The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-08

| 90 not include the social scum" that
dangerous class the bribed tool of the
capitalistic and middle class-used fire.
| quently by them t. preserve ORDER" as
was seen in tbs Homestead strike lis
"Pinkertons" --later OH as United
States marshais' and deputy sher;tfs''
at Bull Hill. Colorado and Chicago, Ill.
This class is always ready for mischief
and to fish in troubled waters
| In conclusion ] repeat that the wage
Garner has never sworn fealty to the
Peoples party, and ii not therefore.
traitor to that organization.
1t is not his party.
WILLIAM DYE,
Denver, Col.
A PEss1MlsTIC LETTER.
To the Editor:
| Waterman. what of the night?
| Will day ever break, until the sun
shall rise, shedding rays of blood?
| Is it possible for the Peoples Party to
obtain political control by maJorities or
pluralities, OF the political situation, in
1896?
Let me briefly take look at the out
look
| First-So long as the Democratic par
ty has president installed at Washing
ton, so long that party will maintain a
national organization rejecting the po-
| litical views of it's chief. Postmasters,
custom house retainers, federal judges
and their army Of marshals, L. S. court
commissioners, foreign ministers, con-
suls and no end of rag-tag and bob-tails
who hang upon their skirts and pick up
the crumbs which fall from official Ia
bles loaded with viands stolen from the
common herd.
| These fellows will steal the organiza-
| ton of their national convention, die
tate catching and fraudulent platform,
! and put their man upon it for the presi-
Dental race.
Will he win? AS against Republican
candidate, the South will repeat it's
solidity as Democratic unit. A Repub-
lican president is, to the South, what
red flag is to a rampant bull. The cleo
| ton machinery is in the hands of the
leaders, and, in spite of boilers and
"niggers," they will count in their DEM
ocratic electors, congressman and state
| officials. This rule, at presidential cleo
tions, is stare decisis.
| You may make your own computation
on the remaining states of the Union.
| Democrats have in the reasonably solid
South LAG electoral votes to start with
| At the last presidential election, we had
421 electoral votes,-this number will be
| slightly increased in 1896, by the admis-
sion of one or two small states.
| "A fn ho
It's national convention will declare for
honest money! cant term which
stinks in the nostrils of honest men. 1t
contains nasty slur on set of men
who years ago sounded the alarm bell,
| and have honestly sought to return to
| sound financial principles. But let that
| go.
The Republican party is jubilant and
| powerful. I do not think it has much
to fear from the Cleveland wing. That
:. wing holds the command, and in New
England, New York, Pennsylvania and
Indiana, We may look for fusion with
| the Republicans. We had sample of
this at the late election in this state,
when 10000 Democrats bolted their
| ticket, and voted for Nelson. The Re-
publicans, too, will be supported by every
monopoly in the Unite States; by every
|
metropolitan papers. and - a horde of
state. COUNTY and municipal bummers.
It's chances with the unthinking herd
of voters is fearful. Money will be Law
ished with amazing Icodigality. Pro-
tect!oinsts will swing the cat o. nine
tails over the backs OF their millions Of
serfs. The John Sherman drove of dew
| lis will swarm in our great manufacture
leg districts. Ward politicians will
mairci: their serfs, gathered from houses
of prostitution, liquor resorts, gambling
| dens. pool rooms and all other haunts
Of vice, and these. supplemented by
tramps, psalm-singing deacons Of the
church and chorister, will swell the
ballot box to repletion with Republican
votes. Already they have assured VIC
tory, and that assurance is half the bat
tie.
| Third-The PEOPLES Party,-what of
it? The question is sickening Without
any formidable organization east OF the
Mississippi, no money, no access tc the
treasury for fees OF office,--the great
metropolitan papers the organs OF the
| plutocrats.-th country flooded with
| libels on their declaration of principles
| and purposes, their leaders and papers
lampooned and caricstured on every bull
letin board and fence -rost--the masses
| o! how indifferent, ignorant and stupid,
bound in the withes of party,--where
is there ray of hope for success? I
cannot see it. Enthusiasts may have
hope, but they are doomed to disappoint-
| ment.
With defeat in 1896 the battle at the
ballot box is forever ended. The pluto
Gratis never will relax their grip upon
the public throat. They have the money.
the wealth OF the country, the standing
army, the national guard and the navy.
and a vast horde OK debtors in their
| grasp. Those fellows, in the worlds
history, were never known to make vol
untary concessions to their yassals.
King John resisted the barons in their
demand for bill of rights until they
stood MIN up to his neck In the mud OF
the marshes at Runnymeade.
God save the republic, for man is i'm
| potent to do it.
+ Respectfully,
VIM. WEIGH.
Minneapolis, April, 1895.
I - GOOD WORDS