The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-19
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lard defrauded the company out of
over $500, 900 in one DEAL And he was
Grover Clcveland's special friend, who
came within on all of being appointed
to cabinet position.
"Right after the war;" said Put
nam county, Indiana farmer, to a
friend, 81 took 100 bushels of wheat to
the railroad station and received $3.50.
/ paid $1lO for Studebaker wagon,
$40 for taxes and tOoke home $llO.
Last year my son, who is operating the
farm, took 100 bushels Of wheat to the
same station, got $50 for it, paid all
taxes, got no wagon (now selling for
500 and took no money home, What
glorious thing it is to have an hon
est dollar" Elk.
Waseca Herald: If you believe that
duced the value of everything in this
country nearly or quite one-half, and
has thrown hundreds Of thousand of
people out of work and reduced wages;
and that it takes twice as much labor
to pay debts as it did twenty years ago,
why vote for either of the parties that
stand pledged to the gold basis de-
manded by the bondocracy of Wall
street?
Waseca Herald: 1t is really anus
ing to watch the bosses of the Demo-
cratic party of Minnesota, at st. Paul,
trying to hold their party men in line
by shouting: "Name first-class
ticket from top to bottom and then
make campaign to win" ''Nothing
could be more abs urd than to endorse
the Populists, or to surrender to the
anarchical crowd of silver imitation
ists," say they. How do our democrat
ic country voters like the crack of the
Doran-kelley-Jim Hill party whip?
The fact is these bosses know perfect
ly we'll that Democracy is "ausges-
pielt,'' and their only hope is to elect
their 'Republican brethren" After
election, remember what we now say.
Madison Press: Six thousand people
are said to be starving in the "model"
town of Pullman, and Gov. Altgeld
has applied to the public to aid them
in their distress. These people helped
Pullman to accumulate his millions
and he now turns them over to the
cold charity of the world. No man
with the semblance of soul, whether
rich or poor, can believe that Pullman
has the moral right to treat these
people thus inhumanly. The moral
WClS lIU VI puD1lC OpIulOIl SuOulu Dc
brought to bear upon this blOated
monopolist to compel him to do what
is right in the case.
Atwater Press: The ralraod and
warehouse commission have decided
the famous grain rate case of Steener-
son VS.. the Great Northern railway,
and grants reduction of fifteen per
cent on grain rates. This will lower
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Minneapolis half-cent bushel. 1t
is said that the railroad will fight the
order. 1t is we'll known fact that the
passenger ia ties shOuld-be reduced one
third, the express rates one-half, and
freight rates one-third. The way to
accomplish these, will be by legislative
enatment. And the way to secure
legiSla tive relief for the people will
be to send men to the legislature who
are known to be true and honest, and
not those who have heretofore been
railroad lobbyists. Give this import
ant matter careful consideration.
Western Guard: 1t is amusing to
watch the tactics Of the Republican
papers. Not long ago they declared
the Populist movement dead. Satur-
day the st. Paul Dispatch (Rep.) says:
That the sentiment expressed by va
rious members Of the Republican
State Press Association is to fight the
Populists." Lord save u.s. that is what
they have be doing all the time, conse-
fear on that score. The speakers ad-
vocated giving the Populists such a
fight this fall as they never had be-
fore: to call a spade spade, and not
beat about the bush in any manner
whatever. All agreed that the fight
would be against the Populists. The
Republicans are dying hard, poor
things.
Milwaukee Advance: The most in
famous thing that has occurred lately,
is the order issued by the Union Pa
citic railroad company threatening to
discharge all employees who take part
in politics, without regard to the fact
of their neglecting their duties or not.
The Union and Central Pacific rail
roads represent some of the biggest
political steals in the world and now
that their employees are becoming Pop
uliStS these worse than highway rob-
bers use the last Of the tyrant against
them, because the Populists propose to
make the thieves disgorge 1t is safe
to say that Stanford. Huntington and
Croker stole more than hundred
million dollars from the American
people.
Mankato Journals: At the Demo-
cratic state convention Wednesday
Gen. Becker was nominated for COVER
nor. Gen. Becker is member of the
state warehouse and grain commission
and has been a member thereof ever
since the law creating that useless and
expensive body was enacted. The fact
that Gen. Becker has held this office
during all these long years undera Re-
publican administration proves that
he is not the man, the people, the
great toiling masses, want in the CUB
ernatorlal chair. 1t can not be denied
that jim Hill has dictated the person
mel of that commission, neither can it
be denied that this same power was
influential in keeping Gen. Becker in
that position all these years. Had
Gen. Becker used his official position
to benefit the masses it stands to rea-
son that he would have been turned
down long since. Gen. Becker is not
the man the masses want. He is the
pet of Jim Hill, Mike Doran and the
rest, and even the Pioneer Press COM
mends him. This fact, alone. is
enough to defeat him. Dan w. Law
Ter, the attorney for the Chicago &
Great Western Railway, placed Gen,
Becker in nomination. Becker is a
very safe man for the railway COM
panies and is simply put up for fig
ure head in the interest Of Gov. Mel
son.