The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23
MORE CONVERTS COMING.
A Tidal Wave

Lieut.-Gov. Herried, of South Dakota, a
very able and clear-headed man, writes a
private letter, in which he says:
1.-THE terrible conflict between the aris-
tocracy of wealth versus humanity, the
great conflict OF the ages, is upon us. This
conflict is not confined to our own country.
1t is expanding within the boundaries Of
civilization. But in our own country, with
natural resources. diversified and unequaled
in the world, with a population composed
of the best from many lands, merged into
a powerful cosmopolitan race. possessing
intelligence and virtue, ability and energy
not equaled anywhere upon the face of the
globe, this battle of ideas will rage with
terrible intensity Many thoughtful stu
dents of the economical development of our
country during the last quarter of a CEN
fury have anticipated the inevitable crisis.
We are under the glamour of some great
change impending. There is something in
the air. vague, Observation-Disclosures pathetic
yearning of suffering humanity for ma
terial improvement for social equality, for
justice!
Of bounteous prosperity grind out million
aires and paupers with such fearful alac
rity, must be changed, and will be changed
by a progressive, thoughtful people. Alb
ject poverty means degradation, and a de-
graded people can never remain a free peo-
pie. First, poverty; then ignorance, vice,
crime-disregard for all law, human and
divine.
'The great mass of people, those most d.
rectly and seriously affected, do not seem
to clearly comprehend the seriousness Of
the situation. But the intellectual activity
of today among the masses has never been
equaled since the dawn of civilization.
LAS a Republican, 1 am proud of our
party's early history, its great names, it's
great achievements. 1t has been the party
of progress, of human equality and liberty.
But it must now shake off the tyranny Of
the money power, take advanced ground on
many great questions of the day and again
become the distinctive and unQuestioned
champion of the people upon whom the adj
vancing civilization has fastened the chains
Of industrial slavery. In 1850 the battle cry
was: Freedom for the black slaves To-
day it must be: Freedom for the white
slavesr"
And Judge Conklin, one of the Republican
leaders of South Dakota, writes as fol-
lows:
IF Wall street rules congress now the
cyclone, that shall sweep the money power
Of this country to the wall, will be upon us,
and neither the Democrats or Republicans
will elect the next president control the
next congress. 1t may perhaps be well
that the issue be made now; come it must
at no distant day. The molocks Of greed
cannot always continue to cord up millions
of money as men cord up wood. They
might do 1t under monarchica1 govern
ment with a standing army to support
them but 1T cannot continue under re-
publican form of government like ours.
Wealth believes it can control this country
and 1t will never cease trying or believe
otherwise until the issue is fairly made
and the silent, but all-powerful American
nallot shall have unraveled in a lawful and
constitutional manner existing laws and
constitutions, too, if necessary and knit
them over again. in such form as to bind
the gold kinds hand and foot and render
them as helpless as a toothless lion. = =
They know that the man who has large
wealth in money does not want the volume
of money doubled, for if that should hap
pen he would have to pay two dollars for
what he can now buy for one, and the
farmer could pay dollar of. indebtedness
with the pecks. instead of three bushels, of
wheat, or with three instead of ten pounds
of wool. The plain people know a good
deal more about these things than they did
80 years ago, and they have been waiting
patiently. men of all parties, for their party
leaders to move earnestly in the matter
just the free soil men of both the old
Wing and Democratic parties waited for
long years for their party to set down on
the demands of shareholders At last
driven wild by the cowardice and duplicity
of their party leaders, free sellers came out
from both parties and organized the new
Republican party, that swept the country
and always would have done SO had it's
party leaders continued to stand fearlessly
by the masses of the people"
And SO it goes. We are living in the
midst of the greatest political revolution
this land has ever known.
Don't let it stop. ZIP, guards and at
emf
Open the doors wide for the new re-
cruitS, and let them take rank according to
their merit and fidelity. Honesty above all
things!
Push the circulation of The Representa-
tive! 1t is the key that opens the mind of
the people and the doors of the future
Push 1t into every household.