The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-26
criminal corrupting and putrid mass
that AfaHn

criminal corrupting and putrid mass
that permeates its every fibre.
In the Star Farmer Republican pa
per-we stated we would shake Knute
Nelson over the fires of hades by the
slack of his pants, and later we notified
Tams Bixby, in writing, not to allow
Knute Nelson or any one else OF the
gang to be nominated.
For time it seemed that our warning
would be needed, but on the 18th of last
July the Republican party went down
| to Jerico and apparently fell among
thieves timber land thieves, bank
smashing thieves, railroad thieves-and
| as result it can be we'll said: 1T is
| happened according to the true proverb
| the dog is turned to its vomit again and
the sow that was washed to her wallow-
| ing in the mire."
The dog in this instance represents the
| honest rank and file of the Republicans
who have blindly allowed the bank
| smashing, timber stealing, railroad aud
boss tail thereof to wag the CANNES whole
| carcass, and Knute Nelson-the governor
who don't govern-together with Dave
! Clough and his congenial spirits on the
| state central committee may to a very
| large degree represent the vomit that
| has been emitted from the corrupting in
nunces OF other parties, or in some in
| stances, too nauseating to be tolerated
| in any organization.
| So too the hoggish tendencies of at least
part Of said state central committee
especially in depicting the patrimony of
school children of this state makes the lat
ter part of he text applicable since the
| hog did seem for time disposed to de-
slst from its onslaughts on the timber
patch and swamps-the property of the
| state-but verify it would seem that by
the nomination of Knute Nelson and
Clough the sow that was hid has returned
to her wallowing in the mire, with full
| litter of pigs
The truly loyal for revenue only will
| tell you how they saved the country with
their jaw, but they fail to note to you how
many Of the rand army boys they have
| turned to the wall this year. Now dc
some of them tell you of the fat contracts
| they had to furnish rotten beef, wornly
| bread, paper soled shoes, shoddy clothing
and bogus quinine, to the boys who
fought and bled for principle, while these
| fiends incarnate land sacriligious vaga-
bonds were at home stealing the nation
| blind-sucking it's financial life blood and
plundering the public lands, raping the
| school fund and raising merry HI gen
orally, in rider to devote a small portion
| thereof to the erection of g;lded temples
| of idolotry- presided over by some high
priest of satan. Or worse yet, to the sub
sidizind the alleged daily sheets of all
| shades and degrees of political ethics, but
devoid of convictions of principles of any
| sort, save to run their disreputable sheets
for revenue only, caring not thereby that
! the life Of city, state or nation is en-
| dangered.
In short it may we'll be said that for
many years our state and nation has been
more or less under the control of as I'M
| scrupulous a gang of plated scoundrels
| ''as ever cut throat or scuttled a ship
and among these leaders and their allies
of the press may be found many a one
| who has not scrupled at the commission
| OF any crime, so long as their worthless
| carcasses were reasonably secure from
adjoining a felons cell or better yet
| the hangman's tree.
! 1|he last campaign was no exception to
| the general rule, and while the exchequer
| Of the Republican state central commit
| tee may not be sufficiently plethoric
| to try to subsidize or b ribe every paper
| in the state, there is circumstantial evil
dence extant that denote that this method
| was used in degree, while there has
| been and is record or documentary evil
| dence that some undue influences have
been successfully brought to bear at no
very recent date, on an alleged daily to
prevent an exposure of Knute Nelson S
| official delinquences.
John H. Burke
In viw of what we have said and pub
! lished your reader will bear in mind that
| if any Of you who now votes for any OF
| these parties, you will in effect condone
the crime and compound felony
John H. Burke.