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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-04-13
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You thought about insurance last night
as yOu watched the flames. Did yOu
think where yOH would be If your prop
erty was burning! You are thinking Of
insurance today, and you want good
company. A good company is one that
pays losses promptly, and we represent
just such companies. We know they are
good for they have paid losses in Good
land, small ones in is true, bHt n you
still doubt. see how long It takes our
companies to adjust the losses Of the late
fire. Town dwellings Onght to be in-
sured. so had year household furniture,
with no exposure IL will only cost YOu
so cents per 800 year, 81 for three
years or $1.5O for HYe years. Can ycu
afford to go without insurance. Are yOn
treating those Who are dependent on
You right by gambling on the fatHreg
You can have thirty days In which 30
pay for your policy, so do not delay, but
apply at once to
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-04-13
GOodIand on the Outside.


Homes for limited number of boys
and girls from Is TO ID years of age.
Good references must accompany ap-
plicatiOns. Address Enos Reed, Com
mRnder State Soldiers Home, Fl
Dodge, Kans State papers please
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-04-13
70 90 q Trade.

Anybody wishing to trade land for
an imported English shire stallion in
quire at the farm Of J. r Shipman,
northeast of 5-o-38.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-04-13
County Surveyor.

G. r. Shook, county surveyor, Office
days every Saturday.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-04-13
BONE MEALlAMn
OYSTER SHELL
FOR CHICKENS
lis SCOTS

needed article and the commissioners
should be praised instead of condemn
ed for their erection.
A lady travelling salesman was TAX
ing orders from the merchants We'd
nesday.
John Whatley is engaged in moving
residence from Broadway to a lot in
Sharpe's addition.
LaRue's rain machine has been work
ing when the weather permitted the
past week. No results have followed
so far, owing to the cold. Mr.. LaRue
is doing this on his own account, buy
t ing his own material and putting in his
time gratis. If big rain follows this
experiment there will hardly be a
chance to howl fraud, fake and robber
at the philanthropic rainmaker.
Arthur Kahn had fine thoroughbred
st. Bernard pup come in by express
Saturday morning from Indianapolis,
Ind. She is. by Court out of Queen
Adeline. Nero, the sire Of Court, is
also sire of Champion Bedivers, and
Casper sire of Queen Adeline is also
sire of Champion Plinlimmer Good
land probably has more pedigreed dogs
than any town of its size in the coun-
try, and in time biooded dogs will be a
feature of our exports.
The musical concert given at the
court house Wednesday evening by
the Bird City Cornet Band and Cactus
Glee Club was greeted by a full house.
Under the able leadership of Prof
Chapman the band discoursed some
excellent music, which was interspersed
by songs from the famous glee club in
manner that warmed the hearts of
the audience into a generous applause.
Considering the length of time of their
organization the band has made won
derful progress and Bird City has just
cause to be proud of them, as well as
their celebrated glee club. The even
ing's5 entertainment was well appre-
ciated and we believe the boys have no
reason to regret their visit to the Lake
City.-Atwood Democrat.
GOOdland on the Outside.
Miss Liston of GoodIand, is the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. d. Wallace this week
Colby Free Press.
Miss Eva Andrews visited at Good
and the first of this week with Miss
Nettie Patton.-Colby Tribune.
Among those who attended the Meth
odist conference at Goodland over
SUNDAY we're, ii. e. Morrison. Mr.. and
Mrs. c.. @. Morrison, Anna Bates, j. Z.
Bates, W. S. Boyce, Eva Andrews and
Clara Yousse.- Colby Free Press.
Even with 40 Methodist ministers in
town Monday on, their way home from
the GoodIand conference, it refused TO
rain, notwithstanding the encouraging
prospects for it on that evening"
Colby Tribune.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-04-13
TOMBLM JORDAN

Agents for
PHGNIx OF BROOKLYN,
FIREMANS, FUND,
COMMERCIAL UNION,
LOzDOS, LIVERPOOL & GLOBE,
SPRINGFIELD WESTERN -
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16

being one gigantic zero. And now after all
this time, after heaping all thinkable in
juries upon the people whose money they
steal, they have the supreme and unheard-
of effrontery to talk of introducing another
silver bill in order that they may go on
record i'll it's favor. Shades of Cromwell!
How can you rest with your work not half
done? Ho! you Jeffersonian Democrat. Do
you still call this a representative govern
ment? Why not call a spade a spade? Why
not call 1T what it is, misrepresentation
buldozery?
We talk of abolishing the senate. Yes, by
all means let us abolish it. Then let us eel
citrate, and get drunk skim milk. Better
yet let us shear both houses of their oD-
portunity to do harm by taking away from
them the power to bind and to keep us
bound
Nothing that has yet been invented will
do SO as effectually as the Initiative and
referendum" and we cannot be too quick
in putting it into operation. If our servants
by election and masters by divine provi-
dence won't give us this system, let us
take it, If the law does not recognize the
rights of the people, let the people be a
law unto themselves. They are infinitely
greater and of more consequence than all
the laws ever written and they have the
power to put this system into operation in
spite of all the pothouse politicians in the
world. Think it over. Then act.
P. M. RINGDAL.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16
OUR CONGRESS.
Some Caustic Criticisms.

Ed. Representative--The capers that are
cut by our statesmen 60 at Washington
are fit to be immortaiized as the most re-
fined and double-distlled product of human
impudence During the past eight months
the majority in both houses of congress
have been as busy hen with one chick
en- (and here am abject apology is due the
hen for mixing her name with that of such
destructive and II maleNOlent vermin) On
portunities for financial legislation favora Bile
to the country have been plentiful. 1t has
fairly rained and Hailed opportunities But
congress far from taking advantage of
them, has persistently and defiantly refused
to take any step whatever to as much as
intimate by one solitry act, that it was the
lest bit concerned whether the country
prospered or went to the dogs For eight
talked, and all averred and debated, start
led the world with their empty vaporings
as the gigantic tariff chestnut went rolling
round in the cavernous vacuum of their up
per stories, raising a greater hubbub than
ten thousand empty box cars, with fiat
wheels, going through tunnel behind
runaway engine. Poisoned the air with
never-ending flow of oratorical lombard
ment. Flooded the country with a deluge of
still-born speeches on all possible and i'm
possible subjects, treated from the stand
point of the chronic ignoramus, till one
might curse the day he learned to read
Resolve referred and amended, insulted
each other with the title of Hon. Gentleman
from and adjourned, to meet and
rehearse the same Superlative nonsenses
each succeeding day. The result of it all
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16
A GOOD SUGGESTION.
Grind Up the Wheat in Alliance
Mills.

Editor Representatives
The question of organizing for holding the
wheat for better prices is very important
one and l think it a good plan if it could
be successfully carried out, of which 1 have
no doubt if the farmers only would take an
active, concerted interest in it. There is
one thing we should take into consideration
and that is the wheat ring does not need
our wheat for their own use; so if we
should raise the price of our wheat the
wheat ring may determine not to buy our
wheat for a time just to break up our or
ganization, they could very we'll afford
to live a year on their accumulated profits
without buying any wheat. Many of the
farmers need the money from their wheat
as soon as possible, 50 it would be an excel
lent plan if the farmers could manage to
get few mills, they could make part
of their wheat at least into -four to supply
the market with. Then the wheat ring
would be very glad to get our wheat at an
advanced price SO to get work for their
big mills. And if the farmers could CO.
operate to build mills and grind their
wheat into flour, that would certainly be
the best plan of all, then they would have
the middlings and bran to feed to their
cattle, and that would be worth a good
deal, as it is excellent feed for young
stock and mich COWS, and would more
than pay the expense of the grinding, be-
sides you would save the freight on that
stuff. N. A. NARUM
Rocker county
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16
A DEFERRED LETTER.
L. c. Long Goes for the Omce-Seekers
Right to the Point.

Alliance men of Minnesota! The immortal
Josh Billings said there are two
reasons why do not trust a man, one
because we do not know him, the other be-
cause we do" 1t is no disgrace not to be
trusted when you are not known 1t is an
honor to be trusted when you are known
The latter is my position. After knowing
me for year as state lecturer you again
elected me by reclamation.
From now until spring, and again as soon
as L get my crop planted, 1 shall be on the
warpath and at your service.
There are two classes of Alliance men
Gnfinetesimal as to numbers) in the Second
say a word
First those of you who were nominated
by the Peoples Party and got left, and for
the past year have done nothing for the
cause, even refusing to post notices for
meetinSs-you are injuring the cause, and
your neighbors say were merely offce-seek-
ers 1t is time for you to brace up, show
your coors and work for humanity, and
thereby redeem your besmirched reputa-
lions. 10 the profound, wire pulling, fusing
trading, anything for success machine poll
tlclanS, who tried to sell out the p p in
this district in 1902, and the past year have
done all in their power to cripple my work
L Will say, am "onto your racket" and
Will make it hotter than-Afrca for YOU if
you don t stiffen up your political back
bone.
If you are Democrat join the Demo-
cratic party. If you are Peoples Party.
stand with your face to the foe
L. G.. LONG.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16

White Men and Negroes.

Dear sir.-There are some people, we'll
meaning and intelligent too, that dislike
such terms as, corporate robbery and
wage slavery" 1t occurred to me to draw
a parallel between the old and new method
of slavery. Thirty-five years ago your
Southern husbandman simply bought his
laborers, paying on average about 1000
to 1900 dollars; with obligation to feed and
cloth the slaves, the same principles
that we feed and care for our horses and
cattle.
That this was slavery, all will concede
We will take the premises that a farm
hand is worth 200 dollars a year to his
employer How much is a white man at
this ratio worth today? Ten per cent in
terest on a thousand dollars with ten per
cent bonus-200 dollars. But then our farm
hands do not get two hundred dollars any
more. This year they will be glad to make
100 dollars and pay for their necessaries
out of that; remainder nil. 1t is easy to
understand the "Hazzard Circular" now.
The white man (save) of today is nowhere
in intrinsic value compared with the
African slaves of ante-bellum days, and con-
sequently there are bigger spoils raked in
by corporate robbers. Like the Grip
these evils have stolen in upon US unawares
and we have to effect a radical cure or
die. o. H. ARNZEN.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16
OLD PARTY GOSSIP
About the POpulists to i5e Taken With
Grain of Salt.

GRAND FORKS, N. D., May 9.-The
democrats of this state are watching with
argus eyes the movements of the Populists.
VINO VIII hold their convention on the 18th
OF June at jamestown. Many prominent
Fopullsts are strongly in favor of fusion
with the Democrats, providing the Demo-
Gratis Will concede to the Populists the NAM
ing OF the candidate for congress. Attor-
ney-General Standish, who will be a promi-
nent candidate at the Popuist convention
is strongly in favor of fusion, provided the
instructions of the Iowa Popuists' conven-
ton, recently held, are carried out which
are to so fix things that the Populists can
elect their candidate to congress-
The Populist convention has been called
to be held at jamestown June A.
The official call for the Republican con-
venton, to be held in this city July H. will
be made public today.
The Democrats have called their conven
ton for July 26 to be held in this CITY.
WASHINGTON, May S.-A report is be-
ing circulated among Minnesota people here
that there will be no Democratic nomina-
tons for state officers this year. If s. M.
owen IS nominated for governor there is
strong feeling in favor of his Endorsement
by Democrats, or if he is not indorsed thew
propose to leave the head of the ticket
blank Donnelly favors this and then
wants fusion on the legislative ticket.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16

Despite the fact that it is miser6tly dis
gushing, some small-sized men will toady
to other smal-sized men, because they have
large-szed pocketbooks.- Issues.
Educate! Educate!! Educate!,, Send
books throughout the land; educate the
people, and we can bid defiance to the
schemes of tyrants.-Patrick Henry.
Nothing but corrupt political machinery
and class legislation iinpedes the progress
of the nation and prevents the happiness of
the whole nation.-National Tocsn.
The basic principle of this whole reform
movement is that every person has aanat-
ural right to comfort and happiness. That
being true, whatever interferes with that
right is an evil, and it is such evils that we
are fghting.-National Spectator.
If the big cattle raisers would kill off all
the cattle of the smaller cattle raisers until
half the cattle in the country were killed
they would have done just what the gold
bugs have done and seeking to do with
the money of the country.-National Re-
former.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16
CORRESPONDENCE.
OUR FORUM.

1t is part of the purpose of estab-
fishing the REPRESENTATIVE to af-
ford forum, in which the brightest
minds in the populist party and in
the farmers alliance can express and
compare their views. The paper will
not be responsible for the opinions
set forth, but will try to give all
sides of the questions at issue a fair
hearing. We would suggest to our
correspondents to make their letters
brief and to the point; not to eX-
coed one-quarter of column, if pos
sible. If you have lengthy commun-
ication cut it in half and make two
letters of it. Avoid personalities.
Don't write unless you have some
thing to say; and let each letter
nave a motive and teach something
to the reader. Try to make Your
readers better and wiser by what
you write. Never mind about the
grammar OF the spelling. The prin-
ter will fix all that. Good sense and
an honest purpose are rarer things
than book learaing-THE EDITOR.]
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16

Jay Goud's will shows him to have been
worth $65, 900. The tax roll indicates that
he was worth but $1,000 The old scamp
paid just one three hundred and twentieth
as much as honest men, or 81 for every 1920
he should have paid.-Western Advocate.
The farmer who has enough corn in crib
to winter so head of cattle in decent shape
and afterwards purchases 25 or so head
more, without increasing his pile of feed.
infiicts suffering among the animals A
set of so-called statesmen who argue that
nation of people, increasing in populat ton
at a tremendous rate, should transact their
business on contracting volume of money.
should be thought of by their constituents
as the latter would think of farmer at
tempting the act as first Observation-Disclosures
souri, World.
If any man attempts to array the North
and South against each other again. spot
him on the snoot.-National Reformer.
All the money in the World would not
pay our debts, and the people cannot earn
enough to keep the interest paid.-St Louis
Courier.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16

By Hon. Thomas V. Gator.
A vast work has been done in California
in very short time, and with very few
workers. In 1892 we polled about $4,000
votes, and elected eight assenlblynen We
have a state hard to canvass by reason of
its great extent sparse settlement in many
places, and few railroads for the extent Of
territory. San Francisco is also hard ter
ritory to break up, because of the extreme
power of gold and monopoly and the vast
conminging of So many races of men,
But we feel greatly encouraged, and prom
Use California beyond doubt in 1896. There
is no doubt that every state west of the
Mississippi will be solid Populist in 1896
Every National club in California, with
one or two exceptions, have meued into
the Populst movement, and the few that
still maintain separate existence are
working with There is also a very
small Socialist labor section in San Fran
cisco, as there is doubtless in every city Of
the size Populists are not antagonistic 10
the purposes proposed, but believe that the
time is not ripe to demand immediate uni
VerSal natlonaism people like ours
must proceed step by step, and the Popu-
list demand is all that it is possible to de-
mand by immediate political action AS
to educational propaganda, we use every
proper occasion to point out that a COM
plete and final solution of the industrial
evils can only come when cooperate is
national and fully developed.
If private banking and private control Of
railways and telegraphs be wrested from
private hands the great front and strong
est intrenchment of the capitalistic armv is
broken.
1t is likely that the Populists here will
favor graduated land tax. Not the single
tax, but a land tax, increasing in ratio
where more than $4,000 of land is held by
one person or corporation That is a state
matter. 1t would break up the large es-
tates here in lard. ST
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16
THE OTHER SIDE.

"A Voice From the Enst-SOme Sound
Views and Some False Ones-Let
Some of Our Correspondents De-
bate These Issues With Our Pitts
burg Friend.
PITTSBURG, Pa, May 12.-Eon. Ignatius
Donnelly, Dear Sir: Enclosed herewith find
81 for one years subscription to Represen-
tative and discontinue if not renewed.
L read with very great pleasure the de-
bate on A. p. AS. The astounding thing
in this age of the world is that there
Should be any body of men of intelligence
and ability that Mr.. Sims arguments in
dictate, would attempt to build up a party
to govern great nation on sectarianism,
bigotry and hatred. Professionalism had its
origin in the natural opposition in the hui
man heart to bigotry, and yet the very
worst form of bgotry would be the prac
tice of A. P. Aism 1 said it was astound-
ing that such spirit should clamor for au-
thoritve recognition, and yet when we con-
slider that it is the essence of selfiShnesS to
desire some advantage which justice does
not accord, we have the index to all these
isms You hit the nail the head when
you said A. p. Aism's antagonism to Ca
thoicsm had it's seat in spols and office
This is the hydra-headed monsterism which
our government, paternalism, has spawned.
The ambition to get control of the public
treasury for personal use, or in the words
of your "proverbial phrase" get here Eli
is the shibboleth of all isms, from the
abuse of the free schools to free silver.
] see your Peoples party is also deeply
imbued with the same heresy that it might
be dubbed a shrewd desire to get the
other Eli out Of office and your Eli in, or
take the teat from the mouth of the babes
of the East and let the babies of the West
have "a pull" This age of babyhood should
end. What is needed is an American party
East and West that will uproot this pater-
nalism, that will destroy this sectionalism,
that will know no East or West North or
South-an American party, built upon the
solid rock. that the people should
support the government, and not
the government the people, an
are mere preteXts and plausible excuses for
drones to fasten themselves upon the in
dustrial hive. What is needed is one strong
central government, costing less than what
one of our state babes costs. A strong CEN
declaration of independence, that all men
of happiness. A government under which
the inducements to work a mine a farm,
will be great as to work the public
treasury when it will pay we'll to drive
a plow to be a leader in congress. In
order to secure a government of this kind,
a party must be organized upon the plat
form of reducing public officials salaries,
and striking from the government pay
rolls all ward-heelers, wiping out all pub
lie SinecureS until there be no Scrambing
Ellis" for public office. This and this alone
will end the sectionaism and paternalism,
which are the parent of all these other
isms vomted from the pit. Yours very re-
spectfully, j. B. COREY.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16
AN OBJECT LESSON.
Scrip Receivable for Taxes Is Far
Preferable to Long Time, Interest
HCnriDG EnnI&.

On the island of Guernsey market house
was built costing $4,000, without the issue
OF bonds or the payment of cent of in
terest How so? Easy enough, and in an
honest way. The governor and council of
Guernsey issued market notes" Of the face
value of $4,000. the estimated cost of the
market. Those notes" were made receiva-
BILE for the rent of stalls after the market
was finished. Those notes were paid out
for supplies-stone brick timber, etc, and
for labor, greatly helping trade and pro
noting the prosperity of the Guernsey peo-
ple' says the historian. In due time the
market was completed, the stalls were
rented, and the rents were paid in those
market notes"
Now what do we see? An important struc-
ture built by the employment of a symbol
the credit of the people. In other words
the market paid for itself without the
use of a dollar, as Shylocks count dollars -
On the other hand, if bonds had been
sold to get those "Shylock dollars" as wise
Cd men usually do, that Guernsey market
building would have cost two, three, four
perhaps twenty times twenty thousand dol
lars. "gnawing the substance of the peo-
pie" for numberless years. Can you not
see it-see the difference in the two sys-
TENS New City.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-16
A Positive Opinion,

EdltOr REPRESENTATIVES,:
BALATON, Minn May 3.-Inclosed plea SO
ind list of names With few men in every
township in the state that would take q
hand in the reform work and do what they
can, with the great work the Representative
Is ooing, we can, next fall, carry this state
for the Populists with a large ma ioritv
The man that will vote the old partv
ticket now is not fit to be a free American
citizen, but only to be a slave. This tariff
for protection, and tariff for revenue only
Will soon compel every workingman to join
the CoNey army; which is the result of the
administration of the two old narties
Brother laborer, vote for yourself and your
children. If you let yourself be fooled again
by this tariff humbug, your brains are at
the wrong end of your backbone. Send me
q few extra copies of the Representative
and Will do all l can to widen it's circula-
aon. Respectfully. G. J. OLSON.