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The representative., 1895-12-18
TWO CHOICE OLD POEMS.

Mr. Olof Swenson, of Wegdal, Minn,
sends us two poems which are, in some
sense. appropriate to these times. The
first is translated by him from the Swed-
ish into English. The latter has been
modified somewhat; we have never seen
the original:
THE BATTLE SONG OF GUSTAVUS
ADOLPHUS.
Fear not o little flock. The foe
Who madly seeks your overthrow;
Dread not his rage and power;
What though your courage some times
faints?
His seeming triumph DER Gods saints
Lasts but little hour.
Be of good cheer; your cause belongs
To Him who can avenge your wrongs,
Leave it to Him, our Lord.
Though hidden now from all our eyes,
He sees the Gideon who shall rise
To save us and his word.
AS true as Gods own work is true.
Not earth nor hell with all their crew
Against us shall prevail.
A jest and by-word are they grown;
God is with us, we are his own,
Our victory cannot fail.
Amen, Lord Jesus; grant our prayer!
Great Captain now thine arm make bare;
Fight for us once again.
So shall the saints and martyrs rise
A mighty chorus to thy praise,
World without end! Amen.
The other poem is as follows. 1t is from
the pen of the Irish poet, c. F. Mccarthy:
The representative., 1895-12-18

they had in exchange and of making
silver as valuable proportonately as
gold. Something, he declared, must be
done, because if things remain as they
are western civilization will shrink and
shrivel, and the labor OF this country is
not only going to be put on plane with
Asiatic labor, but the Asiatics are going
to have so per cent advantage in differ
ence OF exchange in selling their produts
here
In the course Of his speech Mr.. Stewart
denounced the gold combine and charged
that it controlled national conventions,
directed the selection of presidential
candidates and practically dictated the
course of the treasury department He
hoped that the question would be ex-
amined and that American people would
realize where they had been brought by
the gold policy and would contend for the
rule of the people under the constitution.
No action was taken.
After some further routine proceedings
the senate at 220 p. m adjourned.
The representative., 1895-12-18

feet harmony with the political slop this
Canadian straggler has farmed out for so
many years through the columns of that
mendacious sheet. Now, Mr.. Editor,
care not what opinions man may hold.
However erroneous they. may be can re-
spect him so long as he is honest; but
even Joe's political friends, very many
of them, have no confidence in his loyalty
to the Republican party any further than
that party is on the winning side. Let
that party lose its grip, and he would
be one of the first to make his escape. and
he would furnish plausible reasons there
for. Populism dead! This is a direct
insult to more than two millions of in
telligent American citizens who have en-
barked in this great reform movement
that gigantic wrongs have been commit
ted against the people Of this country, and
like the friends of James G. Birney, the
embryo Republican party, they have
come to stay till government wrong and
injustice shall cease. But this Canadian
pretender who has no more loyalty to
our flag than the Fiji Islander, speaks for
the entire party, declaring them politi-
cally dead. Say, thou would-be prophet
did the Republican party die with the de-
feat of Birney in 1910? Not much. Bir-
ney again in IA; Van Buren, in As; Hale in
50; Fremont in Sc; and won with Lincoln
in so by split in the Democratic party
If they had a hireling press then and
such men as Joe to run it, they would have
declared under flaming headlines: THE
Republican party is dead" and repeated
it after every national election up to SO
when they were sure. Poor Whelock! He
sees the handwriting on the wall more
clearly than ever, now that the Demo-
cratic party is played out. and he fears
that the rank and file Of that party will
go to the PopuliStS, so he gives vent to
his emotions as above. thinking to check
mate the stampede. But, Joseph, it will
not win, but win we shall. In advocating
the election Of Lincoln in 1860. one OF the
Jealous speakers said that Abraham Lin
coin stood six feet four inches in his stock
ing feet and after the sixth day of Nov.
he would be the biggest man in God AL
mighty's world. Keep your eye on Nov.
'96. Joseph, and then you will hang your
head in very shame when you look over
your past conduct and see what an evil
prophet you have been just for hire.
You will feel to eXclaim as Webster did
at so, when they showed him a speech he
made at the age of 16 years; did l do
that? Was I ever so foolish as to say
those things?" BY such assinine utter
ances you may tickle the ear of Shylock,
and thus induce him to shell out few
more nickels. but your harvest time will
be mighty brief because 1 want to inform
you that the people are awaking up, and
we are bound to show you that, because
a suffering people were ready to make
any change. the last election must not
be construed to mean that the people have
any love for Republicanism.
E. w B. HARVEY.
The representative., 1895-12-18
THEY ARE DYING.

THE SONG OF THE OPPRESSED.
They are dying! they are dying! where
the golden corn is growing;
They are dying! they are dying! where the
crowded herds are lowing;
They are grasping for existence where the
streams of life are flowing,
And they perish of the plague where the
breeze of health is blowing.
God of justice! God of power! Do we
dream?
Can it be, in this land, at this hour,
With the blossoms on the trees, in the
gladstone month Of May,
When the young lambs skip and play,
when nature looks around
On the waking children now, the seed
within the ground, the bud upon the
bough.
Is it right, is it fair, that we perish Of de-
Spair
In this land on this SOIL where our destiny
is set,
Which we cultured with our toll, and
watered with our sweat?
We have plowed, we have sown, but the
crop was not our OWn
We have reaped but happy hands swept
the harvest from our hands:
We are perishing for food, when 10. in
plying mood
Our kindly rulers gave the fat fluid of the
slave;
While our corn filled the manger of the
war horse of the stranger!
God of mercy! must this last! Is this land
preordained,
For the present and the past; and the
future, to be chained
To be avenged. to be drained, TO be robbed,
to be spoiled,
To be hushed. to be whipt, it's soaring
pinions slipt, and its every efforts
foied?
Do our numbers multiply, but to perish
and to die?
Is this our blessed lot, that our bodies as
they rot;
May fertilze the spot, of the crop the
stranger got.
If this be, indeed. our fate, far, far better
now though late
That we seek some other land and try
some other cline;
The coldest, bleakest shore of distant Lab
rador, will surely yield US more
The representative., 1895-12-18
AN INTERCEPTED LETTER.

OLE O'MARGERINE WRITES CONFI-
IDENTIFY TO THE REPUBLICAN
PRESS AND GIVES THEM SOUND
ADVICE.
To the Republican Press.
You air not dom things altogether to
my likin yit, tho l hev warned you re-
peetidly You did we'll to say the Popu-
lists were not in it, tho some say it in
this case is soup but better to not men
shun the cusses at all. But you maik a
mista;k to give offishil returns ez they
show how menny staid at home and smart
Populists (for there iz some few say they
air disguised, and are thinkin' hard. Now
this won't do they must be kept from
thinkin', fer let a man study the matter,
and there is but wun konklushun to be
arrived at, they becum Popul.sts.
Anuther thing / wish to commend and
I want all our papers to copy the idee
from the Toledo Blaid. That liz this, the
silver kwestyun hez ben aired cOnsidda
BILE; gently change to the tariff, occasion
ally sayin' the Populist is becoming
scarcer; calm him blathersk!te, crank
or an anarkist, saying the silver Graz is
dyin fast and by elexyun will not be herd
ov. Holler for sound mummy wOtever that
may be. Do all this carefully and by the
time the kampane is on, talk tariff alto
gether l forget to say that the fellers
wot IL thinking may be stopped by allow
in a little prosperity the comm ate
munths, for nine men out of ten won't
study much as long as they hev enuf to
ware and chaw.
Keep aSkin' kickers until the kam
pane is ON only, why anyone would want
silver demonetiZed when interest is lower
than in '73. That will settle most of
them. They are used to hev their think
in done for 'em and they won't see that
interest is RELY nearly bubble on ak
kount Of the halvin of the amount lov
primary mummy and they won't stop to
notis that there is lots of incomes and
fixt salaries, etc., and that Rothschild,
the man wot did it, gets the same in dol
lars but double in valyou.
Eff the thing ezn't worked pretty cute,
they are goin to down us in SO and we can't
work in our Old age, speshally at brakin'
rock, ez menny ov us will hev to, if we
amt scarce in few hours after our sue
cessors il inoggerated. These and various
like ijees, ez will sejest themselves to a
fertill mind, will inshoor us four years
more, especially eff we can git the CON-
stooshnel convenshun held.
OLE O'MARJERIN.
The representative., 1895-12-18

the senate on the subject. He stated facts
concerning the sending of Japanese man.
-ufactured goods to the United States and
selling them far below the prices at which
they can be manufactured here, inStan-
cling the matter of bicycles which the Jap-
aneSe now sell in this city for $12 gold.
He had dispatch from San Francisco
giving details of japanese invasion of the
American markets, and stating that a
japanese agency in that city is selling
pRrlor matches. doors, sash and blinds
clocks, watches. boots, shoes, clothing,
hats. caps. gloves, fancy goods and notions
at from 80 to 80 per cent less than they
can be manufactured for in this city with
all freight and duty paid by Janpanese.
\ re the progress of Chinese and japanese
In manufacturing industry was not
checked It was demonstrated. Mr.. Stew
art said, that the manufacturing for the
whole world would be transferred from
the Occident to the Orient. And the only
way of. checking it was to abolish the
present advantage of SO per cent which
The representative., 1895-12-18
STEWART SPEAKS FOR SILVER,

Washington. Dec. 16-Mr. Quay Rep.,
Pa,) presented petition of the Wool Mer-
chants Association Of Philadelphia, and
asked that it be read and printed In the
Record.
Mr.. PETER Pop., kan.,) offered g. reS0lu>
ton which was referred to the committee
on postoffices and post roads, instructsng
that committee to inquire and report by
levies fines against the pay of postofffce
employees for mistakes and erroneous
work; also by what authority post0ffce
employees are prohibited from Suggesting
legislation in their favor and conferring
thereon with members Of congress.
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr..
Stewart Pop.. Nev.O instructing the COM
mttee finance to inquire what effect
the difference Of exchange between gold
standard countries and silver standard
countries has on the agriculture and mans
ufacturing industries of the United Stat&o.
was taken up and Mr.. Stewart addressed'
The representative., 1895-12-18
ALTGELD'S LATEST PARDON.

HE BLAMES THE CORRUPT RICH
FOR ROTTENNESS IN PUBLIC
LIFE.
Chicago, Dec. 12.-Gov. Altgeld has
made formal answer to the open letter
of rebuke addressed to him by w. A.
Giles, of the Civic Federation, relative to
the pardon Of McNulta and Chapman, the
Democratic intimidators at the last cleo
ton. He says, as the ground for his act,
of clemency. that the trial of the men was
not public prosecution. but partisan
prosecution, in which the courts were
prostituted for the furtherance of party
interests. incidentally he makes a thrust
at the Civic Federation. 1t is the corrupt
rich, he says, who are responsible for rot
tenness in public life, and he charges SUBJ
stantially that the federation is not without
faint, since some of the members are
stockholders in corporations which spent
money to corrupt legislation and secure
or defeat legislation for personal ends.
The representative., 1895-12-18
LATE ELECTION ECHOES.

Populists at Glen Campbell, Pa, doub-
led their vote while the Republicans fell
off one-half
Rice County, Kansas, went 400 Repub-
lican last year, but elected full Populist
ticket this year.
Gov. dwellings vote in Kansas last
year exceeds the Republican vote of that
state this year by 5000.
Cloud. Clark, Smith and Dickinson
counties in Kansas-heretofore Republic
an counties, went Populist this year.
The Populist vote of Salt Lake CITY.
Utah, for secretary of state was 413. The
total Populist vote of the territory will be
about 5000.
The representative., 1895-12-18
SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.

We never saw time when the farm
ers of this country looked so blue. Farm
produce, in some cases. does not really
pay for hauling to market, and when
man gets there, he has to stand all day
before he can sell it. How are these
people to clothe their families, pay debts
and taxes, and live. with corn at 18 cents
bushel, oats at 13, and potatoes at 10?
We greatly fear some great calamity is
about to fall upon the Nation. Chip
pewa Falls Sentinel.
The representative., 1895-12-18

Editor Representative:
Watch it, about next June, and from
thence forward up to the closing hour
of the presidential fight, the gold dis
coveries will astonish the world. Thous-
ands upon thousands of acres,-stretches
upon stretches of hundreds of miles,
south of Africa's sandy plains. are laden
with gold, yielding or it is supposed will
yield an average of $1,000 per ton. The
depth Of this rich and wonderful deposit
is,-or it is supposed that it will BEAN
average of 40 feet. The owner of a claim
10x40 feet, is millionaire.-or 1t is sup
posed that he'll pan out millionaire
Other points too of splendid gold deposit
have been founder will be found,-say
n the verdant and leafy month Of June
The representative., 1895-12-18

AND HANGS THE ILL-SMELLING
AND OFFENSIVE OBJEST ON THE
FENCE.
Editor Representative:
1t is seldom that see copy of the P. P
Press. In fact 1 long ago ceased to pat
ronize that class of papers, as the persist
ent, infamous misrepresentation and
downright lying are commodities did not
wish to purchase; but accidentally coming
across the issue Of the oath inst. turned
to the editorial department, and under
the caption of Two Dead Issues" / find
this remarkable statement: among the
incidental results of Tuesdays election
the practical disappearance of populism
from the theater Of American politics." 1
say remarkable, and it would be if set
afloat by almost any other than Joe
Wheelock: but coming from him it ought
not to create any surprise, for it is in per-
The representative., 1895-12-18

Count Leo Tolstoi says the English and
the Zulus should be herded together as
the two most brutal nations on the face
of the earth. The Count is wrong Not
the English people but the rulers of Eng
land. The masses in England are slaves
aus much as the robbed of other nations.--
Schilling Advance
The representative., 1895-12-18

and so on. If the "Silver Craze" is violent
the coming season. Grover Cleveland and
John Sherman will call an International
Congress,-or 1t is expected that they will,
Ito stop gold mining in Africa, we sup
pose. After Mckinley or the other fellow
is elected president,-it's all One,-gold
will drop to a normal conditioner it is
inferred that it will; and the usual num-
ber Of damned fools will answer: "here!"
when the roster is told ff,-the only really
certain thing about the whole concern
from top to bottom.
1t will be noticed that the stock of these
African mines is on the market: Benz.
Harrison, the other day, pocketed $780,
600, net on the investment of a few doll
ars as a venture; of course, Ben is not
decoy duck,-he wouldn't take or give
tip,-nOt he.
Respectfully,
VIM. WEIGH.
Minneapolis, Dec. 13.
+. S. You will not fail to observe that
these wonderful discoveries will obviate
the necessity Of farther silver agitation.
Therefore, let all gold and silver clubs
dissolve incontinently. w. w.
The representative., 1895-12-18
TAKES WHETLOCK'S SCALP.

Richmond, Indiana.
The representative., 1895-12-18
WILL AsToN1sH THE WORLD.

Louisville, KY.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-02-08
c Stafeta
de Ponce

Nuestro estimado amigo ! compafero don
Ernesto Carreras, nos ha obsequiado con
dos ejemplares de la revista economico-lirica
que con el tftulo FIguras ChineScas ha pu-
blicado.
Dicha revsta fue extrenada con gran
exito en- ell teatro de la Capital por la COM
paflia BufoS Habdneros.
La partte musical es debida al acreditado
compositorr Don Julian Andino.
Damos las gracias al amigo Carreras por
su obsequio.
En- otro site de este ntimero publicamos
un anuncio do la Acadia, referente la
inversion de los foTdos donados para cons
TRACTION de una escuela de paryulos.
D9be leerlo ell publico.
En- la prolongacion norte de la calle de la
Union, una de las mas hermosas de esta
ciudad, Sc forman menudo grandes baches
que podrian eyitarse con unas cuantas ca
carretadas de cascajo ben apizonado.
+, HAgase la prueba, SO vera como resulta
% que decimos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-02-08
UU TIMO
DE 10000 FRANCIS

Hace muy pocos dias que Sc hosped6 en-
uno de los hoteles de MIA el ioven ameri
cano Franklin Johnson, hijo del presidente
de uno de los establecimientos bancarios
mas importantes de Nueva York.
En- diche hotel trabo amstad intima con
dos senores, uno de los cuales aseguraba
que estaba punto de cobrar una herencia
de cinco millones de frances, que le habia
legado, al morir, un pariente.
Pero nj habia tai hereBcia nj NADIA que SO
lie pareciera. Los dos expresados indiyiduos
no eran otra cosa que dos cabaleros de in
dustra, que al conner dieron al joven Jon
hson un narcotico en- una copa de Cham
payne, robandoe, cuando hubo dormido,
10000 frances, que horas antes habia CO.
brado.
Los dos r0t0S no han caido aiin en- poder
de la policia, por mas pesquisas que esta
hace para lograrlo; en- cuanto Johnson
sabese que le acometio una intensa fiebre al
despertar verse tan iguominiosamente
burlado.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-02-08

EXCMO. AYUNTAMIENTO
DE La
CIUDAD DE PONCE
al PTBLICO

Ekiste depositada en- las areas municipal
les de esta cindad procedentes, de donatiGos
volunta rios hechos en- amos anteriores con
el obieto dc ayudar los gastos de cons
trucci6n de IN edificio para escueia de Z r
vulos, la suma de 81 76S 81 centavos moneda
corriente; no habiondose utiliz ,do tai dep6
sito porque recientemente sc ha construldo
por un vecino de esta localidad IN edificio
dd hoe rara el est alb ecimierto dc dicho
plantel do ensensnza, que ha sido eontrata-
do por el Ayuntamiento por el sermino de
dez aiios, trataudo dicha Corporacion de
aplicar la referda cantdsd: $500 para Ia
adquisici6n de moyiliario para Ia dc Paryu
los mencionada el resto para la construc
cion de una Casa escpeia elemental, el E&c1ne
seiior Goberuador General. de quien Sc SO
licit6 el superior p.rmiso para clio, 80 ha
seryido dispOner. entrn olras cosas, re haGd
pdblica dicha solicited por tres Seces suce
siyamente en- Ia Gocefd OHctoi para conoci,
miento do los donante9, 4 hn dc que ri n!
Ayuno sc opusiere i la inversion 10 yerifque
Nentro del termino de ounce dias, los
que procedan.
,tao 10 que &c anuncia por Ell presente enmpii-
i,en'o 70, de 10 acordado
~ II ha slde Presidento, Z. armstrong.
iohcc' de Febrero de 1928.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-02-08
OTRO DREYFUS

FL delito manchs y ell peor de los delitos
es ell de la traiciC q la patria.
Asi, pues, compr6ndese que un Official del
ejercito frances, que leva el mismo apellido
que el degradado hace pocos dias en- Paris,
haya solicitado del ministro de la Guerra y
dtl Copsejo de Estado la authorization para
cambiar el apellido palermo Dreyfus por el
materno Deslaurens, fgurar con el en- 10
successive en- el escaf6n de aquel ej6rcito.
Ese Official, aunque Sc lame 10 mismo que
ei traidor, no tiene con este concomitancia
alguna de parentesco.
Llamase Pablo Emilio Dreyfus, como
su homonimo, es captain de Artlleria, afec-
to al Estado Mayor frances.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-02-08
Madagascar

La expedition francesa Madagascar da
caracter de actualldad todo 10 que con
aouella region sc relaciona.
Consideremos, pues, 6sta culinaria-
mente.
Los malgachos son gente de buen diente,
hasta el extreme que de una sentada sc
comprometen comerse, 81 precise fnera,
todo un buey
Mas, 10 que no tocarian nunca con sus
cienut3 'sSetiP Ia cola
iComer esta seria uu crlmen - casi casi un
verdadeIo sacrilegio!
Porque, ahf es NADIA la cosa! Comerse la
cola esta vedado todo ell que no sea Prin-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-02-08
lei diente
de un SantO

Pertenece el reverenciadO huesecillo San
Marcial, y he aqui 10 que acerca de este nos
dice un periodico frances que tenemos la
vista.
A presencia del obispo de Limoges, de gu
vicario general de los miembros de la CO.
fradia que tiene su cargo la guarda de la
reliquia, extrajose el martes de la mandfbula
superior del ap6stol de Aquitania. IN diem
to destnado al Padre Santo,
De esta extraction levant6se acta y SAGA
ronse tres copias, que ftmaron todos los
asistentes, y que SO repartierOn entire ell
obispo, la fabrca y la cofradia.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-02-08

cipe, noble individuo representante de la
autoridad real!
Al que contrayiene semeiante prohibici6n
sc lie cOndena & pagar una multa de diez
piastras.
ESQ, en- cuanto la carne; que por 10 que
hace los postres, los malgachos SO pirran...
por que dirau ustedesf Por las orugas,
crisalidas, larvas y otros insectos terrestres
y aureticos.
Esperamos que los militares franceses que
van en- la expedition no Sc atreveran sa-
borear esos postres que tanta delicia dicen
que causan q los naturales de Madagascar.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-02-08
lei chantage

Prosigue activamente en- Paris la instruc-
cion judicial alberta sobre los asuntos de
chant0ge de aquel!a prensa, y Ell tales ter
minos que cada dfa qae transcurre Sc descu-
bre un nueyo complice.
En- la actualidad llanse presos, aCusa-
dos de chantoge, tres caballeros de la Le-
gion de Honor, apellidados Trocard, Cani-
vet CRauD y Dreifus (Camilo), Declercq
Girard, Gourdill6n y el baron Heftler. A
Portals, el ex director del II.F Steele, no
Sc le ha podido recluir en- Mazas, pue5 des-
de los primeros momentos SO fug6 al extran-
jerO
asunto, el cual calcGlase que podra verse
ante los tribunales de Paris ALA para 1lti-
mos de Febrero.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1895-02-08
Cartera
de la leila

De Mayagdez hemos recibido a sigaente
telegrama:
''Gonstituido Comite de las Marias, nom
brandose delegados representatives asam-
blea Aguadilla doctor Reguero, doctor Mar
tlneZ, Ldo Manuel Torregrosa, Julio Beau
champ, Rafael Olivencia Alcides Beau
champ"
Felicitamos & esos patriotas entuaiastas
autonomista8.
A Ultima hora sa decfs eG la Capital que
la Diputaci6n provincial hahia telegrafiado
a Madrid sohre asuntos que SO refieren la
question m1netaria.
Maestro amigo compsfiero el sefor Bal
bas esta recibiendo multitud do felicitacio
nes por el acto de energfa cue acaba de reali
zar como Diputado 4 Cortes.
Bien 10 merece
En Vieques han ennpezado los trabajos del
faro, emplazado en- "a parte \. +. del puerto
de aquella isla. Ell la punta donomlnada
Hor0po.
Dicho faro sers de gran ntilittad para los
marinos on general con especialidad para
los de cabotaie
Sc agita on la Capital la idea de oonvocar
una junta de comerciantes, agrioultores {
s industriales para buscar en- deanitiva un
t6rmino Ia cueation monetsria.
Hs sido destinado al Ejercito de Cuba, el
Comandante de infanteria don Francisco
Garrido, apreciado amigo nuestro.
Maestro amigo don Jose Maria Gatell, far
mac6utico de Yauco, pasa por la pena de to-
ner enferma en- CANA una hiia suya de
corta edad.
Hacemos votos por ei restablecimlento de
esa nifia.
Ha dido declarado cesante el escribiente
de Hacienda don Ricardo Oaparrros, dispo-
niendose para cubrir gu plaza, dotada con
el haber de 500 pesos al aiio, don Ricardo
Abela; para la que este deja con $50 pesos
don Joaquin Sim6, para Ia que deja este
con 200 don Ramon Martinez, y'.para Ia
de este, con $50, don Santiago Claudio y
Biera para la otra de $50 vacante por la
eesantfa de don Antonio Rosa Reauena. de
cretada en- Is del mes pr6ximo pasado.
don Juan Garcia.