The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-11-13
they'will act wisely and courageously,
and use their power to its utmost
limit
IMMENSE POPULIST GAINS.

LENCE.
1t is enough to make one indignant
to see how oil the news as to the Pop
ulist vote in the election last Tuesday,
in thirteen states, is carefully sup
pressed. Nothing leaks out except by
incidental admissions Of newspaper
cores ondents; one would not sup
pose from the Associate Press returns
that there was such thing as Popu-
list Party in existence in the United
States.
Take this news item:
others voted with the Republicans.
The Populists cast about 10000 votes,
the Prohibitionists about 10000 and
the Socialists about 1000. None Of
these parties, nor the A. P. A. affected
the res ult.
The name Of Gen. Coxey, the Peo-
pies candidate for governor, does not
appear in the returns. but in the same
paper in which the above is found
ex-Congressman Anderson, chairman
Of the Democratic state committee,
after midnight, gave out the follow
ing:
I'VE concede the state to the Re-
publicans by 10000 plurality and both
branches OF the Leg stature by large
majority. The Populist cote of 81, 900 for
Corey for governor hurt us. The hard
times were too fresh in the minds of
the people to be forgotten, and this
led to our defeat. There is nothing
1off h,,f Il; ol, tn h r~i h.
campaign Of 1896"
Here is a gain of 10000 Populist
votes in half an hour.
Then we have this dispatch from
Nebraska:
Returns from various portions of
Nebraska show that Norval, Republi-
can, for the Supreme Court, is elected
by large majority, and there are Re-
publican gains on all sides. One of
the surprises developed by late re-
turns is the great strength of Max.
we'll, Populist candidate for Supreme
judge. HIS cote is meet to Norval and is al
most double that OF both the Democratic can
diddtes for the same position. This might
be construed as Populist gains, but
taken in the light of the knowledge
that Maxwell never renounced his Re-
publicanism in accepting the nominal
tion complexities the situation. The
vote for the two Democratic candi-
dates was very small.
And observe how these official re-
porters stop in their work to inject a
lie. Maxwell was the Populist candi-
date, running to defeat the Republi-
can candidate, and when he runs we'll
the scamp says he was Republican,!
Heaven protect the Republican party
from such Republicans.
A telegram from Jackson, Mississippi
pi, says:
The campaign just closed was on
free silver as against the gold stand
ard, and the result is victory for the
Siverites.
The Democrats carried the state by
stealing the Peoples Party thunder,
and claiming to be in favor of Free
Silver, while supporting Mr. Roths-
child's friend, Cleveland.
The Chicago Times Herald Nov. s.
says of Iowa:
The vote throughout the state was
light, farmers in many sections being
time to 60 to the polls. The Popu1ists
sho,ced large gain IN thor cote, many
free silver Democrats giving their
support. The Prohibitionists regis
tered only their normal vote, or less,
if anything.
The farmers who failed to vote were
probably old party men. who were dis
gusted with their own parties and had
not yet got the courage to vote the
Peoples ticket. They will be all right
next year.
The Chicago Times-Herald, the
night of the election, said of the Iowa
election: THE Populists have in
creased their vote from 23,9 in 1898,
and "a. 907 in 1894, to about $4,000; while
the Prohibition vote, which was 7,457
last year, has suffered slight loss
X The Populist gain was made
on the silver issue''