The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-19
AN APPEAL
To Peoples Party Workers, Second
Congressional District. Minnesota.

CONGREGATIONAL District. Minnesota.
we have to do our work in this years
campaign largely by local patriots. We
ask you to hold meetings in the school
houses of your town and talk up how the
people shall work together and elect men
OF the peoples choice for member of con-
gress, senators and members of the legis-
lature state judicial and county officers.
such men as are selected for nomina ton
by Republicans or Democrats, bankers or
other monopolistic representatives are not
SAFE men to represent the people. The
Peoples Party has no bankers nor usurers'
tools among it's candidates for the legis-
iature in the Second congressional district
as far as we know and our candidate for
congress, l.. c. Long is true blue farmer,
veteran soldier and worker for sound
money and enough of it, according to the
Peoples Party platform. His opponent, J.
L. McCleary, is a monopoly tool, gold
bug. who wants the government to- issue
oohds ana pay interest thereon, who wants
greater taxes on the common people and
less taxes on the Weather classes.
The Democratic opponent of L. c. Long
IS Gen. j. II. Baker a Republican office
holder ever since the war. up to 1887. He
was turned down by Gov. McGill to pay his
political debt to John L. Gibbs railroad
|
Nm K. Merriam for governor in 1888, and
ana not get an office, so he went in with
the Alliance party in 1890, and got the
nomination for congress at Kasota, by
crowd who were not called for that pur-
pose, put the Alliance stood by him so that
with the aid of Democratic votes he was
nearly successful to defeat John Lind. In
1892 Gen Baker led the revolt against the
Peoples party to be governor of Mime
sofa, but when the Democratic party re-
To ba wit
sought the Peoples party nomination for
congress in 1892, and when rejected he
sought and got the Democratic nominal
'ion Tor representative from Blue Earth
county He was defeated, receiving 2,143
votes, to Gilbert Gilbertson, Republican.
Zo92 See blue book, page 474. The other
TWO democrats were elected. Gen. Baker
does not indorse the Peoples party plat
iorm' and is not a safe man to represent
the interests of the people of this district
In our opinion the bankers will vote for
McCleary as a unit, regardless Of what
parties they belong to. Ignorant Democrats
are supposed to vote for Baker, but intel
llstnt Democrats are coming over to the
Peoples party. Those who wish to plumber
the people will not vote for l.. c. Long.
Intelligent Republican farmers, laborers
ana business mer who are fair will surely
vote for l.. G. Long when they can over
come their party's prejudice
Therefore it will be your business to
every school district in your town where
your local candidates and others can talk
to the people and explain Peoples party
doctrine. and convince them that it is to
their interest to vote the Peoples party
ticket. We will assign as many outside
speakers as we can for your county.
ilpeStone county has assessed its PeO-
pies party county officers $25 to help pay
the expenses of the congressional campaign,
hoidlng that an active congressional cam
paiSn will help the local ticket We hope
your county committee will assess the coun-
ty officers on ticket what they can at
ford to pay and see your patriotic citizens
about aid, SO that S........ is paid to our
treasurer, T. l.. Gilbert, Logan II. O., Red
wood county, Mimi, as possible,
being the amount we have assessed your
county. So we can have enough to defray
necessary expenses.
Your voting precinct had ...... votes on
the poll list in 1892, of which ..... voted
for knute Nelson for governor, for
ID. W. LaWler, for Ignatius Donnelly
and ...... for VIM. j. Dean the others
did not vote. We hereby request all COM
mittees and individual members in their
respective abodes and especially you.......
............ of your election pdecinct to can
vass your town or ward and every
voter to ascertain who will vote our state
and congressional ticket and report to A. d.
Ferris, Ppestone, Mimi, the result of your
work weekly; true converts, old reliables
ana doubtful IL your people look TO their
own interests, your town should go ........
for our ticket. The balance is for their
own selfish interests and for their employers
and of course cannot be had for ticket
as we have no money to purchase a pur
chaSable vote and would not do it if we
had.
We are in the campaign for reform, SO
| that the common people shall get their
share of the wealth produced The two
| old parties run by ShylocS and his
| tools to plumber the people. We expect
| you to convert ................. Republicans,
| Observation-Disclosures. Democrats, and .............
ProhibitiOnistS, and remind them on cleo
| ton day to attend and vote their
| science tells them. Remind them that in
| the booth they are alone with their God
| and no Shylock can compel them to make
| an Y for a person who is against their
own interests, and against the interests of
| humanity, and for bond slavery. Show by
your votes that you free citizens.
For the committee.
A. D. FERRIS, Chairman.
Pipestone, Sept. u, 1894.