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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-11
ST. PAUL MINI, WEDNESDAY,,

ment, and l shall be present at the
hearing, on behalf of the state farm
ers alliance. l have not much faith
in state railway commissioners
the past the study of that body has
been chow not to do it," But we
have fallen on terrible times, and the
commissioners may, at last, realize
that they are paid $1,000 a year, by
the poor taxpayers, under the expec-
tatiOn that they will do something
for the payers of the taxes. If the
owners of the railroads were gods and
not men they might claim immunity
from the pressure of adverse cOndi-
tiOns: and demand to receive as
much for carrying As cent wheat as
they did for carrying 81 wheat; but
being merely men, like the farmers
they are plundering, they should
share with their customers the ups
and downs of the times. They have
been prompt to cut down the wages
of their wOrkmen, because Of the fl
nancial collapse but they keep up
their charges for transporta tion,
without any regard to the almost
universal bankruptcy of the crop
raiSerS.
Let ample notice be given of the
proposed hearing, and let all those
who can afford the expense come in,
and show the commissioners that
this is not alone the complaint of
Elias Steenerson. but that the whole
people are joined with him. And
don't forget that if rates are cut
from Polk county they will have to
be correspondingly reduced from all
parts of the state. Let us swarm
around the capitol, and let the COM
missioners understand that there is
a "God in Israeli" and that the
agriculturists have got blood in their
eye. AS president of the state alli-
ance 1 hereby give notice that there
will be meeting of the executive
committee at 9 O'Clock, on the morn
ing of the hearing, at the Merchants
Hotel, St. Paul; thence to proceed,
in body, to the room of the state
railroad commissioners.
Rouse yourself, good people,
''Who would be free, themselves must
strike the blow. I. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-11
Getting Together.

The salvation of the republics
from the domination of the plutoc-
racy, depends upon the farmers, of
the west and south working to-
gether, in self-defence. They suf-
fer the same wrongs. They are the
impoverished provincials. They are
robbed by the same agencies and
kicked after they are robbed.
At the convention held at St.
Louis Oct. I'd there was a thrilling
scene which goes to show that the
south and west are getting together.
Gov. Tilman of South Carolina
closed the debate upon the resolu-
tions report. He declared the tinan-
cial question presented but another
form of slavery slavery. AS
to sectionalism every section had
and would vote as it's interests de-
manded. He declared himself a
Hamburg rioter and asked what
made him so. 1t was negro dOmina-
tion. The end justified the means.
He had no apologies to make for
attempts to secure honest govern
ment by honest men, unawed by the
bayonets of Grants soldiers. Com
ing once more to the present he took
up statistics to show that the west
and south could control the presi-
dency and senate and within nine
of a majority of the house, and these
men could be picked up east of the
Mississippi. Would the West meet
the South?
Gov. Lewelling answered: What
would the governor of South Caro-
lima ask? Has not Kansas sent ex-
COnfederates to congress? Was not
this an olive branch of peace? Was
it not sufficient pledge that the old
issues were dead; that the bloody
chasm was crossed and that the
West was prepared to do her part?"
AS Gov. Lewelling closed Gov. Til
man rose and the two governors
grasped hands on a common plat
form amid cheers which subsidized
only when the convention exhausted
itself. With the cessation of the
cheers the question was put on the
majority report of the committee on
resolutions, and it was adopted unan-
imously in the form telegraphed
last night.
There are, of course, questions,
especially concerning the past,
where the man of the west and the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-11
How They do it in Germany.

Vienna, Sept. 29.-The Arbiter lei
tung to-day publishes decree of the
Minister of War, based on the decis-
depriving Lieut.. Carl Leuthner, of
the army reserve, of his commission
and degrading him to the ranks as a
common reserve. Lieut.. Leuthner's
degradation was caused by the fact
that he belonged to the social demo-
cratic workingman's party, and thus,
according to the court of hOnOr's rul-
ing, violating his honor and his
rank"
And yet this ''social democratic
workingman's party" is simply ask
ing to make the German government
more like that of the United States.
And an army officer is degraded to
the ranks for belonging to it! And
hundreds of members of the national
legislature are members of that par
ty; and it is not improbable that, in
the next election, they may carry the
whole empire.
This is the condition themono-met-
allists seek to bring this country to.
They would impoverish the people
until they became turbulent; then
demand large standing army to
keep them quiet; and so, step by step,
until liberty dies and aristocracy is
triumphant.
What do you think, bretheren, of
the feast that is being prepared for
you? I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-11

asmuch as the powers granted to the
federal government or prohibited to
the states are all enumerated. the
cases arising under the constitution
can only be such as arise out of some
enumerated power delegated. The
question here is, therefore, one of
Interpretation or construction of
that clause of the constitution
which provides that the judicial
power shall extend to controversies
between citizens of different states,
etc. Every member OF our profess
sion, OF course, is aware that by re-
cent decisions of the supreme court
OF the United States it is, in effect,
held that, for the purpose of juris-
dlction, corporation Is to be treated
and considered q citizen of the state under
on 6y aCh0se laao 1t erists, and that a
suit between it and the citizen of
another state is to be held a suit be-
tween citizens of different states.
At first sight, certainly, it would
seem to man of ordinary under
standing that this position is unten-
able; and, as belief is not matter
Of volition, to some minds, at least,
assent to this is possible. Carried
to it's logical consequences, it is
simply alarming; for. if we could
lead ourselves to assent to the view
that corporation aggregate is a
citizen of the state of it's creation,
within the purview of section 2 of
article 3, it would seem impossible
to resist the conclusion that under
section 2 of article 4, which declares
that "the citizens of each state shall
be entitled to all the privileges and
immunities of citizens in the several
states, Nthe term "citizens" must be
equally comprehensive, and include
a corporation aggregate also. That
is little further than any court
has yet been willing to go, or, at
least, than any has had the courage
to go. The decision of the question,
and steps taken by the court in ar
irving at the conclusion finally set
tied upon, is, if not satisfactory, at
least instructive to any one who
wishes to note the course and. rea-
soning of tribunal evidently
struggling and determined in some
way to absorb Jurisdiction IN cases IN
achach corporations are parties. II And
the supreme court is now being
packed to rescue decision that
states cannot control corporations,
but the judiciary is to be elevated
above the law-making power,-the
power which alone constitutes us
free people.-I. d.
Continued neTt aCeek.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-11
The Crimes of the Usurers.

Mason City, Iowa, Special, Oct. o.
A. ID. Barrett, farmer of Ellington,
committed suicide yesterday by
smoothing. He was in debt and the Is
per cent ShylOcks were crOwding
him, driving him into insanity. He
was very highly respected.
The men who took that Is per cent
were violating the laws of the land,
and the law of God, as fully as the
men who break into the farmers
granaries and carry off their wheat.
The latter, if convicted, go to prison;
Jhe former continue honOred mem
bers of society. and are active cham
pions of the old parties and de-
nouncers of the populists as "anar-
chlsts." You will find them in the
old-party conventions. manipulating
things, so as to crush honest men.
and lift up their tools. They hope to
thus preserve existing conditions.
and continue their horrible rob-
berries.
The public would be justified in
taking the men who drove poor Bar
ret to suicide and hanging them up
TO the nearest tree. Think of the
awful mental agonies the Door
wretch must haye endured, at the
hands OF these criminals, before he
took his own life! There is no pris-
oner in Saltwater who has been
guilty of equal cruelty or has caused
greater suffering. And yet so hor-
ribly debased is public opinion that
these Mason City shylocks will prob
ably continue honored members of
the community perhaps be elected to
the legislature to fight usury laws.
7 n
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-11

man of the south differ; but if con-
tinued bad blood over these ques-
tlons is to drive the producers of
both sections into the poor houses,
and turn over their possessions to
the northeastern quarter of the
Union, then it would be better to
blot all these differences from their
memories forever. and remember
only those matters concerning which
they agree, and those interests
wherein they are united.
Let the dead past bury it's dead"
I. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-11
The Starving Poor.

That able reform paper, ''The
Union," of Minneapolis, contains in
a recent issue, statement of some
facts, showing the extent of the suf-
fering of the unemployed workmen
in many of our cities. 1t is enough
to make ones heart blead to read
them:
I intended to tell something of the
relief measures adopted in 20 or
more cities, but see there will not
be room in this letter. Pittsburg,
St. Louis, Cincinnati, San Francisco
and several other cities have con-
sidered the public employment idea
and have progressed to different
stages along that line. In San
Francisco the homeless hundreds
have established a camp and soup
kitchen on the old sand lots. The
city furnished the money for the
purchase of an old sail, which was
stretched across an open space, with
supports at each side, thus providing
canvas roof to shelter the poor
creatures. In Cincinnati the mayor
is attempting to aid the efforts of
the labor organizations relief COM
mittee. He attended one of the
meetings of the unemployed the
other day. An incident of the meet
ing, reported in the Cincinnati En-
quirer, will give an idea of the dis
tress in that city:
A scene which was enough to touch a
heart of stone closed the meeting. The
chairman asked if there we're any men in
the hall who had had nothing to eat since
the day before.
Nearly so men stood up.
A few more questions we're asked, and
then the fact was developed that there
were nearly 30 men in the hall who had
had nothing to eat for three days.
Lets take up collection Of pennies
chairman. 'and buy these poor fellows
something to eat :"
A hat was passed, and $2.35 was raised.
The chairman took the money to the
John Schneider bakery, on Walnut street,
and was given S. worth of bread tickets
for it. Then the men were called down.
Some OF them were so weak that they
could scarcely stand. Most of them 1t
tackled the bread like ravenous wolves
One man took two loaves and hurried
away. II have seven children at home"
was the only explanation he gave, and it
was enough.
What should be done with the
men who have brought these mis-
cries on mankind, for the purpose of
increasing their already vast wealth?
Is there any human punishment
adeqate for such a crime? 1. d.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-11
A Union of the West and South.

The South and West is indebted
to the East $4,000, 100000, and the
East wants to strike out half our
money and double the debt. There
is limit of patience of western and
southern people, and the east will
find that out to their sorrow if they
persist in this tyranny.-Kansas In
deX.
The logic Of events is driving the
farmers of the west and south into
united action for mutual protection.
against the section which exists
simply to plunder them. We would
be infinitely better off if we handed
New England and New York over to
old England, and opened free trade
with the whole world. We are now
tributary provinces to monsters that
devour and despise us. If we had
to have protective tariff then it
would be to build up manufactures
in our own midst, not in hostile
regions thousand miles away.
But is it necessary to carve up the
nation? No, let us keep the robber-
section in the Union but let us draw
it's tusks and reduce it from master
dom to equality with the rest of the
country. And this the peoples party
will accomplish by 1896. We want
union-the union of brothers.; not
the union of the vampire and it's
victim. T. n
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-11
ANOTHER STEP FORWARD.
Judge SanbOrn Declares Railroad
Pools are Lawful.

Not long since comparatively OBJ
scure young man, a lawyer of St.
Paul, by the name of Walter Sam
born, whose principle business had
been in tax titles, and who was liter
ally unknown to the public outside
of ST. Paul or Minnesota, was elevat-
ed to the bench of the United States
circuit court. We do not know what
influence it was that lifted him up to
that great height, but the RESULTS
would indicate that the railroad cor
porations were in all probability back
of it. And now Judge Sanborn. de-
clares that the combination entered
into between about twenty railroad
companies and known as the "Trans-
Missouri Association, to keep up
rates of transpOrta tion and thereby
depreciate the value of the products
OF the country, by agreeing not to
compete with each other for business,
is not violation of the antitrust t
law of congress of July I'd, 1890, but a
legitimate and proper affair. In 9TH
er words, the court holds that COM
bination is not a combination. This
is in line with the decision of our own
supreme court that an agreement to
keep up the price of lumber is not a
viOlat tion of the state antitrust law
and in line, also, with the ruling of
the Ramsey county grand jury that a
clearly proved combine to force all
the coal dealers in the twin cities to
sell coal at 1886 per ton was all right;
and that John Rhodes did not COM
init perjury when he swore that he
had nothing to do with said combine,
[Pnd had no letter book, although the
|letter book was in the hands of the
tury.
If any one thing is palmer than
Rnother, it is that the plutocracy is
Batting away the liberties of the peo-
3ple: and that the jaws of few law
Hers called judges are doing the chew
for them.
But the people continue to sleep,
Fand it seems impossible to waken
them. 1t will prove, we fear, the
|sieep of death; or if they waken it
will be to find their limbs so shackled
that nothing but bloody revolution
will liberate them.
What constitutes free people?
The right to make their own laws.
But if a power sits above the law
making department, with authority
to Gull out of those laws all parts re-
ally essential to the progress and
happiness of the people and leave
them the chaff, then that people is
no longer free. They may pass game
laws or laws to punish petty larceny,
but when it comes to questions that
determine how much of the fruits of
their own industry they shall keep,
and how much may be stolen from
them, they are as powerless as the in
habitantS of Russia. And that con-
dition we have reached already.
And the people sleep! I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-11

Especial to the Dispatch:
Washington, Oct. Ct. L. Rosser,
formerly resident of Minnesota,
and of late years prominent demo-
crat of Virginia, has gone over to the
populists and taken the stump in the
campaign. Congressman Bryan, of
Nebraska, is another prominent
democrat to desert the democracy
for the populist camp to-day.
So it goes al over the cOun try.
The bold and able men are joining
us. The fools and knaves will soon
have double -barrelled party of their
own; led by the Rothschilds and with
Grover Cleveland as their patron
saint. The greatest political revolu-
tion is now going on in this country
that has taken place since the great
growth of the republican party in
1860. Let it go on. I. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-11
NOTICE.

Anyone can obtain Free Sill We
literature by addressing The Pan
American Bi-Metallic Association,
Denver, Colo., and enclosing postage
for same.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-11

on japanese missions at ST. Luke's P.
E. Church tomorrow morning. On Mon
day evening he will lecture on Japan
and Japanese at st. Luke's Parish
house.
Perhaps the largest and most vigor-
Gus session Of the Y. P. 8. c. E, held
for many weeks, was last Monday even
ing, four new members were received.
The society is constantly growing and
gives promise of great advancement.
Visitors are always welcome at 7:45
Monday evening.
The Sunday school of the First Chris
tian Church has been changed from
9:15 to $50 p. m. The school is grow
ing and all are welcome. The south
end Mission Sunday school, held at 2:30
D. M, is also prospecting and workers
are raIlYing to It's support. The Junior
Endeavor. at p. M, Sundays, is one
of the most interesting and important
meetings of all the church work.
Next week will be a week Of prayer
for young men at the First Presbyterian
Church. Sermons and services appro-
pirate for the interesting occasion will
be given in the First Presbyterian
Church on the Sabbath evening. Praise
service, subject of sermon, "God in Re
demption," illustrated by the hymn Of
young man. The congregation and
choir will sing some Of the good old
hymns and chants. All young men not
connected with any church and stran-
gers in the city will receive cordial
welcome.
Veni, Uidt, Uict would be an appropri-
ate motto upon the banner OF the Veto
rious company that courageously
marched upon the home OF the pastor
OF the First Christian Church, Rev.
Hayden, at 60 South Broadway, last
Tuesday evening. The honored gen.
tleman and his happy family acknowl-
edged defeat and submitted TO an I'M
conditional surrender to the merry
band that thus substantially welcomed
their new minister as their helper and
leader. The cordial friendship is so
marked and general as to betoken much
pleasure and added success in the united
work of pastor and people for Christ
and the church.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-11
News OF the Boats and Beatmea Along
the Ohio.

Nsws of the Boats and Bsatmen Along
the Ohio.
The Adele passed up yesterday with
three flats of croSsties.
Capt. Creckard had received no word
from the Sunshine up to last e6eH:ng.
The Courier passed up early this
morning for Plttsburg and way land
ings.
The Bedford for Pittsburg at 8 o'clock
this morning, is the only packet sched-
uled for to-day.
Sundays boats-Ben Hur for Pitts
burg, a. m; Hudson for Cincinnati, 8
a. M; Courier for Parkersburg, noon.
The Sam the Scaramouch left at
o'clock yesterday afternoon with four
empty 6arges for ST. Mary's, to be
loaded with ties.
The Ben Hur, delayed by repairing
boilers, did not get of for PArkersburg.
until yesterday afternoon at one o'clock.
She had good trip.
The Hudson was due up here at noon
yesterday. Shortly after that time,
telegram was received here, stating
that she lost ten hours by fog. She
got away after dark last evening, with
good trip.
The coal feet is proceeding down the
river all right at last accounts, al
though it is feared that the delay occa-
stoned by fog may let the water get
away from some of them. There was
considerable more coal gotten out on
this last rise than was generally eX-
pocted. Some few of the tOws were
drawing about all the water on leaving
here, and the run" thus far, taking
everything into consideration, has been
very successful.
The Wheeling people have rot had
an independent packet liue between
Wheeling and Cincinnati since the days
OF the st. Lawrence and Andes, but
Capt. Gamble proposes to fill the want
of the shippers in this neck of the
woods with the new fast steamer "Sun-
shine" Capt. CANDLES boat will stop
at all the private landings for freight,
and will pick the same up in day time.
The "SunShine" is booked to leave the
Wheeling wharf this afternoon at 5
o'clock. Saturday is not the day per-
manently fixed on for leaving Wheeling,
and the day of departure will be fixed
for whatever time will suit the general
shippers about Wheeling best. The
( business men Of Wheeling are aware Of
the proprietor of the "Sunshine's" &C
commodating nature and will no doubt
show their appreciation of his new ven
ture by substantial patronage. The
"Sunshine" arrived about ten o'clock
last night with big trip from below.
The river marks last night showed 6
feet 5 inches Of water in the channel.
Falling.
GREENSBORO, PA, November TO-
River Z feet inches and falling.
Weather, fair and pleasant.
WARREN, PA, November 10.-River
clio of foot above zero.
MoRGANTOwN, w. VA, November 10.
River 6 feet 5 inches and failing.
Weather, fair and pleasant.
OIL CITY, PA, November 10.-River
II inches and falling. Weather, clear
and pleasant.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-11
other Religions Rotes.

The work on the Benwood M. +.
Church is progressing nicely.
Services will be held as usual at the
United Presbyterian church tomorrow.
Rev. Dornblaser, who is at Elberton,
Pa, is expected to return home to-day.
The next meeting of the Union
Epworth League will be held In the
South Bellalre NJ. +. Church on the
third Thursday IN this month.
Rev. C. NJ. Afford and wife have re-
turned from Cincinnati where they
visited the minister who was Rev. Al
ford's companion in his trip through
Europe.
The pulpit subjects at the First
Christian Church tomorrow: lO:45 a.
m, Gods Fellow Workers" 1902. NJ,
"The Condition and Needs OF Young
Men, and the Y. NJ. c. A"
The choir of the Fourth Street NJ. E.
Church, consisting of twenty-one voices,
under the leadership Of Mr.. K. f. Bull
lard. is one OF the best church ehoirs
ever organized in the city
Considerable interest is being taken
nv local wheelmen in the lecture to be
delivered at the Wesley NJ. Z. Church.
Monday evening, by Irwin Dunlap, who
made a tour of Europe on his wheel.
Heis an interesting taiker.
Prof Gardnsr, President Of the EpIs-
ceDal College at Toxic. Japan. viii talk
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-11
ATTEND the Great Lynn Factory Shoe
Failure, 1888 Market street.
MusIcal Entertainment.

Wheeling City Castle, No. 2, K. G. E.,
have arranged to give their numerous
friends select musical entertainment
on Tuesday evening, November 14th, at
Grand Army Hall, Main street, some Of
the most accomplished talent In the city
having been secured to assist. The
programme will contain the following
artists: Mr.. VIII Day, Mr.. Charles
Zulauf, Master Alfred J. Spell,
Mrs. Flora Williams, Miss Mollie
Kraft, Miss Baunberger, Miss Emf
Ienger and the Eclipse Quartette. After
the musical programme is concluded the
tables will be set for luncheon. The
price has been set at 25 cents admission,
including luncheon. An evenings enter
tainment for a moderate sum.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-11
ATTEND the Great Lynn Factory Shoe
Failure. 1888 Market street.
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