The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-13
EDUCATION.
LIE SUEUR COUNTY ALL RIGHT.
A Private Letter Which Shows How
the Good Cause Is Prospecting.


State League, sent us the other day
an interesting private letter from
that jealous and able Populist, Mr..
F. G. Gibbs, of Waterville, LIE Sueur
county; and stated that we were at
liberty to use part or all of it, if we saw
fit. We publish it with the greater
pleasur because it was not written
for publication, but gives us an inside
view OF the work that is going on in
many parts of the state, in behalf Of
the Peoples Party: work that does
not show much on the surface, but is
most effective for good, We hope this
letter will inspire our friends every
where, to follow LIE Sueur's example.
WATERvILLE, Mimi, Feb. "a.
To Major J. M. Bowler:
Dear Friend-Your kind letter was
duly received and read with the usual
amount of pleasure. We are we'll at
| present and in fighting trim. We are
making it boil around here as usual.
| Our League is in fine shape. We have
a reform book library now, and can
assure you it is getting in it's work
we'll. We have books in German, Eng
fish and Norwegian. We sent the
money yesterday to Casca St. John for
twenty copies of his book, called "Cold
Facts" which see you heartily in
dorse. We had sample copy and it is
the right stuff. One Of our German
POpulists in our League sent Geman
book out into the country, west of
here, one day; the man who received
1t read it through that night, and
hitched up his team the next morning
q mr. dpnu f0 vvyCi nr60 rad
| worth himself to distribute among his
neighbors. The book was 1.-The Seven
Financial Conspiracies." A few days
ago we received letter from man
at Montgomery, Bohemian, asking
for directions and copy Of our League
papers. so they could form League
there. Thus does the good work 60
on. We will send a list Of names to
the State League in few days Of
| members who will contribute to the
| same.
Mr.. Donnelly is doing splendid work
in The REPRESENTATIVE. He has
very ably exposed the rottennesS of
the Single Tax nonsense; most every
mothers son Of them are Democrats,
and that,at the present time, is enough
any person. Mr.. Donnelly has also
very able shown up the foolishness or
villainy Of wanting to organize anotb
er party. Keep your eye on fellows
that want to do that Major, especially
if they are high up in the councils of
our party. Never were we making
converts so rapidly as at the present
time; tons and tons of reform litera-
ture are going forth every day and is
permeating this country from rind to
core. The Peoples Party is now prac-
tically unit in their demands, from
Maine to California;; while the two old
parties are almost rent in twain over
the only questions of Importance now
before the American people. Well,
Major, / must close for this time.
Write when convenient. AS ever your
friend, F. G. GIBBS.
The whole question OF carrying Min
nesota in 1896 is resolved down into
another questiOn-can we enlighten
the minds of a part of those who voted
against us last fall, and thereby in
duce them to vote with us hereafter?
To do this we must put into their
hands newspapers, pamphlets and
books advocating our principles. The
people do not desire to be wrong, or to
support iniquity;-they are honest,
but they are simply misinformed. 1t
is the most natural thing in the world
that men should be governed by their
old prejudices and bigotries We are
all so controlled But to drive out
} false ideas we must insert true ideas
We must kick out the devils and open
the doors to the angels. And it is a
) curious fact, that the men who would
resist and resent a spoken argume mt
will succumb to the quiet pleadings Of
the printed page.
Spread the documents brethren
Educate! Educate!
Among the barbarous tribes of Afri
ca there are those who are called "Head
Hunters" A man is not esteemed a
warrior until he has hunted down an
enemy, killed him, cut his head off and
hung it up at his door post
, Then he becomes as respectable as a
man is in this country who is elected
to the Legislature. He can then &C
and steal and be respected by the
whole tribe;-just as they can here.
Now we want "Head Hunters" in
this country today;-we want several
million heads;-not decapitated heads
raw and bloody, but heads on the
, shoulders Of the owners, bright, intel
ligent, educated heads;-heads that
know what all the uproar of politics is
!, about; what are the secret powers be-
hind the scenes; and what is their own
/, interest, as voters, in the bewilderinp
contention.
, Let every reader Of THE REpREsEN
TATIvE sally out and secure Head. ,
If you do we will carry Minnesota in
1896, and give an impulse to truth and
righteousness over the whole world
Don't say you arc powerless. Don't
stand trembling hefcrc the sioney.
Power. What are they? A few Gun.
ming scamps. There are honest men
enough to eat them alive, and pick
their teeth with their bones. They
propose to reduce you to poverty and
make your children degraded warrants
viii you stand it9 Uaro You any man.
ho0d2
Up, boys, and at 'efn.. :.
- Booming.
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