The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-14

defeated him in the state was the fact
that the Democrats voted for Nelson
rather than throw vote away On their
| man Becker.
Howard Lake Herald (Rep): There
is heavy influx of prisoners to the
Saltwater pen. 1t is attributed to the
extremely hard times throughout the
country. Men must have food and
clothing ia be happy and contented.
Waseca Herald Look at the two
old parties in st. Paul and Ramsey
county! Knute Nelson received 12,27l
votes on Tuesday, and Becker only
$3.50. And this is in the same county
that two years ago gave Lawler (Dem) },
l2,3O4 to 1887 for Nelson. Can there
be doubt any longer as to the fact that
the corporations put up Gen. Becker
as decoy for simple minded but hon
est Democrats, while they went over
bodily to the support of Knute Nelson?
How long, O, Lord, how long can peo-
pie be fooled by the hireling speakers
and newspapers of the money COM
bines and the liquor traffic?
Peoples Press: Election is over ADD
the Populist candidates were short of
votes-i. e., in this county. Defeated?
No! The Peoples party, this new great
reform party does not know what de-
feat is; it will stride forward with I'M
erring accuracy to the conflict of 1896
In spite of the diScOuraging returns of
the late election. 1t will sweep from
its path the thorns of false promises,
and bribery which will be strewn there
in by the money power, and will march
on to victory. Friends Of reform let
us rally round the standard of fright
and justice" and push onward with re-
neWed energy, close our ears to the
howlings of the pluto press, show them
that you have mind of your own, and
we are bound to win.
Progressive Age: The Peoples party
has been able in Minnesota to force
the union of Republicans and Demo-
Gratis. The old lines of political battle
were obliterated and new lines drawn.
If the Peoples party never did any
thing else. it has achieved a worthy
Immortality. This fact assures us Of
substantial progress.-POpulism dead!
In Minnesota? The PopuliStS began
the 1896 campaign last Wednesday
morning before the election returns
were in. Our triumphant contempo-
raries, who stampedcd us out of court,
will find us ready to offer steel for steel
at the next opportunity. -The Peoples
party is formulated upon the protest
against monopoly. This makes it a
party of national issues. No otherpo-
litical party is so favored as the Peo-
pies party in this respect. 1t repre-
sents the principle of protest common
to all civilizations at the present time.
Its destiny is assured. and it's mission
will not be performed until the repub-
lie is free from the danger of the an
archism of wealth.
National Republicans: Up to our
going to press enough returns have not
come to hand to warrant a complete
surrender of the result to Shylock The
race question, party prejudice and a
| liberal supply of Doodle has defeated
| the Peoples party ticket in Fillmore
county NOtwiths landing there has
been a liberal gain for reform. This
| is an encouragement to continued eff
| fort to wreSt the conduct of public af-
fairs from those who would sell coun-
| try and home for an office and the
-
| Washburn, of Minneapolis, while max
| ing tour of observation through
Southern Minnesota, stopped few
| hours in Preston last Friday and found
| time to call at this Office. He seemed
| to be confident of his reelection to the
| United States senate. The effect of
| his visit upon the local bosses was seen
in their increased neutrality-suspicious.
| has once more SnccaSSf fully deceived
and carried the people nearer ruin. To
crush the Peoples party he massed the
Republican and Democrat leadership
and has turned the management Of
| public affairs over to the Republicans
| Waseca Herald: OF course election
is over, but here is significant state
ment from Hon. G. A! Pillsbury in an
interview last week: Il think the
Republicans will elect a majority of
the next house of congress: but that
will not put them into power. Idoubt
! years from now will be Republican.
am not SO much afraid of the Demo-
cratic party as / am of the POpulist
party. l think the rock upon which
Republican party is in the greatest
danger of splitting is that tremend-
Gus effort will be made to repeal the
pooling clause of the interstate COM
merce bill. | hear that great many
congress men are already pledged to
vote for this, and in fact enough to
| put it through congress-; but they
begged off, not to have the vote taken
so as to put them on record until after
| the coming election. Whether the
pooling clause out to be repealed, or
not, might be matter of discussion:
but as political measure, I believe it
will bury any party, large portion of
whose members vote for the bill.
am inclined to think that majority
| of Democrats in the house and ma
| jority of Republicans in the senate are
| going to support the bill. In this case
you can look out for POpulist vote
about two years from now which will
far SurpaSs this one. There is one
universal shout going up from the
daily press of the country that the peo-
pie have buried the reform parties out
of sight. What bosh and nonsense.
All that has been accomplished is that
the money, railroad, and other corpor-
atsOn combines have transferred their
| influence from the state and national
Democratic machine to the state and
national Republican machine. But
mark you well that in this transfer of
voters from one of the old plutocratic
parties to the other, the reform par
ties, both the Prohibitionists and the
Peoples party, have made very large