The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05
MACDONALD'S DAILY PAPER
A FlZZLE.
One of the Parties Defaulter for
SS,0OO.-The Material in the
Hands of the Democrats.
Mr.. Owen Pledges Himself that If
Elected Governor He Will
Serve Until the End of
His Term.
Now Let All of Us Move Together
On the Enemy'y Works.


Peoples Party. All differences are
TO make war on the REPREsENTATIvE
Is at an end. The scheme to start a
daily paper, with Semiweekly and
weekly attachments, as the official Or
gan of the party, after the REPREsEN
TATIvE had been elected to that posi-
lion more than year ago. has utterly
collapsed. The parties who proposed
TO deliver the material of the old ST.
Paul News, have been unable to do so:
it has been seized upon for debt and
has passed, so the st. Paul papers tell
us, into the hands of some Democrats
who propose to establish an evening
Democratic paper. One of the mys-
terious capitalists turns out to be
lefaulter for $4,000: and the leaders in
the movement did not belong to the
Peoples party or believe in its pri,-
ciples. OF course we did not know all
this at the time our last issue appear
ed. We simply understood, from his
own mouth, that Mr.. II. r. Owen had
already sent out circulars, all over
this state, to leading Populists, to Sc
cure names for such daily. with a tri-
weekly bi-weekly and, we think, week
ly issue. We knew that Macdonald
wanted the state central commi ttee
to endorse this project; and every
member of the committee was to sign
circular and request the Peoples
party men to secure subScri berS for a
daily and weekly issue of the party or
gan. We were trying at the time to
start daily and may do SO yet. We
felt that we had no time to lose: that
we could not stand still and see the
ground taken from under ouT feet, and
our property interests destroyed. The
Peoples party of this state is not big
enough to sustain two state party or
gans. We therefore laid the facts be-
fore the people and warned them of
The attempt that was then being
made. We did not intend to hurt the
party, but we had a right to defend
our own existence. We are also in
duty bound to let the Populists know
that gang of men, not one Of whom
was known to be an Outspoken Peo-
pies party man, was attempting, un-
der the shelter of a circular, issued by
bhe brother of our candidate for gov
ernOr, and to be endorsed by ma
ority of our state central committee,
20 get possession of the popular conf
lence, and probably betray it.
Now that this whole scheme has col
lapsed peace reigns in our camp. Mr..
Owen, in letter to S. H. Harrison, of
Austin, says:
with regard to the new daily pa
per to be started by the Peoples party
IN st. Paul, would say:
| know nothing at all about it.
Even the men who are interested in
The deal are as yet unknown to me.
The subject came up during my alb
sence and was carried forward without
my knowledge. AS matter of fact,
[ had very few political letters while
[ was away, and much that has taken
place during the past month l have
yet to learn"
We are willing to accept Mr.. Ovens
statement as true: but he should
warn his brother not to engage here
after in any actions susceptible of a
doubtful Interpretation, without full
consultation with him.
AS to Mr.. Owens candidacy for the
Senate that was side matter. Our
principal anxiety was that our paper
should not be destroyed, and the par
ty turned over to irresponsible adven-
turers. We have not the slightest OBJ
lection to Mr.. Owen or any other doz-
en- persons, running for the United
States senate, or anything else: but we
that, if it elected Mr. Owen COVER
nor, under the belief that he would
serve as governor to the end of his
term, and help the people to reform
the rascalities which affiict the state,
that he should not, ten days after he
was sworn in, step into the United
States senate and leave the people in
the lurch. We did not say that there
was bargain between Mr.. Owen and
Lieut.. Gov Clough; but we did say
that it was very possible outcome Of
the campaign that Mr.. Owen might
be the only candidate elected on our
ticket: and that all the rest might be
Republicans, as they had large plu-
rality in the last election; and that in
that event the Pine Land Ring might
be only too glad to shove Mr.. Owen up
into the Senate, where he could do them
no harm, and thus make Lieutenant
Governor ClOugh governor.
We were perfectly right in this. 1t