The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-08-21
last him during the remainder Of his
life.
We would call attention to his new
venture in another column, and We
wish him GOd-Speed
LOCAL HISTORY.
How the Old Parties Tried to Get
Up N .wspaper for the POpu-
lists of Winona County.
AND HOW WE TOOK STOCK IN IT

AND HOW WE TOOK STOCK IN IT
Winona, Mimi, Aug. IL, 1895.-As the
Representative is the only publication OF
truth in sight, it will perhaps become
wearied of laying the hallucination of
my pen before its fifty thousand readers
so often. But shall continue to inform
the public of the intriguery of the two old
I'harains in this part of the state until
the contents Of my manuscript finds it's
way to the waste basket.
Now that people are not aroused by
any campaign partisan feeling it is pro-
per to repeat little ancient history, and
not very ancient either. AS the only
lamp that guides us in the future is the
lamp of experience feel in duty bound
to hand it down to posterity, it may
serve as signal to avoid the danger,
and save others from falling an easy
prey in the hands Of the old party
money-power against the people.
At the time of the Winona county
Peoples party convention, about year
ago. the question of starting Peoples
party daily paper in Winona was brought
before the county central committee by
discarded leach of the Republican party,
His proposition was that he, and a few
others whose names were too sacred OF
course to be brought up before Peoples
party committee, would deposit $4,000 I'd
assist in starting such an enterprise pro.
vided the county committee would raise
$4,000. The scheme was plainly seen by
the shrewd old Farmers Alliance ladi
and they informed said old party hire.
ling that they were not "in it," Had these
men not been wise enough to see through
tv,f0 1ol dat n1c
50 desired the Peoples party to have an
organ to represent them in Winona
county, would have succeeded in robbina
them, through a stock company of $4,000
and thus have succeeded in 80 disabling
and discouraging the Farmers Alliance
of the county from ever taking part in
any paper that it would ever after have
been an utter impossibility for the PEG.
pies party to have started a paper il
Winona or Winona county.
Who were the instigators of the ne,
farious scheme and how did it come
about?
The discarded Republican leach afor
mentioned was mortaged, and the mort.
agee had turned over his claim to law.
firm here for foreclosure. The law firm
were members of the old parties One OF
them prospective candidate for district
judge at the time, and afterwards elect
ed. So this law firm, and political firm,
decided they would concoct some plan to
get the money for the mortgage with
out foreclosing, and proposed that he act
the cat and they would play monkey,
and make the cranks and Peoples party
fools pay the fiddler.
They first had him write S. M Owen,
then candidate for governor, and demand
of him Doodle in the amount of $500.
The first plot ended in the waste basket,
to the honor and gloryeof S. M. Owen.
They then asked him to confer with
Sinclair, Mcmillan, Cox, and a
crazy foreman on one of the old
party dailies, which he did and they
agreed to produce the amount afore Civ
en- provided he could exact out of the
Pops the amount afore given. He and
Mcmillan appeared before the commit
! tee with their cowardly, currish plot and
were very neatly knocked clear over the
| rope in the first round, to the glory and
everlasting fame of the Peoples party
of Winona county be it said In ventures
| pertaining to a newspaper it is best to
consult man like Mr.. Donnelly or Mr..
| Owen, who know the country well, and
are both thorough newspaper men, and
will be ever glad to put their brothers in
| the fight for freedom on the right road
to liberty.
WINONA COUNTY KICKER.
The foregoing letter reminds us of
little incident which occurred last
fall. The projectors Of a Populist
newspaper at Winona. could it be the
same referred to by our correspond
ent?) wrote us, with great flourish OF
trumpets, that they had concluded to
start a paper there, to preach Peoples
Party principles, land they had assessed
us for $500, and were about to draw on
us for tho same. We were thunder
struck; but thinking it over we deter
mined not to be outdone in geperosi-
ty; and SO we wrote back that We we're
gratified at this mark OF their conf
dence and would cheerfully contribute
the $500 asked for; and that we had,
in the mean time, assessed them for
$500 Of stock in THE REPRESENTA-.
TIVE; and SO, to save the exchange Of
checks, they could just send us draft
for the sum of $500, the difference be-
tween the two assessments, and we
would call it square. And strany &c to
say, although we have been waiting
patiently from that day to this, that
draft for 5000 has not yet come to
hand. We delegate our valued cor
respondent to look it up and we will
give him the usual commission on
what he may collect.