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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-18
"valkyrie VIII Not BE Built"

Lord Dunraven was yesterday afternoon
shown the cable dispatch from ex-Commo-
dore James d. Smith, chairman of the
Americas cup committee. to Mr.. Richard
Grant. secretary of the Royal Yacht Squad
ron, printed in yesterdays Star.
Lord Dunraven read the dispatch care
fully. He appeared to be vexed with it's
contents, and said:
Il will not sail in November. 1t may be
possible to get the members of the squad
ron together before, January Is. 1 cannot
speak as to that, but the committees de-
cision is absurd. In my opinion, 1t Is in
tended to be absurd. Valkyrie will not be
built"
The requirement of ten months Is con-
sidered by English yachtsmen here to be
ridiculous, arguing a desire on the part of
the New Workers not to race. 1t would be
just as easy for them to build a defender
in less time than ten months as for Lord
Dunraven, who, in addition, would have
to send his yacht across the Atlantic and
make two refits. Lord Dunraven Is not
willing to order the building Of the VAL
kyrie without the challenge being accepted,
as 1t is probable that an alteration in the
rating rule before 1896 might handicap her.
He will content himself With 20-rater, of
which he has the designs half finished. 1t
is possible that he will also build cutter
for cruising.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22
Indians and White Men,

we have warm sympathy for all
unfortunates; and kind feeling to-
wards the poor redskins; and yet a
telegram like this sets us thinking:
WASHINGTON, Aug. SIN a COM
munication transmitted to congress
last week by the secretary of the in
terror it is stated that the Navajo In
dians in New Mexico are in state Of
starvation. For their relief an appro-
pration of $4,000 is asked, and a bill
to that effect will be presented in the
house at once by the committee on In
dian affairs. Charles 4. Meserve, a
special agent Of the Indian bureau, re-
Gently made tour of the Indian
reservations, and reports that the
Navajos have suffered from drought
for the past four years. These Indians
are mostly engaged in sheep raising,
and, as the pasturage has almost
wholly been destroyed, their flocks
have been practically wiped out. An
effort will be made to have an amend
ment for the necessary apprOpria ton
included in the sundry civil bill be-
fore it finally passes.
Now we have hundreds of thousands
of white men in the west,-farmers,
sheep-ralserS, ETC.. who are just as
hard up" as those Navajo Indins; but
i any body proposes to help them.-to
lend them money on their land; or
their crops; or to exterminate the
Russian thistle,-a howl goes up to
heaven about "paternalism.''
Would it not be a good plan for our
farmers to cultivate scalp-lOcks, paint
their faces, adopt blankets, turn their
toes in, and shout "Hi-yah. Hi-yah?"
Uncle Sam would spread his hands
over them benignantly, and say,-"My
dear children, God bless you. Call for
what you want. And if you don't see
it just order it,
Philanthropy is bigger than a noun
tain. Justice is smaller than an ant
hill. I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22
GO FOR THE BRIBERS.
Bring On the Shekels.

To use slang expression, the Popu-
lists are growing very flip around here
just now, in organizing clubs and
sweeping things. 1t is long time I'M
til election, and things will not come
so easy when the votes are to be polled
as they are now.-Duluth News Tri-
bune.
Ha. 1t is there you are? You are
counting on the 'barrels'' to be
opened. But the Populists are "unto"
you. Every Populist who ''fops," in
the last two weeks of the campaign,
shall have his name printed in the
Legion Of HONOR otherwise the
"Rogues' gallery of the REPREsEN-
TATIvE: and shall have, we hope, a
pleasant ride on a three-cornered rail,
amid the plaudits of his admiring
neighbors.
You see what is expected, brethren.
The money is to convert you. Spot the
bribe-givers and bribe-takers. See if
you can't trap some of them and send
them to the penitentiary. Lure the
villains on. We can increase the Irvine
plant. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22
The DEVILS ArSument.

Waseca Radical: viii the Demo-
Gratis endorse Owen? is the inquiry.
Some of the Democrats think that
would be the proper thing, and good
politics-to defeat the Republicans;
while others think nothing is to be
gained by such a course. They prefer
to stand by their own party and prin-
ciples and suffer defeat rather than
gain victory that would be no vic
tory for Democracy but for another
party-as Donnelly and the Pops of
course will claim all the honOrS and
offices if that party get in.
What a narrow, small view to take
of great affairs. One would think
there was nothing to politics but the
offices. The Democrats claim that
the state is misgoverned, they have a
chance to drive out those who mis-
governed it: and now the Republicans
come around, like Mephistopheles at
the era of Faust, and say,-"Hold on;
you won't get anything for it-but
good government. The stealings will
be stopped but you won't get any
plumber. BETTER let the robbery con-
tinue!'
Oh G. O. P. What a DIDO.
you have become! I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22

frequently take place. In one instance
in the summer of 1892 the mob
became so violent and destructive
that the soldiers were called out, and
in the fight twenty-three COssacks
were killed. At another time the in
furiated populace, after pounding an
unfortunate doctor to death, brutally
ill-treated his body, and then took pos
session of the town. The authorities
fled into prison for safety, upon which
the leader of the insurgents remarked,
with touch of humor, that the Off
Gals undoubtedly knew their proper
place and they might stay there.
Similar scenes were enacted in many
places and in more than one instance
medical men lost their lives, true
martyS to duty. In some cases the
doctors had to be smuggled out of the
town in coffin"
This reminds us Of the French OF
Lower Canada who, in the time OF a
smallpox plague, mobbed and MUIR
dered the doctors who were sent to
vaccinate them.
Uneducated man is most danger
GUS beast to himself and to all the
rest of the world. Brighten up the
brain as the first step towards the
capacity of self-government. He who
would keep man in ignorance is his
deadly enemy. l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22
Usury Elsewhere.

The Detroit Free Press prints the
following:
H. Lille Mackey is a name which
appears several times every day on
small chattle mortgages filed in the
city clerks Office as that of the mort
gage. Yesterday it was presented to
the Wayne Circuit Court as the name
of defendant in bill for an inj juno
ton, filed by Frederick C. TOegel and
his wife. The latter aver that on
October 4, 1893, they borrowed 1913 from
the defendant, giving her chattle
mortgage on their household effects,
including Toegel's tools, used by him
in his trade as cooper and needed by
him to provide for his family. They
claim that they have repaid the
amount of the mortgage with per
cent interest, but that nevertheless
Mackey insists that the sum of $33 is
still due her on the mortgage and
that she threatens to foreclose the
same.
Judge Carpenter issued prelimin-
airy injunction restraining Mackey and
her agents from selling the mOrtgaged
chattelS.
Mack ay?-Mackey?-Seems to me
that has familiar sound, There was a
St Paul blood-suckor, a shent per shent
rascal of that name. Is this woman
his wife, -operating in new field?
D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22
The Need of Universal Education.
Read the following and coo ,uh,t ,

Read the following and see what a
people may be without public schools.
IF any sort of drainage exists in
Russia at all tits the cess pool system
even in the cApit3l, St. Petersburg:
but as the cesspool$s are roughly con,
struced the soil Becomes Saturated
and the water contaminated. These
two things are-bad: and there is an
neutrality-suspicious.. The Russian
is great drinker; If he has a kopeck
he would rather spend it on whisky
than on food. Now, cholera has \
marked preference for the hard drink
err. But the Fundamental defect of
the Russian p,ope, which makes
them an easy pfeytto epidemic pesti-
'lences, is their superstition and ignor-
ance. In the large fities, which are
the seats of local governments,
cholera is fought to better advantage.
but even here 'the water supply and
the lack of proper drainage are shame
fully archaic. The PHYSICIANS are
generally competent and their devo-
ton to the work is wonderful. The
Russian poor must, be driven, as they
VIII 90 nothing to help themselves.
They are still half Oriental and half
slave. Ignorance, laziness, and fatal
ISM combine to make them rebel
against sanitary measures and medi-
cal treatment. The poor everywhere
hate to have their habits interfered
with, but with the Russians there is
something more. They are firmly
convinced that cholera is introd uced
by the doctors for their own benefit in
order to supply themselves with pa
tients, and they believe disinfectants
anu drugs are merely part Of the doc
IorS' devices. Hence the riots which
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22
A Good Nomination.


We don't,Want to interfere in the
affairs of any congressional district,
but we cannot forbear saying good
word in favor Of Francis H. Clarke, of
st. Paul, as the right man to send to
congress from the Fourth district.
Mr.. Clarke has written some able arti-
Giles for the REPRESENTATIVE; he is
a full-blooded, middle-of-the-road
Populist; we served with him on the
committee on platform OF the Peo-
pies party convention, July 10th. and
we found him clear-headed, able and
reasonable man. We are told he is a
fine orator. We do not hear of any other
man mentioned in that district, and
we hope he will be nominated unani-
mously. With the right kind of a
campaign he can be elected. Kiefer's
silver record is enough, alone, to de-
feat him. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22

has put its hand into the pockets Of
men of other pursuits, and taken out
their money and given it to the far
mers. The nation has given us part
of our own lands; and the state has
given US part of our own taxes. On
the other hand, the government
for thirty years has seized our hard
earned cash and handed it over direct
ly to the owners of mills and mines
and pine-sorests; and they have i'm
ported the poorest of Europe's poor to
break down the wages of the men in
whose name and on whose behalf our
money was taken! And the govern
ments of state and nation have seen
us, for thirty years, despoiled Of our
possessions, 10 pay interest on "wa-
tered STOCK" to an amount sufficient
to maintain another nation the size
of this great republic; and have never
opened their mouths nor raised their
hands to protect us. And when at
last the outraged and impoverished
people rise up in their wrath, to right
their wrongs at the ballot box, this
able and ingenious gentleman, Govern
or Nelson, comes forth to convince US
that we are prosperous and happy; the
favored children of the nation; the
elect of the earth; the very pets of the
gods; rolling in the fairness of our vast
prosperity, stripped from the pockets
of our fellow citizens!
Governor, governor! 1t is pretty,
but it won't 60 down. The very mis-
cries of your audience, dwelling in the
Egypt of America, and reduced almost
to Egyptian wretchedness, should
have rebuked you and covered you
with shame.
But desperate are the necessities of
a Republican candidate for office.
d.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22
Tie Seventh District.

When Haldor E. Boon heard who
was nominated by the Republicans for
congress in the Seventh district he
chuckled. crowed and threw up his
hat. 1t was dead give away. And
not satisfied with this most impolitic
nomination, look at their platform
instead of demanding the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver. at the ratio
of 16 to (which is the sentiment of
nine-tenths of the people of the dis
trict, they resolve that they are in
favor Of the largest possible use of
silver as money" without word as to
whether it shall be at Is to l, or 100 to
1. They pledge themselves to ICON
time the work Of bi-me talism." Good
Lord! The Republican kind of BIZ
metalism is just the kind we don't
want to see ''cOntipued." Why did they
not resolve, 1--WE are in favor of con-
tinuing the work Of breaking down
the price of wheat?" 1t would amount
to the same thing. The money lend
ers drew that platform and they alone
will vote for Eddy.
Why, Henry Feig would have made
a better candidate. He at least has
some "snap," and some sympathy with
the common people. At heart he is a
Populist, and nothing but pride keeps
him from cutting loose from his pluto
cratic associates. And CONS took, while
too much perhaps Of corporation at
torney, is a man of strong ability. And
even StecnersOn would have been q
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22
They permitted the party attachments to
stand in the way of the conviction of one

They permitted the party attachments to
stand in the way of the conviction of one
of the
MOST CORRUPT GANGS
that ever existed. So it will be this time
if you do not come to the rescue Lay
aside your party prejudices for once. Let
turn on the light of justice. If the al
legations which I have made are not true
the accused men have right to know it.
If they are true, you have right to know
it, and the guilty should be brought to
punishment.
necessary that we have the legislature, the
state officers and the courts. There is an
impression abroad that if everything else
has been lost, the courts are still on the
side of the people. This is a mistake Many
of your judges are politicians before any,
thing else AS has been said Of them, few
die and none resign They like their jobs
and they owe them to political 1nnuence.
In many cases they are the servile tools or
corpora tons. One of the present Judges OF
Hennepin county, for instance, and VINO Is
a candidate for reelection, had his COM
mission, as I am informed, brought to him
by Thomas Lowry, president of the Mime
apolis street car company. This company
has many suits brought against 1t by Varl-
Gus persons. judge can do a htlgant
many favors and assist him to win MS
cases without going beyond the strict
bounds Of the law. Look well to the courts.
1t is also necessary to have possession OF
the state offices. All efforts to investigate
the state capitol
WILL BE FUTILE
if these offices are in possession of the old
parties. An unfrendly governor can ma
many ways of impeding an honest at
tempt to investigate corruption and yet
not be caught at it.
In closing l wish to say that if this fight
fails it will be the last one that 1 will ever
undertake. Advancing years admonish me
that l have not long to stay with YOU
Thirty years of fighting have well nigh
worn me out / can truthfully say that L
weary of it all. l have seen SO much
Of the failure Of men whom l have sup
ported to carry out their promises to the
people that my faith in human nature is
almost exhausted.
As l said before, a few days will close
80 years of my residence in this state. In
that time / have been in the thickest OF the
fight. The man does not live, be he friend
or foe who can truthfully say that have
sold myself for money or office Fortunate
ly l can give the highest references to the
truth of this assertion. Some of the men
who know this to be true are: d. Sinclair,
of Winona; c. X. Davis w. w. Braden,
F. P. Brown, H. A. Castle, DR.. David Day.
A. Biermann, J. A. Wheelock, L. P. Hub
bard, S. p. Child, John A. Lovely, Sherman
Page. NJ H. Dunnell, Milo White, C. NJ.
Start, A. Barto, C. d. Kerr, John q.
Farmer. Lafayette French d. F. Morgan,
Geo. p. Wilson, and many others whom l
might name. I think these men will all
testify, if asked, that I have never, far
political work. Some of them 1 have OPP
posed in various ways. but | always fought
a square fight, and ii / lost did not squeal.
w. w. WILLIAMS.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22
SURPLUS OF LAWYERS.
How the Country Came to be
Ruined,

In 1850 the proportion of lawyers to
the male population in this country
was one to 1874 and in 1880 it was one to
1913. The number of lawyers in legisla-
lures has always been greater than
their proportion of the population
would warrant. In Maine there has
been on the average one lawyer for
each ten members; in Vermont and
Rhode Island one for each twelve; in
Cincinnati and in New Hampshire,
one in sixteen. and in Massachusetts,
one in nine. Of the entire number Of
United States senators since 1857. 2,0GS
out of 1922 have been lawyers. Seven
teen of the twenty three vice-presi-
dents, and 2lS Of the 232 cabinet Off
GERS have been members OF the bar.
Now there have been and are some
splendid lawyers-Jefferson was one,
Lincoln was another;-we have some
lawyers that any state might be proud
Of, but have not the legal brotherhood
had too much to do with the making
Of our laws? l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22

and he was afraid that it be permitted
to run down. My first offer for the
farm was $4,000, but I refused it. My
next offer came four years ago, when
| was offered $1,000 for the farm.
This | accepted, taking 5000 mort
gage in part payment. One year ago
the man to whom I sold told me that
If l would give him 81 900 and release
him from the mortgage he would re-
turn the farm to me. That exempli-
ties the fall in value of lands. 1t is all
due to the demone tiZation of silver.
Is 1t possible that the mass of man
kind will stand idly by and see them
selves ruined by a few cormorants?
We cannot believe it. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22
FROM JUDGE WILLIS.
Minnesota's Eminent JuriSt Apprcci-
ateS u Good Thing.

10 the MaZeppH 11lDNne.
Some friend sent me your issue of the Sth
inst, and ! find in il a paragraph which
pleased me exceedingly. 1t is this: "Coun-
try politicians Of both the old parties are
becoming very weary. The old and corrupt
methods employed by the leaders of each
to get into Office and do as they please
after they are elected is becoming sicken-
ing to honest people. Unless a brace s
made soon, the Populists will gather in
many of the best men of both parties, anG
then look out for a landslide. The great
thing to guard against is that the new par
ty does not fall into the same rut once il
becomes Il power
In this item you have spoken valuable
truth. The Inconsistency and dishonesty o.
public men is one of the crying evils OF
the time. Men seem to be elected to office
without any idea of carrying out the pledg.
lie is rightly becoming disguised with such
dishonest tricks. AS you say, both of the
cid parties are suffering 4 process Of dis.
indignation, and l believe that the reason
is that the people have experienced such
fragrant deception at the hands of those
to whom they have committed ofticia
trusts. l like your views so We'll that
beg leave to become a subscriber and en-,
close you my check. Please enter my namt
as subscriber for the time that amour
will cover and believe me, very truly
yours. JOHN w. WILLIS.
St Paul, Aug H.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22
LANDLORD COERCION,
Sir George Speaks.
York Herald.

Interview of George NJ. Pullman in New
York Herald.
Normally we returned in Pullman
from 900 to $500 Republican major
ity. l confidently expected that we
should do as much for Harrison. l
had not the slightest idea that the
majority would fall below 1000 in any
event. You may imagine my surprise
when the returns, came and Pullman
had cast maj ority of more than 1000
for Cleveland. | made up my mind
that my employes in Pullman were
not worth caring for, and that would
90 ahead and cut ocdges to the bottom notch
| would get business il business could
be had. If the working people of
Pullman wanted to vote against my
interests, | made up my mind that
they could fake the consequences.
Nor, let us sec ho,c they like 1t.
Think oft. This internal scoundrel
plunged this whole country into up
roar, confusion, violence, almost civil
war: cost the people millions of dol
lars; and sent men, women and chill
dren to their graves. because his en-
ployes in 1892 did not cote as he acanted
them to,
Shades of Washington and Jefferson
and jackson. Is this what the repub-
lie has come to? That men are to be
punished and the whole land con-
vulSed because free men saw fit to vote
as they pleased.
And NOR he boasts OF it,
Really, what fate is severe enough
for this upstart? This shoddy aristo-
crat? This neck Marquis?
He should bedriven out of the coun-
try and never permitted to return.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22
Horrible.

Read this from the pen of a lady
correspondent of the Chicago Herald,
and then get up and swear a blue
streak. a mile long, against the damn
able villains who have brought such
wretchedness on mankind, and who
are determined to make it worse.
ooh, the world is so crammed full of
misery. What can be done about it2
How shall we better the condition of
those poor folks who 90 about with
such white faces and thin hands. seek
ing work and hiding none, hungeriny
FOR bread and ashamed to ask for it.
dying day by day of starvation and
heart-break, while you and | go our
way, eat three meals day and growl
because our ice sometimes give out
1t Will certainly be the death of me if
cannot lind some alienation for the
poverty see all about me and can't
help. Sometimes | think that l am
growing hardened to it all, and am al
most glad to think it. until suddenly
some pititnl sight will summon the
1ears TO bind me with their hot flood.
Two minutes ago l looked up from
the desk where l was writing. A
young man stood in the doorway. He
was SO gaunt and thin that, as he
stood, he tottered for lack of strength
10 hold himself upright. His face
was CHASTITY white and his eyes burned
with feverish glow. He was so pit
iully neat and clean that it broke my
heart to note his effort to maintain
ms bearing as a gentleman. 81 am
selling few little things in the way
of Jewelry,' said he. "They are very
cheap and quite nice; perhaps you
would like to buy"
You poor thing" I wanted to say.
II couldn't buy five-cent stick-pin to
save my soul, but I'm awfully sorry
Tor you and l wish l could give you a
dollars worth of trade"
He went his wayas l shook my head,
and when l saw him turn l laid my
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-22

head down aonslmy old desk and just
asked God 1hatGhe meant by allowing
such heaps q nd shoals Of suffering in
a. world that started out to be an
Eden! 81 IN
Every tip}a T think of tnat thin,
pale man and his ways and wares, |
feel ashamed that didn't buy stick
pin, even ifdI had to borrow the mon
ey to do it.''}l =
The Chicaso Herald prints this arti-
Gle, and the91 continues to do all in it's
power to sustain the Money-Power,
which, thr6ighnits Unsuitable greed,
has brought such miseries on the
world. I'D.