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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
SENATOR JONES.

The announcement of Senator Jones,
that he had left the Republican party
and would hereafter act with the Peo-
pies party, created great consterna-
ton in the ranks of the g. o. p. Mr..
Jones is one of the ableSt men in the
senate. On financial questions, d
particularly on the subject of coinage,
he is without peer in that body. His
detection is an important one. 1t is
to be accounted for by the fact that he
has abandoned all hope of the Repub-
lican party breaking away from the
control of Wall street. Regarding the
matter Senator Dubois, also of Idaho,
recently gave the following significant
interview to the Chicago Times:
Senator Jones is not to be criticised
for his action, His motives were hon
est. Nor can it be said that his step
lacked wisdom. Il know what his feel
ings are. Nor do we agree in some
matters. If we did should be with
him today in his, departure from the
Republican party. Senator Jones has
lost all hope of the emancipat ion or
any good to silver from the Republi-
CduS udNC IlOU. Ii L IldU l. WOulu
go with Senator Jones. The only diff
fernce between us is that he has lost
confidence sooner than l. For myself
| shall go to my state and do my ut
most for Republican success in this
campaign. We have senator to elect
and my energies will be turned toward
a legislature which will send to the
senate free-silver Republican. But
the Republican party generally should
take notice of this action of Senator
Jones. 1t means much to the North
west and foreshadowS the coming &C
tion of myself, Teller, Wolcott, the
whole host of Northwestern Republi-
cans unless there is change | am
willing to say now-and those who
take an interest may guide themselves
by it-that l will join Senator Jones
between now and 1896 unless the Re-
publican party declares for free silver
as absolutely free as gold. Imean free
coinage of both silver and gold at a ra-
ito of IS to 1. There need be no doubt
as to my sta tement. If the Republic
cans do not declare for the free coin
age of both silver and gold at ratio
of 16 to l shall join Jones and Stew
art with the POpulists, and | know at
least six senators who have similar in
tentions. And it will cost the Repub-
licans four more states. 1t has lost
them Nevada alrea dy; it will cost them
quartet of commonwealth besides.
And if can stand it, why, we'll have
to-"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
Are You Hungry?

Hungry, are you? Dressed shabbily,
ell? House not fit for a rich man IS
dogs to live in? You never read his
tory, do you? You never read how
English soldiers shot the sepoys of
British India into powder and sub
jugated them to starvation that Eng
lish Nabobs might feed and dress and
live in luxury off the toll Of these In
dians? OF course you don't care any
thing about these unfortunate people,
nor how they were reduced to British
rule. These people were just like you,
too. They would not listen to the
warnings of their wise men until they
became tangled with relations that
furnished an excuse to occupy the
country with British red-coats, and
they were doomed to degree of op-
preston equal to that of the Jews in
Egypt. And yet the laboring people,
the voters of the United States, are
today paying to England more tribute
than British India with it's . 200. 600
of degraded slaves. Your English
masters are not hungry. They do not
live in huts, novels and tenements
There is no need of it, you know,
when seventy millions of people in the
United States insist on supporting
them on the best that our land and
labor produces. Hundreds Of millions
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
HTC JACEr!
Simple Simon Sucker
Amt he in quicker.
Hear the poor cuSS wall,
AS he lay in Winnipeg;
Can it be they pulled his leg
To let him out of Jail,

THERE is some talk of putting up
Aid. James S. Gray as an independent
candidate for alderman in the Thir-
tenth ward, on account of the gener-
al disSatis faction with the Republican
nominee, who is claimed is not tax
payer and is a lawyer of no standing
among the profession. and also that he
is the nominee of what is known as
the cemetary and park board crowd.
If the people of the Thirteenth ward
are in earnest and desire the defeat of
the Republican nominee they should
indorse the Peoples party nominee for
alderman and put an end to the rings
and cliques which control Republican
candidates in that ward. The same
elements of strength that brought
about the defeat of MI. Gray, now that
he is out of the way, will help to de-
feat the Republican nominee, who was
simply used as means to rid the ward
of Gray and not because they had any
particular love for him, but nothing
can be accomplished by harping on
Gray or putting him up again, only to
be knocked down and the briefiess law
yer elevated to seat in the council.
Mr.. Ludwig, the Peoples party candi-
date, is workingman and taxpayer.
He is in every way qualified for the
position. The ward will make no mis-
take in electing him,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
NO REFORM.

The Minneapolis city Republican
convention, met, nominated a ticket
and adjourned. Not resolution of
any kind was passed. No notice was
taken of the demands for various re-
forms in the method of conducting the
city government. The reform clubs
organized all over the city by gentle
thus had notice served on them by the
G.. 0. P. that they are of no account
and their demands unworthy of recog-
milton. The only excuse as yet given
for this action is that if any platform
had been adopted it would have pre-
cipitated a fight over an Endorsement
of the saloon policy of Mayor Eustis
The Interpretation of this statement
lies in the fact that the party was
afraid to put itself on record either
for or against the "policy" Of Mayor
Eustis in permitting the saloons Of
this city to do business on Sunday in
violation Of the law of the state. This
is truly noble stand for the Republi-
can party to assume. Its leaders, when
asked what will be the policy of Mr..
Pratt on the subject if he is elected
mayor, are dumb. Mr. Pratt's only re-
ply so far is to point to his record.
What that record is nobody seems to
know.
The plain truth of all this matter is
that the party is playing fast and loose
with the saloons. No doubt private
pledges will be made, as was the case
when Mayor Eustis was chosen, but
the great body of the voters of the city
are and will continue to be in ignor-
ance OF what Mr.. Pratt's views are on
this subject until after he has been
elected. They will not know what his
policy is until he puts it in force.
NOW, this is all wrong. 1t is, in fact,
confidence game. Voters have a
right to known where Mr.. Pratt stands
on this and other important public
questions before they cast their votes.
The best thing they can do is to make
a formal demand on Mr.. Pratt to state
his position; to compel him to say
whether he will enforce the laws or
wink at their violation.
Contrast all this with the action of
the Peoples party. Our city conven-
tlon adopted plain and unequivocal
platform. Mr.. Reed, our candidate
for mayor, is ready to tell anybody just
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
PAI1 IN FEED.

The Republican State Press Associa-
tion was fed atlSt. Paul on on Thurs
day night by the st. Paul plutocrats.
This is an organization which is
pledged tosuppertShe straight Repub-
lican ticket under any and all circum-
stances. For thato reason some of the
ablest Republican editors in the state
have refused to join it.
A number ofspeeches were made at
the banquet, but d Of, the speakers
did not agree on one point, and that is
as the strength OF the Peoples party
in the state:
"The fight this fall must be made
against the Populists," said Congress
man Tawney. I'VE realize that fact.
The best argument we can advance
against them is by showing the way
they have administered the affairs of
the states in which they have held con-
troll, Colorado, Kansas, Oregon, South
Carolina and North Dakota. What
better evidence could be produced
against them? What better evidence
40 we want to show the people why
Populism should not reign in Mime
sofa? 1t is not the Democrats we are
fighting this year, but the Populsts,
and with the help of the editorial as
ISOLATION we should sweep them from
the face of the earth. | for one will
90 everything in my power to bring
about such RESULT
"We have got to fight the Popu-
lists" said Frank A. Day, "for to fight
the Democrats now is like intlicting
punishment after death. There are no
Democrats left out where we live"
S. A. Langum. of Preston, said there
were no Populists in his section, and
predicted heavy majorities for the
state and congressional nominees.
AS nobody said there was any Demo-
Gratis in his section the inference is
that they have nearly all joined the
Peoples party. Election day will show
that this is about the way the thing
stands.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
Carnegie Frauds.

From Outlook: Unexpectedly,
unanimous preliminary report has
been made by the House Committee
on Naval Affairs upon the alleged
frauds in the manufacture of armor-
plate by the Carnegie Steel Company.
This unanimous report not only sus-
tains the charges, but declares that
mo fine or mere money compensation
is sufficient to atone for the wrongs"
If" says the report, "the criminality
of a wrongful act is to be ensured by
the deliberation with which it is COM
mitted, the magnitude Of the evils
likely to result from its preparation,
and the want of provOcatiOn with
which it is done, the frauds which
your Committee have found are
worthy to be called crimes" These
are severe congratulations, but the
specification suStainS the severity.
The committee finds that in some
cases other specimens were substi-
tuted for those selected for testing by
the Government inspectors, that in
other cases the specimens selected
were re-treated before being subjected
to the test, that the testing-machine
was manipulated by the order Of the
mill so as to increase the apparent
strength of the specimens, that the
Government inspectors stamp was
either stolen or duplicated and used
without the knowledge of the inspec-
tors, and that 'Over ninety-tive per
cent of the record examined show
that Superintendent Cline changed
the reports to be made to the Govern
ment inspectors" One of the super
intendents stated in his testi-
mony that the re-treatment of the
plates was made upon his own respon-
sibility and without the knowledge of
his employers, but admitted that the
secret refreshments were given after
he had talked with Mr.. Schwab. the
Superintendent of the Company and
one of it's stockholders. To what ex-
tent the heads OF the Company are re-
SponSible cannot be determined. The
Committee points out the fact that
the superintendents most guilty are
still in the Company's service Yet it
hardly seems possible that the general
managers can have done more than
fail to supervise. their INSCRIPTIONS
but profita BILE subordinates. Wherever
the responsibility is located, we agree
with the Committee that the prosecu-
ton should be criminal and not mere
ly civil. We can remember of no
frauds commensurate with these since
the shameful shoddy furnished by
contractors to the British army in the
Crimean War led Parliament to estab-
liSh Government shops for the making
of soldiers clothing
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
MAINE AND VERMONT,

The states of Maine and Vermont
held their elections this week, The
Republicans carried both by increased
majorities. This is not bad for the
Peoples party. On the contrary, it is
encouraging, for it demons trates that
the Democratic party is dead. 1t has
no longer possibility of success. 1t
must and will now disintegrate. The
plutocratic portion will go to the Re-
publican party, where it belongs. The
labor element will go to the PEOPLES
party, where it belongs. The result
will probably be to make the Republi-
can party irresistible in the New Eng
land states, for they are dominated by
the money power. In the West and
Northwest the Peoples party will be
in the ascendancy. The same will be
true in the South. AS result the
Peoples party will carry the country
in 1896. In the next house. and posi-
bly, in the senate, the Peoples party
will hold the balance of power. 1t will
dictate the legislation of the country.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12

ed in the return to the state treasury
OF hundreds Of thousands of dollars
which had been unlawfully cribbed by
Republican state treasurers. So it
will be Minnesota. If the government
of this state is wrested from the Re-
publican party it will result in the re-
turn to the school and university
funds OF hundreds of thousands of
dollars which have been stolen by men
high in the confidence of the g. 0. p.
Already a large proportion of this
amount has been repaid by the pine
land ring. 1t is now working night
and day. to avoid the repayment of
the immense balance which it owes
the state.
Suppose we admit that the Peoples
party is largely composed of cranks. 1t
then becomes quest ton of cranks VS..
thieves. This is the issue as made up
by the Republican papers. 1t remains
for the voters to chose between them.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
Anarchists.

Anarchists, ell? Yes, and oath
bound anarchists, at that. Where?
Who? Why the G. o. p. officials, politi-
clans and mine-owers of Colorado. A
paper. found on one of the Williams
who helped tar and feather the attor-
ney general of that state, showed that
it was organized to violate law, do po-
litical murder if ordered, and named
the governor of the state as one of the
victimS What would be said if the
Populists should resort to such meas
ures? Every plutocratic judge in the
land would rub his hands in glee to
get a whack at them. But there is no
danger of these 6. o. p. anarchists be-
ing punished They have the courts.
Time will finally even up all the
wrongs of life. It may seem delayed,
but it surely CORRESPONDING Nation.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
SHRIEkING,

Look al Colorado, Look at Kansas!
Look at Washington" This is the ar
gument of the Republican papers of
Minnesota against the election of the
Peoples party ticket. Well, what of
it? Has the giving over of the control
OF these states to the Peoples party
done any harm? Not a cents worth.
The states are still there. Their treas
uries have not been robbed Their
people are in just as good condition as
they would have been had not the old
parties been oustcd.
In reply to all this fol-dc-rol we
might eNclaim. "Look at Wisconsin,"
The breaking down of Republican mis-
rule in that state did what? 1t result
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
Friend of the Oppressed.

Mazeppa Tribune: At the present
time the Populists are attracting more
attention in Minnesota than all other
parties combined. The internal
troubles that were threatened by the
address of Ignatius Donnelly several
weeks ago has been averted by an
avowal on the part of S. M. Owen, that
if elected governor of Minnesota he
will serve his term out and will not
accept an election to the United
States senate. While Ignatius DON
nelly may have been cratic in his DO
litical career, and while he may have
made many mistakes in the past, one
thing is absolutely certain, and that
is, that he is the biggest man in Min
nesota. politically, oratorically and
from literary standpoint. Donnelly
has always been the friend of the
downtrodden and oppressed. He has
built up the Peoples party in this
state. If that party should succeed in
"carrying' the legislature this fall and
should refuse to elect Mr.. Donnelly
United States senator, it would be the
most ungrateful performance that one
could possibly imagine. Mr. DonneIly
towers SO far above the alleged leaders
OI GHe TeOpleS parry, UudG compare
son would be perfdious as we'll as obi
Gus. The sage of Nininger has accomp-
lished great deal Of good in this
world, and his name will live in his
tory for ages after the Peoples party
has run it's course. Men make parties:
parties do not make men. Fremont,
Lincoln, Seward, Sumner, Stevens and
their associates, made the Republican
party. Their names will always live
so long as the world endures. The old
saying that a prophet is not without
honor save in his own country" applies
with great force to Mr.. Donnelly. He
is the foremost orator. scholar and
statesman of this country-sometimes
erratic-but always imbued with the
most patriotic ideas-and his name is
known wherever civilization extends.
And that is his chiefest fault. The
small fry who can not see beyond their
noses, are now ready to destroy him
politically-after he built up party
of respectable size, second in strength,
if not first in that respect, in this
state. His cooling breath would chill
1t into ''innocuouS desuetudc." There
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
SIDE PLAY.

The Democratic state convention on
Wednesday last, nominated the fol-
lowing ticket:
Governor, Gen. George L. Becker Ramsey
county.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS John Ludwig, Wi
mona.
Secretary of state. Charles J. Haines, Nor
rison.
Treasurer. Charles A. Lambert Carver.
Auditor. Adolph Hermann, Ramsey.
Attorney-General Logan Breckenridge,
Olmsted.
Clerk of supreme court. Thomas G. Kurtz,
Clay.
Justice of the supreme court, Seagrave
Smith. Hennepin.
Associate Justice, John W. willis, Ramsey.
Mr.. Becker, the nominee for COVER
but he no more represents the ad-
vanced thought of the day than would
mastodon dug up from the wilds of
Beltrami county, where it had laid
buried for centuries. Mr.. Becker is a
reactiOnist, and his election as COVER
nor of Minnesota would be burlesque
on progress. Happily no such outcome
as this is within the range of possibili-
ties. A large proportion of the Demo
cratic party desires to see knute Nell
son retired from the gubernatorial
chair. When election day comes this
faction will put it's votes where they
will do the most good.
There are strong grounds for believ-
ing that Mr.. Becker was named for
governor because of the fact that
he can command the votes of the
young Democracy, and that the ballots
cast for him will represent the
strength of that faction of the party
which has learned nothing and forgot
ten nothing for the past 40 years. AS
figure head he is admirable, but as
living candidate for governor he is and
will be a lamentable failure.
1t is significant fact that the plat
form of the party, as originally pre-
sented by Col. Crooks, a railroad en-
ploye, made no mention of the subject
of labor, nor of the living issue of the
taxation of railroad lands. The con-
vention resented these omissions and
sent the platform back to the commit
tee for amendment. When the COM
mittee had duly struggled with
the matter it reported the following
weak additions:
We favor the taxation OF railroad lands.
provided the same can be done without the
Impairment of the present gross nngs
system of taxation OF railroads. That laws
be enacted which will compel the owners of
mines and mineral lands to bear a Just pro-
portion of taxation with other property in
the state.
We believe in the principles of arbitra-
ton and Cancellation in adjusting the dis
putes between labor and capital. and we
condemn an individual or corporation who
is unwilling to submit such disputes to a
fair and honorable adjustment.
Notice the resolution with regard to
to taxation of railroad lands 1t Estates
the position Of the railroad companies
on the subject as they took it in the
last legislature. Anybody with COM
mon sense knows that to impose a tax
on railway lands will not interfere in
the least with the gross earnings tax.
The resolution on the labor question
is still milder, 1t simply Endorses the
plan of arbitration, when everybody
knows that there is no method, as yet,
by which arbitration can be enforced.
The evident intention of this COM
mittee was to fool the people in the
interest of corporations. 1t will not
work.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
Is Labor Free?

Labor is free" says a machine
newspaper. Yes, labor is free to fight
the battles, pay the taxes, and produce
the wealth. Labor is free to pay trust
prices for food, pay tribute to Shylock,
and beg leave to toll. Labor is free to
work for what it can get live in over
crowded tenement houses, in back al
leys, and vote the monopoly ticket or
be discharged. Labor is free to work
in jails and live on bread and water.
Labor is born to starve, free to die.
free to fill place in the Potter's field.
Shades of Patrick Henry, what glori-
Gus freedom.-Sovereign
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
September 4.

A tramp is lynched at WATERFOWL, S. D,
for aSSaulting a woman
Many more bodies are found in the burned
district. SiXty-seven bodies are buried at
Sandstone.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, formally with
draws from the Republican party and joins
the Populists.
It is estimated that the number of people
burned to death in the Minnesota forest
fires exceeds 425.
Forest fires continue in Wisconsin. Bruce
is burned. Thorpe is burning and Spencer
is saved with great difficulty.
The secretary of the treasury is in a di-
lemma as to the enforcement Of the free
alcohol schedule of the tariff law.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
Septem Der ,,

George l.. Becker is nominated for gov
ernor by the Minnesota Democratic state
convention.
Gov Waite is renominated by the Colo
RADIO Populists.
Indians in the Canadian Northwest threat
en- an uprising.
The trial Of Debs and other A. r. u Of
ficers is resumed in Chicago
DR.. F. A. Cooks Arctic expedition, from
New York, is obliged to return, its ship
sinking
division for the testing of road building
materials may be established in the interior
department.
Forest fires rage on the Canadian side of
the Rainy Lake country. Several people
are burned to DEATH
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12

THE nomination of Thomas j. KurtZ
of Clay county, for clerk of the SUI
preme court on the Democratic ticket,
is one that will hardly commend itself
to the people of northwestern Mime
ing of the Clay county National Bank
is Of too recent occurrence to be for
gotten. 1t is said that Mr.. Kurtz has
not been resident of Clay county for
the last two years past, and that con-
siderations of personal safety are &C
cOuntable for this fact.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
Jefferson's Prophecy.

''That has been my opinion, and
have never shrunk from its express
sion, that the germ of dissolution of
our federal government is in the con-
stitution of our federal judiciary: an
irresponsible body for impeachment
is scarcely a scarecrow). working like
gravity, by day and a little by night,
gaining little today and a little to-
morrow, and advancing its noiseless
step, like a thief, over the field of jur-
isdiction, until all shall be usurped."
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
Mcleod County.

A Peoples party county convention
for the county of Mcleod will be held
at the Merchants hotel in Hutchin-
son, on Tuesday, Sept. IS, 1894, at 1
O'Clock p. M, for the purpose of put
ting in nomination candidates for
senator and representative, and county
officers.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12

fore, the Pops are exhibiting their as
SHINE propensities when they endeav-
or to- squelch the man who is pre-
eminently their leader. Even the
daily papers which have been denounc-
ing Donnelly for years, have come to
his defense of late and are advocating
the tentativeness Of his position in the
late unpleasantness as being the cor
rect one. Long life to Donnelly and
may his shadow never grow less.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-12
Big Corn.

Mr.. Donnelly has eaised some corn
this year on his farm, at Nininger,
eight feet four inches tall, with ears
ten inches and half long-and that's
longer than Macdonald's. 1t is of the
white dent variety. Mr.. Geo. w. Fur
ney, his farmer, thinks it remarkable
for such an unfavOrable season.