The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-08-14

NEAPOLIS JOURNAL-DON'T BE-
LIEVE IN SINGLE PLANK PLAT
FORM-SATIsFIED WITH THE OMA-
HA PLATFORM.
Editor Representatives:
The enclosed editorial, 'Lawless he
FORM" is clipped from the Minneapolis
Evening Journal of Aug. Bird. 1t is the
first time have seen it stated that Gov.
Holcomb was Populist. Let me see
"Lucian Swift, manager of the Journal"
an editorial in that sheet says, Good clti-
enship respects and obeys law because 1t
is law. Good citizenship believes that
law should be enforced as 1t is" Good
citizenship believes in owning and rent
ing property for immoral purposes, might
appropriately have been added as the be-
lief of the manager of that paper, if print
ed reports are true.
One hundred copie Of the Evening Jour-
nal sent to Bird Island for free distri-
button. Why this liberal free distribus
ton? "Business is beginning to boom,
free silver craze is dying out" I would
SUPPOSE uuucE ouCA COAOAtAOho q 81 SetSs
pious, enterprising daily would have such
list of paying subscribers it would have
no need of free list.
Let ME say word to those booming,
good-times, bowling cranks." Save your
bowling booms or booming bowls. AS
long as It takes 100000 bushels of wheat
at fifty cents per bushel to pay the in
terest on the indebtedness of
something over 1900 inhabit-
ants of Renville county the ''howling
boom is for the interest gatherers; the in
terest-payers have something else to
think about, while such bowling good
times continue. 1t is so common now to
read in the papers that the cause OF busi-
ness picking up is owing to such "Re-
publican landslide" last fall, or the evil
son tariff bill is beginning to take effect. ;"
Will they please tell us where to give
credit for our five million dollars of in
debtedness the farmers of this county
must pay annually over 100000 bushels
Of wheat tribute for? dent believe
old England could have got much more
more than that annually from the tea-tax,
yet there were some good citizens" at
that time who did not respect and obey
the law because it was law" I notice
that Notwithstanding the "silver craze
and Populism Is fast dying OUT the old
party tricksters are more active than
ever; showing they do not believe the
above quotation If they do say it.
This effort to start party with the
single free silver ism If necessary would
make fine shedding" for the "gold bug
party the C. D. o. P); there are so
many ways of advocating free silver it is
second only to the tariff. Almost any po-
lnical "scalawag" could make fowery
speeches for free silver, when a congress
elected on the free silver plank got to-
gether the people would find it l to 16,
that is,-one honest man to sixteen Of the
worst scoundrels ever assembled at
Washington, that would surely be a bad
lot if worse than has been there in recent
years.
I believe true reformers can find free
silver and sound money and every means
to make this government better and the
people happier, in the Omaha platform.
am willing to continue the fight under a
flag with such declarations inscribed up
on 1T until victory or death ends it.
When hear man trying to pick flaws
in the Omaha platform cannot but be-
lieve he is politically dishonest; and is
letter out of the Peoples Party than in
It. i. It will be noticed that such persons
have no fault to find with the platforms
of the two old parties, they are perfectly
satisfied with them. The only trouble is
there are so many political scoundrels
having pull ahead of him he has no
show, so he hopes to have a .loophole made
In the Peoples party platform so he can
crowd into office without being obliged
to commit himself to reform principles.
Keep the rascals out and reach the hon
est unthinking voters who need waking
up; get them to read, increase the circula-
tion of reform papers, especially the best
one of them all, "The Representative"
HAMLIN v. POORE.
Bird Island, Mimi, Aug. 5, 1895.