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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23
POPULIST NUGGETS,

I believe that banking institutions are
more dangerous to our liberties than stand
ing armies Already they have raised uD
a money arstocracy that has set the gov
eminent at defiance. The issuing power
should be taken from the banks and re-
stored to the government and to the peo-
pie, to whom it properly belongs Let the
banks exist, but let them bank on coin or
treasury notes.-Thomas jefferson.
The Alliance is pushing forward all over
the state. The words of President Gilbert
appearing elsewhere in this issue should
have the effect of stimulating it's members
to renewed exertion. The Alliance of Cali
fornia is doing a noble work, and the few
remaining farmers who have not yet be-
come members are rapidly joining it's
1ankS-San Francisco Press
Tom Watson says: Find out what the
last congress promised to do, and you will
know exactly what they did not do
We are living under the dispensation OF
the devil take the hindmost," and it will
not be very long before he has taken all
the farms.-Virginia Sun.
This country is rapidly getting away from
the poor man. The ballot box is about
all that's left to him 1t is the poor mans
last ditch and only hope.-Iowa Tribune
-
vate corporation at Chicago but did not
have time to consider the propriety of loan
ing the farmers a few millions on the best
security in the world.-The Populist
The Illinois senate committee for the in
vestigation of the Sweating system were
looking around among the tenement houses
of Chicago last Sunday and found the
sweat shops in full operation. In small
rooms crowded to suffocaton were men,
women and young girls making knee pants
for 30 cents per dozen. To these people
Sunday is a fiction not less deceptive than
the legend, Protection fills the dinner
pail."-Democrat
You cannot examine closely into the
means by which undue accumulation of
wealth were made without finding at the
bottom in almost every case special privi-
lege conceded by law or taken in spite of
law.-Springfeld, Mass, Republican.
Stand by the reform press that is making
the fight for your privileges. Upon its
import depends the future veal or woe of
the cause you hope to see triumph.-Texas
Sentinel.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23

Meeting of the A. r. L. second Sunday
afternoon at 49, and fourth Sunday even
ing at $780, at hall, 50 Fourth street south
J. H. BLUMMAtER, Sec
Sylvester Keliher secretary of the A. r.
t. writes Eve have 10 unions in Chicago
and total of 2S7 with great many more
in sight. Have the Pullman works at this
point tied up as tight a drum. Not a
man at work. We have several other diff
ferences to settle, but the work of organ
izing is going on rapidly"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23
Come and Hear Him.

Mr.. Willard J. Hull, will deliver an
address under the auspices of the
Trades and Labor Assembly,, at Labor
Temple, Thursday, May 24th. Subject
''The Outlines Of the Coming Civiliza-
ton" Admission free.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23

The following regular meetings will be
held during the coming week:
Thursday, oath, Ladies' Assembly, l.. A.
752 the ',The Mascot" meets at 323 Nicollet
avenue, at p. M
Friday, 18th, J. l.. f. B. meets at 323 Mic
olIet avenue at p. m.
Saturday. 18th, l.. A. 4014 meets at 323
Nicollet avenue at p.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23

"ODay, the Alderman" will occupy the
boards at the Peoples this week and is
given for the benefit of the American Rail-
way Union. Tickets are to be had at the
theater and committee of local union LOG. %
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23
To CORRESPONDENTS.


Yousee what noble mass of cor
respondence we have in this issue
We want to keep it up. 1t represents
the roice Of the people.
If you have anything to say let us
hear from you. Remember that a
half column letter has ten times
more readers than a column letter:
and column letter ten times as
many as two column letter. Put
your ideas terscly, pOintedly; and
don't open your mouth without "say-
ing something" Talk about any
thing and everything that you think
will interest men like yourself:-thc
crops, home affairs, finance, politics
everything but religion:-if we get
into that the Peoples Party will be
gone up-"non conle-at-i-bats, IN,
SrdnpO, up q stunp0."
Address all communications to
1.-THE REPRESENTATIVE, room BOG
Boston Block, Minneapolis, MINI.
Our offer of the REPRESENTATIVE
for 10 weeks for 25c. is being heartily
responded to. But we want the
young men and women in the houses
of our friends to have an inducement
to get us up clubs by talking to their
neighbors. We therefore make this
special offer:
To any person who will send US 81. so
we will send the paper to ten parties
for thirteen weeks, and will also send
the getter-up of the club SOC. copy
of the Golden Bottle, postpaid.
We make the same offer to any per-
son who will send us $3.50, and
the names of five parties for six
months each, or to any person who
will send us $500 and the names of
two subscribers for one year each.
Or if they prefer it, we will send
the REPRESENTATIVE free for six
months to the gctter-up Of any such
club.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23
LABOR DEPART AENT
HON. Thos. Il. LUCAS. cotton.
len can examine the books and learn the

men can examine the books and learn the
truth. q, II
A new set of men are now likely in the
near future to get a Ichance to see the
source of private fortunes and campaign
funds, hence the proposal to destroy the
evidence II ID
A Washington correspondent sends us:
Senator Sherman lis oftthe opinion that a
mistake was made, when the gold reserve
was allowed to fall below 800, OOO, 900 mark /"
Would 1t not be "a good plan for some
astute statesman to inform us what that
sloo,OOO,OOO gold reserve is for anyhow if it
Is not to be used? Is it for the sole and
only purpose of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. citizens
pay out of their labor $1,000, 900 per annum
Tor the benefit Of foreign bondholders and
their agents in Wall street?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23

Colorado Republicans pretend to be favor
able to silver, yet they support a political
party with this official political record on
the silver question:
In the House April s, 1885,
Republicans for silver. 30
Republicans against silver. 50
In the House June Z, 1890:
itcEuoIiCttliS against. III
In the House June %, 1890:
Republicans for ........... %
IL puoiiCdilS aS dllat. Observation-Disclosures. 40
+ In the Senate June q, 1890:
Republicans IA
ieSp"picdES against Observation-Disclosures. Y
In the House March "a, 1892:
ltepuolcanS against. ........................ 81
In the Senate July 2, 1892:
Republicans against. Observation-Disclosures. 10
In the House July -, 1892
Republicans for. Observation-Disclosures. Q
Republicans against ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 60
In the House August 49, 1898:
RepubHcanS against. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Ill
The above facts are taken from the Con-
gressional Record and are indisputable
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23
BREAD OR BLOOD.
Why Don't Our Lawmakers Take
Timely Warming?

Timely Warming?
The National Waterman sizes IN
the depression of American toiiers as
follows:
"The amount taken from the people
as shown by public records, since the
Inauguration of the present public
policy (1S65) is Sill ,6l2,O60, 900, on an
average of population about 1920 for
each man, woman and child in the ma
tion. Has this enormous treasure
been wisely applied for the benefit of
the whole people? Evidence is rapidly
accumulating to show that it was not.
The condition of the people has gradu-
ally grown worse all these years, until
at the present time it is almost past
endurance AS proof of this, recorded
data will disclose that business fail
ures have increased from 500 in 1865,
amounting to SIT ,625,O00, to more than
$4,000 in 1893, amounting to fully ST.,
000, 100000. Crime has an increased
doubled. Suicide has increased 1877 per
cent, and pauperjsm from almost
nothing to vast army of over J, $780,
900. Our jailS are full, our prisons
overlooking, our asylums crowded and
our pOOrhOuSeS have room for but
small per cent of the applicants.
Are these the fruits of successful
economic public policy? We contend
they are not. Then there were no
tramps; now more than 100000 roam
the country, both disgrace and terror
to the people. Then there were no
mortgages to speak of, while now at
least 8, 100000 burden the homes and
farms of this nation. Then people
were out of debt, now at least SIC, Co.,
100000 is hung about the neck of all
labor in production. Then there was
no suffering or distress among the peo-
pie; now labor strikes and bread riots
are of daily occurrence, and soup
houses are opened in all the centers of
population. Then the people were
employed and,the smile Of contented
prosperity and future hope was seen
on nearly every countenance; now the
pleading of the distressed, the wall of
the despairing, or the smothered curse
and demand for bread or blood is met
with at every turn"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23
A Foreigners View of Americ,

"ell-to-do Swiss merchant has been tray-
eilhg through our republic to see where we
are at as nation. He has made a good
DIT OF his journeying on foot which has
given him an insight into things not to be
obtained by looking through the windows
Of Pullman palace car In Ores and Met
ais ne gives an account of his California ex-
perences, and of his reflections thereon, as
follows:
Dressed in rough suit, and often dusty
and mud-stained, did not look far removed
from tramp. Although asking no favors.
was TOUR times stopped by constabes and
once arrested as vagrant, when l was
opllged to show my letter from the Swiss
consul. l wondered then, as / saw an
American flag floating over a California
school-house, if the children could grow ND
70 respect an emblem which represents a
government that protects land monopolists
ana SENDS men to Jail for treading its high
ways and asking for employment. My
pedestrian experience is ended In the
Eastern states hundreds freeze to death
with mountains of coal in sight. You must
admit that you have a curious kind of a
republic
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23

The miners at Uniontown, Pa, who re-
fuse to go to work are arrested, thrown in
prison, and 106 of them are damned in a
Jail not large enough for 10 men, charged
with completely in murder. The poor dew
lis are at the mercy OF as brutal corpor-
alton as are the exiles of Siberia. The cor
porations are using all their ingenuity to
cause the men to riot so they can NOV
them down with gattling guns, and thus
forever COW them into submission. The
corporations must go. They were created
by law and by law they shall cease to exist.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23

We are living under the dispensation OF
the devil take the hindmost," and it will
not be very long before he has taken all
the farms.-Virginia Sun.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23


or the fiat money demanded by the in
dustrial army the Cincinnati Times-Star
says:
1T does not occur to these financiers
that this so-called money would be useless,
that it would have no value and would not
circulate, even if the government could be
induced to commit the egregious folly of
authorizing such issue"
This statement of the Times-Star sug-
gests says the Cincinna tian an easy way
Tor the Washington authorities to get rid
OF CoXey and his army. Let the money
be printed as asked for. The only expense
Will be for little printing and cart load
OF paper, and since the money will have
no value, and will not circulate" it will do
no harm. The industrial soldiers can get
their pockets full of the paper, and will go
away satisfied, not knowing that the gov
eminent notes are useless" The plan
VIII be bloodless and will be cheaper than
the powder and lead necessary to shoot
the men. 1t will be a capital joke to play
on the army, and ought to be advocated by
al the daily papers that are aware that
these government fiat notes will not cir
culate. Omaha Western Laborer
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

an agent in each county. as suggest
ed by one of our correspondents who
might sell the entire crop of that
county. Now the farmers rush their
wheat in and compete with each 9TH
The parent association could es-
tabliSh branches in other states.
where desired.
1t could also designate, upon the
recommendation of county alliances,
er to break down prices. Then all
such competition would cease, and
the buyers would have to compete
with each other to get the wheat or
go without. If the buyers in any
county combined and refused to bid,
the central society at Minneapolis
would have been negotiating with
Minneapolis, ST. Paul, Duluth, Buff
falo, New York and Liverpool, to
find the highest prices obtainable:
and could ship accordingly, leaving
the local buyers in the lurch. If the
movement was made general we
could smash all the ''bears" and Top
ton Dealers in the United States,
by flooding the market or starving
it, as might seem best.
Two things would be necessary.
1. Honesty in agents.
2. Common sense in the grain
growers. If we attempted to put
wheat too high we would smash the
movement.
Get together, bretheren, in conven-
ton and let us talk these things all
over. Come by trains, and teams
and on fOOt-but come.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23

Hotel men will travel from Chicago to their
annual convention in Denver, in special
trains, at 81 per mile for the whole train.
This will cost s., 210 per train from Chicago
to Denver. If they wish to crowd the limit,
48 of them can go in each sleeper. With
eight sleepers in the train this would make
1884 passengers or 1913 each for the ride
between Chicago and Denver. Giving each
passenger a whole berth the rate would be
625 each. This is from about u to " cent
q mile according as the train is loaded.
The presumption is that this rate is not
below cost and therefore suggests many
vitality important thoughts to those who
pay from 21s to cents mile.
Old Grover wants s3(O, 100000 interest
bearing gold bonds for the people to pay
interest on while the crank, as he is
called, Coxey, asks for s5e0,000,000 legal ten
der treasury notes without interest, issued
direct to the people without the interven-
ton of banks, to be expended In building
roads, in order to put the idle horde to
work who are begging all over the coun-
try. Who is the patriot OF the two?-
Weatherford (Tex) Leader.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23

Tom Watson says: Find out what the
last congress promised to do, and you will
know exactly what they did not do"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23

They say boycotts are unlawful. but re-
member it is not unlawful to help your
friends and let your enemies entirely alone.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23

The Penny Press is the only daily that has
treated the A. R. U. fairly during the late
strike The laboring people should drop the
other dailies like hot potatoes.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23

the poor man. The ballot box is abou
all that's left to him 1t is the poor man
last ditch and only hope.-Iowa Tribune
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-23

Congress gave nearly s4ooO,oOo to a pri-
vate corporation at Chicago. but did not
have time to consider the propriety of loan
ing the farmers few millions on the best
security in the world-The Populist.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-04-03

Significant Suggestion.

In an informal talk after the court ad-
journed Judge Caldwell stated that it was
essential that any grievances that the men
might have should be heard and determined,
but that such matters took up
too much of the time of the
officers of the road, and asked Mr.. Dick
inson If 1t would not be a good idea to
have a man on a system which employed so
many men as the Union Pacific whose sole
duty 1t should be to hear and determine
such. differences and report his findings to
his superiors for approval. Mr.. Dickinson
stated that that had been discussed by him
self and others of the officers, but no action
had been taken on 1t, though they all real
lied such hearings took up too much of the
time of the officers to enable them to prop
erly look after their other duties and give
these hearings the time that they should
have. Judge Caldwell then suggested that
himself and the men agree upon some man
for this purpose and he would in all prob
ability appoint him to that position. This
plan, if 1t is put in practice, will be an limo
walton in the railroad business.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-04-03
PREVALENT
Over 10000 Cases in Omaha.
A Noted Physicians Views on the Subject,

Asthma has hitherto baffled the skill of
our best physicians. Within a compare
lively recent period DR.. II, Shiffman. OF
st. Paul, Mimi, who has devoted many
years of study to the treatment of asthma.
bronchitis and Group, has prepared a rem
edy for these affections which is meet
ing with great success wherever intro
duced, With this remedy there Is no walt
ing for results. 1t is not a n%auseating com
pound to be swallowed, but Is used by in
halation thus reaching the seat of disease
direct. ITS action Is immediate and GER
tain. Acting directly upon the mucous
membrane Of the air passages, 1t relieves
the spasm and construction instantaneOusly
facilitates free and easy eXpectoration,
and lnsures comfortable rest To those 9th
erWise unable To sleep except in a chair.
All druggists have this remedy In stock,
hut in order that every sufferer who has
In vain tried every other means OF relief
may test IT'S efficacy the doctors repre-
sentative will give a free trial package.
as an advertisement, to every one applies
to-day and tomorrow at Kuhn AZ Co.'S
drug store l5th and Douglas street, thus
convincing the most skeptical. Persons liv-
ing at a distance who wish to test the mer-
its OF this remedy should address DR.. II.
Shiffman, Box No. lj 81. Paul, MINI.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-04-03
~ELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

The republicans have carried Cincinnati in
the municipal election by a big majority.
The Daily Telegram, a new penny paper,
will be issued from Boston in a short time.
One thousand five hundred Chicago
plumbers struck yesterday because of a pro-
posed reduction in wages.
Municipal elections in Minnesota have
generally resulted in victory for the re-
publicans.
The city election at Grand Rapids, Mich,
Yesterday resulted in an overwhelming VIC
tory for the republicans.
The annual banquet of the Iroquois club,
the prominent democratic organization of
| Chicago, was held last night.
The United States man-of-war Alliance
has reached Montevideo. She made the
voyage from Callao under sail.
DR.. e. A. Anderson, union labor candi-
date, was elected mayor of lronwood Mich,
by an overwhelming majority yesterday.
John Martin of Paterson, N. j., is being
sued for a divorce by his wife, who was
married to him under peculiar circumstances
Reports from many sections of Kansas
Indicate that the winter wheat crop has
been badly damaged by the late cold
weather.
In the city election at Hartford, Conn,
yesterday, the entire republican ticket was
elected. and in other cities OF the state the
same result was obtained.
Returns from the different cities in which
elections were held in Ohio yesterday show
that the republicans have been successful
throughout the state.
All the miners in the district at Lehigh,
/. r., knocked off work yesterday after re-
fusing to accept the 10 per cent reduction
proposed by the operators,
Rear Admiral Walker, accompanied by his
secretary, Mr.. Wood, and Lieutenant Com
mander Stanton, arrived at San Francisco
yesterday on his way to Honolulu.
o. nm -
Denning coal mines of the Western Coal and
Mining company of Arkansas struck yester-
day against a 10 per cent reduction.
The independent city ticket nominated in
favor of woman suffrage was elected by a
largo majority at Nortonyille, Kan, yester-
day, Two-thirds of the women of the town
voted,
The general term of the court of common
pleas of New York has affirmed a judgment
for $40 600, obtained by Anna Il. Swinartou
of Chicago against George l.. Boutellier for
the loss of an eye.
In a boiler explosion in Monroe county.
near Tompkinsyille, KY, Alexander Ritter,
the owner Of the mill. and two others
named Fowler, were instantly killed. Others
were badly injured.
General SchOhell, Robert 7. Lincoln and
George NJ. Pullman arrived at Salt Lake
yesterday. They called on Governor West
and then. spent the remainder of the day
visiting points of interest.
Moreni Duncan, a stockman. formerly
owner of the Rock Springs Review, Wyo-
ming. persisted in the blizzard which swept
over that state last week. Duncan was going
to his ranch when overcome by the storm.
His body was found half eaten by coyotes
seventy miles from Rock Springs.
Six weeks ago Christopher w. Wilkey and
Henry Wells OF Columbus, ILL.,. made a Joint
agreement to commit suicide. The two men
had been in III health for some time. Wilkey
was found dead in his bed the next morning.
Saturday Wells was found dying from the
effects OF morphine.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-04-03

how he arrived at the average rates Of pay
on the Union Pacific and Central Pacific.
Mr.. Mcconnell claimed that modern APP
planes had lessened the work of engineers
and also the dangers attendant upon their
occupation. Mr.. Mcconnell gave a statement
OF the amount Of money some of the en-
gineers on different parts Of the road earned
and from the figures quoted he was asked by
Mr.. Vroman IL the engineers on the prairie
divisions did not actually earn more rioney
than the men on the mountain runs, even al
lowing the latter the excess mileage. hut he
answered he thought not, except Ia some ex-
ceptional cases.
Mr.. Thurston called s. D.. Clark, one OF
the trainmen, and asked him II any other
organization than the one of whlch ne was a
member was authorized to represent that
branch Of the service, and the witness
said no.
The court inquired whether there were
any other rules concerning which testimony
was to be introduced and was informed
that the determination of the rules which
had been the basis of all the discussion
so far would settle all the points at issue
which the men and the receivers could not
readily settle.
The court was asked to make an order that
whatever result was arrived at should oper-
ate and extend to the Grand Island road and
some others which were in charge Of the re-
%celvers, but which were not now operated
under the same rules and schedules. The
court stated that the order would be so
made.
The lawyers on both sides then announced
that they did not wish to argue the case,
but would submit it just as 1t was.
The court then ordered that, as the men
had been brought here by the order of the
court. the receivers should pay them their
wages during the time they were necessarily
here and also their board while they were
here.
The court also ordered that all the plead
ings, evidence and rulings of the court, in
Guiding the final judgment when 1t Is en-
tered, should be printed, and 500 copies there
of should be provided for the use Of those
who might need them.
Court was then adjourned until Thursday
morning, when the courts opinion will be
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