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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-24
OBSERVE THE TRICK.
Those Reduced Grain Rates.

The farmers will remember that
when General Becker and his asSoci
ates reduced the freight rates on the
Great Northern Railway15 per cent,
we pronounced it a sham and trick.
We said (D that it meyer would go in
to effect. And it has not. We said
(2) that the Railroad Company would
appeal. 1t has appealed. And we
said (3) that the Railroad Commission
cr, Becker and The other two, had pur-
posely made their decisi on so that it
would not stand the test of litigat ion.
by reducing rates to and from points
that were notr' named in the COM
plant. And now tile Railroad Com
pany in their Appeal make that the
principal ground of, their opposition
to the order 'Rheyesay:
Second-Thats the commission had
no jurisdiction to make an order con-
corning rates from any stations other
than Fisher, East sGrand Forks and
Crookston, the tations ma n1eptdn the
complaints, -, - ~, t''o :
You see the trap and the stick hold
ing it up, and long string reaching
into the railroad company's office, and
you know that when the string is
pulled down comes the trap. Is it not
a pretty game?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-24
Another Valuable Accession.

We are glad to learn that 1.-THE
Northwest" of La Crescent, Mimi,
will come out in it's next issue as
Populist paper. This is good news.
The editor Frank r. Smith, was con-
nected with the Mystic Breeze the
first Peoples Party paper in Iowa.
outside of Des Moines. He is a very
capable, able young man, His sym
pathies have been with us all along
and he has at last thrown himself in
to the fight. In his last paper we find
this significant article:
"Three prairie schooners, loaded
down with respondent families, pass
ed through this town Monday, on
their way east looking for a spot ON
which to lay their heads. And the
number of our fellows who are roam
ing about over the earth with hope
dying in their hearts is becoming so
numerous that we have come to treat
them with contempt.
"Something awful is coming of
this. There is an i'll day ahead when
desperation shall have cut off all
family ties and man shall enter the
thrCes of darkest night"
We welcome Mr. Smith to the
ranks, and we hope every Populist in
Houston county will subscribe for his
paper and help it along.
The ranks of the Peoples Party
press is growing every day. l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-24
THE GOOD AND THE BAD.
The Courts And the Judges.

We all have strong sentiment of
respect for courts and judges. It is
ingrained; it is natural. The judge is
little god on earth, administering
justice and holding the lives and prop
erty Of men in his hands. And there
have been judges whose characters
dignified mankind-who illustrated
the words Of the great poet, when he
said:
For earthly power does there seem likest
Where mercy seasons Justice"
But while we are second to no man
in our respect and reverence for the
good judge, we view with horror the
corrupt and evil-minded occupa nts Of
the bench. And we all know that
there are many of these. Cunning
lawyers seek places in the Legislature;
there they make themselves useful to
the corporations; and these place
them in judicial positions where they
can be useful to their masters. We
have had horrible exhibitions of the
subserviency of judges during the last
year:-their aggressions upon the
rights of the people;-their OPP
pressions of the humble;-their
straining of presidents and crea-
tion Of laws: their blanket in
functions, covering whole commune
ties; their arrest and impris onment Of
men on pretence of contempts; their
denial of the writ of hdbeos corpus the
most sacred right we have derived
from antiquity: their invasion of the
constitutional and exclusive privileges
of legislative bodies; their arrest Of
editors for criticising their crimes;
and the whole course and tenor Of
their acts, all pointing to the DIES tr uc-
tion of liberty and the establis hment
of despotism.
It is well therefore that while the
people sustain the good judges they
should denouce the evil ones. They
are only men and sometimes the worst
of men. Here is a news item illustra-
tive Of this:
Beaver Creek. Neb., Oct. 15.-Hon.
David Welty, judge of the Fourteenth
judicial district, was today arrested
on the charge Of receiving brides.
l. liz GUN pldluU WdS SWOTu OuU NY uuc
judges discharged stenographer, who
swears that the Burlington road paid
the judge $3.50 to appoint his steno-
grapher.
We have known men in the Legisla-
ture S. bill would buy to vote for or
against any measure; and we have
seen these same men afterwards be-
come judges. Does anybody believe
that they changed their natures by
the mere act Of being sworn into a
judicial position? Certainly not. Do
not therefore, let a simple minde d
| reverence for great place blind us to
| the evil that men do. Rate all men
for what they really are; not for what
! they seem to be. l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-24
SIGNS OF VICTORY MULTIPLY

Continued frd6a First PageJ
existing conditions. who want free-sil-
yer, and who srefuse to wait until
Great Britain consents to let them
have it, can. be counted by the thous-
ands and tens of thousands. The
meetings we have held have been SIM
ply immense. Think of men driving
twelve and fifteen miles through rain
and thunder and lightning and black
night to attend Populist meeting;-.
and then the cheers, the enthusiasm!
1t puts one in mind of the Republican
campaign of 1860, with Mr.. Lincoln
running for president.
Don't lose point, brethren. Don't
let man stay at home. Get out the
sick and the cripples. Arrange in
every township to POLL your full vote.
Spot the men who, while calling them
selves Populists, are working to keep
the Republicans in power. They are
either knaves and paid for their work;
or they are fools playing into the
hands of the enemy for nothing.
Every man who is not against us is
with us; and every man who is ready
80 help us reform abuses is our friend.
The old parties are in a state of fiux
and neutrality-suspicious. have be-
come plastic. Let them come in, as
the volunteers came in, during 1861.
When the recrut:grabbed his musket
we didn't ask him his opinion on the
Missouri COMPROMISE or the, bred
Scott decision. All we wanted to
! know was that he was with us and was
ready to fight fer the country.
Victory--sweeping, overwhelming
victory--is ours if every man does his
duty. l. D,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-24
READ THIS.
The Good Times Are Herc-Second
In Two Days.

Kearney, Neb., Oct. 12.-As sequel
to the First National banks failure
yesterday. the Buffalo County Nation
al bank in this city failed to open it's
doors this morning. The officers re-
fuse to make statement. July IS, the
following report was made: Capital
stock, 100000; surplus, $4,000 OF re-
discounted bills, $l5, 900 old real estate
mortgages.
A commercial agency, speaking of
the failure, says: 'HIt will be several
years, owing to the nature of its as
sets, before the Buffalo county bank
pays out in full, should it succeed in
doing so at all"
Oh, the good times are coming. OF
course they are. The tariff is doing
it! And the repeal of the Sherman
act. And the mortgages are being
paid off-by foreclosures.
And here we have some more Of it !.
''The year 1893, says the Railway
Age, witnessed the passing of an I'M
precedentedly large number of rail
roads into the charge of receivers ap-
pointed by the courts, and 1894 seems
likely to stand second in that of bad
| prominence. Since the publication
of the statement for the six months
of this year nine roads, with 2,266
miles of lines, and representing bonds
and stocks to the amount of over
| $1O1, 500,O have undergone that pro-
cess, and these added to the list re-
ported for the six months make to-
| tai for the nine months from Jan. l,
to Oct. /, of 80 roads, aggregating 6,254
miles in length, with funded debt or
! 1854, O7s, $40 and capital stock of $l76
578, 900, or total OF $36l $50, 800, for
! which receivers have been appointed
on account OF default in payment of
| interest on their bonds. The greater
part of the mileag eoand liabilities in
| the table for the, last three months is
| controlled by the Union Pacific, which
| company went ntoebankruptcy last
year.
| The work Of feorganizing bankrupt
roads by means Of foreclosure and pur-
chase for new Organizations has gone
on rapidly this fyeaEs During the last
| three months fifteen roads, with 3, 1877
miles Of line and over $lSO,00O, 900 of
bonds and stock, have passed through
this process, MAC of them going to-
ward making up the new Southe I'm rail-
way company. Added to previous fig
ures for six months they give total
of thirty-one roadslIggregating 1903
miles and represe nting nearly $257,-
OOO, 900 of secufitiescwhich have APP
peared under new names and owner
ship during the nine months just
passed.
| And our readers will observe that
when railroad goes into bankruptcy
the watered stock does not disappear;
it is tendcrly preserved and saddled
upon future generations. How differ
ent is the treatment accorded to the
| citizens of the country, scho make thu
ld,rs-or think they do. If they can
not pay their debts they go TO- the
wall, and their property is swept
away. Why would it not be good
plan for the next Legislature te
abolish mortgage foreclosures, and
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-24

his dirty belly or dirtier pocket.
Shame! Shame! Immortal shame
upon you! And may your breed evil
perish off the face Of the earth.
And this fellow goes on to argue
that an increase of tenants "does not
argue a detoriation of the condition
of the farmers" Well, the tenant
must take the land formerly occupied
by the land-owner;-men do not rent
land of Uncle Sam; and it is not ten
ants that hew down the trees and
make homes in the wilderness. NO:
the tenant is Oftentimes the former
landowner; or he is the stranger that
steps in when the farmer is driven off,
by mortgage foreclosure. Why is Eng
land lending money to the Irish peas
ants? To make them landowners. A
republic cannot endure where the ma
tion is not land of homes. Why our
very word 'shome" is derived from the
Scandinavian tongue. And now this
renegade son of the Northland, with
his slaves spirit, tells his countrymen
that it is good for them, who came
here to plant their feet firmly on the
everlasting planet, that it is good for
them, and compatible with their ma
tional spirit, that they should live
here, as they did in the old country,
at the mercy Of a landlords beck and
nod. Thank God this would-be breed
er of peasants does not dwell on the
free soil of Minnesota, but his poison
Gus utterances have to be imported
from Chicago, by the Republican par
ty, to infect the honest people CT our
state.
Spurn him from your dwellings,
brethren! Let not your free-born,
fair-haired children catch the conta-
gion of his vile, servile spirit. His
newspaper type is owned, he is owned,
by the Plutocracy. Away with him.
He would make you tenants, slaves.
serfs, to.line his own pockets. He is
cannibal in spirit, and would fatten
on the bodies of his country mem
yea. on the tender flesh of those near
and dear teyou.
Every word he utters is liza lie
in fact; or lie in inference; or lie
in intendment. The truth is not in
him.
Vote against the men and the party
that bring such damnable sheet into
Minnesota and scatter it broadcast to
lead you to ruin. Teach them that If
you do belong to the great Gothic
blood you are not to be led, by the
string of language or nationality, held
by bribed hands, to destruction.
Sweet is the tongue of native land to
all men; but it is not sweet enough to
compensate you for lost homes and a
ruined country.
Stand by the Peoples Party. 1t is
today the only hope of humanity, in
the midst of cruel and evil age.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-24
THE RIGHT OF REVOLUTION
Where Does It Begin?
The Chicago Tribune says:

The Chicago Tribune says:
If it is Mr.. Georges idea that the
freeholders are to be deprived of the
fee in their lands by the votes Of those
who do not own land, then he ought
to say SO and ought to explain how
the armed reSistan of the freehold
ers and the members of their families
to this proposed appropriation would
be overcome. For if it we're voted
that the rental value of lands should
be confiscated and the overs turned
into State tenants several millions of
the most intelligent, energetic, and
aggressive men in the country would
fly to arms and make it lively for the
found to put down that uprising? If
it were not for the fact that the prop
erty- owners in the city and the coun-
try look on George as a crank, do not
take any of his ideas seriously, and be-
lieve that his reform is as likely to
be adopted as George is to become
autocrat of the world, they would be-
fore this time have taken occasion to
state emphatically that this talk
about robbing them of their posses
sions might as well be stopped"
Well now. if this be so, if the
wealthy class has a right to rise up in
armed revolt, to defend their proper
ty, against what they consider unjust
laws, passed by the notwithstanding
masses, why should not the land own
ers of America, the farmers, have the
same right of revolution against laws
which, by changing the currency Of
the country, have rendered it impos-
sible for them to get out Of debt or
save their possessions? Is the rich
mans palace in Chicago invested with
a sacredness that does not surround
the humble home Of the farmer or the
workingman? And yet if we were to
dvise these good people to ''f1y to
arms and make it lively for the rob-
bers'' we would be howled down as an
abominable anarchist. 1t makes a
| great difference whose OK is gored.
And great Republican paper can adj
vocate treason, violence, insurrection
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-24

when a farmer cannot pay the int r
est on his mortgage, or the principal,
have the court appoint a receiver,
who shall run the farm, for a few
years, pay off the debts, and finally
turn it over to the owner free from in
cumbrances? And if the owner Of the
mortgage isn't satisfied and kicks up
fuss, let the court arrest him fol
contempt and lock him up for year OF
two; and If that don't quiet him call
out the army Of the United States to
blow his drafted head of, in the name
of law and order.
Surely, "what is sauce for the goose
ought to be sauce for the gander;" and
natural person." in free country.
ought to have as many rights as an
artificial persona corporation.
D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-24
X1OO Reward. 500

The readers of this paper will be
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Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-24
Fusion OF the Worst Kind.

The Democrats and Republicans in
some places are going together. We
showed that this has been done for
we learn that the same thing is being
practiced in LIE Sueur county. The
St. Paul Call says:
"E. H. Mcleod, of the LIE Sueur
News, was in the city yesterday. Mr..
Mcleod is an enthusiastic supporte r
of Hon. Joel p. Heatwole and thinks
that his favorite Hcatwole will have
not less than 300 and perhaps 500 plu-
rality in LIE Sueur county. l know
that sounds large, especially when it
is remembered that the county went
402 against him two years ago, but l
know whereof Ispeak. In LIE Sueur
there is Becker and Heat,cole Glib with
membership of upwards of fifty.
They are all Democrats. but will not
vote for O. M. Hall, and the feeling
which this club represents peryades
the whole county,"
Think of that! A. Becker Dem. J
and Heatwole (Rep.) club. Talk
about Fusion after that.
Now it is very natural that Demo
Gratis who believe in free silver
should unite with Populists; but that
any Democrats should fuse with the
Republicans is something inconceiv-
able. 1t simply shows that the process
of dissolution is going on rapidly.
The honest Democrats are joining
the Peoples Party and the aristocrat-
&c Democrats are making their way in
to the Republican ranks. We saw the
same process in 1S52-1S56 when the
Wing party broke up and the great
mass of its followers entered the Re-
publican party and gave it victory.
l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-24
Peoples Party Campaign Badge.

A handsome souvenir button in red,
white and blue-the national colors-
bearing thirteen stars, mathematical
of the thirteen original states: the
words. Peoples Party and the mot
to: Equal Rights to ALL" About the
size of 10 cent piece. These buttons
were made by order of our State Cen
trail Committee, and the proceeds of
their sale is one of our sources of rev.
enue. Alike for the good of the cause
and the sentiment they bear. every
friend of reform should wear one OF
these badges. Send Toe to N. S.
BEARDSLEY, treasurer Peoples
Party State Central Committee. room
Is, Rogers Block, st. Paul, Mimi.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-24
REGISTER.

Every Peoples Party voter in the
state should see that his name is on
the poll list. Do not Deepen upon the
fact that you voted at the last cleo
tion. The law requires that every
voter should be registered ane,r and
personally this year. See that you name
is on the list. Otherwise you will lose
your vote.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-24

with perfect safety. Their anarchism
is all right.
Don't let US discuss such probabili-
ties. They are too terrible to contem.
plate. Let us stick to the peaceful
arbitration of reason, argument and
the ballot box. l. d.
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require the court Below to submit it
to the jury. Ofdeffaffirmed.


Let all the debtors read this. They
have perfect hight to avail them
selves of the lawagaint those who broke
the law to exactamoRe from them than
the statutes qf the state said was
reasonabl .o' Id.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-04-13
4Hau2t 8duute.

9tibtS beridbnsrt bic Straben mebr,
ais tpenn auf beiben Seiten berielben
8dume ftsben, am belten Dbitbdume, ins
benz oieie ebenio suten Sdatten sepGbren
ais Shattenbaume, unb nebenbei nod
Srudt trasen. SDlbe 8aume sntlane
ben StraBsn sendbren nidt nur Sdatten
fiir ben &eiienben auf Der StraBs, unb
MAIDEN in ben beiben Sommertasen bas
9aiiirsn Der Strabe ansensbmer nnb
Iei1ter fir Bferbe unb Menlden; iie
setpabren aud S&atten fiir 8ieb, bas in
ben Sslbern ipeibet, obne bsm 2anb SieI
Shaben tu tbun.
Die Geiebssbuns bat bor einissn Sab.
rem Elm Gsieb paiiirt, baB isber Bauer,
ipelder in feinen SeIbsrn entIans ben
Straben 8aume pflanst, fiir ie bier Der.
ielben bon bsm @eeemeiitsr einen Dollar
Grebit on feinsm Westar srbaItsn mub.
IS mar bic Abii9t bieies 8elebss, snt.
lang allen Straben Sdattsnbdums 3u
baben, unb ba 25 Gents fiir ieben Baum
beinabe bic Soften beS pFansenS einss
iOl6en bssablt, 70 sIaubte man aud, bab
bic SoIsen bss @eissss isin ipsrbsn, bab
in penisen Sabrsn beibe Seiten Der
bfentIi6en StraBen nit Sdattsnbdumsn
bep1an;t iein tpGrben. 2eiber tauIdte
man iid in bisier grpartuns, unb bsuts,
mebr alS asbn Sabre nad ber 8aiiiruns
bes @eieses, fam man nod msiIsntpsit
in Der beiBsn Sommerbiss auf ben bf.
fsntliden Straben fabren, obns einsn
erfriidenben Sdattenbaum an,utreffen.
9a iebt tpieber bic seeisnete 8eit fur
baS gnpflansen bon 8dumen 1T, 70
MAIDEN mir uniere 2eisr auf Obisss @eisb
aufmsrfiam, uno ratben ibnen, baHeIbe
su benuben, I'M nidt nur ibren @estar
su srIsi8tern, ionbern ausIsid bur4 bas
AnpHanssn bon suten Obitdumen ben
Grtras ibrer 2anoereien su bersr5bsrn.
bic StraBsn su perid6nern, unb iid ben
Dant Der sladpeIt auf subsrIaiiise @eiis
su iihern.
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Sans itmb Spf.
2ebensreaeln. .

Slid unb @siunbbeit iinb Obns arbsit
unbenfbar.
Dsr finsen unb laden tann, bsr ct.
idredt iein nnslid.
@enn Der Rsni6 tbut, mas er ni&t
germ tbut, tbut sr in Der RsssI bas
Hehte.
SausbaItsn unb ausbaIten SIN bic.
fem Sprude Iiest bieI 9ebensslid aud
fiir bic @eiunbbeit serborsen.
Die beutise Susenb fam ni6t fdneq
senas aItsrn, besbaIb fliebt iis bas 2anbs
Iebsn unb eiIt ben srobsn Stdbtsn su.
Die glatur bsilt alein. Der Ar,t
ituoirs nur ben ridtisen 8ss, Der glatur
3ur nnteritiisuns ipirfiam beisuiprinssn.
Sc mebr 8squsmIi1fsitsn in ben
Stasten. ie msbr SabrfdbIe unS Stras
benbabnen, um 10 ipeniSer f5rperIi1e
Ufusfeliibuns, um 70 mebr aber S9pinbs
iu6t unb aIerlei 2ranfbsiten.
I'm ni6ts iei man msbr beipret aIS
nm bic 2uft, tpeIds man atbmst. Die
ieIbe mub rein unb ftarfenb isin, penn
R6rpsr unb @sift ni1t bsrfiimmern fol.
len. giur Hare 2uft er,sust Hare 85pfe.
Gus Der unreinen 2uft srober Stdbte
iinb nod tpenis srobe 2eute berporss.
sansen. Sait ale uniere sroben M6nner
srtpu4ien in ber reinen 2uft unb Der
ginfa4beit beS 2anblebenS.
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Der xeiut zines Gbinefeu

fam uidt sslbsr iein, aIs Der iener llusIid.
Iihen, Die an droniideu GeberIeiosn laborirsn.
Bel ibnsn nebmsn Die ausdpfeI cine fafranselbe
6drbuns an in Der 9eb.raeaeno smpFnosn fie
einen Sumpfen Sdmerj ibre 3unss 1T beIest.
ibr atbsm risdt tpioerIid, oft, tpsnn uu6 nibt
INNER, Isioen iie an saitrii6sm SOpfueb. unb
mandmaI bsfdat fie bel Idnesrsm Sisen
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sbenfals bdufs portommenbe 8esleiterideinun.
gen oieiss ourdaus ni4t ieItenen 9eioens. mel.
DIES isbr Ieidt abieeiie an Der eebsr 5ur 8olee
bat, Die fsbr ssfdbrIid usrom tonnsn. Soitet.
tsr's, ,Magenbittets til9t bic Sranfbst poQftdnoi9
aus unO bamit aud bsrsn SabIrei9e uuo off
perbdnibpoae t5OIsetranfbtiten. Bel edittel.
frof uno 6ieber, ueIde bel 8sbraud oes Bit.
tsls ftsts fdpinbsu, 1T Die Qsber ernftIld in
WiiIeiosnidaft 9ejOseu Sisies portrefflide
StimulunimittsI beieitist Saitl,ibisteit uno
Bsrt rtauunasbeidperoen. rbeumatiide, Nerpsn.
uno RierenIsiotn uno alsemsins edwdds.