Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

on long time and Upham became security
for the payment. Upham furnished the
lumber to build the home on long time
payments. Upham's store furnished the
family food and supplies.
Touching a subject very close to the
pocketbooks of Wisconsin taxpayers he
has declared himself. He was asked:
favor any measure the intent of which
would be to return, directly or indirectly,
to the persons who paid it on order of the
courts, any part of the money in the state
treasury known as the ex-treasurers'
judgment fund?' There is but one an
swer to this question, and he replied: Il
would not"
Maj. Upham is known all over Wis.
consin as the friend and supporter of
labor, and he is.'"
Mr.. Clover's Interesting Appeal to Pop
ulists.
Mr.. Clover, who was an active pro-
moter of the Populist movement in Kan
sas, who was elected to Congress in 1890
from the Third district of that state by
more thar 5000 majority over the Re
publican candidate, and who has served
as president of the Kansas Farmers al
lance and as vice-president of the Ma
tional alliance, has recently addressed a
letter to that great body of farmers advis-
ing them to abandon the Populist party,
and throw their influence for Republican
candidates for Congress. Speaking about
Mr.. Cloyer's letter, the Inter Ocean says:
"He reminds them that he and they
Joined with the Democrats of Kansas to
'down the robber tariff barons and TO
overthrow the banded plutocrats.' And
he invites them to an inspection of pres
ent conditions. The sugar trust openly
debating the tariff policy of the Senate,
the monometallists debating the coinage
noliou nf tho praSiInnf tho Snnfharn
planter getting SO per cent. of protection
on the rice that the Northern farmer has
to buy from him, and the congressional
representatives of the Southern planters
stripping every shred of protection from
the wool of the Northern farmer, which
that he may clothe himself and his cheap
laborers with it; the South standing SOL
idly Democratic, and the Populist repre-
sentatives and senators voting steadily
with the Southern Democrats; 50-cent
wheat and 7-cent wool, idle factories,
are the things that Mr.. Glover sees around
him. He sees also that these things are
outcomes of Democratic administration
Of national affairs. He sees also that
the plain farmers of the West who weak
en- the Republican party by voting for
Populists who either are incapable or I'M
willing to reform matters are, though per-
haps unwittingly, c~ontributory factors to
the present depression Of trade, commerce
and agriculture. He calls on them to
accompany him on a return pilgrimage
to Republicanism, protection and prosper
ity.
1.-The Populist party had its origin in a
belief that the Republican party had
grown inert, that il was living on a
glorious record, that it had become his
torical merely, that il was not in close
touch with the people; that the new and
pressing questions of regulation of cor
porations, of suppression of trusts. of
maintenance, of the right of silver to
recognition as coinage, of restriction of
immigration, and Of regulation of inter
state should be intrusted to
other hands. The dead failure of a
Democratic Congress and President to
accomplish any beneficial legislation. the
~retrograde movements of agriculture.
mining II manufactures under q period
of Democratic rule, have had their effect.
| Nor has the movement of young blood
in the Republican party been without
effect upon the observing farmers. They
have learned that the grand old party is
a new party as well as an old one, al.
ways responsive to the demands of the
hour, always progressive, a party with
noble traditions. but II party also with no.
BILE purposes. Mr.. Cloyer's letter is time
ly, and is likely to meet with satisfactory
response"