The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-25
Il. E. BOEN'S SURE THING.
DIR. Christian johnson for Temporary
Chairman LOmmen Practically
Out of 1t.

MOORHEAD, Mimi, July 1.-THE Sew.
enth district Populists will renomnate IL
f. Boon for congress almost by acclama'
ton. The placing of E. E. Lommen on the
state ticket has practically Withdrawn the
Boon opposition, and contest is not
looked for. DIR. Christian Johnson. of New
London, temporary chairman of the
gressional convention, referred to him in
his address this morning, assuming that he
would be renominated, and his remarks
were received with applause.
The convention was CALLED at 10 O'Clock
in the opera house, with about IS of the 81
delegates present. The y delegates from
Polk and the delegates from some of the
other northern counties are expected at
o'clock this afternoon. c. F. Hanson, clerk
of court of Otter Tail county. made
temporary secretary, and the following
committees were appointed, after which the
convention took a recess until 100 o'clock,
Credentials-A. Waag, Kittson county; H
NJ. Glbertson of Swift; N. f. Nelson OF
Otter Tail; G. W. Plank, of Douglass; Oil.
yer Anderson, of Norman John Whalen
of Marshall; S. n. Lee, of Clay.
Resolutions-M. J. DAILY, Otter Tail coun-
ty; f. r. Adrch, of Swift; NJ. Thompson,
of Kittson; c. c. Knappen, of Becker
Louis Hanson, of Clay.
Permanent Organizations. S Dorsey. OF
Becker county, editor of the Detroit Free
Press; p Jensen, Otter Tail; G. 5. Stauf.
fer, Kandiyohi.
Republican NisrUle.
BALATON, July u, 1894.
Ed. Representative.-Whe we look back
over the record of the Republican party
and see what they have done in the past
we can thereby be able to tell what we
can expect from them in the future.
For 80 years the Republicans have had
entire control of every branch of this gov
eminent and have given administra-
ton of unbroken high protective tariff
system, which they claim is the only SAL
walton for prosperity, and what are the re-
suits?
In 1860 there was not a millionaire in the
land now we have over 10000 of them.
Then people had a home and plenty to
eat, now we have over 5000 000 of homeless
people without bread and the same condi-
ton threa tening 50,N0,000 more. They have
saddled upon the people of this nation
burden of debt of nearly $1,000 100000 be-
side the property, real and personal, is
mortgaged to the full assessed valuation
of the same. Now it can be plainly seen
that this tariff does not give us the pros
perty that they promised us, and that we
have been fooled for over 80 years.
Now what is the real cause of this. and
the remedy? 1t is the money system and
the contraction of the money. In 1862.
during the second year of the war the
English capitalists sent out circular to
the capitalists of this country in which.
with other things, they say the great war
debt must be used as a measure to con-
troll the volume of money. Government
bonds must be used banking basis.
1t will not do to allow the greenbacks to
circulate any length of time, as We cam
not control them. This same year the
national banks were established and the
first issue of gold interest bearing bonds;
and then came the depreciating act of the
greenbacks and the contraction of the
money. In 1866 they passed a law to burn
all greenbacks as fast they could get
them in This same year we had $40 BUSH
ness failures in the United States.
In 1868 they burned $f73, 900, and the re-
suit was 2.60S failures.
In 1869 destroyed $500, 100000; failures
2799.
In 1870 burned S67, 900, 900; failures. 1,557
In 1872 burned $12.O00,0oo; failures, 4069.
In 1878 destroyed 1909, 900; failures, 5,1SS.
and this the year they committed the
great crime of demonetzing silver. and the
result was a panic in the money market
greater than this country had suffered up
to that time.
In 1874 burned Sill 045; failures. 1882.
In 1875 burned $40,Sl1,41S; the result was
$40 failures.
In 1876 destroyed $50, 600 900, and as a
suit of this there were 1902 failures. caus-
ing a loss of $19l 100000, and this way it
be traced up to the present time, or
1898, when both the two old parties to-
gether stopped the of silver and made
gold the only legal money. and contracted
the money of this nation to less than one
half and reduced the value of property in
the same proportion, and which resulted
in the greatest panic that any nation ever
witnessed 1t is now about time that the
control of the government be taken from
the G. o. z. and d. O. p. (both tools of
the money power, and the Peoples. party
substituted. Stand by the principles of
the Peoples party, and see If it isn't time
I,of fho oont nd ntrDl =
own money for the benefit of the people.
Yours for justice, G. j. OLSON.