The representative., 1897-10-13
THE STATE FAIR FRAUD
ANOTHER APPENDAGE TO THE
STATE HOUSE GRAF,TERs.
The Farmers OF Minnesota Agnin Ix-
nOred and Insulted by the Samo
Gang Who Manipulated the
Farmers Congress.

Gang Who Manipulated the
Farmers Congress.
The following correspondence will
present the situation to the farmers of
Minnesota, Of how little the manage
ment of the state fair cared for their
interest. After having one dav set
apart as Farmers Day" and a program
consisting of lectures and speeches by
promininent speakers and officers of
the Farmers Alliance of Minnesota.
they were deprived of the use of the
grand stand and other buildings in
which to hold their exercises. They
were denied place in the Official pro-
gram, all notices of their entertain
ments were excluded from the daily
press and systematic effort carried out
to bar the farmers fthe state from
having anything to do with the state
fair except the privilege Of paying their
cash to see their own enterprise. While
gang of political parasites and graf
ters who had control Of the fair, openly
ignored and insulted representatives
of the great agricultural state Of Min
nesota. When the true intent and pol
icy of the management of the state fair
became apparent the alliance secretary
declined to have anything further to
do with the alliance program and so
notified Secretary Randall, which 1rew
forth the following correspondence:
Hamline, Mimi, Sept. is, 1897.
]. C. Hanley, Secretary, st. Paul, Mimi:
Dear Sir-Your letter of September
9th is somewhat of a surprise. All state
ments made by me to you In conversa-
ton or by letter have been explicit and
clear and I am satisfied that it is i'm
possible for you to misunderstood in
any way, unless you do so wilfully
Your assumptions and insinuations are
wholly unnecessary and uncalled for
You were give an opportunity to main
tain headquarters here during the fair,
complimentary tickets were given you
and every possible courtesy extended.
Arrangements were made also to give
you the use of Institute hall for the
address which you had announced and
the building would have been placed
at your disposal for other meetings if
you had desired. Your present asser-
ton that no courtesy or consideration
was conceded you, is untrue and is un-
worthy of you, and, If not unworthy of
you, is certainly unworthy OF the posi-
tion which you pretend to hold. I hard
ly know whether to expect an acknowl-
edgement of courtesies extended from
you or not, but one is certainly due.
Yours truly,
E. w. RANDALL,
Secretary.
St. Paul, Mimi, Sept. II, 1897.
Hon. E. w. Randall, Secretary State
Fair, Hamline, Mimi:
Dear Sir:-Your favor of Sept. l5te
at hand and contents noted In reply
will say:
First. That so far as l am individ-
ually concerned my treatment by you
was always courteous and considerate
but not more than I was entitled to
as a member of the State Agricultural
Society, nor than l had right to ex-
pect and demand; and as to these cour-
tesies 1 wish to acknowledge the same
such for instance as the compli nent
ary pass to the fair.
Second. AS official representative OF
the Farmers Alliance and Industrial
the statement made in my former let
ter declining to go on with our Farm
ers Day. program. For the follow
ing reasons: 1 supposed when l Of
fered to contribute special and ap-
prOpriate program on that day that
would be of particular and peculiar in
terest to the agricultural classes in
whose interest l supposed the state
fair was intended and as I supposed
that any attractions would appear in
the official program and be published in
kind took place. I find that when L
asked you to provide large circus
tent in which we could maintain head
quarters and hold our exercises, ETC.
! was informed that we could go ard
hire a hall" or in other words you had
no tent Of the character wanted, but
II we would secure one at our own
expense you would give us space.
then called on Gov. Clough for one
OF the State Militia's large mess tents
and was rewarded by 10x12 tent in
an obscure portion Of the grounds.
Was called out by you on Monday, the
first day of the fair, anil 20 my sur
prise and astonishment discovered that,