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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28
FIGHT In COLORADO.
A LETTER FROM GOV. WAITE.
The Old Hero Ready
For 1896.

| trust will be pardoned for pub
fishing the following private letter as
know its contents will be interest
ing to all our people. I.D.1
DENVER, Noy. Is. '94
HON. IGNATIUs DONNELLY,
Tasting, MINI.
MY DEAR SIR:-I hope to meet you
at the st. Louis convention the last
OF this month. 1t is possible that
something can be accomplished there
for the good of the people. When 1
consider that fraud, money and in
timidation were so openly and extern
sively used; that the Democratic party
almost bodily went over to the Re-
publicans that large portion of the
Prohibitionists did the same, that the
W. Z. II. U. women went together
with the lewd women of Market
street; and the sleek preachers voted
with the gamblers, l am surprised
that the majority against us is not
greater. After all what beat us was
made to believe that the hard times
were occasioned by Populist state
ation,-"driving capital out
of the State!'
We are not discouraged, we com
mence to organize for 1896; and we will
carry the state. OF course we will
weed out the traitors, who fight us be-
cause they do not approve of the
Omaha platform. Fifteen thousand
democrats voted with us in 1892, solely
on the silver question. They did not
vote for Weaver and Field on the
POpuliSt ticket but on ticket of
their own, to keep up organization,
and il possible to make the Populist
party tail to the Democratic kite
And the bulk of this Democratic vote.
went over at the last election to the
Republicans. Some of them made a
fusion, and had half their own men on
our ArapahOe county ticket; but so
fearful were these Dem Pops, that
our ticket could be elected, that they
abandoned their own party and their
own fusion to vote Republican. And
now these traitors and thieves, talk
OF starting new party on the single
issue of silver.
enclose copy Of my remarks at
our Sunday meeting after election.
The News would not publish it in full
Great grief is felt over our defeat but
no genuine Populist is discouraged.
Let me hear from you at your earliest
convenience. Yours truly,
DAVIS H. WAITE.
We hope to quote the Governors
speech in an early iss ue.-ED. REP.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28
TIME FOR ACTION.
The Pveople Haze Been Humbuggcd
Long Enough.

The time is past for foolishness.
The people now demand something eff
fective.
They have been humbugged with
tariff and parity" long enough.
The ask for little common sense
legislation by congress.
They ask that the administra tion
stop setting aside law and constituting
it in the interest of monopoly.
They demand justice and the strict
enforcement of the constitution, and
they are not joking about it either.
They demand that federal officers,
from congressman to president, shall
carry out their promises.
They demand that laws shall be
made and construed in the interest of
the masses instead of the classes.
The people demand that legislation
shall be henceforth in the interest Of
the wealth producers and not exclu-
sively to the paternal benefit of the
combines and money power.
ding of the bosses and letting the
bosses dictate candidates. They pro-
pose to take hand in selecting candi-
dates hereafter, and to hold them per-
sonally responsible.
Truly it is time the people took
charge Of political matters and man.
aged their own business direct and
not through corrupt political bosses.
There is day of retribution at hand
-TcXaS Advance. ...-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28

CThe Coming Nation.)
Fl. P. Harrison, in the August North
American Review, says of organized labor:
1T has given the country a representation
as it were in dress rehearsal-of the part
which organized labor proposes to play in
the ational drama, and which it will play,
UNLESS FORCIBLY WITHHELD, when
the right time arrives. Capitals mine) This
last is the development of a deep seated
malady, cancerous growth which has
been deliberately implanted III the social
system of the country, and has been foster
ed there till it has struck roots, which will
not be torn out without the rending of It's
sues and the SPILLING OF BLOOD"
Gaps mine) There you have it again. lab
orlng men. DO you want words to speak
palmer that it is the intention of the CAPT.
tallslst to use the army and navy against
your every cutlery for justice? You are to
be forced to create millions for those you
have voted into power or killed if you re-
iuse. These words We're not written for
your eyes-laboring men don't read the
magazines of the country-they read the
taffy thrown them by the plutocratic daily
press. Are you still willing to vote the
same tickets as the monopolitsts when their
advocates boast what they intend to do?
There is little time left. The finale will be
in 1896. Win or be slaves.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28

PETER has spoken. His utterances were
carefully worded for the press We quote:
The dissatisfied Democrats will hold a
conference among themselves to decide
upon what policy shall be pursued and
what principles agreed upon for the forma-
ton Of a new party. After agreeing
among themselves they will confer with
the dissatisfied Republicans who are the
Tree silver Republicans and these two ele-
ments Will come together for an agree
ment. That being accomplished they will
meet with the Populists, and out of this
conference will come party which is
TO DO battle with the Republican party
or party of gold monometallists.
The Populists believe in the free coin
age OF silver. Speaking for myself and
l think. for the Populists generally l am
perfectly willing to unite in such an or
ganization and make free silver the single
issue of the campaign on one condition.
want declaration involving principle
that all public functions must be perform
ed through public agents. With this gem
eral broad declaration, couched in accept
able language, and involving merely a dec
laration of principles, | am willing to go
into the fight on the single issue of free
and unlimited coinage of gold and silver
on ratio of Is to -
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28
Poor and Comes High.

One of the reforms that are abso.
lutely necessary in order to relieve the
people of the excessive burden of tax
alton that bears so hard upon them is
an economical national administra-
ton.
During Jefferson's administration
the annual expense Of national agmin-
istration was about 49, 500, 900 with a
population of about 5000 900. making
an expense of about 60 cents per
capita. During the last year of Van
Buren's administration great pro-
test was raised against the increasing
cost of administration, which went up
to $l3, 600 the population being
about II, Ct 0,000. This was per capita
cost of IS cents. And what was con-
sidered extravaganza.
It would naturally be inferred that
the greater the population the less
the government should cost per
CAPITA. But what do we find? The
cost of carrying on our government
TODAY reaches the overwhelming an
nual total of $400,000,000, or about s.
per CAPITA. Think of that. Instead
of decrease it has increased from 20
cents to 81.
Little wonder that the American
people should complain of their bur-
den of taxation. And when we con-
slider the regularity with which the
people vote back into power the men
who are responsible for such eXtrava-
gance we even wonder that it is not
worse.-North Dakota Independent.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28
POINTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

Because a man has the right to vote
carries with it duty. He should
know how to vote, and if he is an hon
est thinking man he will study Ioli-
tics, or he will stay away from the
polls till he has reason for his opin-
ions to be expressed by the ballot.
The Republicans, without promising
any reform or change of policy what
ever, expect to win victory through
tie disgust of the public at the Demo-
cratic party, which is now divided and
disabled by treachery until it amounts
TO little more than demOraliZed mob
Chicago Express.
The Populist party must be downed.
1t can not be permitted to exist long
our plans In Republican districts
the Democrats should assist the Re
publicans in defeating the Populists,
and in Democratic districts Republi-
can support will come to the Demo-
Gratis. In this way we will kill this
crank party.-Chairman Babcock Of
the Republican national congressional
committee.
Isn't it somewhat remarkable
circumstance, if the present admins
bIdUlOH Is uelenulnp GHe gamblers ana
joint keepers, and if the Rep ublican
party and it's candidates are the i'm
placable enemies of these outlaws
that they pretend to be, that every
last gambler and jointist should be
opposing the reelection of his friends
and putting campaign material into
dhe hands of his enemies in order to
help them succeed? Haven't the Re-
publican managers got the plan Of
their campaign little mixed?-To-
peka Kan) Advocate.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28
WRIGHT OBJECTS.
To the Statements Made by the Rail-
way Age.

To the Statements Made by the Rail-
way Age.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 23.-Hon.
Carroll D. Wright chairman of the strike
commission, to(by addressed answer to
the open letter to the commission recently
published in the Railway Age. The COM
missioner's letter follows:
United States Strike Commission, Wash
President of the Railway Age, Chicago,
nl.-Dear Sir: Yours of the 10Th, inclosing
a copy of your open letter to the strike
commission, was duly received. l have
examined the points you attempt to make
against the commission and find that every
material position taken by you is false,
while our own positions are in the main
clearly substantated by the evidence taken
by the commission and chiefly by the sworn
testimony of railway and Pullman officials.
This evidence can be freely examined by
any one you fit to send to this Office,
as 1 have an extra copy of it, or you can
find copy of it in the hands of Judge
WOrthngton, at Peoria. The testimony will
be printed by order of congress, and then
everyone can satisfy himself as to the truth
of the position taken by the company
believe the report of the commission to be
thoroughly mpregnable as to every
material statement of facts. What
ever specific objections the commits
sion may make to the points
of the Railway Age and the other
papers, I suppose the commission will pre-
fer to make officially, and not to any indi-
vidual publication. Such an answer
have no right now to make, because 1 have
not consulted the members Of the commits
sion. l write this letter on my own respon-
sibiity. Whoever calls on me for the pur-
pose of examining the testimony will be
accorded every privilege. I am, respectfully
yours, CARROII.J d. WRIGHT
/ Chairman.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28
REMEMBER.

That whenever public meeting of
the Peoples Party or Farmers ALI
ance is to be held, in Minnesota or
elsewhere, if you will drop us postal
card we will send you, free Of charge, a
Iundle of sample copies of THE REP
REsENTATIvE. on condition that the
party writing for them will circulate
them at the meeting and try to get US
some subscribers.
Remember that while stump-speak-
RS do great work, by rousing up the
Deople, setting them to thinking, and
summarizing the arguments: the real
and abiding work must be done by
newspapers, which come into mans
house and his mind, wcckr wee k, aftc
Ike the continued dropping of water
Il stone: answering objections. re-
uewing impressions and digging their
saY deeper and deeper into the souls
d conscicnces Of men. The Plutoc-
'cy understand all this; thisla been
icr chief agency in controlling tie
,cop!e. Let the reformcrS be equally
wise in their day and generation.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28
IMPORTANT.

We call the especial attention of
our readers to our advertisements.
The firms stand we'll and are reliable.
We would also call your attention to
the following resolution adopted
unanimously at the State Farmers
Alliace convention:
Resolved, That the state alliance
heartily approves Of the work Of the
REPRESENTATIVE newspaper. 1t
was established by the vote Of the
alliance at our last meeting with
capital furnished by the local ALI
ances. 1t has defended the prin-
ciples Of the alliance, it has afforded
a means of communication between
members of the alliance and it has
labored to promote harmony and
good will in the organization. We
call upon all members OF the alliance
to do their best to increase it's circu-
lation, and we would request each To-
cal alliance to subscribe for at least
one share Of stock for the paper.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28

been published not what they said to him,
not which said the most.
but next day the New York papers were
emblazoned with the fact that the patriotic
money lenders had agreed to save the coun-
try again, and had made up patriotic
syndicate to subscribe for the bulk of the
bond issue without regard to their indi-
vldual tastes. The papers also contained
hlnts that Wall street included the flnan-
claI wisdom of the country and that if the
administration transgreSSed from the rules
laid down by that center of wisdom they
would get no more help from the patriotic
brokers. And we even understand that the
money was loaned only when the street
was pretty sure the government would
make no mistakes.
Nine months later they are going through
the same performance again. They insisted
tnat bonds were necessary. They were de-
nsnted When the government came to their
position and announced another issue. They
proclaimed that they would make it gor-
geous success And now they are sort of
hintlng around that the government is
hurting its credit issuing bonds so often,
ana they guess they don't care to buy.
MIND you these men not rascas any
more than any of us. They are not con-
spirators or any of that rubbish But they
90 think they alone have the say in finance.
They are welded to bond issues whenever
the treasury runs low. They will help run
it low to make bond issue necessary
they will disparage it when they come to
buy bonds. They will make the purchase
conditioned on the administrations intelli-
gence-measured by its concord with their
views And they have no idea but that they
are doing their whole duty by the govern
ment and most especially by themselves.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28

believe the president will be able to
force such measure through the
present session of Congress, and in
that case it is probable that an extra
session of the Fifty-fourth congress
Will be called, because the Republican
party is more subservient to the
MOney-power than the Democratic
party. In this event we ought to &C
cept the challenge, and make the
money question the great issue, in
fact, the test Of party 1ealty
First. We ought to make some ar
engagements to organize the two mil
lion men who voted our ticket last
week.
Second. We ought to adopt some
plan to provide cheap litera ture'of the
very best kind for our people, some
thing that can be furnished at cost, as
we did the congressional speeches and
senator Jones letter in the last cam
palgn. If our committee could make
arrangements to publish serial of Is
or 30 pages, so that we could get the
benefit Of the pound rate as second
class matter, it would be great lever
towards getting our ideas before the
public.
ThIrd. We also ought to have a
news bureau which can furnish the
reform press with reliable economic
news. This can be done at trifle.
providing we can get several hundred
or the papers to take a letter
each week.
One great difficult with some of our
local papers and speakers, is that they
DO not thoroughly unders tand the
real issue.
1T is humiliating for an intelligent
citizen to hear some of our speakers
distort our principles. We need to
educate our local speakers and news
papers as we'll as the voters
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28

Barclays Mission of Atlanta is known
everywhere the original Sunday School on
Wheels The interest manifested in this famous
mission by j. It. Barclay has led some persons
to believe that Mr.. Barclay is minister Now
Mr.. Barclay is in the undertaking business and
thereby hangs tale.
The other day very serious young man en-
tered his establishment.
Il would like to speak with Mr.. Barclay" he
said.
That gentleman stepped forward.
The young man looked more serious than ever
but he said
CT want you to conn around to my hous
this afternoon at o'clock"
every WELL" said Mr.. Barclay.
The young man hesitated coughed and added
'It's such a serious matter that"
can funerals are observed Mr.. Barclay.
but this isn't exactly funeral explained
the young man; its marriage and 1 want
you to tie the knot for u.s..
But my dear friend said the astonished Mr.
Barclay II not a minister
Not minister?
Certainly not.
:'Then" cried the young man. in a hopeless
voice I'm done for. Externally done for. Nh
girl told me that she would never marry me
unless YOU performed the ceremony, and if YOU
don't get a license to preach right away I'll b.
4 bachelor forever.''-Atlanta Constitution.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
November 20.

November 20.
Montreal is. to have Morld's fair in 1896
Miss Willard is re9fecetd president of the
w. C. T. l.. Y fat
Several West Virginia afniners are killed
by an explosion. at
Anton Rubinstein, the great Russian COM
poser and pianist. is dead
General Master W6rkIHan Sovereign of
the Knights of Labor, Is reelected
Paul Conrad president of the Louisiana.
Lottery Company. dies atf New Orleans.
Manitoba's wheat combine is being inves-
tigated by the Dominion government
Japan declines the offer of the United
States to mediate, saying she will deal
with China direct. : I'll
Jose Franch, the Spanish anarchist who
dynamited theater in, Barcelona and killed
many people, is executed
Trust company officers, it is decided by
the Missouri supreme court, cannot be
prosecuted for receiving deposits when their
companies are in falling condition.
A serious diplomatic dispute between the
United States and Germany is threatened
because of Germany's work in influencing
other European countries to exclude Amer
lean cattle
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28
Some Good SUGGESTIONS.

Hon. ii. f. Taubeneck. Chairman
OF the National Executive Committee
writes us, under date Of Nov. 18th:
Returns, although coming in very
slowly, indicate that we have in
creased our vote about 100 per cent
since 1892
Within the last ten days, I have re-
ccivcd letters from majority of the
chairman of our state committees,
many Of the leading reform papers,
and other leaders in our party, asking
that the National Committee call a
conference in some central locality
like ST. Louis, Kansas City, Mo. or
Louisville, KY, composed of the mem
barS OF the National Committee, or as
many as can attend The chairman of
our state committees, representatives
of the reform press, and other leaders
in our party, to map out a policy for
an educational campaign, between
now and 1896. A number of reform
papers, as the Nonconfo rmist, Pro
gressive Farmer, Missouri World,
Wealth Makers, State Guard. and ten
Or fifteen others, have already made
strong demand for this conference. 1t
seems to me that this is imperative,
because if we Quietly sit down until
the campaign of 1896, our force, to a
great extent. viii be dispersed, and it
will take three times as much work
and money to reorganize our party,
than it will if we conduct an educa-
tional campaign up to that date. The
coming session Of congress, as we'll as
the Fiftyfourt h congress, will no
doubt be exceedi ngly interesting, be
cause Grover Cleyeland has already
foreshadowed the issue for the next
two years, by advocating the sale of
more 1nds and the enactment of a
national banking system, as outlined
by the bankers association at their
late meeting in Baltimore; this means
the destruction Of our green backs,
and all other paper money, except
bank notes based OF gold. do net
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28

In many articles of daily use 1 am as.
tonished at the cheapness of the whole
sale price as compared with the retail
price charged to consumers. The con
sumers of the land will never realize
how many hundreds of millions an.
nually it costs them to maintain so
many useless stores until they estab-
llsh cooperative societies, or until ma
tional cooperation is adopted by the
public as whole. The wholesale
price is mostly profit, but we can't
avoid paving that, as monopoly is
thoroughly enthroned.-The Coming
Nation.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28
REMEMBER.
REMEMBER
When you sell your wheat to pay up for
THE REPRESENTATIVE
The Republic In Danger.

DR.. James W. Bashford, president of
the Ohio Wesleyan University. made
a speech the other day, at Cleveland,
Ohio, before the National w. C. II. U.
convention in which he said
''We have all just witnessed, the
humiliating revelation of municipal
corruption in the chief city of the land
1t is estimated that the Tweed ring
during the entire period in which it
controlled the city Of New York stole
S6, 100000. This was the most enor-
nous theft discovered in the munich
pal administration down to that time.
But it is now established that Tam.
many has been stealing $l5,O0O,OOO a
year. The question of municipal gov
eminent is national problem. If the
corruption of our cities grows with
the cities growth during the next
half century, and if our urban popula.
ton becomes larger and larger than
the rural population the republic is
doomed. Do we not need to pray
earnestly today: "Thy kingdom come
thy will be done on earth as it is in
heaven" DR. Bashford adverted tC
the distribution of wealth, comment
ing upon assertions made by DR.
Strong in the New Era and upon con.
illusions reached by others in study
of the subject. The speaker held that
inequalities existed which unless
remedied, threatened the civilization
of today. Individual freedom, he
said, was great boon, but individual
ism had been carried too far. "Oul
materialistic philosophy" he remark
ed, "has crystallized in the santani(
motto, Every man for himself and
the devil take the hindmOst.' Unfor-
tunately even that motto is not true
Whenever man is for himself, Satar
gets all of US"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28

The purchase of the Chicago Times
by monopolists ought to set some of
the poverty-stricken old party editors
to thinking. 1t was supposed about a
million dollars was paid for it to pre-
vent it from teaching the people GER
Dor. Let them pest up and begin to
teach truths and see how soon good,
big sums will begin to come in for
their papers. Why serve the rich who
profit by this system, and get nothing?
Weekly Republican or Democratic pa
pers can sell to good advantage by
speaking out.-The Coming Nation.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28
GROWTH OF POPVLISN.
\ Gain of Nearly GOO.OOO Votes in Two
Years.

New York, Nov. 25.-The World of
tomorrow will give a list showing the
number of votes cast by the Populist
party in all the states at the last gen
cral election as compared with the
votes cast by the same party in 1892
The World will also say: In 1892 the
Populist party polled altogether ,O41,
US votes for president. Between 1S9:
and 1894 there was no general election
the returns Of which can be compared
with the year preceding. This yeal
TIE Populist vote was 1886, 900, a gain
OF nearly 60O,0 900 votes in two years.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28
November Fl.

The National Grain Congress opens in
New Orleans
Germany pursues repressive policy tow
ard importations from America.
Charges of neglect of duty are preferred
against District Attorney Fellows, of New
York.
Grand Army men protest to President
Cleveland against the discharge Of old sol
diers occupying government positions.
Secretary Smith says that he will abolish
the Chippewa Indian commission unless
something is Immediately accomplished.