The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-11
ALLIANCE MEETINGS.
Hamlin v. POore Gives an Account
of his Work.

81 OF his work.
Mr. EDIToR:
Being up until one and two o'clock
a. m, and but seldom near post Of
fee prevented making a report of our
meetings while on the trip.
Our meetings were we'll attended,
and great interest taken in them. We
organized four lodges in the Aid
degree and I. o. with encouragement
that they will organize at every
place we held meetings in the near
future. l go over most of the
ground again as you will see by the
notice of place and dates | send you.
There is a class of people who
think they are "way up in G'' in
point of political economy educa-
ton, simply because they have been
elected to fill a position as servant OF
the people, their attitude in congress
would impress one who looks on,
that they were moulded from finer
clay than the people who by their
votes made it possible for them to
hold their position.
They expect the producers OF
wealth to have implicit confidence in
a financial system resting upon one
metal basis, before adopting must
consult and have satisfactory to the
money kings of ENGLAND. After we
adopt gold basis and England alb
serbs all of the gold, as she has
shown in the past three years she has
the power to do, then suppose these
same confidence bowling congress
men will take another bronchial
troche" and howl for confidence and
brand every independent man who
believes that when England holds
and controls our money basis she
holds and controls the producers of
wealth, as anarchists. 1t looks to me
this is about the situation to-day.
Gold skipping about like the Irish
mans flea, and the ''United States
aggregation of WISDOM" majority
of whom are clamoring for single
gold standard, with purchased press
bowling for confidence.
If a majority of the voters have
confidence in such system, of course
it requires much effort to convince
the voters that these same "BuncO
Steering Confidence men" are not the
right kind to send back to do so some
more.
There are number now in con-
gress who, if they loose their present
job at the next election, can feel they
are we'll qualified to go out with Cir
cuses and shows as "thimble riggers''
and ''Three Card Monte" gamesters;
they will not be like ''Othello''-
occupation will not be entirely gone
even if their salary is.
National banks running in open
violation of the law, with the u S.
Senate giving them their 'confi-
dence" while the leading papers of
both old parties are bowling to the
people to have confidence is a spec
tacle for this great Yankee Nation
to boast of and celebrate in song.
They can now freely appeal to the
wooden shoe emigrant to come to
this country and bless England while
on their way; they should be caution
ed not to forget their wooden shoes
as they will need them while here;
neither should they expect to change
1oir tot
stump speakers are illustrating the
wantOn extravaganza of the Ameri-
can farmer by showing us the cheap
simple ways of our forefathers;
their task would be easier if they
could keep the R. R. presidents from
laundering by in their private palace
cars at salaries from SO to $75, 900 per
year, and bank presidents beaming
smiles of confidence" when they are
not in hurry to get to Canada or
under protection of some other more
liberal government than this.
To the laboring people in the towns
and cities let me say, the condition
of the farmers is but little removed
from theirs. I think all who have
placed themselves at the tender mer-
cies of the local dealers are giving
their pound of flesh" even to the
last bushel of grain and the last
horse and COW; many who have raised
plenty to keep them will be almost
wholly upon the charity of their
neighbOrs; the merchants have &C
commodated them hence the pound
of flesh.
The millionaires in the cities are
the ones who can exemplify the
teachings of Christ these times by
returning to suffering laborers lib
eral portion of the wealth they have
extorted from labor in the past. La
Dor produces, creates all wealth; that
being true then bV what nrOcess of