The representative., 1894-10-10
A HUGE FRAUD.
A NIDUCTION OF RAILROAD
RATES.
"ood Enough Morgan Till
After Election"

| aPCu yodI ago Elias SteenerSOn,
NJ; olooAsCon, made application to the
Wa' 1,uneso0a Board of Railroad and
warehouse Commissioners, for a re-
u"oUioh OF grain rates from that city
~ ~ Orle terminal points, s,-Minneapolis,
oU, raul and Duluth. Instead of pro-
ooeulng at once to hear and determine
wv "ppllcatlon the Board permitted
Oio matter to be postponed until last
spiihg; and the other day, two months
oelofe the election, just as we expect
eu' Tue Board instead of granting the
Do per cent reduction asked for made
on0 VI 10 per cent; and the Republican
papers are now ringing with appeals
" Clie farmers to stand by Governor
nelson and the G. o. P. for having
cuG down the freight rates; while the
democrats are claiming that Geo. L.
Becker, OF the Board of Railroad Com
mlssloners, their candidate for COVER
nor, Is the man who is entitled to the
chlef credit. The fact is it is ''all in
tne family" Gov. Nelson holds the
appointing power under which Mr..
becker is railroad commissioner;
Gov Nelson is to be credit
ed with having made Becker,
and Becker is to be credited with hav-
Ing made the reductions. AS Iago
says: Whether he kill Cassie or Cas-
$40 him either way makes my gain"
Both parties will whoop it up and try
TO head off the Populists. If Mr..
Becker is elected governor he is all
right. But if he is not, land he will
not receive 10000 votes,) but his can
d1dacy saves Nelson, then he will keep
his $4,000 year place as Railroad Com
missioner for six years longer. 1t is a
regular game of ''Tickle me, Tommy,
and I'll tickle you"
| But, says some one, no matter about
that;-the farmers get Is per cent re-
duction in wheat rates anyhow. Dc
they? Go, verdant brethren, to the
depot, and ask if there is any such re-
duction; and the agent will tell you
"not a penny" WELL" you ask
"what's the matter?" why" says
the agent, "the railroads have thirty
days in which to appeal "What
then?" you ask. "Why, the railroad.
have given notice that they will ap
peal. They will litigate it for yeal
or two in the Minnesota courts and
then carry it to Washington, to the
Supreme Court of the United States
and there it will hang along for three
or four years more" But" says the
innocent G. o. P. farmer, "the rail
roads will obey the law in the
meantime" "Not a bit of it," says
the agent, "they never do" "They
hire their attornies by the year and il
costs them nothing to litigate, an(
that Is per cent will amount to mil
lions of dollars. Five years from nov
there may be q decision" "But,
says the farmer" will probably b
dead by that time and my children
paupers." "That's what we expect,
says the agent. "But what is the al
legged reduction of Is per cent made
for, if it amounts to nothing?' ask
the farmer. "Why," replies the can
did AGENT" it is only intended for us'
during the election. 1t is like Hodge,
razors that were never made to shave
but to sell. 1t will beat the Populists
/ Knute will be reelected governor ant
he will re-appoint Becker. That's al
there is to it. And very pretty gam
it is.'
In Africa some of the natives woI
ship the Devil. They take a hug
wicker basket and put in it one lone
some banana; and set it by the roa
side; and they write on the basket
Good Devil, this is for you. 1t is ful
| of bananas They think they Wi
foo the Devil by the apparent size o
the gift, and that he won't lCok inside
The farmers of Minnesota are not ex
pec,ed to look inside their gift
| BASKET.
The Republican orators will shrek
'See, what Knute has done for the
farmers:-15 per cent reduction in
grain rates!'
The next night along come th'
Democratic orators and they cry out
"See, what Becker has done for yol
od-forsaken farmers:-15 per cent re
duc5ion in freight rates."
Aoout fifty years ago there was ;
great Anti-Mason excitement in this
country. A political party was formed
to fight the Masons:-Wm. Henry Sc
ward and Thurlow Weed were at tn
head of it; it subsequently graduate,
into the Republican party. A mai
named Morgan, who had been a Ma
son. came out with an expose of Ma
SONY. Soon after he disappeared
The Anti-Masons said he had beel
Murdered by that society. It wa
very important to find his body. /
search was made everywhere withou
avail. Finally the corpse of a drowned
man was found on river bank. II
is Morgan! 1t is Morgan!" cried tn
Anti-Masons. Crowds rushed to iden
tifv the body. One man said to THU
low Weed:-"Mr. Weed, this can't b.
Morgan; Morgan was red-haired an
this man is black-haired." mo mat
teru said Weed, she is a good enougl
MORGAN till after election" And tn
nhrase passed into proverb.
And this 10 per cent reduction is :"
good enough Morgan till after cleo
tion."
! Tn the first place all our railroad
are interstate roads; they do not begil
ara md in the state, but run thrOugl