The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-10
Some Good Words for Il Candidate for
the Senate.
ECHO.

To the Editor:
Feeling assured that you will second any
move or effort to help the Peoples party
IN any part of the state and as we have no
paper here in the interests of our party,
L ask brief space in your over crowded
columns to speak a word for our candidate
1or the legislature. l am free to admit
mat l have less interest in the success
OF the county ticket, preferring, of the two,
TO secure the legislature. This we must
nave, and the Peoples party of Sherburne
county have nominated j. o. Gator, man
who has been an active member of the
Democratic party during his long and
eVentful life; and it is this feature I
wish to present for the consideration of the
electors of this district as showing the in
tegrlty of the man. Mr.. Gator has lived in
TINS county about 80 years, is thoroughly
acquainted over a large area of the state.
model farmer, an Industrious, upright,
honorable citizen, man that can see the
shams and false pretenses of political
trlcksters, and one, too, that has the sand
ana moral courage to expose them. AS
above hlnted to show more plainly than
words the sterling worth of the man / will
say that he turned his back to his life long
pohtlcal associates and affiliations with eX-
IRENE regret, and not until he saw that
grand old party, as old the constitution
desert the people and champion the cause
or the money power. Mr.. Gator had no ak
to grind. He sought nothing of an Of
neal character at the hands of the new
party His honor, his manhood were at
stake, and these mpelled him to take this
course in behalf of the people If elect
ed, as we fondly hope he will be, he will
be found at his post of duty fighting for
the rights of the farmers and laboring
classes against that worst OF all arsto
races, the vile, unprncipled money power
OF this nation that is openly winding its
heillsh coils around the masses of this fair
land, determined to crush them If not
speedily checked. The farmers of this dis
tflct ought to feel more than proud of such
a man taken from their ranks. to represent
them in the legislature. He cannot be
bought, nor swerved from his convictions
OF duty. Through life hard worker him
self, he has the heart to feel for the great
army of toilers who are compelled to strug-
gle Tor physical existence as he has done
Sherburne county could not honor herself
IN higher degree than to give him her
UNDIVIDED ballot, assured of one honest
man in the state legislature Had we more
of such men to legislate for the people
enough to control the several legislatures
the United States senate would present
in due time, a different aspect from what
we see today. Instead of milionaires we
should see farmers and mechanics, poor
but honest men in their places; intelligence
not money, as the passport to senat orial
fame Let me say in conclusion that what
l nave penned relative to Mr.. Gator has
been done without his knowledge or con-
sent, but having known him for MANY
years, and knowing him to be an earnest
worker, an honest man, an upright citizen
hater Of shams and fraud champion of
the true and noble in man, l have taken
the liberty to present this item with the
request that you will give it a. niche in the
best paper published in America today
Yours for the fight to the finish,
E. w. HARVEY,