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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-12
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Justice Shiras had voted as he did on the
first hearing the law would have been
sustained.
The people at large will bow to this
decision as they habitually do to all the
DEGREES Of their highest courts. But they
will not accept law as justice. No die
tum or decision of any court can make
wrong right And it is not right that
the entire cost of the federal government
shall rest upon consumption. 1t Is not
right that wealth shall pay no more than
poverty towards the support of the ma
tional administration. Justice requires
that there shall be at least an approx
mate equality of sacrifice at the basis Of
taxation. Equity demands that citizens
shall contribute to the support of gov
eminent with some regard to benefits re-
ceived and ability to pay.
These just and democratic principles
are violated when a man worth 0,000,-
600 pays no more in gross than the man
who is worth 100000, or when the man
with an income of $1,000 is called upon
for substantially the same amount as the
man with an income Of 100000.
The Supreme Court has said by ma
GRITTY of one that this just equality can
not be in any degree secured under the
income-tax law passed by the last con-
gress. The decision leaves it doubtful
if any income tax can stand before the
court as it is now constituted that Is not
apportioned among the states In accord
| ance with an obsolete provision as to
population which was adopted as one Of
the compromises with slavery.
Such law would be too unequal to be
considered. But a way will be found
and the jubilant plutocrats and smiling
taX-dodgers may as we'll prepare for It
way will be found to revoke what JUS
tice Brown well calls this "SURREN-
DER OF THE TAXING POWER TO
THE MONEYED CLASS" This coun-
try will not, again in the indignant
words of the dissenting judge, consent
to THE SUBMERGENCE OF THE
LIBERTIES OF THE PEOPLE IN A
SORDID DESPOTIsM OF WEALTH"
In a republic there is a peaceful rem
edy for every political wrong. If the
next congress shall not remedy the in
justice of the existing taxation the peo-
pie can elect congress that will. II
the Supreme Court shall again stand In
the way the people can elect a President
who will appoint somebody besides COR
poration attorneys to the bench. II the
Constitution really prevents equal and
Just taxation the people can amend their
Constitution.
And they will This great democracy
is not to be converted by legal hair split
ting into plutocracy. In the long run
men are mightier than money. The Re
public stands for justice, and In the end
Justice will prevail.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-12
THE BATTLE OF THE BUGS.

Old party gold and silver bugs pretend
they don't agree,
But It's the same old game of bunco they
played in '73,
When the bankers had the parties, poll
ticians had the f1ops;
1t may catch the verdent suckers but it
will not fool the Pops.
The goldbugs say silver Is debased and
quite unsOund,
That for money Of redemption something
honest CO must be found.
Gold measures all values-labor, land and
crops,
But the masses don't believe it, for they
mostly now are Pops.
Free silver (D men like voorhees,, Crisp and
demagogueS for pie,
Now howl for silver coinage. as a reason
why
They say silver fixes prices and makes
trade and business hop;
''Your words and records disagree" says
the naeddling, cranky Pop.
And thus they argue. rant and roar, these
silver bugs and gold,
IT'S a sham old party battle that the
masses may be fooled;
But robbery of the people! All! 1t never,
never stops,
And never viii until the land ia governed
by the Pops.
Southern Mercury.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-12

ABOLISH THE CONSTITUTION, RE-
MONETIZE SILVER, DAMN ENGLAND
AND BUY THE RAILROADS"
To the Editor:
Can any one state good reason why
the constitution of the United States
should not be abolished, using in it's
place the referendum? This would cur
tail the powers of the nine men who call
black white, or white black, to please the
rich, as they did in the recent income
tax decision. What a majority of the
people want is good, or they will soon
repeal 1t. What the corporation, the mo-
nopoly, the banker, or the rich man
wants is for his good and while it may
be good for them, it is poison to us.
Nevertheless, if the constitution, is to
stand, just watch while the constitu-
tlonality Of the per cent tax on state
banks, the S1.10 tax on each gallon of
whisky, the six cents tax on a pound of
TOBACCO, the government license on va
rlous liquors, ETC., is tried and going by
the recent precedent they must be I'M
constitutional, as they are not appor-
toned as to the number of representa-
tives.
Chaos is plainly visible. There will
soon be chance for another Macauley
to write ''The Rise and Fall of the Amer
lean Republic" One more section of
links in the chain has been forged, an
other series of reasons why this nation
should be a monarchy, while we must
chose between freedom or anarchy. The
folds are Tightening, and unless some
thing is done at once, our nation will be
strangled in the embrace of the serpent
OF corporate greed. Abolish the consti-
tuition, remonetize silver, damn England,
buy the railroads, etc., tax foreign invest
ments, substitute steamship lines, and
adopt system of graduated direct tax
alton with homestead exemption
Read the speech of Patrick Henry,
where he cried for liberty or death; read
the Declaration Of independence; read
the History of the Revolution; read the
plutocratic papers and Coins Financial
School, and vote for your choice, liberty
through the ballot box, or after short
time of the present system be compelled
in self-defense to appeal to the Supreme
Court Of the cartridge box, where you
will stand better chance of rope than
of freedom, for it will be too late
E. F. ATWOOD.
Simpson. MINI.
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FRIENDLY WORDS,

FROM A LEADING REFORMER--wHAT
THE PRESIDENT OF THE OTTER
TAIL COUNTY FARMERS ALLIANCE
THINKS OF THE REPRESENTA-
TIVE"
To the Editor
Enclosed find one dollar to apply upon
my subscription to one of the best pa
pers published. l am in need of many
things that money will buy, and must
regulate my demands in accordance
with the funds that is under my con-
troll, and while many commodities Of
former usefulness have been discarded
in hewing to the line of strict economy,
yet to knife the papers that are loyal
to the peoples interest, with the view
Of purchasing more palatable food for
the body would end in the starvation
of the brain, degeneration of man to
menkeydom and the utilizing of the
ballot to the sweetening of crimes to
gain party Victories. Yours in the
cause, H. L. BURGESS.
Amor, Mimi, May 20.
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A REVIEW OF CARLYLE.
n SOME GOOD POINTS.
A. -


10 the Editor
In reading Secretary Carlisles recent
speech at Covington, KY, on finance,
am reminded of a dialogue that took
place, on the Common in Boston. be-
tween some British officers. and one
Brother Jonathan. The dialogue was in
regard to shooting at a target, the red
coats, and Jonathan's father'sAgun Most
Americans remember reading it, as it
composed part of one of the school
readers when Carlisle, the editor, and
myself were boys.
wish to ask Mr.. Carlisle to come to
Minnesota and spend few weeks with
the farmers and he will learn the "finan-
cial necromancy" for which he asks; he
can see enough in that time to satisfy
the most stupid Of minds that the price
Of labor's products are raised and low
cred by legislation. Call it financial
necromancy" or what you will. Car
isles fears are that if free coinage
should come about all the silver in the
world would seek our minis to be coined
into American dollars, and so receive the
stamp which makes it money. This
would be huge joke on the other gov
ernments; 1t would tend to make change
terribly scarce with them. He says:
But Of course great country like this,
rich In natural resources, would ulti-
mately recover, In some measure from
even such disaster"
guess 1t would. Again he says: eff
q man who has borrowed thousand dol
lars In gold or its equivalent and has
promised to pay it, in the standard mon
ey recognized by law at date of contract,
believes that 1t would be just and hon
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-12
THE ESCAPE OF WEALTH.
New York World. May 2O)

New YORK WORLD May LO)
The overthrow of the income tax is
the triumph of selfishness over patriot
ism. It is another victory of greed over
need. Great and rich corporations, by
hiring the ablest lawyers in the land and
fighting against petty tax upon super
fluffy as other men have fought for their
liberties and their lives, have secured
the EXEMPTION OF WEALTH from
paying its just share towards the sup
port of the government that protects it.
In accomplishing this they have OBJ
tanned from the Supreme Court reversal
of it's decisions for thirty years past
More than that, they have persuaded one
of the judges to reconsider and reverse
his own opinion of a month ago. If
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Alden, May 30, 1895.
A SENSIBLE LETTER.

THE MONEY QUESTION ILLUSTRATED
BY THE WHEAT QUESTION.
To the Editor:
1t is wonderful how mems minds will
wander, especially on speculative sub
jects. For instance, the goldbug tells us
that it makes no difference in the supply
of money, if we had the free coinage Of
silver, as we have all the money we need
now and it would only be nuisance or
encumbrance to- business, being unnec-
essary; as we do not do all our business
now as we used to do by money; but by
giving our checks, and do business just
as we'll as if we had the money.
q But the allwise Ruler gives us all an
object lesson by visiting the winter wheat
region with a cold wave, accompanied
by heavy frost. Instantly the Spectator
is at work, and the price of wheat ad-
vances steadily, and nearly one-third
more money than before is required to
buy bushel of wheat and there is no
danger apparent of any community suf-
fering from starvation; but the specula-
tor sees possibility of creating a corner
in the wheat market and he is DESTROYS
Of making gain without laboring for it;
and he starts in to win if possible. No
sane man, two months ago, would have
offered the price now paid for wheat
but since the winter wheat Is gone out
Of the market he is very we'll pleased to
get possession oft at any price, knowing
that they. who buy it back in -four will
have to pay the advance; as the Millers'
Association, or trust, is not known to be
charitable organization for the benefit
of the poor.
Now If the destruction of the winter
wheat advances the price Of spring wheat
and winter wheat that may have escaped
the frost, does it not seem possible, in a
similar way, that the demonetizing of
silver increases the value or uses of gold,
in proportion to the amount of silver
formerly used as money? And, if So,
would 1t not be as proper for the fifty
fourth congress to pass law prohibiting
the use of winter wheat, as food pro-
duct excepting for hogs, as it was to
debar silver of its uses in money value ?
This may seem strange logic; but I
have no bitterness towards the farmers
who raise winter wheat, as l have done
it myself; but l want them to use their
votes to raise silver to its proper place
and then we will get just as much for
our wheat as now, and maybe a little
more, as the Spectator won't be in it so
strong as now. n4
ENoI1
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-12
WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A POP.

If you favor public robbery for the interest
of the few
If you want the banks to tell the people
what they all must do,
If you would he the under dog and to Wall
street music hop,
You'd better stay right where you're at
you wouldn't make Pop.
If you favor debt and misery forever with
out end,
If for Cleveland's endless golden chain you
earnestly contend.
If mossback in politics, without sense
enough to flop,
You're in bondage to the money power and
Wouldn't make a Pop.
II you believe with Cleveland that credit
comes by debt,
If you advocate gold standard and for
bonds you fume and fret,
If you cringe before the money lords, sell
your vote for pie or sop,
You're not the right material out Of which
to make Pop.
The times now call for heroes-honest,
brave and true,
Patriots like the fathers who pulled Column
bia through,
Men who are right and full Of fight from
bottom UP to top,
Such is the grade of human goods from
which to make a Pop.
Southern Mercury.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-12
SHARP POINTS.
A PERTINENT ANSWER,

PERTINENT ANSWER.
To the Editor
late issue of the Tribune calls upon
the Hon. M. N. Johnson, of North Da-
kota, to explain his reversal of the
position he has heretofore occupied" on
the silver coinage question,
Topped from the gold unit to that of
silver,-16 to l.
If not impertinent, let me ask this
paper to explain it's marked transmog-
rification from 16 to l in silver to the
gold standard.
1t was rusty, nasty, censurable and
diabolical breach Of the amenities of pot
house stignette, for the bombast kettle
to rear up on its hind pedestals and de-
family hurl the charge against the poor
pot that it was of African lineage.
w. w.
P. S.-A little jog on Carlisle to step
up to the captains Office and explain hts
flop might be in order. w.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-12
PAPER AND SILVER AND GOLD.

There's power controlling US now,
Sending grief and distress through the
land;
Down before it our Presidents bow,
And our judges are at its command.
o sxz~sxss a..,~4 slssA .Asz-..Aa--.-
If the courts do not lie,
Then the poor people pay all the tax;
If the courts do not lie
All our laws in their hands are like wax
It cuts the old parties in two,
Has the leaders Of both ION the string. -
REED, sherman and Grover c. too.
All bound by the single" gold ring.
Refrain.
T3 %ge will Gh s;vs by y and BY VII, o,a
They will change by and by
When we've paper, and silver and gold.
1t furnises parties their creed.
1t is selfish and cruel and cold,
It's congenial vocation is greed;
This power despotic is gold.
Refrain.
In the sweet by and by.
When our money shall be as of old;
In the sweet by and by,
Well have paper. and silver. and gold.
King G., and his partner in vice,
Sold our bonds fifty millions abroad
And It's whispered a generous slice.
Was his share Of this villainous fraud
BUY my bonds? buy and buy,
And lost confidence I will restore.
Buy my bonds? buy and buy,
And I'll give you an option on more"
Don't it seem, that the late secret DEAL
When the gold bugs dictated the loan,
Was q useless, and tratorous steal,
Which the people will never condone?
Refrain.
They believe in Sound Money" as taught,
By our Jefferson, Lincoln. and Blaine.
But the Shylocks, and Grover do not;
And that's why the people complain.
Refrain.
In the sweet by and by.
When Americans stand up like men;
In the sweet by and by;
Then this nation will prosper again.
There are patriots starving for bread,
Because of this cruel combine;
And if traitors remain at it's head,
The nation will surely decline.
Refrain.
Let Americans try for awhile,
A system Of money their own;
And If foreigners don't like the style,
Let them ''git" and we'll go 1t alone.
Refrain.
In the sweet by and by,
With q spstem of money our own.
In the sweet by and by;
Pilgrim"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-12
APPRECIATED.

The President of the State Alliance
sends in the following warm words of
praise in private letter:
"The Representative is a hummer
Wish every man that can read was OBJ
liged to, read it through every week. If
every voter in Minnesota read it the old
parties could not get men enough in
their ranks for corporal's guard. Very
truly yours, J. I. VERMILYA.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-12
GRAND POPULIST PICNIC.

IN BLUE EARTH COUNTY, JULY 4.
To the Editor
Please give notice in the REPREsEN-
TAT1vE that the Populists Of Blue
Earth county are making arrange
July celebration at Garden CITY. and
that Hon. L. G. Long will deliver the
principal address, Other address, s
will be made by local speakers. Re-
spectfully, A. M. MORRISON,
Editor Mankato Journal.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-12
HOUSES IN BOULDERS.

At Tebessa, in Algeria, near the
Tunis frontier strange megalithic viii
lage has been discovered. At the foot of
a shell limestone cliff half mile from
the phosphate mines, are many large
boulders, from IS to 40 feet in circum-
ference, which have fallen from the
cliff These were followed out into
rooms of about seven feet square, and
opening cut in the rock for windows and
doors. AS megalithic tombs, large
slabs supported on upright stones are
near by, it is probable that these little
rooms were used as dwellings, and not
as burial places
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-12

this robbery and oppression has been
caused in this country by the burning up
OF the greenbacks land issuing interest
bearing bonds. But remember the Re-
publican leaders assure JUS that mort
cages prove prosperity. So they do, but
who for.-the money loaner or the home
owner? 1t is easy to answer this ques-
ton. w. SHENTON.
Big Lake, Sherburne Co., Mimi, June
Bird.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-12
WHAT RI1RNS DID

"It was in Perth" traveller writes.
"that, puzzlng over grimy statute, I
was accosted by barefooted newsboy,
with a rancous cry of 'Hair-r-ald.
Glasgow Hair-r-ald!' I'll take one
quoth 1. If you'll tell me whose statue
that u.s. IT'S Rabbie Burns replied he.
on the nail. Thank you,' said I, taking
the paper. And what did he do to de-
serve the statue? My newsboy scratched
his head. Perceiving his embarrassment,
a party Of his friends down the street
called out in stentOrian chorus, Ay, t II
Rabbie Burns But what did he do to
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-12
DEMAND FOR THE GREATEST WORK EVER
WRITTEN ON THE SILVER QUESTION.
OOCdl1cQ q Full =
Admirable Book.

Superh!y Illustrated All Through-With Designs
Inspired by the Author and Drawn by Our Own Artists.
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FORCIBLE.

Cannon Falls, MINI.
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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-15

POMONA, n. j., Aug. 15-Fierce forest
fires which have been raging since s
o'clock Tuesday morning in this vicinity
are doing much damage along the Brigan-
tine Beach rnilroad. Already about 100
acres of woodland have been burned. and
the flames are steadily gaining headway.
The fire is rapidly extending towards Alb
secom. Forces of men have been trench
ing for thirty-six hours, trying to check
the flames and prevent their reaching the
dwelling houses, but with little success,
and it is feared that nothing short of q
heavy rain will save their homes The
origin of the fire is unknown, but it is
thought to have been caused by buckle.
berry pickers.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-15

CHESTER, Pa, Aug. l5.-A Baltimore
and Ohio engine running on the old Lei
per quarry road crashed into a trolley
car on the Chester and Darby line, SER
iously injuring half a dozen persons and
slightly injuring several others. The in
jured are: Mrs. Rose Bloechlinger, ex,
tensive lacerated wound below the knee;
Marion 5. Kenny, both legs badly bruised
j. J. Wilt, right leg fractured William
Friel, leg fractured; Mrs. Friel, right leg
badly cut; their 1O-year-old daughter leg
fractured, and their son cut by flying
glass All reside in Philadelphia.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-15

NoRRIsTowN, Pa, Aug. 15.-Thomas
Hovenden, the artist, and Bessie Prefer, d
lO-year-old girl, were Instantly killed by n
train at the grade crossing of the Trenton
cut off at the Germantown pike last night,
Hovenden, who lived in Plymouth town
ship, was returning to his home from
Norristown on the trolley line of the
Chestnut Hill and Norristown road. At
the cut off the trolley cars are not permit
TED to cross the tracks, and passengers are
obliged to chan-e cars and cross on foot.
AS Mr.. Hovcndon was doing SO he saw
the litle girl on the track and train ap-
preaching He seized the child and pulled
her on to the other track, where light
engine dashed along and killed both
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-15
Evening Herald
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1895.
THE CHINESE oUTRAGEs.

The condition of the American and English
missionaries in the interior Of China is very
preearious. The rebels known as Vcgetarans
seem to be beyond the control of the governor
of the province or that official is in sympathy
with them in their determination to ex-
terminate all foreigners. The hold of the
Central government at Peking appears to be
very loose, and although promises to punish
the offenders will no doubt be made in reply
to the representations made by the American
and English ministers it is questionable if
the punishments decreed can be executed,
and our government will be powerless to do
more than exact monetary indemnity. We
have a feet of good warships in Chinese
waters capable of utterly destroying any
seaport they have, but the wisdom of punish
ing lot of innocent people who are ignorant
of the cause of their punishment is open to
serious doubt, more especially so as the per-
petratOrs of the outrages are in rebellion
against the government Of the country. 1t
would also be a violation Of the usages Of
nations. If the Perlling government is
powerless, it would promptly settle the trouble
if the mandarin governing the province were
taken in hand by Ministers Denly and
O'Connor, backed by their respective fleets.
This means of settling the affair has been
suggested and appears to be the only feasible
one so far as the powerlessness Of the Chinese
government since its disastrous encounter
with Japan is apparent to all.
We cannot, however, butadmire the courage
of the Christian men and women who, in the
face of such dangers, take their lives in theiI
hands in their heroic efforts to serve theil
Master in attempting to bring the religion Of
Christ to these followers of Buddba, and We
trust some means of insuring them protec
tion viii speedily be found.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-15

New YORK, Aug 15.-Detective Ser
geant Lawrence Delehanty, of Brooklyn
who went to Boston to get two men sup
posed to be the thieves who enticed Dr.
Drury, of that city, into vacant house
and then robbed him, got back yesterday,
but brought only one prisoner with him.
The other man made his escape jumping
off the Fall River line boat Puritan at
Newport, and his absence not being no.
ticed until some time after. The man
who got away was Edward Warren Ball,
80 years old. The one who did not escape
is Samuel b. Ryls, of Philadelphia.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-08-15
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

Myron McHenry, owner of John r.
Gentry, issues 5000 challenge to any
PAGER in the world.
George Roby, 24-year-old Chicago the
osophy enthusiast, drowned himself to SET
if there was anything beyond.
A plot to murder the chief warden OF
the Toulon (France) maritime prison was
unearthed by the prison officials.
Frank Sweet, a Chicago janitor fatally
shot Mrs. Alice Burr and then committed
suicide last night. Cause, jealousy.
The exploding boiler of a threshing en-
gine near Oakland, l. n, killed viii
Craft Leon Wood and "Pinkey' Wood
The queens speech was read in the
British house of commons today IL is
briefer, more formal and more devoid OF
novelty than usual. 1t does not promise
any specific bills.