The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-30
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| of maintaining a gold reserve seems
to be to pour in at the spigot while
leaving the bung-hole open.
National Reformer: The difference
between the ancient and the modern
robber is that the ancient robber was
courageous and did his work openly,
while the modern robber steals by ma
chinery and is a coward.
Coming Nation: Capitalists are not
afraid of guns in the hands Of people
too ignorant to vote themselves into
power. But capitalists are afraid of
ideas in the heads of the people.
Denver Road: The President is lame
in one foot-but his party has neither
sound leg nor a level head. Its
mouth seems to be the only organ that
is sound and in fine working order.
Coming Nation: The recent bril-
liant successes of the bookkeeping
| method Of stealing money from banks
leaves the train-robbing business with
no charms except for those who are
fond of display.
Gibson (Ga.) Banner: A gold bug is
a gold bug for the same reason that a
bed bug is bed bug-for what he can
draw out of the people.
Chicago Times: The gold reserve is
down to 81 100000, and Wall street
bankers are beginning to feel patriotic
again.
Anoka Union Rep.): Ye Gods, what
political ring. Nelson. senator:
Clough, governor: Day, president
pro TEN Of the senate: and John Good
now, d. M. Sabin, T. E. Byrnes. TamS
BiXby, G. NJ. Buchanan, II. f. Brown,
consulting board. Holy Moses. Honest
politicians may we'll weep.
Norman County Herald: In the last
two Republican state conventions the
Minneapolis delegation gave Dave
Clough solid vote for lieutenant
governor And during the last month
the Minneapolis daily papers have
been unanimous in declaring the same
Dave unfit to hold office.
Moorhead News (Rep.): 1t seems to
be growing harder and harder for men
who labor to earn living. Monday
morning last the Carnegie steel works
at Homestead. Pa. summarily dis
charged 100 men because they attend
ed workingmen's meeting the Sun
day before. Wednesday the Great
Northern laid off % men employed in
it's shops at ST. Cloud; and so the field
Of employment is contracting all over
the country, but millions are squan-
dered in the election of United States
senators.
Duluth Commonwealth: The fair
est tax in Minnesota is one that is not
tax at all, the lease of state mineral
lands. If the same principle was ap-
piled to all property that has special
value from location or mineral wealth
no one would be defrauded by it, and
the relief to business and agriculture
would be incalculable.
Oakland (Cal.) Industry: There are
those who talk about settling the in
dustrial question with guns. Don't
do it, boys. If you arm the working
ingman and he uses his gun after the
manner in which he generally uses his
ballot, will be aimed the wrong way
and result in suicide.
Lebanon Qkan.) Journal: The labor
ing men should not complain, but
work on and starye in brave silence
and vote the old party tickets. The
great danger to labOring men of get
ting hold Of dollar that isn't good in
"Yurrup'' still exists.
Macon (Mo.) Forum: The wolves
used to infest the West almost exclus-
lively but they are now gathering in
the East. One eighth Of New York is
owned by III individuals and estates.
Helena News: If reports have any
foundation, then it is certain that the
Northern Pacific road and the Ana
conda Mining and Smelling company
each have a representative in the
United States senate from Montana,
and that the people will have to wait
all of four years before they can be
represented by a senator. 1t is COM
ing, however, and the people are sure
to elect the next senators from this
state.
Waseca Herald: An old Republican
friend with whom we acted many
years ago writes: cit is easy to find
fault and tear down, but not so easy
to build anew. What is your plan out
of our financial troubles?" Our plan
is to retrace our steps; go back to the
laws of the days of our prosperity in
1872 and re-enact the laws which
gave US free and unlimited coinage of
Silver, and also the green back as it
now is. In addition to that we would
amend the law SO as to make the green
back a legal tender for all purposes.
We would also stop all further issues
of hunds and bank bills and make pre-