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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-09-06
The Single Standard.
B. O. FLOWER
MR.. EDITOR:

MR.. EDITOR:
Our Indebtedness, according to the
New York World almanac, amounts
to $lS,235, 100000, and according to
the same authority our assets, or our
assessed valuation, amounts to $24,-
250,000,000 Ii this is true land it is
good democratic authority, we owe
but threc-fourths of our combined
wealth anyhow. One and one-half
per cent of this wealth in direct tax
es would be 1854, 900, OO0-nearly one
million for each day in the year, Sun
days not excepted; come to think,
interest and taxes don't observe one
day above another, but keep right on
gathering in. Now add the item of
taxes to support our government
each year,-but this comes from a
tariff on imports, and internal du-
ties, and that kind of tax is paid
by the importer and comes out of the
other fellows. No matter if I can't
explain it so you will understand how
protecting one class can be done
without costing the other classes a
cent; il you really care about know
ing, ask some republican lawyer.
But it takes a democrat tp explain
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-09-06
It Was the Nomination.

The London Standard suggests that
Mr.. Cleveland Eliminates against silver
because he owes his election to the anti.
silver party. The English Tory organ
mistakes. It was his nomination. not
his election, he owed to them. Had the
American people supposed that he was
not loyal to the silver plank in the Chi
cago platform, had they believed that he
would antagonize it as he has, he would
not have been elected. Mr.. Cleveland
accepted his party's nomination, but he
took the platform with mental reserva-
lions. Neither on the tariff nor the cur
rency was hS in harmony with It. He
considers himself greater and wiser than
ms party, and really his Aatterers have
done thsix best toencou1age his beaief.-
Z. Of y. Journal
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-09-06
POLITICAL DISHONESTY.
How Cleveland Tricked His Party In Choos-
ing q Cabinet officer.

How Cleveland Tricked His Party In Choos-
ing q Cabinet officer.
In q communication to the Boston
Traveller Henry R. Legate, recently OF
The New Nation staff, calls attention to
facts of considerable interest in view OF
the recent loud appeals Of the Demo
cratic press to United States Attorney
General Olney to enforce the law against
the trusts. It appears that Olney was
attorney for Greenhut, president OF the
Distilling and Cattle Feeding company.
otherwise known as the Whisky trust,
when he was indicted in December, 1891,
on suit of the United States for violation
of the Sherman antitrust law, passed
July 2, 1890, the case being brought in
the Massachusetts, district.
In this case Mr.. Olney, in an answer
filed by him over his signature Feb. %,
1899, moved to quash the Indictment on
several grounds, the most important OF
which was the alleged unconstitutional
ty of the antitrust act. The precise Ian
guage of Mr.. Olney on this point ap-
pears under the fifth section of the said
answer in which he speaks of the anti
trust law as follows:
Fifth-That the act entitled an act to pro-
tect trade and commerce against unlawful re-
straints and monopolies, passed July 2. 1880. Il
not within the power of congress and Is un-
constitutional and void.
This is the gentleman to whom the
Democratic press bids us look hopefully
for an aggressive campaign against the
trusts. It will be remembered that on no
subject has Mr.. Cleveland at all times
been more eloquent than in regard to
the necessity of suppressing trusts. In
his inaugural last March he said:
These aggregations and combinations fire.
Quently constitute conspirac1eS against the In
terests of the people, and In all their phases
they are unnatural and opposed to our Amerl-
can sense of fairness. To the extent that they
can be reached and restrained by federal pow
er, the general government should relieve our
citizens from their interference and exactions.
Even had Mr.. Cleveland not thus per-
sonally and gushingly promised the peo-
pie to attack the trusts, he was pledged
to that course by the Democratic plat
form, which was most violent in its de-
nunciation of them and its demand for
their suppression. One of the chief
Democratic indictments against the Re-
public party has been that it permitted
the trusts to exist.
Such being the facts, Mr.. Cleveland
appoints as attorney general to carry
out this war against trusts a lawyer
who had just put himself on record in
most prominent case as holding the anti
trust law to be unconstitutional, null
and void.
The honest Democrat who can stand
this sort of thing must have strong
stomach. He ought never to be seasick.
New Nation.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-09-06
MONEY.
Superior and Inferior, as Viewed
by Mr.. Vermilya.


by Mr.. Vermilya.
DOVER, Mimi, Aug. Is, '93.
MR.. EDITOR:
The presidents message says:
"From May 1st, 1892 up to July Is,
1893, the notes of this kind issued in
payment for silver bullion amounted
to little more than $54 100000, and
during the same period about $49,-
0OO, 900 were paid by the treasury in
gold for the redemption of such
notes."
He says this was done to keep the
two metals ut d parity of value. But
did it keep them at parity? No, it
did not. 1t made silver commodi-
ty, and took it's money value from it
and determined it's commodity value
by the scarce metal, gold. If Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Carlisle had paid
silver for those certificates instead
Of gold, there would have been no
speculation in it and the certificates
would have remained in the hands
of the people as currency, and the
gold would have remained in the
treasury. That would have been
$49, 900 900 more gold in the treasury
and $49,OOO,OOO more money in the
hands of the prople. That much
more gold in the treasury would have
kept confidence at Washington, and
$49, OOO, 900 in the hands of the people
would have kept the wheels of COM
merce moving.
Cleveland further says:
cat this stage gold and silver must
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-09-06
THE PEOPLE AND
the MONEY QUESTION.
Interesting Letters from the Dis
tinguished California Poet,
James G.. Clark.

FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE:
The present social unrest is owing
less to worse economic conditions
than to increasing intelligence, &C
companied by more acute and gene
raj realization of those conditions.
They who refuse to apply to this
moral and mental unrest just and
righteous remedies, but attempt
rather to meet and suppress it, either
with false and misleading theories or
with physical force, are at war with
far mightier and invincible force,
that shall fall upon and ''grind them
to POWDER
We hear much just now concerning
"the loss of faith" as a source of
panic. Faith without foundation
broader, deeper and higher than it.
self is supers tition. The absence of
faith SO much deplored by usurers
and their newspaper agents and re-
tanners, is by no means an absence of
faith in human nature and in nation
al resources, but rather surrender
of credulity touching popular myth
known as "standard that people
have, to their loss and sorrow, discov-
cred to be fiction and snare in the
hour of trial.
70 expect a restoration of the
public confidence" under such cir
cumstances is like asking people to
believe in the utility of a bottomless
tub or pail. People are thinking for
themselves. We are repeating the
old story of the race, eating of the
fruit of the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil" and there is no
going back to the former state while
the :" flaming sword" of truth flashes
ane revOlves at the entrance.
Men are at last beginning to learn
what mOney-mOngers have long
Striven to cOnceal-that money is not
in any sense lost soul, in constant
search of an imaginary redeemer,"
but simply tool, bearing government
license-a tool whose sole redemption
must be found in human service as
a means of exchange, and that when
government permits that tool to
pass from it's own hands into the
hands of spectators, who for their
own profit exact toll and tribute over
and above the government cost Of is
sue, it ceases to be government Of,
for and by the people, and becomes a
usurper and a traitor to the people
binding them hand and foot while
thieves and robbers plumber them.
The idea of "inflation in circu-
lating medium bearing the govern
ment stamp is as preposter-
Gus as would be imitation of
dwelling houses and homes free from
incumbrance and occupied and owned
by all who are now without homes
and subject to landlords. One sort
of imitation would be no more and no
less Objectionable than the other,
though both, of course, would be ex-
ceedingly Objectionable to all idle
parasites who might have surplus
money land, or houses to rent.
This proposition will stand the
most rigid scrutiny. Let the reader
look it squarely in the face, turn it
round and examine it on all sides,
and see if it can be refuted.
j JAS. G.. CLARK.
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Continued on page 4.
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ooy are estimated at neorly 81 .OOO. OOO."
Mr.. Benedict, Mr.. Cleveland's

Mr.. Benedict, Mr.. Cleveland's
friend and, understand, his broker
has himself interviewed in the New
York World. In this interview he
declares himself to be an Optimist
and gives a rosy view Of things in gen
eral. If we knew how much this gen
tleman and his friends have made in
Wall street during the present terri
BILE season of crashes and failures, we
might better understand why, from
Mr.. Benedict's point of view, things
appear in such optimistic hues.
~
The logic of events and the cupid
ty of plutocracy are forcing socialist
ic measures upon the nation. In the
New York Recorder for August p, |
find the following editorial, which,
coming from the most popular repub-
lican daily of the Empire City, is GER
tainly significant:
"The people demand work. 1t
should be given to them by the ma
tiOn, the state, and the municipality
if it can be done in no other way.
Starvation must be averted, no mat
ter what the price we pay for it.
This is not a time to talk about
conflicting theories of government.
Honest men, willing to work, go to
sleep every night with their little
children on bare floors, hungry and
driven almost to despair.
They must be rescued from their
horrible situation.
The people are crying for bread.
They must not get instead the cold
stone of theories about government.
The credit OF the states, cities,
towns, and villages of the republic is
the highest in the world. That cred
it should be used in starting and
completing necessary works of public
improvement.
Let it be done at once!
Let us not wait till hungry mobs
until the piercing blasts of winter
drive men to desperation.
If, in this state, legislative author
Gov. Flower should summon the leg
the situation.
Act at once! -
The New York papers state that
there are at least one hundred thous-
and men unemployed in the that
city. Starvation is staring them in
the face. They are asking for work
but receiving none. They behold
wives and children suffering for food
and clothing. They expect to be
evicted at any time. They see bust
ness paralyzed and hundreds of thous-
ands of their fellow men facing star
walton in nation rich in moneys
worth. They see wheat selling from
80 to SOC. bushel, but they lack the
33c. to buy, while they realize that
England in conjunction with Wall
street and the Judases among our
politicians are the authors of this
misery. They see few people grow
ing immensely rich, and they see the
president of the United States enjoy
ing the luxury of palatial homes in
New York, in Washington, and at
Buzzard's Bay, as we'll as at the
capital city. They see him resolute-
ly refusing to favor any measure OF
relief which does not meet the ap
prevail of the usurers and gamblers
of Wall street. And seeing all this
is it strange that the president founo
it prudent to be escorted from Buz
Yards bay to Washington by Pinker
ton detectives when he went to the
national capital at the opening Of
congress?
B. O. FLOWER.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-09-06

The consequences of this usurpation
have been threefold: 1. The first
consequence was pointed out by Mr..
Russell in the address to which l
have alluded. Such mass of cases
in which corporations were parties
was drawn into the circuit courts of
the United States, that the re-ex-
animation Of them on appeal or er-
ror literally swamped the supreme
court of the United States, so that
it gradually fell behind it's docket to
the extent of four years; and it re-
suited that an appeal or writ of er-
rOr to that court was practically a
denial of justice. This usurpation,
and this alone made necessary the
creation of the new circuit courts of
appeal. 2. A far more serious con-
sequence was that it defrauded the
state judicatories of large jurisdic-
ton which rightfully belonged to
them. It defrauded them of their
rightful Jurisdiction over many con-
troversies between citizens of their
own states. Corporations may mig
rate; and according to the doctrine
of the Supreme Federal tribunal no
state can repel from it's borders a
foreign corporation engaged in COM
merce.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-26
BEANERTOWN.

A three year old child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Peter Aislcr died on last
Wednesday morning Of Pneumonia
IA three week old calf belonging
to Ner A. Fees, frozc to death one
night last week. John Hetrick,
one of our most successful farmers,
recently dehoned his entire herd of
seventeen head of cattle and is very
much pleased with change. He says,
even if he could, he would not for
number oitimcs the cost aud trouble
of dehoruing, have the horns replac-
ed. The cold weather destroyed
quite Il number of house plants ....
Il. &. BowcrsoX interviewed our
school directors on Saturday 90.
Mrs. Thos. A. Shortiss and her four
children, of Watsontown, recently
visited her mother Mrs. Elizabeth
Fisher. Mrs. G. VI. Thomas, of
Lewistown visited her parents ut
this place last week ... Mrs. Sabine
Freed was recently placed on tho
pension roll with three hundred dol
lars back pay and continuance of
ten dollars per month With zero
weather for the last month, and our
merchants supply of coal nearly OK
hausted, hundreds of bushels of po-
tatoes frozen, new landlord Mt the
hotel who deals out "oh be joyful"
too literally, some of our citizens
are happy, while others are very un-
fortunate, and not so happy. Miss
Lizzie Coleman, one of Union coun-
tvs handsome, and accomplished
young ladies visited friends at this
place recently. FRANKLIN.
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Asketch.

for the Posr.
FRIENDaToM-Not long ogo an
article appeared in the PosT describ-
ing an migrate, and that article set
me to thinking. 1t vent on TO de-
scribe the Individual who is never
thankful for anything which the
Giver Of al good bestows upon him
or that whichhis fellow man does
for him. Strictly speaking, he is n
pessimist- one who looks on the
dark side.of everything, and every
time, shonld any thing occur that
does not suit him, he will went his
ire in the most unrelenting way.
The writer has an individual in mind
that fills the bill to the letter, one
who never speaks n kind word of
any one person, who is never thank
full for anything you do for him.
This PERSONS whole life seems to be
made up OF selfshness and profanity.
He is especially fond of wreaking
his foulness on his superiors in the
most public places. There is no
shame about him he has no friends
or neighbors, every one seems to
loathe and abhor him.
He seems to be i'll his glory when
he can curse everybody from the
President of our country down to
the ehumblest laborcr. To him it ap-
pears to seem as if none of our brave
soldiers who fought, bled and died
are entitled TO pension but he. This
is indeed u dark picture of him who
cannot control his pugnacious spirit.
Itwould appear rs if community
would>not suffer him to exist in it's
midst. Nobody believes his blath-
ering aud his deuunciation of an in
diyidual is the highest recommends
ton d refpectQble citizen can get.
| Sho.in Z 4 sgch = rdan must be ter
rible. Judas betrayed his Master
for thirty pieces of silver-this man
will do it for nothing and think moth
ing of it. Such man, it appears,
would have all the necessary quail.
tions to become the chief among the
internal imps, SrRAno
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-26
SELINSGROVE.

The district convention of the Y.
Nj. G. A. met Mt Lewistown the lat
ter part of last week. A large mum
Der OF young men of this place at.
tended Ia petition is being eircul.
ated among the taxpayers of this
town to be presented to court, ask
ing permission to buy property TO
be used as poor-house. This is a
move in the right direction, as the
poor tax is entirely too high in our
town. / am in favor of the move
ment, providing there is no specula-
tion in it Several dogs have been
killing II large number of chickens
for our citizens ... Rev. Eckersley
is having great success with his
meetings. n large number have
professed religion. MENTOR.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-26
The Tri-County Electric r. r.

An electric railway will be con-
structed early in the spring that will
be of the greatest benefit to the peo-
pie Of Snyder, Union and Northum-
berland counties. The road will be
built from Middleburgh to Watson
town. by way of New Berlin, Cen
treville, Mifilinburg, Lewisburg,
aud Milton. Ex-U. $. Senator John
j. Patterson will bear the expense
of the entire scheme, and with his
son Silas Nj. Patterson, have formed
a company of which the directors
are Hon. w. III. Hackenberg, of Mil
ton, Hon. B. X. Focht and H.E. Gu
telius, of Lewisburg, and S. M. Pat
terson, of Mifflintown. The route
has been surveyed and u charter for
the company will be procured
Wm'sport Gdz. &c Bulletin.
Lord, how this world is given to
lying. ED. PosT.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-26
TRONELNILLE.

Isaac G. Hackenberg got the con
tract to build the new school.housc
Mt SGiS ON Saturday. Feb. 9Th.
the Republicans of this township
will meet in convention in the new
school-houso Mt this place to nom
mate candidates TO be voted for at
the February election. The conven.
ton will meet ut o'clock. Let
there be II full turnout. .Chas. Z.
Erb is home from Huntingdon Co
...." "Ex-mulc-whacker" John A.
says, "rhe royal is the best and
beats pewter sand all to sticks" . ..
Now is the time to make application
foi trout-fry. Send tow. l.. Powell,
Harrisburg, for blank orders, which
will cost nothing. Neither will the
fish cost You anything. CAL. Jor.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-26
Finis.

In reply to our plain facts and
clinchinG arguments, Joe Lumbard
resorts to his usual silly school boy
tactics of eXclaiming, "you lie, you
lie. you lie Such actions are be
meath the dignity of Christian gen
tleman, and stamp him the hypo-
critical Pharisee that he is. Ask
any one of the three County Com
missioners about the matter and
then see who is the liar.
What we have said and done in
this matter was from the purest mo-
tives. We had all to lose and moth
ing TO gain in opposing the action OF
the Commissioners As II private
citizen and friend it was n most
painful task rs II newspaper man il
was only an unpleasant duty Mr.
Lumbard took it up and threw him.
self ut us. He left part of his wool
and some buttons. 1t is not the
first time THE PosT has stood in this
capacity. 1t may not be the last
time. Our readers are our clients
III we take care of them, they will
take care of Us.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-26
Fatal Shooting Accident.

From the Liverpool sun,
On Tuesday Henry Bay, Of Orien-
tai, favored this Office with the in
formation that one of his neighbors
met with fatal accident. On Mon
day Abraham Stroup, Simon Stroup
and VIM. Troutman were out fox
hunting, and Simon Shoup while
crossing fence on Aaron Kerstet-
ters farm, shot himself fatally. Mr.
Troutman was not far off when it
happened, and saw him fall. Just
how it happened he cannot tell, but
he thinks that the hammer of the
gun was raised while pulled through
the briers or bushes. The gun was
loaded with shot, and the contents
entered the unfortunate mans right
side in the lower part of the abdo-
men, and went so near through
that some of the shot could be felt
on the other side. This happened
about one o'clock p. m, and he died
in about one hour afterward. The
unfortunate man was held III high
esteem among his neighbors, and
his death is greatly regretted. He
was about 20 years old, and leaves
wife and one child.
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Chamberlain'sl Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy.

/ have sold and used in my fam
lily for several years, Chamberlain S
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy and have found it one of the
most useful and satisfactory rem
edies j ever handled. G. II. Lewis
Druggist, Salt Lake City, Utah.
For sale by G. NJ. Shindel, Middle
burgh and DR.. Sampsel, Penns
Creek. Jan.
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Wants to Know.

SwENGLE, Pa, Jan. l3, 1893.
FRIEND Tow We recently had Il
controversy rs TO the strength of the
L. $. Navy and the number of u. s.
Vessels that carry mail across the
Atlantic. Now will you please tell
us in your paper
0D How many Gf any u. $. YES
sclscarry mail across the Atlantic ?
(2) How many Merchant Vessels
are owned by the United States OF
individuals
CD Why are our vessels so few and
and our Navy so weak
Respectfully,
l.. G. BowrRsoX
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Answer :-ODNo American vessels
carry mail from the United States TO
Europe. Some vessels carry them
from u. S. to South America.
CD The tonnage in 1891 of United
States merchant vessels was i,GSi,
7j9; number Of vessels, 23, so.
(3) Our navy is being strengthen
ed; our merchant vessels are few be-
cause it didn't pay our merchants to
own them. 1t is purely matter Of
business; our merchants could bet
ter afford to ship by foreign vessels
than to own American ships ps.-ED.
PosT.
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PORT TREVORTON.

2e1aese-erf,q .froe..os ). T3tle9
could not hear what was trans pirlng
III the vicinity, hence her failure to
report last week. Pennsylvania is
quite good-sizcd state and the eli
mate is agreeable, yet withal, some
folks find it more conducive to their
welfare 90 be outside of its limits.
On Wednesday, Mother Stroud, an
other of our aged citizens, joined
the mysterious cariyan.' She was
II diligent toilcr in this world, and
we have right to believe that she
inherits the glorics of an eternal
home among the blcst t... The ice on
the river has attained Il thickness of
twenty inches. This limit has not
been surpassed within our memory,
and probably not since the glacier
period. And the cold wave is still
waving, while those who were SO
morbidly DESTROYS of having it wave,
are now clumoring to have it cease.
ELpEN.