The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-09-07

nothing but Democrats, and the mean
est kind of Democrats at that. Id.
TART AND TREMENDOUS.
Our late candidate for governor, Hon.
L. C. Long. of Magnolia, Mimi. editor
of the Initiator. is as honest q man as
God ever made: but. fortunately for the
truth. he has q pen pointed with fire.
and q mouth that distils aqua fortis."
He has. it seems, fallen into a dis
cussion with that bad old man, Hotch-
kiss. of the Preston Republican, who
sold out the Peoples party to the DEM
ocrats for an office, and then DID NOT
GET THE OFFICE!
And Hotchkiss drags us into the con-
troversy, and revamps all the ISLANDERS
which e. w. Fish poured out upon US
for a year, until they reacted upon his
liver and killed him.
Poor old Hotchkiss! He should have
remembered all the Calling guns which
have Numbered against us in vain for
30 years past, directed by the giants of
plutocracy. and not attempted our de-
struction by the insignificant little po-
tato wad popgun which he Yields in the
abysmal depths of Preston.
We never see Hotch's obscure sheet,
and don't want to see it. 1t is too
much like the Yankees definition of
nothing-"the small end of small
stick, whitfield down to point, and the
point cut Off"
But Mr.. Long has been reading HOtch
and he replies to him so overwhelm-
ingly that we cannot forbear to quote a
few passages, for the delectation of our
| readers:
The "reminiscences and accusations OF the
major amount to this
| That one Donnelly having lost his pres
| tige with both the Democrats and Republic
| cans, joined each in their turn the Grange,
! Greenbackers, the Alliance and the Peo-
| pies party, and deliberately with malice
aforethought, did bargain and sell them
| each one and all, body and breeches to
| one or the other of the old parties
Now, major, in all kindness we want to
intersperse this epistle with few specific
questions which will be easier to answer
than the more general propositions laid
| down in our 'tirade.
| If you knew that Donnelly was the in
| fernal traitor, the dabolic villain that you
| claim he Is, and which you say you had
irrefutable proof Of ten years ago, why
| Alliance?
| Why did you serve on committees with
| him and allow him to write our platform?
Why did you support him for governor?
And. OH why did you not tell us then
of his fiendish. selfish, self-seeking, I'M
| grateful nature?
1--WE can bring positive proof that Alli
ance officers were paid hundreds Of dollars
| for turning over Alliance votes to Re
publican and Democrat candidates"
| Yes, and Donnelly fought them.
Bring or the proof, major. We are ready
to help you to grease the track and slide
them into-oblivion
| Question-Do you know how much Bow
ler Lynch, Dobbin and Zeke Austin got
for selling $4,000 Populist votes to the
and between James Hill, Dave Clough
! and certain vociferous 'cusses.'
The major enters into a long reminis-
cence in regard to Donnelly, Owen and
Or" Fish. We know as much in rela-
| ton to this part Of the subject as any man
In the state. We have campaigned with
all three of these notable men. We have
never entered into their personal quarrels.
| We may some time tell what we do know.
To have done Mr.. Donnelly justice we
should have told what we knew at the
fusion convention June 15 1885, We have
some letters for publication from true Pop
ulists relating to this matter which we shall
| publish soon.
Some time in the spring of 1896 a set of
brains covered with long hair brought Mr..
Donnelly out as a candidate for vice-presi-
dent and went back on him after the dele
gates from majority Of the congressional
districts had been instructed to support him.
Mr.. Donnelly was inflated with the prospect
of the support of the Minnesota delegation,
as he had right to be, mostly by the
| efforts of his long haired friend who had
started his boom. He was disappointed.
We had not supported the boom. believing
it unwise. but had we been in the convention
under the circumstances Mr.. Donnelly would
| have had our vote.
Question: Major, II you knew that Don
nelly was dark scheming dastardly traitor;
that he had sold us out at every opportun-
ity: that he was in the employ OF "Jim''
Hill as disrupter always for swag and
Donnelly; an all round scoundrel generally
ready to sacrifice mankind for a mess OF
pottage, how, we say. could you justify
yourself in voting to give him the nomina-
ton for vice-president, when you knew
that under certain conditions which might
be brought about he would become the CHIEF
| ruler OF the land, in which case this awful
monster would have the power to not only
| launch our own beloved country but the
whole world, in sea Of anarchy, revolution
| and blood, a catastrophe beside which the
fusion convention OF June Is would be nc
comparison?
Hereafter let men be forgotten and eter-
nal principles come to the front. Men grow
and pass away. Principles are eternal. tt
bequeath them to posterity untarnished We
must unite, offering our lives and fortunes
as a sacrifice II need be-"
To which we say, Amen. We are ready tt
welcome you back into the party, major
Even that arch conspirator. Jim Bowler, and
the Bulldozer Zeke Austin might be for.
given. But for the traitors who howled fol
q mid-road ticket and then forsook it fol
:, Doodle, there is no Observation-Disclosures
/ The last is whack at Eric Olson
who helped to put Mr.. Long in nomi
nation for the governorship, and the1
turned in and supported John Lind, ant
wrote letters to the St. Paul Globe de
nouncing us, because we would not &
and do likewise!
But does not Brother Long stick hi
toasting fork through "Old Hotch" an,
hold him up to the fire Of public con
tempt, as proved slanderer.
And then, after selling out his part,
for share of the plumber. and not get
ting it, Hotchkiss denounces us 70
SELLING OUT OUR PARTY B1
STICKING TO 1T!
This is on the principle OF the thief