Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1890 — FARMERS' ALLIANCE IN MINNESOTA. [ARTICLE]

FARMERS' ALLIANCE IN MINNESOTA.

Col. R. M. Newport, of St Paul, Minn., who is one of the wealthiest business men in the Northwest, president of a bank and director of several railroad companies, was asked by a reporter what influence the Fanners' Alliance was going' to exercise in the coming election in Minnesota. “The farmers’ Alliance,” said he, “so far as my own State is concerned, does not stand a chance of success. It does not possess within itself the elements neces-. sary to success. It lacks cohesion. The interests it represents are too diversified, and all cannot be satisfied. Wrangling among the leaders cannot be avoided. Governor Merriam was chosen at the last election by about 35,000 majority. The Farmers’ Alliance may succeed in reducing that to 16,000 or 18,000. They cannot do more. I do not know how applicable hese remarks are to the rest of the coun% ry, but they are true of Minnesota.”