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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-18
Well Put.

Our friend Bob. Dunn of the Prince
ton Union, goes for the St. Paul
and Minneapolis dailies red hot; and
winds up with very Apostle quota
tion concerning the dangers of a cor
rupt press:
I'VE did not assert that all or any of
the Twin City dailies had been cor
rupted. But we do assert and believe
that they misrepresent the true SEN
tlment of majority of the pro.
ducers of Minnesota on the silver
question, and we further assert that
the Twin City dailies, without re-
gard to political affiliations, are ar
rayed on the side of the ShylOcks Of
Wall Street. In this connection it
might not be out of place to quote
paragraph from the first volume of
Alison's Europe, second series page l:
1t is generally supposed that the
powers of thought, if allowed free ex-
preston, are the best guaranty
against the encroachments Of despot-
lsms; and that the loss of freedom is
never to be apprehended as long as
the liberty OF the press is preserved.
But though that is often it is by no
means always true; on the contrary.
the selfish measures of class govern
ment, and the destruction Of free
privileges by military powers are new
er so effectually secured as by the
support of a corrupted or hirelinp
press. Beyond all question the
rude despotism of Cromwell in Eng
land, the nicely constructed chains
Of imperial power in the hands of
Napoleon in France never could have
existed but for the cordial and inter-
ested support of an impassioned
press in both countries. The utter
ruin OF the West India Colonies: the
deep depression of agricultural in
duStry in Great Britain and Ireland.
in consequence of the free trade svs-
tenn; the general and long-continued
distress of the whole class of prO-
ducers in both countries from the
monetary laws, never could have
been effected if these measures had
not been advocated by able and inde-
fatigable journals in the interest OF
the moneyed class and the con-
sumers. Those who lay the flatterinp
JUNCTION to their souls that genius is
the eternal enemy of oppression, and
that liberty is safe if its expression
is secured, would do we'll to look at
the condition of Rome when everv
successive emperor was lauded in the
eloquent strains of servile pane
gyrists; of England, when the
mighty genius of Milton was devoted
to defending the measures of the
regicides and Long Parliament; or of
France, when the sonorous periods of
FOntanes celebrated in graceful fat
terry the despotism of Napoleon"
The world is beginning to perceive
that the newspaper press, associated
with and representing vast wealth,
may yet prove the destroyer Of the
liberties of mankind. The danger of
the republic is not from the ignorant
mob, but from the educated few who
control the opinion Of the people.
/. d.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-18
A Colossal Old Fraud.

Gov. Northen of Georgia wrote to
Grover Cleveland and asked him to
define his position on the money
question. He writes a reply in very
ambiguous languages; referring the
governor to his 'letter accepting the
nomination for the presidency, in
connection with the message lately
sent to congress" He adds:
II want currency that is stable
and safe in the hands of our people.
l will not knowingly be implicated
into condition that will justly make
me in the least degree answerable to
any laborer or farmer in the United
States for the shrinkage in the pur-
chasing power of the dollar he has re-
ceived for a full dollars worth of
work, or for good dollars worth of
the product of his toll"
This sounds very pretty, especially
the reference to the farmer and the
laboring man. 1t has philanthropic
twang to it. But Grover Cleveland
knows as we'll as anybody that shrink
age in the value of the dollar means
rise in the value of all the products
of labor. The trouble is not a
"shrinkage in the purchasing power
of the dollar" but vast increase in
that power. The time was when it
took 100 cents to buy a bushel OF
wheat; now the cents are worth so
much more than that SO cents will
buy the bushel. And now this old
fraud says to the farmer, "you don't
want the purchasing power to shrink;
of course not; you want it to increase
until Is cents will buy your bushel of
wheat; for the cheaper your wheat is
the richer you will be; and when it
gets down to 10 cents bushel you
will be a millionaire!" And here he
winks one eye at Wall Street and the
other at Thread-needle Steet; and
the face of plutocracy is on a broad
grin, and the thieves cry OUT
''That's right, Grover, stuff it into
the darned fools and we will make
an emperor of you yet"
And he don't want the working
mans dollar to shrink. God help us!
But the price of his labor shrinks-
shrinks to nothing,-and he is beg
ging from door to door and resorting
to crime to keep from starvation
yea, by the million.
Oh, Grover, Grover, you should re-
treat into your own vOluminOus belly
and take your mouth and your prin-
ciples with you; and let the century
muse your praise. /. d.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-18
$1.OO iYEAAR} IN ADVANCE.

cuse was that it has been struggle
for bread for all of US. We are all in
bondage. 1t is struggle for bread"
But how did he expect to get bread
by plugging holes in the bulls and
bears? True they deal in wheat
wholesale, but they never have
enough to make a hoe-cake. They
simply steal the profits of those who
raise and own the wheat. The whole
board ought to be abolished, but
shooting at them is lunatical work.
n
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-18

vocated by the peoples party we have
invited discussion from the other
parties-the best debatOrs they can
produce, but this they decline to do.
Respectfully yours,
JONAS n. HOWE.
l would say in reply that while a
member of the Senate in 1891, tried
to procure the passage of law to
throw open the school houses at
night for public meetings, lectures,
ETC., under reasonable restrictions,
but the measure was defeated. 1t
was urged by some that the existing
law was sufficient. That law will be
found in Keely's statutes of Minneso-
ia, Vol. page S96, and reads as fol-
lows:
"Sec. 1911. That the trustees of
any common school district may,
when petitioned therefor, by a ma
]Orlty of the legal voters of said dis
trict, permit and authorize the
school house in the district to be
Sabbath schools, and such other pur-
poses as, IN their judgment, aoiU not inter
tere aCith the use of the school house for
school purposes.
Section 1872. Before authorizing
or permitting the use of the said
school house for any of the purposes
named in the foregoing section, the
trustees may take from some res pom
slble party, bond, in the penal sum
of one hundred dollars, conditioned
for the proper use of said school
house, the payment of all rent, and
the repair of all damages that may
be OccasiOned during the use Of the
same.
Sec. 1878. The said trustees shall
charge and collect from the person or
persons obtaining the use of the
school house, as provided in section
one of this act, such reasonable COM
pensatiOn as in their Judgment shall
be proper, said moneys to be paid to
the treasurer of said school district
for school purposes"
Mr.. Howe will see that under the
provisions of this act it is not in the
power of any one bigoted or malicious
person to prevent all the rest of the
citizens of the townshsip from using
the school house. In fact these build
ings are a species of town-hall and in
many townships they are the only
hall in the township; and while we
do not think they should be used for
dances, or any disreputable or vulgar
purposes, they cannot be put to bet
ter use than for the citizens to as
semble in them, once a week, to dis
cuss the great question of statecraft
on which their prosperity depends.
If such a series of meetings could be
held all over the state, during the
coming winter, they would not only
contribute greatly to the happiness
of the people, but when spring came
the voters would be better informed,
on matters of public policy, than they
ever have been. I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-18

Jim Jam ingalls, is articulating
through the crown of his Uranium
again. In speech at Atchison the
other day the irridescent statesman
predicted the election of populist
president in 1896.-Memphis (Tenn.)
Avalanche.
Not long since he was the bright
particular star of the republican par
ty in the United States Senate. But
when he prophecies that which is al
most certain,- election of the
peoples party candidate for the presi-
dency in 1896-he is "Jim Jam In
CALLS" And do these fools think
they can tramp the life out of Truth
by their silly abuse. I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-18

Still Packing the Supreme Court.
And Grover takes up the unfin-
ished work of Benny Harrison. He
is packing the supreme court of the
United States with tools of the cor
porations. He has just appointed an
unknown young man named Horn
blower, who will blow the rams
horn of the railroad companies until
the walls of the peoples Jerico tum-
BILE to the ground. This is what the
New York World, (democrat) says of
him:
"Two men who represent the
greatest financial interests in New
York spoke yesterday in the highest
terms of Mr.. HOrnblOwer and of his
appoin tment. That means that he
is known to have what is called the
Eastern idea concerning questions
of property. His clients have in
cluded many railroad, insurance and
banking companies.
The supreme court is divided at
present on two questions, that
of the liability of railroads to-
wards their employees, manned or
killed, and the Interpretation of the
Fourteenth Amendment to the Con-
StitutiOn.
1t was said by a famous lawyer
last night that Mr.. Hornblower
would lean naturally towards the
view that the liability of railroads
should be limited, and that he
would be apt to construe very broad
ly the terms of the Fourteenth
amendment. This lawyer, who will
appear often before the new justice,
declared that Mr. Hornblower would
be inclined to frown upon any at
tempt to restrict the freedom of
contracts. In other words, that he
would take the view of legislation
which is commonly held by the rich
er and more prosperous men in the
East"
That accounts for the milk in the
cocoanut. The workingmen turned
the scale and elected Cleveland
president, and now he is packing
the supreme court, so that if poor
man looses leg or life the railroad
corporations will go scot-free.
And what is the Fourteenth
Amendment? That which declares
that no state "shall deprive any
person of life, liberty or property
without due process of law" That
was inserted to protect the liberated
slaves, but it is sought now to so
interpret it as to prevent any state
from fixing rates on railroads or in
terfering with them in any way;
so that the corporations and not the
people shall be sovereign. But to do
this corporation must be declared
to be a person. But they will stop at
nothing. They will declare that
corporations have the right to marry
and bear children,-if that is neces-
sary.
We have fallen upon dreadful
times. [. D.
To Tn Sc NJ 10 ~
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-18
USURPATIONS
OF THE COURTS.
The Ex.Chief Justice of Minnesota
on the Usurpations of the
Federal Courts.
Very Important DOcumen,
Every Citizen Should Read.

We have tried TO use the columns
OF the REPRESENTATIVE to give the
people information which they could
not get elsewhere;-which the hire
ling press makes it it's business to
suppress. Among the questions so
discussed we have given a prominent
place to the acts of the supreme
court of the United States, which
have resulted in robbing the people
of their rights and turning this gov
ernment from republic into a mon
eyed oligarchy. We heard some years
since of striking address, delivered
april 1884 by Hon. Thomas Wilson,
ex-chief justice of Minnesota and ex-
M. c., and one of the ablest lawyers
in the Northwest, upon this topic.
We asked Judge Wilson for a CODY of
1T, which he was kind enough to send
us. His statements are the more
significant because he is and has
been for years past, an attorney for
great railroad corporations; but he
comes of astrong and sturdy stock,
(the same which gave the nation
President Andrew Jackson,) and he
has an ingrained love of liberty and
hatred of oppression, and hence is
one of the few lawyers in Minnesota
who has risen above the narrow limi-
tations of his profession. 1t has oc-
Cured to us that we could not do
better than give our readers some ex-
tracts from this address.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-18
Mr.. President, and Members of the Boy
of Minnesota:

LII 'ootUoUC, UUU IH6ntO0fS OF Ll6 bar
of Minnesota:
CONTINUED.
For nearly half a century after
ths adoption of the constitution
the question was often before the
federal courts, and 1t soas unitormly
held that corporation aggregate is not
'oat''am the meaning Of the clause of the
constitution referred to, a "citizeu' of
the state, etc.
In Commercial Bank v. Slocumab, IA
Pet. 63, 64, decided in 184O,) Mr..
Justice Barbour, delivering the
unanimous opinion of the supreme
court of the United States. used the
following language:
''The third cause assigned. which
was, that the plea was not sufficient
to abate the plaintiffs suit, raises
the only question to be decided; and
that is, whether upon the state of
the parties as appearing upon the
record, the court has Jurisdiction of
the case. 1t will be observed that
the plaintiffs were citizens of Louisi-
ana, so averred to be in the declara-
tiOn, and two of the members of the
corporation sued were also citizens
of Louisiana; they are so averred
to be in the plea; and the demurrer
admits the truth of this averment.
The eleventh section of the judi
ciary act of 1879 gives to the circuit
courts of the United States ]urisdic-
tion in cases where the suit is be-
tween the citizen of the state where
the suit is brought and citizen of
another state This court was
called upon at an early period to
construe this section of the judi
ciary act in relation to the very
question raised by the pleadings in
this case. In the case of Stra.obridqe
". Curtis, 3 Cranch, 267, they decided
that where there are two or more
joint plaintiffs, and two or more
joint defendants, each of the plaint-
ifs must be capable of suing each
Of the defendants in the courts of
the United States, in order to sup
port the jurisdiction. And. what
is more particularly applicable to
this case, in the case of Bank Of the
United States v. Deveatsx, Cranch, 81,
this court decided that a corporation
aggregate, composed of citizens of
one state, might sue citizen of an
other state in the circuit courts Of
the United States; that is, they, in
effect, decided that, although the
artificial being, corporate aggre-
gate, was not citizen, as such, and
therefore could not sue in the courts
of the United States as such, yet the
court would look beyond the mere
charter to the individuals
of whom it was composed; and, if
they were citizens of a different
state from the party sued, they
were competent to sue in the
courts of the United States. But
still, upon the principle of Straso-
bridge v. Curtis, all the corporators
must be citizens of a different state
from the party sued. And the doc
trine of both these cases has ever
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-18
Continued aaert eUeeE.

The UsurpatiOn Goes On.
The march of events is more rapid
than that Of an army with banners.
We have shown how the courts have
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-18
Cunning for the Option Dealers.

A lunatic stood in the gallery of the
Chicago Board of Trade the other
day and began to fire bullets in
among the option dealers. He prob
ably thought he could,not shoot any
where in that crowd without hitting
plunderer of the people. His ex-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-18
Why do not the Railway COmmis.
siOners Reduce Rates?

1 have received the following let
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-18

vocated by the peoples party we have
invited discussion from the other
parties-the best debators they can
produce, but this they decline to do.
Respectfully yours,
, 1893-07-25
Rdmerlin0 uno Oemareit.

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6ober 9emareit lin0 nocb INNER n;cbt Don
iOrcm 2luSflu9c, burcb lpclcbcn ite iicb Der
9facbfrage tbcilncbmen0cr Treun6e penigz
items porlGuftg cnt5o9cn, 8uriifgetebrt.
@5 DctBt icBt, OaB bic o18eblidbcn Inter
l6Ietfc, ipegen lDeI9er 6aftbefeble gcgcn
tic ertptrft tpuroen, licb auf etipa $25, 900
beIautcn. &amerltn9 iou @elbrr beDoltcn
babcn, bic ibm beDufs Qlb5oblun9 bon
6ppotbefct itbcr9cben tpuroen, uno Der
lcblebenc g8ert6paplere, bic ntcbt fem
@igent6um tparen, DerGuBert babel1. Die
Qn9eflagtcn ba6en cincn 8rief an ibre 8ez
tanlten geicbrtc6cn, III melcbem lic erfldrcn,
SaB tie tcincSlpe8S boOongclaufen, ionbern
I'M 8cGriff icien, Die entitonoenen Oiffcz
rcn:en CUR auicttigen 3ufrieOcnbeit ausSuz
gleicbell.
, 1893-07-25
Stdott1bes,
Rleine Ood1ridten.

- Ser &nabe gilbert @ggcrt, $50. 3035
Sarreuitr., i~tiir3te am Sonntag Nacbmtts
tag in Der 9tGbe Der &eo3ie Q(pe. 78riide in
ben 6lltB. Die goli3et mar Bis icBt nidbt
i'm Stanoe, feline 2eicbe SIT fin6en.
= Garter 6orriion bat sic Gtii9nation
oes Yoli5et6efs WtcGlaugbreD angenomz
men ull0 0teielbe trttt am lebten Sage bic
les WfonatS in &raft. Ser WcGlaugbr1
mill Dem 8erncbmen nob inn Often Sic
Qufii6t iiber cine Qnitott 1ta1 &eelp'i9em
SHUTTER lberne9men.
= StaatSanipalt &ern bat ser Nniiht
Nusoru6 9c9eben, 6aB 9egen @ert6ireftor
8urnDon unO SeuermorihaQ Wurp6D, Sic
befanntlicb fir baa 8ranounQIiif alf benz
WeltauSte4un9Splab nit perontportlic6
ge9alten unb Der @ran6iurp iiberpielen
t%purDen, feline 8cneile porliegen, me[cbe
cine oerdrtige WtaBna6me rec6tfertigen.
ST miro 6esbalb ben @roBgeicbmorenen Bic
Tretlaiiung Der @cnannten empie6len, 1oz
balo Die Sa9e pOrlte9t.
- Sn einem 6oL3itaue btnter sem 6al1ie
$40. 100 8. Ohio Str. nur0e geItcrn
W1orgen Die Getcbe BON Sen GentmcDer gez
turoen. Ser Sobte bate iidb oQen Qtnz
5etcben nab nit Morp6ium Der9iftet.
Jtentmeper mar elm Barber, un9efGbr 30
Sabre alt un0 in &ilbutne STU, isis, 3u
0aule. Die 2et6e wuroc mach Siegmllno5
Worgue, $40. 70 Tiftb 2toe., 9cbracbt.
Ser Qtnitret6er Yotrtd 9pan maCbtc
be1te I'M Supertor8eribt 9egen bic Central
Wtuftc Sail So. un6 sic Nlmini Company
S6aOeneriaBfla9cn in 606e BON $25, 900
dnbdngjg. @r MGR bon elmer Setter gez
%talen, ais CT ietnen 8erufe nacbging, uno
.erlttt babel ibtpere 8crlcBungen, fir Sic ct
Die Sertla9ten D~erantlportltcb mtacben mtu.
-0te @laubiger 0es OampfcrS v9earl"
1tnD bcfrieoi8t por0en rnb Der bereitS an
gelcbte 3pan98uerfaIf bcS Sbiffcs piro
bis alf gSeitereS unterbleiben, fails nicbt
ncle @lGubtgcr %auftaucben unb TIRE SCRIBE
run8ell gelteno macben.
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et1en 8erlud, ftA nit einem Se0ermeiier
81 toDte1. Sic bracbte iic6 cine Mun6e in
Der SbLGfc bel unO nuroe nocb Dem
County 6oipital bcfGroert, no Sic Qlcrste
crfldrtel1, baB Die 8unOe nic6t qefG0rlidb
let. Trau &o6 id6eint al temporGrer
Oet1teSIt0rung 81 lcloen.
Die v@arOcn Gitp Obieroation 86eel
60" lpuroe bettc 8ormtttag bon Gicbtcr
0ro5cup nit ibrem @eiue6 INN eincn porz
lduft9en @tnDalt9bctcDl ge9en Sic vSerri5
Nbcel 60" abgepieIen. Die yObierpation
QSbecl So" glaubt ollein oaS Gccbt al
baben, ben neutrality-suspicious. @elegenz
belt SIT gebc1, ii0 ben Nu5iteuungSplab
aus Der &ogelperipeftiOe Sit ~belcbauen.
, 1893-07-25

aber bu6Itd6li9 gu Baiier ipur6e. 0as
aLte S6iff iafte einfocb inter. Gum 3nede
Der beabii6ti8ten Nusitelungs z98eltreiie
bate man i'm in Ser &eroiinez8at pcran7
tert : ais in Ser gfa6t pom II. auf ben
Is. SUM- 1892 in II Taben Molier 10 3icmz
LID ipurlos Oeri6tpanb. Gum Slid bcfan6
it9 0ttcn1anO auf Dem gebre6ti9en 6abr7
3eug. 60 Deri3manO elmer Der lebten3 eugen
elmer i5re6lt6enG cr8angenbeit set auttra7
lticben S%plonien; Elm traurigcS Crime
rungSmal ra9te es nit ieincr Deralteteu Saz
fela8e in bas 6unte 2ebcn ieneS mooernen
9afe1s nit ietnen S9ornitetnen un6
9ampftra6nen.
, 1893-07-25
Gtne Observation-Disclosures

SER @ilbelm 8ef in 8remer6aoen
i3reibt iiber elm i'm o9teuen8lott" crtpabnteS
brttil6eS @efdngniBicbjff: Ser vSucceS",
oen tD IN SponeD oft geleben unO aub be-
iuc6t babe, tpuroe in fril6crer s3eit nicbt
gum Sn0tenbanoeL benubt, i%onOcrn aus
i9lteBlt3 nltr sum 3tpede bet Deportation.
Seine leBte SoDrt cnbete auf eine ebenio
i6refltcbe ais 9ebetmntBpolle QSeiie. g8ie
man nacbber in @ria6ru1g bracbte, ermorz
Oetcn ctlicbe ber 0eportirten ben SapttGr
Brtce in DEM 2lugenblide, ais ite ibm porz
gcfitbrt tpur0en, UNI Dem itrengen Wtanne
cine 8ttte 5u uHterbretten. sic icblugen
Oenlelben etnfa3 toot, ais CT in ben Naum
i'm 8Oroeri0ttte trat, III ipelcbem bie 3tr
lebensldnglidben Deportation perUrt6eilten
&crbrc3er nit tbrcn SptBbafcn ais 9lrbcit
8auoltzSte tletn flopften. - 2lucb bic
anOern S6tffSofft5itre murben nieoergcz
ichIagen unD Der ate &alten trieb Nun
flt6rerloS III cine 8uCbt BEL 9SiItamStotpn,
Oibt bel Wtelbourne gcle9en, BON no aus
Die Gerbrebcr itcb in bic 8iilcbe iDlugen.
bic Scctll6tigfeit pes ySucce6"
be~trifft, tonnte bteicIbe nicbt groB letn. IS
lag monatelang am @ircularzG uat in
Sydney, bis feline nunme1rigcn Gi9cntbiis
mer bciobloiien, ibu NIT 6ilfe zines Scbtcp7
per5 cine Jteilc INN Die Wclt macberl gu
laiien-ein gutter Blon, Der ibncn Elm
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, 1893-07-25
Oernn0Lidter Ginbreder. fdna.

Ser Grocer SEQ 6a6n bon 276 l8. Safe
Str. bate beutc friib beinobe einen Gin
breeder 9%etanNcn. Scrr 6abn bcmcrfte I'M
Doroeren S6eile ieine5 9aOenS etncn Wtann,
Der I'M 8egriff itanb, ltcb pcribiebene
Socban on5uei8nen. Ginc 8epegung bes
6errn 6a9n macbte ben 9ieb auf sic Sc
tabr, tn Der CT lcblpebte, oufmerfiam un0
oteler flhbtete cine 5reppe btnab in ben
Seller. 6abn peri3lOB bic &cIlertbiir unb
elite nocb Der 9eSplaine5S g roBensS Station,
Inn bic 8olt3et berbet5Ubolcn. DIS bic
Iebtere anfon, mar Der 9cfangene &ogcL
0lS3eflogcn, oenn 6crr 6abn bate es in
letnem Gtfcr perabiGlrmt 3tuet anbere
3buren, bic aus Dem Seller itt 6o5 6reie
fll9ren, ebeatalls 5u5uiblieBen.,