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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-21
To Exchanges.

We can furnish the large cartoons
that appear in THE REPRESENTA-
TIVE from time to time for $3.50;
small size, $1.00 and 81 so.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-21
NOTICE TO ALLIANCE MEN.

MAGNOLIA, Mimi, May %, 1885,
Fl. P. Sayles National organizer of
the n. F. A. & I. U. and National
Alliance Aid, and L. G. Long, State
Lecturer of Minnesota S. F. A., will
speak on alliance matter in the fol-
lowing counties on the dates named:
Brown Co., June Is, 16, and II.
Redwood Co., June 10, 20, and, 81.
Yellow Medicine Co., June % and %.
Lac qui Parle Co., June "a and 26.
Candy, Yellow Medicine Co., June o..
Murray, Lincoln and Lyon counties
will be visited in July. Dates for
these counties will be furnished, later
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-21
STEELE AND WASECA.

If it is desired that meetings be
held in Steel eand Waseca counties, the
chairman will please notify me by
letter at Grand Meadow.
| request that alliance men adver-
tise meetings for us on the dates
named, and, I further request that
the meetings be held at towns and
school houses where there has been
the least work done. I find by cleo
tiOn returns that we had the largest
vote in the country near the large
towns where the different parties
held their meetings, therefore it
stands us in hand to cultivate new
fields. L. G. LONG.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-21
Mares Nests.

Fish having failed to prove any of
his recent charges against Mr.. Don
nelly is now going back to ancient
times. He is revamping lot Of old
ISLANDERS about Mr.. DIS vote in Con-
gress, nearly thirty gears ago! These
were exploded in the State Alliance
convention JAM, 1892, and the
convention responded by re-elect-
ing Mr.. Donnelly unanimously
to the position of president.
Poor Fish! He is getting near
the end of his rope. We would sug-
gest to him that he prove that Mr.,
D. was really the man that induced
Benedict Arnold to betray his coun-
try! and that it was Donnelly, and
not ROmulus, who murdered Remus
for jumping contemptuously over the
mud walls of ancient Rome.
Bets are now being freely made
that Fish's malignity will carry him
far enough across the line of libel to
land him in the penetentiary. And
thousand are praying for that result.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-21

The delegates who attended the
antitrust conference all came there
under the call issued by direction
of the Minnesota legislature. They
had a plain duty to perform The
language of the call admitted no
doubt as to the purpose of the meet
ing-to find way to stop the whole
sale plundering of the people by the
trusts. When the majority refused
to either put barrier between their
constituents and the robbers, or to
permit anyone else to do so but
sought to regulate" the operation,
they became accessory to the rob-
berry. And the minority who repu-
dated their acts and went elsewhere
and held meeting, and took action
in conformity with the spirit
and the letter of the call under
which the conference was assembled,
were not ''bOlters." An Indian
who was bantered about being lost
in the woods said: "Me no lost, me
here-wigwam lost"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-21
Mr.. Donnelly at Graceville.

The citizens of Big Stone county
will celebrate the Fourth of July this
year at Graceville. Hon. Ignatius
DOnnelly will deliver the address.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-21

For rent-Pasture land in the heart
OF the city. Apply to the land spec
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-21

III. b. Orcutt sends us a club of 10
from Sank Rapids every member of
Banner alliance No. 1859.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-21

The following is a copy of the let
ter sent by the-"Bolters' at the
Chicago Antitrust convention, to
Genl. Warner We learn that Gent
Warner is now in conference with
the leaders Of the Bi-Metallic League,
and that the convention will be
called. 1t will be one of the most
important gatherings ever held in
this country; and the Represents
tive" will be represented.
PALMER HOUSE.
CHICAGO, June I, ,93.
GEN. A. J. WARNER,
Pres. Bi-Metallic League,
Washington, D. G..
Dear Sir:-The delegates in attend
ance upon an adjourned meeting of
delegates to the antitrust conven-
tion which met at Chicago, June 5th
and 9Th, call attention to the fact
that the President has openly de-
clared his purpose to convene Con-
gress early in September for the pur-
pose of reducing the country to a
single gold standard. In view of the
gravity Of the situation, we suggest
that you, as the official head of the
Bi-Metallic League of the United
States, call an early Industrial con-
gress to meet at St. Louis or other
convenient point to take steps to
completely organize the country to
meet the impending crisis.
The emergency is forced upon the
people and it should be met by or
ganized effort of the most formid-
able character.
Respectfully yours,
]. B. WEAVER, Pres.
8. MCf.ALIIN. Sec,v
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-21
VandervOOrt at Madison.
MADISON, Mimi, June 16

MADISON, Mimi, June Is, '93.
EDITOR REPRESENTATIVE
Gen. Vandervoort, of Omaha, spoke
here the 14th Inst. He delivered a
very interesting and able speech.
Mr.. Vandervoort is logical reasoner
and held his audience in wrapt at
tention. In his speech here he dis
cussed the financial question. He
spoke strongly in favor of the free
coinage of silver, and named a great
many of our literary men who favor
peoples party principles. He also
quoted extracts from speeches of
Blaine and other great men in the
republican party who agree with us
on the subject of finances "between
elections. The audience unite in
saying it was a great effort, and as
able a discussion of our finances as
they had ever heard We hope he
will come again. "a LIsTNER."
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-05-05
Gold Contracts.

If there was ever a measure OF JUS
tice to the masses of the people it is
the bill prohibiting gold contracts.
Since the contraction of our currency
to it's present narrow basis, the
money loaners have inserted clause
in mortgages and other securities for
future payments Of money which, by
compelling the debtor to agree to
make good in gold, has the practical
effect of demonetizing other forms of
currency. This is one OF the gold
bug schemes of enhancing the value
of the dollar due upon their securi-
ties. It is one Of the methods by
which the people are plundered. It
is not strange, then, that the pluto
cratic corporation organ quoted
should speak Of the statesmen who
step between the highway robbers
and their victims with measure
that will interfere with one Of these
modern methods Of plumber as max
| ing themselves ridiculous. Topeka
! Advocate and Tribune.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-05-05
DIMES AND Doll AIRS.

Dimes and dollars dollars and dimes
An empty pockets the worst Of crimes
II the mans down, give him 4 thrust;
Trample the beggar into the dust:
Presupptu0us poverty. It's quite appalling
Knockthe man down: aye, and kick him for
falling.
But If the man up, lift him up higher;
His souls for sale, and ye're the buyer.
So get We wealth, no matter how,
No questions ask (of the rich, tY0y}:
Steal by night, steal by day,
Hut do it all In legal way.
Join the church: meier forsake her:
Learn to cant and insult your Maker.
BE hypocrite liar, knave or fool, s
But don't be poor remember the rule:
Dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes.
An empty pockets the worst OF crimes.
The New Nation
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-05-05
..Jenersonian Simplicity.

Grover Cleveland's bill at the Ar
lington hotel, Washington, for him
self and family and servants amount
ed to $500 a day.
The turnout for drawing him to
the capital on Inauguration day, the
finest ever witnessed in America.
Mrs. Cleveland has employed q
private secretary at q salary of 80. 900
u year.
The mud-sills ought to think Of
these things.
Having the money we Idon'ss blanc
them for spending it and yet some
thing is wrong when the few can be
so extravaganza.
And, is it at all likely that Grover,
the plutocrat among plutocrats, has
any sympathy with the common herd
Are not his interests identical with
those of other plutocrats and is it
/ at all probable that he will allow the
rights of the poor to interfere with
the privileges Of the wealthy
Chicago Sentinel
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-05-05
Curse of Competition.

Age. infirmity, worthiness of con-
duct, count as nothing in the COM
petitive struggle, in the capitalist
world; brutality is the leading spirit;
the most INSCRIPTIONS survives. -
or succeeds: philanthropy mays be
preached, but it is not to be prac-
ticed; he Who cannot hold his own is
thrown down and trampled on with
out pity or compunction. Competi-
tion has destroyed more human lives.
wasted more energies and squandered
more wealth than all the battles of
the world put together; it has de-
veloped, as it could not choose but
do, the devil in man: it has raised
into supremacy the least estimable
and useful of human beings. For
what reason should we, standing at
the elevation of the closing days OF
the nineteenth century. prolong this
agony? Why should we not use our
intellect and shorten this trying
period of the competitive stage:
Why should we go about with nc
more capacity than poodles, each oil
which must make his own experience,
without the power to shorten The
tribulation of his successorso -The
People.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-05-05
As Otherx Sec Ts.

AS Others SEQ Us.
The Los Angeles. California, Herald
has interviewed Leon Flutener, q
well-tO-do Swiss merchant travelling
in this country. Mr.. Flutener does
not think we Americans have much
tie brag of in the way OF a free coun-
try, and we confess to sometimes
feeling the same way ourselves, say
the New Nation. Mr.. Flutener said:
s.The United States is looked upon
all over Europe with great admira-
tion and respect. / find much here,
however. that disappoints me. It is
true. that nine out of ten of your fam
lilies find it hard to make both ends
meet. Rents, interest, taxes, high
priced clothing and other necessities
make it essential for your middle
and lower classes to labor almost
from the cradle to the grave. Your
Rockefeller gives million dollars to
a Baptist college and then raises the
price of coal oil and gets his million
back out of the pockets of the people.
Your Mr.. Stanford Pounds a univer-
sity and follows Mr.. Rockefeller's ex-
| ample by charging all the traffic will
bear. In the eastern states hum
dreds freeze to death with mountains
of coal in sight. You must admit
you have a curious kind of republic.
s.In California | find thousands and
and thousands of acres of land
uncultivated and unused. Under
your fine system some old men and
old women are able to keep the mil
lions of land-hungry people from own
ing or even renting the broad acres
which the monopolists have fenced
in and neither sell, improve or use
in any way. Los Angeles could sup
| port halt million people If the
ranches north of you alone were
! broken up.
LAS you gather from my converse
ton, am not at all sure that Amer
leans need to feel any great pride
over their country. It is better than
Europe, but it is drifting to class
government very fast. My expert
ence in my pedestrian tour South will
show you how free your people are.
Dressed in rough suit and often
dust and mud stained, did not look
very far removed from tramp. ]
| asked no favOrs, paid for what | got.
and yet on four occasions Twas halted
by cmstables. rudely asked by bust
ness, and it was only too plain that
they were eager to make a fee out OF
me as a vagrant In this alleged
free country of yours | find it is a
crime to walk your highways and. ask
for work; and furthermore. it seems
that the rural constables and justices,
to use an American phrase, pool their
issues and consider it a crime for a
man to walk at all. In a little town
in Ventura county constable actually
arrested me, and only gave up his
prize reluctantly when l showed him
letters from the Swiss consul ano
from influential friends of mine. As
walked away / said to myself: sAno
so this is the starry land of freedom
the home of the oppressed of al
nations / wondered as l saw al
American flag flying over California
school house if the children could
grow up to respect an emblem which
represents q government that pro
tects land monopolists and sends mel
to Jail for walking it's highways ant
asking for work.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-05-05

1t is curious to note the complexion
Of Cleveland's cabinet He, himself,
is member of New York firm of
corporation lawyers
I. Vice. President Stevenson is a COR
poration lawyer.
Bissel is corporation lawyer. and
is director Of five railroads.
Richard Olney is corporation law
yer, especially friendly to the Bell
telephone monopoly.
Dan Lament is a railroad president.
w. C. Whitney, who. managed
Cleveland's nomination. is a million
aire railroader and son-in-law to
Payne of the Standard Oil company
Willard. who acts as Cleveland's
s.confidential man." is president of
the Northern Pacific railway and
agent for German bondholders.
Gresham is a lawyer.
Carlisle-well. we all know what
he is.
Herbert is a lawyer and egotistlcal
knave.
Hoke Smith is a lawyer, but like
Mrs. Eagle said about her husband be-
ing preacher, he is not to hurt. He
is also railroad director.
Sterling we'll, he is a
Exchange.
"A Servant Of the Lender"
Never was truer adage than this
.sThe borrower is the servant of the
lender.
Most men know how it is them
selves.
It is as true of nations as of in
dividuals.
A nation in debt IS just as unwill-
| ing to offend it's creditors, just as
subservient to their interests, just
as cringing and devoid of independ-
ence in their presence as is a
mortgaged farmer to the village Shy
lock, or a member Of congress to the
| national banker who has advanced
the money to pay campaign expenses.
! It has for many years been the
Ipolicy of his government, as well as
Of state and county governments. to
issue bonds Of Indebtedness and rush
off to England and Germany to
negotiate the bonds.
Lending England is the master
borrowing America the servant.
Lending England is the master
borrowing. Egypt the abject slave
just what this country will be if We
keep on borrowing of England
Chicago Express.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-05-05
Lively Times Tor Boodlcrs.

These are lively times for the
bo0dling element, who have been
running things in various Western
states for several years pretty much
as they pleased. The Populists are
after them with q number Of remark
ably sharp sticks, which are being
used with vigor and persistence
which promises to land some MEM
bers Of the s.gang" in various peni-
tentiaries, and retire more Of them
permanently from public life. In
Minnesota the Hon. Ignatius Dom
nelly has cornered the thieving COM
bine. and although they are lodging
and fighting and running by turn.
and appealing to the old Republican
clique who have heretofore shielded
them if not openly assisted them to
corner and fleece the people, some
Of them bid fair to ultimately find at
last q corner in the penitentiary
In Kansas the railroad and other
combines of public or quasi public
nature which have held the state by
the throat with one hand while they
plundered it with the other, in each
and every case aided and abetted by
the Republican machine, through the.
old state house ring, are now doing
come tall hustling to save themselves
but it was only by open resort to an
archy and violence that they have
secured brief delay in the proceed
ings which will end in their discom-
iture- The gang Of corrupt
politicians who have heretofore sup
ported them have to go, and they
cannot hope much longer to escape
the just penalty for their villiany
In Nebraska some of them are vet
holding offices of honor and trust, but
they havelost their grip,as appears by
The impeachment proceedings in the
Legislature of that commonwealth.
Of course the. Republican members Of
the legislature at Lincoln, are oppos-
Ing all efforts for exposing or ousting
the corruptionists, for the very sim
pie reason that it is apparent that
when all the boodlers OF that state
pre- turned out no Republicans will be
left in. But the, Populists SO far APP
rear to hold the winning hand. They
nave already secured evidence suffi-
sient to convict number of the
poodlers in the. mind of every fair
minded man, and they propose to
move Immediately upon the works
pf the corruptionists.
No wonder every boodler. corrup-
tionist and political pirate in the
country. is fighting the Populists with
all the venom and cunning they pos
| sess.
Populists and boodlers are opposed
to each other by nature. - Farmers
Tribune.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-05-05

True Issue: The sharpest thief in
tho world steals by law, and he helps
make the law. The sharpest gang
on earth subsidies the press and
through deception, locks the common
people up in mystery, SO that they
fight their own interests and in many
cases, join the mob OF dissolution.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-09
Outpost DUTY In the Russian Army.

In the German army every soldier Il
taught to act intelligently on outpost
service and In scouting operations, and
this Is not too much to require in . coun-
try where every soldier reads and writes
and can readily understand map and
compass. In Russia, however. where
nine-tenths Of the people cannot read OF
write and have lost the faculty OF think
ing consecutively, the army cannot teach
the soldier much more than to move a.
with a machine. In order to have force
If good men for picket work and ed.
vance skirmishing they have adopted
this plan:
Each company sends four Of Its most
Intelligent men to . select body called
the scouting corps, and as the Russian
regiment has fpur bsttalions, with four
companies each. that gives regimental
scout force Of 81. This service II very
popular, for Il Is full Of variety, and
though the hardship Is great the food Is
good, for hunting and fishing are In the
programme. The men are practiced In
every kind Of woodcraft and are expect
ell to develop ss much ingenuity and
self reliance as an Indian scout In our
service. They must sail, row, swim,
climb, find their way by map and COM
pass. slip through the enemy's lines,
procure every variety Of information
and escape capture at all hazards.-
Poultney Bigelow in Harper'a
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-09
A, .oo,c, Cat" worth Hsyine.

A parsonage cat whose favorite seat d
ON the study table has found q new use
for himself. He watches his masters
pen and occasionally, when the writer ID
tired, takes the holder in his mouth. But
his real usefulness is to act as q paper
weight. When q sheet Is finished and
laid aside, the cat walks gravely to II
and takes his seat on the paper. As soon
rs another Is laid aside, he leaves the
first and sits down on the second. Some
times, to try him, his master lays down
On different parts Of the table sheets In
rapid succession. But "Powhatan"-the
cat-remains seated, shrewdly supposing
that to be fun, not business. When work
begins anew, the cat seats himself on the
last paper laid down and waits for an
other. Thus he shows that he watches
his masters work. and perhaps thinks II
his duty to keep the paper from blowing
away.-St, Nicholas.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-09
Aae vOlI ReAOvf

Cold weather has characterized the
mouth of April, AMI M "A result the sea-
son Il backward. Farm work u late and
oill have to he put through With a rush.
m ,rdly NOR. than mouth of seed time
crowds much work into short time AMI
compels the ent.rprislng farmer tn
hustle. The nm IN who prep,rei for NIL
this last fall, nov h,s th. Satisfaction of
being ready tn accomplish the most os-
.ible In the bri-f time at his comm,nd.
Every advantage sh"uld now be- taken to
prrpsrp Ia every way possible for accom-
ili.Ling much farm work In hrirf time.
t:ood tools, good teim., wlie-swake
help, pluck aud energy, Will enable n
farmer To overcome In measure, the
di.sdv ,ntsg-s al~ays accompanying the
occurrence OF a short season like the
pr-s~nt. let not day pass nnimpfov-,l
10 Oh. utmost To accomplish the mosi
pos.ihle In its propsr season. FOrv-
Thought may do more In forwarding
work than overwork ar long days.
Plant th. early pe,s, sprout the early
potatoe.-the ground Il yet too coll "a
forward them by planting-and prrpsrs
the garden for the early vegetables
whose seeds will germinste before the
soll takes on It's summer heat. I.oot
after, with all the rest, those mstter'
that specially contribute to the necessi
ties aud pleasures Of the family on thu
farm.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-09
.THEBIGGEST SHOW
That to Be Seen Out Of Doors
at the Worlds Fair.
rEsTs AZ GREAT As TIE maCua

but the Latter. While Nee Wholly Fla.
ishsd. Il . wondsrfai Display. whsrsi.
the Foreigners Ezeei-Dslay Nee Chi.
eago's Yssit-How 10 See the Ezpesitisa.
' WORLDS Fam, May Alt IL the day
after the great Columbian exposition II
supposed TO be ready 10 receive visiton
from all over the world. II II and II Isn't
There Is not one large building in which
the installation Of exhibits Il complete.
Everywhere the people In charge are still
putting their wares In order, and many Of
them are working at night, after the gates
are closed, with hammers and paint
brushes. The comment one hears on every
side Is that Chicago, and BY Chicago We
simply use q convenient term for the
management Of the exposition, has done
Its work better than the exhibitors have
done theirs. While the contents Of these
huge buildings, the products Of the arts
aud industries of the whole world, are
worthy and interesting. the greatest fesr
ture Of the show, beyond all question, u
the White City. The grounds and build
ings in which the exhibits are displayed
are more impressive and attractive than
the exhibits themselves. The tent bests
the circus.
but II should not be forgotten that the
grounds and the palaces are themselves
an exhibit. They are intended primarily
to house and accommodate the machinery,
the fabrics, the works Of art and the
products Of all the world. But incident
ally they are an exhibit Of the progress
made In architecture In America, In build.
Ing operations, In landscape designing and
decoration, In artificial illumination and
IN ornamentation with statuary and fres-
Goes. Yesterday the vast throngs who At
tended the opening ceremonies said the
most fascinating view within the enclosure
was to be had out Of doors. That n true
today, and will DO true all the time.
Therefore II Il that most Of the people who
are here today wander around the grounds,
looking up at the facades and towers and
giant roofs Of the buildings; they watch
gondoliers and launches on the lagoons, or
spend hours and hours noting the various
styles and arts Of architecture In the Inn
mense number Of foreign and state build.
ings. Nothing seems to fascinate them
more than the works Of art with which the
grounds and exteriors Of the buildings are
enriched. The golden Republic, the beau
tiful barge OF State, the statue Of Frank
lin. the spirited Quadriga, and hundreds.
almost thousands moro Of products OF
artist studios, engross the attention OF .
large proportion Of today's visitors.
Those who do 90 within the buildings
TO look at the wonders there displayed do
not stay long. They are not disappointed
In what they nnd-though OF course the
incomplete state Of many exhibits is an-
noying-but fabrics, pictures, machinery,
pottery, even the most wonderful OF ma
chimes and appliances, are not what the
people want this early In the season. II Is
high and q deserved compliment that
the masses are now paying TO the great