The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16
GOLD NOTES.
Making Trouble in Kansas,
Here is an important matter.

TOPEKA, Kan. May 8.-State Bank
Commissioner, John w. Breidenthal to-
day sent circular to all state and
private banks in Kansas, in which he
fOrbidS them to sign notes Obligating
themselves to pay their obligations in
anything except the legal tender of
the United States. In the letter he
says:
Lam informed that New York banks re-
quire banks that borrow of them to sign
notes payable in gold. In this connection /
desire to call your attention to chapter 90
of the laws of Kansas of 1893, and request
that hereafter all banks under the control
any note or other obligation payable in
anything other than lawful money of the
United States.
The bank commissioner claims that
no bank has right to obligate itself
to pay any Indebtedness in other than
legal tender for the reason that cir
cumStanceS might arise which would
make gold money worth double the
legal tender of the country and that
the depositors would be the losers.
The law he refers to in his circular is
as follows:
That from and after the passage of this
act al! obligations of debt. Judgment or
executions stated in terms dollars and to
be paid in money, if not dischargeable in
United States legal lender notes, shall be
payable in either the standard silver or
gold coins authorized by the congress of
contract to the contrary Notwithstanding.
In Minnesota there are thousands of
mortgage notes drawn with that gold
clause. Last session the Populists of
Minnesota tried to pass similar law
but failed. We must elect the right
kind of a Legislatures next winter and
release the people from the grip of the
gold-bugs, who now have every interest
to break down the value of greenbacks,
silver, silver-certifcates and every
thing but gold. Id.
The Same Idea.
Omaha, May GA call was issued
to-day for meeting Of the Populists
central committee at Lincoln, May 18.
to fix the date and place for holding
the state convention. Chairman
Deaver in his call says that it has
been desired to call the convention at
time when the farmers could take
couple of weeks off and the place Sc
lected will be in the central part of
the state. 1t is proposed that the
delegates boycott the railroads and go
to the convention by wagons.
This plan is spreading everywhere.
Nebraska is nearly as large a state as
Minnesota, and if the idea of making
a picnic convention is practica BILE
there it is here. Let the people organ
ize. Let US CoIeyise the State Conven-
tion. I'D.
They Knock Out the Jobs.
Hon. Jerry Simpson saved the coun-
try an expense of an additional clerk
to the interstate committee. This cx-
ira clerk would have been snecure
for some congresSman'S brother or
relative. Jerry saved nearly one-half
of his salary by defeating the resolu-
tiOn. Such little matters count up in
the long run. 1t is estimated that the
POpulists during the past three years
saved the country more than $25,000,
600 by standing in the way of jobs and
frauds. ."-National Watchman.
In Minnesota it was the impulse
given by the Populists that led up to
the pine land Investigations which
have already put $50, 900 into the state
Treasurer. We do not wish to be-little
the valuable services of any democrat
or republican who may have as
sisted in the good work; but it remem-
bered that those frauds were practiced
for quarter of century and it was
not until the rise Of the Populist party
that any attempt was made to stop or
punish the wrOng-doers. Id.
No Doubt About It.
''Those Republican papers which
are glibly prophesying a majority for
that party in the next house of Rep
resentatives, should not count
their chickens before they are hatch
cd. The Populist sentiment is still
strong in the south and west, and with
D roper leaders, will be an important
factor in the campaign. The inability
of the two old parties to afford relief
to the masses, will cause big POpulist
vote, in our opinion. ."-Appleton
Press.
Very true, you have hit the nail on
the head. Disgust with Cleveland.
drove theusan nds of Democrats into the
Republican party. Sober second
thought will land them in the Populst
ranks. ]. D.