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Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-29

Capt. George W. Ely, travelling passen- ger agent of the Southern Pacific, came up from Montgomery on one of his peri odlcal trips yesterday.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-29

Dr. William Howard Russell, the fa- nous war correspondent of the London Times, Is 75 years of age. He has been connected with the Thunderer since 1S43 He corresponded with that journal dur dng the Cr'mean war, the Indian mutiny the American civil war, the Prus so-Aus- trian and the Franco-German wars
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-29

The enormous amount of wood used every year for the purpose of making pa- per may be estimated from the fact that the Petit Journal of Paris, which has circulation of over 100000 copies a day and is printed on wood pulp paper. con- sumes in year 120,000 fir trees of an av- craze height of 66 feet. This is equiva- lent to the annual thinning of 25,0O0 acres of forest land.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-04-29
RAILWAY NEWS AND GOSSIP
Thorsby, the New Colony on the Louisville and Nashville, Formally Named and
 Entered on the Charts.

Thorsby has been formally named and is now entered on the charts and time cards of the Louisville and Nashville rail- road. Superintendent w. M. Newbold, Assistant Superintendent B. M. Starlss and Capt. P. Sid Jones, immigration agent of the Louisville and Nashville, went down to the new colony and formal ly inspected and named the place A site for a depot was also selected, and now Alabama has another live progressive town.
 Superintendent Hailey of the Southern Express company says the amount of freight now being handled by that com pany is enormous, especially vegetables from south Alabama and Florida. Pas senger train No. 2, northbound, yester- day had three carloads of vegetables for the north and east.
The representative., 1896-02-05

Under the foregoing heading the st.
Paul Dispatch, quotes from the Ap-
pleton Press the following:
eve notice that Ignatius Donnelly
is being urged by many Of the Popu-
list papers as a presidential candi-
date. II nominated he would prob
ably Immediately invite the other
candidates to meet him in joint de-
pardOned for being too timid to face
him."
We are not a candidate for the
presidency, and could not be nomin
ated if we were. but we are glad to
observe that there is one man, in the
Peoples Party, whom the bulldozers
Of the G.. o. p, and the D. o. p. re-
gard as holy terror. They hav e been
so much In the habit Of blac kguard
ing and ridiculing and denouncing and
jumping on every man who had any
leanings towards Populism that it
makes our "soul larf," Gas Artemus
Ward says, to see the respectful way
in which, Of late years, they treat us.
That poor fool Pyles, editor Of the st.
Paul Globe, Demo. Repub. mixed
blood, kind Of political mulatto,
without the virtues of either party
and all their vices, forgot himself, and
undertook to tramp our book, 1.-THE
American Peoples Money,"-into
the dirt. and we exploded all round
him, and he had to be tied together
with strings to carry him off the field;
and ever since he has canniption fit
whenever our name is mentioned. and
keeps it out of his paper with religious
earneStneSS.
We claim to be the most amiable
man in the world, but If we had not
the capacity for self-defense the ras-
Gals would have exterminated us long
ago. Full Of 1.-THE milk Of human
kindness" as we are, our life has been
one continuous batUle. And we ex-
pect, perforce, to go down to the grave
fighting. And we don't object. If
the other fellow enjoys it we will
have to try and make him happy.
The representative., 1896-02-05
MORE MONKEY WORK.
We have received the following lei

We have received the following let
ter:
Editor Representative:
Permit me to inform you that you are
entitled to more eggs from post offices
besides the Great Falls office.
l received my REPRESENTATIVE
every Saturday, up to the middle OF
October last, then Sundays for short
time after the 1st Of November, Mon
days until the Goth, that issue didn't
get at all; after he Goth Of Novemb ber,
every Monday until the 18th inst.
none for me. asked the clerk how it
was missed while the st. Paul and
Minneapolis rapers calne regularly.
He shook his head. l called in next
day, Tuesday 14th, he told me to wait
a moment. He went back to the 9TH
er end OF the Office and brought me
the paper.
l called Monday last as usual. He
shook his head, called yesterday, the
same. And to-day no. So / came to
the conclusion they don't want the
people to know the proceedings at
Minneapolis the IL, IA and Is. II you
have any copy of the iss ue Of the 18th,
left. send me one. / would not have
missed the 18th and 22d for dollar.
DANIEL WALLACE.
Spokane, Wash, Jan. %, 1896.
We want Mr.. Wallace to let us know
il he has any more trouble of the kind
he indicates and we will lay the mat
ter before the authorities at the seat
of government. We don't propose to
be imposed upon.
The representative., 1896-02-05
Il ST. PAUL DEPARTMENT.

We have received the following let
ter which explains itself:
Hon IGNATIUs DONNELLY:
Dear Sir:-I have been requested by
some members s0f the Peoples Party
Of this city, to write you, asking you
to permit THE REPRESENTATIVE to
be our official organ in ST. Paul, and
to permit the use OF one column in
THE REPRESENTATIVE, to he used by
us in calling meetings, making an
nOuncements, and such other matters
as may be OF local Importance; and for
such column we will pay the sum Of Is
cents per item, of fourteen words or
= less, and l cent per word for more
than Is words. the cash to accompany
each item. In our endeavOr to or
ganize this city and county 1t will be
necessary to have an organ where we
can find announcements covering our
districts, and a paper that will be
read by the Populists. Please answer
and oblige yours respectfully,
J. G. HANLEY.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. q, 1896.
We take pleasure in acceding to the
request of Mr.. Hanley. We will place
a column at the disposal Of the Popu-
lists Of St. Paul, under the charge
and management Of Mr.. H. A. Wall
raft and Mr.. J. G. Hanley. We com.
mence the work this week.
We are glad to note the zeal and
energy with which our leading men
are pushing the work in the twin
cities. 1t augurs we'll for a tremen-
A0OuS vote this fall
The representative., 1896-02-05

gagements on the lecture platform.
Will be glad to correspond with the
Minnesota parties to this effect who
may address me at Wichita. Kansas.
Faithfully, MARY E. LEASE.
Window, Minn.
We believe that, If Mrs. Leases
health would have permitted it, her
engagements would have kept her in
Minnesota and the Dakotas until the
last Of March. We hope however that
our friends will respond to her invita-
tion, and write her at Wichita, Kan
sas, and arrange for a two months
campaign. Get up huge picnics and
barbecues;-roast an OK, and have the
whole country turn out:-fix local con-
ventions at the same time; and bring
molly and the babies" along. and
have one or two happy days in the
dreary and melancholy monotony Of
working for the benefit OF the gold.
bugs.
The representative., 1896-02-05
$59v,4SO

Total. l................. sou, ,3oU
or course every one written to will
not remit; poverty will prevent some,
carele>sness others; but if one-third do
their duty the Peoples Party of Min
nesota would soon have half million
dollars for campaign fund.
With that money we can flood every
house in the state with books and
newspapers in the different Ian
guages; we can put twenty speakers
continuously at work in every town
ship; we can help our local newspa.
pers, our county committees, etc, etc,
etc. In short the old parties will mot
be In it," They have beaten us here
tofore because they have had thous-
ands of dollars to spend where we had
dimes. We want 70 funds for corrup-
tion purposes but for education.
We hope every one written to will
promptly respond. We will report the
results from time to time.
Plutocracy thinks it has all the
money and that the people are power
less while they proceed to rob them +.
Let us show them that little from
many is as efficacious as great deal
from few. This is the spirit Of re-
public.
Those who have never studied this
subject will be incredulous as to what
can be done.
A young girl down in Indiana, some
time since, heard a port. "a false one
it seemS), that a company stood ready
to furnish an artificial leg to any one
who would collect million cancelled
pos stage stamps. She had friend or
relative, boy, who had lost his leg.
She sta ted one OF these endless
chains. She wrote to hundred par
ties and asked for two or three
cancelled stamps, and requested
them to each send a similar appeal to
three Of their friends. The thing
spread all over the (U. S. and crossed
the ocean. The post office of the lit.
tile one-horse village where she lived.
was over " helmed with letters: they
came by the wagon load every day,
tens. hundreds of thousands and mil
lions Of letters! Houses, barns, out
buildings. sheds, everything, we're
filled with letters A dozen persons
were appointed to open and sort out
the rare and valuable stamps from
distant countries. There was no way
to stop the f1ood-the postmaster was
half crazy.-the young lady in despair;
1T is an overwhelming circle.
This may be the means, used as the
committee propose, to defeat the plum
derers Of the world.
Take hold, friends, and do your
best. You will not miss the trif1e you
give, or the labor of writing three let
ters. Pick out those most likely tC
have the ability and the disposition
to respond.
Let us see what can be done.
The representative., 1896-02-05
held the chair Of Eng lish and

held the chair of Eng lish and
CivicS in the school.
We used tn know Prof. Gaines as
prominent Alliance man. At the for
nation OF the Peoples Party he easily
became the leading Populist in
Douglas County.
In 1894 Prof. Gaines was the chair
man OF the county committee.
In 1890 he was elected superinten-
dent OF schools OF Douglas county, and
was reelected in 1892
In 1894 he was nominated for State
Senator, but after awhile he resigned
the nomination, and the committee
was forced to place the Hon. l.. b.
Cantleberry on the ticket, much
against the latter's wishes.
During the campaign we met Prof.
Gaines and enquired of him the rea-
son why he resigned.
He told US in substance. as near as
we can reColiect, that he had in some
way been injured in an accident
to a degree that interfered with
his physical and mental usefulness.
But the true explanation Of why the
Professor resigned his POpulist NOM
ination for State Senator flashed on
our mind when we found him so COM
fortablv located in state institution.
Gaines was popular in Douglas and
Pope counties, and against that stick
johnson he had more than fair pros
pect OF becoming winner in the race.
Knute Nelson, who was preparing his
own senatorial coach. sent his leg-pull-
er after Gaines. who soon was brought
into camp wounded and bleeding.
Thus was insured the absolute rouh
OF the Populists in that district and
Nelson's home delegation was safe.
Prof Gaines who so kindly renounced
any claim to seat in the senate had
to be provided for in some manner
and a stall was found for him at the
state farm.
The whole transaction shows up
this man Gaines as traitor, because
we have no idea that Knltc Nelson
would promote true Populist TO such
place OF profit and trust as that en-
joyed now by Gaines.
Evidently Gaines has pulled for
the shore, sailor" most effectively.
The people can go to the devil, he is
in safe harborage. Let the winds
howl and the ropes crack. He has not
only pulled for the Shore" but he
has pulled Knute Nelson's leg.
Our public institutions are largely
places of refuge into which to shove
those who desert the cause of human
ity. They are the alms-houses Of the
patriots.
1t is a dirty trick to take the
taxes of the people to reward those
who sell out the people.
$50 the struck eagle. stretched upon the
plain.
Never mid rolling clouds to soar again.
Sc eS his own feather in the fatal da. t.
1t winged the shaft that Quivers in his
heart. ,
The university, with it's $25O.000 a
year, and its agricultural appendage,
should be carefully looked into; and
what is good and true separated from
what is sham and pretence. The
meanest villainies in the world are
| those that shelter themselves under
the cover Of some great and noble
sentiment. ooh Liberty" cried
Madame Roland, on the way Of the
guillotine, chow many crimes are
committed in thy name..' "Oh! Edu-
cation" we may echo, 'how many
thieveries, rascalities, and corrup-
tions are sanctified by thy noble pres
| ence:"
The representative., 1896-02-05
THE LEAGUE AT WORK.

HOW 1T PROPOSES TO RAISE FUNDS.
The first great necessity of the
coming campaign is funds. Mr.. L. M.
Aver, secretary Of the State Peoples
Party League. of Minnesota, has re-
sorted to that curious expedient, an
''endless chain" He forwarded On
the 1st inst, letter TO 200 prominent
Populists, and requested each one,
after complying with it's request, to
send similar copies to three Of his
friends, enclosing little slips in each,
such as given below:
MAKE A LINK?
The Peoples Party State League of
Minnesota is an organization inside
of the party, created for the purpose
of organizing the members Of the
Peoples Party for united action as
against the CID party organizations
and all forms of monopOlistic oppres-
sion; also, to educate the masses. in
the fundamental principles Of the
party through distribution OF re-
form literature and the building up
and maintaing Of strong reform
press. The organization has a fair
start, and it is the intention to ex-
tend it to every county and voting
precinct in the State before the cam
paign Of 1896 fairly opens. Owing to
the fact that our people are poor, we
find it very difficult to obtain the
necessary funds TO carry on the work
planned. The Secretary has adopted
the novel plan outlined in the accom-
panying letter, and he hopes that
every man or woman who gets the let
ter will help to raise fund by immc-
diately sending in the small amount
asked for and complying with the re-
quest to send three exact copies of
the letter to friends. II the chain is
unbrOken, in short time an ample
fund can be raised with which the
people can, by organization and edu-
cation, soon overthrow the pres
ent monopolstic system OF con-
troll. We cannot ask for large dona-
tions, but surely the little called for,
and for which we agree to give an
equivalent, will be hardly missed.
Even if so, the cause Of crushed and
humiliated manhood demands small
sacrifice from the hands OF every pa
triotic lover Of Liberty.
The list Of books from which we ask
you to choose, is the very best selec-
tion that can be made. Everything
points to the fact that the money
question will be the most prominent
issue OF the coming campaign, land it is
along the line OF finance that we must
gather our strength for the battle.
II you don't want a book or a PAPER
for yourself, send for one and give it
to your unconverted neighbor. Divide
up the supply Of these slips inclosed
and send them out with your letters
to friends. When the supply is ex-
hausted, send at once for more.
Trusting that this appeal will not
be ignored, and that you will come to
our aid without delay, / am yours In
the peoples cause.
L. NJ. AVER,
Secretary of the People Party State
League, Wright Block, Minneapolis,
MINI.
The letters sent request each party
written to, to forward to Mr.. Aver 25
cents each. and in return he will give
them their choice of "Coins Financial
School," American Peoples Money" "
"Thc Little Statesman" "Cold
Fact" "Ten Men of Money Island
"Seven Financial Conspiracies, Eng
lish or Swede or possibly Norwegian
or three months subscription for
ssTHE REPRESENTATIVE"
The committee will profit by the re-
The representative., 1896-02-05
DON'T FORGET.

That the Duluth Skandinav, NJ.
Wesenberg. Publisher, has printed in
Norwegian Mrs. Leases great address,
at Minneapolis, January IA; and also
a full report, in the same language, I
January II, and the Peoples Party
League meeting of the Is January.
These papers will be furnished post
paid 10 any address in the United
States for cent. We hope our Nor
wegian and Danish friends will en-
courage such enterprise.
The representative., 1896-02-05
NEW SUBSCRIBERS TAKE NOTICE.

This paper will be received by many
who did not themselves subscribe for 1t,
and they may fear a bill will be sent.
Look at the number on the label. If
there is none then it is merely sample
copy. If the number on the label is 13
more than the current issue Of the paper.
then some person has paid for the paper
for thirteen weeks or three months in
advance, and the party receiving 1t VIII
be charged nothing for that time. If at
the end of three months they do not want
the paper, send us notice and it will be
stopped at once. If we do not receive
such notice we will conclude you want to
subscribe. and will continue to send the
paper until we hear from you.
The representative., 1896-02-05
OUR PUBLIC ASYLUMS.
HOW OUR PATRIOTS ARE PROVIDED
FOR.

HOW OUR PATRIOTS ARE PROVIDED
FOR.
Every now and then some vigorous
reformer rises to the top OF the waves
of political agitation, "stemming
them with heart Of controversy" and
suddenly, while he is making the
foam fly. something from below gets
hold of his legs and pulls him down,
and the agitated waters settle into
peace, and the sea gulls scream their
astonishment over the place where he
DISAPPEARED. That is the work Of the
Money-power; and the string it ties
to the victims legs is the base neces-
sity of daily bread.
It reminds one of Leland's amusing
burlesque, in the Hans Breitman
ballads" of the German legends Of
the Lurlei, or water-spirit. He tells
how:
Der noble Ritter, Hugo.
Won Schwillen Sal fenstein.
Went forth one night to wander
Alone on de panks OF dc Ehine.
And then appeared unto him the
Lurlei SPIRIT
der maiden NIT nuddings on"
And she rebuked the noble H ugo.
and said:
II don't think mooch Of peoples
Vat goes init dem selves alone"
And she urged him to 'coom down
into the vasscr" and promised to "kiss
him like everydings." She describes
the heaps of pearl and gold to be
found In the depths Of the river. and
added,
oder are pottles de Kaiser Charlemagne
Once Ono alss mi i b nloodred mi1e IN lie .+.s
She drew him under der vasser.-
Der maiden nit nuddings on"
And that is the way the Money-pow-
er seduces the honest defenders Of hui
manity:-kisses and compliments,
fame and honor, pearls and gold and
blood-red wine. are all at the service of
the men who will abandon the people
and worship Moloch.
Ex- Congressman Boen, gives an il
lustra tion of this in recent numbe
Of the Fergus Falls Globe. He says:
During our brief visit to the School
of Agriculture Of the State of Mime
sofa we noticed much that was of in
terest.
At the lecture hall the exercises
we're opened by Prof. A. D. Gaines.
formerly OF Alexandria, who told the
students tn sing, Pull for the shore,
sailor, pull for the Shore" Later we
found him in charge of the dining
hall, and on inquiring he said that he
The representative., 1896-02-05
WHAT IT MEANS.

The St. Paul Globe says:
Utah has two men in the Senate. It
is yet to be developed whether they
are statesmen or demagogues.
Which, being translated into the
Peoples Party dialect, means, that it
is yet to be developed whether they
have been bought by the Money-pow-
err, and are therefo fore statesmen; or re-
fuse to be bought, and are therefore
demagogues.
The dictionary will have to be re-
vised to adapt itself to the necessities
of our new civilization.
The representative., 1896-02-05

tude, and induce them. by their votes,
to endorse their own destruction.
And, in the face of colossal robbery
they have no remedy, except to see
that the Taylor's Falls newspapers
get little slice of the pudding: and
that the constitution of the United
States is re.affirmed.-lest, perhaps,
the thieves should steal what is left
of it, after the Supreme Court has got
through with it,
The representative., 1896-02-05

tion has to do, is to oson the Judge, and
the twelve jurymen become mere in
struments to execute his will; mere
mouth-pieces, like phonograph, to
This is not what the jury system was
intended to be. It came down to us
from remote antiquity, how remote
no one can tell; it is one of the
most precious heritages derived from
cur ancestors: and it should be pre-
served if needs be with our hearts
blood.
The representative., 1896-02-05
THE NEW COMBINE.

Coal has risen 81 ton in this city,
despite the spring-like winter. Cause:
the new trust. Original cause the
evidence furnished by past elections
that the people will sustain the G. o.
P. no matter how much it SustainS
the robbery of the people.
The representative., 1896-02-05
BAD NE WS.

MRS. LEASE OBLIGED TO RETURN
HOME, ON ACCOUNT OF ILL
HEALTH.
We regret to lay the following let
ter before our readers:
Editor Representatives;
Dear Sir:-Kindly say through your
valuable paper, to the friends
throughout the state, that / have
been compelled to cancel my appoint
ments during theS winter months.
About the 1st of JUNE. however, will
return to this state and keep all en-
The representative., 1896-02-05
HARD TIMES.
EVEN MUSIC DON'T PAY.

Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 28.-Two Of a
well-knoWn quartet OF minstrels were
prison to-day. Last fail Cleveland's
minstrels stranded at Xenia and the
members were thrown out Of employ
ment. Some of them resorted to
stealing, and two months ago Harry
Smith and Horace Wilson were re-
ccived on burglary charges and to-day
Robert Chancellor and George Wilson
joined them in the prison on burglary
and larceny charges.
Poor devils! The demonetization Of
silver is knocking the music out Of
them. Why don't they start bank?
That is the only thing that pays.
The representative., 1896-02-05
SPECIAL NOTICE.

No person has any right TO incur or
create any obligation, binding on 1.-THE
Representative" Publishing Company. or
make any contract in its name. unless the
same is specifically assented to and ap-
proved of. IN writing. by the President
Of the said Representative Publishing
Company IGNATIUS DONNELLY.
President.
The representative., 1896-02-05
TAKE NOTICE.

That we cannot receive single sub
scriptiOns for three months for 10
cents or anything less than % cents.
The cheap rates are only where guam
titles are ordered, as set forth in our
advertisements
The representative., 1896-02-05

Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota
is too good man, we trust, to suffer
himself to run the risk OF becoming
enraptured with his own oratory.-
Chicago Tribune.
Which is gentle hint to Knute
that Minnesota is mere appendage
to Chicago and that he must not slop
over or cavort round, without first
cons ulting his masters.
The representative., 1896-02-05

duced rates at which they will get
these productions. Suppose the COM
mittee makes, on, the average, ten
cents on each order, then the results,
if each party writes three copies Of
the letter, and each of those rece living
it RENTS and writes three more
cOpieS will ho az follows.
The representative., 1896-02-05
Total in suspended banks" .$l33, 364

Total in ''suspended banks" .$l33,3 364
The sum Of 1888, 900 out of s267, ,oCO is
a pretty good slice. 1t proves that we
are enjoying good Republican times.
Think how many poor devils Of tax
payers, will have to pinch and econ
omise and work harder to make up
that $l33OOO. But the thing to do is
to pay it and give the &. o. P. anoth-
er 60, 900 plura lity this fall. That will
show we are an intelligent, sensible
noOr1o
The representative., 1896-02-05
A GOOD SLICE.

The thirteen million dollars Of
taxes collected annually from the peo-
pie of Minnesota, could. in our judg-
ment, be reduced one-third or one
half. But it would be like drawing
the back teeth out Of the mouth of
Beelze bub, with all Hades howling
around him, to cut off single ex-
travagance. But every now and then
a big slice Of it ''goes up the spout, "as
shown in the following item from the
Penny Press:
The report Of the State Treasurer
as to the amount Of funds on hand
and where deposited furnishes an in
teres ting study to the readers Of this
paper. The aggregate amount OF
money on hand and belonging to the
state was 1886, 6,3l5.s4. or this sum
$267 900 is deposited in Minneapolis, of
which last named sum. $i33,OO0 are in