The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-29


| derStOOd that Owen has promised to
make Macdonald District Judge in
case Judge Willis is elected to the SUI
preme Bench. The relations of the
two men are thus very intimate.
And our friends think Ovens alb
sence from the state, when he ought
to be looking after his canvass, was
intended to enable Macdonald to get up
his little game and explode it, while
he was not present, and so could deny
all connection with it,.
Every POpuliSt knows how fOrebear-
ing and patient | have been with Mr..
Owen. He joined with Doc. Fish last
winter to try to defeat me for the
presidency of the State Alliance, al
though he was not and never had
been a member of that organization
l took the blow meekly, despite my
hot blood, and turned the other cheek,
and made q speech advocating M. Otcen
for governor. How many men would
have done that for the sake of peace?
l was praising him while he was knit
ing me.
Then Mr.. Owen delivered speech,
January last, in which he proposed,
deliberately. to throw all the princi-
pies Of the Peoples Party ovcrbOard,-
free silver, ownership of railroads, the
land question, and everything else.
Here is what he said:
"The political power of corporate
monopoly must be destroyed. We can
all unite on such plank. We may
DIFFER about the government ownership of
| railroads and the ratio of silrer to gold,
BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER. We are
not united on these questions ourselves.
Here is platform on which we
| can ali stand"
Think Of that. The PopuliSts are
not united on free silver and govern
ment ownership of railroads. If so,
what are they united on: What con-
| StituteS them party? What is the
| Omaha platform good for:
This tom-fool performance kicked
up great rumpus. A delegation from
Minneapolis waited on me and asked
me to run for governor; they said that
there was great opposition to Owen
among the WOrkingmen of their city;
that l had made gallant fight two
years before: made 100 speeches and
spent nearly 1000: and rolled up, (for
the presidential year., tremendous
vote: that | was entitled to the NOM
| ination when there was show of
success; and they would support me. l
| thanked them, but told them | would
not run; that | wanted the party to
win and that Mr.. Owens friends
seemed to think he had some elements
Of strength which l did not possess:
and that / would not, the refore, stand
| in his way,
subsequently excused and palliated
| his foolish utterances in the REPRE-
SENTATIVE, and did all / could to
unite the party in his behalf.
There was general talk all over the
state that the convention which NOM
mated Mr.. Owen for governor, would
endorse me for United States Senator:
and when the convention met large
majority of the members were my
friends: in fact they passed reSolu-
ton implying that the convention
should choose a candidate for United
States Senator and that every candi-
date on our ticket should be pledged
to be true to him. But NJ. Oren's
brother, cnnrdssed the ech0le contention to
p,erent them from passing ony resolution
IN my toror. The plea was that | would
be a weight on the ticket. Two years
ago | ran 10000 votes ahead of the
Weaver electors. This did not look as
if my name would harm the party.
But when my friends were worked
| urOn. through this plea,to come to me,
l said to them. Gentlemen don't
let my interests or ambitions stand
for Ona instant in the way of the sue
cess of the party. From this time
! forth | am not candidate for United
States Senator"
And so, driven into the background,
as if | bore infection about me. and
my SOn-in-law tramDled under foot by
party had done so much to create,
l never shirked. took up my burden.
| ready to labor for the triumph and
glory of others, whom | knew were not
| friendly to me.
And now this man, Macdonald, ap-
pointed by Mr.. Owen. gets up game
| to destroy the REPRESENTATIVE.
Why? This is the answer in mems
| mouths everywhere. 1t is said, even
| by candidates on the state ticket, that
Mr.. Owen intends to use his election,
| as governor, as stepDing-stone to the
United States senatorShip. If he is
| elected governor and Mr.. Cough is
elected lieutenant governor on the
Republican ticket. Ga very probable
outcome). the Republicans will turn
in, with part of the Populists, to push
NJ. Owen into the Senate and make
ClOugh governor. We are not denouDc-
ing Mr.. Clough He is better perhaps
than his party; but if the Republicans
could continue to hold the state gov
eminent for two years more, all the
iniQuitieS we complain of would be
perpetrated, and our triumph would
destroy our party. Mr.. Owen would
sail off to Washington, to draw his
salary, and make gigantic speeches on
| the great doctrine that 1.-The political
power OF corporate monopoly must be
destroyed" and the Peoples party
| would be mass of ruins: it would be
more thoroughly destroyed than the
corporate mOnopolieS.
Our State Convention did not nomi-
nate Mr. Owen for governor with
view to send him to the United States
| senate. They nominated him because
| the state was full of wrongs and op-
pressions, and they believed that he
would jill ont has term of office as gorernOr.
and do all he could to help the people.
| There is moral obligation on him to
| do this, If elected; and we shall not be
a party to the practice of any fraud
| upon the people, which may turn the
whole state, for the next two years.
over to the pine land and elevator
rings.
| The Pioneer Press says:
The promoters of this scheme en-
| listed the personal followers of S. M.
Owen on the committee on their side.
with the suggestion that the new pap.
er would be used to head off Ignatius
DOnnelly, who aspires to the United
| States senate: and while doing this
| Mr.. Owen could be doomed for United
| States senator and the Sage