The representative., 1900-10-04

WARREN, Mimi, Sept "a. 1900.
II. B. Fay, N. D., Minneapolis, Mimi:
Dear Sir: In looking over the col
umns Of The Representative, was sur
prised to find there an open letter ad-
dressed to Mr.. Imsdahl and myself and
wish to take exceptions to it so far as
1t concerns me. am surprised that an
able reformer like yourself. would al
most openly chargeSanyone Of neglect
of duty or dishonesty, without some
cause or grounds; and you certainly
have none in my case, so far as funds
in my possession are concerned, for
whatever funds intended to go to the
state committee, and good share Of
that was contributed by myself, never
remained in my possession more than
three days, and would not remain as
long as that. only hoped to add more
to it before forwarding it to our treas
urer, Mr.. Day, so whatever uneasiness
you may have felt about funds being
held back at this place must have been
. caused by your overdrawn imagination,
for anyone familiar with the existing
conditions here would not believe for a
moment that a large fund could be
raised here, as there is almost q crop
failure here, and it is hard enough under
any conditions to raise campaign fund
unless it be from trusts or corporations.
AS to my friend, Mr. Imsdahl, l pre-
sumo he can answer for himself. How
ever, my opinion is that if Mr.. Imsdahl
believes he can better serve the cause
of POpulism by accepting a position on
the state committee, he will certainly
accept, and why not? Better have a
good, true and tried Populist on that
committee, than one of those wolves in
Sleeps clothing fellows. I believe by
getting true men on the organization
committee that before two years more
roll around they will swing the whole
fusion element back into the straight
Populist track. Their actions in the
late state convention pointed that way,
and believe that Mr.. Imsdahl has done
more to uphold the Peoples party Or
ganization in this county than most any
one else would under the circumstances,
and l am not afraid to bank on him that
he will always be found battling in the
ranks Of real reformers. Yours truly,
J. l.. CORCORAN.
P. S.-If The Representative will pub
ich fc 70
ton of it as will serve to place me in
the proper light, and oblige, very truly
yours, ]. L. CORCORAN.
Ed. Representative: received let
ter from H. B. Imsdahl, Warren, Sept.
5, from which l quote the following:
Information Of my nomination On
the Midroad Populist ticket was great
surprise. felt would not refuse such
an honorable Endorsement from men
that stand by and guard the living and
GOd-given principles of the Omaha plat
form. But l find I cannot afford to
make the run, as it will cost far more
than can stand financially, and, there
fore, respectfully decline the nomina-
ton. We will aid in the campaign what
we can afford. saw the committee
man, Mr.. Corcoran, and asked him to
inform the committee about what we
can contribute from here.
Very truly,
HANS B. IMSDAHL.
After waiting about one or two weeks
for Mr.. COrcoran to write us as above,
l was told by our treasurer, Mr.. Day,
that he had written, but instead of say
ing a word about money, only informed
us that he had concluded to vote for
Bryan. 1 had previously been told that
Mr.. Imsdahl was present as a delegate
upholding ring caucuses at Fergus Falls,
which nominated Democrats, and that
he had been promised local county Of
flee under Democrats. Then / saw he
had his name added to the confusion
state central committee.
Now, these being the facts, if have
done personal injustice to these men,
am willing to apologize. But IL they
attempt publicly to indorse DAILY, lawyer
of the corporations, as against Boen,
true friend of the people; to indorse
Lind, who I am told has set convict la
Dor to compete with organized labor at
st. Cloud to save taxing the rich; to
indorse the Democratic mogul, Jones,
president of the cotton trust, or Clark,
director of the copper trust; and Croker,
of the ice trust; and Bryan, who would
like to relegate our country to the tai
low candle age of our daddies, shall
be only too glad to meet these gentle
men in open dispute at their own home.
Respectfully,
H. B. FAY.