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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15
S7R.AINING ON THE CHORD.

Congressman Towne's stand, for in
dependent action in the free coinage
of gold and silver, received an Eng
lish endorsement Friday when the b <
guns OF British financial circles un-
dertook to bear American securities
Ii there is a war between the two
countries we must stand alone and
the sooner our finances are freed from
the English ENHANCEMENT the better
for us. Let's go it alone and if Eng
land doesn't want our silver let her
keep the urities.--Princeto
Union.
Right you are, Bob. Dunn.an about
the only ones who are not coming
around to your way of thinking are
the millionaires who, in these times
when everybody else is on the ragged
edge of poverty, are taking advantage
Of the situation to Increase their
wealth. Days Sentinel.
Here are two men, Bob Dunn and
Frank Day, who ought to be in the
Peoples Party,-but one is State
Auditor and the other Lieut.. Cover
nor, by grace Of the Republican party;
and SO they continue to march in the
ranks, ''cussing" and swearing. never
theless, at the flag that floats over
them. But they are straining on the
umbilical chord fearfully. and some
day it will snap, with loud report,
and there will be two more good Popu-
lists. So mote it be.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15
DICK, THE DECOY STEER.
END OF THE FAMOUS ANIMAL IN
THE CHICAGO STOCK YARDS

END OF THE FAMOUS ANIMAL IN
THE CHICAGO STOCK YARDS.
Dick" the bunco steer at Phil Ar
mours yards, got too lazy for his job and
was led to the slaughtering pen just like
the animals he had decoyed to death be-
fore. The deceitful old beast is dressed
beef now Dick was a big, fat, brown
steer that had winning ways and a cold
treacherous heart Many and many are
ers Dick has led up to the butchers steel
hammer.
Many years ago Dick arrived at the
yards, and, being a beast of more than
usually sagacious appearance, was pick
ed out for the work. Dick was carefully
trained in the art of walking up a chute
at the head of a bunch Of cattle, and
then, quietly dodge to one side, leaving
the bunch to walk on to the place where
the hammers swing. After years of prac-
tice the big steer had grown expert at his
treacherous work. Dick would saunter
down into pen full of new and unso-
phisticated cattle and scrape an acquaint-
ance with two or three of them. Then the
wicked brute would be in to look wise
and talk knowingly about the racy sights
to be seen in the big white house over
beyond the fence. When Dick offered to
lead the way there was grand stampede
to follow. Up the gangway went Dick,
and after him chartered the greenhorns.
But just before the bunch got sight
of the big butchers waiting inside, Dick
would unostentat fouSly shy off through
a side passage and leave his victims to
transact business with Mr.. Armour's
men.
So Dick grew famous. But. like many
other famous characters, he grew puffed
up with pride, got lazy, and began to
LAY down on the job" 1t got to be so
easy. this thing of leading wide-eyed
country cattle up into the chute. that
Dick didn't seem to care whether he
worked for his feed or not. Mr.. Armour
grew displeased with his apathy. He does
not like to have employees loaf on their
jobs. SO orders were issued concerning
Dick. One day last week the wise old
rogue was leading the usual bunch up the
gangway, but when he got to the usual
jumping Off place there was none there.
Dick had to go on with the herd. Before
long he had been converted into dressed
beef. Now that Dick has suffered the
same fate as his thousands of dupes his
work all devolves on his former partner,
known to the butchers as "Phil."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
II the Occulists are right, and the
soul of Dick rcappears in this world.
in new form, it will be as an old
party editor. Just as he led his un-
suspicious brethren to the ak so will
he lead the multitude to financial
ruin, and dodge aside himself to COL
lect his salary: and grin. as he sees
them 90 down into the pit bowling.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15
Farmers Advocate, Charlestown, w.

Very true. The farmers have been
regarded simply as creatures inferior
to the Inhabitants Of the cities; and
too often the way they voted justified
the charge. 1t was considered that
their part in the divine economy was
to raise food for the nabobs and pay
taxes for their support. And the ma
hobs have looked upon the revolution
inaugurated by the Populists very
much as the farmers would regard an
insurrection among their horses and
oxen. The Indignation has been I'M
bounded. The first thought has been
sis there no way to deprive them of
the right of suffrage?" 1t inks them
to think they have to descend to
tricks to cheat them. instead of riding
over them rough-shod. To a large
element in this country the Declara-
ton of Independence and the revolu-
ton Of 1776 were great mistakes; and
the doctrine of the equality of men
is an atrocious lie. Standing armies,
gatling guns, great armories and in
termarriage with the European no.
bility are the things to be desired. II
we had war with England ten per
cent OF our people would sympathize
with 1.-The mother country-don' yer
know"
We want another Nova Scotia for
the habitation Of these scoundrels.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15
DISSATISFIED.
ALL IS. net GOLD THAT GILT
TIERS.
One Man Not in Favor of Coaxing
More Producers Into the
Northwest.
Get Clear of Party Bigotries and
Vote Right.

The Irish farmer is asked to give up
his pleasant home and come to this
free country" where instead of pay
ing rent, he will get land for almost
nothing. We wish to qualify this rose
colored statement, by informing him
il he will have no rent to pay, he will
have to pay taxes, and that if he
comes here he will find that taxes in
America are more oppressive than
rent in Ireland. In that country he
never had an assessor prowling about
his premises and prying into his very
bedrooms for something to tax. When
he paid his rent there, and two or
three shillings of county cess, his
property was his own. and he could
live-and live well-without paying
anything to the general expenses of
the nation, besides few cents on tea
or coffee. Here, in this so-called free
country" he will find three great
armies Of idlers to support. whose
numbers extend into the millions.
There is first. \; next, there is
the army of Federal office holders, of
which no man knows the limit, and
lastiy-the state, county, town and
municipal army OF leeches who suck
the very marrow out Of the farmers
bones. He is supposed, and indeed
has, to furnish the greater part OF the
thousands of millions of dollars re-
Quired to support all these idle
drones, for the millionaires, syndi-
Gates, and merchants contrive to con-
ceal their property but the farmer
can conceal nothing II the money IS
not forthcoming he will find, in this
great and free country. that not only
his stock and farm implements, but
even his very farm and house will be
sold for taxes, to supply the extrav-
agance of the political scamps who
prey upon his industry.
Talk OF the ruSeS reSorted to by
the devil, in order to inSlave souls.
The devil is gentleman compared to
those who. with honied words, would
inveigle innocent men and women to
wander into the far Northwest, in or
der to make themselves slaves to the
syndicates that hoCe to get rich out
Of their wretchedness. With wheat
at 30 cents bus hel. corn at 16, oats
at IL, and rye and barley and every
other kind of farm produce low in pro-
portion. how do the immigration
sprouCers suppose the farmers Of the
Northwest can live and pay taxes,
which are never leSSened, no matter
how produce anges.-Chippew Wa Falls
Sentinel.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15

In Dakota Irish potatoes are so
cheap that it does not pay the potato
raisers to dig them and thousands Of
bushels will rot in the ground. In
Minnesota. they are selling at 10 to Is
cents per bushel. In Iowa at less.
Here we pay sixty cents bushel and
consider them cheap at that. There
are millions of men, women and chill
dren hungry for potatoes who cannot
get them. What is the barrier that
stands in the way ofsthe potato raiser
and the would-be consumer? We an
swer: The banks which control the
money and the railroads which con-
troll the transportation. Both are
monopolies of the peoples own crea
tion. II Uncle Sam issued and con-
troled the money and owned and
operated the railroads, the potato
raiser would get money for his pota-
toes, and the potato consumer would
get potatoes for his money.-Amarillo
Texas Republic.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15
TAKE NOTICE.
MRS. LEASES APPOINTMENTS

MRS. LEASES APPOINTMENTS.
We hereby announce that Mrs. Mary
p. Lease, the great orator of Kansas,
will speak as follows, in Minnesota:
Wednesday, January Is, 1896, at
Peoples Party League Meeting, Min
neapolis, MINI.
Friday. January II, 1896, Fergus
Falls, MINI.
Correspondent, B. F. Partridge, of
Fergus Falls; who is requested to Sc
cure her appointments in that vicinity
for Saturday January 10, if possible
Monday, January 20, at St. Cloud,
MINI.
1.-THE correspondent there is Mr.. P. J..
Seberger.]
Wednesday, January 22d. at Win
dom, MINI.
[Mr. M. N. Caldwell, is the cor
respondent at Window. He will look
after all details. II he can secure her
another engagement for Thursday
the 23d, in that neighborhood, it would
be we'll.
Friday, January "a, Adrian, Mimi.
II. 7. Mcknight, is the correspon-
dent there.
Saturday. January 25th, Pipestone,
Mimi.
A. D. Ferris, is the correspondent
there. We leave the following Mon
day vacant, in case he can secure an
other engagement in the same vicin-
ity.]
Tuesday. January 2Sth, Marshall,
MINI.
[Mr. Sturgeon Odell. is the cor
respondent there. We leave four more
nights vacant, because Mr.. Odell
writes us he thinks he will be able to
fill that many.]
Tracy, Lyon county, Wednesday,
Jan. 20, 1896.
Granite Falls, Thursday. Jan. 80.
Renville, Friday. Jan. 81, 1896.
Monday, February Sd, St. Charles,
Mimi.
[Mr. A. D. Medhurst is the cor
respondent there. We leave one more
night vacant for Mr.. Medhurst to fill.
if possible
w OouOoOdy, ECOl udIy Jul, 1F0SUUQ,
Mimi.
[Mr. B. F. Allison, is the correspon-
dent there. We leave three days more
for that vicinity. Towns like Preston,
Chattield, Spring Valley, ETC., ought
to secure Mrs. Lease.
Thursday, February 9Th, Fairmont,
MINI.
Correspondent, Hon. T. S. Fisk
Monday, February 10th, MapIeton,
MINI.
Mrs. Lease has already been IN cor
respondence with parties at this
point.
Mrs. Lease ought to be kept in Min
nesota half the winter. She can do a
world of good. Her charges are $50
and travelling expenses from last
point, and hotel bill; parties however
can see her during the Alliance meet
ing; and when several adjacent towns
are grouped together they can pos.
sibly obtain reduced rates. But we
feel sure she will draw crowd enough
anywhere to pay her charges.
EDITOR REPRESENTATIVE.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15

Increase the amount Of money, and
you make it more plentiful and easier
to get.
Population is rapidly increasing,
production rapidly increasing, COM
merce rapidly increasing. v,9.s
Money being created merely to
facilitate business, the Increase of
business naturally demands an in
crease of money.
The two old parties, working togeth-
er IN the interests of concentrated
wealth, are shrinking the amount OF
money year by year-tllus adding to
The value Of the small amount of mon
ey which is left, and adding to the adj
vantages which those few who have
boarded their gold have over the mil
mons who have to exchange their la
Cor, land and produce for cash, in or.
der to pay debts aud taxes.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15
L. M. ROBERTS SUPPLY HOUSE.

In another column will be found an
sad" from the great house OF T. NJ.
Roberts & Co., of Minneapolis. They
do an immense business and give gen
eral satisfaction; but they were some
what unfortunate during the recent
holiday season. In spite of the fact
that they had over one hundred en-
ployes filing orders their trade
was so enormous that they fell behind
a little. Some Of their best men we're
taken down with typhoid fever, and
errors occurred and delays happened.
But the T. NJ. Roberts Supply House
is now in excellent shape and ready TO
fill all orders promptly; and any error
that may have occurred will be
promptly and cheerfully made right.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15

The experiment of recruiting the
laboring class from the upner class has
failed, as it deserved to do: and the
cost of maintaining the abortive in
stitutiOn is three or four times as
great as that Of the other schools.
Nothing but sentiment of hostility
to labor keeps it alive.
And all this illustrates how far we
have departed from the original ideas
of the Republic. The revolution of
1776 was a contest against king-craft
and aristocracy. The great eight
years war was fought by poor men. in
deer-skins and homespun. with the
long rifles Of hunters:-brave, great,
noble men:-the splendid sires of de-
generate sons. Their theory and pur-
pose was to esta blsh a nation where
labor would be more honOra BILE than
idleness; and where all the powers Of
government would be put forth to
make the toiler with his hands gen
tleman, in the highest sense of the
word Now we see the state, engaged,
as in these manual Labor Schools, Pin
the work Of providing competitors for
those who have already dire struggle
to live and maintain the dignity of
decent manhood. 1t is all wrong.
The multitude are the workers.
Everything that Injuries them debases
the Republic. Everything that lifts
them up inSures the life of the nation
and guarantees the happiness of all
citizens.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15
SPREAD THE LIGHT.

We can furnish The Seven Finan-
cial Conspiracies, and the Ten Men
Of Money Island" in Sued ISL for ten
cents each. These are both excellent
works, and great ''eye-openers. If
you have any Swedish friends or
neighbors, who cannot read English,
send to us and get few copies to
lend around, passing them from one
to another, until all have read them.
You will be surprised at the results.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15
NOTICE.

We want all our our friends who
are in arrears to be kind enough to
pay up. We are printing such big
editions that it costs US big money.
The Scotch have a saying many a
little makes a mickle." We are doing
heart; so give us a helping hand
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15
DEBS AND THE CLERGY.

Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. 1O.-Engene v.
Debs delivered an address before the
Christian Labor Union at the Sherman
Street NJ. f. church last night. during the
course Of which he arraigncd the church
He said: mo man can honestly accu-
mulate 81 10000 Where there is such
accumulation there must be robbery. One
Of the great faults of large portion Of
the Christian clergy is that they fail to
arraign rascalty in high places. / know
1t is difficult for the ministers to discuss
the questisons which arise between capital
and labor. The church cannot array IT.
self on either side. 1 do not want it to
take sides, but I believe in speaking the
truth.
IF any man cannot hear the truth from
the pulpit the church is better off without
him. ! know it is hard for minister who
receives his salary from the rich to speak
against their miSdemeanors. There are
rich men who use the church to uphold
them in their nefarious practices in accum-
ulating wealth through the present I'M
Christian laws"
While he lauded the Little Church
Around the Corner he said all churches
were not solely places Of worship. He re-
ferred to Trinity church, New York, with
its 500, 600. 900, within the shadows OF
which thousands are destitute. 1t has
$500, 900, 900 invested in property. 1t is a
usurer and much Of the property is rent
ed for unholy purposes. He claimed the
church could and should be factor in the
solving Of the labor problem, but it should
not be subservient, but should be the fear
less and sympathetic church such as Christ
designated.
AT the close of the lecture the Rev. Mr..
Starkweath announced that a confer
ence of the prominent labor leaders of the
country, and of prominent churchmen will
be held at his church in April to devise a
plan for the solution Of some of the labor
questions.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15
THE POULTRY SHOW.

The Tenth Annual exhibition. of
the Minnesota Poultry Association
opens January Is. The list Of entries
is large and comprises many new
varieties. The show room is at 6l2
First Avenue South.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15

retire the greenbacks. It is in keeping
with his record in connection with the
demonstration of silver The old ulcer
OF political. corruption will find however,
tnat the populists Of the senate are alert,
and will see that the people are not again
deceived.-Topeka Cooperation.
Congressman Towne and Eddy voted
rlgnt on the bond bill.-Princeton Union.
SIMPLY because produce is plenty and
cheap is no reason that there will not he
thousands suffer for bread this winter.
IL potatoes are one cent a bushel and
starving family hasn't got the one
cent they can't get the potatoes.-Farm-
er's Tribune, DesMoines. NM
The greatest demand Of the present
day is for honest men; not men who will
not steal. from you, none of our public
servants would do that; but God-honest
men, men who will not recognize any
difference between your money while #
Is In your pocket, and when it has been
pooled with your neighbours money and
put In public treasury as taxes..-Peo-
pies Party Tribune. La. 49,. 81
Municipal ownership Of street railways
Is growing in popular favor, and has
gained such hold in Detroit that under
the able leadership of Major Pingree.
that the Detroit Street Railway Com
pany has offered to sell their lines to the
city, submit to stringent regulations, and
make big money concessions for the
privilege Of running the cars, single fares
with transfer to all parts Of the city 3
cents-4O tickets for 81. Other cities are
waking up, and several are already OBJ
tanning revenues from the holders Of the
city railway franchises. Baltimore got
WI, 1883 last year. Taxing the gross
receipts is the initial step, and that Is
now done in Baltimore az above stated,
per cent; Milwaukee per cent; Buffalo
2k per cent,-Toronto s per cent, plus
$500 per mile of single track. A good be-
ginning.-Pttsburg, Kansas
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15

How we clod- hopping farmers are
growing. "Did you ever see it
worse?" "What are we all going to
do?' are very common questions, and
they are now in the mouths of every
farmer Well, our farmer friends, you
have not seen the worst yet. The
wear 1896, under the perpetuation of
the prevailing conditions, will bring
all to realization. Business men must
be taught that the whole material
prosperity of the country is bound up
in the prosperity Of agriculture. and
that whenever that great industry
languishes. every member OF the
physical body of business becomes af-
fected, even as a arrangement OF the
heart affects the human body.-The
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15

''The Little Statesman is catching on
hugely. 1t is just the thing ito post up
on nearly everything in the way Of facts,
statistics authorities, etc. See partial
contents in our ad. on the 9th page.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15

M ANTED-Several trustworthy gentle
w men or ladies to travel in Minnesota
for established, reliable house. Salary $3.50
and expenses. Steady position. Enclose
reference and self-addressed stamped en-
velope. The Dominion Company, Third
door. Omaha building. Chicago.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15

Republicans do not like to be re-
minded of the time when they were run
ming over the country and telling the
people that Republican victory in 1894
would restore confidence and bring i'm
mediate prosperity. This was the bur-
den of the editorials and speeches, and
Of the street corner conversations, all
through the bankers panic of 1893.
They shouldn't kick now, when re-
minded of it, should they? Come up,
boys, and take your medicine, like good
children.-Cresco Plaindealer.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15

We are opposed to strikes. They do
no good; they accomplish nothing; they
cause trouble; they block business they
give roughs an opportunity to pilfer and
destroy property. and cause the presi-
dent to trample the constitution, decla-
ration Of independence and everything
else under his feet and send the United
States army to shoot down the strikers.
Don't strike. If you don't know enough
to vote for what you want. then take
things as they come; you are getting
just what you voted for and should be
content.--El Reno Headlight.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15

With potatoes selling at 20 cents a bus
hei the poor man of the city can re-
1oice: at least so. say the property hold
ers, but what matters 1t to the poor devil
who has no work whether potatoes are
20 cents or 81? What is wanted is not
cheapness of farm products, but plenty
Of work and constant EMPLOYMENT. steady
wages regularly paid and euch a condi-
ton can only come again to this country
when there will be plenty of money cir
culating among the people and not locked
up in the banks. 1t were better to pay
high prices and have money to pay for
what you need than to increase the
purchasing power Of the dollar" and fail
to have dimes to do the buying.-Daily
National Inteligencer.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-15

Men are apt to believe what they don't
understand.-Pliny.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-02-15
j. PURNELL, Attorney-at-l
Order Nisi.

Major 7. Hall and Jerome B. Hall,
partners trading under the name
and firm of Hall, Bro, and Co.
VS..
Their Creditors.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County. January Term. 1896, to
wit: February 18th, 1896.
ORDERED that the sales made
and reported by Clayton J. Purnell,
Trustee for the sale of the real and
personal estate of the above named
firm of Hall, Bro and Co, and of
Major I. Hall and Jerome b. Hall as
individuals, be ratified and confirmed,
unless cause to the contrary thereof
be shown on or before the ninth day
of March, next, provided copy of
this order I've inserted in some newspa-
per printed in Worcester county once
in each of three successive weeks be-
fore the 2nd day of March in the year
eighteen hundred and ninety six.
The report states the aggregate
amount Of sales of partnership and in-
dividual property to be s20.755.74.
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELL, Clerk.
True Copy, Test:
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELI, Clerk.
feb. 15-3t.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-02-15
\ Novel Birthday Party.

1t is very seldom that II person can
have only one birthday in eight
years, but it will occur now To those
whose birthday comes on the 18th day
of February, as it will be eight years
from the 10Th inst before that date
occurs again in the month Of February.
Mr.. Thomas I. Savage of Berlin has
little girl who is one OF the umtortu-
mates, but she proposes to celebrate
the 29th OF this month in great shape.
Invitation cards to her birthday party
have been issue.l on which is this
wording:
Yonr company is requested, if feeling WELL
BY Mis- NJ. Rydic Savage nj the Park
Hotel.
On February the twenty ninth. from two
till five.
TO celebrate her birthday. Make merry
she is alive.
BE sure and come; no matter if il rain.
For eight years elapsc ere birthday comes
again