The representative., 1894-10-31
POLITICAL TYRANNY.
A Nice State of Affairs Up on the
Messabe Range.
Miners to Be Blacklisted If They
Join the Peoples Party.

The Peoples Party-that new
movement for the perpetuation of
liberty has been and is being derided
by perfumed modern Republicanism,
and the men who compose it's men,
bership believers in the principles of
National justice and equality before
the law embodied in the Constitution)
are being called agitatorS, demagogues
and even anarchists. That the people
may get Whit Of the breath of mod
ern Philistine Republicanism from
the booted and spurred leaders of that
party, / desire to call attention in a
somewhat public manner to a few
facts.
On a trip this week to the towns on
the Missabe Range in connection with
other deluded followers of the idea
that "AlI men are and of right should
be free and equal" 1 learned from
twenty reliable men, that two nights
before we reached the village of Noun
tain Iron few Peoples party men,
including candidate for the legisla-
ture on the ticket had been to the
place and held meeting in the inter
ests of the Peoples party in hall
procured for that purpose. A large
number of miners came from their
homes to attend the meeting and
several speakers were present and pre-
sented the tenets of the new party. In
addition to the men who came to
listen to the Superintendent or the
in oh nd +
the local mine were also present. COM
ing early and staying late and when
near the close of the meeting it was
proposed to organize Peoples Party
Club, one of these faithful Republican
sentinelS and moral reformers arose
and said that if any many signed the
Club roll he need not return to work
at the mine.
A large number of men who wished
to join did not then dare to do SO be-
cause, as they stated to us, they would
loose their jobs be blacklisted and
their families be driven to starvation.
Having thus announced the doctrines
Of the new Republicanism these pa
triotic citizens retired self-satisfied at
their achievements.
In the township of Missabe Noun
tain where the village of Virginia is
located they have refused to appoint
single Peoples party judge although
lists were properly furnished them,
moreover, the village of Virginia has
not been districted into polling places
as it should properly have been. Be
| cause [ presume, it was thought that
PpOn1G'C rfV in6uaC n1irht no ho
suit. The whole spirit and tenor Of
the law has been trOdden upon,
stamped into the ground and disre-
garded
Out Of the Judges OF election in that
district fourteen are either superin-
tendentS bosses or in some way con-
nected with the principle mine and in
one or more instances the voting
place is in the company's Office where
there is neither room nor opportunity
for free honest or lawful ballot, and
where it is not intended that there
shall be one. The workmen are being
aroused and understand the condition
and have been posted as to their
rights and duties: and committees are
being appointed to collect evidence of
the accomplished and intended frauds
upon the ballot. These are racts we
are prepared to prove and shall prove
later if the scheme now being concoct-
ed is carried out.
What do honest Republicans and
Democrats think about this?
Talk about obedience law. The
men who are perpretrating these out
RACES are not mere agitatOrs, but are
rebels and traitors to their county and
corruptors of the first fountains of
friendship, masked behind the sham
of respectfully. The echo of the
crack of the slave drivers whip in the
South is ringing through the woods in
Northern Minnesota, and the shadow
of that whip is falling upon the backs
OF the white wage slaves in the North
land.
Just as sure as an attempt is made
to tamper with free ballot just so
sure will the rod of the law fall where
it belongs upon the real law breakers
of this Republic.
Men with blood in their veins are
not scared at the crack of whip, and
the woods will respond with terrible
Aye! when the question is asked
whether political liberty still lives.
j. A. kEYES.
DULUTH, Oct. o.