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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28
TILE vA1rE op TIE "HEFLER."

We have heard Of but one argument
for a convention. which is that in can
vases before a primary the mushroom
clubs" "heelers" and dead beats bleed
the candidates. This is pretty hard on
the candidates. but the public is in no
way concerned about them. What the
public want are good representatives.
Now, we have a word Of advice for can
dldates Tell "heelers" and dead beats"
when they come after you for money TO
get out. The man that pays them last
is the one that generally gets them. but
sometimes they even so back on MIN.
The candidate who stands before the
people on his character and his ability
to serve them, is the one who will be
elected, unless he allows himself 70 be
seduced into connecting himself with the
"heelers," in which case the injury they
do him will probably overcome the sood
opinion people would otherwise have OF
him. But we say again, the people have
nothing 70 do with the case, II the
candidates allow the "heelers" 10 bleed
them. The candidates must look out
Tor themselves. Give US 4 primary and
there will be plenty Of good candidates
who know how TO take care Of them
selyes
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28

we now have an authentic statement
Of the facts connected with the City Hall
contracts. and each citizen can make up
his own opinion upon those facts for MIN
self.
II may be fairly assumed 1t is true
from Mr. Guigon's statements to the in
vestigating committee as one OF. its mem
hers. that Mr.. Belvin and Mr.. Werner are
expected to shed further and important
ught unon the matter. But Colonel Cut
sbavys statements furnish all the ground
necessary for forming an intelligent opin-
ION on the case, and each citizen can now
make up his own mind on II with the
assurance that he Is basing his opinion
upon indisputable facts.
Colonel Cutshaw told the investigating
committee on Friday evening:
"That Everett Waddey's bid was about
$500 more tran II. NJ. Starke's, end that
J. r. Phillips bid was considerably more
than John Bowers, yet the articles were
OF little or no difference as 10 value"
Bowers bid was In fact $500 less than
PHILLIPS. The report also states that:
"The City Engineer conferred with the
committed" the original committee that
made the award, "and stated that in his
opinion there was practically no diff
ference between the higher and the lower
bids"
We have this fact then settled beyond
the possibility of any dlspute-to-wlt, that
Starke and Bowers offered TO furnish
what lin the opinion of the City Engineer,
proper construction Of the City HalD. was
in all respects as good as that offered
by Waddey and Phillips for 800 less
than the latter offered to furnish II for.
yet the committee awarded the contract TO.
the higher bidder instead Of to the lower
bidder. This essential fact cannot be
wiped out, turn and twist and extenuate
It as you will. Twenty-one hundred dol
lars of the public money have been
thrown away and neither more nor less
can be made Of II.
Mr.. Murphy, a member OF the inves-
tigating committee. is reported to have
said that:
he was clearly OF the opinion that
the Grounds and Building Committee had
only exercised its right In the letting OF
the contracts In question, and that he
saw no reason 10 pursue the matter fur
Their"
We can very well understand how a
person who looks upon those who have
tho spending Of the public money as its
absolute masters 20 do with II as they
piease-we can very well understand, we
say how such a person can view the
action Of the committee as only an eek
ercise OF It's right" But the great body
OF our citizens look upon our council as
trustees Of the public money for the
benefit OF the public, and bound, there
fore. to spend that money just as they
would spend their own money in their
own cases. They regard them as bound
10 get for the public all that can be Sc
cured for the money spent The great
body OF the people think that IL Mr..
Murphy had been building his own pri-
vata house. and hiz architect had tnld
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28
Fragment Of an Old Song.

Editor Times:
The people of the United States have
been frequently and justly criticised TOT
their lack of popular poetry, OF ballads
especially IN regard 20 our numerous gal
liant exploits Of war. on sea and land.
Why we should lack these spontaneous
popular tributes 70 the feats OF arms
of which our people are, perhaps, only
too proud and boastful, would require
discussion too long 10 enter into here.
one volume Of such rude expressions OF
the peoples feelings was compiled few
wears ago by a man in New England.
why should We as we do, leave all such
work 10 be done in New EnglandD How
ever. an examination OF this volume,
and especially OF its preface, has kept
me on the watch for similar songs, and
now offer 10 you fragment given me
nv Mr.. J. w. Crarey, OF Manchester,
which he received from father, a con"
temporary Of the famous naval battle
recorded:
"The Guerrero frigate bold,
on the foamlng ocean rolled,
Commanded by brave Dacres, a grandee,
o.
Who. 10 make the fight the better,
Gave EN- gunpowder mixed with brandy,
o.
They said they'd fog the Frenchmen
Wherever they could catch 'em,
Two TO one so neat and handy, o!
But they never found their match,
Until Yankees did them catch,
And gave 10 them the Yankee Doodle.
Dandy, o.!
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28

The speech Of Or. Briggs on THURSDAY
I'm which he proclaimed his sincere belief
in the foundation principles OF Chris
tianity, created so much feeling among his
hearers that they involuntarily broke out
I'm applause, which caused the moderator
10 threaten to clear the room. He said
that trials for heresy generally conferred
no benefit on religion. and announced that
he had no intention Of leaving the Presby-
terian Church. He believed that a church
should expand its creed with time, and he
considered ii his duty TO remain In the
fold, and assist It In adapting itself to new
conditions
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28
coNvENTIOS OR PRIMARY.

The Dispatch very rarely ever expresses
itself positively on any subject when that
subject is first presented 20 the public,
and, therefore while it has so declared
itself as emphatically opposed TO a pri-
mary, one can readily see that It in
clines very strongly towards a conven-
ton. In our article I'm Fridays paper,
under the game caption as that with
which this article is headed, IL was stated
that "for number Of years past-so
many indeed that custom has caused 1t
TO be looked upon as a law-our repre-
sentatlves I'm the General Assembly have
been elected at primaries, and II is very
strange that this year that mode Of
choosing them should be changed"
Whereupon the Dispatch, with evident
elation. as II It felt confident that It had
US, says:
I'VE need hardly tell any one familiar
with the political affairs Of this commu-
nifty how badly it Crhe Times) blum
dered Richmond's members OF the House
were nominated by a convention I'm 1883
and that is not the only instance under
the present constitution where our legis-
lative nominations have been made by
a convention.
Its premises being destroyed. The
Times argument has no more strength
than a rope OF sand"
We admit that we had overlooked
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28
SUNDAY. MAY %, 1898.
MEETINGS MONDAY.

Ivanhoe Lodge, X. Of p, Ellett's Hall.
Syracuse Lodge, X. Of r., Odd-FelloWs
Hall.
Pickett Camp. Central Hall.
Jefferson Lodge. 1. o. o. f., Odd-Fellows'
Hall.
Richmond Lodge, I. o. o. F.. Belvidere
Hall.
Annowan Tribe, I. o. r. NJ. Laube's
Hall.
Indianola Tribe, I. o. r. NJ Toney's
Hall.
Grey Eagle Tribe, I. o. r. NJ, Jr o. U.
A NJ. Hall.
r. f. Lee Council. Jr. o. U. A. NJ, Jr.
o. L. A. NJ. Hall.
Patrick Henry Council. Jr. o. U. A. NJ
Powhatan Hall.
Aurora Council, Jr. o. u. A. NJ Jr. u
L. A. NJ. Hall.
Rescue Lodge I. o. G. T., Gatewood's
Hall.
Charity Lodge. I. o. C. T.. Springfield
Hall.
Mystic Temple, I. o. G. T., Pine-street
Baptist church.
McCin Catholic Union, Cathedral Hall.
Carpenters Union, Concordia Hall.
Company "E," First regiment, armory.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28

A Chinaman was arrested under the
Geary law in New York, and tried and
sentenced, but when the court was in
formed that there was no money with
which to pay the expenses Of his deporta-
ton, 1t decided that he must be set at
liberty to be called UP for final judy
ment when the necessary money was
forthcoming. At present the Geary law
is a dead letter, and Cinnamon in the
United States are not at all alarmed about
it. On the contrary. they are very much
amused over such a piece of hasty and
ill-considered legislation.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28

The Denver News, published In the
midst Of the silver region of the country
makes a suggestion regarding silver which
IS. to say the least, very striking. 1t Is
that the Government salaries ana pen
sions be paid IN silver. This leads the
New York Commercial Bulletin to say;
eff every Senator and member OF Con-
gress had 4ls silver dollars sent him every
month IL would assist him in the course
of few months TO understand one rea-
son for the depreciation Of silver. If all
the pensioners were paid In silver II could
hardly fail 10 clear the atmosphere OF
financial discussion in some parts Of the
country"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28

According to the New York Herald,
physicians now make patients swallow
electric lights so as to illuminate the
whole system. and enable the cause of
internal troubles 10 be seen with the
naked eye. This is one OF the practical
uses of electricity that all the electric
experts. from BENJAMIN Franklin 20
Thomas A. Edison. never dreamed Of.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28

Governor Tillman's plan OF the State
having a monopoly OF the liquor business,
and clearing s2,OOo,oOo from liquors to be
sold the people according 10 act of the
Assembly, will add 20 the reputation his
administration has already made for
eccentricity. but it will not help the repu-
tation OF South Carolina much.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28

The Dallas Morning News says "either
this is a free country or II is not. II It
be free why make fish Of one nation. and
flesh OF ali others? Why shut out the
Chinaman, an Industrious and harmless
from Italy, and greasers from Mexico,
both OF whom are not as valuable citizens
as the Chinese are? Very pertinent ques-
lions both.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28

Ex-Secretary Foster has failed. II he
managed his private affairs as he ala the
United States Treasury under Harrison's
administration. and kept his books az
curiously as he kept those OF the Govern
ment. II is great wonder that he had
got failed long aga.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28
THE COHEN co.

ALIFORNIA HAMS. lSc-
~ Standard A Sugar, DC.
Light Brown Sugar. tc. a po"h0
Pure Lard, Sc, a pound.
Pest City Meal. soc busneL
Good Tea. &c. a pound "a. pouni
Irbuckie's Ariosa Coffee. &c
a Bars Large Soap for Zoc' L.. &c.
Pound Boxes Best Baking Po"us''
sardines sc. n box. -
Good Cream Cheese Zoe. poun ,oc
New North Carolina Cut hers'"S''
q dozen. -
Hcme- Made Jelly, &c. a poun- Ia
Home Made Preserves, SC = w.
Carolina Rice. SC. poph.,
a-Pound Cans Pie Peaches, IN
Persian Dates, SC. pound. ans
SILVER King Flour. best so'u'
barrel or SDc sack. ,,.i a.
snow Flake Flour. $40
Csc. q sack.
Cans Salmon for 2Sc. 40 CON
0 s. ULLMANs $50,
1870 and is22 esss soOls
'Phone SIS Price List p.-s'sa "
cation.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-08
OUR FORUM.

It is part of the purpose OF estab-
fishing the REPRESENTATIVE to az
ford forum, in which the brightest
minds in the populist party and in
the farmers alliance can express and
compare their views. The paper will
not be responsible for the opinions
set forth, but will try to give all
sides of the questions at issue fair
hearing. We would suggest to our
correspondents to make their letters
brief and to the point; not to ex-
coed one-quarter of column, If pos
sible. If you have lengthy commun-
ication cut it in half and make two
letters of it. Avoid personalities.
Don't write unless you have some
thing to say; and let each letter
have motive and teach something
to the reader. Try to make your
readers better and wiser by what
you write. Never mind about the
grammar or the spelling. The prin.-
ter will fix all that. Good sense and
an honest purpose are rarer things
than book learning.-THE EDITOR
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-08
PLEASANT GROVE, Nov. l, '93.

MR.. EDITOR:
Much is said about single and
double standard of money, implying
that the metals are money. This is
commonly accepted as the correct
idea. Then there is the so called in
dependent and dependent money, or
superior and inferior money. Now
I am inclined to the idea there is
and can be only one standard of
money-infallibly so by fat of gov
eminent, and cannot be relatively
inferior or superior, and always
worth one hundred cents in the dol
lar unit of lawful money.
The metals or their value are not
the money, nor ESSENTIAL to it. Yet
the mighty struggle for silver that
it may be at par with gold in the
dollar of metals, this is called an
effort to create double standard of
money.
Let us look at the double standard
question in another way, and unlike
anything have seen in the discus
sions. We have the one standard of
money as above stated. And as
though that was not enough, many
seem to think that it is necessary
to yoke up with the money another
entirely non-money element,-in-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-08

In view of the large amount of
American hay that is and will be
wanted in Europe this season the
following information, valuable to
hay dealers, is furnished by G..
Mcdonald, agent of the Nickle Plate
line:
England requires timothy and
clover mixed and will sometimes
take prairie No. and No.2. France
requires timothy No. l and No. 2.
Germany requires timothy and tim
othy mixed with clover. Hay for ex-
port must be perfectly cured and dry
before baling, as any moisture will
impair the quality; it must also be of
good quality, bright, clean and
sound, and hay that is put up for
export in bales is known as per
petual" bales, and should be pressed
to weigh as heavy as possible.
Steamship companies refuse to &C
cept bales with less than three ties
on each bale, as the handling from
cars to lighter and steamship re-
Quires it, as the loss from breakage
of bales with two ties is more than
the expense of the third tie
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-08
Labor in Court.
EDITOR REPRESENTATIVE:

EDITOR REPRESENTATIVE:
The supreme court Of Illinois has
recently decided that it is unconsti-
tutional for the legislature of that
state to enact law compelling the
corporations created by it to pay it's
laborers weekly.
1t is rather strange doctrine for a
court to promulgate, yet the St. Paul
Dispatch quotes it approvinglY and 1
will venture the assertion that every
journal in both the old parties of
metropolitan pretensions will do the
the same.
The maxim of law that the creator
controls his creature" has to be COM
pletely set aside to reach the above
conclusion.
The law was overthrOwn because
it restricts the right of contract.
The words of the court were:
1--WE need not extend this opinion
by further discussion. The right to
contract necessarily involves the
right to fix the price at which labor
will be performed and the mode or
time of payment. Each is an essen
tial element of the right to contract,
and whOSOever is restricted in either,
is deprived of liberty and property.
The enactment being uncOnstitutiOn-
al, there is no law authorizing the
Judgment of the county court, and it
will accordingly be reversed"
The court fails to made the dis
tinction between impairing the obli-
CATION of an existing contract, and
imposing rules and restrictions for
the making of new ones. The law of
the last legislature did not apply to
any existing contract, but as mat
ter of public policy compelled the
prompt payment of employees.
Public policy which is wholly ig-
nOred by the court, has been all-pOw-
erful in restricting land always has)
the conditions under which contracts
can be made, and this is the most
bold aggression in the name of liber-
ty yet handed down by a court in
this country.
Even farmers are not allowed to
huckster their vegetables and other
produce in cities; restricted by legis-
latiOn.
The law makes a gambling note
void; legislative restriction.
There is no need of carrying out
the list of restrictions. The decis-
ion is absurd and defies common
sense.
But submit that it is public poll
cy to restrict contracts to weekly
payments. Look at the Union Pacif-
ic. It owes $3.50, OOO,O 900, and is in
debted to it's employees nearly two
million dollars, or more than four
months labor, and just now these
obligations have gone into the hands
of receiver on conspiracy between
the company and the courts for the
purpose of delaying payment of, or
defrauding it's creditors; and these
obligations have to take now all the
chances of the laws delay. If all
laws were as wise as that abolished
by the court, public interest would
be better conserved.
1t is source of congratulation
that we will have at least two judges
on our bench who will take broader
view of liberty and property than
that of Illinois. A. E. BALL.
West Concord, NOv.1.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-08

trinsic or barter price, equal to the
money. This is really the double
standard. Is it necessary? If so,
why not Danish the money part, and
deal altogether with the other value.
Civilization creates money, thus
energising the price of something
for convenience sake, and avoid the
inconvenience of barter and it's lack
of stability in price. Also to pay
debts, judgements in law and to
avoid the hardship that might re-
suit from the contract to pay the
pound of flesh" or any specific arti-
Gle which now under the law can
instead be paid in lawful money.
The double standard in the latter
sense above referred to can only be
secured in one way, which is, free or
unlimited use of all there is in ex-
istance of the specific article to be
coupled up with money. The arti-
cles chosen are always worth less
for other purposes than money.
Gresham's law may be stated thus:
If two metals are entitled to free
coinage at given ratio and are
equally legal tender, there can be
no difference in thier price," and
when free coinage is denied to any
substance it's price is fixed by it's
value in use for other purposes.
Some writer's have much to say
about dependent and independent
money. Well, we have had it, so
called dependent money among the
people more or less since the govern
ment began, and this currency has
been a cruel instrument of robbery
in many cases. A bank note or any
form of circulating medium that
is short of being a full legal tender
money, has been more or less griev-
eously, discounted at the loss of
the innocent holder who needed in
dependent money, to pay debts, tax
es and duties. Is it not our duty
to stand on the side of right in resist
ance to the encroachments of con-
spiracy against independent money
and in reducing it down to the narrow
high priced basis of gold alone. The
creditor would leave us there and
another class conspires to the same
end; but in view of supplying our
want of more money by issuing bank
currency a dangerous dependent
money. 1t remains to be demon
strated whether the people will sub
nit to this, or whether they will de-
mand by the potency of their votes,
that there shall be none but independ-
ent money in circulation and enough
OF it to maintain justice between
debtors and creditors, and to trans
act business upon proper basis of
fair prices and stability.
| O. H. PAGE.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-08

the South American states, Austria,
China, ETC., and see also the poverty
and ignorance Of the great mass OF
the people. In short I would ask
why should the circulating medium
be composed solely of a metal of no
intrinsic value except for monetary
purposes and owing to it's scarcity
continually approaching in value as
compared with all other commodities
The fact that the London Times
sneers at our policy of maintaining
bi-metallism should not alarm u.s.
What we want is free coinage of sill.
yer. We do not want dear dollar
JOHN n. POWERS.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-08

Ex-COngressman John Lind, in a
personal letter to Hon. Frank Day,
editor of the Martin Co. Sentinel.
says:
"Cleveland's dictatorial arrogance
makes me ''hot." First, he post
pones the conference indefinitely.
Then conn1ves with England to fur
Their depr-ss silver, and finally calls
congress together and commands it
to dicOntinue the use of additional
silver. What claim has such action
on republican support?
suppose that my views are heret-
lcal, but L cannot refrain from ex-
pressing them when l see our people,
and especially the farmers, in dis
tress. Hauling wheat to town to
sell at A to 40 cents per bushel, and
then think that their competitors
in India, Argentina, Russia, Aus.
tria-Hungary, etc. are selling their
wheat at the old and customary
prices in their money (reckoned in
silver the price of wheat has not fall
en) it makes me curse the jugglery
that brings such evils upon us. Our
people can not stand this unfair COM
petition. 1t is killing our farmers.
1t suggests questions that the Cleve-
land party will have to answer.
How can we as republicans answer
them?
1 want to say to you, Frank, that
1, as republican, deprecate and re-
pudiate this unholy Cleveland ALI
ance that some of our party friends
are trying to commit us to. And
like yourself 1 propose to miss nc
opportunity to express my resent
ment at such action and to preach
what believe to be the true repub-
lican dOctrine-bi-metali the sill.
yer and gold money of the Constitu.
ton. Yours truly,
JOHN LIND.
And yet the daily papers of St.
Paul and Minneapolis, in the face
of these facts abandon the people OF
their own state and "bend the preg.
nant hinges of the knee" to the gold
power "to the end that thrift may
follow fawning." The farmers
should boycott them.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-08
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