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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17
REs0,!Il,;UTloNs
SID 80
AS to the Representative.

Resolved, Thatweahave entire con-
ifidence in Hon. eTgnatius Donnelly.
We believe that he has been and is the
best friend the fatmers and laborers
have had in MinpesQta, for the last
thirty years; and that during all that
time he has been. the target of the
Plutocracy, and its hirelings.
Il 'tReSolvcd, That wee desire to ex-
press our cordial approval and hearty
endorsement of The Rew Alliance pa
per, the REPRESENTATIVE; and we
ask every friend OF reform in the
state to constitute himself a commit
tee Of one to woris constantly to sus-
tain it and increase it's circulation. 1t
is laboring, in moderate and temper
ate spirit, to unite all elements of re-
form, in this state. im harmonious ac-
ton; it is owned by the local alliances:
It cannot and ,oW not sell ,ts ont in the
crisiso a campaigns: and if it is sustained
as it should be, it will give us the state
in 1891. We ask every local alliance
and every Peoples party club and in
dustrial league in the state. to go to
work at once and help build It up and
make tia great power"
Resolved, By the Peoples Pury state
central committee, that our chairman
Mr.. I. J. Mciyhcn, is hereby requested
to solicit subscriptions Of stock in our
paper, the REPRESENTATIVE, from
such persons az in his Judgment might
be inclined to assist our Cause
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17
More Nillainy.

Princeton, Ky, Sept. 2).-The re-
ports from the seat of war over the
collection of the railroad tax in Lind
lay and CaSeyville, in Union county,
verify the state ment that citizens are
arming themselves with WincheSterS
and dynamite bombs and will resist to
the death the collection of this tax
Collector Blackwell is swearing in
deputies among them and says he will
begin work at once.
The trouble is over the collection of
the railroad tax for the Shwanee town
and jacksonville railway, road that
was projected but never built. The
people say they will never pay the
bonds.
Think of that. A people taxed to
pay for road never built. In Mis-
souri, there is a similar case. and
judges have been languishing in pris-
on for years because they will not en-
force the tax. And yet it, was clear
ly established principle of English law
that '.fr0ud opens all doors" How have
we changed when the courts put forth
all their powers to maintain a success
full swindle? We are swept clear
away from the legal moorings of our
ancestors No other civilized nation
would sustain such rascality for mo-
ment.
We need a political revolution to re-
construct our courts from the ground
up. Their aggressions are becoming
insupportable. l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17
Have Charity for Public Stupidity

Portland, Ore, Oct. 1.-Gov. Pen
meyer today in letter declining an
lnvitation to fill a weeks engagement
in Montana, said:
IF the present runiouS depression
in business and other values. result
ing directly from the decentralization
OF silver, and not from any tariff legis-
lation or change in such taxation, will
not persuade the people of Montana
to vote against both the old parties,
dominated by Wall street and equally
reponsible for such denOne tization,
then no persuasion of mine would be
awaiting, neither will they be per-
Suaded though one rose from the
dead"
Very true. And yet we should have
the broadcast federation for the in
firmities of our fellow men. The
American people are not in condi-
tion to look at a political question as
they would at scientific or literary
issue. Their minds are blinded by
the most intense prejudices and bigo-
tries. They are tied like bond-slaves
to the chariot of party; and many of
them would rather die themselves
than see their beloved organizatiO on
perish. This is all wrong, -foolish
unreasonable, fanatical. Men so con-
trOlled are not fit to be citizens of a
free country, whose prosperity rests
on the good sense of its people. Open
your ears, and hear both sides. and
judge what is best for you and your
children. I. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17
An Unfortunate Metaphor.


The Minneapolis Tribune, Repuli-
can, says:
Ignatius Donnelly, in this weeks is
sue Of the REPRESENTATIVE, appeals
to Democrats to vote the Populist
ticket, because it will be simply
throwing away their votes to cast
them for the Democratic candidates.
Gen. Becker, however. takes differ
ent view. In his speech to the Third
district Democratic convention he
said:
MEN who claim to be Democrats
can only prove themselves such BY
voting the Democratic ticket. We
have stood a solid phlanx confronting
the enemies of popular government
disguised as FederalistS. then as
Wings, then as Republicans-unt
now the old guard is called upon to
meet and conquer new party hiding
behind the name of PopuliSts. Stand
firmly, fellow Democrats, against this
new foe."
And the Republican papers all pat
Becker on the back and say: "That's
right! Stand firm!'
But the Governors comparison of
the Democratic party to Napoleon's
old guard, at Waterloo, is little I'M
fortunate. The old guard were licked
out of their boots and slaughtered to
the last man.
And the attempt to show that the
Populists are the same as the mon
archical Federalists of century ago;
Is not calculated to give one a very
high opinion of Mr.. Becker'S mental
calibre. I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17
DIR. CLARk'S ADDRESS,
As POpulist Candidate for Office in til e
Fifth District.

| Fifth District.
To the voters of the Fifth congressional
| district of Minnesota:
AS have been put before you candi-
| date for your suffrages by the congressional
convention of the Popuists it is proper to
inform you. over my own signature, of my
position on the questions of the day. which
demand immediate settlement if society is
to regain it's normal course, from which
course class legislation has found it until
there remains more real equality or eco
nomic freedom for the people. AS this was
founded as peoples government it is not
unreasonable to assert that we should re-
turn to the principles of the fathers, which,
while they inspired the acts of our legisla-
tors, made it such.
In the progress of the people toward ma
terial comfort our civilization has taken
on many of the forms of wrong existing in
Europe at the time, and is nation
where we should have free land if we would
have a free people. We find ourselves cry
ing out against lords of the soil who are
titled and wsar coronets. At the same time
we have permitted speculative lords to Sc
cure a title to our land through our unjust
and unwise tax system. We should there
fore, if we should secure the blessings of lib
erty to our children, adopt a system of
taxation which would free the land from
speculative value and return to society
through this tax, the social value of land
accruing from the presence of large popua-
ton. We, a whole people, own the land:
therefore man, being land animal, should
have free access to land. One of the great
causes of the accumulation of such large
proportion of the nations wealth into a few
enormous piles like the fortunes of our null
ti-mlliOnaireS is the fact that our con-
gress has farmed out its duties to bankers
as a money making power. This, in addi-
ton to the conspiracy against silver should
be discontinued Immediately. in that the
American citizen who thinks he is in
business should become so in fact and
cease to be agent only for the bank
which is kind enough to lend him money
at interest on credit founded on that same
American citizens ability to produce the
necessary commodities of civilization
Still another evil, that of giving over the
highways of the country to the uses of cor
porations and private individuals. must be
overcome before We can regain the liberties
we have lost. Every civilization that has
ever existed, except this modern or railway
civilization, has always guaranteed to all
its people the full use of its highways, and
this principle should hold good whether
that highway be dirt road a paved road
or a railroad. The platform on which 1
stand it will be noticed, is not a thin We
neerng of modern ideas stolen from the
platform of the Peoples party and spread
over to conceal the ancient and unsound
tinlb5 RS of either of the old parties, but it
is a true statement of the Ohama plat
FORM On this l shall act if elected and
If the signs of the times go for anything
/ shall have the pleasure of working with
party in the next national house and,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17
Great Northern Answer.

The editor of ethei News has, with
some patience, read Through the an
swer of the Great Northern Railway
Company to the1 order of the State
Railroad Commission, for reduction
of rates on transportation of grain, as
filed in tie Ramsey. county district
court, on appeal from such order, as
published in full j in 9the Minneapolis
Daily Tribune. 1t make out strong
case to be sure. 1t shows more or less
conclusively thatsthejcompany and it's
business are going down the scale,
and that it is only a question of time,
it keeps going in that way, when it
will have to take off it's trains and al
low the roadbed to grow up to weeds
and grass, the engines to die and the
cars to decay. All this has been
brought about by the great increase
in wages that railroad men have de-
manded and secured and the volun-
tary reduction of rates for the trans
portation of grain, lumber, coal. etc.,
the great cost of constructing and
equipping the road and the payment
Of the interest on its debt. 1t appears
flute the old adage that figure don't
lie," and make them lie as only
Ananias did. IT the Lord would only
take notice of this case as He did in
that, there might some relief come to
the people.
We notice that time has Obliter-
ated the memory of those who made
the figures SO that no account is taken
in the calculation of cost of construc-
ton, of the Understanding bonds at
the rate Of 5000 per mile that the
state Of Minnesota gave to the COM
panies, of which the Great Northern
is successor. Neither is any allowance
made for the value of the land now
held and owned by the company,
which was also granted by the state,
which at S. per acre would amount to
about $4,000, 000 but only of the So
100000 and odd derived from the land
already sold.
Even admitting all that the com
pany alleges, it would still be true
that the law which excerpts railway
company from bearing any of the de-
pie who furnished it business are
borne down into the very dust of adj
versity. is an unjust and intolera BILE
law. Why should a railroad company
have the power to impose and collect
the same high rates for it's wares and
services in hard, dull times, as in flush
and prosperous times. while all other
persons and interests have to be salts
fed with reduced prices?
|, If the Great Northern Railway
makes so little money how has it's
president become so many times mil
lionaire? Possibly in making the
great cost of the road per mile some
$4,000, his colossal fortune was taken.
into calculation.-Moo News,
(Rep.) 81
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17
Sensible Views.

Senator Vest, the great Democratic
Senator from Missouri. has given
forth some utterances recently that
are very clear and sound. He says:
II shall not be SO disingenious as to
evade the fact that the repeal of the
Sherman act, which authorized the
purchase of silver bullion by the gov
eminent, was accompanied by serious
and irritating diversity Of opinion in
both the Republican and Democratic
parties. We believed then and be-
lieve now that no country can be pros
porous with Increasing population and
decreasing money. We were told that
the repeal of the Sherman act would
bring immediate relief, but the clouds
have been darker and the business de-
preston far greater since the repeal.
The New York banks were still glut-'
ted with money, while the continued
fall in prices of all commodities
caused capital to avoid investment for
fear of further shrinkage.
Free coinage in the United States
will not flood the United States with
silver as is so often predicted. The
European nations will not send the
billions of silver which they now use
at a ratio of 152 to /. which would in
volve an enormous loss in the ratio,
besides the cost of importation. L
protest against the United States con-
tinuing policy which increases the
burdens of the laboring and debtor
class in order to increase the income
of the rich"
Thus it goes. Day by day the jus
tice of our cause forces recognition
from the leading minds of this coun-
try Of all parties. Truth is mighty
and must prevail. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17
PASSES 5fOR JUDGES.
yef Cf
They All Get 'Ehenr From the Rail-
roads as Soon as They
areeElected.
Judge Willis Premptly Returns His
s,% and Pays His Own Fare.


A country correspondent last week
wrote to the REPRESENTATIVE that
the charge was ging,circulated in his
locality that Judge John w. Willis. the
Peoples party candidate for associate
Justice of the supreme court, travelled
on railway passes. The REPRESENTA-
TIVE promptly saw Judge Willis and
received from him this statement in
regard to the matter:
"Whem entered upon the duties Of my
present office an January, 1898, Ireceiued q
large supply of annual passes orer the "a
rio,ts rail,cdy lanes of Minnesota and the
Northeast generally. Ideemed 1t improper.
for a judicial officer to be a.,der any obliga-
t'on, ao matter ho'c slight, to any corpora
taoa, and Iprompty returned EVERY
PASS, ecithout making use of any one of
them. Since that time Ihdue not beea, the
recipient Of any such 'co,atesies :"
There can be no doubt that this
statement is exactly true. It discloses
an important fact: That the rail-
road companies of this state make a
practice of sending passes to the
judges Of our courts as soon as they are
elected. How many of these judges
do you suppose return their passes as
Judge Willis did? 1t is safe to say
that very few have done so. These
corporations have more cases in court
before the judges than any other.
Scarcely calendar is printed in the
state which does not contain such
cases. Is it proper, then. that the
judges should hear those cases with
their pockets full of passes? Is there
any essential difference between the
acceptance of those passes and the re-
ceipt of money? Not particle. No
man fit to sit on the bench would ac-
cept railroad pass while occupying
that position.
The REPRESENTATIVE is informed
that Judge Collins, the com
petitor of Judge Willis. rides on passes.
1t is informed that most, if not all of
the Republican candidates for re-elec-
ton to the bench in this judicial dis
trict have accepted like favors. If
this isso they should be defeated for
that reason if for no other
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17
And the roll being called there were

And the roll being called there were
yeas IS and nays s, as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative
were:
Messrs. Barr, Bell, Craven, Day,
Dean, Eaton, Geissel, Keller, Kiester,
La Due, Leavitt. Mcmillan, Phillips,
Sanborn, Smith e. R., Tawney.
Those who voted in the negative
we're:
Messrs. Borchert, Canestorp, Davis,
Donnelly, McHale, Nelson, Probst-
field, Stevens.
So the majority report was adopted.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17
DE MOREs ON MONEY.
The Frenchmnn Condemns EnEland's
MOnOmetnIlic System.

PARIS, Oct PA scheme of reform was
expended by the Marquis De Mores al a
meeting held in this city last evening. The
marquis denounced England's exploitation
of gold and declared that it was England's
monometallic system that had deprived
France of capital, in the place of which
England had flooded France with raw ma
terals. which only represented the interest
on capital lent
He advocated free coinage and the sup
preston of the 1872 to l gold and silver ra-
ito. Adoption of these measures would
compel Great Britain to change her cur
rency or pay double for her food supply.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17

and county tickets and will support those
of the Peoples party. They give as rea4
sons for their action the unalterable oppo-
sition of the Republican party to the free
coinage of silver, and their belief that both
state and county conventions were con-
trolled by that proscriptive society, the
American Protective association.
Mr.. Skeels was the promoter and orig
inator of the Republican league clubs in
this state. He went east and made ar
rangements for the recent national con-
vention of league clubs in Denver, and OBJ
tanned charters for many clubs.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17
THE NEW COMMONWEALTH,

The Great Peoples Party Paper. of New
York and organ of the Cooperative Union
of the United States and Canada mo
GENE c. FALES, Editor. Price so cents a
year. Sample copies free Address, New
Commonwealth. 7o5 Macon street, Brook
Ign, N. Y.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17

with others, in a position to demand relief
for the people.
These reforms are necessary to restrain
capital purify public life and establish a
true democracy.
E. F. CLARK,
Candidate for Congress, Populst Ticket.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17
a WeIcnnNR

Senator Sorghum said the constituent,
"we're mighty glad to yer home agin.''
Thank YOU replied the senator, his bosom
swelling with appreciation.
''Yessr. were that glad ter We home agin
that we're gon' ter do the best we kin ter fix
1t SOS ven stay here the O. yer natral
days ''-Washington Star.
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GONE OVER TO THE POPULIsTs.
Prominent Colorado Republicans De-
Their Par1Y.

DENVER, Col, Oct. 12.-Secretary Alfred
Skeels and Treasurer A. H. Flood. of the
state republican league, announce that
they cannot support the republican state
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Send In orders for the extra edition
of the Representative for Oct. 81
with the cash. PKey1tshOuld reach US
by Oct. IS if we are to address them
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17
THE LEGISLATURE.
Candidates for Whom the Peoples
Party Should Vote.

Party Shnufd V0te
mr. ponroso,t,+,,,o rosonts ha,ou tho
names or the Peopies party candidates TOT
the senate and house by districts. 1t may
he that there are some errors IF 60 the
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representative shouio De notihed at once
as this list will be left standing until cleo
ton.
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-17

The Representative presents below the
names of the Peoples party candidates for
the senate and house by districts. 1t may
be that there are some errors If so, the
Representative should be notified at once
as this list will be left standing until cleo
ton:
The herald., 1894-08-21
THE AS|AT|C UXPLEASANTNESS,
Chinese Cruisers Looking for
the Enemy.
A New Japanese Warship Detained
in England.
Heavy Purchass Of Arms fsr the Japs
In New York-6rsat Slaughter OF
Chinese in . Recent
Battle.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 20.-Admiral Ting,
acting under orders. has 30 disposed the
smaller vessels OF the Chinese feet as to
prevent the Japanese from landing
troops into Chinese territory. The
stronger vessels are openly cruising in
the gulf of Pe-Chu-Li ready to fight the
Japanese. Up to this time they have
not had the good fortune to meet them.
ORDERED SEIZED.
LONDON, Aug. 20.-Ths secretary of
state for foreign affairs has ordered the
customs authorities at Glasgow to seize
the warship Islam, being fitted out for
Japan. This order was issued Under the
foreign enlistment act, as was the order
OF Saturday to seize the Elswick works
torpedo catcher at Newcastle. The Islam
is fas. cruiser. She was recently sold
by d. and W. Henderson to the Japanese
government. At that time her name
was changed to Tosmard, but at the out.
break OF the war it was again changed
to Islam.
ARMS FOR THE JAPs.
New YoRK, Aug. 20.-The Japanese
government has ordered, 1t iB said, 100,-
600 stands OF guns and ammunition
from firm in this city. When ques.
toned as to this report the manager of
the firm said: "The fact is am not at
liberty concerning the matter as, two
countries are at war and abatement
may do considerable HARM"
ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-The Corean
minister, Mr.. Ye Sung 500, and the
secretary OF tho legation will sail from
San Francisco on the 23th inst. for
home. They are on leave Of absence,
and will return to this country in q few
months. The legation here during the
minister's absence will bo in charge of
the Counsellor Ye Hung, ss charge
d 'affaires.
SMALL EDITION OF WAR.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 20.-There was Q
small edition OF the Chins.Japan war
here today and Japan came out ahead.
@. ]. Charley, a Japanese, and Yee
Chow Chick, q Chinese, discussed Ori-
entail politics on the street. From poll
tics they drifted to war and China was
badly worstsd. with the loss Of consider
able hair and blood. He appealed to
the police for protection, and Mr.. Char
Icy was arrested for battery.
THE JAPANESE LOAN.
TOXIC, Aug. 20.-The internal war
loan is being subscribed to with great
anthuuioen