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VOL XIV.
PUNS TO ANNIHILATE
Idaho Miners Credited With
Harboring Madly Desper
ate Designs.
Hims of Dynamite Said to
Have Been Laid for the
Military,
Bridges Burned and Track
Torn Up to Stand Off the
Troops.
United States Marshal to Move
Today— Soldiers Or
dered In.
jpcrinl to the Globe.
C<euk d'Alexk, Idaho, July 14.—
Twelve survivers of the old mission
massacre arrived by boat tonight. This
makes between thirty-live and torty of
the eighty-live accounted for. It is
thought a few others may still be
In hiding and will turn up later,
but the number of killed will
prove large. It is impossible
to obtain the names of the killed, as the
Lotties were thrown into the river or
hid in the brush by the strikers. A dep
uty United Stales marshal, just in from
the scene, says there were ten or twelve
of the strikers armed with Winchesters
and that the miners were unarmed.
Those arriving tonight are a badly
used up lot of men and show the rough
experience through which they passed.
Bandaged heaas and limbs tell the tale
of suffering. The strikers have planted
.mines of dynamite under the railroad
tracks leading into the minfns district
and no trains are running. The deputy
marshal says the strikers have complete
control of the situation and are well
supplied with dynamite and ammuni
tion.
It is reported that Charles Sweeney,
manager of the Last Chance mine, has
been killed. United States Marshal
Pinkham will arrive here in the morn
ing, swear in a number of deputies and
proceed to the mining district, where
he will make arrests. He will be
backed by the troops.
A I'ijiln Certain.
Wallace, Idaho, July 13.— The en
tire force of strikers, 1,000 strong, is
congregated at Wardner. All women
and children were sent from the town,
and the miners are now building fort
ifications around the town and making
preparations to give the troops a warm
reception. Tiie troops now at Calalado
Rnd companies of infantry, repre
senting about 400 men, have been
ordered to move to Wardner and engage
the strikers in front, while three com
panies of colored troops of UieFifteenth
infantry from Misaeula, who are now at
Hullaue, are instructed to inarch down
the gulch and attack the strikers in the
tear, the object being to overwhelm and
capture most of them.
When (-icn. Curtis saw the strength
of the enemy he immediately wirea the
governor that there was no use making
a fight against the miners with
his present forces. The governor then
ordered into the field, five companies
from Fort Vancouver, Wash., no doubt
tilt miners will make a tierce tight when
attacked, as they are all armed witU
Winchester rifles and will take des
perate chances.
BRIDGES BURNED.
Colored Troops Move Back to
Missonla.
Wallace. Idaho, July 13. — The col
ored troops reached a point two miles
west of Mullan, when they were ordered
back to Missoula. Several bridges were
burned west of Knllan to prevent the
troops from crossing.
Everything is quiet at Mullan, Burke,
Gem and Wallace up to this evening,
B ml there is no prospect of any imme
diate trouble. At Wardner the situa
tion is critical, however. The non
union men have gone out of the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mines and have
been shipped out of Cceur d'Alene.
The Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mill has been released by the
miners and turned over to thecompa
ny. Troops are hourly expected to ar
rive at Wardner lrom the west, and a
conflict with the miners in the valley
is thought possible.
At the headquarters of the union
miners in this place assurance was giv
en that all trouble was over if the non
union men came out of the Bun
ker Hill and Sullivan mine, ana
troops were not brought in. The min
ers assured inquirers that they would
welcome the troops tomorrow; that no
trouble would occur today, as the with
drawal of the colored troops had eased
the situation. Several railroad bridges
nere blown up west of Mullan to pre
vent troops from reaching Wardner.
One bridge is reported burned east of
Wallace, No trains are running be
tween Wallace and Wardner today.
UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
The Situation Assumes a Very
CUrave Phase.
Boise City, Idaho. July 13. -Gov.
vViiey has issued a proclamation plac
ing Sooslione county under martial law.
(Vord has been received that three com-*
panics of federal troops from Missoula
iave arrived at Mullan. The other
troops have not been heard from. Adjt.
Gen. Curtis, wlio is in command for the
state and who went to Cceur d'Alene in
advance of the outbreak, has not been
heard from today, and it is feared he
bas fallen into the hands of the strikers.
A dispatch to the governor from
Jodze Beyburn, at Spokane, says the
union men drove 132 non-union miners
out yesterday, tiring on them and kill
ing two. Superintendent Dickinson, of
the Northern Pacific, telegraphed the
governor from Tacoma this afternoon
that their tracks and bridces have been
destroyed in the vicinity of Mullan and
that the wires have been cut. Another
message tj the governor says that sev
eral non-union men have been blown up
and that the union men propose to fight
the troops to the death.
DESPERATE THREATS.
Mines May lie Destroyed When
Troops Appear.
Portland, Or., July 13.— The Union
Pacific lias* just received advices from
Cceur d'Alene that the Northern Pa
cific railroad bridge, together with sev
eral hundred feet of track, was blown
up by the strikers west of, Mullau
tliis moririntf. The, company is prepar
ing to take aii lion-union men out of the
wines to Teko. The union men assert
that tiie inoicent the troops appear ou
r^^£J^^sf!?* v%*
the scene they will blow up the Bunker
•Hill and Sullivan, Sierra Nevada and
.Gem mines.'... ..-.. ,-]
Thtae burning of the bridge near Mul : '
lan will hold- the troops there unless
they march; tc Wallace and Wardner,
which is about ten miles.. It is now re
ported that the union c man have taken:
Van Delashnntt. of Portland ; William
Sweeney and other mine owners, and'
will hold them as .hostages until the'
trouble is settled.
T.ie wires to Wardner have been cut. '
Private -information reached here this
afternoon statins that the Union Pa
cific Railway company had taken all of .
; its movable property out of Wardner,
fearing a great conflagration of the
town. .
•'.-;: it is reported this evening that all
newspaper men ■ have been ordered to
leave the Coeur d'Alene district. Three
companies of United States troops are
at Calispell.
Spokane. Wash., July 13.— Five com
panies of United States irooDS, under
command of Capt.. Ingalls, left Van
couver this morning for Coeur d'Alene.
Four companies < from Fort Sherman,
under Col. Carlin, also left Fort Sher
man for the scene.
SOLDIERS ORDERED IN.
Gen. Schoficld Prepared for Emer
* gencies.
Wastiingtox, July 13.— Gen Scho
field has ordered the following additional
troops to the Cceur d'Alene district,
Idaho: Four companies of infantry,
from Fort Spokane, Wash. . a . troop
of cavalry and six companies of in
fantry from Vancouver barracks,
Wash. These troops, with those pre
viously ordered from Fort Sherman and
Fort Alissoula, will give Col. Carlin an
active lorce of nearly 800 men. "If. these
prove inadequate to restore order, rein
forcements will be sent from other
posts in the Northwest.
NEWLANDS' SCHEME.
The Chairman of the Mining Con
gress Formulates a Very
Bold Plan.
He Would Have the Silver States'
Votes Given Only on Posi
tive Pledges.
Helena, Mont., July 13.— The second day's
I session of life national mining congress ef
fected permanent organization by the elec
tion of Francis G. Xewlamls (Nevada) pres
ident. On taking his seat Kewlands
made a strong silver speech, urging
the mining ■ states to put the inter
ests of silver before the party interests,
formulating a plan how party organization
could be preserved in each mining state and
the people still bo . able to use their power to
advance the free coinage of silver. This
could be done by an agreement that the
electoral votes of .mining states should be
cast for no person who would not agree to
permit any silver act passed by congress to
become a law. ■' ■•'■•.
,'Newland's view was that nil three of the
national parties in the mining states should
instruct their electors to act independently
in the electoral college in the - interest of the
silver, cause, rather than in. the interest of
any candidate; in this way whatever party
won in these states their entire vote could
be ■ aggregated in the electoral college
and would probably hold the -'balance of
power, which was as strong a position as an
actual majority; if, meanwhile, the silver
question was settled by international agree
ment such electors could cast tneir votes ac
cording to their • predictions, • but it
not, could exact as a condition
lof their vote. the understanding
I that the future action of both houses of con
gress on silver : questions should stand with
] out executive interference or' veto.' New- :
! land's speech was received with great ap
plause. :••• -
The following dispatch from Senator Stew
art was read and greeted with great eu-
Uiusism:
"Contraction of metallic basis of circula
tion and edit by the crime of 1873 has ad
vanced the cause of human slavery more
in nineteen years than the abolition of negro
slavery by the United States and Great Brit
ain has advanced the cause of human
liberty in the last half-century. The
power of the gold kings to command the
services of the representatives of the people
call« for heroic resistnuce to Wall and Lom
bard street?. I congratulate the National
Alining congress in advance, that its deliber
ations at least will not be controlled by the
promise of office, threats of financial ruin Or
bribery with money of Wall street. I
The voice of the National Mining ccngress.
\vili give forth no uncertain sound. It will
declare for free and unlimited coinage of
silver equally with gold. It will denounce"
in fitting terms the conspirators who robbed .
the financial world of half its current coin
to enhance the value of gold and obligations
payable- in money. Let the silver states
present a united front against the ' common
enemy of civilization and producers of.
wealth throughout the commercial world
: ■will take courage and join in the common
effort to dethrone the Kiugs or avarice, and
free the nation from the iron grasp
of contraction, which, : if continued, must
in the luture, as in the past,
result in feudal euslavery. The struggle for
' honest money raging in congress is all that
deprives me of the great pleasure of at
tending your congress.
(KStfl WileiamM. Stewart."
The delegates warmly applauded the tele
gram. The committee on resolutions suo
mitted two reports. The majority report
favored unlimited . free coinage . and urged
the passage of the senate silver bill in the
house. The minority report favored; a bi
metallic congress. Pending discussion a dis
patch was received announcing the defeat of
the silver bill in the ■ house. Action on - the
resolutions was thereupon deferred until to
morrow.
.Brighton Beach Winners.
New York, : July 13. — Eesults at
Brighton Beach today: ' ; .
First race, seven-eighths of; a mile— Lord
Dalmeny won, Firelly second, Queen of
Trumps third. Time. l":2!)!&.' ■ '-".. ;.
Second race, half a mile— Saudowne won.
Postmaster second, Lisbon Maid third. Time,
:.403,4.
Third race, three-quarters of a mile—Lester
won. Mackintosh second. Air Shaft third.
1 Time.- 1:15*.
Fourth race, one mile and a sixteenth-
Lizzie won, Major Daly second, Nomad
third. Time, 1:18 V&.
Fffth race, one mile — Fagot won, Mabelle
second, Azreal third. Time, 1:42. .
Sixth race, steeplechase," short course-
Delaware won, Pat Oakley second, others
fell. Time, 4.07 V*. .
These Are Traveling.
Special to the Globe.
New York. July 13.— At New York hotels:
i Minneapolis— C. B. Carlisle. Sturtevant; L.:
E. Page, Swe^uey; \ G. C. Rioey, Albermarle;
E. F. Markele, Murray HilL , St. Paul— E. B.
Regbee, Marlborough; S. G. _ Warmer, St.
Nichols; E. B. Kirk, : Sturtevant; Mr. and
', Mrs. R. R. Nelson, St. - Cloud; Charles A.
Stickney. A. B. Stickney, Miss Stickney. Miss
Horn, Fifth avenue; Wiudron L: Sheron,
Vendome. Rapid City, N. D.— Mr. and Mrs.
S. J. Parsons, Marlborough. Hon. -and Mrs.
Charles A. Pillsbury, - Master Charles . and
John S. Plllsbury. of Minneapolis; "Alexan
der Murphy. D. Murphy, of St. Paul, left to
day on the City of New York for Liverpool: l;"
Crooks Break . Jail.
Sagixaw, Mich., July 13.— Five of the :
worst^cjoolfs confined} in the ■ central 5
• polfce station broke jail ■ this morning
: and ■ are still at large.' "Jhe prisoners^
• managed to unscrew a hut holding the
:': grating .d own. 7 ; Then V they let • them
;■ ; selves - out , of the "cell and escaped
i through a window.
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GONE UP SALT CREEK.
The House Shelves the Free
Coinage Bill for This
Congress.
Stewart's Measure Beaten
After a Comparatively
Tame Fight.
Several Votes Counted on by
Silver Men Found on
the Other Side.
Crowded Galleries Listen to
the Debate, and T. Reed
Talks to Them.
Washington, July 13.— There was
was more show of activity and a livelier
interest in proceedings in the house this
morning than there has been for three
or four months. Both sides were ready
for the battle of the dollars, but both
were anxious. The silver men entered
the fight without much hope, while the
others were full of hope and energy.
The poll made by Mr. Rayner and other
anti-silver men, just before the fight be
gan, showed the following result:
Number of members, 332; number
paired or dead, 31, leaving 301. Num
ber ot anti-silver Democrats, 96; num
ber of anti-silver Republicans, 63, mak
ing total auti-silvtu" votes 161, with a
possibility of but 140 silver votes, ac
cording to this calculation. In spite of
this showing, the anti-silver men were
afraid something might happen to upset
their calculations.
The attendance in the house was
larger than it has been at any time
since the early part of the session.
Nearly all the absentees had been
brought in by urgent dispatches, and
up to the last minute the committees
appointed on each side were rustling
through the house bracing up members
they feared would be weak and looking
about to see that none whose votes were
counted in were absent.
Republicans Alert lor Honors.
The attitude of the Republicans In
taking the lead of the opposition to the
measure was not without its disad
vantages from the stand point of the
Eastern Democrats, who did not like the
idea of having some of the greatest
honors of the light shared in, or per
haps appropriated, by Mr. Reed and
Mr. Burrows in behalf of the Repub
lican party. This could not be helped,
however, as the Republicans were in a
position to dictate the terms under
which they would come to the front
from the first and fight against the ma
jority of tho Democrats.
There was an unusual bustle on the
floor, and Col. Ike Hill, the deputy ser
• ireant-at-arms, who had charge of the
pairs and of securing the attendance of
the absentees, was übiquitous. He was
buttonholed here, there and every
where; he was plied with questions and
besought for information. All during
the morning Mr.Tracey,|Mr.Kaynor,Mr.
O'Neil, (Mass.), Mr. Williams (Mass.)
and Mr. Herbert wefe flying here and
there through the house, looking busy
and excited even after their work was
about done.
Mr. Reed and Mr. Burrows kept tlieir
eyes on things, and now and then gave
the anti silver Democrats points to
work out. Mr. Tracey, as iv the
silver fight earlier in the session, kept
close to Mr. Reed, conferring with him
earnestly evcrv few minutes.
Mr. Bland, Mr. Pierce, Mr. Culber-
Son and Mr. Montgomery and the rest
of the silver men had repeated confer
ences with groups of members through
out the house.
Opening tlie Flglit.
About ten bills were passed, and then
Mr. Catchings called up the resolution
from the committee on rules setting
apart today and tomorrow for consider
ation of the silver Oil!. The resolution
was read, and Mr. Catchings at once de
manded the previous question on the
adoption of the resolution.
Mr. Reed claimed he had a right to
move to lay the resolution on the table
before the previous question was put.
The house should have control of its
own affairs and he certainly had a right
to maKe such a motion.
Tlie speaker said the previous ques
tion would cut off debate under the
rules, but he had never heard it sug
gested to demand the previous question
until entitled to the floor. The gentle
man from Maine could not take the
gentleman from Mississippi off the floor
and could only obtain it if the latter
should yield it to him.
Mr. Catchinss inquired if he had a
rieht to portion out his time. The
speaker replied affirmatively.
Mr. Catchings having yielded to Mr.
Bland, the discussion began. Mr. Bland
sent to the desk and had read an amend
ment to the resolution, which provided
that unless the bill was disposed of be
fore 2 o'clock tomorrow the previous
question shall be considered ordered on
the amendments that may be pending
on the bill on its engrossment, third
readme and final passage, and there
after no dilatory motions shall be enter
tained by the speaker until the bfll shall
be finally disposed of. Speaking to the
amendment, Mr. Bland referred to
The Cloture Rule,
which lib said some members were
afraid of, yet for the last .fifty years
cloture rules had been prevalent. Every
second Monday in the house this rule
prevailed when bills were passed under
suspension by a two-thirds vote. The
minority could filibuster against auy
measure successfully without a cloture
rule. There is no way to get a vote on
the final passage with such rule.
Mr. Bartine, Nevada, said the free
coinage of silver was with him para
mount to the success of any political
party. For the reasons advanced by Mr.
Bland he should vote against sustaining
the previous question oil this resolution,
for under its terms he did not believe it
possible to reach a vote, and a direct
vote was what he wanted to reach.
Mr. Clark threw a bombshell into the
free silver camp by opposing the passage
of the bill t Even if it passed the presi
dent would veto it, he said, and this
would be giving him a club with which
to injure the Democratic party.
Mr. FpnnaTl, Democrat, Illinois, fol
lowed with a similar speech, and said
that no great good could come from the
passage of the bill. The platform is
against it. aha 5 now the only course for
th^ Democrats to take is that of the con
seution,to lead to its success next fall.
• Surprising tliVsilverltes. ; • V
■ Mr. Patterson also surprised the" free i
silver men by speaking against the bill.
The Democratic party, he said, stood to
gether lor tariff reform; home rule aud
ST. PAUL, MINN., ' THURSDAY. MORNING, JULY 14, J892.
• state's rights, but they were divided on
: the -silver "/ question. ; The ;• Republican
party had tendered a protective tariff*
and a . foree ■- bill ; as the issues of the i
Campaign.; .It should be "a fair/ and
square fight on these great issues. Sil
■ ver .was-not i an i issue, as ; both parties
were divided on it. .: : ' r'
i • Mr. ._. Reed congratulated the - Demo
cratic ' party - upon its ' attitude '-. of i re
pentance. [Laughter.] At the ■- time ;
gentlemen were proclaiming how sorry : '
they were - for the views '. they recently
entertained,- his ■ mind was s occupied by
a picture of i the Democratic party a"
■ minority of this house in; the last con
gress. remembered how fierce ihey
then were on the floor. . He remembered
the excitement? of the -gentleman who
had since become the speaker of t the
house in . stating tint one thing ;; the
Democratic party yearned for was free
silver. [Laughter.[ lie remembered
thafthe distinguished gentleman who, .
on:- account of his. many virtues, ,
was made chairman of the com
mittee ■ on -. ways and means • and
the leader of this house announced
that he, too, was ; in favor of ." the free"
coinage of silver, which; caused ap
plause on the Democratic side. He re
membered how cheer after ; cheer. fol
lowed his earnest and vigorous; speech
on the question. The gentleman from
Tennessee (Mr. Patterson) had cleared
all that matter up. ." C", . \ r'-l
Mr. Reed referred to the fact that the
Democrats had voted. to overrule? a-' de
cision, the soundness of which no * man
dared to dispute, and not until the Re
publican party got a majority of its own
against free coinage did these gentle
men who are now so vigorous in the in
terest of honest currency step forward
when " there was no necessity of their
bearing the brunt and the burden of the;
day. ; :;■: . .
: Silver Orators Awake. ■ ■ ;
Mr. Pierce, of Tennessee, followed
with a ringing speech in support of the
• resolution. .He said the silver, bill was
in accordance with doctrines -of the
Democratic party. ; Most of . the leaders
have said they were in favor of free sil
ver. They desired to say to some -who
had spoken (referring to Mr.' Clark, of
Alabama, and Mr. Patterson, of Ten
nessee) that they had, repudiated the
platform of their'states and of. the na
tional convention. . [Tremendous . ap
plause by the silver men.] If the argu
ment of the gentleman from Alabama
(ClarK) that the bill. would be vetoed
and therefore should not be passed, was
tenable, why was the Democratic party
shooting popgun tariff bills? [Loud ap
plause and cheers by the silver advo
cates.] ,'He believed in standing by the
history ot the party and by the record
of the majority of that party.
' Mr. Culberson, of Texas, came to the
relief of the silver advocates in the most
effective speech, of the day. lie in
quired why the galleries were crowded
with people, and what meant the large,
attendance in the press gallery? .This
was not a tariff debate: it was the great
battle of the. common people
against monopolies. [Applause.] This
might be discussed at length' and might
be covered up, but it would come to the
front. . It was a battle, between the com
mon people and the money power of this
country. ;"..''; :_.}' 7..
' Scotching Reed's Vcitoni. ■>
■ He would hurl back to the "gentleman
from Maine the charge that the Demo
cratic party was in favor of /depressing
the currency. From the organization of
the Democratic party until : the present ,
day it had been the advocate -and de
fender of sound motney. The Republi
can party, through .domestic and forciirn
bondholders.. destroyed silver ; in 1573
and 1874, and robbed people of mill
ions in money. [Cheers.] . From 1873 to
to 187S the representatives of the people:
— the .Democratic"'party— struggled as
men never, struggled before to break
this accursed financial despotism. • ;
in 1876 this object was accomplished. 1
A free coinage bill was then passed in
the house which was non-concurred in
by the senate; a corn promise was forced
on the house and on that compromise
we have coined since then 400,0J0,000 of
silver dollars. But for the -Democratic
party the country would be struggling
along with 100,000.000 of silver money,
; whereas we have at this time 000,000.000
of money. The money of. the people is
hoarded in . the vaults of the banks
and doing the country, no good.
Referring to the silver plank in the
Democratic platform at Chicago he said
it was a declaration of bimettalism. It
committed the party : absolutely to that,
and for that he thanked the representa
tives of the people who . were there. .■■ It
was a step in the march ,of progress.
The speech of Mr. Culbersou was the
feature of tbe discussion, and he '; was
frequently interrupted by applause. .'
The debate was closed by Mr.' Bland,
who went into a brief technical discus
sion upon 1 the -silver question, quoting
statistics to show the present conditions
of that metal. . :
.At tlie Sticking; Point. 7 ; ■
Mr. Catchings. then demanded the
' previous question on the passage of the
resolution. The house was now all ex
citement. The anti-silver meu were
eagerly engaged ..in conversation,
although it was very : evident the- res- ;
olution was beaten even before the. vote
was taken, Mr Reed's announcement
of the Republicans' position insuring
defeat. • ;
Mr. Tracy demanded the yeas and
nays, which where ordered,, and the
vote resulted yeas 163, uays 129. The
announcement of the, vote created little
excitement, as. it was : expected the pre
vious question would. be ordered. - >J-
Mr. Catching then moved .the passage
of the resolution, and a viva voce vote
declared that the nays had it.v-".;"v ■■■■! "jv^
1 The yeas and nays were called for by
Mr. Tracy on this, the house, was. com
paratively quiet, the members' leaving
their seats after voting, and before the
roll had proceeded very far it was seen
that the resolution was dead. This vote
resulted—yeas 136, nays 154. "-.-. - . v";.^
Upon the announcement .of the vote
Mr. McKeighan, of Nebraska, a member
of the coinage committee and ; a pro
nounced free silver advocate,
recognition from the chair. He stood
in the main aisle, and plainly showed
his chagrin. * .>*.••;
Speaker Crisp — For what purpose
does the gentleman rise? ---- -
Mr. McKeighan— make a motion.
". The Speaker— The gentleman . will
state it. '■-'.■".'. ■':■'
Mr. McKeighan— l move to adjourn
to Wall street^^HpfliilWiiiJifUjfev- /- ■ ; ;
, Before he could conclude the sentence
his voice was", drowned with cries of i
"Rats!" and other unseemly invectives,'
the speaker rapping him to order. with
his gavel. .
This ended the ; attempt to pass the
silver bill, which promised to be more'
of a contest, and the > house proceeded '
to consider the conference report on the
appropriation bill, and shortly after ad
journment was taken till toinoarow. . *-5
" ST. LOUIS IN LUCK. ■ •
The People's Party Will Advertise
the. Town. .
; St. Lotji^ July, 13.— The national
campaign of the People's" party, "which
placed Gen. Weaver in:{> nomina
tion ": : : for .the : presidency, will
be managed from tit, Louis. Chair
man Taubeneck, of : "- the ■ national com- '
' mittee now •; in < session here, has estab
lished headquarters in that hotel for
the campaign. The result of today's
sessloli of the committee was the issu
ing a circular calling upon individuals
and People's party i. club to forward at 7
. least $1 , per ■- head Itoi M. C-^Ratf|lD,
--treasurer ■■ of the "committee, for exigen
ces, -- •• ".. / >4r^
SAGE IS SADDLED
The People's Party Conven
tion Names Donnelly for
Governor.
In Numbers and Make-Up the
Gathering Is a Disap
pointment.
Frenzy and Fury Usurp the
Place of All Delib
eration.
Scant Courtesy Employed in
the Reception of Alli
ance Envoys.
Erwin's Appeal Against Rad
icalism Falls on Deaf
Ears.
The Platform, So Bitterly
Fought Over, Is a Mere
Rehash.
The Electors So Far Nom
inated Would Make An
gels Weep.
Fop Today Are Reserved the
Closing: Scenes of the
Comedy.
It was a well-played game.
Trickery and dishonesty have carried
the day.
The great conspiracy attempted to be
carried out against the old Alliance
party iv 1890, when "Doc" Fish and
Donnelly were defeated after a desper
ate battle, has been carried to success
on the People's party.
The smoke had hardly cleared away
after the election of lb9o when the men
who are dictating the doings of the Peo
ple's party convention now in session
started out to secure control of the or
ganization. Although they had done
nothing to aid Mr. Owens' canse, they
were not slow to climb upon the Alli
ance band wagon. They were after
the organization, not, to help it
to success but to gratify their
own personal ends. And how
did they start out to accomplish this
result? Not by building up tlie party,
but by championing the wildest schemes
r", ' pleasure o\\>^ "1^ ~*\ '
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they could find. There were many
strong and able men in the movement
who could not be used by "Doc" Fish,
Donnelly.. Pat Rahilly and hucksters of
their class.
Such men as these must be forced out
of the movement and, they have been.
How well and how thoroughly a single
look at the leaders in the convention
yesterday would show. There were,
several hundred honest, intelligent and
well-meaning men there, but these
were outnumbered by representatives of
two classes, equally dangerous and
equally disgusting: to the ereat mass
of people in this state who
desire reform in state and nation, and
who hoped that good would follow and
come out of the intelligent reform move
ment of 1890. Ttiese classes are:
First— The professional politicians,
who want to control tlie movement for
personal gain, as they have previous
reform movements.
Second — Men who are thoroughly
honest, but who have been deceived By
their leaders, through the most frantic
appeals to them through a period lasting
over nearly two years.
The record of the congressional' nom
inations made by the. People's party un
der its leaders up to the present time.
Take them in order. In the First dis
trict an unknown, really ignorant jiian
i;Ei:lonMLhf>
was named. Vermilyea is his name,
and hg has already been repudiated by
his own neighbors wilo were in the.
movement.
A Blatant Specimen
of the Fisli species was named in the
Second, and Ferdinand Borchert, a
6«uatoriai aeciUuut iv Keuyille county
two years ago, was put forward in the
Third district.
Why were such men nominated?
Was it to elect them?
Every intelligent man knows other
wise—is confident that each of these
three was nominated only to prevent
the nomination of good and able men
who might stand a show of being
elected. Every one of these nomina
tions was dictated by "Doc" Fish,
whether for the purpose of aiding can
didates of other parties or not 13 as yet
unknown, but seems more than likely
when considered in connection with the
history of the campaign of lt>9o. Take
the case of Borchert in the Third dis
trict, for example. This man. while he
may ue as honest as the day is long,
never knew how to vote in the senate
during his term there, and never voted
on the regular roll call. He would wait
until Donnelly had voted, and then rise
and vote the same way.
And Borchert is far.in the lead when
compared with his fellow candidates in
the FiFst and Second districts.
The proceedings at yesterday's ses
sions of the convention show that the
same old machine still holds its grip.
Six of the nine electoral candidates
have been named and the candidate for
governor nominated. On the electoral
ticket are such meu as "Doc :> Fish and
C. P. Carpenter, and the gubernatorial
candidate of course is Donnelly.
The other electoral candidates
are, as a rule, unknown men
who can add nothing to the ticket, and,
in fact, were not nominated to give it
strength. Not a man has been placed
upon it known to be possessed of influ
ence, and every man is a Donnellyite
from the ground up. What will be done
as ty the other state offices is already
pretty well outlined. Andrew Steener-
Bon, of Polk, will be nominated for sec
retary of state, Elick Mattison for state
treasurer, and John W. Arctander
for one of the judges of the supreme
court. Fish will probably be the chair
man of the state central committee,
and have the handling of the money so
liberally contributed last evening to use
up at his printing offices for sixteenth
handbills at §4 per hundred, when a
quarter of the sain would be too high.
:. '■■•. •■■ Not Unanimous. ■* . ' ■'•'
But was this convention: unanimous
for Fish, Donnelly and Rahilly? v i- '-.
Not by any means. There was a
good-sized minority, composed of the
few strong men who, iv their desire for:
reform, have allowed themselves to be
led farther than they will again. They
were ready to make a fight asrainst the
crowd there backed " as it was,
and would have done so had
they not known that it was use
less.. Men like McPhee, of Traverse,
Page, of Olmsted, Montgomery, of Lin
coln, and a host of others who forced
the Fish, Rabilly and Donnelly crowd
to hear the Alliance committee, submit
ted, but with feelings of misgiving.
In point of size, too, the convention
was a disappointment.
The call was so fixed as to make the
total number of delegates entitled to
seats over I,SOC.
Over 1,000 were expected to be pres
ent.
The total number was just "i 29.
The Alliance convention of lS'JO, which
nominated S. M. Owen, had ueariy 800
delegates.
Why this great falliner off?
Does it show that there are lots of
good Alliance men who see through the
Donnelly scheme? Why did. Blue Earth
send eieht delegates to this convention?
Why did ' Big Stone send two? Otter
Tail about fifteen? And other counties
in proportion? Blue Earth two years
ago sent about thirty delegates to the
Owen convention, Otter Tail about the
same number and Big Stcne twelve.
The platform, which evades every
st§te issue from temperance to the rail
roads, was a disappointment to a great
many of the delegates, who, Urea and
disgusted, had not the time, inclination
or patience to right the wordy and vul
gar Fish. The temperance element was
beaten tvvp to one, and Ueruands for any
other ueclarations would have met the
same fate. Of course the failure of Fish
and his committees 16 Jump on the
railroads and tTTe grain combine is on a
par with Donnelly's record as chairman
of the railroad colnmittee of the senate
two years ago, when he started out de
nouncing railroads and then blocked all
legislation affecting them. But it would
not be fair to think for a moment that
the railroad corporations which Don
nelly in his
Accustomed Lurid Style
were withont friends at court.
Early yesterday it was announced that
outsiders who were around the conven
tion had broken their way into the hall
where the committee on resolutions
held its meetings. It took this commit
tee five hours to prepare ten lines of
platform.
The make-up of the committee was
amusing: in many ways. There were
several hard-workine farmers there, to
be sure, but the local politician who
has played the part of a parasite to both
the old parties in turn was also there,
as well as a host of men like one ot the
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mouthy Minneapolis delegates who told
about the hard lot of the farmers and
workhignifcii. but who has not himself
in six years performed a day's labor and
whose family is at present supporting
him. The latter class were numerous.
The spell has been broken. The peo
ple who had heard of Alliance institutes
and People's party conventions with
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{ Jyr/ Jl yak,
their Donnelly indorsements were led
to believe that the farmers were all in
line Tor the Sage. A convention at least
1,500 strong .was expected, but instead
only one-third this number of delegates
appeared, largely from the cities, too, of
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth. And
were such men as Perkins, of McLeod;
Loinmeii, o.f Crookston ; Bjorge, of Otter
Tail; McGuire. of Lac Qui Parle; Ahl
ness, of Brown: Page, of Olrnsted, and
150 others to tell their e,xact feelings, it
would be found that but little over half
of the convention is ou the Donnelly
side.
But there has been a rule of intimi-
datton In the People's party, as there
was in the Alliance during the last ses
sion. Let a man dare oppose Donnelly
and Fish, and he would be dragged into
the mire through Fish's newspaper,
misrepresented, slandered, and even
damaged in business as well as in poli
tics. Institutes would be called for his
home town, and every device possible
tried to place him in the wrong light.
And these are some of the reasons
why Donnelly was nominated for gov
ernor yesterday along with a " partial
electoral ticket, upon which are the
names of several men at least whom no
voter would trust for any act of tood
faith, let alone the responsible duty of
helping to settle whom shall be the chief
ruler of this republic for the next four
years. In this connection it is signifi
cant that the delegates from the Fourth
district, in their report of their meeting
wrotß down the following statement:
'Dr. Fish pledged himself to vote for
tho nomiueesof the People's party."
Is it customary for a party in nom
inating candidates for electors to pledge
these men to be loyal and do their
duty?
The names and pictures of the elec
toral should be hung in a large frame
alongside the pictures of the congres
sional condidates named in the First,
T.L Vamduzu.
Second and Third districts. The gods
would weep, and uo one could blame
them.
THE MORNING SESSION.
Temporal Organization Effected
— Chairman Stewart's Slogan.
The People's party is youn<r, but it
lias already assumed all the airs and
THE PEOPLE'S PARTY
NOMINATES
IGNATIUS DONNELLY
FOR
GOVERNOR.
196.
frills of the old political parties. A hall
hour before the time set for the meeting
of the convention two bands were al
the entrance to Market hall, one a
Farmers' Alliance organization from
Gleneoe and the other Kleist's band oi
this city, furnished by several enthusi
astic fri«ada of the movement who re
side in St. Paul. The delegates were
rather slow in assembling, and It was
not until nearly 10:30 o'clock tiiat Chair-'
man T. J. Meiphen, of the state centra!
committee, stepped forward and rapped
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f §ACiE.' doe s a a\ce. ' "lurry ! i
2."t speetVv- -\ _ . .'•
the delegates to order, announcing that
the Alliance Trio would sine. C. 11.
Johnson, of MinntMpolis; Doc Fish, o£
St. Paul, and Mr. (ilaspie, of Pipestone, :
are the members of this organization.
At the conclusion of the singing Chair
man Meighen read the call for the con
vention and then announced the tem
porary organization. The names of the
officers were headed by A. D. Stewart,:
of Redwood, for temporary chairman,!
and the following aides: P.M. Ring
da.l, of Crookslon, temporary secretary;-
C. Seebunrer. of St. Cloud, and Robert
Eckford, of St. Paul, assistant secre
taries: C. 11. Johnson, of Pipestone, l
reading clerk; A. C. Welch, of McLeod, j
sergeant-at-arms: J. H. Lackey, ofi
Todd, and S. P. Kasmussen, of St. Paul,]
assistant sergeants-at-arms; Louis Han- 1
son, transportation secretary.
'Die recommendations of the state
committee did not end with the naming
of the temporary officers, but out
lined a method of selecting the commit-^
tee on credentials so fair that no opposi-i
tion was made to it. This was In allow
4§ '■^- y f ■jCri^*' °^
each county,* through its delegation, to.
select a member. Mr. Meighen wound,
up by introducing the temporary chair-,
man, t A. - D. Stewart, the wood j
county worker,, who has been one of the 1
leaders in the southwestern counties '
ever since the 'movement commenced
two years ago. Mr. Stewart, :. who is'
rather slim and wiry, lias a bright-; eye I
and is possessed of tne genuine ora
toricarfire, came forward.
"I have a right to feel justly proud nt be
ing elected chairman of a convention like!
this,'' he said. "I believe this convention is
the most significant ever assembled iti this,
state. I wish Hint every voter in Minnesota
: might today see this meeting, and. know us
meaning. -This is not the movement itself,
but simply its: expression. The expression :
may die, but the movement must survive. ' I <
believe this convention shall nominate can
didates who will be. elected. 1 . say ■ this not
for effect, but as my holiest conviction.- I
am convinced that there is a : political revo
lution afoot. In many rural districts a Re
publican or ft Democrat is looked upon as
a curiosity.-; There is a township in lienvillo
county where ' there is but one lie publican,
left. 'He desired to go . to the Republican
county . convention . as a delegate, but could
get no one to sign his credentials. In Mm- 1
den. Yellow Medicine county, there are only
two Republicans, one a grain buyer and the
other the postmaster. This ; convention is a
protest against . existing political and social;',
conditions and institutions, it is a declara
tion that henceforth we shall ' return. to the
JetFersoniau principles ,of government. Wo
declare that labor is - superior to capital, and,
in the words of Lincoln; should therefore
receive greater consideration." BE>9S
"Where's the gavel?" said Chairman
Stewart at the conclusion of his speech.
"Oh, you don't need a gavel," cried
one of the "chairman's admirers. The
chairman thought he did, and lie soon
found a short piece of wood and com
menced rapping the delegates to order.
"I move the chairman appoint a com
mittee on credentials, as recommended
by the committee on rules," said James
Hauna, of Kenville. This motion pre*
vailed, and the chairman explained the
method provided for the election of this
committee and declared a recess tor tho
purpose of allowing the different county
delegations to elect a member of this
committee. A. S. Edwards, of Minne
apolis, wanted a committee on resolu
tions appointed the same way at tha
same time. This was opposed by 11. B.
I /\Wi — ■ . 'iKo.^ tf e . n ai«,
Martin, Doc Fish and several others,
who, while wanting the committee ap
pointed at once, desired that the number
be not so large and that the chairman
be given the appointment of the mem-
Continued on .Eighth I'm go.