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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-13
IMPORTANT.
A CLEAR STATEMENT
English Admissions AS to the Ef-
feet of Free.Silver.

The London "Statist," one of the
leading financial journals of the
world. makes some very significant ad-
missions, as to the effect of free silver
coinage and silver basis upon the
people of the United States. The pa
per is gOld-bug, of course, and takes
Mr.. Cleveland's part; but then it goes
on to say:
eff gold is demonetized it is perfect
ly clear that there will be a greater
transfer Of property from the capital
ist and lending classes to the produc-
ing and borrowing classes. This would
be Of immense advantage to the west
and south and would prove a serious
loss to the eastern states and to Eu-
rope.
or course, great country like the
United States adopting a silver stand
ard would have great influence on the
whole Of the world, silver would un-
dOubtly rise, but it would be long be-
fore it reached 80 pence. The great
reduction of debts all over the United
States by fall to silver would give
the farming and producing classes
generally sense of freedom and pros
perity which they have not had for
many years and would probably give
great stimulus to production. If sill
yer did not rise much for while
American wheat, cotton, pork, ETC.,
would compete with the produce Of
OJher countries at very great advan-
tage, and there would be proba bly,
very rapid and great growth of ex-
ports and the beginning of an era of
great prosperity.
On the other hand, the lending and
creditor classes would suffer, but their
losses would not affect production to
anything like the same extent as the
gains of the debtors and producers
would do. Further there would be a
very serious fall in securities, which
| would iniure capitalists and lenders
| both in the United States and in Eu-
rope.
If congress refuses legislation then
| gold would go to premium, but prob
ably not high. The tendency would
still be to benefit debtors and pro-
ducers, and would iniure capitalists
and lenders, while production and ex-
ports would be stimulated, though not
to great extent.
| Thirdly, if the mints were opened
for free coinage, which would tend to
make the gold premium higher still,
the premium would not be very high
and the reduction of the debt and the
| losses Of capitalist is would be small
compared with the demonetiZation of
gold.''
The Statist closes it's article by con-
ceding frankly that the people of the
west and south are perfectly right in
contending that change in the pres
ent monetary system would benefit
their sections of the union.
All this confirms the views we have
repeatedly presented in the columns
Of the REPRESENTATIVE. 1t is a bat
tie between the money-ienders anC
the producers: between the capitals
tic section and the matchmaking
sectiOn;-that is between the West anC
South, where the real wealth, thing.
essential to civilized life, are created
and the region where men mopolizt
and lend out the tokens needed in the
exchange of productions.
We hope our readers will show thi:
,Stdtist article to their friends anC
neighbors, and let them understand
just what the fight is all about.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-13
Let Us Have Peace.

We find the following in the Mime
apolis Tribune of February 4th.
"A meeting of the members of the
Peoples Party who are in opposition
to The Lucas middle-of-the-road fac
tion was held in the office of L. NJ.
Aver, secretary of the State League.
on Saturday evening. The object of
this meeting was to organize the ele-
ment OF the Peoples Party in Henne-
pin county which is opposed to the
Lucas faction. This faction has al
ready repudiated the State League or
ganization. and declared that it will
have nothing to do with it or any Of
it's plans.
The meeting on Saturday night was
for the purpose of organizing the Op-
position to the recalcitrant faction.
L. D. Brown, late candidate of the
Peoples Party for county superinten-
dent of schools, was chosen president
of the meeting. An executive com
mittee of 2l was appointed. This in
cludes one from each ward five at
large, and three from the country.
The organization will support the
State League, and will oppose the
county league"
UO ScuUly, UTcUHTcu. lSuU Uue
common enemy; not one another. Let
the two factions" as they call them
appoint committees and see if they
cannot all get together on some com
mon platform. Don't cross the
bridge before you come to it. In 1896
there may be no Democratic party tt
fuse with, or to refuse to fuse with
Why borrow trouble?
There is some talk, we are told, O.
throwing DR.. Clarke and the othe
delegates from Hennepin county our
of the State Committee of tn,
League. We hope nothing of tn,
kind will be attempted. Those gen
tlemen will cool off, and will prove il
the end to be among our most efficien
workers. They will get over thei
"mad," and their devotion to th
cause of reform will rise to the SUI
face. Let us have the broadest tOler
alton for everything but dishonesty
| Let US bava neaco I. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-13
THE MILLENNIUM NEAR.
The Belief of c. p. Huntington, the
Railroad Magnate.

San Francisco, Feb. 2.-It has been
discovered that C. p. Huntington. the
Southern Pacific magnate, has reli-
gious beliefs. The information be-
came known through Rev. M. V.
Donaldson, superintendent Of the st.
Paul's Mission Church, of this city.
The doctrine taught at ST. Paul's con-
ssts mainly in the belief that the
millennium is near at hand. No de-
finite date is agreed upon for its ar
rival, but some time in the year 1898
seems the favorite. According to
Rev. Donaldson, Mr.. Huntington sub
scribes to the belief, and for the past
10 years has given sums ranging from
$500 to 500 for the benefit OF the
church. He has written many letters
himself warmly recommending the
work Of the church, which the pas tor
shows with much pride.
The Populists will sweep the United
States in the election of 1896, take
possession in March 1897, and the mil
lennium will materialiZe in 1898.
That's what it means! If you would
facilitate the coming of the Mi1len-
MUM subscribe for the REPRESENTA-
TIVE, i. ~.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-13

the masses in their own pockets. You
can't blame them. That is their busi-
ness. But to govern republic so
that the many will be prosperous and
the greed of the few be restrained
Bah! You might just as we'll expect a
Bengal tiger to establish an orphan
asylum. He might furnish the Or
phans, but not the asylum.
Now, we are not objecting to bank
ers per Sc. Many of them are excellent
gentlemen; but when it comes to a
money-lending class controlling the
legislation of this great republic we
protest with all the emphasis we are
capable of. All our disasters are due
to them coming out from behind their
counters to dominate the politics of
the country. Let them sticke to their
legitimate business of mOney-grab-
| bing. l. ID.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-13

alive. And we are not in Nininger,
but have brought our trunk and tusks
to the Hotel Ryan, st. Paul; amid
whose tropical warmth we are dis
porting ourself, while the ther-
mometer outside dances jigs at 800 be-
low zero. But why "Hibernian"
Mastodon? We are an American.-
born in this country,-as was our
mother before US. 1t is true we have
Irish blood in our veins,-and we are
proud of it. We are proud to be de-
scended of a race of warriors and
heroes, who never bowed the knee to
tyrants:-who were defeated but
never conquered. But it is hard to be
reproached in this way by man
named "Welch,; whose ncestors, as
his coguomen implies, must have
come from Wales. 1t is we'll known
that the Irish and Welsh are first
cousins;-speaking two dialects of the
same great Celtic tongue. And to
have blood relation attack us, and
call us not only Mastodon but an
Irish Mastodon at that!! 1t is too bad!
Surely the Judge does not mean to
imply that a Hibernian Mastodon,
after having it's "hide torn,' for
thirty years, by a lot of Maine Yam
KEGS, has any less rights than Welsh
Rabbit would have, under the same
circumstance He does not mean to
say Of the Irish what Shylock said of
his own people, that-"Sufferance is
the badge of all our tribe" For it
isn't. He could not have been bigoted
enough to drag in our Hibernian an
cestry as a reason why we should not
attack man who lives in a half-mil-
lion-dollar house. But if. he has done
so we trust the size of the MastOdOn
will eXtenuate it's Celtic extraction;
and that when we put our foot down
on man he will not peep between the
toes to reproach us with our Gaelic
pedigree. II he does we will execute
a pirouette upon him on one leg. and
bury him.
Let the Judge possess his soul in pa
thence. This is America-the land OF
all nationalitles, and you cannot
measure mans rights here by the
degree of oppression his forefathers
endured across the Atlantic. We
have just elected man United States
Senator whose ancestors did not come
over in the Mayflower or burn Quaker
or witches on Boston Common; wh'
in fact has not drop of Englisl
blood in his veins. This is God:
country, and belongs to all who in
habit it; and we do not like these ap
peals to race bigotry, and these sug
gestions that because some Of Ou
forefathers happened, in the univer
sal migrations of the white race, t.
stop in Ireland, that therefore w
have no right to. exult when a mar
falls who has corrupted our politic
and endangered our liberties. Tn
Judge would feel badly if we calle'
him an unmitigated old Welsh foo
He would feel that the adjective wa
: unnecessary; and the public woul'
agree with him. l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-13
SUFFERING IN NEBRASKA.
A Populist Movement to Help.

"Out in western Nebraska the peo-
pie are subsisting on the jack rabbits,
fish and snow birds when they can
catch them, but some of the unfOr-
tunates are unable to catch anything
more nOurishing than snOwb balls.
Contributions will be needed for the
next four or five months to keep some
of the people alive. e."-EXchange.
1t would be good idea for the Min
neapolis Times to go out to Nebraska,
and start a boom edition,-100,O ,O00
copies,-to be sent to all the "well-to-
do farmers" of the British islands,
and get them to rush to that happy
land, and divide the snow birds and
Jack rabbits and snow balls with the
poor starving devils already there.
That is old-party enterprize.
BY the way, we note with pleas ue,
that Hon. F. M. Currier, Hon. John
Diamond, and other old Populist
wheel-horses of Blue Earth county,
are taking steps to send a carload OF
provisions to the poor people of Ne
braska. This example should be gen.
orally followed. Why can't the loca
alliances take up the matter? The
sufferers are farmers, many of then
Populists, and are enduring unhearc
of suffering. Every one can spare
something-however little. What say
YOU brethren? Let us hear from you
Here is the report of the Blue Eartl
| county movement. l. D.
Mankato, Mimi. Feb. 1.-Hon. Johr
Diamond, Hon. F. NJ. Currier ant
| Nicholas Bruels constitute a commit
tee which has called meeting in thi
city. February 9, to extend relief t,
the Nebraska sufferers. Farmers ar,
asked to bring seed grain. and car
load will be sent, besides what none.
| can be obtained.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-13
HIGH PRICED PRAYER
A THOUSAND DOLLARS SPENT
UPON 1T BY THE LEGISLA.
TURE.
Senator Ringdal Declares That 1t
Is Too Expensive. and Con.
trary To the Spirit of Our
Institutions,

St. Paul, Feb. 2.-Senator Ringdal
is opposed to the expenditure of the
states funds for the purposes Of reli-
gion. This opposition bears the char
acter Of deep conviction, and despite
the fact that it brings him an unen-
viable notoriety as the opponent to
the things sacred to SO many people,
he made the proposition to abolish
the office Of chaplain of the senate.
II don't object to having the senate
exercises begin with prayer, but l do
object to paying the states money in
this way for no actual service per-
formed, and contrary to the spirit of
our institutions" This was as he put
it in conversation a few days ago.
He had stepped into a committee
room to finish his cigar while one of
Chaplain Forbes substitutes prayed
fervently for divine guidance.
"We pay $40 day for not over three
minutes work for two men," he con-
| tinued. "Now that amounts to some
thing over $1,000 session. That is a
small sum for the state, but it would
keep 20 needy families through the
cold winter and do a surprising lot of
good to children that are half
starved, and cold for want of fuel and
clothing.
II don't claim any originality for
the latter idea; it came to me in let
ter from one of my constituents who
had noticed that l was in favor of
abolishing the chaplaincy. II Jesus
had been in st. Paul he would prob
ably have stood very little chance to
be elected chaplain Of the senate or
the house. 1t takes pretty good
politician to secure such a plum. 1t
is one Of the best sinecures in the
state, and there is no wonder that we
usually have dozen or more candi
dates, all anxious to serve God and
the state at the rate of s. for three
minutes"
While there is very little prospect
Of change-politician would rather
spend the states money than brave
the opposition of a strong religious
sentimental proposition has beer
discussed by some Of the senators tt
appOrtiOn the money usually paid tt
one chaplain among several denOmin
| OhN AAohNJ w 6O w SO'AA>
charitable society. There are an.
number of preachers who would bt
willing to conduct the brief religious
services at the opening OF the legisla
tive assemblies free. There WOulC
then be more evidence ofsincerity thar
now attaches to this office, and th'
croakers who want no religion at al
would be practically silenced.
We are gratified to see the good rec
ord our Populist senators and mem
bers are making in the Legislature
They are setting good example t.
the two old parties. On every occa
sion, thus far, they have been foun'
on the side of good government an
economy.
But everybody is virtuous the frs
month of the session. 1t is the las
month that tells. Tie virtue i'm
bibed from the people holds them leve
at first; then the villainy imblbe
from the lobby gets in its perfec
work.
Let us see who will persevere to tn
end D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-13
A Humane Man.

John Swinton the other day wrote a
letter to Joseph Barondess, leader Of
the New York cloakmakers, In which
was the following paragraph: Every
day have felt ashamed to sit down
to breakfast or dinner while these.
my brethern, are dying for lack OF
food. But what can | do? Accused
be the wealth of the men who have
reduced them to poverty! l am at
your command at any time for my
duty that l can perform"
Noble John Swinton! He is one of
those who have sacrificed the honors
and emoluments of life to help the
poor and the unfortunate. May he
be crowned with glory in the next
world il he is not in this. l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-13
THE JUGGERNAUT.
The Car of Destiny.

We are told that prominent rail-
road attorney made speech, the 9TH
er night, before private club in st.
Paul, in which he declared that the
common people must get out Of the
way OF the Juggernaut of the corpora
tions: that it was destiny: that If they
did not they would be crushed; that
the workman must work for whatever
wages his employer offered him; and
if he refused he would be simply flying
in the face of the inevitable-other-
wise Providence.
This is the kind of treason that has
been preached among "the upper
classes" 1t is akin to the declaration
of that French aristocrat, before who,
the Great Revolution, when some
one said the serfs were starving, re-
plied:-"Let them eat grass" The
time came when the head of that
brOad-minded philanthropist was car
ried through Paris, on pike, his
mouth stuffed full Of grass!
There have been good many Jug
gernauts in this world.
Charles 1sJ of England owned one;
and he proposed to roll it over Eng
lish liberty, and crush the people into
Asiatic subsection. We saw the win
dow in White Hall, London. through
which the said illustrious trickster,
son Of his foul old father, walked out
to have his ludicrously insufficient
head chopped off, to his great personal
Improvement.
! And George III, his successor, had
another Juggernaut, and on it's sides
were pasted hand-bills, Offering large
rewards for the apprehension of those
arch-rebels, George Washington and
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
and host of others. But the farm
ers and hunters in homespun smashed
that Juggernaut, and out of the
fragments, kindled fire that ha'
whole world.
And the aristocrats of France haC
another Juggernaut, it's wheels rec
with the blood of the miserable, but
glory be to God, they blew it into {
thousand shreds, when the Bastil'
fell.
And we would gently intimate t.
the worthy lawyers, who, with thei
outlets and their quiddities, thei
tricks and their technicalities, ar
conspiring to drag their Juggernau
over the body of American liberty
that they only need to 60 far enoug1
to rouse up the sleeping giant o
popular justice, to see their damnabl
old chariot of vice and oppression, an
themselves with it, blown to tn
moon, a meteoric shower of explode
infamY.
Go on, gentlemen. Grin and plo
and sneer. Pack your courts and COZ
rupt your juries and control your leg
islatures, but like fire bell in tn
night the alarm will yet sound, an
you will call upon the mountains t
cover you from the lionl like wrath O
a betrayed people. l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-13
GEORGIA POPULISTS.
Instead OF Losing, They Gained AT
the Recent County Elections.

Washington, D. c., January 20
Especial. THE next Monday after
the January election in Georgia the
Associated Press announced that the
Populists had lost many counties
which they had carried in November.
Nothing has been sent since that
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-04-14
a CORNER FOR SCIENTISTS.


IT has been found that bees find ,hci,
way bacli to their hives from distances
OF about four miles, and that they ily
with velocity OF about thirteen mile.
miles mn hour.
TYPHOID fever cannot be transmitted
by sewer gas, is the report of the OK.
pcrts to the London common council.
The bacilli OF the disease, also, find Il
hard to live in town sewage.
TuE white rhinoccros has bcco,ne
nearly, II not quite. extinct. There
are two stuffed specimens in England
and one in the Cape Town museum. II
Is the largest species oi the genus.
SIN BENJAluN RicIfAnpsoY. noted
English physician, thinks that the nor
NAL period Of human life Is about iiO
years. ana that seven out of ten average
people ought to live that long II they
TOOK proper care of themselves.
HERR THEiTL. Vienna hardware
merchant. who died recently ut OF, left
100000 tloTins OF his fortune 10 the
Vienna Academyof Sciences Tor the nro-
motion OF scientific research. lie left
q quarter of u million norins besides TO
charitable institutions.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-04-14
ELKo, NEVADA, SUNDAY, APRIL H. 1895.

has for weeks been in possession of in
formation that plainly indicates that
much, il not all, the missing gold was
stolen while in granulated state in the
process OF refining. This gold, which
resembles brown sugar, was taken by
employees at the mint to assayers and
reduction works in various parts OF the
country and melted into bars. Over
$4,000 OF granulated gold was
brought to Reno by person whose
name has been known by the author.
titles for weeks, yet so far rs known,
that person has not yet been arrested.
He informed the assayer that tho gold
was from mine which he and his
partners had'leased, and rs they de.
sired to renew the lease they feared
that they could not do SO il the owner
of the mine knew il was yielding such
large quantities OF gold. He request
ed that the metal be cast into bars OF
various sizes. Tho large bars, worth
iiolh %cfVoV " |tOuO CdCIl, McEe sDulC-
times shipped in the name OF the as
sayer to San Francisco and the pro.
ceeds were paid in check to tho per-
son who lad the bullion melted. The
smaller bars we're taken from the as
say office by the depositor and dis
posed OF in some other way, the sup
position being that they were repre-
sentcd to some OF the partners as be-
ing the entire proceeds OF the steal.
This gold was melted here two years
ago, long before the present Superin-
tendent and Mclter and Reiiner had
anything to do with the Carson mint
The gold was about 900 fine, being
much purer than that in the standard
coins OF the United States. More OF
the granulated or refined gold was
taken to Virginia City and disposed
of to a bullion deale. AZ his own
price, rs he refused to pay anything
near its value for it unless it was
melted into bars and assayed. Small.
cr quantities OF the granulatcd gold
were melted by different assaycrs in,
to bars and doubtless disposed OF in
San, Francisco.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1895-04-14
Mound Valley Ncws.

Messrs. Zunino and Boscaglia gave
Il social dance on the 22nd instant. at
their residence, to few invited
friends.
The grass is growing fast and stock
have been turned out to rustic for
themselves.
a dance was given by Mr.. 4. w.
Brown at his ranch last Friday even
ing. 1t was well attended by those
living i'll the immediate vicinity. The
evening was pleasantly spent. One
of the worst storms OF the season pre-
vailed all through the afternoon and
night and prevented many in this
section from attending.
Mr.. Henry Peters has been excop-
tionally good natured OF late. 1t is
not to be wondered nt, however, for
his wife presented him with n son on
the 2Gth ult. Mother and son are do.
ing nicely.
While on the way to the dance Fri
day evening, Mr.. Ed. Carvillo's team
became unmanageable and ran away
kicking the dash board off The car.
riagc and breaking the tongue. For.
tunatcly no ono was seriously injured,
although his wife, daughter and two
or thrcc friends were riding with him.
AS their destination was near at hand
1t was soon reached ON foot.
Miss Ida Drown, who has been
teaching the Smith Creek school for
several months, took charge OF the
Upper South Fork school to-day. Her
sister, Miss Birdie Drown, will finish
her term ut Smith Creek.
Mr.. Thos. McCool, who resided on
tho 25.ranch tho past Winter, has
gonc to Lamoillc to take charge of the
Jud Dakin place.
Flowing has commenced.
Tho young men OF the !. o. G.. r.,
az well as several friends of tho Or.
der, met at their hall tho latter part
OF the week and grubbcd Off n piece
of land to be used as base ball
ground. Thoy will organize a base
ball team md practice regularly.
1t Is rumorcd that we are to have n
store in the valley soon.
OBSERVER.
Shelton, New, April |, 1905.