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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
The Results of Demonstration

"The number of suicides in 1894 re-
ported through the daily press was
4,12o, which is doubtless fully 25 per
cent below the actual number. The
record for past years runs as follows:
For 1889, 1924; 1890, 2,64o: 1891, 3.33l;
1892, 1850, and for 1893, AGO. Des-
pOndency and business losses are the
leading causes which lead to suicide.
The most startling increase is shown
in the number Of murders committed
during tho past year, the figures being
$3.50, which is so per cent higher than
last year and double the number re-
ported in any previous year. OF all
this reported list only 179 are claimed
to have been caused by, or incidental
to strikes and labor troubles.
1.-The reported defalcatiOns and the
amount Of money stolen by embeZZlers
reached the sum of $25, 234, liz, which
was three millions above any previous
record, the highest before this being
in 1892.
Doubtless the real number of MUIR
ders and suicides reach total of more
than 10000. Surely the record is one
OF cherries gloom, the darkest in the
history of the country. Yet the dance
Of Shylock goes merilJ on. Belshaz.
zar's feast, with all its gorgeous dis
play, is spread and the guests are too
badly Intoxicated to see the hand
writing on the wall. "-Chicago Ex-
press.
And yet these terrible figures do not
begin to show the sum total of human
misery consequent upon the demoneti-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
Bring Their Guns.

"Seven thousand boys are learning
military drill in the schools of this
city," says the New York Recorder,
and thrice as many are learning loaf
ing and thievery in the streets because
the school board which will pay for
musket and military drill will not fur
nish enough schools to accommodate
children who want to learn to read
Chicago Times.
This editor fails to perceive the
beauty Of this arrangement. The fell
lows who are loafing about the corners
will go to swell the great army of the
unemployed,a and the other fellows, who
have got the guns, will some day shoot
them down.
'Suffer little children to come unto
me, said the Savior of mankind, "but"
(new version), 'let them bring their
guns"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
Divide and CONQUER.

The Morning Call (Dem.) eXults over
the alleged decadence of the Knights
of Labor. 1t says:
'At meeting of the several assem-
blies of the Knights of Labor of the
Pittsburg dis strict, held on Wednesday
last. all Lut three out of some thirty
resolved to withdraw from the parent
organization, and give in their allie
glance to new order recently estab-
lished on non-political lines. All
through the East the movement in
like direction is active, and it is prob
able that ere many months have passed
the knights Of Labor as poeoer IN the
land aoiu haze ceased to eTist'
This lets the cat out of the bag. The
old Knights of Labor was "a power in
the land" the new is to be SO harm
less that the old-party newspapers can
afford to praise it. Tee same system
has been applied to the K. of L. which
ended the patrons of Hus bandry." A
gun that won't shoot, and a labor Or
ganzation that will not vote together
is what is wanted by the Money-power.
"DiYide and conquer" is the maxim
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
Preachers and Parasites.

every preacher who is fred by his
church is an evidence that the world
do move
Reeds old church wouldn't begin
to hold one-third of the crowd that
now goes to hear him.
ALREADY serious difficulty con-
fronts the friends of Mr.. Reed, who
helped him start his new church. The
Broadway theater is the largest audi
forum in the city. Last Sunday a
thousand people failed to get in on &C
count of the jam of humanity eager to
hear the great preacher.
Nothing short of an auditorium
like the Salt Lake Tabernacle will fill
the bill. A larger place must be
found" -Denver Road.
Rev. Myron Reed, of Denver, was
driven out of his church for taking
the side of the common people. The
same class and kind of people that cru
Gifted Christ kicked him out in the
name Of Christ, Now let the people
sustain him.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
Funds for BimetalIiStS.

London. Feb. 25.-''The committee
of the Bimetallic League has resolved
to increase the propagation fund to
100000. The fund has already
reached 100000, which includes several
subscriptions of s. 1000 each"
PShaw 100000! What's that?
$5Oo.0OO. Why the Republicans spent
more than that last fall in Minnesota
alone; and the amount disbursed in
the United States was many millions.
And yet if the Populists had 100000
in Minnesota to pay for Peoples Party
literature we would convert two thirds
of the voters of the state.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
les or get off the earth. There is no
margin foF the thieves in the present
conditions ri
Potatoes and Prosperity.

president Stickney, of the Chicago
Great Westernn railroad, has 1naugur-
ated series OF NEE tings along the
line of his road for the purpose of ad-
vocating a, more scientific and thor
ough method Of farming. He will hold
one or twomeetings in all of the i'm
portant townsealong the line, which
will be addressed by himself and 9TH
ers who have had especial experience
in certain crops, such as potatoes. A
meeting was held here today, and adj
dressed byS. S.uHall, of Minneapolis.
He claims that nearly one hundred
million bushels of potatoes are i'm
ported every year, and that by rota-
tion Of crops and the cultivation Of
potatoes to a greater extent, this de-
ficiency can be made up along the line
of the Great Western road. Mr.. Stick
ney says he called it his gospel of bet
ter farming of smaller farms, and that
it will be preached from one end of the
road to the other. They are travelling
in their special car and making stops
in all the towns, addressing the farm
ers upon the subject.
Whenever disagreement brings
general bankruptcy it is in order to
advise the farmers. The dumb brutes
must be reasoned with. Now the
truth is the grangers are just as
shrewd in their line of business as the
railroad men are in theirs. Every
man is constantly experimenting-he
watches his neighbors and initiates
that which turns out best. If Mr.
Stickney could set all the farmers
along the line of his road raising po-
tatoes extensively they would not be
worth five cents bushel.
Within reasonable limits the potato
business is all right; but it is no cure
for the decentralization of silver, or
the ruinous effects of old party mis-
government
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
Farmers Are Reading,

NEARLY every farmer that calls at
the News office has something to say
about the present Congress. If it
were left with the farming commun-
ity to decide on the merits of the
present incumbents, they would fare
badly. This shows that the farmers
ening to the fact that something
must be done to relieve the people,"
And how can they hope for relief
from the Republican party? Is i: not
tarred with the same stick as the
Democratic party? Look at the re-
cent votes in Congress. Yes; the
farmers are thinking their way out of
both the old parties and into the
ranks of the Populsfs.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
A Nice Family.

New Albany, Ind, Feb. 1s.-Because
his wife allowed her pug dog to kiss
her and would not permit him the
same privilege, Peter Bowman as
Saulted her. Two sons attacked him
with clubs and fractured his skull.
The boys were arrested and placed in
Jail to await the res ult of his injuries,
which are serious.
What pleasant picture of domes tic
bliss! The old woman SOLDERING over
a dirty-mouthed dog; the husband
whacking her; and the dutiful sons
pounding the old man over the head
with clubs. Charming. Bet a six
pence that family do not read Popu-
list papers. When you consider what
a dog will poke his nose into, the kiss
ing of one ought to be sufficient
ground for divorce. And hus band
ought to have as many rights as a
dog, as long as he has the spirit of a
man left
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
All! Indeed! The World Moves.

'"The detection of Mr.. Lind on the
silver question is only one of numer-
GUS instances showing the division in
the Republican ranks on this question.
ut is useless to deny that there
is serious silver split in the Repub-
lIcan party and worse one in the
Democratic party. Unless our curren-
cy system can be adjusted by nom
partisan measure, readjustment Of
party lines seems inevitable, for it is
an issue that will not down at any
mans bidding. "-Minneapolis Trib-
une, Feb. 81.
Really, this is most astonishing. The
cranks, knaves. lunatics, were right it
seems. The money question is the
question after all. Will some gentle
man be kind enough to say a few
words about the tariff? Is there no
one to talk about collars and cuffs and
assafGdita? Nota word about ground
acorns? Or croton oil? Why this sill
ence?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
Bad for the Farmers and the Work
ingmen.

The fact that the trolley is cheaper
than the horse for traction work, and
that the public like it better, is no
longer QueS toned, but none the less
are some figures which come from
Philadelphia of a months operation
of line where a trolley has just re-
placed the horse, of interest. The
45O horses that were formerly used on
the road consumed in a month two
and half tons of hay, two tons of cut
hay, about 5000 pounds of feed and
two tons of straw. This, with shoe.
ing, cost the company about 81 500.
Otfsettlng this, the coal consumed in
the last months working cost only
$3.50, clear saving by the trolley of
IS, 9l5. At this rate it is not difficult
to see why the trolley lines pay such
handsome dividends But there is
Still another item. On an average IS
men were employed around the sta bles
ana II the car sheds in looking after
the 4o) horses. Nearly all of these are
now dispensed with, and the company
saves about 5000 month in ex-
penses. Furthermore, the travel has
Increased about % per cent.
This is all very we'll for the street
railway companies, but bad for the
farmers. There is falling off in de-
mand, in Philadelphia, for $50 horses
and q tons of hay, two tons of straw
and 5000 pounds of feed per month.
And Is stablemen and a lot Of black
have hole in the pantry and vacu-
UNI in their stomachs.
And think of the innumerable.
horses that have been displaced by the
blcycles-thousands upon thousands
or them;-and the millions of tons Of
hay, straw, oats, corn, for which there
is no longer market.
The farmers and workmen will have
to defend themselves against robber-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06

with the price offered him for his hogs,
drove one hundred of them to Boston;
he had terrible time with them; it
took him a week; and when he got to
Boston he had to sell them for the
same price he was offered at home.
A neighbOr who knew the facts slyly
tainted him.
well, said the old gentleman, Bit
terly. II had one consolation"
What was that?"
1 had the society of them ID hogs
for week."
Why Cleveland alone is worth 1910
to any man, as an illustration of the
1nexplicable possibilities of divine
Providence, when it works on bias.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
The Society of the Hogs

The cost of the government under
Jefferson was 60 cents per capita. IN
Ger Cleveland it is 81. Are you there
Recommendations Populist.
But think what an inferior breed of
men we had then. There was Jeffer-
son and Adams, and Patrick Henry
and George Washington. Now we
have Quay and John Sherman, and
Cleveland, and Breckenridge, and
Augustus Belmont and the Roths.
childs. Who will dare say it isn't
worth $6.40 more to have the society
of such men as these?
A Massachusetts, farmer, dissatisfe d
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06

he be allowed to proceed. Other
members kept up the confusion, how
ever, and order was restored, though
Petit still insisted that his motion
was in order. The affair created a
profound sensation on the floor and in
the galleries."
This country is in desperate straits
when such men are elected to make a
peoples laws. And the worst of it is
the bulk of the voters are of the same
kidney. A fountain will not rise
higher than its source.
A new party is needed II for moth
ing else than to reform public
morals, which are now at the lowest
ebb
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
A CHANGE.

With this issue we change the ar
rangement Of matter in THE REPRE-
SENTATIVE. We have concluded that
the assembled thoughts of the bright
thinkers of the world are better than
anything we can say; and SO we resign
the place of honor, the first page, to
such matter. The 81. D." articles
will cease, and we shall speak here
after, as editor Of the paper. upon the
fourth page,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
d Persecution.

An attempt is being made to i'm
Judge Ives. What for? First, he is a
Populist; secondly, he has been too
Jealous in fighting the thugs, gam blers
and rummics. He ought to be hung
A man who in this age tries to repress
evil, or do anything more than draw
his salary, is monstrosity and his
sanity becomes questionable.
1.-THE saloon-keepers and gamblers
can drive Judge Ives off the bench of
Of the district court the people, in
1898, will put him on the Supreme
bench.
Go ahead gentlemen;-there is a
hereafter;-and you are laying up
wrath for the day of wrath.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
WhaI They Want.

Congressman Tom Watson puts it in
a nutshell. He says:
more money" cries the merchant,
the farmer, the labOrer.
'More bonds" answers the Gold
trust.
"More taxes" cries Mr.. Cleveland.
"More soldiers and battle Ships"
cries Congress-"
more DOODLE" cries the Nicaragua
canal senators.
Give us work and Bread" is the
plea of Labor
"Give 'em lead,' is the reply of the
corporations.
Every well put, Thomas. But the
fool people are satisfied, and what
right have the sensible men to COM
plain, since the fools are in the ma
iOrty.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

With local applications, as they can
not reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is blood or constitutional dis
ease, and in order to cure it you must
take internal remedies. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucuous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not
quack medicine. 1t was prescribed by
one Of the best physicians in this coun-
try for years and is regular prescrip-
les known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucuous surfaces. The perfect COM
bination Of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results
in curing Catarrh. Send for tcsti-
monials, free.
+. j. CHENEY s. Co., Props.
Sold by druggists. 75c. Toledo, o.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
Grow Diet.

1.-THE Chicago Journal has histor-
lcal sketch showing that in Germany
in olden times they hanged man in a
cage on high gallows and fed him to
the ravens for debasing the coinage;
but in this country some states send
the advocates of such debasement to
the United States senate. Eek
change.
But the ravens would refuse to eat
a fellow mean enough to so debaSe
mankind at to make them pay two
dollars where they borrowed one. Such
a knave as that would act like ipecac
on the biggest and dirtiest crow in
ChriStendOm.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
TO DEllNOUENTS,

We have struck off number Of de-
linquent subscribers this week and
next week we shall apply the knife
still more freely.
We hope every man will pay up. We
dislike to part with single subscrb
er. Look at the label on your paper
and compare it with the number on
this issue, 81. You don't want to be
exiled out of our great family Of read
ers. We want YOU. Pay up.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
The REPREsENTATIvE cannot print
communications which are written on
both sides Of the paper.
Specializing About the Future.

One Boston minister says: IF you go
down to the gates of hell and it is recorded
that you come from Boston they will say:
Make it hot for MIN, because he comes
from Boston, an intellectual place, where
he ought to have known better" If this
is really true, the only salvation for sin
ming Bostonian is to remove to New York
as quickly as he can, for then when he
dies and goes down to the gates of hell.
York they will say: Give him a cake Of
ice to sit mint julep and a fan, be-
cause he comes from New York, a wicked
place, where he could not resist the curs
rent."-Boston Home Journal
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06

zation of silver and the contraction of
the currency. For every man driven
to suicide or murder thousand suf-
fered the pangs of the damned in sill
ence. and sank down into helpless
wretchedness. For every defaulter
there were hundreds of broken hearts
that sent up their lamentations to the
throne of God.
II these conspirators had each
thousand lives. and each life was con-
sumed by the most dreadful fortunes,
they could not make up 1.-THE of the
sufferings they have cost the human
family. And the end is not yet. When
will it come?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
More Bonds; More Interest.

Upon motion of the author, H. F.
No. e57, Mr.. Douglas, authorizing
town supervisors to issue bonds or Or
dcrs of their respective towns for the
purpose of refunding outstanding
bonds of said town and regulating the
issue and providing payment thereof,
mously passed.
Go little slow gentlemen. The
banking class clamor for more bonds,
and more interest. They will help to
create the debts if they can only put
them into the shape of interest-bear-
ing securities, and make the whole
people work while they loaf.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
Wells Will Have a New Mill.

Wells, Mimi, Feb. 27.-The Farm
ers Cooperative Milling Company, or
ganized here today with capital of
$4,000. They will build a 2VO-barrel
fiouring-mill here at once. There will
be 800 stockholders.
That's right. Help yourselves. No
one else will.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
county commissioners.

county commissioners.
Making building and loan associa-
tions subject to usurY laws.
Regulating naming Of banking and
trust companies.
Directing county auditors to levy
tax to pay maturing obligations.
For creation of new counties.
To fix maximum rates.
To confer powers on villages in re-
latiOn to water works.
To confirm village contracts, etc.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06

ut is announced that the khedive
Of Egypt has married his favorite
slave. The khedive isn't smart, or he
would have sent over and procured an
American heiress."
He married the slave because she
bore him child. II he had married
"the American heiress" the outcome
would probably have been a divorce
Suit
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
SPECIAL NOTICE.

We will not be responsible for re-
mittances that are not addressed to
THE REPRESENTATIVE, 306 Boston
Block, Minneapolis, MIMI
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
Getting at the Facts,

''The cheer III old party liars repeat
their weekly joke about the Populists
dying out.
It makes us smile.
This is how they are dying out:
In the election last fall the Repub-
iicans lost 20 per cent of their vote
when compared with the vote Of 1892.
The Democrats lost over IS per cent.
The Populists gained 95 per cent.
How do you like it?
This is the way it looks on paper:
Republican loss p per cent looks like this:
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06

The Populisten and the REPREsEN-
TAT1vE for $l.25 per year.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
he Populists are satitied-Kansas

The Populists are satitied-Kansas
Populist.
The trouble is the old-party liars are
so pernicious and so prepotent that it
takes about six months before the
facts reach the people-and many peo-
pie never get them. They don't want
them
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-06
Populst GAIN of 95 per cent like this;

Democratic loss 35 per cent l
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-10-16
Prosperous ArLANrA.

kelse Davis returned SATURDAY.
evening from an extended visit al
Atlanta. lie Is highly eiated al
the good prospects for his former
home and SAYS It would fiji a whole
page II the BULLETS 10 tell "a the
meritorious works now going on in
and near Atlanta. The Tahoma,
Big Lode. Petit, Tins, Curtis and
Hard-limes mines are oil showing
good bodies 81 rich ore. as we'll a.
the Atlanta Gold and Silver CONSOLE
dated mines, which are ably man
aged by Col. Geo. A. Williams. who
Is now employing about 50 men in
the mine, building mill and getting
In timbers for winter use Mr..
Davis resided in Atlanta for 20
wears, has witnessed its prosperity
and adversely aud has Always con-
tended that il is the biggest and
best gold mining district in Idaho,
and feels confident that this convis-
tion will be fully verified BY the
good work Of Col Williams and
others before the ides 1T ANOTHER
summer have heea reached. Re
Gently Steve 0glesby and John
Goodyear struck a big and rich ledge
of gold ore adjoining the Big Lode
on the west. They are now sinking
a shaft for the better working Of
this mine and will devote the COM
ing winter TO putting ii in shape for
a big output in the early spring
Mr.. Davis will return to Atlanta
tomorrow.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-10-16

Saturdays Statesman gives the
names of n good mining properties
now being worked in Neal district.
and mors than the general public
had any idea d. We copy the fol-
lowing:
Homeslake--Charles Balhach &
Co. This property 10 the oldest To-
cation in the district. Arthur Neal
sold il 70 K. ?. Pl0wman. who after
doing considerable development and
constructing a lO-stamp mill. sold
20 Charles Balbach Il Co. Air.
Balbach states he Is running the
mill ~ hours a day, ia milling from
) 10 10 tons Of ore daily. He en-
ploys IS men all told. Develop
ment work Al the mine consists Of
tunnel, drifts and upraises, about
1900 feet in all. The ore has gem
orally averaged from SIC 10 SIC per
ton. The width Of the ledge aver
ages between 4 and 5 feet. In the
lower level some very rich sulphur
cts, which average si56 per ton.
have been encountered and are con-
tinning good with depth. The mine
will be operated all winter. Mr..
BaIbach states the output Of the
Homestaks for the past IL months
has been S51. 900.
The Hidden Treasure-Amos Lee,
Commodore jackson, Dan Hill and
others. Developed By TOO feet oI
tunnelling; working on the ledge l00
feet deep; IA men Employed mill
ing six tons per day at the Ainslie
mill; ore averages $33 per ton. The
pay streak is 7 feet wide and il ap-
parently growing base with depth
one seam about IA inches wide car.
ries sulphurets which assay $257
per ton. The base ore is being
sorted preparatory TO shipment east
This mine has been a paving prop.
erty from the start. Ii has never
run a dollar behind and has paid
for running q 4O0-foot tunnel, max.
ing roads, constructing boarding
houses and paying rental Of SIC
per day for the Ainslie 5-stamp
mill. 1t paid $1,000 dividend on
Al days run.
Sunbeam-C0rder and Williams
100-foot tunnel; have taken out 10
tons Of ore which milled $50 per
ton. The ledge is strong and car
ries some base ore and is growing
better with depth.
Sunshine-Corder and Williams
tunnel in 200 feet; now have fiys
tons Of ore on hand which il il esti
mated will 60 $50 per ton; two met
employed; development work viii
be continued all winter.
Ella Hill Amos Lee and Oar
Hill; 800 feet Of tunnel; 80 tons D
ore milled returned s22 per ton
John Hague has leased this prop
ertv and viii work small force o
men this winter.