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The representative., 1895-04-03
A LicensetO Breathe.

A bill introdiced.by Representative
Downs provides for the giving of per-
mits to newshoys land boot-blacks in
cities Of 10000 population. r
A bill intr0ducedt by Mr.. Craig seeks
to regulate the practice of veterinary
medicine, surgery and dentistry, by
providing for the registry of all prac-
titioners with btard Of examiners;
said board also to examine candidates
desirOus of nFacticing, and to issue
certificates to them, the fees for ex-
animation being S. and for certificates
81. The period for renewal of certiti-
Gates is determined by the board.
These bills are all wrong. II this
thing keep on the common man will
have no rights left. A boy cannot sell
a Penny Press or black fellows boots
without license; and a man can not
physic sick horse without diploma.
1t is proposed that no person shall
peddle pins or neck-ties, or anything
else without permit; and woman
cannot be married without license.
The next thing some "smarty" will
introduce bill that no child shall be
born until IS license is first issued
authorizing it to live.
The whole tendency is to make the
man bond-slave of society; and the
scamps who pocket the fees are the
ones who are at the bottom Of these
invasiOns of the natural rights of man.
The representative., 1895-04-03

This is conclusive of national taxes,
tariff and internal revenue, freights
and fares paid to the railroads, and
the interest on loans, the principal Of
which amounts to over
TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS OF DOL
LARS, ETC.
If the whole thing was tabulated it
would be found that the people OF
Minnesota pay more tares per capita than
the people Of Cuba, OR PROBABLY ANY
OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
But see the superiority of northern
to a southern race. The people of
Cuba get mad and go to fighting; the
people of Minnesota are so pleased-so
absolutely tickled-so delighted-with
the robberies inflicted upon them
that they give 10000 plurality to keep
up the fun.
Why it is an unmitigated pleasure
to rob such precious fools. They en-
joy it and of course robbers do.
Let the good work 60 on.
And yet with that 10000 plurality
they will keep the Younger brothers
in prison. Horrible inconsistency!
The representative., 1895-04-03
IOWA POPULISTS.
They Will Stick by Their Party
Gen. Weaver Said to Have Failed
{. in His Silver Party Plans.

Des Moines, March 27.-Gen. J.. B.
Weaver has split with the Populist
Party of Iowa He desires to lead the
organization into the field of the new
silver party, but the Populist state
central committee refuses longer to
follow the general. Chairman r. G.
Scott, of the Populist State Central
Committee sain today that Iowa Pop
ulists would not join new silver par
ty. He continued; "The silver ele-
ments are more likely to unite with
us. A new party upon the one issue,
and that only partial solution of the
money question, will never material
ize as an organized force in politics"
We print in our Forum shis week, a
letter from Gen. Weaver, giving his
reasons for desiring union of all re-
form elements in the campaign Of
1896. The Populsts all desire success,
and they know this can only be
reached by all who think alike voting
together; but there will necessarily be
differences of opinion as to how this
end can be best attained. Let us be
charitable and tolerant with each 9TH
er; but stick to the Omaha platform
and the PEOPLES Party.
The representative., 1895-04-03
THE CITY POOR.
Can They BE Made Farmers,

There is great clamor just now in
favor of sending the unemployed pop
ulation of the cities out upon farms.
It would of course be we'll if every
poor man had land enough to raise, by
his own industry, enough potatoes,
wheat, corn, meat, ETC., to support
himself and family. But farming re-
quires a special training and special
kind of knowledge; and a human be-
ing on 80 acres of unimproved land is
as helpless as If he were on 80 acres of
water;-in fact more so, for he could
get fishing line and probably catch
something at once to eat. But on the
land he has to have shelter, tools, do
sticated animals, seed, some knowl-
edge of farming, and capital enough
to maintain him until his seed brings
crop.
Our great men are ''sloshing around"
to find some remedy for the evils Of
the time, without acknowledging that
the Peoples Party long ago pointed
out the real cause OF, the trouble and
the cure for it. oiThen townspeople are
nigh starvation;i and the farmers are
encountered and selling their produce
for less than itf cost to raise it; and
now they say make farmers of the un-
employed city people! They might
just as we'll propose TO send the farm
ers to the cities!!an tt, was hard times
and disappointment, in the country
ho on ic fp N 0if
and it will not. Cure things to rush
them back again. The remedy is in
cutting loose from the domination Of
the Money-power, American or Euro
pean; shutting off oldworld interfer-
ence in our affairs; remone tizing sill
yer and giving the people $50 per capi-
ia. Do that and the farmer would be
SO prosperous he would not want to mi
crate to the cities; and the cities
would be so prosperous that they
would not have men enough to do
their work.
These philanthrophists mean we'll
enough; but they are trying to cure
the patient, OF his consumption, by
trimming his oe-nails. But anything
rather than admit that the despised
"cranks," ''lunatics." ''imbeciles, -
and anarchists" to wit,-the Popu.
lists, are neither ''cranks," "lunatics, y
"imbeciles" nor anarchists" but the
only real statesmen in the country
But they will have to come to it yet
There is no substitute for brains
n
and party howls and torchlights will
obscure them, but sooner or later ire.
pressible truth bursts all bonds anG
drives the fools yelping into the abyss
of Oblivion.
The representative., 1895-04-03
POPULIST ITEMS.

Mt. Dora, Fla, has gone Populist by
large majority.
One borough of Sayre, Pa, elected
every Populist on the ticket.
The Elgin and Waltham watch COM
panies have been absorbed by Brit
ish syndicate and capitalized at $l6,-
100000.
Socialists secured a foothold in
Maine, polling 9 per cent of the vote
in Rockland Also. made a fair show
ing for the first time in Vermont.
The swallowing of the Chicago Gas
Trust by the Standard Oil Trust' has
set several Chicago dailies to wonder
ing whether socialism is really i'm
practicable.
The Missouri World published nine
columns of brief1y-wOrded letters last
week in which the authors were Op-
posed to confining the Peoples party
to the financial question and want the
Omaha platform widened.
The Department of Agriculture's
figures showing that on the single
items Oflive stock the farmers Of the
country are 1851, 900, 600 poorer than
year ago has set the refOrmerS of
rural districts to talking faster and
louder than ever.
And now the news comes from Paris
that new machine working on the
principle of the phonograph has been
successfully tried in that city and
will be utilized to print newspapers,
doing away with all printers, stereO-
| typers, ETC., and furthermore, with
the aid of the telegraph, the thing can
be worked simultaneously in different
| cities.
The representative., 1895-04-03
Do You Remember.

Do you remember, friend, how you
were fooled, last fall, into voting
against S. NJ. Owen for governor be-
cause, (as you we're told,) his election
would keep money out of the state"
and create hard times: but the elec-
tion of Nelson would give you, $50 they
assured you), man who would lead
you out of the slough Of despond and
cause universal prosperity. Well Mel
son led you by the nose, and led him.
self into the United States Senate;
and the supreme effort of old party
craftsmanship now, is to get tracts of
vacant land for the laboring men to
raise potatoes on! Americans used to
pity.the poor misgovernment. Irish as
a race Of potatO-eaters; but misgov-
ernment is rapidly bringing the intel
ligent American voters to the same
diet.
Oh! You are sensible pack. May
the Lord open your eyes.
The representative., 1895-04-03
VIRTUE AND VICE.
Phrenology as a Science.

Atlanta, March 19.-The erudition
of the Atlanta police force was given
test today, and the result has set the
town to laughing. A n newspaper re-
porter took pictures of DR.. A. Canon
Doyle and Eugene Field to the police
officials for the purpose of securing
opinions as to the character of the
men, and the result shows that it
would never do for either DR.. Doyle or
Mr.. Field to show himself here. Chief
of Detectives Wright said: II don't
think they have worked here yet, but
they are Crooks" Detective WOoten
pronounced Field "Billv, the Red
Hand" Detective Mehaffey said both
men have worked here. Detective
Barrett said of Field: THAT smooth
faced, bald-headed fellow has the
hardest face have ever seen."
Possibly the police were not so far
out of the way after all.
Socrates, the wisest1and purest man
of Greece, was once examined by lec-
turer, who professed to read character
by the features and the shape of the
head. He did not know the great
philosopher, and when Socrates took a
seat on the platform he examined him
and gave him a'dreadful character
liar, thief. etc. The crowd roared with
laughter. Then Socrates arose and
said they need not 1augh-the man
was right;-he had allithose traits, but
he had others which controlled them,
as prudence, cohsciehce, pride, good
sense, tc.,-but these the lecturer
could not see. me ~-fir
We visited Mrs. Jussand's famous
collection of wax images of distin-
guished people, in London. On one
floor we're all the great statesmen,
warriors, poets, historians, theolog-
ians, ETC.; on the floor below were rep
resentatives Of all the famous mur.
derers, robbers, thieves. forgers, ETC.;
and really it seemed to us that the
latter were just as good-looking and
respectable appearing body of gen.
tlemen as the former. The undue
pressure of the blood upon point of
the Train not bigger than a pin-head
may determine whether the man shall
The representative., 1895-04-03
TOm-FOOl Work,

San Francisco, March 22.-In the
United States district court argu-
ment was to have been commenced on
Monday next in the case of the strik-
ers charged with obstructing the
mails. Today Attorney Montieth, of
the defense, in presenting the list of
instructions for the jury, raised the
point that the government had failed
to prove the existence of the Southern
Pacific Company.
The case will now have to be re-
opened and Montieth will make an ef-
fort to have Eugene V. Debs, who will
be in the city next week, placed on
the stand.
This illus trates what tom-foOl per-
formance the administration of law
has become in this country. The ex-
istence of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company not proved. Great
Heavens. The next thing some hair
splitter will object to the oath to a
The representative., 1895-04-03
The Cling Murder.

We have received copy of the Min
neapolis Tribune's new book, ''The
Cling Murder and the Hayward Trial."
being a full stenographic report of
that famous case.-not word omit
ted. 1t is illustrated by fine photo
graphs of the principal characters, and
with pictures of the buildings, scenes,
etc, connected with the murder. 1t
is sold for $l.5O in cloth, and $1.0O in
paper binding.
This will be long remembered as one
Of the most atrocious and dramatic
murders ever heard Of in the history
of the world.
The copy in paper binding will be
sent free Of postage. For the cloth
bound copy send l3 cents for postage.
Address The REPRESENTATIVE.
The representative., 1895-04-03

Charles A. Dana predicts that if the
Supreme Court sustains the income
tax there will be no Democratic party
next year-it will totally collapse. We
don't want to dispute Mr.. Dana, but
his prediction is to good too come true.
Exchange.
And if it don't sustain the income
tax there will be a general desire to
see the constitution of the United
States so anne nded that the Supreme
Court shall have no power to override
an act of Congress in the interest Of
Plutocracy Where is there anything IN
the Constitution of the United States that
conters any such po,cer on the Supreme
the passage?
Ultimate power for good or i'll must
rest somewhere, and it can be better
entrusted to the people, through their
Congress, than to few judges picked
out by the trusts and corporations.
This nation is no longer republic.
1t is an oligarchy of the rich, admins
tered by judges, who select the laws
they approve of and veto those that
are inimical to their masters inter.
ests.
They have nothing of that kind in
England. There an act of Parliament
is Supreme;-nO written constitution
limits it, and no judge can nullify it.
The will of the people is the ultimate
authority.
We need great political revolution,
and a national convention to revise
the constitution; and make it what its
founders intended it should be,-the
entrenched camp of Liberty; not
walled fortitcation for the defense Of
| AriStOcracv.
The representative., 1895-04-03
A KIND WORD.
A Division of Property and Brains.

Those good people who believe with
Mary Ellen Lease, Ignatius Donnelly
ct al, that the world is going all
wrong and that all kinds of red-handed
tyranny and red-handed injustice and
hOary wrongs and t1y-blOwn supers til
tions and scarlet robed social evils,
and the rest of the program are ram
pant, and who are anxious to switch
the universe off onto Sidetrack while
they put in some new machinery and
abolish hard times, or make fair di-
vision of property, or bring everybody
to a cheerful and unquestioning ac-
ceptance of their own theology, or
make an end of the primal curse of
toll and perspiration, and SO reform
and elevate society that everybody
shall enjoy abundance and be happy to
the end of the chapter-these
evangels of goodness, sweetness and
light should all be encouraged to
write books and send communications
to the newspapers on the existing
condition of things, and expectorate
lurid elCqucnce on the exaSperating
cheap and inefficient way in which
the universe is run and make Rome
and the old political parties howl as
Mrs. Lease has done in her Solution
VI UlIC L IOOlCIu vi OINllIZd anu
as Ignatius Donnelly does every week
of his blessed life in the columns of
his REPRESENTA- A1IvE.-MinneapO
Times.
Thanks, gentle stranger. You do
us proud. But really don't you think
yourself that times are just about as
hard as you ever knew them:
Examine your pocket and you will
find about as few dollars in it as there
are ideas in your dear old benighted
cranium.
And permit us to ask you a Ques.
tion:-Can you always pump up such q
lot of internal nonsense as that when
ever the chief editor tells you to write
an article about Mrs. Lease and Don
nelly? If you can you are phenom
enon of reckless stupidity.
When did we ever propose division
of property? We would as soon think
OF demanding division Of brains. and
such chaps as you will be forever the
great obstacle to any such course-fol
it would take the gray matter Of two
hundred philosophers to bring you VI
to the average level,-and yol
wouldn't be worth the sacrifice.
Take an astringent, brother, and re
strain the flow of your alleged ideas
The representative., 1895-04-03
Cause and Effect.

The mere fact that it is reported
that Germany, France and, England
are ready to cooperate with the
United States in restoring silver to
its ancient place has largely increased
the price OF the white metal, and with
it the price of wheat, cotton and Sc
curities has gone upwards; and now
the old-party papers are engaged in
the complicated and difficult task OF
Dragging over the prospect of better
times, and at the same time keeping
The representative., 1895-04-03
Common Sense,

Every newspaper selects it's audi
ence. If it addresses itself to the pre-
5udices Of the rash and foolish it
drives away sensible men. Only that
endures which is based on truth and
common sense. If an editor feeds his
readers on slam-band and fap-doodle
and Mysteries he has to keep increas-
ing the pepper in his nonsense until at
last even the fools gag over it.
Many time the truth is made re.
pulsive by the extravaganza of it's adj
vocates.
One must not hesitate to attack
even universal errors, but he must be
sure he is right; and then there is nc
bludgeon that will beat down folly
like good common sense.
The representative., 1895-04-03
The Rich in a Panic.

And now Olney, the Attorney-Gen-
eral of the United States, declines to
send troops to Louisiana to suppress
roustabout fight on the levee of New
Orleans. He says the national gov
ernment has no right to send federal
troops into state without the ex-
press request of the Legislature, or of
the governor il the Legislature is not in
session and can not be convened. This
is precisely the position the Populists
took last fall in connection with the
invasion of Illinois by national troops,
against the protest of the mayor of
Chicago and the governor of the state;
and we were called anarchists" for
defending the constitution.
In this connectiong read the follow
ing:
Chicago, March 22.-Chief of Police
Brennan, in his annual report, de-
clares the Debs strike an unimportant
| affair. According to Chief Brennan
the most annoying element consisted
| OF half-grOWn boys, who were deter
says: 1T is a nota BILE fact there was
no trouble where there were no troops.
I'm all cases where the police were
left to themselves peace was pre-
served, proverty was kept uninjured
and the interference with non-union
workmen was trifling."
The report severely denounces the
conduct of the deputy United States
mafshalls, who are declared to have
been hastily gathered, largely from
| the scum and refuse of the loves class
of the city's population.
| There is nothing so timid or so self
ish as property; and to protect itself
from even fancied dangers it would
overthrow the Republic and wipe out
human liberty. A panic among the
The representative., 1895-04-03
CAUSE FOR REVOLUTION.
Cuba and Minnesota.

Cuba has a revolution on hand and
the New York Herald and all the east
ern papers think the Cubanes are per-
fectly justified in revolving against
Spain because that country has piled
on the 1900, 900 Inhabitants of the is
land taxes to the amount of $39, ,OO0. 900
annually. And the eastern phiian-
thropists hold up their hands in holy
horror.
Let us see.
Thirty nine million dollars of taxes
divided between two million people
mean $l9,000,00O for each million OF
people, per annum.
Now turn to
MINNESOTA.
The representative., 1895-04-03
A Confirmation.

We have received letter from the
remote town of Victoria, British CO.
lumbia, from one James Mallet, a
stranger to us, who is not a subscriber
for our paper; in which he defends the
Single tax, and rehashes the old trash,
which we have answered dozen
times, about the tax being on ''land-
values and not on 'land," as if you
could tax thing that has no value,
All this confirms what we said last
week that there is a society to de-
fend Single-Tax, and that they write
upon order from some central authori-
ty. 1t is ingenious, but it will effect
nothing.
II you are not a subscriber Of the REP
RESENTAT1YE send Twenty-Five cents
co. ria oil ,hccr riyfi
The representative., 1895-04-03
Remember.

That the expressions of opinion of
the editor of this paper are not, by
any means, conclusive upon the Peo-
ple's Party Of Minnesota. Nothing
can speak for that organization but
its own state and national conven-
tions. We give you the best and hon
estest thought we have; but if we
make any mistakes charge them to
the paper, not to the party.
The representative., 1895-04-03

THE American people have done
more thinking in the last year than
they have eyer done since 1865. And
the rascals are adjusting themselves
to that fact. They have stopped ar
guing against Free Silver. They are
all in favor of it now. They want to
get it into their arms where they can
quietly choke it to death.
Beware of scoundrel when he
agrees with you. He is more danger
GUS than when he is fighting you.
Stand by the Omaha platform.
The representative., 1895-04-03

turned into lies to tickle the midrif1s
of the intelligent voters, who are still
fighting over the Tariff.
Now is there point in this article
that is not absolutely impregnable?
If there is will some gold-bug point it
out? We challenge the whole world to
do so.
The representative., 1895-04-03

Des Monies, Ia, March 25.-During
the meeting of the Democratic state
central committee here today a spirit
ed discussion of silver arose. J. j.
Richardson, of Davenport. member of
the National Democratic committee
and friend Of the administrations came
here to represent, in sense, Mr..
Cleveland. When the matter came
to the point, the Administrations sill
yer policy was unanimously con-
demned.
The same process is going on every
where. Mr.. Kelso, Democratic candi-
date for Congress in 1892, in the
Seventh district, and an able and ex.
cellent gentleman, told the St. Paul
Globe, the other day, that new party
was about to arise in Minnesota on
the money-question. Why new
party? Come into the Peoples Party
We will promise you fair treatment.
The representative., 1895-04-03

out of sight the real cause of the
change.
We expect to see silver remonetized
and each of the old parties claiming
that 1t did it; and that it would have
been accomplished much sooner but
for those villainous cranks the Popu-
lists
The representative., 1895-04-03

legal document, because the existence
of God has not yet been established by
the testimony of witnesses. 1t is
pity we could not have one hundred
volumes of law abolished and one vol
ume of common sense put in their
Diace.
The representative., 1895-04-03

be president or be hung for horse
stealing.
When all that there is Of us was fur
nished to us ready made no man
should feel any pride of his good quail
ties; and his failings should be regard
ed with merciful eye.
The representative., 1895-04-03

rich, over theiS beloved shekels, is as
senseless, brutal and unreasoning as
stampede OF, wild cattle. They will
trample everything into the mud, and
plunge headlong over precipice into
deSDOtiSm
The representative., 1895-04-03

THE old parties are in great distress.
They are like the African prince
who swallowed a dozen SeidlitZ pow
ders at once, and rolled on the
ground, foaming at the mouth, aud
howling, while they exploded inside of
him. The Financial Question is blow
ing them up and their contortions are
dreadful to behold. And even Tariff"
wont act as an antidote.
The representative., 1895-04-03

WHAT is the difference between LII
Hung Chang and Lie -Unhung-Shang?
One is distinguished Chinaman;
and the other edits the Pioneer Press.
But the cheeks of either will turn bull
let's
The representative., 1895-04-03

The New York Herald's agricultural
editor tells the farmers to go ahead
and sow a big wheat acreage and not
mind the stories about overproduc-
tion. A good many farmers will smile
at the Herald's advice. They are
aware that Europe doesn't depend for
her breadStuffS on this country any
lOnger.-EXchange.
Yes; and they are aware that the
characterization of silver has So i'm
poyerished the people of the whole
world that they can no longer buy
the farmers wheat, but live on rye
flour or corn-meal or old-party soup.
Shylock is the real cause of the low
price of MinnesOta's staple.
The representative., 1895-04-03

WE must have $4,000 circulation be-
fore the presidential campaign opens
next year. That acih gire as the state.
What say you? Can't you give us
NhOOSt' ,,
The representative., 1895-04-03

NOTE our carto0n! 1t represents
1896 The G. o. P. is submerged and
the D. o. P. is sinking; while the Peo-
pies Party, laden with the worlds
hopes, sails into the golden morning
of universal prosperity. The sketch
is made by young man of Minneapo-
lis, who has the instincts of an artist.
The representative., 1895-04-03

If you believe in our principles
spread our circulation. Get the facts
before the people.
The representative., 1895-04-03
Whooping!
IT is coming our way.

WE will buy more tents. There
isn't room in the camp for the new re-
cruitS
The representative., 1895-04-03

IT is great point gained when men
universally admit that the money
question is the overwhelming issue.
The representative., 1895-04-03
MINNESOTA.

HER DIRECT TAXES, STATE, COUNTY
AND TOWNSHIP, ARE FOURTEEN
MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY,
FOR A MILLION AND HALF
PEOPLE
The representative., 1895-04-03

STAND by the Omaha platform but
keep the front door open for all new
OmerS.