exercise financial control. |
think the action of the committee in bring
ing competition into the field and giving
the Representative second place in their Of
hcial estimation has a strong tendency to
create distrust. factionalism and rivalry
all of which is decidedly destructive to the
best interests of the party. l believe that
if the party leaders throughout the state
had been consulted in the matter the pres
ent crisis would have been avoided. So
untried men, and neglect Of the proven
ones looks bad Furthermore l believe that
Mr.. Donnelly. for various reasons, can
make 10 votes for our ticket while Mr..
Hull made one. l think Mr.. Donnelly's OPP
position for a short time would convert the
candidates on the ticket to that faith.
Therefore if the committee wish to elect
the ticket and think they must officially
aid any newspaper organ, let it be the Rep
resentative.
1 have been informed that Mr.. Owen re-
Gently declared that he will in event be
candidate for United States senator if
elected governor, and that satisfactorily
disposes of vital question and mater
tally strengthens our cause it is detri-
mental to any movement to have one man
reaching for too many sugar pums at the
same time.
Finally l would say, let us be abundant
in caution, slow to anger, believe every
man innocent until proven guilty; but
death to traitors always and everywhere.
Yours,
W. E. CUMMINGS.