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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-04
GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
WE CLUB WITH THE COSMOP-
OLITAN MAGAZINE.

We will give copy of this great
New York publication, for year, con-
tanning during that time
1874 PAGES OF THE FINEST READING
MATTER IN THE WORLD, AND 1000
ILLUSTRATIONS,
together with copy Of THE REPRE-
SENTATIVE for a year, for the sum Of
One Dollar and Sixty Cents!
The separate usual prices of the two
publications amount to $2.1O.
This is grand chance which every
household should avail itself Of.
We gave description of the Cosmo-
plitan in our letter from Montana.
The publishers write US:
During 1896 it will be a greater
Magazine than ever before. A plant
of Hoes Geographic presses has just
been put into The Cosmopolitan's es-
tablis hment, to add to the attractions
by fine color-'cork. No Magazine will
be allowed to excel it,
Here is an item showing that it
deals with living issues.
"a complete and Immediate revolu-
tlon Of transportation methods. in
volying reduction Of freight charges
on grain from the West to Newly ork of
from so to 6O per cent, is what is pre-
dicted in the November Cosmopoli-
tan. The plan proposes using light
and inexpensive corrugated iron lin
ders, hung on slight rail supported
on poles from crOsS-arm-the whole
system involving an expense of not
more than fifteen hundred dollars a
mile for construction. The rolling
stock is equally simple and compaI-
atively inexpensive. Continuous lines
OF cylinders, moving with no interval
to speak of. would carry more grain n
a day than a quadruple track railway.
This would constitute a sort Of grain
pipe line. The CoSmopoiita also
points out the probable abolition of
street-cars before the coming horse
less carriage, which can be operated
by a boy On asphalt pavements at a to-
tai expense for la Dor, oil, and interest,
of not more than one cent day."
For the sake of your wife and chill
dred be sure to secure this great work;
you get it for sixty cents more than
the price of THE REPRESENTATIVE.
Until the first of next January we
will extend this offer not only to every
new subscriber, but to every old sub
scriber who is in arrears and
who pays up and sends us
SLIGO. He will be credited ahead one
years subscription and receive the
Cosmopolitan for year. After Janu-
airy l, 1896 this offer will be strictly
confined to new sui scribers.
1t will do us good, when the winds
howl this winter. to think of 10000 or
10000 families, sitting around the CEN
ter table, with bright light, and warm
fire, enjoying The Cos mopolitan and
THE REPRESENTATIVE. And if any
man at the end of the year makes
oath that he did not get the worth of
his money from The Cosmopolitan we
will give him six months further sub
scription to The REPRESENTATIVE
free. Do you hear that?
The REPRESENTATIVE,
Publishing Company.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-04
A NOVEL IDEA.

WITH A GREAT DEAL OF REASON TO
TIFF GOLD IS NOT OBTAINABLE BY
THE PEOPLE THEY MUST adjust
DEBTS AND CREDITS TO SOME NEW
MEASURE OF VALUES-THE PEOPLE
ARE THINKING
Editor Representatives:
Since the bankers have by the slyest
manipulating Of the finances succeeded, in
increasing the value of gold at the same
time filing away the greenbacks and kill
ing the equal purchase power of silver
all of which acts were points in one con-
spiracy which has increased the debts Of
all those who were borrowers in exact
proportion to the lowering values to fit a
gold standard
Bearing in mind that those debts were
mostly made on a paper and mixed coin
standard and whereas such acts have not
simply lowered one or two products but
every product of the nation. And q sad
knowledge of the fact that there is not
gold enough in earth to gay up the bonds
and interest of the nation.
Let us call an adjustment convention"
of our state capitol, and adjust values
in way that it may be possible to pay
the value that was contracted, but not
One-half more as Is now the case Who
can raise up and call me q repudator?
Suppose that all the gold excep. ten thous>
and dollars was in transit to Europe and
would sink in the ocean should the lucky
holder hold it at value that would ruin
every citizen in the United States by an
impossible demand that he should be SUBJ
ject to the same metal standard, and no
power to use anything else? 1t is plain
that a crisis is in store for the people and
they had better have it out
If this is to be a government of the
people by and for the people where do
you find that few citizens with a few
more aliens can dictate and demand at
will so many millions of free citizens A
perusal of the law crea ted by our fore
fathers admitted the right to even en-
croach upon the rights of a few to prog
nate the welfare of the whole people, OF
all the laws Of our land planned to protect
the masses-only one statuary act can be
plead against an adjustment, and that is
the acts forbidding laws to Impair con-
tracts" We do not seek to impair any
contract, but to pay every debt at a value
measured by a possible standard; let it
be by valuation of our products, a days
work or by silver, copper or all metals,
since gold has ceased to supply the de-
mand.
The bankers ignored the constitution Of
the United States which demands "gold
and silver" currency. Now it is our turn.
Nov. 10th, 95. MR.P
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-04

The attention of our readers is d.
rected to the advertisement Of the
Northwestern Hardware Company in
another column. 1t simply speaks for
itself. Anything one might say COM
mandatory would therefore be super
fuous. There is only one other thing
in this world as good as the goods they
sell, and that is the big silver dollars
you can buy them with
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-04
AN NOE ADDRESS.

Mr.. j. V. Webster, President of the
California State Alliance, delivered
IN admira BILE address before the State
Alliance at San Jose, Cal, Oct. Is,
1895. We are sorry we have not room
to publish it in its entirety. We give
however some extracts:
In the midstsof abundance millions
have been stinted in subs lance; in
the midst Of great wealth our debts
have accumulated; in the midst of
great undertakings our poverty has
increased.
Providence is not responsible for
these'ils. They come in spite of His
overlooking bounties. They come in
the face OF protes ting humanity-in
face of the warnings of all antecedent
history-in the face of the warnings
of the most eminent social and tinan-
cial writer's.
1t is declared in "holy writ" that
when the millennium comes the devil
shall be chained for thousand years.
Manifestly the world has not yet
reached that period; manifestly the
gates Of hell do not prevail against
their keeper; manifeStly he is abroad
In the land, subject only to his own
sweet will.
~
The substance of many is being con-
tinually conce ntrated into fewer hands
Extreme wealth and extreme poverty
with growing Indifference and con-
tempt for the common toiler.
Paraded vanity and vOluptuous liv-
ing on one hand, restitution and dis
treSs on the other.
A pecuniary inability to properly
clOthe and educate children by the
masses, while the,affluent aud leisure
loving women of the land, refuse to
assume the burdens of maternity.
This disposition. has grown to such an
extent, that in whole rows of fas hion-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-04
ALF. WOOSTER.
THE GOLD-BuGS PRAYER.

Our father who art in England-Roth-
child be thy name-thy financial kingdom
come to America; thy will be done in the
United States as it Is in England. Give
us this day our bonds in gold, but no sill
yer; give us plenty of laboring mems
votes to keep monopoly in power and thy
friends in office. We know, our father,
we have done many things that were
wrong; we have robbed the honest poor.
and brought distress to many door; we
know it was wrong to refund the bonds
and make them payable in coin; we know
it was wrong to demonetize silver; we
know it was wrong to water our railroad
bonds. But thou knowest, oh, Roths-
child, we made money by all that.
Now our father, thou knowest we alb
hor politics. 1t is the same to us whether
Democrats or Republicans rule; for thou
knowest we are able to sway all political
jobs in our own favor. Lead us not into
the way of the strikers, but deliver US
from the hands of the insane knights Of
Labor, and the equally insane Farmers
Alliance. Thus shall we have thy king
dom of bonds, interest, power and gold,
until the republic shall end-Amen.
Lake City, MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-04

These figures show that both old par
ties have lost heavily, but owing to the
greater dissatisfaction Of the Democrats
that party was the greatest loser.
The losses are accounted for by the
voters, who, being Disguised with the old
parties. remained at home. They knew
enough to do that and not vote for the
perpetuation of plutocracy, but they had
not learned enough to vote right.
But they are learning very rapidly.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-04
|ourForun.

Correspondents are requested to be
brief. There is no week that "The Rep
resentative" is not obliged to hold over
large number of letters, though pub
fishing several columns in each issue.
Hereafter we shall give the preference to
letters of 300 words or less, and writer's
of letters exceeding 500 words must not
be surprised If they do not see them pub
lished in this paper. We are forced to
adopt this rule in order that all may have
chance of being heard and with as lit
tie delay as possible after the letters have
been recaiYed=Editor REPRESENTATIVE
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-04

gressive and the senemy the defensive
The sooner the people can be organized
the better will be the chance Of success
in the effort to save the united colonies
from the British Crown In 1896
Friend Donnelly the above Is offered az
my humble suggestion as q plan for the
institution OF the Honest Money Party"
You are at liberty to publish it or any
part of 1t you think proper. That some
thing must be done all admit. Let us
steal the gold bugs thunder and rally the
people together in one mighty pha1anx.
Party prejudice now divides-let a move
ment be inaugurated that will unite.
Yours in the cause,
ALT. WOOSTER. s
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-04

into her city treasury, besides largely re-
ducing the rates of interest
Like all new converts the Pioneer Press
has too much zeal. 1t is wrong to leave
the gasoline inhabitants Of St. Paul in
anarchy and darkness until they get the
electric light plant going. as the castles
do after the first of April, If not going
then. Better let dozen exhorbitant con-
tracts if necessary to prevent it.
A r. RAIL-.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-04
THE RIGHT Way.
500 TO 5000 COPIES WANTED.
A Splendid Plan to Capture st.
Paul-And Through st. Paul
the State.
LET ALL HANDS TAKE HOLD.
What Can Be Done in Minneapolis?
What Can Other Counties DO?

We have received the following let
ter and notice: 1t was crowded out
last week by press of advertising mat
ter.
Editor Representative:
Please insert enclosed notice, and
furnish me with the price of from 500
to 5000 copies of your paper, to be
furnished weekly to one address, the
number desired being paid for one
week in advance.
The plan is to organize club in
each ward, with a central organza
TO contribute stipulated sum per
week. with which we buy papers, then
distribute the papers. after system
attic plan, throughout the city.
l believe it will be generally conced-
ed that the cause represented by the
Peoples Party would receive a great
impetus Ia Minnesota, if we should be
fortunate enough to carry the capital
city next spring, and perhaps the
state would furnish means to assist in
carrying on this noble warfare.
H. A. W,AL1RAFF.
The undersigned, believing that an
organized movement to disse inmate
the doctrines Of the Peoples Party
would be advisable at this time, in
view Of the fact that city election
will take place in St. Paul next
spring, and believing that the best
and cheapest way to carry on vigor-
Gus propaganda would be through The
REPRESENTATIVE, respectfully invite
the subscribers in St. Paul to attend a
meeting to be held at No. 544 Rice
street, St. Paul, Friday evening, Dec.
6, 1895, at 8 o'clock p. m, to devise
ways and means of extending the cir
culation Of the paper in this city.
Signed E. w. BONHAM.
JOHN STAAL.
H. A. WALLRAFF.
We can furnish 500 or 5000 copies,as
may be wanted to one address, for
eight dollars per hundred. We would
send them by express. to parties who
won receive and pay for the same.
THIS is putting 1t do,cn belo,o cost. We
would have to have the money
promptly, in. advance. however, as it
would be all cash outlay with us.
We will be glad to attend the meet
ing Dec. 9th, and explain matters to
our friends.
Il proper effort By O committee represent
i1,g the labor force Of St. Paul acould prob
ably obtain advertising enough to pay for
the ,chole s. 900 for three months; for mer-
chants and business men are always
glad to accede to the wishes of those
who represent large bodies Of their
customers; and such an issue, with
our immense and growing subscrip-
tion list, would furnish the best ad-
vertising medium in the world.
Let the good work go on.
P. S.-A movement will be COM
menced, at the same time and place,
to procure the next National Conven-
tion of the Peoples Party for St. Paul.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-04

circulated in your neighborhood, send in
the names of those who ought to have
them. If you want to get up a club see
our clubbing rates in another column.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-12-04
NEW YORK REP UBLICAN VIC
TORIES REALLY DEFEATS.
LOSS $4,000 IN TWO STATES.

The plutocratic papers are making
great fuss over the wonderful Republic
can victories in the elections last week,
but they were very careful not to give
the total vote cast in the various states
If they did it would leave the cat out of
the bag. In only two instances have we
been able to obtain their vote, in New
York and Pennsylvania, the latter being
official.
For comparison we append the Repub-
lican and Demochatic vote in both states
in 1892 and 1895:
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-30
CONSTITUTIONAL OF TH T.
GEAltY LAW.

Since the Supreme Courts decision
on Monday last that the Geary Chinese
Exclusion act was constitutional. the
question Of the deportation of tue Chi
nese in this country, who are not euti
tied to remain, has again come up, and
under the decision Of the court, it ap.
pears that "the Chinaman must CO."
When the Geary act first became a
law that powerful organization known
as Tho Chinese Five Companies, +"
with its millions of money. sought to
stay it's execution. aud at last attacked
its constitutionality, with the above re-
suit. The highest court in the land
having decided the law constitutional,
the presumption is that 1t will DO on
forced.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-30
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TIL; DISPLAY Al IS ISL.


The naval demonstration mt Kiel in
honor OF the opening of the Baltic
canal next month promises to eclipse
any similar demonstration ever wit.
messed IN European waters.
Germany is determined to make the
affair grand success and to that end
every nation OF any consequence has
been invited to send it's ships to partI-
cIpate in the celebration. The United
States will be represented by four of
the finest vessels OF her navy, and in
the matter of tonnage this country
will be third on the list, England being
first and Italy second. The English
fleet will number eight ships and the
Italian nine.
Russia stands fourth on the list of
tonnage, with four ships, Franco and
Spain will send three vessels each,
Austria will have four, Norway and
Sweden three each, Rumanin two. Don
mark two and Portugal and Turkey
one each. Germany will. of course. be
tho largest in the parade, the majority
OF her best ships having already been
ordered to kiel for that purpose.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-30
TaE vtNDIOaTlON OF THE
IIsUyzl.

The VIRGINIAN publishes this morn.
ing letter from Col, John s. Crosby,
written for the reason that he could not
pass unuoticed the comments in yester-
days VIRaINIAN under tho heading of
Confederate Memorial Day." The
NIRaINIAS cannot SEQ anything in the
article in question that Col. Crosby or
any other gallant anu chiNlrous sol.
der of the Federal army can Justly
take exception to. Nothing therein
written was intended to "revive bitter.
ness'of feeling between the North aud
South," nor to engender IN the minds
OF the youth of the South sectional
and disloyal preiudices."
1t was defense OF the Confederate
soldier against the monstrous charge
OF being rebel and traitor. 1t was
intended as yindication OF the truth
of history, that these soldiers OF the
Confederacy fought for q PRINCIPLE
and RIGHT, and surely so good SOL
dier. so gallant man as Col. Crosby
cannot take just exception to this.
In contesting for the establishment
OF this truth OF history, III an effort to
demonstrate to our children, so that
they may impress it upon the minds of
their children, that the Confederate
soldier was not rebel. that he was not
traitor, but that he fought to preserve
the right OF constitutional liberty,
guaranteed by the constitution and
banded down by the fathers of the Re.
public, there Is NO ground for any
break in the platform of Era.
ternity. Charity and Loyalty a"
Truly, as Col. Crosby asserts,
"our strife wac domestic" and
he is right in his conclusion, 'that
all good men who carried a musket or
buekled on sword have not the slight
est desire to treasure its hostillties, "
There is no such desire upon the part
OF the soldiers who fought under
the banner Of the Confederacy
there is certainly none upon the
part OF tho people of the South.
They recognize the verdict settled
at Apprenticeship accepted it
without reservation, and no section of
the country containB to day truer or
more loyal citizons of our glorious Re.
public. They object 10 being classed
as traitors and rebels, and this "mon.
ssrous perversion of the truth" they
feeiit sacred duty to denounce, and
to resolve that history shall vindicate
the Truth.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-30
LETTER FROM COL. j. S. CROSBY
He Comments on The Virginian'
Views on Confederate Memorial

he Comments on The Vrginians
Views on Confederate Memorial
Day,
FORTRESS MONROE, Va, May 60 1895.
Editor OF The Norfolk Virginian.
Your article in to days issue. under
the heading of Confederate Memorial
Day." l cannot pass unnoticed. AS an
officer of the regular army. serving for
many years on the staff of one OF its
most distinguished and gallant gene.
rails, with frequent opportunities of
recognizing the heroism and valor of
tho Southern soldier, as we'll as the
suffering and self denial aud devotion
OF the women of the South during the
war. deeply deploro tue publication
OF anything which may rouse any bit.
terness of feeling between the North
and the South or engender in the
minds of the youths OF the South sec.
tionai aud disloyal prejudices. The
motto of beneiicient and loyal
order OF our soldiers of the Union
army is: FRATERNITY, Charity and
Loyalty" In the spirit of these words
and recollecting that we are now one
country, and that there should no
longer DO dissensions between those
who had honestly learned at their
mothers knees their opinions, whether
the State or the nation was supreme
motherland, the doctrine of State soy.
reignty or national supremacy, re.
spectively, for which the MARTYRS of
two contending armies died in battle.
l would call upon all our ex.soldisrs.
Federal and Confederate, to sanctiiy
(both to-day and Tomorrow Memorial
hv nl
mon graves of American soldiers.
Our strife was purely domestic, and /
am sure that all good men who carried
q musket or buckled on q sword have
not the slightest desire to treasure its
hostilities, as if victory had been won
over foreign foe, alien forever, for it ia
unwise and entirely subversive of the
the great lesson Of war for "a more
perfect Union"
AS the grand sires OF Northern and
Southern men stood shoulder TO
shoulder hundred years ago under
the eye of the great Virginia rebel who
lad no treason In his soul, George
Washington; but the men of Virginia
and the South, forgetting later antnoo
nisms stand side by side to honor the
graves of those over whom ore fac
floats forever. Both armies did their
best and God decided between them.
Both were honestly in earnest. That a
perpetual union cannot be dissolved.
and that the States within thor limited
sphere are sovereign local govern
ments, are the two immortal lessons of
the conflict. We are now nation of
Brethren with one hope, one flag. one
destiny. Let us all reverence the
graves of the American national dead
and let Virginia set the example of
fraternul charity.
JOHN SCHUYLER CRospy.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-30

Statistics show that German soldiers
are far better educated, generally
speaking, than those OF the French
army. Out OF the 253,177 recruits in
corporated in the German army last
year GIT only we're unable to read and
write. about "a per 10, 600, whereas out
of 343, 65l Frenchmen who drew for
tue CONSUMPTION no less than 2,095, or
6l3 per 10000, were similarly litter
ate,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-30
LOOKING UP.

According to the Railroad Gazette,
Che railroad business of the country is
looking up. In the five months OF this
year the total output of the contracting
car building shops exceeds that of tile
whole year OF 1894 by something over
5,UVO cars, and there are orders in hand
aeo boih freight and passenger cars
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-30
Night and Morning,

Low hanging in a cloud of FURNISHED gold.
The sleepy sun lay dreaming
And where, pearl wrought. the orient gate.
unfold,
Wide ocean realms were cleaning
Within the night no rose and stole away
And. like u gem adjoining,
6iazed Ger the sea upon tn, breast of day
And everywhere was morning.
Eugene Field
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-30

Mrs. Lucy Evans, of Independence.
Mo-, is l12 years old. Her father WAS
Captain in the Revolutionary War
and her husband was a veteran in the
war of 1912. Her grandsons were all
soldiers in the civil war.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-30

Money earned by saving
never comes easier. A poor
or inferior article is dear at
any price. The great store
is filled with the best cloth
ing we know how to make
America, which is a positiv
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-30
Entered as seoond-oiass matter.

The idea of n Republican form of
government in Formosa is one of the
most stupeudous Oriental jokes ever
conceived says the Dispatch.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-30

amounting to the sum OF $40. 900 200.
The Gazette says tho business is greatly
on the increase, and in a direction
which promises to continue for some
time yet to come.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-30

The Rome. Ga, Tribune says: The
Augusta Chronicle liz working for q
million dollar hotel for that city. A
good hotel, next to q good newspaper,
is the best advertisement city can
have,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-30

Injudicious buying wastes more
money III the effort to economist in
the wear of shoddy goods than there
is ever possible to save. To pass
those $40 TEN DOLLAR ALL
WOOL. SUPERBLY FINISH
ED SUITS displayed in the Cloth
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-30

ing Window surely means Money
Lost. Nowhere in the land can
these Matchless Suits be duplicated
Skip those Four Dollar Mems In
ported Chcviot and Cashmere
Pants and it means to lose money
every time.