The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23
INN, WEDNESDAY, MAY %, 1894.
THE CAUSE PROSPERING,
The Peoples Party Growing
Along the Line.-Ditto the :
Alliance.

The Peoples Party Growing :
Along the Line.-Ditto the
Alliance. ::
The large correspondence we h :.
with all parts of the state, tells ev
where the same story. The voters.
Hooking into the Populist camp by
tens of thousands; and the slumberIng
Alliance is waking up like a drugged
giant from deep sleep. Our excellent
and energetic friend, D. Coughlan of
Rose Creek, Mower county. who has
sent us in such huge list of SUBJ
scrberS for the REPRESENTATIVES,,
writes us, suggesting that the chair
man OF the State Central Committe of
the Peoples Party, Mr.. L. j. Meighen,
should name day for holding all the
county conventions, so as to prevent
sharp fellows taking "snap judg-
ments' on the farmers, by short calls:
and thus packing conventions, and
forcing men on to the ticket whom
the people cannot support; and he
| adds:
II think the Peoples Party is gain
ing strength very rapidly in this local
| ity. l think it would be safe to say
that ace aciU poll sic rotes IN the nert cleo
tion for erery one ace polled IN the last"
Part of this is probably due to the
public spirit of Mr.. Coughlan, in Sc
curing the entrance of the REpREsEN-
TATIvE into SO many homes, in that
vicinity. Push the REPREsENTATIvE
and you will have the state. But from
everywhere the same reports reach US.
Mr.. Coughlan promises that as soon
as seeding is over he will take hold
and help reorganize the Alliances of
Mower county. Good! The fact is the
Alliances in that county have been,
Tor some years past, deader than they
were in any other part of the state.
There were many reasons for this,
which it is not worth while to discuss
now. Let all true friends of reform
get together; and give old Mower once
more the prominent place in Alliance
work which she once occupied. We
want the sound, sensible, well-to-do
farmers Of southern Minnesota, to
Growers Convention and Association
great success. I do not mean to say
that our frontier and northwest ern
farmers are not also 'sound and SEN
sible," but they are more radical, and
we want the cold level-heads" to hold
the enthusiasts in check. And to push
the Grain Growers Association we
need a big revival of the Farmers Ali
ance; for that must be safe fOundat tion
to stand on.
The truth is, brethren, we are get
ting the Fish-poison out Of the blood
Of Reform in Minnesota. We passed
through an awful ordeal in 1892 and
1893, and the wonder is that every eff
fort for the protection Of the people
did not perish utterly. Our enemies
thought we were dead beyond resur-
rection; they had bought our doctor,
and he had fed us arsenic and strych-
MIA instead of good food and healing
medicine. Now, thank God, we are
all united. Faction is at an end. The
Alliance newspaper touched the corpse
of Reform and it sprang to it's feet.
Let US all take hold and pull and work
together like band of brothers. AS
soon as seeding is over let all hands
set to work in grand general revival;
let D. Coughlan, II. V. Poore, A. II.
Hendrickson, L. G. Long, Eric Olson
0. II. Page, r. j. Hall, T. c. Hodgson,
j. [. Vermilya, G. II. Johnson, Jno A.
Keyes, T. Strickland Fisk, G.. n. Per-
kins, G. 4. Bohall, j. u. Mooney, Gil
bert Fish, j. t. Plant, J. Q. Cronkhite,
A. r. Holston, A. D. Stewart, j. H.
Lackey, A. Wall, A. Van Hemert,
Henry Plowman, H. L. Burgess, H. P.
Bjorge, Seth Bottomley, VIM. Shenton.
c. V. Metcalf, Edward Larsen, Thos.
P. Kerr, E. e. Lommen, o. G.. Lyman
and all the rest Of our long list of
speakers and organizers start out; let
them challenge republicans and demo-
make things red hot, generally with
their discussions of the Omaha plat
form and kindred subjects. Let them
organize Industrial Legions Or Peoples
Party clubs: stir up the local alliances;
talk up the Saltwater twine, and the
Grain Growers Associations; and ar
range for full attendance at our
great State Conventions. Push the
work, brethren, all along the line:-
and everywhere obtain subscribers for
the REPRESENTATIVE. That is the
central point Of the fortification.
D.