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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
OUR COURTS.

The antecedents of the men COM
posing the federal judiciary are well
worth study. For example, the life
judges, at 5000 year In the lowest
branch OF the organization, number
81. OF these no less than So were at
torneys for railroad corporations be-
fore they went upon the bench, % of
them having been thus engaged at a
regular salary. Counsel for the Pa
cific railroads contributed IL of the
judges. The Pennsylvania railroad
has seven Of its former attorneys up
on this bench, and the Baltimore aud
Ohio five. II we ascend q little higher
we find q life judges in the circuit
courts. or this number 13 had been
railroad counsel, and four salaried at
torneys. Street railway companies
contributed three members. It Is a
significant fact that the man who
changed his mind and thereby over
threw the iacome tax, had been. prior
to his elevation to the supreme court
OF the United States, counsel for the
Pennsylvania railroad company, the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad,
and the Baltimore and Ohio. These
particulars are very interesting. 1t
might be good idea to appoint con-
gressional commission to make q thor
0ugh Investigation OF the entire fed
eral Judiciary, and reorganize the
body. 1t is possible that the federal
courts would pronounce such a COM
mission unconstitutional, and there
fore null and void. The Populist
conventions might even find injunc-
lions issued against them forbidding
all criticism OF the federal judiciary.
Indeed, we are lucky that these lords
of creation have not enjoined the At
lantic ocean from bounding our east
ern coast. They may do It some day,
and then the Atlantic ocean will get
into trouble. Century.
And these ex-railroad attorneys,
now judges, are the real governing
power In the United States today.
The people do the voting, 1t is true
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26

have no hope OF their acceptance. II
they do not Va will make straight
fight.
! win say was Donnelly man at
st. Louis; and was disappointed when
your name was not presented. / voted
for s. F. Norton. Very respectfully
yours, JOS. A. PARKER.
Louisville. KY, Aug. 81.
These letters strongly corroborate
Mr.. Schilling. There are here four
witnesses against one. There can be
no donbt that Mr.. Owen, In his weak
way, did his best to defeat the Direct
Legislation plank. and then tried to
lie out OF it.
He opposed the Initiative and Refer
endum Ia spite Of the repeated decla-
rations Of the Populists of Minnesota
In their favor; and in.spite of the In
structions of the Minnesota delega-
tion, given to him few moments be-
fore. In the convention hall at St.
Louis.
How can the Populists trust such a
man TO 20 to Congress and represent
themP Will he truly represent them?
Will he not stab them In the back
whenever and wherever he can? Is he
not narrow-headed, unprogressive,
c0ld-blooded, conservative; without the
slightest sympathy with the prin-
ciples or purposes of the Peoples Par
ty? We want locomotive, not pneu-
matte brake. The old parties can fur
nish US brakes enough. We want
leaders not camp-followers. We want
'the children of Israel to 60 forward"
not to halt where they are until the
armies of Pharoah chrush them. We
need q Moses to lead us-not an
apostle Of the flesh-pots of Egypt.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
ALDERMAN RAND.

Another good Democrat who would
fall into the category Of good" is Aid.
Lars M. Rand. Mr.. Rand at this time
is ia full harmony with his party, and
his position is one of strength, but,
somehow, there is feeling that Rand
would not quite do. He thinks SO
himself, although he Is not over-mod-
est, and SO the matter stands.-Min-
neapolis Tribune.
II Alderman Rand modestly draws
back that is the time to push him for.
ward. He is an able, clear-headed and
honest man;-as much so as any In Min.
neapolis;-and the people should see
that he is kept at the front as one OF
their leaders.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
LIAR DISEMBO YELLED.

The old machine papers of the two
old machine parties are shedding
huge crocodile tears over the treat
ment which Mr.. Donnelly has received
at the hands of the Populists. and Mr..
Donnelly seem to reciprocate their
great (?) sorrow. Perhaps Mr.. Don
nelly is reminded Of the time mot long
ago), when he found 1t convenient and
profitable to abandon the Peoples
Party, for the time being, and stump
the state for Boss Merriam, his
''friend" Hill and Mckinley tarifism.
We hope not.-Waseca Herald.
Pardon us, sir; but-speaking gently
you are liar.
It was in 1888 that Mr.. Donnelly
supported Merriam for governor.
That was tour years before the Peo-
pies Party was born-at Omaha, July
4, 1892 He therefore did not "aban-
don the People Party" in 1883. It
was two years before even the CALI
ance party" was created in 1890.
There were two parties in Mime
sofa In lSsS,-the Republican party
and the Democratic party; and,-com-
PEELED to choose between them,-Mr.
Donnelly,-as an old Republican-pre-
ferred the Republican party. Mr..
Merriam, to his honor be it remem-
bered, was supported by the EARN
ers' Alliance" (not the Alliance par
tyr for speaker; and being elected
gave the control Of the organization
OF the House. January 1881 to the
Farmers Alliance. He made Mr..
Donnelly chairman of the committee
on Railroads, against the protest OF
every railroad man in the state: and
he came down out Of the chair aud
made speech in favor of Mr., Donnel-
ly's bill to reduce the rate of interest
from ten per cent to eight per cent
per annum. Did he not deserve Mr..
Donnelly's support?
And we would ask this dirty liar to
prove that we advocated mckinley
tarifism," in 1883. and that Jim Hill
was an issue in that campaign.
The editor OF the Waseca Herald is
rapidly establishing for himself the
reputation OF being the most menda-
cious piece of beastliness in the state.
He is SO crammed with lies that they
are bursting out of the toes of his
boots, and sticking up from among his
lunatical hair.
He is At to edit the Penny Press
with Stacy and Williams;-and the
force OF the English language cannot
express lower depth Of degradation
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
EXPROPRIATING THE LAND.

In Spain, during the past 20 years
1000, 900 small landholders have been
appropriated by the authorities on &C
count of inability to pay their taxes.
These were nearly all cultivators of
their own land. In the same period
Spain has sent &C., coo emigrants to
America.
Why? Because they had no land.
Where will the American farmers 90
when they have no land?
The same process that is going on
in Spain is going on in the United
States with startling rapidity. Al
ready one-third of the farmers of the
country are tenants: in 30 years more
it will be twO-thirds.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
Special NOTICE.

Campaign Edition-A Great Oppor-
tunity.
We are now almost in the midst of
the campaign.
The excitement will grow hotter
and hotter until it attains to white
heat in November.
THE REPRESENTATIVE will do its
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We sral furnish our paper from this
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FORTY CENTS.
This will carry it past the election
and will furnish our readers with the
results-a Free Silver victory, we
hope,-with all that is said and done,
prior to the new year. 1t will prob
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Our offer of the paper for three months
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
MONEY BOTIOMED ON TAXES

The address sent out by the Nation
al Committee, from st. Louis, read as
follows:
"a declaration In favor of the free
and unlimited coinage Of both gold
and silver, at the ratio Of 16 to l, and
the direct issue by the government of
legal tender standard paper money re
deemable IN debts and tores."
Our enemies changed this to read,
''1edeemable IN metal"
This was in direct violation of the
creed of Thomas Jefferson, who said
the treasury notes (greenbacks) should
be "bott07aed on tdres''-nOt on metal.
As some one said: money is made
to circulate, not to be redeemed. y"
"Bottomed On taxes means accept
able in the payment of taxes.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
FAIR PLAY.

The silver philosophers very wisely
say that no man will sell silver for less
than dollar when it will be accepted
for a dollar at the mint. Very well.
Now, who is to get the benefit of the
difference between the 80 cents that 1t
Is worth now and the 81 that 1T will
be worth" when the government
stamp Is on it: The laboring man, or
the farmer? No; for they have none
Of it, and they can't get it for less
than what the mint allows for it. The
silver owner, then, who is the only
man who will have silver to sell is the
only man who will receive direct
benefit. Considering the number Of
silver owners, and comparing them
with the number Of laborers and
farmers this looks like fattening q
dozen silver men on million working
men.-St. Paul Dispatch.
Very ingenious. But IL the laborlng
man and the farmer have no silver
now, nor any other kind Of money,
would 1t not be we'll to change the
|, conditions and give them q pocket
full, even il some one else benefited
by the rise in the price Of silver?
4 Suppose q scamp appealed to the
cotton raisers of the South and said to
them:
ut is true that the reconciliation
Of silver would double the price of
your cotton; but look at it! The
Northern farmers would then get one
dollar bushel for wheat worth today
but fifty cents! Are you going to let
them make that immense profit? Had
you better not continue to sell your
cotton for I cents to me, instead of Is
cents; and thus prevent the western
farmer making so cents bushel on his
wheat?"
Is there any cotton raiser that
would be fooled by such trash?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
is SILVER REDEEMABLE,

To the Editor of the Journal.
Discussing the silver question with
some friends I was asked this ques-
tion: III man should take, say 800
silver to the United States Treasury
and ask for gold money in return
would the United States have to pay
out the gold? II not then when and
in what way are silver dollars redeem
able in gold? John T. Baker.
A.-Under the act of July IA, 1890,
provision was made not only for the
redemption Of treasury notes in gold
but for keeping "the two metals on a
parity with each other upon the pres
ent legal ratio" Under this clause
silver dollars are entitled to redemp-
tion In gold like treasury notes. To
restrict the withdrawal OF gold the
treasury department few years ago
construed the clause as applying to
treasury notes alone; but enormously.
Silver dollars are at par with gold be-
cause limited in amount and received
as the equivalent OF gold at the Gus
tom-houses. Minneapolis Journal.
There is nothing in the act of July
IA. 1890 which provides that 'silver
dollars are entitled to redemption in
gold like treasury notes." Not a
word. The act declares that "the two
metals shall be kept on a parity" and
corrupt administrations have held that
this meant that the government must
redeem its notes exclusively in gold
which was discrediting of silver and
destruction Of its "parity" with
gold. For surely IL silver cannot be
used wherever gold can be used then
silver is not ION parity" or equality
with gold.
This refusal to use silver increased
the demand for gold, and we have
consequently 1921, 229. 532 of different
forms Of money made to rest upon
800. COZ, 900 of gold. Instead of issuing
full legal tender silver coins, not re-
deemable In gold or anything else. the
administration locked the silver dol
lars up in the treasury and refused to
use them, on a real parity with gold,
and then issued silver notes for the
same. These silver notes are by Law
redeemable exclusively in silver. but to
help the gold-ocracy in their schemes
the government treats them in spite OF
the law, expressed On their very face. as
redeemable in gold. That violation OF
the law Of the land has helped to
make the tremendous demand for gold
which exists in this country to-day;
and has compelled the nation to Dor
row $26O, Doc, 0oe of gold, On per cent
bonds, in time Of peace.
But by law the silver dollars are not
redeemable in gold or anything else
and even the Journal admits that the
silver dollars are at par with gold, be-
cause ''they are received as the equiv.
alent Of gold at the custom houses u
Ergo,anything,-gold, silver or paper
redeemable or not redeemable in gold
that is recoverable at the custom.
houses for duties on imports is worth
as much as gold, for those taxes are as
real as anything in the world. and
whatever will pay those taxes must be
worth as much as the taxes. That Is
exceedingly plain.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
WHY THE BANKS HOARD GOLD.

Last week John Zackery went to the
bank to pay off 81, 900 eastern mort
gage, and was informed that the note
called for gold, and after going to all
the banks found that he had to pay
$50 premium to get his $1,000. Mr..
Zachery is now for free silver.-Shel-
byville, Ind, Democrat.
It was an act of congress, passed by
the peoples representatives, that en-
abled the money lender to take this
$50 from John Zackery. And Mime
sofa is now covered with these gold
mortgages, put there by Congress!
Pretty state of affairs.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
POSSIBLE RESULTS.

The Appeal to Reason says: II Bry.
an is elected so overwhelmingly that
disputing the election is out of the
Ques tiOn, the money power-the mo-
nOpOlies-will proceed to close in on
all their debtors, and take in as much
property as possible before free coin
age can have any possible effect in
making dollars easier to get. This
will cause such a pressure all along the
line that the country will be thrown
into a panic worse than any yet ex-
.perienced. By doing this the money
power will accomplish two objects
they will make thousands of millions
by the squeeze and point to the awful
wreck and ruin as the result of the
"free silver craze"-killing two birds
with one stone, as it were. The peo-
pie, however. have so we'll studied the
question that this course will almost
certainly drive the people to despera-
ton. insurrection, and possible reYo-
luton.
II Bryan is not elected by a decisive
majority, the election will be dis
puted, and there will be another Til
den-Hayes affair; the Cleveland adj
ministration will hold the govern
ment during the controversy, declare
or anarchy, and use the army and
navy to sustain the dictatorship. 1t
will be plausible, too, as Democratic
administration declaring against a
Democrat, will lend force to the con
testant. This will surely lead to q
terrific struggle. The country is now
aroused and greatly excited and but
little is required to set the masses and
classes in deadly combat.
We do not like to hear prognostica.
tions OF civil war. We hope this coun
try will be at peace for a Thousand
years. But it cannot be al
peace unless the people are pros
porous; and they cannot be
prosperous il there Is not an abuedant
supply Of money for the needs OF trade
and commerce.
II the money lenders continue tx
rule the nation 1t will end In the most
stupendous revolution ever known IL
the history Of mankind.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
THE REASON.

The sense of smell in an elephant is
so keen that it can scent an enemy at
a distance of 1,0OO yards. Ig, Donnel-
ly. of the Populists, can discount that.
and he is not Dragging about it, eth
er.-St. Paul Dispatch.
Yes, but then our enemies smell
louder than those Of the elephant.
The stencil Of seltishness. greed, bru-
tally, treachery and Indifference to
human rights. given forth by them,
can be perceived at distance of five
miles.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26

the British Possessions represe nted in
two days mail.
The world loves hard hitter. who
strikes from the shoulder. The cour-
age that stands up against PlutOcracy
is first cousin to the courage that
smashes scouDdrel wherever he
sticks up his ungainly mug.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26

and elect congressman and legislators,
but the courts 70 through the statute
books and say what laws shall stand
and what shall not. This is higher
power than the law making power.
We are not q Republic, but an oil
garchy OF lawyers and capitalists.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
FACTORIES At ELGIN CLOSE

ELa1N, Ill.,, Aug. ls.-The Elgin
sewing machine and bicycle factory
closed Indefinitely today because it
could not borrow money on good Sc
curity with which to pay its hands.
One hundred and fifty men are thrown
out Of employment.
Why could the company not borrow
money on good security? Because the
money supply is small, and what there
is is mostly locked up In the banks.
One bank In Hastings, Mimi, has
$l25, 900 stored in its vaults, and dares
not lend it out. because 1t knows not
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Parties are still sending ten cents
for three months trial subscription.
We were losing money on the ten
centers, and two weeks ago discon-
tinued the offer. We can not accept
subscriptions any longer at that rate.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26

Hereafter your name will be taken
from the list promptly when the time
expires, without notice. II you do
not wish to miss number be sure to
renew a.week OF. two before your sub
scriptiOn expires. We are compelled
to take this course for many reasons.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
SPECIAL NOTICE.

No person has any right to incur or
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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. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26

whom to trust. And the pressure OF
these evil conditions falls at last on
the laboriug men. who, deprived Of
work, are deprived Of food, save such
as they may got from charity.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26

You can get sample of a very pref
ty free-coinage badge, ''16 to l." by
sending 20 cents in stamps to Eagle
Badge Company, Wiliimantic, Conn.
AGENTS wanted,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26
For President
VIM. JENNINGS BRYAN.
Of Nebraska.
For Vice President
THOMAS e. WATSON,
of Georgia.

At St. Paul Mr.. J. p. White will re-
ceive subscriptions for THE REPRE-
SENTATIVE, at his Office, 249 East
Eighth street.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-26

for Prof. McCleary. or any other man,
to claim that this should not be done,
because lot of money-lenders were.
In the mean time, In the enjoyment
of some certain advantages resulting
from the wrong done to the silver
mine owners.
We are not asking for any innova-
tion, or any change in our monetary
system from that established by the
fathers. We are simply demanding
redress Of q villainOus wrong, &C.
cemplished by fraud, at the instance
OF foreigners.
To plead the very deterioration Of
silver as result of that fraud, as
reason why the fraud should be con-
tinued forever. Is most unjust, UNI
reasonable and unnatural. Suppose
couple Of villains had uttered cruel
ISLANDERS against some good woman, q
friend or relation Of Prof. McCleary,
and had thereby destroyed her reputa-
tion and made her good namc mock
cry in the mouths Of the low and
vicious. And suppose Prof. McCleary
had traced the ISLANDERS back to the
two wretches who had first uttered
them, and had called upon them to
retract and do justice to his lady
friend. and they had replied:
"Why, the woman's reputation Is
gone already. She Is the talk of tho
town. She Is too low down to be hurt
by any reports. refuse to repair the
Injustice. Her personal reputation is
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-18
Cable Hawaii,

Washington Jan. 7,-The house COM
mittee on interstate and foreign COM
merce to-day heard Edmund l.. Bay
lies of New York city. in support of the
bill to establish q cable between the
United States and the Hawaiian Is
lands. He spoke of it's Importance, and
said the cable, if allowed, will start
from the coast Of California or Oregan
and proceed to the Hawaiian Islands,
a distance of 2,O97 miles; thence in
southwesterly direction, 1891 miles to
the Marshall islands, and thence north
westerly 2,502 miles to Yokohama, the
total length thus being $3.50 miles. Its
estimated cost when ready for opera
ton would be 81, 100000. Continuing, he
said i. was proposed to ask from the
United States government to aid in the
building of the cable sum which would
equal approximately $4,000 pear for
twenty years; and during this period
the Japanese government is to be asked
to contribute 100000 year Mr.. Bay
lies said that if the proposed cable
were laid the rate for the transmission
of messages would. in a short time, be
reduced from OTTO so per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-18
Stolen Valuables Found.

New York. Jan 1.-THE rooms of five
members of the Calumet club at Fifth
avenue and Twenty-ninth street were
entered last night between $50 o'clock
and midnight, and robbed of several
thousand dollars worth of diamonds and
jewelry. This morning nearly all the
articles were found by Roundsman
Guidera in a lavatory in Battery park
They were rolled up in an old handker-
chief and stuffed into the corner of the
basin. The bundle, which was insight
fcant. was stuffed tightly into the cor
ner of the basin, the thief evidently in
tending to come back for it later in the
day The bundle was taken to the Old
Slip police station, and officers are
looking for the thief.