The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
A GRAND APPEAL.
The Populist County Commissioner
of Rice County-A Farmer, and
Not an Office Seeker.
Proposes That the Populists Give The Repre-
sentative FOO. 900 More Subscribers, and
Half Million More Readers.
How 1t Can Be Done.-Victory For Reform thu
Consequence.-A Burning and Elo-
quent Appeal.

1
To the Readers of the Representative:
In celebrating as to the best plan of
advancing the interests of the PEOPLES
Party, after having surveyed the whole
situation, come to the following conclu-
sion land think that those to whom this
letter is addressed will agree with mel
First-That The Representative is at
the head of reform literature; and also
that it is the cheapest and therefore the
most practical paper to invest in for re-
form purposes.
| AS near as l cam ascertain The Rep
resentative has between eight and ten
thousand regular subscribers; every man
| of them being heart and soul in favor of
reform. All this without counting those
to whom the paper has been sent for three
months
| Now, suppose that they take real,
practical view of the matter and by con-
cert of action extend the circulation of the
Representative about one hundred thou
sand, thus giving it total of one hundred
| and twenty thousand. "A1l right" you
| say, "but how is this to be done?" The
simplest way in the world. Let each of
the regular subscribers contribute SO
| cents to 81 each and there you are. Of
| course you must send list of names to
! accord with the amount of money that you
send. You must also be sure that the
men whose names you send are not get
ftnop fhn 10
the Peoples Party will be revolutionized
| in this state. The Representative will
| have more than half a million readers,
| mostly in this state. Aside from all this,
you will have the consolation of knowing
when you are reading good article in
| The Representative that your neighbor is
| reading or has read the same article; that
| he will appreciate it and thank you for
the compliment. Already several sub
| scr. ptions have been started on the three
! months plan in our county of Rice and
| the result is most salutary. Now, friends
| and brothers, I am sure that proposition
will meet with your hearty appreciation;
| that you are heart and soul in favor of it;
that you even feel it your duty to do your
| part; that you will not for moment con-
| sider the paltry amount of a dollar or two,
and no ONE need confine himself to that
amount if he can possibly spare more;
| but let every reader send at least so cents
| 1t is not necessary for me to remind you
| that it will not be throwing money away;
| that it is a good business principle; that it
| is just what the mOney-changerS are do
ing. They are prostituting the daily pa
pers and they are reaping their reward
in ill-gotten gain. Let us uphold our pa
| pers with our honest money (most too
hOnesD, our pennies and our dimes, for
| that IS about as high as the average man
can get these days.
| think of the consolation it would be
to our Mr.. Donnelly, our time-honored adj
vocate, champion and super eminent pa
triot, to know that his good work is so
well appreciated.
Ny friends, if it is not worth while to
| make this small sacrifice then the cause
is not worth working for. If it was
worth seven years war to free our
selves from Great Britain's tea tax, of
or per cent, how much more is 1T
WORTH FIGHTING AGAINST A
TWENTY PER CENT ROBBERY ON
ALL WE SELL AND SURELY NO
LESS ON NEARLY ALL THAT WE
BUY?
Do not say that this is an overdrawn
picture, for you can hardly think of an
article that you buy that there is not a
trust on, and twenty per cent is con-
! sentative estimate to charge against
trusts. If you have the courage of your
convictions you will not hesitate to ad-
vance this small amount to help PUT
AN END TO THIS ROBBERY.
Do SO. Do it for yourself; for your chill
dren; for uur country, and your GOD.
You will not regret it and you will have
paved the way to certain victory, at least
in Minnesota.
A little more of the patriotism that an
mated Patrick Henry when he said LAS
for me, give me liberty or give me
DEATH and thereby fired the American
heart to deeds of untold daring A little
more of that indomitable and unconquer-
able self-will and all the gold of the
money changers will not prevail against
us. The people are ready to move if
they only knew which way to move.
You who are fully convinced that the
Peoples party is the only party from
which any reform can be expected, it is
your duty as we'll as your privilege to
let them know that there is such paper
as the Representative. Not only to let
them know, but to see that it is sent to
them for three months. If everyone will
help little, it will not be so hard on
those who are striving so periodically to
help the paper out of this outrageous
predicament that the gold-bugs have got
us into. He who would be free must be
first to strike the blow; for a moment of
liberty is worth a whole eternity in
bondage So do not rest until you have
done your share.
All! well may the money power put on
their smirky grin, If we cannot raise q
few dollars in an exigency of this kind;
and we shall have to wait for two or four
years more, and be plundered out of mil
lions of dollars more; all for the want of
few dollars at the opportune time But
| trust, my brothers, that this paltry
amount will fe forthcoming.
1t will stimulate our leaders TO greater
endeavors when they see such determ:na-
tion on our part, and victory will be ours
beyond the possibility of doubt.
All. these are 1.-The times that try mems
SOULS and we shall see what we shall
see. We shall see whether the neces-
sty of the people is to be the opportunity
OF pillagers and plumbers for all time In
short,we shall see whether we are capable
of raising a protest in the most effective
way possible, to-wit: by advancing this
amount to circulate The Representative
Yea, verify, friends and brothers. we
shall see what we shall see: victory is