St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-28


land our friends think Owens alb
sence from the state, when he ought to
be looking after his canvass. was in
tended to enable Macdonald to get up
MS little game and explode it, while he
was not present, aud SO could deny all
connection with il.
Every Populist knows how rorbear-
ing and patient have been with Mr.
owen. He joined with Doc Fish last
winter to try and defeat Inc for the
presidency of the state Alliance, al
though he was not, and had never been
member OF that organization. | took
the DION meekly, despite my hot blood.
anu turned the other cheek; and made
speech advocating Mr.. Owen for gov
erhor! How many men would have
done that for the sake of peace? | was
pralSlng him while he was knifing me.
lhen Mr.. Owen made a speech in
January last iii which he proposed de-
noerately to throw all the principles of
the Peoples party overheard - free
silver. ownership of railroads, the land
question and everything else. Here is
what he said:
1.-The political power of corporate
monopoly must be destroyed We can
all unite on such a plank. We NAV
dlHer about the government ownership
or railroads and the ratio of silver to
gold, but that doesn't matter. We are
not united ON these questions ourselves.
Here is platform ON which
we can all 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 consti-
tutes them party. What is the Oma-
na platform good for?
fnp f0r
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 worklngmen of their city;
that L had made gallant fight two
years before; made 100 speeches and
spent nearly $1,000; and rolled
up (tor the presidential year, a tremen-
dous vote, that | was entitled to the
nomination when there was a show of
success, and they would support me.
thanked them but told them | would
not run; that wanted the party to win
ana that MIR. Owens friends seemed to
think he had some elements of strength
which did not possess, and that |
would not, therefore, stand in his way.
II subsequently excused and palIiated
MS foolish utterances and did all l
could to unite the party in his behalf.
OWENS GIN, Him.
"There was general talk all over the
state that the convention which nomi.
mated MIR. Owen for governor would
lndorse me for United States senator,
and when the convention met, large
majority OF the members were nv
friends: in fact, they passed aresolution
implying that the convention should
choose candidate for United States
senator, and that every candidate OIL
our ticket should be pledged to be true
to him. But Mr.. Ovens brother can
VasSed the whole convention to prevent
them from passing any resolution in nv
favor. The plea was that would be a
weight on the ticket. Two years ago
l ran 10000 votes ahead OF the Weaver
electors. This did not look as if my
maine would harm the party. But when
my friends were worked upon through
this plea TO come to me, said to them:
"Gentlemen, don't let my interests or
ambitions stand for one instant in the
way of the success of the party. From
this time forth l am not candidate for
United States senatorn
And SO, driven into the background,
as If bore infection about ME, and nv
son-in-laW trampled under. foot by a
party had done so much to create, |
never shirked. l took up my burden,
ready to labor for the triumph and glory
of others, who knew were not friend
ly to me.
'And now this man Macdonald, ap-
pointed by Mr.. Owen, gets up game to
destroy the Representative.
"Why? This is the question 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 a stepping-stone to the
United States Senatorsnip: If he is
elected governor and Mr.. Clough is
elected lieutenant governor on the Re-
publican ticket "a very probable out
Gomez, the Republicans will turn in,
with part of the Populists, to push MIR.
owen into the senate and make Clough
governor. we are not denouncing Mr..
Clough. He is better perhaps than his
party; but if the Republicans continue
to hold the state government for two
years more, all the iniquities we COM
plain OF would be perpetuated, and our
triumph would destroy our party. MIR.
Owen would sail off 10 Washington to
draw his salary, and make gigantic
speeches OH the great doctrine tiat the
political power of corporate monopoly
must be destroyed; and the Peoples
party would be mess of ruins; it
would be more thoroughly DESTROYED
than the 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 expressions, and
they believed that he would fill out his
term of office as governor, 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 party to
the practice of any fraud upon the peo-
pie, which may turn the whole state for
the next two years over to the pine land
and elevator rings"
Wants II Pledge FROM Sidney.
Mr.. DonnelIy then says:
mot for my own sake (tor am not a
candidate for senator). but for the many
good men in our party who are fit for
the place, l demand that Mr.. Owen
shall at once publish letter positively
pledging himself, as an honorable
man, that he will, if elected, serve
out his term as governor; aud that. if
elected senator next winter, he will
positively refuse, under any circum-
atanceS, to accept the office. If he de-
cllneS to write such letter the state
will understand that he is not running
for governor, but for United States SEN
ator, and it will be proper then to in
quire whether another convention
should not be called and some one NOM
mated for governor who will positively
pledge himself to serve as governor TIL
the end OF his term, and thus try to re-
form the abuses of which the people
complain.
"In the meantime we say to our
friends that the state central committee
has adODted the Macdonald cohan,a
against our protest, ana the circulars
will go out, and the whole power of the
committee will be brought to bear to
destroy this paper and tear the party to
pieces.
Here is the resolution: Resolved,
That the state central committee of the
Peoples party have confidence in the
integrity and honor of Messrs. Wester.
field, Garfield and others (who propose
starting a daily paper in st. PaIlj, in
their fidelity to the principles of our
narty and cOnfidanna that thav hava