The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16
TO THE POINT.
The CoEftatiOns of Practical
Farmer.

EdltOr OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES anything be
more beautiful than the loyalty of the
Pioneer Press to the Great Northern dur
ing the strike? So unselfshly loyal (O. 1t
could not have served the great corpo-
ration better if j. J. Hill had owned a
great block of stock in it. The Globe, too,
the z. P.'s rival in politics, seemed to vie
with it's great adversary in it's desire to
pay homage to the railway kng-and all
this in the face Of public opinion! Such
moral ca courage has seldom been dis
played by old party newspapers.
I see that the Republican newspapers Of
the state have organized association for
business. That's right. l never believed
that the country newspapers got justice in
the division of Doodle during campaign
times. 1t is to be hoped that this new as
sociation will see that the little fellows
get their proper proportion of the spoils.
Doodle and Office is what SO many of them
live for that it is harrassing in the ex-
treme to be SO often disappointed. Here
after we may expect to see more editors in
Office and more signs Of prosperity about
the various sanctumS Of the country q.
o. p. editors. The only thing to be re-
GREETED is that some brilliant country edit
or don't think Of the association scheme
long ago.
By the way I notice that the Repre-
sentative is disposed to praise if not
fiatter the Mill City a little. Go slow old
friend. Did you notice how Inherently
Minneapolis ated the state editorial AS
sociation which met in that city just after
the adjournment of the State Farmers
Alliance? The editors were dined and
wined and driven about the city. Their
beautiful countenances illustrated the daily
press and their doings filled the columns of
the papers They were carried around the
state by the railroads free q beg pardon,
1 und arstand they pay it in adveTtising>.
On the other hand the Farmers Alliance
was welcomed by mayor conscious tnat
lie was doing unpleasant duty, ana was
RESPONDED to by the president who seemed
to feel that he was doing something mean
er than stealing sheep That speech OF well
come and the response reminded me of the
story of the minister VINO felt it his duty
to reprove a wicked man for his profanity.
Yes" responded the cuiprit, Il swear ana
you preach; but neither of US mean any
thing by it, The newspapers caricatuTed
us Sarcasm permeated all the editorials
that had any reference to our proceedings
If / had my way l would never have
another convention in either city so long
as Mankato Willmar, or st. Cloud are
accessible.
great ca Mckinley speech which was de-
ltvered at Minneapolis the last of March.
The occasion was certainly great one
II ever a man had an incentive to utter
something great-somethinG that would out
last the issues of the overwhelmingly was
the man. What of the great effort? 1t
is already as dead a herring. 1t ought
10 be. 1t contained nothing worthy Of
Immortality. If it did not misrepresent
history it misappiied it, which amounts to
the same thing According to Me. a re-
duction of tariff in 1916 brought on a panic
in 1S23-seven years after. Another reduc
ton in 1888 produced a panic in 1887
4 years after. The next reduction was in
1857 and the panic occurred in 1851 and in
1898 the panic took place at least year
INaf> ii
whether will get any reduction yet
But Mac forgot the panic of 1873. 1t was
a straight Republican panic you see and
as the tariff not changed for sometime
either before or after it viii be hard to
show that it was influenced even remotely
by tariff The truth is that the panic of
1873 had the same ESSENTIAL origin that all
the others did: violent disturbance Of
the money system. BY the way isn't it
curious to see such men as Governor Mel
son, Joseph A. Wheelock, John K. San
born and others eXaltng McKinleyism in
these days. 1t seems to me. that these
men should come out manfully and pro-
feSS conversion and a complete change of
heart, that there may be no doubt
as to their genuine Republicanism here
after
Speaking of conversions suggests that the
whole old party population have ample OPP
portunity to show their manhood by an
open profession of faith We of the ALI
ance have for 10 years been proclaiming
the catatrophe sure to follow the course of
oppression and injustice which has obtained
in this country for two or three decades
past. They derided us and called us ''cal-
nifty howlers.' They instead proclaimed a
dawning era of uneXampled prosperity.
Well who is right? Now one would natur-
ally think that these people seeing that the
calamity has come and that were ter
rible right would apologize. retract and
join the third party; for a blind man can
see well enough that we were right. But
instead what do we find? Why the charge
us with producing the calamity. They hold
that we have unsettled the confidence of
capital and this is the result. There are
many parallels to their case Take the
great drought famine in king Ahobs time.
When Elijah predicted there would be
drought in consequence of his fhe kings
wickedness. The awful calamity came.
After three years prophet and king met
and the kings first greeting was art
thou he that troubleth Israel?' Had Elijah
lived in our days he would not have been
called prophet but Calamity howler."
Speaking of confidence reminds me that
the wisacre's claim that our only trouble
is lack of confidence Mac says we have
as much money ever had but con-
fidence and prosperity are lacking. True,
O., great man, we have lots of money. Take
J. j. Hill and l together and we are mil
lionaires, but taking us separately l haven't
a dollar See? Not a lack of money?
Fools and blind" Just put 100 dollars in
the pocket of every adult man and woman
in this country and the whole land will be
chock full of confidence. Nothing inspires
confidence like pocket full of money.