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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-06-13
FROM DODGE COUNTY.
Prison Irvine RECON- en- ed

Ed. Representative-The Dodge county
Alliance convened at Dodge Center on June
4 and we had a good meeting The fol-
lowing were elected officers for the COM
ing year: President, L. D. Bulls, of Con-
cord; vice president, VIM. Hubert, of
Claremont; secretary, T. Sem, ST., of Ell
lington; treasurer, E. Kend of Ashland;
county business agent, S. Whiting, of Con-
cord.
The following resolutions were thoroughly
discussed and adopted as the sense of the
meeting:
Resolved, That it is for the best inter-
est OF the farmers of this state to use
state prison binding Irvine in preference
to any other kind, for the reason that we
pelleve the Irvine trust is making strong
efforts to prevent farmers using Saltwater
twlne for the purpose of destroying the
plant, so that in the future they can have
clear field and again charge US double
prices
Immediately after the Alliance conven-
tlon a Peoples party caucus was held and
delegates elected to our state convention,
and to our congressional convention.
Our reform movement is all right-if our
leaders are not entrapped into fusion of
any kind Let us stand on our own plat
form. T. Semi SIR Soc
Dodge Co., May 8, 1894
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Good Words From Lyon County.

BRENNER, Lyon County, Mimi, June
editor Representative-Dear Sir:I have
now been reader of your valuable paper
for about a year. and very much
pleased with same. 1t is a paper that
ought to be in every home. Its broad
views and sound arguments ought to wake
the people from their careless slumber and
set them thinking whether the ballot box
is put in this great country for a few
sharks to enrich themselves or for the
right of every loyal American citizen to
keep awake and have his say in the run
ming of this government. Just keep the
paper going, strike right out from the
shoulder, and if you should hit some one
hard and the wound will pain them proba-
bly, when they think it over, and the pains
will be healing and they will thank YOU
for the blow.
The people have started to think and
read and many dropping into line
The road is widening and if we nomina te
good men in the coming convention, JULY
TO- we may walk out of the election next
fall with Peoples party governor and a
a good many of the state officers senators
and representatives..
l enclose 81 for renewal of of nv sub
scrption for six months also six months
subscription for Andrew o. Miller, Bremen
postoffice, Lyon county, MINI. Yours very
truly, A. O. ANDERSON
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FROM CALIFORNIA.
An Earnest Letter-The Two Old Par
ties Reviewed.


PLACERVILLE, Cal, May 81 1894
Editor gRepresentative-Am in receipt Of
package of your papers, and am glad to
find that such a wide-awake reform paper
Is being issued from my old home, and that
the people of Minnesota are fully awake
TO the Importance of prompt and vigorous
action. Inc coming campaign will be a
night to the finish, and no quarter asked or
given. Practically there are but two par
ties in the field at this time. The one is
the Peoples party, that young giant that
has arisen, Phoenix-like, from the ashes
OF a dead and corrupt past, and upon
whose waving banners we see inscribed
Freedom to the White Wage Slaves of
America" equal rights to all; special privi-
leges to none; government Of for and by
the people. The other is the Siamese mon
stroslty known as the Demo-Republicratic
twins
Two souls with but single thought;
TWO hearts that beat as one"
for many months l have been searching
dllsently, and thus far in vain, for man
VINO could give me intelligent reason,
based on anything but prospective office
ana poodle, why he should ever vote either
OF the old party tickets again, or who could
re1er to one legislative enactment on
nnance by either party since and including
the exception clause in our legal tenders
In 1852, that has not been solely in the in
terest OF capitalistic classes. From Joseph
IN Egypt to Grover in Washington that
KIND OF legislation has ever produced the
same blighting results. And the coming
campaign indicates fusion of the two old
partles, with no arguments, except those
based upon the greed and avarice Of that
class whom Christ scourged out of the
temple, saying: Eye have made my Faith
err House a den Of thieves
The tariff, that antediluvian bugbear. and
connecting ligament binding the old party
Slamese monstrosities together, has at last
become useless as argument, except
among that class of their adherents whose
educational accomplishments do not admit
OF the ability to either read for themselves
or to think intelligently. The people are
aroused, and the pampered jewellers sitting
at Belshazzer's feast see the 'handwrit-
ing on the WALL" and know they have been
weighed and found wanting And ere
long they will cry for the rocks and
mountains to fall upon them, to hide them
from the wrath and righteous retribution
50 justly their due. Now, let the toilers of
the nation of every calling stop 1uarreling
among themselves, and unite intelligently
ana tremendously for their own interests,
as outlined in the Omaha platform, and our
glorious old star spangled banner shall
once more wave "O'er the land of the free
and the home of the brave"
G. w. HERRING
Placerville, Cal.
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THE QUESTION OF FUSION.
Right and IL Wrong Kind-Sensible
SHggeStiOHs.


ZUMBROTA, Mimi, June 2, 1894
Editor Representative have noticed in
late numbers of your paper several items
concerning fusion with the Democrats dur
ing the coming campaign.
Now there is one kind of fusion that
am heartily in favor of, and that is the
fusion of Democratic and Republican vot-
ers with us, which will be sure to follow
if we biuld the right kind of a platform
and place the right men on it as candi-
dates.
The handspring of action among the Pop
ulists, the great underlying sentiment
among the masses of the people, the I'M
der-current that is creating such a COM
motion on the of politics, is opposition
to monopoly, to class legislation, which is
the main support of mOnopolies and DO
litcal bossism, which is chiefly responsible
for the corruption 9thatiexists at the pres
emit time. An imnsensespumber of voters
in both old partiesJ see asnd are willing to
admit that largeishare of the evils that
atfiict the Americfps people today spring
from these causes And rot a few are will
ingly acknowledging that there is little
hope of either of)ahei old parties under
their present leadefs taking any stand
against them. If the lconvnntion that meets
in Minneapolis July 80 will give us a strong
concise and reasonable platform on these
lines and select candidates whose public
and private records, nesd no apologies we
will have fusion shat, like the fusion Of
alloy with gold VIII BE an element of
strength and durat63ty9Jt
The dissatisfaction with present condi-
tons is well nigh universal among the
producing classes; agld now is the time to
unite them in a crgsaSa vs. II for equal rights
Bob Burdette oine said: .Never he
ashamed of being called a crank, my son,
a crank is a thing that makes something
else co. This remark contains much Of
truth and good advice, but we know that
If We take hold of the crank of grind
stone and turn too fast we throw off the
water the very element that is needed to
make our grinding a success.
Now l think few of our Populist cranLs
have been going a little too fast and have
thrown off, repealed a class of voters that
are needed to make our. organiza ton a
success. Let the cranlis keep at work. but
keep the grindstone going with steady
moderate persistence and it will in the fn
ture as in the past continue to brighten the
minds and sharpen the wits of the peonIe
Let us place ourselves in a position where
thousands of voters from all classes of So
ciety ,xiu be anxious to fuse with us. but
1 say 10 fusion with the ordinary office
seeking politician.
w, M. FULKERSON.
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Satisfied With Boon.

Editor Representatives:
Allow me space for a few words in your
valuable paper.
What is the matter with H. E. Boen.
and what is the complaint against him if
he is not worthy of denomination for con-
gress from our bloody SEVENTH" Mr..
Boen has done his best and has we'll served
his constituents.
l wish to ask question concerning an
interview with Louis Hanson in "Nye Nor
manden,' wherein he threatens to defeat
MIR. Boon. l understand the party is sat
isfied with Mr.. Boon and will send solid
delegation to the district convention and
will nominate and elect him, too.
The time may come when want to
change and then some other stalwart will
get a chance, but don't try to push Mr..
Boon out while we need him, and he is do
ing good work. Very respectfully,
O. P. OSETH.
rio Tn
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Dubuque, Iowa.
ORGANIZE.
Mr.. Poor Suggests IL Route to Mime
HDOiis.


Editor Repres antative: I find the sl1cees-
ton to go to state convention with teams;
meets with approval of most all who have
! their attention called to it. Now to # fossi-
ple get the matter in some shape [ request
delegates from those Counties west whos.
most direct route to Mime apolis VIII he
through Renville county To CORRESPOND with
me, and l viii arrange to have accomn,o-
cations provided for them free of cost while
Wlthln the boundaries of Renville county
also desire correspondence with parties
interested in this matter in Mcleod and
carver counties. The most direct route that
occurs to me for delegates from this countv
and west of this 10 take is via Renville
olivia Bird Island Hector, Buffalo Lake,
stewart, Brownton, Sumpter, Glencoe and
from there will get a guide to direct us the
pest route to Waconia, Hopkins and ST
LOUIS fark From st. Louis Park l. think
we can trust ourselves in the hands OF tho
laboring men to protect Us from be;ng
forced to Join Mayor Eusts' army
we must take hold OF this matter ar onco
and formulate some organized plan Of %
ton, SO meetings can be arranged the
greatest good will come from getting good
AUDIENCES and winning converts to our new
political religion
am sorry that any part of our parer
should be taken up in inducing the effort
Oh Democrats towards fusion; no man
would think for a moment at this time of
sons after securing the office would be ever
ready to fuse with the .'davil'' to botray us
for the thirty pieces Of silver" Let us ever
fight for principles, even though an office
is never within our reach. No man WHO
indorses our principles can ever have anv
use for either of the old parties except by
his voice and vote help to bury them for
ever. Stand for principles 50 firmly that the
hollow of your foot will make a hole in the
ground.
| am ready to work faithfully for the
full ticket nominated by the convention of
earnest delegates who will assemble July 10
for that purpose; if they made any mistakes
| will not hold myself responsible for them
and try to point out those mistakes, but
work for the full ticket, have no fears for
mistakes earnest men nay make.
If the vote next fall shows that the far
mers and laboring men have united at the
polls, have no fears for the grain growers
interests, but if we cannot show a united ac-
ton at the polls Then every other effort
for united action will fail because we have
still left in the hands of our enemies the
weapon to destroy us, the machinery of the
government of this state. Let US all put our
shoulder to the wheel and boost"
HAMLIN V. IOORE.
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Sends 1t to Norway,

CRCOkSTON, Mimi. June 9.-R. Eckford
Esq, of Minneapolis MINI. Dear Sir: Inclosed
please find $1.59 for which send to N. A.
Hofard, Sigdal, Norway, The Representa-
tive, beginning with your next ISSUE also
81 from myself for another years subscrip-
ton, in all S2.50 n. A. Hoffard's subscrip-
ton, as you stated, is not out before seven
weeks yet.
l heartily approve of the paper and shall
do all I can to help it along, and if a Nor
Wegian translation is issued the cause of
the toilers and the paper will be advanced
Immensely, especially in the Red River val
ley. If times be not worse and the Dollar not
scarcer dollars is always written with a
capital now l will take a S. share In the
Norwegian issue. Yours for reform,
0. K. BERGET.
Box s03, Crookston, MINI.
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The Wrong Kind of Men.

TO the Representative: Enclosed YOU will
ind so cents. Be kind enough to send mo
your paper as long as the 80 cents Vii
pay for it. These are hard times and #
looks to me as if the big guns in Washing-
ton are not doing anything to make them
better. We have got the wrong kind of
men IN the United States senate, but I
nope the day is not far distant when there
will be radical change. 7 hone tbe ,annle
of Minnesota will send the right kind Of
men to the legislature this fail 70 mt a
different kind of a man from Washbnrn -,
the United states senate for this STATE
Yours respectfully,
JAMES MURRAY
Parkers Prairie, Otter Tail countr NJ
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-06-13

STOCKHOLM, Mimi, June 18th, 1884,
MIR. Editor: Enclosed find 50 cents to renew
subscription to your paper. had hardly
another to rub against it, but | can't get
along without the Representative. AS
Intelligence is the power that will make
itself felt in the coming campaign, l feel
1t my duty to read, and receive the benefit
of the advanced thinkers and writer's of
our paper There is lot of good letters
in the last issue and the propositions in
them are all right, but | will suggest the
pushing to the front and making a grand
effort to elect Legislature in favor of the
initiative and referendum. Most any
voter will support such a move, because
most easily understood.
l received one of your posters. 1t had a
good effect on the people around here
and 1 wish you would send ME some more
If you have any to spare, if not, get up
another lot, they are good campaign docu-
mentS.
HANS L, SAND.
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LAKE BENTON, Mimi, June s. 1884,
Editor Representative it will soon be
time for the Populists of the Second Con
gresslonal District to nominate a successor
to Prof. McCleary let me suggest that we
hold our next convention at Tracy. I find
upon examination that there were more
Populist votes cast in our district west of
straight line drawn north and south
through Tracy than east of it. and Tracy is
so situated that any portion of the district
can reach it by teams the next day after
starting, while the greater number of the
delegates can reach it in one day by team.
Let us hold our convention where a good
representation will be assured
G. V. METCATF
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Good News From Lyon County.

T GREEN VALLEY, Mimi, June 5. 1894.
Editor Representative-Dear Sir: Through
the columns of The Representative 1 would
like to suggest to all delegates to the state
convention that they make it special OBJ
ject and effort to confer with the dele
gates from their respective congressional
and judicial districts in regard to the Sc
lection of a congressman and judge.
Such move would avoid confusion at
district conventions. and avert the danger
of trap-springing and wire-pulling, if such
disposition should appear.
Let us of the Second and Ninth make
this point l for one feel like making a
clean sweep. l believe we can find ma
terial for a judgeship in the Ninth judicial
district, and believe the state convention is
the place to discuss the matter and make a
thorough canvass of the men worthy and
capable
In addition to the above, I wish to put
myself on record through the columns OF
this excellent paper, as one bitterly OPP
posed to fusion in any form, under any
preteXt for any consideration. This is
the battle of justice against prejudice, NAL
ice. fear and oppression. Every honest
man who understands our demands is i'm
mediately with Then why fuse? Why
not educate them? Organize a club in
every school district. Load them down
with reform papers and pamphlets. Our
enemies III Lyon county say we are dead,
but l predict that the next election will
find none outside of Populist ranks but a
few fossil Republicans. Sincerely yours,
STURGEON ODELL.
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FRANKLIN, Mimi, June 1, 1884,
Editor of Represen tative: Please inform
me through The Representa- tive or other
wise, if any national bank in the United
states ever failed and beat its depositors
Please state what bank and to what ey.
tent the depositors were beaten.
J. r. LANDY,
Fra nlslin, Mimi.
Answer: Yes; hundreds of them Some
OF them this very year The bank notes
are always good, because United States
bonds are deposited in the treasury at
Washington to secure them; but depositors
have to take their chances like depositors
in state banks. I cannot give the name
local banker can give you the desired IN
formation. I think the Seven Corners
Bank, OF St. Paul. was one of them.-Ed.
Rep.
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From Illinois.

Edltor Representative
l received your paper and the pao,,o,u
party poster, which is splendid doc,Imant
posted it where it will do good ana -.
cared for. 1t is the best thing h., u
seen in that line. I am doing all T can
to wake ~ the s, people up and get them to
my corn planted 1 will try and get ,o,,
as many subscribers as 1 can. God III.
you and all our people and NAV the gond
work go on. HENRY BUCK.
Ramsey, Ill.
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for all men, and life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness, in it's broadcast sense,
shall be guaranteed to the humblest Ameri-
can citizen. Do this. and then will this
nation step out into the brightest, the
grandest, the most humane civilization this
world has ever seen.
F. c.. GREENE.
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One hundred and one banks according to
the American Banker, closed their doors
during the past ninety days. All been
swept into the till of the greater bankers.
It's daisy system.-Coming Nation.
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Is m Eve Oneuer

NORTH REDWOOD, Mimi, June s.-Ren-
resentative Publishing Company Dear Sir:
Please find postal note for 81 for renewal
of Representative one year. 1t is the paper
for the country, and an eye-opener. Yours
truly, p. II. GATES.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-06-13
CORRESPONDENCE.
OUR FORUM.

It is part of the purpose OF estaD-
fishing the REPREsENTAT1yE TO al.
ford forum, in which the brightest
minds in the populist party and in
the farmers alliance can express and
compare their views. The paper viii !
not be responsible for the opinions
set forth, but will try to give all
sides of the questions at issue fair
hearing. We would suggest to our
correspondents to make their letters
brief and to the point; not to ex-
coed one-quarter of a column, If pos
sible. If you have lengthy commun-
ication cut it in half and make two
letters of it. Avoid personalities.
Don't write unless you have some
thing to say; and let each letter
nave motive and teach something
to the reader. Try to make your
readers better and wiser by what
you write. Never mind about the
grammar or the spelling. The prin-
ter will fix all that. Good sense and
an honest purpose are rarer things
than book learning.-THE EDITOR.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-05-19
POLITICAL

II Is believed friends Of Senator
cullom will prevent Cook county Civ
ing William Mason its Endorsement.
Populists of Illinois will case test
Of the apportionment acts of 1882 and
1888.
Richard Croker has formally with
drawn from the leadership of Tam
many hall organizations.
Women of the Ashland district, Ken
lucky, have determined to petition
Breckenridge to withdraw from the
congressional race.
Edward Lane was nominated for
congress by the democrats of the
Eighteenth Illinois district
Republicans elected w. ii. Penman
mayor of East Chicago, Ind, and four
of the six councilmen.
Democrats of Fulton county, Illinois,
instructed their delegates to the state
convention to vote for the nomination
Of John c. Black for senator
Col. Breckenridge continued his cam
paign for reelection with speech at
Paris, KY, which was well received
by q large audience.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-05-19
CHIME

Two .Coxeyites were shot and 100
captured in q fight with officers at
North Yakima, Wash.
Gus Meeks, his wife and two chill
dren swere murdered at Browning,
Mo-, by men against whom they were
to be called as witnesses
Mrs. Kake Bradford, who secured
$500. COO from gullible New York peo-
pie, has disappeared. The money was
lost on Wall street
Armed strikers are determined to
drive out the negroes working in the
Kansas mines and bloodshed is feared.
Jesse Moody, moved to the act by
jealousy, fatally shot Mrs Weimer at
Youngstown, Ohio, and wounded
Harry Messerly, bystander
Seven men, armed with Winchesters,
robbed the bank in Southwest, City,
Mo, Of 81, 900 and shot four citizens.
Three convicts in the state prison at
Jackson, Mich, overpowered a guard
and tried to blow down the wall with
dynamite. A catastrophe was mar
rowly averted.
Jacob Rudolph, henchman of
Blind Boss Buckley, shot business
Manager Eliot of the San Francisco
Chronicle A silver dollar saved Eliot's
life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-05-19
WANT NO COMPLICATIONS.
English Stockholders Address Hunting
ton Concerning Central Pacific.

ton concerning Central racine.
New YORK. Nav IL. William More
head and Il. j. Longdon, representa-
tives of English holders of Central
Pacific railroad stock. have written a
letter to c. p. Huntington. in which
they say:
1--WE have formed very decided opin-
ions as to our rights and expect short
ly to be in position to enforce them.
However, we are most DESTROYS, II
possible, of avoiding disputes or liti-
cation and in this view we note with
satisfaction the conciliatory tone of the
concluding portion of your letter. If
you and the other gentlemen associated
with you are prepared to approach
the question at issue with the English
stockholders in the same spirit every
effort will be made on our part to
bring the negotiations to satisfac-
tory conclusion. No further action Of
an antagonistic character will be taken
by us during the month Of May in the
hope of hearing from you again, un-
less it should become apparent that
negotiations could lead to no useful
or practical result"