The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-31
A Lively Corpso.

Anybody who thinks the peoples
party is dead had better prepare now
for big surprise in the future, equal
to the one they had on reading the
| election returns on November 8, 1899.
The reform papers are stronger and
more aggressive than over, and the
work of education in public affairs il
bearing daily fruit. The financial
question is fraught with considerable
danger to the democratic party, as tho
south and west are undoubtedly in
favor of either free silver or an imitation
of the currency by the issuance Of
United States notes, based on the credit
of the country. This, with the free
trade tendencies developing in the west
and south in the peoples party ranks,
is likely to play sad havoc with the con-
sentative element in the democratic
party when another fight comes off.
The democrats will have to be real
democrats or be relegated to the rear
again, if the signs of the times are read
Alright. Critic.
Monkeys Don't.
Man raises meats for idlers. Monkeys
don't.
Man builds mansions for idlers Mon
keys don't.
Man creates money for use of idlers.
Monkeys don't.
Man labors that others may idle.
Monkeys don't.
Man starves that others may surfeit~
Monkeys don't.
Man freezes that idlers may be warm.
Monkeys don't.
Man plows and produces for idlers.
Monkeys don't.
Man tends fiocks for wool for idlers.
Monkeys don't.
Man makes bad laws, laws that keep
him in servitude. Monkeys don't
If the men who pillow, tend focks,
herd cattle, build mansions, starve,
freeze and make laws were only as wise
as monkeys, what glorious world this
would becoming Nation.
An Extra Session.
An extra session of congress is still
talked of, and one will probably be
called to meet in September. Not,
however, to repeal the tariff, which we
are told was the one grand object Of all
good democrats and the only question
before the American people, but to take
action on the money question. The re-
formers and the gold-bugs have both
forced this question to the issue. The
majority of congress are pledged to
their constituents for financial reform,
and whether in extra or regular session,
it remains to be seen whether Wall
street bribery can control enough votes
to plunge the nation deeper in debt
and hang another burden around the
neck of the producer and laborer. Con-
gress is being watched closer than ever
before, and it's members should beware
how they trif1e with their pledges
Mt. Vernon Qll.) Progressive Farmer.
The Honest Dollar.
The only way to settle the silver ques-
ton is to put 100 cents worth of silver
in the dollar.-Kansas City (Kan.) Ga
zette.
A better way would be to put suffi-
Gent gold with the silver to make 100
cents worth of the combined metals in
a dollar. The coin would then be much
more portable than if composed exclus-
lively of silver, and would be an honest
dollar.-Lawrence Record.
better way still would be to stop
this senseless gold-bug twaddle about
the dishonest dollar" the maintenance
Of the parity of the metals by continued
gold payments, and simply atone, so far
as is now possible, for the crime of 1878
by placing the two metals On an equal
ity before the law. This done, the dol
lars will take care of themselves
vocate.