The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-10-19
4 PRETTY TART REPORT
WHAT POPULIST CONFERENCE COM
MITTEE HAS TO SAY.
Details of the Conference With the
Democrats Made Public and How
the POpulists Were Turned Down.
POpulists "knOw Their Duty and
Will Do IT,

The special conference committee of
the Populists, of Winona county, met
on Tuesday afternoon, as noted in yes
terday's Republican, and formulated a
the Democratic county convention on
Saturday. The report cites the manner
in which the Fopulists were turned down
giving the details of the conference not
heretofore made public, and concludes
with the menacing sentence: I'VE sub
NIT to you that every Populist knows
his duty and will do it,
The report in full is as follows:
To J. H. Nagler Chairman of the Peo-
pies Party County Convention-Your
special committee, appointed at the
county convention for the purpose Of
filing any places upon the county ticket
which then or hereafter might be vacant,
makes the following report:
Feeling that the local Democracy pos
sessed sufficient reform tendency (con-
nected with and influenced by the neces-
salty of our votes to help them Out to
overcome their greed for spoils, this COM
mittee sent communication to last Sat-
urday's convention, advising that we
would be pleased to cooperate in the
county campaign. Upon the motion of
goldite, urged to act by recent mayor
atty candidate, this communication was
tabled by vote of about One-third OF
those present, without a voice in protest.
Later on few, who were wise enough to
be alarmed at this summary action
(these were Office seekers needing votes),
organized subterranean inteIlgence bu-
reau, which secured reconsideration of
appointment of committee on confer
ence, at least one of whom, one Mr.. Glea-
son, of St. Charles, was known for weeks
to have been an anti-co-operationist and
had been in close communion session
with the chairman upon cOmmunica-
tion of your committee. 1t is needless to
say that the conference resulted not diff
ferently from what was intended by the
appointing power-and the program. The
Democratic committee made the bare re-
port that the conference couldn't agree
and no one inquired the cause of the dis
agreement or the desires of our commit
tee, and none appeared interested save
the anxious but silent candidates who
at that stage in the proceedings had
nominations in their pockets or in pros
pect, and whose minds were agitateI by
the certain loss of those Populist votes
by which something was saved by way ct
salvage from the wreck of two years
ago.
Your committee would remark that we,
perhaps, might have succeeded in the
conference had we accepted either of the
cheering alternatives of yielding all the
places on the ticket or of allowing our
conferees to dictate our nominations. We
thought neither alternative consistent
with your desires.
To be more specific, we asked for but
one place out of the nine on the county
ticket-the least that they could concede.
They objeced to our nominee for register
because he was defeated two years ago
by Democratic votes, and wanted us to
accept a candidate whose chief creden-
tials are that he bought wheat for Lam.
berton and had put in several weeks
seeking the nomination.
With seven thousand people of Mime
apolis-Democrats, Populists and others
Joined in listening to and praising
John Lind, with the people Of this dis
trict fixeA in an effort to replace Co
operation Advocate Tawney with the peo-
pies champion Milo White, the Democ-
racy of Winona county is bent upon the
greed of office beyond any sense of its
own party success. In hilarious mo-
ment, caused by prospects Of success,
they turn their backs upon us, who piO
neered the fight for the issues which they
have stolen and upon which they hoped
to succeed. Upon us, who saved all that
they secured out of the wreck two years
ago-upon us. who are in the fight for
principle, not for offica--while they are
crazed with greed to the point CT forget
ting principle.
We submit to you that every Populist
knows his duty and will do it.
A. d. CAMPBELL,
NJ. DORAN,
c.. J.. BLAIR,
WARNER GLEASON,