The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-16

counties Of Swift, Kandiyohi and
Chippewa, then comprising his legis-
lative district. Mr.. Donnelly having
the previous fall conducted his noted
" Brass-kettle Campaign" and Mr..
LARSEN, having suffered personally
by the brass-kettle swindle, as we'll
as by exorbitant freight rates and the
combination of elevator and railroad
corporations to "bear'' the wheat
market, his three first bills intro
duced were, one for the proper grad
ing and weighing of grain, establish
ing fixed grades, and making the
half-bushel the only lawful measure
to determine the weight of grain in
grading; supervision of grading and
weighing of grain; and for regulating
the carrying of freight and fixing
maximum rates.
The first one passed both houses
after long and very bitter fight, but
was vetoed by Governor Pillsbury, as
he as well as all other millers and ell
evator men preferred the so-called
Stacy-iller bill, which passed both
houses by some hocus-pocus and be-
came law.
The second bill Mr.. LARSEN aban-
doned when the republican leaders
had sheared it of all it's provisions
benetiting the farmers and made it
an Office creating measure to strength
en- their party machinery.
The third bill created a great stir
among the railroad magnates and
precipitated fight in which all the
arts of corrupt politics we're used to
accomplish the defeat of the meas
ure. A personal canvass of both
houses convinced Mr.. LARSEN that
the passing of the bill had become
an impossibility and Daniel Buck,
then state senator, introduced a
substitute in the senate containing
some of the cardinal points of Mr..
Larssen's bill, which passed both
houses chiefly by Mr.. Larssen's ear
nest work for it, but it was vetoed by
Pillsbury.
After hard struggle Mr.. LARSEN
succeeded in having passed, and OBJ
tanned the governors signature to, a
measure giving two years extra time
for repayment of state loans to grass
hopper sufferers. Several other i'm
portant measures in the interests of
the farmers and laborers also had the
earnest support of Mr.. LARSEN.
Before "Looking Backward was
written and the name Nationalist
adopted by the followers Of Edward
Bellamy, Mr.. LARSEN was a full
fledged nationalist in view and faith,
a fact attested by two nationalistic
poems written in the seventies and
published in "The New Era' some
years ago.
About four years ogo, by earnest
missionary work among his friends
and acquaintance, he succeeded in
organizing Nationalist club in Ben
son with forty members. He and his
true reform friends business men,
! farmers, laborers and professional
mem afterwards obtained a charter
from headquarters and organized
citizens alliance, which at one time
had 12O members on it's roll. It later
endorsed the Omaha and Cincinnati
platforms and gained the first victo-
ry for the peoples party in Minnesota
by securing the election of peoples
party men for president, recorder,
and two of the cOuncilmen for the
village of Benson, in the spring of
1892. Mr.. LARSEN took an active part
in the campaign of 1890 for the cleo
ton of the alliance state ticket
headed by Mr.. Owen, was one of the
delegates nominating Mr.. Donnelly
for governor and worked hard for the
success of the peoples party ticket
last fall by stamping" Swift coun-
ty. Chiefly by his efforts a peoples
party paper was founded in Benson.
He is an alliance man and popu-
list because he is a nationalist.
Justice and equal opportunities for
all is his political faith, the father
hood Of God and the loving brother
hood and sisterhood of humanity is
to him the only true christianity.
Mr.. LARSEN is now seed gardner
and nurseryman, and is the author of
several garden and farm manuals, etc.
j. More Transparent Sophistry.
The Minneapolis Tribune says:
ssThe savings deposits in the
banks of the United States are about
81 800, 900, OOO They are worth this
| in gold and call for gold value. Those