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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
Capitalists and Newspapers.

Farm, Stock and Home
The Commercial Union is response
Bile for the statement that d syndicate
Of Boston and New York capitalists
has been organized for the purpose of
getting control Of line Of daily pa
pers from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Where paper cannot be purchased in
town plant will be put in and
new paper started. 1t is stated by the
syndicate that there is no politics in
the scheme, but that it is merely
business venture. The Union, how
ever, asks in it's heading Of the an
nouncement: "What does this mean?n
The question is pertinent one.
When the avenues Of intelligence are
being purchased by syndicates, which
can dictate the utterances and poll
cies of the journals they control, in
utter disregard of the truth or right
in the matter. where can the general
public look for a clear, truthful dis
cussion of the great questions which
are now demanding settlement? The
solution of many of these questions
implies the curtailment of the priv
ileges of the very men forming this
syndicate, therefore every measure of
reform will be assailed in concert by
all of its papers from ocean to ocean.
1t would seem that the only hope for
this nation is to educate the people
through the honest weekly papers and
monthly magazines, that the daily
press has reached point where none
of its utterances should be believed or
considered. If that is done the daily
paper will become merely a newspaper
and be robbed of all power to injure
1t is sad to see an institution capable
of so much good growing so perverted
as to be made powerless, but in the
light of events there seems nothing
else to do
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21

them to victory will speedily recede
and leave them at the mercy of an in.
dignant public. Already they are de.
claring their purposes to do nothing"
81 In lengthy editorial in the Chica.
go Tribune of November s. on the
Reasons for the Republican Victory
the editor says: "Haying studied
over and digested the lessons burned
into their inner consciousness by great
suffering, they voted that the protec.
ton patches on the Wilson bill must
be left alone and that there must be
no further tinkering of any kind
whatever with the tariff. This is all
they can do for two years to come"
In other words, the Republican par
ty, asking to be returned to power to
correct the I'M JUS ice of the Democrat
ic tariff policy, no sooner get into pow
er than they coolly announce that
there is nothing to be done or at
tempted for the next two years. This
party in its leadership and machinery
in every state in the union is unit
against every reform now pressing for
solution. 1t is emphatically the party
OF the corporations and gold power.
Its only purpose is to hold its position,
and in the late election it drew to it's
ouppoI U UHo oiIBlc SOlu SUdHudTu duVO.
Gates from all quarters, and they will
remain with it permanently.
Everybody can now see that the
failure of the Democratic party is due
to the fact that the party is helplessly
divided upon all the great questions
of the day, while its enemy is unit
from sea to sea and from the lakes to
the gulf; and all can now see clearly
that there is neither call nor room
for two corporation and gold standard
parties in this country. The corpora
.tions are welded to the Republican
party and the bond of affection be.
tween them cannot be broken. The
advent of the corporate power and
that of the money kings took place
under Republican rule, and all their
vast growth is due to Republican leg
islatiOn, and the two can never be
separated. This should be under
stood once for all. Under great lead
ership the Democratic party should
have comprehended these things and
taken the field as the champion Of the
plain people,"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
NO CONFIDENCE.

A gentleman of this city recently
received letter from a business man
in London from which we make the
following extract:
NEARLY one-third Of your railway
mileage is in the hands of receivers:
81 per cent of your railway stocks are
paying no dividends. 1t seems a ter
rible and almost hopeless state of
things and inspires such deep-roOted
distrust here that no assistance can
be expected from this country for
many long day.
English investors have lost enor-
mOusly in the last two years by the
failure of your railway and indus
trial companies, and when | add
that we have had a plentiful crop of
swindlerS at home it need not surprise
you to learn that there is nearly e200.-
100000 sterling lying in our banks in
London and the Provinces at l per
cent"
There yon have it. The devilish ras-
cality of American corporations and
plutocrats has Disguised the capital
lists of Great Britain, and they will no
longer send money to the United
States for investment in our enter
priSes. Still, we are told that the late
elections have ''restored confidence"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
Garblsd Figures.

Farm, Stock and Home: The report
of the bank clearings of Denver for
the week ending Nov. 3, as issued by
Brads treets. showed a decrease of 40
per cent over the corresponding week
of last year. Now that the election is
over it is admitted that this state
ment was untrue, the real fact being
that the Denver clearings were actu-
ally Is per cent higher than for the
same week of 1898. 1t is very evident
that it was political move to give
more weight to the claim that Popu-
lism had ruined the business of Color
ado. When commercial agencies stoop
to such tricks to aid political dema-
gogery, it is full time for the people to
inquire if any avenue of intelligence
is left open for them.
How can the truth ever be known?
Unless the people can get at the facts
and weigh them carefully, there can
be no such thing as Self-government.
the shadow and semblance will exist.
but the reality will be that the people
are swayed and governed by the power
that is responsible for the falsehoods
and Misrepresentation that flooded
the country during the late campaign.
When political party must resort
to or condOne campaign of falSehCod
in order to win, it is time that it was
retired, but the power of tradition,
and the glamor of it's past, still keeps
it in power and finds partisans who
who are sure that it is the purest and
noblest of earthly institutions,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
Growing Rapidly.

We thought when the election went
so decidedly against us that our sub
scribers would drop off: and we were
preparing to cut down our list from
5000 to less expensive figures. But
the Peoples party have not lost their
nerve. The renewals are pouring in
at a tremendous, rate, and every day
adds lists of new names to our circula-
ton Clubs were sent in this week by
Hon. j. Q. Cronkhite, the newly elect
ed senator from Argyle, and 10y V. D.
Nixon, Eyota, j. A. Swenson, of
Broten. W. E. Hui, of Prior Lake,
Gilbert Nelson, Of Milan, D. o. Gates,
of Mantorville, and many others.
Keep it up, gentlemen. Let every
Populist make one convert and we will
carry the state in 1896.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
SILVER TRUST.

A Denver dispatch of the 10th says:
The Rocky Mountain News today
says that syndicate is Scheming to
obtain control of the silver market
and dictate the price of the metal to
all silver-using countries.
Two reports are current as to the
details of the proposed plan. One is
that syndicate backed by John D.
Rockefeller and the Rothschilds will
obtain control of all the Smelters in
the United States and Mexico, and ar
bitrarily fix the price of silver, regard
less of the supply and demand. Ac-
cording to the other report, the propo-
sition is to have the silver Of all the
shelters handled through one man or
one agency.
Thus one by one the industries of
the country are falling into the hands
of the plutocrats and millionaires.
When this proposed silver trust is ac-
tually formed there will be no further
opposition to the free coinage Of the
white metal, for the benefits will then
go largely into the pockets of the i'm
mensely rich, and that is strictly in
accord with the policy of the old par
ties
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
A NEW STEP.

The decision of Judge Brewer that
the freight rate bill enacted by the
Nebraska legislature is unconstitu-
tlonai creates new departure in the
matter Of fixing railway rates. If this
decision is upheld by the supreme
court of the United States it practic-
ally annuls the power of the people to
fix such rates through their legisla-
lures, since it holdsin effect that such
rates are subject to review by the
courts. Legislatures may fix rates
but the courts have the power to re-
view them and say whether they are
too low or not.
Thus, one by one, are the powers of
the people taken away and lodged in
the courts, which, oftentimes, are not
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
The Opposition in Alabama Unites
and Ioins the Peorle.s Party.

Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 12.-The
meeting of the Populists, Jefferson
ians and Republicans today was dis
strations. A committee on resolu-
tions was appointed and after series
of speeches the meeting adjourned to
7p. m. The burden of the speeches
had been complaint of frauds in the
election and demand for changes in
the state laws, or enactment of strin-
gent federal laws. Mr.. Kolb in his
speech asserted that every democratic
congressman elected from Alabama,
with the exception of Mr.. Clarke,
would be unseated.
The result of the evening session
was a wiping out Of the Jeffersonian
party and the convention of Jefferson
ians and Populists resolved themselves
into the National Peoples party.
Chairman SkaggS, Of the committee
on resolutions, read a speech congratu-
lating the people of Alabama oh the
recent Republican victories in other
states. and then took up the subject
of the alleged ballot box stufflng. The
report stated that the committee had
at hand ample proof of all their allie
cations of fraud, in that Kolb and his
ticket was elected last August and had
been counted out.
at this juncture DR.. Grove, of Per-
ry county, in an excited manner,
paced up and down the aisle and de-
clared that he should be seated even
if bloodshed were necessary.
Chairman Skaggs resumed the read
ing of the report, which said that evil
dence was at hand to prove the fraud
ulent election of Gov. -elect Oates, and
that if the legislature did not right
the wrong the federal congress would
be called upon and force be demanded
if necessary.
The convention adjourned sine die.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
General Weaver'S Views.

The General is not at all dishearten-
ed. He thinks the Republican party
has but a temporary lease of power
and that the Democratic party is
dead. He said:
$50 far as the great issues Of the
country are concerned it has no signi-
ficance whatever" he said. High
and low tariff districts, gold-standard
districts, free-silver districts, money
centers, and alliance and labor strong
holds were alike submerged and swept
by the raging torrent. 1t was simply
a tremendous cyclone of discomfort.
From honest Dick Bland, the poor
mans champion, to David B. Hill, the
gold-bug Goliath, every leader
though belonging to exactly opposite
and hostile schoOls-was hurled from
place by the shock. 1t was an elector-
al explosion, and 1t bleaU into fragments
an old established organization which
had within it's control every DEPART
ment Of government and all the vast
resources of official patronage. The
wrath of the people was like smolder-
ing volcano which had to have vent"
He further Says:
"Will the Republicans grant any re-
lief?" asked the correspondent.
'"They promised none and are DOW
erlesS to giant any. They are power
less to disturb the tariff situation, and
they would not do so if they could. On
the other great economical questio
silver, currency, and railroad legis-
lation-they are in accord with the
administration and will not antagon-
ize it. No; the Republicans have not
triumphed because Of any affirmative
policy which they are expected to in
augurate, but because of a universal
discomfort for which they have not
even pretended remedy. They have
been clothed with legislative power
and their theories Of government for
bid them to legislate: Their motto is
statu quo. The wave which carried
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21

anu OemOCfaCS In the TWO houses OF
the legislature and land him instead
of W. D. Washburp, Donnelly's old
enemy. in the United States senate:
We seem sure of having Republican
and would not Mr.. Nelson, who fay-
ored the Mills Bill be more acceptable
20 democrats ana others in Mlnneso,
m ia than would a high . protective tariff
Redwood Gazette, (Rep): The next
United States senator should be Sc
lected from some place outside of St
Paul and Minneapolis. If the Repub-
licans have control DR. the legislature
those from the country should see
that this is donea7 The people are get
ting tired of the ring rule and dOmin-
alton OF the ring politicians Of those
twin cities, and the people want a
change. If the Republican party
does not give them this relief they
Will get it ont of some other party.
Their is too strong a feeling against
st. Paul and Minneapolis to resist this
change, and we believe that it will be
made at the next session of the legis-
lature.
Adrian Democrat: There is Just
now much speculation as to the sue
ceSsor to Senator W. D. Washburn,
and Congressman J. T. McCleary is
mentioned as a proba BILE candidate.
There is much to commend Mr.. Ee-
Cleary as senatorial candidate. He
has been elected to congress by a
larger majority than any other Re-
publican in Minnesota, and he is dis
tinctively man of the people. He
would be as great an improvement
over the present incumbent as sun
light is to the dull, inconsequent
light of the moon in it's last quarter.
Thls is none of our funeral, but the
Democrat would like to see Repre-
sentative Minnesotian wear the sena-
torial toga, and the Republicans could
go further and fare worse than tC
eXalt Congressman McCleary.
Albert Lea Standards: The defeat OF
the Peoples party legislative ticket in
this county is the most serious disap-
pointment of the election to the
frieds of reform and honest politics
and as we are we'll advised, is a sore
regret to scores of the best Republi.
cans in the county. Especially is this
true as to Senator Nelson. although
Messrs. Garlock and Vandegrift proved
to be uneXceptionable and popular
candidates. If the vote had been
taken week earlier, all three would
have been elected by considera ble ma.
jorties. BUTT is charged with seeming
reliability that the ticket and especi.
ally Senator Nelson, was defeated by
the distribution throughout the coun-
try of a very large corruption fund.
Instances are cited in various towns
where a man received as high as $500
of cases where men were given $50 OF
800, with the promise of $500 more if
they carried the town for the Repub'
lican ticket.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21

as they are in Europe. They propose
to hold all the privileges they have
here and will never allow the people
any more rights, even if the United
States has to be declared monarchy
to be upheld by the power Of an army.
A dictatorship will be declared in the
United States before six years. Mark
it well, and watch the maneuvers of
the ruling classes and the men they
hire by Office which they people are
taxed to pay. Ii a large majority of
the people do not see it soon enough,
if the vote in 1896 is not SO overwhelm-
ingly against the old parties as to de-
ter it., it will be successful. The rich
do not care how many poor are killed.
If they can gain by civil war, they will
be anxious for it. Liberty is in the
balance. Are you one who having eyes
see not?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
RELIEF FOR LABOR,

A. b. Stickney, president of the Chi
cago Great Western Railway, delivered
thoughtful address at Dcs Moines,
Ia, last Wednesday night, relating to
the labor problem. The REPREsEN-
TATIvE would be glad to reproduce
the address in full had it the room to
do SO. Mr.. Stickney has on other &C.
casions demonstrated his ability as a
thinker in dealing with the problems
of today. What he has to say upon
these questions is always full of inter-
est and tends to solve them in the in
terests of humanity.
Briefly stated, Mr.. Stickney takes
the position that there can be no per-
manent solution Of the labor problem
until working men stop resorting to
the cities and go to the country; that
labor in the cities is in a congested
condition, the supply being far in ex-
cess of the demand. which tends con-
stantly to reduce wages. He says
workingmen should go to farming on
small holdings, thereby placing them
selves in an independent position and
reducing the supply of wage earners.
These views are worth considering.
That il carried out they would afford
temporary relief is certain. The fact
is large cities are an almost unmixed
evil. They have been built up by un-
just discrimination against the coun-
try. They are hot beds of crime and
corruption. Their supposed adyan-
tages in the way of culture and luxury
are largely fictitious, if not worse.
They are built up by plutocratic in
fiuences and dominated by plutocrats,
whose aims are entirely selfish and
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
LIQUOR DEALERS.

In the late election the liquor deal
ers of Minnesota were solidly arrayed
against the Peoples party and in favor
of Knute Nelson. The cause of this
was the fact that the Peoples party
had declared in favor of the individu-
alization of the the liquor ira ffic. or
course, if this theory prevails the occu-
patton of the saloon keeper is gone.
The government will control the sale
Of liquors; they will be sold at cost to
any person who wants them, except
minors and habitual drunkards.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21

subject to their control, since the
judges of the higher courts are ap-
pointed and appointed for life.
Corporations already in large meas
ure run this government, although
they are its creatures. The indica-
tions are that through the recent tri-
umph of the plutocratic and corpora
tion party their scope of control will
be widely extended. The probable
end will be the resort Of the people to
some other means of self-defense than
the ballot box.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
AN OBJECT LESSON,

The REPRESENTATIVE publishes in
another column an account of the
election of Adolph Sutro as mayor of
San Francisco. The article is intensly
interesting, because it shows what
man with convictions can do against
corporations if he has the courage of
his convictions. Mr.. Sutro made a
great fight. His victory is a victory Of
the people, and was well-deseryed.
The world would be far better off if it
had more Adolph Sutros.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
WORDS OF PRAISE.

Argyle Banner; The Populists of
Minnesota ought to feel proud of the
work done by the REPRESENTATIVE
in the campaign. 1t is one of the
ablest edited reform papers in the ma
ton. 1t takes up the gauntlet after
the defeat of Nov. 6, with undated
courage and sounds the battle cry of
1896. If people read the REPREsEN-
TATIvE and papers Of its kind, the
power of the subsidized press to mis-
lead the voters would be correspond
ingly leSSened.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21

In San Francisco a Peoples party
candidate was elected mayor, but the
bank clearings show an increase for
last week just the same.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
Stove For Sale.

The REPRESENTATIVE has q large
Base Burner Heater, used only short
time, and nearly as good as new, which
is offered very cheap.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21

The FoRsKAREN, a Swedish Popu-
list paper and the REPRESENTATIVE
$I25.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21

whose ends are opposed to human pro-
gress and the betterment of the hui
man race.
1t would be interesting to have Mr..
Stickney further e1ucidate his theory
upon the lines herein laid down.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
AN INTELLIGENT DEMOCRAT
Does Not Like Our Paper.-He Will
Be Won Till He Dyes.
Buckhard Wis OH

Buckhard Wis 9th 81
Dear sir Pleas Don't send that Paper
Here an More that is the representa-
tive For Don't Wanted am
Democrat and Will Be Won till i Dye
and When there is none they will Be
one Here
Monaghan and Joyce
So quet that Pater up Pleas Don't
send it am sick Looking at it When
it runs on Democrat it runs on Me.
We publish the above "uerbatim ct
Hter0tin ct punctuotena." 1t is curl
OSitV
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21

REMEMBER
When you sell your wheat, to pay up for
THE REPRESENTATIVE
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21

National Reformer: The gold bugs
make the laws, the straddle bugs make
the platforms, and the humbugs make
the speeches. The doodle bugs in
dOrse the whole thing.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21

Referendum, Newton. Ia: Labor
ers will strike together, tramp togeth-
er, starve together, die together, but
they have not yet learned enough to
vote together. May our guardian an
gels hasten that day.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21

THE REPRES SENTATIVE is pub
nshed every Wednesday IN Minneap-
oils by TIE REPRESENTATIVE PUB
LISTING COMPANY, to whom all or
ders therefor should be addressed,
and all checks, postOfHce orders, ETC.,
should be made payable. Entered as
second class matter at the Mtnneap-
oils pJstoflicc. business Office Room
SO0 Boston Block. minneapolis.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21

St. Peter Herald: With an over
whelming majority in the legislature
the Republicans will of course elect a
United States senator. viii it be
Washhurn? We hope not. Better far
to elect some man who is in sympathy
with the classes in the rural districts;
man like Frank Day, John Lind, or
even Knute Nelson.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21
PRESS COMMENT.

Duluth Commonwealth: If it lay
between Washburn and Sabin Duluth
would rather have Washburn, but of
the two, people up here would rather
have somebody else.
Madison Independent Press, Rep.):
We believe that if vote was taken
today as to who should be the next
United States senator from Minneso-
ia, John Lind would would get the
tOga.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-21

Rappalee: When it becomes neces-
sary for this country to await the
pleasure Of England before we can
again begin coming silver. it is about
time to hoist the English flag aver the
dome of the capitol at Washington.
The way things look so far as the old
parties are concerned, we might do so
soon.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-01-12
Facfa fnr Farmera oliver inv,

Facts for Farmers Oliver invented
and gave to the world the Chilled Plow.--
The Genuine Oliver Chilled Flows made only
by the Oliver Chilled Plow Works, South
Bend, Indiana, are the best general purpose
Flows in the world. A strong statement but
true one, for these plows are better known,
have reached larger SALE have had longer
run, have proved more popular and given
better satisfaction than any other plows on
the face of the globe.
We mean the Genuine Oliver, and not the
limitations claiming 10 be the Oliver, or
equally as good. Such imitaiio ms are on the
market, placed there by INSCRIPTIONS manu-
tacturers who seek 10 trade on the good name
OF the Oliver.
Look out for limitations, bay only the gem
uine Oliver Plows and repairs, aud he sure
you are right before you take the pillow home
Once more-Beware of "bogus" Oliver
Flows and repairs, and take none but the
genuine, made by the Oliver Chilled Plow
Works, South Bend, indiana.
May field h Brown. General Agents for
Montgomery county aud the District OF CO.
lumbia,