The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-11
HANG HIM FIRST,
And Try Him Aftervvard.

When John Lind made the decla alton at
Sleepy Eye that his election was due IN
part to the old Farmers Alliance he prob
ably did not think that 1t would bring down
upon him delegation of mid-road Popu-
lists with a demand for office on the groun.i
that they had once been Alliance men. But
that Is just what they did, and they de-
manded an Office which had been disposed
of three or four hours before they called
They wanted p. H. Rahilly appointe ed
railroad commissioner instead Of P. NJ
Ringdal. The other waiting applicants
smiled broadly when they this 1elega
ton enter, because they remembered many
rich brown rOasts its members had dished
up to the governor during the campaign.
The crowd smiled again when the Gle le-
cation came out looking WoebegOne and dis
consulate. The delegation gathered up stairs
on the top floor to discuss the situation,
and Ignatius Donnelly presented his con-
clusions in a report, wherein he relate that
they had been received courteously, but
learned to their surprise that the office
which they sought had been disposed Of
during the forenoon while their appoint
ment was for 1880 in the afternoon. Mr.
DOnnelly thought the Alliance was in the
position of the man who had been hanged
and given fair trial afterwards. There
was some consolation, however in the fact
that the governor had promised to give
the farmers majority on the board of
equalization.
Mr.. Rahilly himself found no consolation
in this, for had he not just lost a IS 600
position? His eyes blazed as he said, 1T
is an insult to the farmers to appoint q
gravestone peddler on the railroad and
warehouse commission Paul Dispatch
1t was extraordinary for the governor
to tell the Alliance he would confer with
them at 3 o'clock p. NJ, about certain Of
fees important to the agriculturists of
the state. and then fill those offices at
10 a. M!
The st. Paul Globe Gov. Lind's party
organ, said, on the morning of the 5th
inst:
Mr.. Donnelly, as chairman of the alliance
committee, appointed to wait upon
Gov. Lind and request him to appoint upon
the state warehouse and railroad commits
sion an actual farmer. and to give the
farmers Of Minnesota representation upon
all state boards appointed by the governor
gave notice that the committee would meet
at the state house at 10 o'clock this morning
and request an audience with the chief mag
iStrate upon this subject He invited as
many members of the alliance as could pos
sioly do so to accompany the committee on
their call upon the governor that they
might personally be present during the an
peal and observe the manner of its recep-
ton.
Mr.. J. c. Hanley, secretary of the
State Farmers Alliance, called on the
governor on the 4th inst, and told him
that the committee desired to confer
with him as to the vacancy on the board
of railroad and warehouse commission
ers, and that the Alliance had selected
Mr.. Rahilly as their choice for that DO
sition. The governor then named the
9th inst. at 2 o'clock p. M afterwards
changed to p. n.y., to meet the Alliance
committee and confer with them. And
then sent in the names of men, not
farmers, for that board and for the
state prison board, where farmers were
especially required.
1t was not treating the farmers fairly.
Gov. Lind would not like to be trifled
with that way himself 1t was not the
Alliance that was snubbed, but the
farmers of the whole state.
We want to support Gov. Lind's ad-
Enthusiastically that is a bad begin
ming. I'D.