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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
His Family Will Not Read It.

ED. REPRRsENTATIvE:-Permit me
tohave a little spacei in your columns.
The weather is very bad and seeding
isgreatly behind; the seasons getting
along pretty well. appreciate our
presidents letter in your issue Of the
10Th in reply to DR.. Fish slanderous
attacks upon our state officers and
the electors who were upon our state
ticket last fall. We would like to
know through the columns of the
Great West where the fusion was, as
it is generally understood in our
county that it takes two parties to
make deal and we have not been
able to find out yet who thetwo par
ties are that have fused in this state.
l always look out for a man or a
paper that is always praising himself
or crying fusion, Doodle or middle
of the road" That is the man to
watch. The very same man said in
Pope County he would not ride on
railroad pass, but when he went
down to Ocala he rode on a pass.
In conclusion would say thatI have
always taken the Great West ever
since it started, but my family will
not read it any more and l have got
tired of slanderous charges of Doodle
and fusion every week You may
hear a little more from me in the
future. BEN PEACOCK,
Sec. Pope Co. Alliance,
Glenwood, MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
The Alliance Must Take Hold.

KEEvlLLE, Mimi, April 20, '93.
EDITOR REPRESENTATIVE: - En-
closed please find two dollars $4,000.
Please send the REPRESENTATIVE to
S. B. Smith one year. Also please
send the REPRESENTATIVE to G. w.
Borrill one year. Address, Keeville,
Stevens Co., MINI. These names
were given you for sample copy of
the paper by our delegate (Alliance
No. 533) to the state convention.
We received the sample copies last
Tuesday and are very much pleased
with it. We feel as though the ALI
ance must take hold of this matter
and push it, the paper must be made
a success, and it can only be done
through the Alliance Our Alliance
does not meet until the last Thurs
day in May unless we call a special
meeting which l think we ought to
do. In the meantime l will do what
1 can towards getting subscribers.
S. B. SMITH, P. NJ, Keeville, MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
"YeteranS. Fall In"

EDITOR REPRESENTATIVES. 1t is
now something over three years since
l took an active part in the effort to
organize farmers. In looking back
l see much that has been accomp-
lished and much that is unaccomp-
lished, that Ihad hopes from the start
would be done ere this. In reading
over the demands made and pub
lished in constitution and by laws
of the State Farmers Alliance, l can
see nothing but could be heartily en-
dorsed by every struggling farmer.
| sometimes wonder if all prominent
in Alliance work have kept those de-
mands prominently before them as a
guide, in their efforts to get the far
mers united, so they can act togeth-
er, and get those demands enacted
into law.
l hope all have been unselfsh in
their efforts; we should, from this
on, profit by any mistakes that have
been made, avoid personal issues,
that can be productive of no good
to the movement, close up our
ranks and press forward to secure
such demands as all can and should
unite upon.
For one l do not wish to assume
that the road may point out is the
only road to success; nor would it
be sensible in me to draw a line and
pronounce all traitors who do not
get on my side of it.
Conditions are now pressing so
unjustly upon the laborer and pro-
Queer, that no individual need be
alarmed for fear that some one per-
son will betray us; we have reached
the point where the cause will suf
fer less from betrayal than the one
who makes the effort to betray.
Fall in, veterans, and every one
of you bring in squad of recruits.
Make every effort by education to
secure volunteers there can be no
drafting, for this army only intelli-
gent education should qualify for
casting ballot for freedom.
HAML1N Y. PooRE.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
Will Perform a Good Mission.

KAND1YoH1, May 1, '93.
ED. REPREsENrArIvE:-P put me
down as subscriber to the REPREsEN-
TATIvE. am glad to see the first issue
of the paper and hope it will do a good
mission for the farmers and laboring
classes. Our Sub-alliance will hold a
meeting May 26, when we will try to
send in club of subscribers for the REP
REsENrATIvE.
Verylittle seeding is done yet, May LIST,
in this section and, if we get dry weather,
from one to three weeks must elapse be-
fore seeding can be commenced, accord
ing as the land is high and rolling or low
and fat. The prospect is dark and farm
ers are getting discouraged. If the rains
continue wheat will be failure. l have
lived here thirty years and never saw the
equal of this season. With wheat at SIS
cents and poor outlook for a crop at
that and with many farmers sinking fin
ancially in debts and taxation, thecourse
of the last legislature in loading a debt
of 100000 upon the people for the
Worlds Fair in addition to the $50, 900
already appropriated for that purpose,
and 100000 for a needless capitol
building, does not inspire the farmers
with new hope or courage. More some
other time on this question.
TOHN WrcKYY1ND
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
Let the People Judge.

BIRD ISLAND, Mimi, April q, '93.
ED. REPRESENTATIVES, lon Mon
day received the first copy of the
new paper. It is good one.
As a farmer and true Peoples
Party man l ask you not to print at
the top of your paper that "this jour
nal in the middle of the road" Let
those that read and support the
paper be the judges.
Let us have a journalpublished for
the good of the. people all over the
state and notfor the good ofone man.
/ say: God speed Donnelly in the
good work he is doing for the people
that are being crushed by the hands
of the plutocrats. I. H. MURRAY.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
AS OTHERS SEE US,
Usually Comnendatory, Some.
times Curious or Critical,
But Always
Generous and Cordial are the
Greetings Extended to the
Representative by
THE BRETHREN OF THE PRESS.

Many of the local state papers Lave
received the first number Of the
Representatives. all of them for
we had not the addresses of them all
and they have given our paper a
splendid reception. Their generous
encomiums have introduced us to the
favorable notice Of wide cOnstitu-
ency, and the Representative takes
its place in the journalistic arena
with renewed courage for the strug-
gle in behalf of the people and de-
termination to justify these generous
words of commentator:
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10

THE REPRESENTATIVE is the name
of the new Alliance paper. Senator
Donnelly contributes severalcolumns
to the initial number. Mr.. Donnelly
is alwaysinstructive as well as enter
tanning. The people of Minnesota
can profit much by reading THE
REPRESENTATIVE, whether they be-
lieve in the Alliance or not. It pre-
sents the affirmative side of ques-
ton the negative of which is already
too strongly defendedin this country
at this time. It costs only one dol
lar a year and is worth reading by
any man whose thinking is not done
by a board of Observation-Disclosures
News.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
Pleased With It.
OsAKIs, Mimi, April 20, 1Se

OsAKIs, Mimi, April %, 1893.
EDITOR REPRESENTATIVES, II received
sample copy of the REPRESENTATIVE and
am much pleased with the attitude it
takes. I have been taking the 6. w.
right along, and am well acquainted
with its stand toward Hon. Ignatius
Donnelly. The G. w. has been pretty
well distributed through here, and quite
a number have been led to think that
Donnelly must be a rascal. In fact it
bothers person somewhat to know
who to trust and who not to trust. but
Donnelly is my man all the time. shall
be subscriber. JACK STOKES.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
AHOST OF FRIENDS
That Is what The Representa-
tive finds Everywhere.

Below are a number OF letters such as
we are getting by every mail assuring us
a cordial reception among the people.
There are good many of them. but we
cannot print them all. Two pages of
the REPRESENTATIVES, would not hold the
letters we have received from subscribers
since our last number was issued. We
shall try to merit their approval by max
ing each succeeding number of the paper
better than the one before.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
Till Gabriel Blows His Horn.

Here is another illustration of the en-
thusiasm which is aroused by the advent
Of reform paper in Minnesota, which
turns its guns upon the enemies, and not
upon the friends, of the people:
PROVIDENCE, MIMI, May 3, '93.
ED. REPRESENTATIVES please
find check and cash $500 for two one
year subscriptions to the REPRESENTA-
TIVE. May the REPRESENTATIVE repre-
sent the Peoples Party first and last.
and the producing and laboring classes
ALL the time until every tramp and every
millionaire has gone from the land, and
until Gabriel blows his trumpet.
ALFRED ALEXANDER.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10

We are in receipt of Vol. 1, No. 1,
of the REPRESENTATIVE, the new
Farmers Alliance paper established
in St. Paul, which is destined to take
the place of the Great West. The
name Of A. L. Stoughton appears as
editor, and Robert Eckford as bust
ness manager. 1t is a neatly gotten
up sheet, ably edited, and presents a
healthy appearance. Alarge amount
of space of its initial number is taken
up by long-winded articles from the
caustic pen OFT. d." who is presum-
ably none other than Ignatius Dom
nelly, "Sage of Nininger. Pleased
to X.-The Hub, Gaylord, MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
Has the Right Spirit.

The REPRESENTATIVE the promised
new Alliance organ, has made its APP
pearance. The first number was is
sued from St. Paul, Wednesday of
last week, A. L. Stoughton editor,
Robert Eckford business manager.
1t is an eight page paper for one dol
lar year in advance. Tolive at that
price it must have a very large cir
culation-not less than ten thousand
which, with the strictest economy,
will barely pay expenses and give the
editor and4publisher a modest sup
port. The first number looks well,
reads well, has the right spirit and
there is no reason why each succeed
ing issue may not be better than the
first. 1t represents a grand move
ment for the betterment of mankind,
for the publication Of politics, for
the restoration of government to the
people for the people. We welcome
it heartily. The reform movement
has been greatly hindered by adven-
turers who have started so-called re-
form papers to deceive and mislead
the people. Managers ofthe old par
ties are always up to all manner of
tricks to defeat reforms They know
just how and when to use the venal
creatures to divide the forces of their
opponents. For this purpose they
have contributed money to the start
ing ofpapers by selfconstituted ALI
ance leaders, thereby weakening the
efforts of tried and true men who
have sacrificed much to educate the
people up to condition of hostility
to the destroyers of all that is patri-
otto in civil government. But for
such fellows the Alliance would have
elected its candidate for governor
two years ago, and the Peoples Par
ty would have held the balance of
power in the last legislature The
enemy is starting up papers in va
rious places edited by men who have
been conspicuous in the Alliance for
the notoriety it gave them. They are
men of no stability, no integrity.
They are ready to do anything that
will bring them a cash or official re-
ward for their treachery. The REP
REsENrAT1vE will not belong to this
class, therefore it has our hearty rec
ommendation. National Republican
Peoples Party.)
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10

RoLLAG, Mimi, May 8, '93.
ED. REPRESENTATIVES, You can al
ways count upon me for onei in the ranks.
I received sample copy to-day and con-
graduate. l want the paper and will
try to smooth the road for it through
this section.
Yours as ever for the people,
III. MYHRE,
Ev. Luth. Minister.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10

THE Representative is a new
paper published in St. Paul in the
interest of the Peoples party. Igna-
titus Donnelly will scatter his ideas
through the columns of The REPRE-
SENTATIVE each week, which ought
to make it an object of curiosity if
nothing else. However, the paper is
well gotten up and Ignatius is all
right.-St. Peter Journal.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
Hurrah for the Representative.

The following is fair type of scores Of
letters that are coming to us every day
from enthusiastic alliance men in every
part of the state. Keep on, good friends,
and we will be enabled with your assist
ance to make a journal whose influence
shall be felt in the struggle for the resto-
ration and preservation Of the peoples
rights in every part Of the country:
Troy, May 2, '93.
ED. REPRESENTATIVES, Hurrah for our
REPRESENTATIVES! Our new paper has
made its appearance at last, and it is a
good one, too. Now,I am going to have
every member of our alliance take it in
side of two months. Here is q list Of
five more, etc.
WV. B. HE9oELCRAN.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
MANKAro, MINI, April "a, '93.


ED. REPREsENrArvE:-Ih have just re
ceived a copy of your paper. Am much
pleased with the earnest mannerin which
you advocate the FARMERS cause. Iwant
to pay for the paper and if you will send
me several copies will distribute them.
I was at the Executive Committee meet.
ing when I. Donnelly advocated a farm
ers' paper. am in favor Of supporting
an honest farmers paper. The young
men must shoulder the farmers cause. !
see by the report of the census in New
York, with its 1000, 900 inhabitants,
only 1900 own their homes. IL this not
sufficient to arouse every farmer to arms
in their own interest, in supporting their
own friends? Ifevery friend and farmer
will unite in their strength and fight the
wheat ring as the coal consumers are do
ing, what shaking up there would be
of the wheat ring and elevator men. II
we would betrue in our cause, they would
soon cry out "Save us from destruction. y
The governor and his party and the rail-
road commissioners have at last sue
ceeded in getting all elevators and
wheat buying under their control, and
the sale of all kinds ofgrain. lido believe
this is an imposition upon free people.
am surprised at Governor Nelson's re-
fusing to order or request the prison
board to sell Irvine in so or 100 pound
lots at cents per pound, as well as car
lots at that price. Thisis discrimination.
A great state like Minnesota should not
be acting under the Irvine Combine rules
of discriminating in favor Of the able and
against the weak ones. The governor
should not permit this Board, so un-
friendly to the farmers, to make such a
distinction in prices. Governor Nelson
should make them treat all alike. Every
farmer should use this prison Irvine. l
used it last year and consider the Irvine
good. Governor Merriam and l. Don
nelly, with the Alliance committee caused
the prison board to reduce the price from
10 to 9 cents per hundred, in so or 100
lb. lots. The governor claims it costs
more in small lots for freight. If this is
true, is it not his duty or the railroad
commissioners duty to prevent discrim-
jnation in car lots?
received report of the Special Blu
reau and of Fiber, the agent ofthe Assist
ant Secretary of the Agricultural De-
partment at Washington, in which find
the folio wing price list of raw material
fiber reported March Is, 1898. In this
investigation they found quoted, sisal
and hemp, 612c. per h.; manila, 61ac. to
TIC. per lb.; jute, 372c. to &c. per lb.
The price of binding Irvine: White sisal,
500 feet to the h., SC. per h.; Standard,
500 feet to the pound, Sleeper h.; Stand
ard 525 to $50 feet to the h., SC per h.;
Manila, 600 feet to the h., 91ac. per h.;
Pure Manila, $50 feet to the h., csc.
per Id. Raw material imported free of
duty. These are correct prices for that
date. H. D. DRUMoND.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
Pitch In. II You Have Got ANYTHING
to Say. Worth Listening to,
We Will Print It.

CANNON FALLS, Mimi, May 8, '93.
ED. REPRESENTATIvE:-Ir received yes
terday No. 1, Vol. 1 of the REPRESENTA-
TIVE. You are all right except your
method of procedure; you are striving to
get at the will of the majority, when you
should be satisfied if you have your share
of representation and can exercise your
right of expression. simply will not
support any paper in which have not
the right of expression, nor join any So
ciety or party in which the majority is
absolute. will hand this sample copy
around to my neighbors.
u. TANNER
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10

Bro. T. E. Ytterboe, secretary Of ALI
ance No. 705, in Renville County, sends
~ club of four subscribers accompanied
by four sixty-seven cent silver dollars,
which the REPRESENTATIVE very cheer
fully accepts at one hundred cents ON the
dollar.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10

Hon. Chas. Canning, of Duluth, writes
the REPRESENTATIVE a cordial word of
commentator and volunteers his adver-
tisement for the next number of the
paper.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
ARGYLE, Mimi, Nav /, g:

ARGYLE, Mimi, May 1, '93.
ED. REPRESENTATIvE:-I have in hand
q COPY of the REPRESENTATIVE and am
more than pleased to know that we now
have an organ through which the ALI
ance can speak to the people. After
seeding shall try and give the paper q
"big lift" Wishing you wellin allthings
am. Yours ever,
Z. CRONKBlrE.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
Another Earnest Man Proposes to
Take Hold and Work for the
Paper.

CROOKsroN, May 3, '93.
EDITOR Representatives, A copy of
the REPRESENTATIVE has visited me, and
to speak the truth, must say that it
done me nearly as much good as state
meeting. You may count on me as an
active worker for it in this part of the
state. o. A. TvEIrMoE.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10

The first number of THE REPRE-
SENTATIVE, organ Of the Alliance and
Ignatius Donnelly, comes to us teem-
ing with good things from an ALI
ance and Peoples party stand point.
If the first issue is an index of what
is to follow, THE REPRESENTATIVES,
viii be = paper worth the having
and the READING. The Tracy Trumpet.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
BEARDsLEY, MAY 5, g,

BEARDsLEY, MAY ., SO.
ED. REP. Enclosed please find one
dollar for a years subscription to
the REPRESENTATIVE. AS soon as our
rush is over will constitute myself
a committee Of one to work up sub
scriptions. Hoping the enterprise
will prove as successful as it is de-
serving. 1 am, fraternally yours,
A. S. STEPHENS.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
From Gen. Viewers Paper.

ED. Representative, DEAR SIR
Number one of volume one of your
paper is at hand. tits indeed a credit
to the movement and credit to your
state. Wishing the REPREsEN-
rATIvE great success, we are, etc,
THE FARMERS TRIBUNE.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
Amen.

BRO. A. L. SroUcHToN:-I herewith
send you postal note for one dollar for
one year 3 subscription for the Represent
TATIvE.
Hurrah for our side in the middle of
the road and all say Amen.
Yours to stay,
F. SHOEMAKER.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
MINNEAPoL1s, May 3, '93.

MINNEAPOLIS, May 8, 80.
ED. REPR ESENrATIvE:-Th Thanks for the
copy of the REPRESENTATIVE. Continue
to send it. will get all the subscribers
can, and wish it success. want to
keep a file of every copy printed.
]. A. MALONE.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10

From an exceedingly interesting
letter from Mr.. Olaf Swenson of Wey-
dahl, we make the following extract.
We should be glad to publish the let
ter entire, but its extreme length for
bids:
WEyDAHL, April 25th, '93.
ED. Representatives, Please con-
tinue to send me the paper. FIXTURE
copies are as the sample, then our
enemies walls shall soon fall down.
May God himself bless the paper and
the management thereof to the end
it seeks to establish peoples gov
eminent in truth and justice. But
for my posterity should long ago
have Quilted this work of agitation
and education, but l see revolution
is bound to come.
Mr.. Swens. ID writes that he expects
to subscribe Is the capital stock of
the REPRESENTATIVE. We should be
glad if he would also assume the
agency for the paper and canvass
his county for subscribers.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10

NICHOLS, Mimi, April 20, '93.
EDITOR REPRESENTATIVE please find
enclosed two dollars for which send the
REPRESENTATIVE and the Golden Bottle
to addresses given below.
A. R. NICHOLS, p. NJ.
CARL E. TAYLOR,
Alliance Deputy State Lecturer.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
Liberal Indeed.

VIOLA, Mimi, May S, '93.
ED. REPRESENTATIVE nclosedplease
find $500 for the following subscribers,
etc. These are from Liberal Alliance No.
1927, of Viola, MINI.
GEO. E. PURvIs, Sec.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
CoKArO, Mimi, May 4, 'o3.

CoKAro, Mimi, May 4, '93.
ED. REPRESENTATIVE enclosed
one dollar for which send me the REPRE-
SENTATIVE one year. will try to get
some subscribers in my neighborhood.
JOHN p. OLSON.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10

BENSON, May 2, 1893.
ED. REPREsENTATIvE:- Enclosed please
and $3.50 to pay for the REPRESENTA-
TIVE to the following persons, etc.
shall always try to get subscribers for
the paper and will do what can for it's
welfare.
H. M GEIRERTSON
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10

GRANITE FALLS, Mimi, April %, '93.:
closed money order for $1.OO tor one
years subscription for the REPREsRNrA-
TIVE. shall put in my best e6orts to
increase your subscription liet.
Al. SUnDAHL.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
j. j. Mooney.

GRANITE FALLS, April 80. '93.
EDITOR REPRESENTATIVE: PLEASE put
my name on your subscription list. 1
like the paper-it is excellent, and do
not want to miss a number.
J.J. MOONEY.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
A Beacon Of Enlightenment.
PnLAvER, MINI. April 26. 10!

PnLAvER, MINI. April &c, 1891.
ED. REPRESENTATIVE: Herewith
enclosed find four dollars subscrip-
tons for the Representative to
be sent to the list of en-
closed names, for time an
nexed to the same. / shall note the
time also and will, before the expira-
ton, renew and if possible send
more. We all desire the paper. We
are all members of Alliance No. 1345
and are opening up farms in the back
woods, fighting the corporations in
the wrongs they are inhicting on us
and our fellow men. We hope the
Representative" may become the
beacon of enlightenment and har-
binger Of peace. r. REARIcK.
We are glad to find a cordial wei
come among Cass County farmers.
In addition to subduing the forest
and contending with adverse eco
nomic conditions, these men have also
to fight the railroad corporations
whose vast holdings of untaxed pine
lands rest like an incubus upon the
energies of a brave people. The REP
REsENrATlvE glories in their courage
and will help them to fight their bat
tie to successful issue.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-10
HANCOCK, MIMI, April rs, 9;

HANCOCK, Mimi, April rs, '93.
A.L.SroUcHroN, Esq.:-T The first copy
of the REPRESENTATIVE has just come to
hand and I need hardly say that I was
glad to see it. hope that you will sue
coed in your undertaking and as soon as
seeding is over we will call the county
Alliance together and get up club for
the REPRESENTATIVE. want my name
put on at once so that will not miss a
number, and will put my shoulder to
the wheel and help the good work along.
Enclosed you viii please find one dollar
as a starting point.
WN. RIoRDAN,