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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-31
HERE'S THE PROOF.
THE DEMOCRATS COMING OVER IN A
BODY.
The Attempt to Get Them to Vote for
knute Nelson u Failure.

The st. Paul Globe Democratic organ)
last week said:
1.-The Republicans are hard at work on
their last brilliant scheme to stampede
Democrats to Nelson, but it will not work
The Democracy of Minnesota will never
vote for Knute Nelson; the great battle of
two years ago, when Hon. Dan w Lawler
carried the standard of the party, fixed the
lines between Democracy and Republican,
ism as represented by Knute Nelson.
The Democrats of Minnesota believe in
the principles of their party, one of the
cardinal ones being that one man is just
as good as another, and that each man
snail have the same rights and privileges,
regardless of birth or condition. The Re-
publican party, as represented by Knute
Nelson, stands for the classes and the cor
porations as against the masses.
The manner in which the real Demo-
Gratis of Minnesota are spurning the paid
Republican agents who are seeking Demo-
cratic votes for Nelson, shows that the
Democrats of this state members of
the party from principle, and that they are
grounded in the principles of the party.
Yesterday, under the guidance of Lieut.
Gov. Dave Clough and Henry F. Brown,
several Democratic business men started
out to work the Nelson racket in Mime
apolis but they did not get very far be
fore they made up their minds that it was
no go. Clough and Brown were ready to
trade off the Republican city ticket in
Minneapolis and about everything else in
sight for Nelson votes. The news of their
attempted deal soon became public prop
erty, and before night there trouble
and lots of it all sides The friends of
Pratt. the Republican candidate for mayor,
started out for blood and refused to take a
| denial. They threatened to work openly
| against Nelson and the state ticket if any
| deal were made. They were finally sub
| dued, it is said, by large contribution to
| the Pratt campaign"
| This shows how it is going. \ few
| wealthy Democrats-bankers and railroad
| stockholders-wil vote for Nelson, but 90
| per cent of the party founded by Thomas
| jefferson will support the Peoples party
| ticket and elect it by an overwhelming
majority. We hear of one township in
| Dakota county, with very large Demo
| cratic vote, in which only vote will be
| given to Becker 1t is a revolution.
Mr.. Owens. election is certain. The OBJ
| ject now should be to keep the rest of the
| ticket as near his vote as possible He
can do nothing as governor without Off
| Gals around him who are friendly, with
| out legislature to pass the laws he rec
| ommends. Don't neglect the Legislative
| tickets. That is the nub of the whole
| fight. l. ID.
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would want such a state Of affairs rs they
have had there? Who would want our
governor talked about the way the gov
erriors Of Kansas and Colorado are talked
about?
Monopolists, and not Populists, are re-
sponsible for the state of affairs in Kansas
and Colorado.
lot OF scalawags always say mean
things about anyone who heads them off
in their schemes for plumber. The gam
blers OF Chicago abuse w. G. Clark, and
the gamblers and scalawags of New York
abuse DR.. Parkhurst So the money
changers, scribes, Pharisees and hypocrites
talked about and finally crucified Jesus
Christ. Is that any reason why honest
men should fall in with or tolerate the
methods of the scalawags?
'The Populists say we have $50 per capita
OF money in circulation. 1 say we have
ia, but I am willing to call it $40. They
want to make it $50. They want to coin
all the silver and then make up the bal
ance in rag money. Now the cheap money
would drive out the good money, and you
would be worse off than you are now.
Minnesota is a creditor state and you
don't want to drive out the good money
and debase the money which you receive
from those who owe you?"
Now, the Populists don't say there Is $40
per capita of money in circulation. They
say there is about s.. The Populists say
that dollar is the creation of man; that
he has the same right to modify it that
he has to modify the wagon on which he
hauls his products to market. The wagon
is a vehicle of industry: so the dollar is a
vehicle Of commerce. They are tools, each
for particular purpose. You might as
well talk about debasing a wagon by MAX
ing it of some baser material than is used
for making royal carriages.
If the world wants to dump it's silver
onto us in exchange for our products let
it dump, and after we have got all the
silver the world will want part Of it. We
VIII have the silver, and we can produce
more products. And then what will the
world dump onto us next? Why, gold of
course. But who ever heard Of Minnesota
being creditor state? What has become
of its $1SO0O0,00O of mortgages?
Mighty few mortgages in Dakota coun-
ty in 1922
wonder if the papers publish notices of
mortgage foreclosures just for fun? Or if
somebody pays them for it to get rid of an
uncomfortable surplus?
who wants government railroads?
There are 100000 operators, train men, ETC.,
trained men, men trained to obey orders
In 20 or 80 years there will be 1000, 900 or
3,O0O,O 600 of them. Then look out for mill
tary dictator who might get hold of them"
l wonder if a military dictator would do
any more mischief if he got hold of them
than If he got hold of big standing army?
w. H. SMITH.
Pennington, Mimi, Oct 20, 1894.
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this sketch. A. H. Hendrickson was then
Il years of age-old enough to feel the hard
times; hard, indeed, brought on by the
money crisis of 1873, followed up by grass
hoppers and mortgages with "a per cent in
terest per month-n fact, enough to make
any man a refOrmer.
To obtain an education was always his
highest ambition; but even log school
houses were scarce in this part of the state
at that time, and books, other than the
family Bible, and a very scant supply Of
text books bought at enormous prices
were almost object of curiosity. What
an incalcuable treasure the children of to-
day have in the grand public libraries to
be found in almost every school district.
Under these conditions everything had to
go slow, but perseverance was always his
motto. and, although many a young man
will blush at the idea, the age of q found
him still with the school ma'am"
From this time school teaching his
chief occupation, at the same time reading
law In the winter of 1889 he was duly ad-
mitted to the bar, but never took up the
practice of that profession except in special
cases.
In December, 1884, he was married to
Nellie T. Maaren, a daughter of T. o.
Maaren, of the town of Sletten, Polk coun-
ty. Mimi, whereupOn he settled down on
a farm of his own, where he still resides.
Mr.. Hendrickson entered politics very
early. In the fall Of 1881, when he had just
become q voter, IL was MS peasant task
to assist in breaking up a court house ring
that had dominated Todd county for years,
and the following year he fought and bled
in the famous Kelson-Kindred campaign
in the "bloody Fifth congressional dis
trict.'
At the time of the healing up of the
political sore in the Fifth district in 1884
by the nomination of Blaine, the renomin-
alton of Knute Nelson to congress, and
the appointment of c. F. Kindred as pres-
dental elector and little fixing up at
home, "the ringmasters' of 1881, ''the
Nelson Republicans of 1882, were all, with
a few exceptions, merged in the Republican
party again.
Among those who never went into the
fold again was Mr.. Hendrickson. He has
twice been nominated by the Alliance and
by the Peoples party of Todd county for
the position of register of deeds, but as his
party has always been in the minority he
was defeated although in 1890 he came
within a few votes of defeating one of the
strongest Republicans in the county.
He has always had the full confidence of
all who know him, and as a consequence
always held positions of trust and honor
in his town and neighborhood.
He has always been prominent in ALI
anee circles, and is at present filling the
position of secretary of the State Alliance
and State Grain Growers Association.
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A JUST MAN.
He Pays What He Does Not Owe

Mr.. Donnelly has had for some years
past a lawsuit with the county COM
missiuners of Dakota county over
some back taxes. Certain lands of his
were sold at the rate fixed in the
statute as to old and defective tax
claims. Mr.. Donnelly brought in the
lands; and then the auditor proceeded.
two weeks afterwards to sell them
over again; a thing he had no right to
do; and some of Mr.. Donnelly's
enemies in Hastings, under the lead
ership of a man named Rich, who
once entered the Legislature Rich in
name and came out of it rich in pine
land ran up the price on him to
large sum. A lawsuit followed In
the meantime the Supreme Court of
the state decided, in another case,
that the state of limitations ran
against counties as we'll as individuals.
Mr.. Donnelly's attorneys told him
he need not pay cent Of those old
taxes: that the county had lost its
claim; and Judge Crosby Of the Dis
trict Court Of Dakota county. went
before the Board Of County Commits
sioners, and told them the same
thing;-that the county could
not collecta penny. But Mr.. Donnel-
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PRAISE FOR DONNELLY.
Interesting Letter From Hon BlantOn
Duncan.

TO the Editor
l notice your paragraph about Donnelly
and the vast work he lis doing. He deserves
we'll of all true and honest men and will
never be forgotten 1 think he has done
more to create formidable organization.
which will yet defeat the Republicans, than
any other man living. The Democrats are
done for, though they will not admit it..
After November they will understand
better and the patriotic portion and the
the wise masses, who see that ruin cannot
be turned back until free silver coinage
comes again. will unite with US for future
action and thus restore prosperity. So too
will tens of thousands of honest silver Re-
publicans, and the Republican machine will
receive as its strongest allies, Cleveland
and all his gold standard satilltes
Not a Northern state will vote Dem
ccratic in November, unless Hill carries
New York 1 want you to publish my anal
ysis now of the next congress. Not over
$50 Democrats of every stripe and shade.
Between $50 and 1856 Republicans. Not less
than 30 true Populists, with Populist SEN
ators holding the balance of power and die
tatng legislation and Cleveland tied fast
and powerless. Yours truly,
BLANTON DUNCAN.
Los Angeles, Col, Oct. 16.
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master at the postoff1ce named in his honor
Through financial reverses, primarily due
to the contraction of the currency, Mr..
Carlston, the subject of this sketch, was
thrown out in the world at the early age
of IA, and left dependent on his own re-
sources, which tended to develop the
stronger traits of his character. He soon
worked his way from commencing mem
Der Of a threshing crew to travelling sales
man for large st. Paul house, finally set
Ting down in st. Paul, he entered into the
wholesale flour business as secretary and
manager vr the st. Paul Flour Company.
He has been prominent in the reform
movement in Minnesota since it's inception
and did some very effective service for Mr..
Owen in the campaign of 1890, for which
he was rewarded with a minor position in
the legislature of 1891. The experience there
gained will be of great value to him during
the coming session, if elected, which, if his
constituents do their duty to themselves
and their own interests, he certainly will
be. While not an eloquent orator, he is
forcible speaker, ready debater, good par
Humanitarian and perhaps some say,
considerable of a politician" He does not
know defeat, but always makes the best
of circumstances and conditions, and almost
invariably carries his point Thoroughly
honest and with his whole heart in the
cause. his election is to be hoped for by all
Peoples party men. We hope there will be
a majority of Populsts in the next legis-
lature and that each and all may be i'm
principles as E. f. Carlston.
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rising all over the w9Eld. They have near
~ democratized the Crowned heads of the
world, and now theF are about to de-
mocratize the miligHires. In Europe.
are brought about il EMPIRES by revolu-
ton: in republics byla rie1w party. When
those shrewd obserVers ..1toint out the
abuses Of the laboring cltibses by the mill
lonaires they are called calamity howlers'
Noah was one, and his scoffers' bones are
now making phosphate beds to be used as
fertilizer. There arafR paragraphs in the
American constitution. 20 Of which are the
G, calamity howlers' protest against Eng
iands tyranny. Nowadays the millionaire
injunctions and contempt Of court pro-
ceedinss. Men are arrested and capped
into Jail; if they were not the millionaire
would be. and he knows is7 The revolution
Is here; we need not wait for it. 1t is a
revolution which let's the corporation vio-
late the law without punishment
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RIGHT TO THE POINT.

Mr. Lloyd made a speech, which was fire.
quently interrupted by bursts of applause
In substance he said: eff your candidate
is elected 1 do not believe there is a person
here tonight who will believe that he will
take his seat in the captol at Washington
political parties are reform parties The
Democrats have been fighting for a reduc-
ton of the tariff ever since it's existence
so successfully that the tariff is higher in
1891 than it was in 1885, The Republicans
have been fighting the war for 80 years
For that time the tramp of 1000 900 men
has resounded through the land, the tramp
Of a tramp. In 1888 the Peoples party was
unborn. At it's first presidential election
1,0O0, 900 votes were cast. The people are
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-31
Good News,

Major Bowler and Hon. Ignatius
Donnelly held a splendid meeting at
South St. Paul last Monday night AL
though the night was dark and rainy,
the hall was packed. The reports are
very encouraging. There are 700 votes
tributary to that point and nine
tenths of them will be Populists. The
workmen in the packing shops will be
a unit for the Peoples party.
Major Bowler is making a splendid
canvass, and if he continues to gain
this week as fast as he has during the
last week, he will be elected. His
speeches are powerful and his ridicule
of Heatwole throws the crowd into
commissions.
Put Dakota county down in the
Populists' column.
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Il. f. CHARLESTON.

Candidate for Senator in the Twenty
seventh District.
Among the many able people nominate by
the Peoples party this year the nominal ion
of e. F. Carlston as candidate for senator
from the Twenty-seventh district Seventh
and Eighth wards, st. Paul. is especially
commendable. Mr.. Carlston was born near
Alton, Washington county, Mimi, June y,
1866. His father served both against the
Indians, in the South in Company G, 9Th
Minnesota volunteer infantry, a Distinctive
ly st. Paul company. In 1869 Mr.. Carston
moved into Swift county, then the extreme
frontier, where he still resides and is post
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~ said he did not want to avoid pay
meat OF his taxes, on the same terms
and conditions as his fellow citizens,
and he directed his counsel to stipu-
late and agree with the county com
missioners that he would pay $500,
which included the amount for which
he bought the lands ten years ago,
and which he at that time rendered
In gold. He has probably paid $4,000
Of taxes into the equity treasury since
he settled in Dakota county, and the
county has never paid him a cent.
The man who refuses to take advan-
tage of a legal right to escape the pay
ment of several hundreds of dollars of
taxes, is rare in this world of trick
sters and sharps. He will do to tie to-
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THIS IS HARD.
Becker Must Withdraw.

The st. Paul Dispatch said, last
week:
"If Democrats in this state do not
hasten to undo the results of the ras-
cally demagogism that they have
manifested in the past to get office
they might bette, a good deal acithdra,c Gen.
Becker from the contest fer all the rOteS he
acut get. The issue Of the contest in
this state is between law, order and
civilized society on the one side and
dishonest demagogism on the other.
These influences are represented re-
spectively by the Republican and the
POpulist parties. The Democracy has
not stood long enough or straight
enough as the advocate of either of
the two principles to be much Of a fac
tor one way or the other"
When one remembers that Becker
was set up, by the Republicans, to
keep Democrats from voting for
Owen, this paragraph becomes very
amusing. 1t simply means that they
find out that the decoy won't work;
and now they want to get him out of
the way, SO that the conservative hard
shell Democrats, of the Flandrau
stripe, can vote directly for Nelson.
What is the use, they say,-''of
holding handful of Democrats in
line for Becker, when the rest of the
party is going with perfect rush,
pell- NELL for the Peoples party
ticket"
And they are right. Pick up the
wooden decoy. The game is flying
elsewhere. Id.
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ELECTION LAW.
A Defect in the Act Which Is Now In
Force.

To the Editor:
BY referring to the general laws of 1903.
it will be found that the "Act to regulate
elections" in it's amended FORM has been
shorn of all it's power to prevent bribery.
Chapter 4, section 1O3, reads as follows:
eff said elector shall so prefer, he may
call to his aid any qualified elector in the
same district, who may retire with him
into the booth, and there mark the ballot
for him. But such person shall so
mark the ballots of more than three such
electors" Farther on it provides for the
voter casting his ballot without showing it
to any one.
A careful reading of this section will
show that some political wire-worker has
not only robbed the Australian law of all
it's good features, but also made it easier
and more safe to bride voters than it was
under the old law. For what is to hinder
a relay of heelers from going into the
booths with their three voters, marking
their ballots, according to contract the
voter pocketing the bride, go and deposit
his ballot, with none to modest or make
either him or the briber afraid?
We had experience enough ourself. two
wears ago, to prove that even the original
Australian ballot law defective, in al
lowing any one to mark, or show voter
how to mark his ballot, for in a Republic
can stronghold like Martin county, they
will and do evade the law.
At the last election I went to Fairmont
to try and have the entire vote of Nash
Vile thrown out. The district court was
in session at the time, SO I saw our county
attorney, but as he was nothing but a
Democratic "capper,' whom the Republic
can ''fakir'' had 'let in to catch the
"Dems'' votes, he refused to take hold of
the matter. Our next legislature ought to
amend the law as to leave the voter to
wrestle with his ballot the best way he
knows how for voters who. in these days
of common schools and cheap newspapers,
are too ignorant or too stupid to mark their
own ballots, are not worthy of the fran
chise. SETH BOTTOMLEY,
Nashville Center, MINI.
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A. H. HENDRICKSON.
Secretary of the State Alliance an
Grain Growers Association.

Andrew H. Hendrickson was born in the
parish of Eidskog, Kongsvinger, Norway,
on Jan. 20, 1860.
His father, Olaves Hendrickson, was
tenant in his native country, which lot he
found anything but pleasant; in the
spring of 1870, he packed his grip, left his
home and family, and started for the land
of promise. There he took up homestead
n the town Of Kandota Todd county
Mimi, where he was Joined by his family
in 1872, among whom was the subject Of
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Sale of Poland China Hogs.

Portland, Ind, Oct 2O.-Special
Telegram.-At the annual sale Of fine
bred Poland China hogs held here to-
day buyers were present from Ohio.
Michigan, and Illinois. Seventy-six
choice pigs brought $3.50.
We have got some hogs here that we
will sell good deal cheaper than that.
They are going around the country
making Republican speeches, and try
ing to convince the people that the
times are good and that they are all
rich; and that the less money they
have the better off they are.
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Getting Alarmed.

George Benz, the leading liquor man
OF the state. says Mr.. Owen must be
defeated because he is in favor Of clos
Ing the saloons. At the same time the
Prohibitionists are fighting him be-
cause he does not favor prohibition.
These people are hard to please. We
would suggest to Mr.. Benz that he and
Prohibitionists get together and
agree upon platform. It would read
something like this:
Resolved, That we are in favor Of
Keeping open the saloons, but not per-
hitting the sale of liquor therein"
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FOR HEATWOLE.
The Milwaukee Road Comes to His
Aid.

Aid.
To the Editor:
FELLOW by the name of Kelley is trav-
cling about the country and putting Heat
wole's photos into the depots on the diff
ferent lines of railroads The walls of all
depots on the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul Railway Companys lines are leased
to an advertising company in Chicago, and
any agent who allows this done without or
ders is giving an unfair advantage to the
Individual and lays himself liable, I think,
10 prosecution by the advertising company,
or perhaps by the interstate commerce
commission. 1t may be that Mr. H.. has
promised assistance in legislation.
STATION AGENT.
CThe corporations are for Heatwole. There
is no doubt of that fact-Ed Repres snta-
tive)
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Scmi-Annual Payment OF Taxes.

To the EdltO-.
An important plank in the Peoples party
platform and one which merits very great
attention is the proposition to pay taxes
scnii-aunualiy, instead of annually. as at
present. II would be a great boon to the
burdeGed taxpayer to be allowed to pay
oalf his taxes and have the use Of the
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other half. instead Of its lying in the
banks. 1t would amount to a large annual
sum 10 the people, who most need to use
the money. Voters should think of this. 1t
Is an important local issue, and of more
moment than a great many generalities.
Let the people look out for themselves
KEYES
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Children's C1Oakinu,

81 inch extra heavy tan Beave
Cloaking: worth ST.. Special coz
for only, per yard UJt
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Astrachan ClOakinu,

"a inch Gray Astrachan Cloak
ing, light and dark mixtures. reg
ular price $3.50. Special @ M
for only, per yard, @JsU(
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Skirtinu Flannels,

30 inch extra heavy, striped,
wool shrunk Flannels, Suital
for ladies' skirts. Only, per Fl
yard "
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Scarlet Flannel.

All wool. Scarlet Twilled Fl
mel; cheap at 20 cents per
yard.
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FIanneIs and CIoakinus,

Our entire line of French Elan
nels, in light and dark colors, the
best quality made; regular hEn
price, 65c. Per yard. fUU
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Cotton Blankets,

1O-4 size extra heavy Cot
Blankets, beautiful bord- q
crs; worth $3.50; per pair vi,
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The Store Of
The People,
Blankets,

ia size White California Blank
cts, handsome shaded Dor O. 40
ders, worth $5;only per pair @J,f0