The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-20

arise, in letters that can not be mis-
understood nor soon forgotten, q les
son on the 1ar-feaching influences for
good or evil, that center in the home.
The horrd p Off the crime call for a
thunderbol of Justice to strike some
Waseca Herale |: Neversbefore, since
the days OF am2s Buchanan, has any
president s perAstently violated the
spirit and ZEAL intention Of our laws as
has Grover Cleveland. Under the
statute, the administration has the
right, and it is its duty, to protect the
gold reserve Of 800, OOOO, 900, placed
there years ago as a protection against
the gold blers, and to prevent them
from getting "a corner" on gold. by
paying Bll demands presented at the
treasury in eilvtf coin. To nable the
administration to so pay all demands,
there are now and for long time has
been, as reported by the treasury de-
partment, 100000 0 of silver in the
treasury. II this silver had been paid
out to the money gamblers in ex-
change for greenbacks and silver treas
ury notes, whenever presented for any
purpose, especially the purpose of
putting the government in the hole"
there never would have been any panic
never any deficiency in the gold re-
serve.
National Republican: The other
day we met farmer who was COM
planning about the hard times. '"There
is no profit in anything take to mar
ket," he said. How did you vote last
fall?" we inquired. 1.-THE Republican
ticket, OF course" he responded. The
mOnOpolies and trusts that exist by
reason of legalized class privileges fix
the starvation prices Of which this
farmer complains, and he has just
sense enough to vote for the old party
that protects the robbery. The man
who SO votes deserves whatever mis-
fortune that results. Open your eyes
and think for yourself, Mr.. Farmer.
While you vote with the old party
managers press your nose harder
against the grindstone and stop
squealing.
Arlington Enterprise: Chaplain
Forbes, of the state senate, astonished
the senators the other morning by re-
questing them to repeat with him the
Lords prayer. The effort was expert
mental, of course, and it proved an as
founding failure, While few of the
senators started in on the right tack
and audibly murmured, "Our Father,
Who art in heaven" large majority
of them varied in the worshipfnt
strains, and among the numerous
me down to Sleep" "Old Grimes is
dead, that good old man." 1--WE are
coming, Father Abraham, three humid
red Thousand more, ""Still all my song
shall be nearer my God to Thee"
"There's land that is fairer than
day." etc. Chaplain Forbes was
amazed at the versatility of the So
Ions, and he gave them notice that
hereafter he should insist that they
repeat the Lords prayer in sections,
after him, each morning, at the open
ing of the senate, and the order is now
strictly adhered to.
Farmers Voice: Wall street told
the American people that if the coin
age is stopped prosperity would re-
turn and the government would have
no more trouble about keeping gold in
the treasury. Silver coinage was
stopped, but prosperity has not come
and the government is having more
trouble to keep up the gold reserve
than an old hen would have with a
flock of ducklfngs ION the shore of a
pond. We have several times asked
Wall street or anybody else to explain
this, but nobody explains. Nobody
cares to explain. The friends of the
repeal of the silver law knew that they
were talking rot when giving their rea-
sons for repeal. They wanted to get
rid of silver because it was the peo-
pies money, and to tie to gold because
it was the money of Wall street. They
did not care any more about general
prosperity than cow does for tapes
try to sleep on. They wanted to get a
tighter grip upon the debtor and they
got it. They depressed the value Of
property greatly and increased the
value of debts heavily. In all decen-
cy, now that the repeal of the Sher-
man law has failed to do one single
thing that it was promised to do, con
greSS should confess it's error and re-
store silver to its proper place.