The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-22

Total. $4,000
| Is. no
The first thing to which we would
| call attention is the large sums paid to
the Scandinavian press. A great many
good men. of that race. solemnly be-
| lieved that the utterances Of those
| papers we're dictated by an intelli
gent patriotjSm: but from this state
ment it al pears that the. Minnesota
| Scandinavian press received $500,
nd the Chicago Scandinavian press
| $4,000! And for these sums they un-
| dertoOk to hold their cGuntrymen in
line, by working on their race preju-
dices, and taking advantage of their
language.
| Is it not a shameful showing?
Thirteen thousand dollars, paid to
three or four men, to betray their
| brethren! These fellows are lineal
descendants Of Judas, who sold his
Lord for much less sum.
And what confidence can honest
men place in such scamps? For fifteen
| thousand dollars we could doubtless
have bought them, Gf we had had the
money and any such desire), to sup
| port our ticket. They would support
any party Or any cause for money.
| Nothing but the fear of the gallows
prevents such men from numbering
their fellow Scandinavians for price
In truth they are doing it. For
bride they are advocating men and
| policies which they know are consign-
| ing hundreds of thousands Of their
countrymen to poverty and hard ship
| and suffering which hurries them to
! the grave. My God! It is dreadful!
All men should love one another and
| help ne another; but what words can
paint the infamy Of those who, born
in Sweden, or Norway or Denmark,
sucked at Scandinavian breasts, will,
for bride, betray their poor. trust
ing countrymen to poverty and dea tn.
And that Chicago Scandinavian
press is the meaneSt and dirtiest
thing that has ever disgraced human
ity. The principal paper is publish
ed by a corporation, so that the indi-
vidual villains cannot be sent to
| prison for libel. And from this Sc
cure ambuscade, with the money OF
the Republican party rattling in their
| pockets, they shoot their poisoned
darts at men thousand times better
than themselves, who are honestly la
boring for the good of mankind
| Oh, friends, help us to put forth
Scandinavian edition Of The REPRE-
SENTATIVE, that we may encounter
and answer these scoundrels in their
own tongue, and nail their filthy hides
to every fence in the state
What next deserves commento
Here we learn that s., 500 was paid to
the Democratic state central commit
tee! Think of that! The Republican
party pays s., 800 to the Democratic pa,ty!
And for what? To enable it to
keep up "the sham battle" between
the two wings Of the great army of
Plutocracy. And why the taro par
ties? So that those who cannot be
held away from the Peoples Party by
the traditions OF Republicanism-of
Lincoln and Sumner and Greeley
may be held away by the traditions
of Thomas Jefferson and James
Monroe and Andrew Jackson.
Again:-stop and think of it! Think
Of $4,000 of Republican money used to
pay the expenses Of stump speakers,
sent out to hold the simple minded
and honest rank and file Of Democ-
racy in line, while 35, 900 of the better
posted Democrats walk up to the
polls and vote the Republican ticket!
1t is enough to make the devils laugh
and the angels weep.
And note too that while $1,000 was
paid to one on two gatling guns of
SANDER. publislle in the Scandina-
Wan tongue in Chicago. only $1,000
were paid to all the hundreds OF coun-
try Repu blican papers Of MINES ota:
who were restrained by the fact that
they were printed in the English
tongue, and therefore, for common
decency and effectiveness. could not
lie as prodigiously as il their libels
were couched in foreign language.
But how humbly did the committee
estimate the value Of these hundreds
| of country papers when they received
but three thousand dollars against
thirteen thousand paid to half
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