New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-05

foe to all labor legislation, defeating
Charley Canning, tired and true man
and member of lhe Farmers Alliance.
For this piece of treachery the laboring
people OF the Twin Cities went to the
first convention Of the alliance party held
in St. Paul and. voted solid for Hall
against Donnelly, until Ignatius had to
withdraw; then they went solid for SIN.
Owen, nominating him and paying Don
nelly for his past treachery. Then this
''eminent" person, great Donnelly, turned
with tears in his eyes and accused Tom
Lucas of deserting him after he had stood
by him in the legislature, as though men
should forget that they fought for prin-
ciple in legislation and not for the bene-
fit of eminent men, and that a man is not
bound to be henchman of man be-
cause he has done his duty. But the
''eminent Donnelly, true to his treacher-
Gus instinct, sent letters to honest farm
ers who still had faith in him and stabbed
Owen in the back like sneaking assas-
sin. was sent to the Dodge County
Alliance to make a speech. Messrs.
Owen. Donnelly and Fish had been in
vited to attend. Mr.. Owen, in gentle
manly letter, excused himself for business
reasons. Mr.. Donnelly excused himself
and stated that he would work for Mr.
Owen, but disliked to work for man
who was stabbing him in the back. Mr..
Donnelly's tool, Doc Fish, abused the
state central committee, and said that it
was kept in funds by millionaires, al
though had to depend on the subscrip-
tions of two members of the Alliance of
Dodge county to pay my way back, and
never received but my car fare and din
ner for my two days work. When I
came back rendered my resignation as
a member Of the state central committee
in favor of scme Alliance man from
Dodge county, so that they could find
some Of the fabulous wealth; but, in
stead, John Diamond was put on the
committee.
| Mr.. Donnelly then commenced laying
plans for the nomination of governor in
1892. and succeeded in having his NOM
ination conceded in order to stop his
treachery, if possible; but it served to
urge him on to the most outrageous
scheme ever concocted in his life of pol
itical treacheay. The night before the
convention about fifty persons were in
vited to an upper room to talk over pos
slble candidates. Mr.. Donnelly's name
was conceded for governor without de-
bate; the name of Daniel Buck of Man.
kate was mentioned by some person for
lieutenant governor. He was objected
to because he was Democrat. D0nnel.
ly then advocated his cause, saying he
he was more of an Alliance man than a
Democrat and pushed his nomination;
but, much to the disgust of Mr.. Donnelly
his pet scheme was destroyed. He then
advised that all further business be re-
ferred to the convention.
But here was the scheme he was con-
coctilg, and which he now, with his un-
blushing effrontery, accuses Mr.. Owen of
being guilty -consorting with the Re-
pub'lcans. The Democrats were anxious
to fuse with the Alliance party. There
was senator to be elected, The aemi-
nent" man from Nininger, if elected for
governor, could be elected Senator of the
United States, and all the patronage the
the Sage mourns so much for now that
Mr. Owen may have the privilege of dis
penslng he could have turned over to
the Democrats for his place in the SEN
ate' the eminent Ig.; willing to give the
state of Minnesota to Democracy for
place III The senate. But he was foiled,
and the honesty of the Peoples party
vindlcated. And now, in 1894, we see
the Democratic party broken into threads
the Republicans coming by thousands
into the ranks of reform. Owen nomin-
ated for governor, and the Sage caught
in his las. act of treachery. r..
70 still further show mp this crafty
politician, will give the history of the
Peoples party convention of 1894. A
few days before the convention, I met
Mr., Donnelly and his son-in-law, to
whom was introduced, in the Office of
the Representative, and I was informed
by Mr.. Donnelly himself that his son-in-
law would be a candidate for auditor.
Although Democrat in the past, Gilt
imam had written several good articles in
the Representative, and was now good
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