The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-12


which our figures were drawn had the
Populist and the Prohibition votes of
the state transpOsed. The PrOhibi-
tionists cast 1886. The Ohio PoIu
lists have increased their vote BY 200
PER CENT SINCE 1S92.-Chicago
Times.
FROM OUR LEADING THINKERS.
Wichita, Kas., Commoner: In the
Tenth Georgia district, Tom Watson
carried nine out of the II counties in
the district. The two counties he did
not carry gave big enough majorities,
according to the Democratic count, to
beat him, but the returns show fraud
upon their face.
Richmond county, one of the cOun-
ties, never in its history cast more
than 5000 votes. In October, 1894, it
showed less than 5000, and in the Oc
tOber election but 1000 votes we're ac
tually cast. The assessors report shows
in the county but II, 900 adult males,
and if every man, black or white, had
been present and voted, II 900 could
only be PEELED; yet, on November 6,
1894, the returns brought in showed
for that county 1900 votes cast, Of
which Mr.. Watson was accredited with
but 3, 161 votes. The Atlanta Consti-
tuition says: "The vote in Richmond
county was remarkable" Many Demo
cratic papers in Georgia openly de-
nounce the election farce in Richmond
county last Tuesday. Watson will be
seated as he is elected by at least
$4,000 majority.
Holt, in The Coming Nation: AS
you often mention about the Express
company charges and the small pack
age postal service will tell you story
about the origin of the latter. 1t all
began right here in this little town in
Missouri. 1t was in the days of Andy
Johnson, when the only things besides
letters, newspapers, ETC., the people
could send by mail were seeds and
and some pamphlets and cuttings.
The express company had golden
time of it. Daily no less than mill
ion small packages. little books, were
carried by it at one, two, and three
dollars per package. | was charged
$3.50 for carriage of Missouri report
from St. Louis to Oregon, Mo. l ex-
postulated and complained through
our paper. The express company sent
He assured me that $3.50 was their
regular charge and sneered at me. 1t
suddenly occurred to me that | had
several friends in congress-one espec-
| Tally, true peoples man, Dan G. Nor
| ton, senator for Minnesota. | wrote
| to him and told the whole story. BY
return mail he sent me copy of bill
so liberal in its provisions that l as
sured him it would not pass. How
ever he managed to get the bill to al
| law the people to send packages by
mail through as rider to the appro-
| priation bill. Soon the express COM
pany felt the thing terribly and got
the postmaster general to make a fuss
over it, but all the news papers made
such noise over every effort to change
the law it kept the express company
busy to get it altered. Today it would
be impossible to get such bill as Nor
toms through, and he deserves to be
held in honored esteem for his work.
The express companies have WhlttleC
the privilege down very much and are
bound to get the bill repealed. just
think what they used to make every
day carrying all packages and nothing
under dollar. 1t is a shame the PEG
pie cannot have the privilege to sent
10-pound packages at least and a
small rates. AT one cent per pound i
would make the postOffice remunera-
tive unless the roads refuse to carry
and they would refuse as they, thu
Pullmans and Express are all one.
The workers Of California pay eigh
millions year in taxes to keep up
horde of officers who do nothing TO
the people except to hold them whil'
the corporations rob them. And thi
is civilized and intelligent nation
you know.
E. P. Kuhl, Pasco, WASH: On Nov
18th, the United States marshal 70
this state passed through this plac,
en- route for Walla Walla, with Is pris
oners charged with selling liquor t.
Indians. The most of the prisoner
openly boast ted that they sold tn
liquor in order to get in prison for tn
winter. Vote the old tickets and G
to prison to keep from starving.
| Coming Nation: A new feature
to be introduced into politics in tn
Tenth Georgia District. J. G. G. Black
who was elected on the face Of the re
turns by counting in votes in one cour
ty equal in number to one half Of tn
population-men, women and childre
has agreed to resign and run the rae
over with Tom Watson. This is TIL
right thing to do. If the same spiri
would govern officials everywhere,
republic would never perish. TIL
election is to occur March 4th.
J. E. Taylor, La Fontaine: The ele(
tions are over. and the owners of tn
soil of Kansas are beaten. We mad
a good fight, but the Justice of the pee
| pies cause was struck down with tn
corruption fund, raised by the tran.
portations corporations and easter
} manufacturers, and the allied banker
) of the east and England. Every do
| lar of the money that was most Col
ruptly used against US was extracte
from the loan pockets of Kansas ayr
culture and labor by the unjust oper;
7 tion of class and sectional legislation
| If the canse we battled for before ele,
ton was right-and it was-we al
\ H. s-1-A L