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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08
NELSON AND WASHBURN,
The Minneapolis Times of Tuesday
contains the following:

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6,-[Special.l- Gov Nell
son will be compelled to make known his
position in reference to the senatorship in
to succeed Senator Washburn. he will be
asked to say SO before his canvass for re-
further. This information was secured to-
day from an authoritative source. 1t was
emphaticaIly stated that Gov. Nelson must
ion among Minnesota Republican pofiti-
clans here is that he will assert that he is
not senatorial candidate This year.
In connection with this matter the story
is aftOat here that some clever work must
be done by the Republican managers to
prevent a big cut in Nelson's vote for gov
Hennepin county is one of the points refer
red to; It is now feared by the Repu blicans
aapolis 1t is asserted that the vote of the
Republican workingmen will be cast a Inc t
sOlidly against him, unless the tide is
formation received in Washington from
Minnesota, and this source of Information
is considered good. Nelson will not have a
whether the po and Popnsf5 fsse
or not.
1t is true that there is going to be a
big cut in Nelson's vote, but it is not
in the power of the Republicans to
stop it. AS a matter of fact. should
Gov. Nelson announce that he is for
the reelection of Washburn, he would
thereby lose hundreds of votes which
he will otherwise get. His strongest
card today is the belief that he is 3D.
posed to that representative of cor
porate and pine land interests. Gov.
Nelson is not fool. He knows that
it would be suicide for him to declare
himself for Washburn. The REPRE-
SENTATIVE predicts that he will neye
do it. a
AS for the proposition to elect Gov.
Nelson to the senate, that can never
win. Should the legislature be Re-
publican, a contingency that is utterly
hopeless, it would not do anything
that would make Dave Clough govern.
or. The party is bad enough, God
knows, but the REPREsENTATIyE will
refuse to believe that it has sunk so
low as to make Dave Clough governor.
Mr.. Clough will be very lucky if he
succeeds in holding his place on the
ticket through the campaign.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08
NOTICE EXTRAORDINARY.

Mr.. Thomas H. Lucas, and all other
persons interested, are hereby in
formed that the editor of the REPRE-
SENTATIVE has enlisted in the crusade
to accomplish the following objects:
To stop the practice which prevails
in this city of pulling the legs Of can
didates for office by snide newspapers.
To break up the pretended political
clubs which are organized in this city
during every campaign for the purpose
of selling Endorsements to any candi-
date who will put up the price of the
same.
To stop the practice of bribing the
legislature.
TO stop the robbery of the school
and university funds by the theft of
pine lands and logs belonging to the
same.
To get out the five rascals who con-
troll the city council and regularly sell
their votes.
TO defeat the election of the corpor-
alton candidates for judges of the
court in this district, which the Re-
publicanS have placed in nomination.
10 elect city government which
will enforce the laws impartially.
To defeat W. d. Washburn, that
representative Of corporations and
pine land thieves, who now sits in the
senate.
To elect the Populist state ticket.
To elect populist legislature, which
will send an honest man to take Mr..
Washburn's place.
TO effect these ends the editor of
the REPRESENTATIVE is ready and
willing to enter into any arrangement
which is honorable.
If Mr.. Thomas II. Lucas, OF any
other man, does not like this program,
he will save much peace of mind by
not reading the REPRESENTATIVE.
If the editor of the REPRESENTA-
TIVE could not take this stand in that
paper he would not be that editor.
If the Populist party does not in
dorse this program, the editor of the
REPRESENTATIVE is not a Populist.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08
DEMOCRACY.

What utter folly it is for the Demo
cratic party to talk of carrying this
state for straight ticket. Nobody
knows this fact better than the men
who talk it. They know that the de-
lection of the laboring men alone in
the cities of Minneapolis, ST. Paul and
Duluth is so heavy that there are
hardly enough Democrats left to pay
for counting them. We say they know
this is the case The reason why they
advocate the nomination of straight
Democratic ticket is because they
hope that in that case it will poll
enough votes to elect Knute Nelson
governor. They do not want to see
Mr.. Owen elected governor. If they
cannot elect Democrat they want to
see Knute Nelson elected, because he
is the candidate of the plutocrats just
as Mr.. Flandreau would be on the
Democratic ticket. The proper thing
for the Democrats to do who favor the
nomination Of a. straight ticket is to
fuse with the Republicans. They all
favor the reign of capital and corpora
tions. They should join hands to
carry out their views. The REPRE-
SENTATIVE would be very glad to see
this kind of fusion party organized.
AS for the Democratic party, it is dead.
No political Gabriel will ever be able
to resurrect it. 1t has been killed by
Grover Cleveland and such fool papers
as the st. Paul Globe, which, at the
dictation of J. J. Hill, denounced
DebS as murderer and the A. r. u.
as band Of anarchists. Let it stand
up and be counted if it prefers to do so.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08
NOTES FROM EXCHANGES.

Duluth Tribune: Adam Bede must
not feel too bad over the disaffectiOn
of certain Duluth Republicans. There
| is not the diSaffectiOn reported. If he
wants to see real disaffectiOn, and real
party assertions, he should come up
here and look at the broken ranks of
his party brethren. The list of Demo-
Gratis who have ceased to be Demo-
Gratis is too large to admit of publica-
ton.
Princeton Union: One of the best
known lawyers in Northern MinnesO.
ia talking about the present labor
troubles condemned the strike as I'm.
timely and i'll advised. In answer to
the query what he thought of Pull.
man, he remarked: "Pullman-d-n
him. He should be in HI and be
thankful he has hi to go to-"
Martin County Sentinel: Barto made
bad botch of the state central com
mittae, but it makes little difference
Three or four Twin city fellows run
the whole shooting match and ontSid.
erS are put on as matter of FORM
Almost every day some poor wretch in
the Twin cities gets rid of his troubles
and debts by committing suicide. And
it is no doubt true, as some writer has
said, that as many live because they
are afraid to die, as die because they
are afraid to live.-There isn't GOLD
bug in the country who is not yelling
at the top of his voice for information.
al bimetalsm. 1t is the greatest
humbug and delusion Of the age.
Swift County Monitor: We notice
that quite number of the Republi.
can papers are anything but pleased
with the makeup of the new Republi.
can state committee. For instance,
Ole CanesthOrp, of the Sixteenth dis
trict, has been appointed a member,
and until the present time Ole has
been classed with nearly every other
party in existence. OF course if he is
now staunch Republican he should
be rewarded for allowing himself to
be converted.
Staples World: Henry Clews, the
arrogant and cold-blooded Wall street
gold-gambler, regards the railroad
strike as "the harbinger of great ma.
tional benefit" in that it will result
in general reduction of the wages OF
railroad employees. Clews thinks ii
would be a great blessing to the coun
try if the wages of workingmen were
reduced to the starvation point. He
gloats over the prospect. 1t is such
utterances as those of Clews that
breeds anarchists.
What self-respecting Republican
can swallow David M. Clough for
lieutenant governor of this state? He
and the Child who is running for at,
tornery general are just so much dead
weight. 1t would be unfortunate in.
deed for Nelson to become United
States Senator, if that would mean
Dave Clough for governor.-Milacca
Times.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08
THE PAPERS,.

The REPRESENTATIyE wishes to
again impress upon the minds of it's
readers the great Importance of circu
lating Populist papers. Extensive and
systematic work in this direction
will do more to elect our state ticket
than almost any other move that can
be made. Most counties now have
their Populist papers. See that these
papers are given good support. Many
of them are struggling for an exist
ence. Lend them a helping hand.
Subscribe and pay for them. It don't
help paper to subscribe for it on
'tick." Walk up like men and pay
the editor in advance. Encourage
him with kind words, send him in
items of news, and in many ways de-
monstrate that you want him to sue
coed.
When you have done this, if you have
any money to spare, send it to the
REPRESENTATIVE as a subscription
for the paper for some benighted Re-
publican or Democrat. The REPRE-
SENTATIVE would rather have one new
subscriber like this than two Populists.
The last named are all right anyway.
1t is the Republicans and Democrats,
poor, misguided men, that the REPRE-
SENTATIVE is after. Still it does not
decline subscriptions from Populists.
If they will have the REPRESENTA-
TIVE, and many of them seem to be of
that mind, we suppose we will have to
is one of the cardinal doctrines of the
Populist party.
Ii the REPRESENTATIVE could get a
circulation of 10000 within the next 30
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

while the country farmer and business
man, If he wants to borrow that
money, must pay not less than s and
in most cases 10 per cent. That is to
say, the money Of the people of this
state is collected, loaned to the banks
at 3 per cent, and then the people go
to those same banks and pay 10 per
cent for the use of their own money.
What defense is there for this state of
affairs? Who is so simple as not to
know that there is big job in it?
Another thing: The state has the
following amount tied up in Minneap-
oils banks which have failed:
Bank of New England 31,0J0
Farmers and Merchants Bank ....... $4,000
American Exchange Bank. 10000
Total. .sl54 900
What is being done to secure the
state against loss in these cases? Who
are the bOndsmeD of these bursted
banks? Why are not proceeding COM
menced before giving these bondsmen
chance to put their property out of
their hands? In other words, what is
our attorney general doing in the
matter? The REPRESENTATIVE wants
to go on record now as making the
prediction that the state is in immi-
nent danger of losing large portion
of this money.
Another thing: The daily papers
inform us that Mr.. Bobleter has just
returned from New York. where he
effected the purchase of bonds of South
ern states to the amount Of 100000
for the benefit of the school fund.
How is it that this money is not in
vested in bonds of our own munic-
qualities and thus kept at home? If
an amendment to the law is necessary
in order that this be done, would it not
be good idea to so amend it?
AS the REPRESENTATIVE said last
week, there is huge African con-
cealed in this state treasury fund mat
ter. 1t is time that the whole thing
should be overhauled. It will never
be done while H. A. Childs is attorney
general of this state.
In the meantime the Brown County
Bank has had it's share of the swag
increased to over $4,000.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

The REPRESENTATIVE in it's last is
sue contains very severe attack on
John Goodnow, the Minneapolis poll
tician. The Populists are naturally
in favor of doing up party workers like
John, but he is too smooth for the
Donnelly crowd, Fergus Falls Jour
nal.
Right you are, Bro. Adams. The
Populists are very much opposed to
such party leaders as John Goodnow.
1t would be much better for the Re-
publican party if it took the same
view
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

| object. The real object of the influ-
ences behind the Globe is to defeat Mr..
Owen, even if it becomes necessary to
do it with Gov. Nelson. The Globe
represents the interests and wishes Of
James j. Hill. The money which re-
Gently purchased it was made largely,
If not entirely, by the purchase of the
Manitoba road from the Dutch bond.
holders, after the purchasers, accord
ing to the testimony sworn to in court,
had cOlluded with Mr.. Farley, the re-
ceiyer, and as such receiver an officer
Of the court, to deceive those bondhOld-
erS as to the value of their property.
A more disgraceful trick was never
played upon men who had been in
weighed into putting their money into
foreign enterprise. The interests
and Sympathies of the Kittson family,
who now own the Globe, are all on the
side of corporations. They have no
more conception of what constitutes
an honest, upright, Independent paper
than the king of Dahomey has of Per-
sian court etiquette. They fully de-
monstrated that fact in their treat
ment of the action Of the Democratic
state central committee in tabling the
resolution indorsing the position OF
President Cleveland regarding the
tariff.
Now, the REPRESENTATIVE will SUBJ
nit an estimate upon the result of the
next election and it will wager new
hat that it will prove to be far more
accurate than those given above. Here
it is:
RepuDllcan. o.,UuI
PrOhl b1tlOnlSt. ........... ......... lS,UU
Total vote 24OOOq
Populist plurality Observation-Disclosures. $1,000
These figures are based on the sup
position that the Democratic party
will put a straight ticket in the field.
Paste both sets in your hat until after
election and then see which is the
nearest to being correct.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

days it would guarantee the election
of the Populist state ticket by that
many majority. Now, friends, lend us
a helping hand in this matter. Let
every subscriber TO the REPRESENTA-
TIVE take upon himself the duty Of
securing five more for the campaign
at 20 cents each. This does not cover
the cost of getting out the paper. We
are willing, for the good of the cause,
to donate Portion of the cost. All
we ask is that the people donate lit
tie time to thN goAd work. You send
in the subscriptions and the REPRE-
SENTATIVE will do much towards win
ming this campaign.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

State Central Committee of the PeO-
pies Party.
]. L. MACDONALD Chairman Globe Build
ing, Ramsey County St. Paul.
THOMAS ]. MEIGHEN, Forestville. Fillmore
County
J. 1. VERMILYEA Dover, Olmsted County.
S. Fl. HARRISON. Austin, Mower County.
E. J. MEIIICKE, Window, Cottonwood County.
w. G. DAILY Mapleton, Blue Earth County.
Q. F. NORWOOD. Tracy, Lyon County.
H. A. SWAIN, Northield Rice County
H. Y. P0oRE; Bird Island. Renyille County.
F. c. GIBBS. Waterville, LIE Sueur County.
M. r. pRENDERGAST. 4OS Ashland avenue
St. Paul.
H. c. PETERSON. $40 Manhattan Building
St. Paul
DIR. E. F. CLARK. SIS Syndicate Arcade, Min
neapols.
..TiIos H. LUCAS. 2o1i James avenue north,
Minneapolis
J. H. PAUL. 1926 Chicago avenue Minneapolis
J. N. TRUE, Grand Rapids Itasca County.
L. A PADDOCK, 1872 West Superior street.
Duluth.
KITTLE HALvERSON, Belgrade, Stearns Co
MARTIN OBRIEN, Crookston, Polk County
LOUIS HANSON. Sabin Clay County.
c. p. ALDRICH, Benson, Swift County
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
j. L. MACDONALD, Chairman,
T. J. MEIGHEN,
F. C. GIBBS,
E. F. CLARK,
KITTLE HALVERSON,
c. P. ALDRICH,
L. A. PADDOCK.
SECRETARY OF COMMITTEE.
PAUL FOUNTAINE.
Headquarters: No. 104 Washington ave-
nue. south, over Swedish-American Bank
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

The Republican Press Association is
to meet in ST. Paul the latter part of
August, but not many will be present.
-Anoka Union.
That is contamination to be de-
voutly wished. The cardinal doctrine
of that organization is to support the
straight ticket. A man who would
subscribe to that creed is unfit to edit
a newspaper. He ought to turn a
hand organ with monkey attach
me inland be the monkey.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08
The People's party Central Climb q,
Kind Words.

Martin County Sentinel: WV. Will
Jams, a pioneer journalist, has been
given charge of the editorial columns
of the Populist organ, the REPREsEN-
TATIvE. Williams yields pen that
is charged with dynamite and the man
he gets after better remain in private
life if he hasn't clear record. Such
men as Williams help to drive the ras-
Gals out of public places and fill a use
full place in the world. We shall watch
his bomb throwing with great deal
of interest
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

The outlook in Hennepin county for
the success of the Populist ticket con-
tinues to grow brighter and brighter.
Nothing but the utmost folly in deal
ing with the local nominations can
prevent the county from giving Mr..
Owen and the whole ticket an over
whelming majority. All that is neces-
sary is to put up ticket in this city
which will command the respect of the
people and the victory is ours. Bust
ness men from both parties are COM
ing over to our side every day. The
REPRESENTATIVE confidently believes
that if no mistakes are made Henne-
pin county will give Mi. Owen 5000
majority. Friends in the country
should push on the battle. If the ru-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08
FRANTIC.
The poor old bankrupt Globe is fran
tic. It runs to double loaded editor
ials in a reckless manner.
Here is one from its issue of Aug. l.

1dlS IN reCkleSS Iudnnor.
Here is one from its issue Of Aug. 1.
NO SURRENDER TO ANARCHY,
1t has been the common talk that while
the Populist party was one of vagaries
anarchistic tendencies. it's candidate for
governor. Mr.. Owen, was better tban its
party. and a safe man to entrust with exc
cutive power.
His speech at Mankato few evenings
since dispelled this allusion.
Mr.. Owens utterances were as wild and
unsafe as the long hared PETERS or the
"bloody" Waites.
No patriotic Democrat could fora minute
think of indorsing such man.
1t was absurd to think that he did not in
dorse Populist doctrines and the lawless-
ness their sentiments invoke.
1t is fortunate that Mr.. Owen has so
plumply declar red himself at this early day
as his utteranceS must remove the scales
from the eyes of any Democrats who have
thought fusion Of the two parties posi-
BILE or advisable.
No man who Endorses Owen or the vagar-
les Of his platform can be Democrat
1t may as well be Understood It the out
set that there can be no such thing as
union of Democratic and POpuliSt forces.
Those who nay choose to support Owen
simply cut loose from the DemOc ra tic par
ty and cast their lot with the crowd who
would destroy good government and sub
vert law and order.
The Democratic party can spare them 1
no Democrat were ever therea fter elected
to a responsible Office.
To win with such crowd would be igno-
minious. disgraceful defeat.
Fortunately. there will be comparatively
few Democrats who will desert their party
in this crisis.
BY standing together for the right and
true Democracy handsome plurality can
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08
REMEMBER.

That if you see anything in the
REPRESENTATIVE which appears to
you as strong argument, in favor of
Peoples party principles, don't stop
with enjoying it yourself, for that does
no particular good.-as you are already
converted,-but sally out and show
the paper to every Democrat and Re-
publican in your neighbCrhood. Thus
shall you spread the light of the gos-
pei, and make possible the triumph Of
your party.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08
STATE FUNDS.

The REPRESENTATIVE feels obliged
to recur to the subject of the condition
of the state funds, The statement of
State Treasurer Bobleter for Aug. |
shows that the state has on hand over
s., 100000. OF this vast sum over
ST 900, 900 are in the revenue fund. and
the entire amount is loaned out to
country banks at 3 per cent interest.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

THE people up the country who feel
aggrieved at the hoggish action of the
recent Republican judicial convention
in this district should possess their
souls in patience. Messrs. Elliott, Rus
sell and Belden will not sit upon the
bench after the close of this year. The
subserviency of all three to corpora
tions and the connection of one of
them with tax title spoliation will be
placed before the public in a short
time in such way that no decent
man can vote for either one of this il
luStriOuS trio.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08
@, x. DAVIS.

All this silly twaddle about nomi-
mating c. K. Davis for president must
be very nauseating to the recipient I'M
less he is nearer being demented than
even the REPRESENTATIVE thinks he
is. He could not stay on preslden-
tial ticket for 30 days. He would be
pilloried in shame. Happily the coun-
try is not confronted with this dis
grace
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

What is the matter with the Duluth
Scandal? Early in the spring that
paper strenuously advocated the
claims of Mr.. G. A. Towne for the Re-
publican nomination for congress.
Now when Mr.. Towne's nomination is
conceded by the entire district the
Scandal wavers in its support of him.
Princeton Union.
There's lots of wavering going on in
the ranks of the G. O. p, Brother
Dunp
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08
The Price of Coal.

Goodnow for an hour or more the 9TH
er day in Mr.. Goodnow's private office.
As Mr. Goodnow has retired from poll
tics, the presumption is that the sub
ject of the conversation was the price
of coal.-Penny Press.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

be secured for the straight Democratic
ticket which will be named on Sept. 5.
A synopsis of Mr.. Ovens speech at
Mankato, which was made by the
Democratic editor of the MankatO Re-
view, is published elsewhere. Read it
and see how much our candidate for
governor lacks of being an anarchist.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08
How to Remit.

We are overwhelmed with such
masses of postage stamps, which we
can not sell or use, that we ask our
good friends, wherever possible, to re-
nit in something else. TWENTY-FIVE
cent silver pieces, or fifty cent ones,
come in envelopes all right. We have
never lost letter or dollar sent to
us in four years. A dollar bill is lust
as safe as postal note. Of course when
friend has nothing handy but post
age stamps send them along,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

The daily papers of Tuesday morn
ing announced that the Republican
Populist ticket had been defeated in
Alabama by the straight Democratic
ticket. The REPRESENTATIVE will
await further returns before it gives
up the fight. In the meantime it
oils Tribune takes the defeat Of it's
ticket in that state.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

raj districts do as we'll as Hennepin
county now promises to do Mr.. Owen
will be elected by not less than 10000
plurality. Organize! Organize! Or
game. Organize for your country and
for victory!
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

Particular attention is called to
Capt. Smallwood's communication. 1t
is corker. The captain has long
been leading Republican of Duluth.
At one time he came within one vote
of receiving the Republican nomina-
tion for governor of Kansas.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

THE idea of intrusting Jim Bradish
with the job of fixing up city charter
will strike most reformers as border
ing on the ludicrOus. AT the same
time he will make a good running
mate for E. +, Comstock.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

THE Papineau-Lafayette club, on
the east side, has endorsed Jim Brad
ish for the legislature. That club
should change its name to the Pap"
club.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-08

My God. What else is to follow with
Democracy in control of this country.
plOyed, war, and drought already. Can
ka Union.
Why, yes. Turn it over to the Re-
publicanS, and it may be worse off. 1t
can't be better.