The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-18
FOURTH WARD pops RALLY.
Ignntius DonneIly Made the WcII>in
Ring Last Night.

About leo persons attended the rally of the
Peoples Party club of the Fourth ward, held
last evening in Stahls hall, at Minnesota
and Third streets.
Ignatius Donnclly said he not pre-
pared to make a speech as he had been
working hard for the last week to prevent
the Peoples party from being swallowed by
the sO-called fusonsts.
Both the old parties were in the hands
of the money power when the Peoples party
was organized. On the false pretense of the
tariff question Cleveland elected to the
presidency, and the first thing he did was
to call an extra session of congress not to
consider the tariff but the money question.
During the previous campaign the money
question had been tabooed, but the call for
the extra session and the legislation which
followed was the money question.
In 1892 the Peoples party polled one and
half million votes. In 1894 over 1908, coo votes.
In 1896 the Democrats saw they were at the
end OF their rope. No state could be car
ried by them The party which had de-
feated fifteen silver bills in congress turned
a back somersault and adopted free silver
He was firmly convinced that it was no
accident, but q studied plan, which resulted
in the nomination of Bryan. Mr. Bryan had
carried the convention and the country of
its feet. The PEOPLES party took up the can
didacy of Mr.. Bryan and pushed MIN lor-
ward
The Peoples party did not desire to be
wiped out and there was some questl0n
as to how long the Democratic party Woulu
stay converted. the PeOple's party shouid re.
tain its organization. The rank and file OF
the democratic party was honest but he
doubted the honesty OF the leaders.
Plutocracy had been taken by surprise
when Mr. BRYAN nominated ihey mao
four years however. to work ana as tne
money power owned. geographically SPEAK
ing one-third of the next Democratic con
vention it would, probably not take very
TO buy up the rest.
He did not believe in getting in boat
which was liable to be scuttled before 1t
started.
The prominent men who had attended the
convention in Minneapolis in the. last few
days had endeavored to destroy the Peoples
party by fusion but Messrs. Butler. Weaver
and others who had this end in view were
defeated.
Weaver was constituted by nature that
he could not help being a fusionist. II,
said the speaker Weaver should ever get
past s. Peter and into heaven he would pro-
pose that a committee be appointed to go
down into hell and secure fusion In order
that heaven might be strengthened.
The state central committee was the point
on which the batteries of the fusionists were
brought TO bear. Pleas were made for a
late convention. but the committee stood
firm and the convention called for June
Is, and the advocates of fusion did not dare
to offer any combined action against this de-
cision.
He advised that in local affairs the Peo-
pies party say to the Democrats, Louis
Nash is our candidate, and you can take him
or go to hades." Fight for party principles
and rights and stand up for the greatest party
ever ORGANIZED in the world.
r. A. Walsh. Francis B. Clarke and Louis
Nash also made short speeches, and the an
nouncement was made that the club would