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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05

OF long term of years the wealth of
the world will be in the possession Of
few and the rest of mankind will be
little, if any. better than slaves.
There are two methods of escape
from this condition of affairs. One is
change in the system Of government
by which these things can no longer
be done; stiff income tax which will
be bar to the possession of an i'm
mense and useless fortune. In other
words, system of government which
will result in the redistribution of
wealth on an equitable basis: the
righting of the accumulated wrongs
of century. The other is through
blood.
The first of these plans is the one
favored by the Peoples Party and 9th
er social and political reformers. The
last one is favored by the anarchists
and they are aided, indirectly, by the
plutocrats themselves, who fail to see
that the methods of the Peoples par
ty are law-abiding and peaceful. The
Peoples party, as today organized, is
the party which is endeavoring by
lawful and peaceful methods to save
the country from anarchy and it's re-
suits. The policy of the plutocratic
parties tends in the opposite direc-
ton. 1t is for you, voter of Minneso-
TIA, to say which policy shall prevail in
this state.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05
MORE EALSEhOODS.

One of the old party papers of Min
ncapolis few days ago announced that
Mr.. Owen was after Mr. Donnelly's
scalp. The next day st. Paul paper
proclaimed that Mr.. Owen was about
to withdraw as Il candidate for COVER
nor on the Peoples party ticket. Both
OF these statements were and are ut
terly false. 1t would not have taken
either OF these papers ten minutes to
have aScertained the exact facts in
the case. Mr.. Owen was in the city
and could have been seen without diff
fculty. 1t was the duty Of those pa
pers to have seen him before they sent
out their false and misleading reports.
They did not do this because they did
not wish to tell the truth in the mat
ter. As usual, there was method in
their action. 1t is not necessary to
point it out.
Again the REPRESENTATIVES, says to
Its readers. pay no attention to any
statement in the old party papers re-
garding the Peoples party, for they
are wholly unreliable.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05

The following extract from the Das-
sci Anchor, published by a Republican,
will be of interest:
1.-THE political position of The An
chor is clearly stated elsewhere in this
issue and those who look that article
over will not accuse us of being a
POpuliSt when we state that our indi-
vidual choice for governor is Sidney
M. Owen. We know Mr.. Owen person
ally and would vote for him no matter
what ticket he ran on. We know him
to be most conscientious man and
anything but a demagogue. The at
temptS that have been made by some
of the state papers to villfy him will
only serve to strengthen him. One Of
the most absurd charges is that the
labor organizations are against him
because his printing Office is not So
called union office. One has but to
see Mr.. Owen step into labor meet
ing and hear the cheers that greet
him to understand how he is regarded
by the labor element regardless of the
question of union or nOn-uni0n.
1.-The mechanical department of
Farm, Stock and Home is but a very
small feature compared with the rest
of the business and there are a few
weekly papers in the state that can
get along with the small amount of
help needed to issue a semi-monthly
paper. We will wager any reasonable
amount that % per cent of the papers
that accuse Owen Of running rat Of
flee are rats themselves and do not
pay their entire force for composition
as much as Farm, Stock and Home
pays one man. That office does no Job
or press work and requires but good
foreman and girl or two"
s. M. Owen is man of brains, com
mon sense and honor and is not poll
tician. Should Minnesota decide to
place him in the gubernatorial chair
she will have Il man there whose heart
is as large as God ever made and wb0
will no disappoint the people.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05
NOW FOR VICTORY.

The REtRESENTAT:VE takes great
pleasure in publishing the letter of
Mr.. S. M. Owen to the editor of the
Austin Champion on the subject of
the candidacy Of the first named for
the senate. 1t is clear and unequivo-
cal. 1t fully suStains the view which
the REPRESENTATIVE took Of the mat
ter in the outset. 1t stands ont in
bold relief as compared with the
course OF Gov. Nelson under precisely
similar circumstances. He has IN to
this time absolutely failed to put him
self on record on the subject over his
own signature. Mr.. Washburn is re-
duced to the humiliating expedient of
quoting interviews with Gov. Nelson
on the subject, in which he may or
may not be correctly reported. 1t will
be very easy matter after election
for Gov. Nelson to say that he never
gave such interviews The REpREsEN-
TATINE is not so sure that Gov. Mel
son is so much to blame in this mat
ter, for it isan unde niable fact that he
is much stronger candidate before
the people than Washburn. 1t is also
fact, as has been often stated, that
were Gov. Nelson toannounce his sup
port of Washburn for senator that an
nOuncement would cause a stampede
Of voters TO Mr.. Owen. The people of
Minnesota, by an overwhelming ma
jority, are opposed to the return of
Washburn to the senate. Nobody is
more. strongly impressed with that
fact than is Gov. Nelson. He will
never say that he is for Washburn, nor
will he say that he would not accept
aseat in the senate to succeed Wash
burn
The REPRESENTATIVE happens to
know that Gov. Nelson was very strong
ly IN favor of the selection of candi-
date for lieutenant-governo other
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05
Burke After Them.

. The courts have decided that where
any railroad company has leased its
lines Of road for a long term of years
such act is an abandonment Of its
business and a suit will lie by the
state to annul their charters.
John H. Burke. the Nemesis of the
Guaranty Loan and other frauds. has
taken the matter up with his usual
vigor and has already commenced agi-
tation in fourteen or fifteen states-
having secured the publication of
articles in California and other dailies:
beside writing to number of state
officials: NOTABLY Illinois. He finds
1l9 roads so leased in Pennsylvania
alone and nine or more in this state.
Mr.. Burke has secured the adoption
of the resolution demand ing such for
fixture by the A. r. {. Of this city, K
of L., State Assembly. Tenth ward
and Ninth ward Populst clubs, and as
result it is said the railroad have de-
clined TO allow She use of their
grounds FOR *, of l.. picnicS. The fol-
lowing adopted by the Ninth ward
club is substantially as adopted by all.
Whereas, 1t has been decided in IS,
Mimi, 24G. that all railroad companies
that have leased their lines of
road for a long term of years forfeit
their franchises and,
Whereas, 1t has been stated that
nine or more railway companies in
this state have SO leased their lines.
therefore be it
Resolved, That we call on the gov
ernor and attorney general of this
state to cause suits to be ms tituted
to forfeit the charters Of all such COM
panics.
Resolved, That 4 copy hereof be for
Warded to the governor and attorney
general of this state.
At the Ninth ward meeting the fol-
lowing was also adopted:
Resolved, That we call on the state
and United State grand jury to obey
the law and indict all directors of the
Guaranty Loan Company as well as
other banking concerns whose stock
holders or directors have been
swindlcd by reason of the fraud or
neglect of such directors.
Also the following which is sub
stantially the same as adopted by the
Tenth ward club.
Whereas, 1t has been stated that
Knute Nelson, ID. M. Clough and NJ.
ID. Kenyon have knowingly failed to
perform the duties devOlving upon
them by law, therefore be it
Resolved, That we call on the next
legislature of this state to investigate
said charges and if the evidence war
rants to cause impeachment or Grim
inal proceedings to be commenced
against said parties.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05
NOTES FROM EXCHANGES.

Alexandria Republican,: We took
up our pen to say that Donnelly must
have received nice sum for the story
he had in the REPRESENTATIVE, but
after little thought we must con-
clude that he is all right. When the
Peoples party brushes Donnelly it will
die with him. He is Sampson in the
hands of the PhilistineS, but he is not
blind by any means.
Graceville Transcript: Office seek
crs in Traverse county will have to
get onto the PepuliSt band wagon ii
they have any great desire to be elect
ed. That's the way it looks at the
present time.
Waseca Herald: The Republican
papers gravely inform us that Hon.
Thomas Wilson, our Democratic cx-
congressman is unqualifiedly opposed
to fusion" just so. Does anyone
know of railroad attorney. whether
Democrat or Republican, who fayors
Congressman TaWney favors "fusiOn."
St. Paul Globe: The best evidence
of Tom Lucas utter incapacity for
anything is that he thought he could
enter the lists against Ignatius Don
nelly in an encounter of brains and
wit. Lucas doesn't know enough to
know that he was fiayed alive by the
iratc Sage Of Nininger.
The Republican campaign plate
house is in full blast. First the coun-
try press was furnished with knute
Nelson's Argyle speech, and last week
r. G. Horr's reply to Donnelly was
given out. OF all the loud mOuthed
demagogueS that this country is bur-
dened with, Roswell G. Horr of Michi
gan is shining sample. He is pO-
litical blowhard of the most pro-
nounced type, and man who has no
standing where he is best known
Litchfield Independent.
Does anyone know why the State
representative from Mile Laos county
should be pledged to vote for that
cOld-blOOded ariStocrat w. d. Wash
burn, for United States senator next
winter? What has he ever done for
the people Of this county that they
are under any special obligations to
him? Is it the promptness O. with
which he liquidated his Indebtedness
to former employees on the rivers: A
man largely interested in corporations.
whose interests are allied with cor
DUTdUlOLS, d COI pOIdUlOH illdu w CQu-
cation and practice, what has he in
common with the common people of
this sta -Milaca Times.
The misunderstood between the
state central committee and Mr.. Don
nelly at this time is most unfortun-
ate thing. If the state central com
mittee sighted the REPRESENTATIVE
they are deserving of censurc for that
paper under Donnelly's management
is one OF the very first reform papers in
America. We regret. however, that
Williams was engaged as its editor for
he has shown himself a most indis
Greet person. SO far as Mr. Owen is
concerned no power within or without
our party can shake the faith of the
people in his honesty .-Clarkfeld Adj
yOcate.
The offense of the REPRESENTA-
TIVE was in insisting that partisan
politics should not enter into the city
election. Onthat ground it will con-
tinue to stand just as long as its pres
ent editor is in control of its columns.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05
OWENS POSITION.
He Says He Will Serve Out His Term
AS Governor if He IL Elected.

S. II. Harrison, Austin, Mimi; | haye
never thought of filing an official position
except that for which l was named. If
elected l expect and desire to discharge
the duties of that office only. Have de-
clared this many times and | never intend
ed anything to the contrary. | am inca
pable of making dishonorable deals with
opponents.
1t may seem strange, but ii is true, that
| have no ambition in politics, and am a
candidate for governor today against my
will. l would greatly prefer to do my
work from day to day in my chosen way,
rather than in any new way. and / i'll
finitely prefer private life to holding any
Office. The Populist state convention, rep
resenting large part of the people Of the
state, and made up of men Of intelligence,
met in this city and said by oyerwhelm
ing vote that | was the choice of the party
for governor. Nine of every ten delegates
insisted that / make the race, and would
have been untrue to my convictions and
would have offered that convention an in
suit had | refused to comply with its re-
quest
1t was sense of duty that prompted my
acceptance, and the same sense of duty
VIII lead me TO serve out my term as gov
ernor if elected. This is especially true
when L say that it is also my choice In
this country the executive has been lost
sight of during recent years, and this is
true from president down to the lowest
executive place in our political system. 1t
is my firm conviction that there is "a great
er opportunity for man to distinguish
himself in an executive position today
than in any other position in the gift of
the government, and if l had any ambition
1t would lead me to serve governor
and not accept place where the oppor-
tunity of making a record is not as good.
If elected | will do as little harm to the
state as possible and as much good 10 the
masses of the people. | cannot make this
statement more forcibly Again let me
say that l am a candidate for governor
and for governor only, and if elected will
serve out nay term.
With regard to the new daily pap=r to
be started by the Peoples Party in ST.
about it. Even the m9n interested in the
deal are as Yet unknown to me. The sub
ject came up during my absence and was
carried forward without my knowledge
AS a matter of fact l had very few po-
litical letters while l was away and much
that has taken place during tn past
month | have vet to learn. Yours.
S. NJ. OWEN.
Minneapolis Mimi, Aug. 80, 1891.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05
An Outrage.

Railroad men going back towork at
Little Rock are asked to make oath
that they have withdrawn from tho A.
r. U. and that they will not join any
labor organization NOR TAKE ANY
PART IN POLITICS FOR FIVE
YEARS. So writes one Of the victims
to me. Laboring people do you know
what this means? This is more dam
nablc slavery than chattel slavery.
This is the result of private ownership
of railroads. This is so much better
than the political patronage" Of gov
eminent ownership. No king Of whom
history tells US wanted his subjects to
take any part in politics, either. And
that is just why King George III sent
his Hessians to this country. Our
forefatherS desired to take some part
in politics and he wanted to do all that
business himself. And now the rail
roads are compelling American citi-
zens to allow the monopolies only to
take part in politics. And this is
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05
Plainly Stated.

Morehead News (Rep): With the two
metals on an equality at a fixed ratio,
both being legal tender and receivable
for all kinds of public charges, for lis
charge Of debt and payment of all OBJ
legations of whatever kind or nature,
and eXchangeable for each other, if
any other country wanted one of the
metals enough to offer a premium for
it, who would it harm if it should get
it? No one in this country certainly
would part with his gold without full
consideration, whatever was paid for
it, it would remain in the country We
can not understand how free coinage
of both metals would contract the cur
rency as is SO persstently claimed. If
one metal should go out of the country
to another that fact would have the
tendency TO equalize the value of
money in the country to which it
went. The essential point is that -il-
yer having all the attributes and func.
tions that any money can have, the
motive which impels men to secure
and cling to gold would pass away.
The volume of metallic money in the
world would be increased which would
carry with it untold blessings
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05

One amusing feature in this week S
REPRESENTATIVE is an editorial on
tho fourth page charging the Tribune
with lying because it published the
story that :. NJ. Owen was candidate
for the United States senator, while
on the first and second pages of the
same issue appears Mr.. Donnelly $ ter
rifle onslaught completely verifying
the Tribune's story. The editor of
the REPRESENTATIVE and the "Spe-
cial Contributor" should get together
Minneapolis Tribune.
There is no more reason why Mr..
Donnelly and the REPRESENTATIVE
should get together than there is
why the Tribune should ''get tegeth-
err with its correspondents. AS to
Mr. Owen being candidate for sena-
tor, he has unequivocally denied the
truth of the allegation of the Tribune.
and sustained that of the REPREsEN-
TATIyE, thus cOnclusiyely proving
that the REPREsENTATIVE WAS right
and the Tribune was wrong
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05

be required I'd I'M rilHinate himself and
therefore advis sacht revision OF the
vagrancy laws rs will make them CORE
spond with the principles.
To the crysta Mza&ion of these principles
customs laws, 1andAthe institutions of our
city, we, the delegates of this invention,
pledge ourselves unreservedly, and require
of every candidate who seeks our suffrage,
a public statement that he is in full SYM
pathy with these declarations, and will do
all he possibly gan for their popularization
and their enactAentQnto law
The resolutions were adopted amid en-
thusiasm. At tie e9nclusion of the read
ing of the resolutions, Tom Lucas offered
the following:
Resolved, That we exercise our united
efforts in infiu9pcing the next legislature,
OF the state of Minnesota, to pass law
embodying theIAus1ralian system of prim-
airy elections
The ticket follows:
FOR congress .................Dr. r. +. Clark
TOT oherin .......................J n. Miller
For County Auditor ................Wm Dye
For Register of Deeds nc. ST. John Cole
For county Attorney .......John Gutenberg
For County Treasurer Nv. H. lie Vann
For Judge of Probate .............I.ee Combs
FOR county surveyor John X. Lewis
FOR coroner ....................Df Hlfscnl1eid
For superintendent of Schools. L. D. Brown
SENATORIAL.
TWenty-ninth DiStrict-W. H. Mills.
Thirtieth District-W. B. Hammond.
Thirty first Observation-Disclosures Stevens.
Thirtysecond District. H. Paul.
Thirtythird Dstrct-W. r. Dobbyn.
Thirty-fourth District-James " Howe.
REPRESENTATIN Il.
Twenty-ninth District-H S. Woodward,
D. Hadey
Thirtieth Distrct-E f. Stevens Martin
Johnson.
Thirty-first District-Freeman P. Lane,
John w. Hays, Frank Fellows.
Thirty-second District-Chas. Holt, H. F.
Hanson, NJ. Morgan. j. b. Dukes.
Thirty-third District-Aaron Neil, H. 7.
Lee.
Thirty-fourth District. H. Lydiard, A.
H. Lee.
THE CITY TICKET.
For Mayor-H. J. O. Reed.
For Treasurer-C. b. Maben.
For Comptroler-Mathias F,idsness.
For Judge of Municipal Court-W. E.
Hewitt.
For Special Judge of Municipal Court-F
X Claffey.
For Justice of the Peace, North Division
II. S. Seed.
For Justice of the Peace, South Division
+. r. Lynch
For Justice of the Peace, East Division
j. +. Jenkins.
ALDER MEN.
First Ward-Thomas Chapman.
Second Ward-Andrew Sinnott.
Third Ward-John S. Rossall
Fourth Ward
Fifth Ward-John r. Falls.
Sixth Ward-Johannes Hansen.
Seventh Ward-George Hopkins.
Eighth Ward-Sylvester NJ. Fairchild.
Ninth Ward-Charles w. Teney.
Tenth Ward-L. A Weberg.
Eleventh Ward-Thomas Hutchinson.
Twelfth Ward-Ole Q. Oyen 1.-TWO years.,
Frederick Gunthers -four years.
Thirteenth .Ward-C. A. Ludwig.
For Members of the Board of Education
Mrs e Wheeler Golf, j. NJ. Oyen.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05

than Dave Clough, for Nelson knew
that the chief difficulty in the way of
his candidacy for the senate was the
fact that with Clough as his successor
in the gubernatorial chair his candi-
dacy for the position of senator would
be seriously handicapped. That is
what the pine land ring wants. With
Clough as governor they would be in
clover, and the school and university
lands would be at their mercy. This
is the situation which confronts the
people of this state today. The only
way to escape that calamity is to elect
Mr.. Owen and the entire Peoples
party state ticket,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05

America! This is the. country over
which the eagle screams for liberty!
(By the way, the Romans had an
eagle.) This is the United States
where all men are supposed to have the
same political rights! TO such degra-
datiOn have the children of the patri-
otto fOrefathers sunk. Shame. Shame.
Shame!--Comjng Nation.
The same is true in Minneapolis.
The 500 road, with which Senator
Washburn is connected. has taken the
same position. No doubt this is
combined move by the railroads. It's
an awful thing for labor to organize
for self protection, but for the rail
ways to organize against organized
labor is all right. Queer world, isn't
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05
STATE FUNDS,

The monthly statement Of Treasur-
er Bobleter is out for August. 1t
shows that the state has over$2, OOO, 900
in cash on hand, most of which is in
the vaults Of bankers. or more correct
rectly speaking. is loaned out to the
people TO whom it belongs, at from s
to 81 per cent nterest. while the state
receives per cent. The share of the
Bank Of New Tim is a trihe over
$780, 900. If that bank loans the money
at per cent its profit on the transac-
ton is 81, 800. If loans the money
at 10 per cent its profit is s., $50. Pref
ty good thing for the bank, Ell? Well,
we should SavSO.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05

THE old party organs in Minneapolis
complain that the nominees on the
Peoples ticket are unknown. The
trouble with their tickets is the fact
that many of their nominees are en-
tirely too we'll known 1t is no dispar-
agement to a candidate to say of him
that he is unknown. If there are rea-
sons why he should not be elected tina
fact will tend to make him a familiar
character with the public. 1t is far
better to be unknown than to be UNI
fayorably we'll known.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05

Tile fling which Gov. Nelson in
dulged in towards Gov. Waite. of Col
orado. at the Republican meeting in
Winona touching the arrest of the last
named on charge of opening anoth-
or persons letter. looks rather ridicu-
lous now viewed in the light of the
discharge Of Gov. Waite at the close
seems to have forgotten the maxim
that person is supposed to be limo
cent until he is proven guilty.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05
REMEMBER.

That if you see anything in the
REPRESENTATIVE which appears to
you as a strong argument, in favor OF
Peoples party principles, don't stop
with enjoying it yourself for that does
no particular good, as you are already
converted,-but sally out and show
the paper to every Democrat and Re-
publican in your neighbOrhood. Thus
shall you spread the light Of the Cos
pei, and make possible the triumph Of
your party.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05

TIE REPRESENTATIVE has been
forced this week to give up the most
of its page of correspondence to COM
munications relating to the attempt
of certain parties to undermine it by
indorsing proposed daily paper at st.
Paul. When that subject is out of the
way publication of other communica
tionS will be resumed.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-05

TIE nomination of DR.. f. +. Clark
for member of congress in the Fifth
district is one Of which the Peoples
party need not be ashamed. DR.. Clark
has the necessary qualifications for the
position and should receive the votes
of all people in the district who want
to be represented by a man who stands
up for equal and exact justice to all.
The REPRESENTATIVE trusts that he
will be triumphantly elected.