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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15
PEOPLE S VOTE IN MIL WA UKEE

In the recent city election in Milwau-
kee, the Republican vote for mayor fell
of from 24,O53 in 1894 to 1917 in 1886
a loss of 500 votes.
The Democratic vote for mayor drop
ped from 1885 in 1894 to 1877 in 1896
a loss of 3,438 in two short years.
Here is loss of neaG'ly 10000 votes to
the old parties in presidential cam
paign year, in the midst of the trumped-
up excitement pertaining to caucuses
conventions and daily newspaper agita-
ton of the claims of candidates. Let US
look at the companion chapter of the
story.
The Peoples Party vote for mayor
rose from 1858 in 1894 to 9,12O in 1886
gain of nearly 5000 in two years.
In other words, the Republican vote fell
off Is per cent; the Democratic vote drop
ped off 20 per cent; while the Peoples
Party strength increased 155 per cent
This is significant showing. 1t shows
clearly which way the wind blows. 1t
shows that the convictions of the people
are shaping. 1t presages the still deeper
and more widespread movement of No
vember next.
One fact in the Milwaukee election, and
a bright harbinger, of that the influence
of the municipal reform movement, as
represented by the Municipal Reform
League and the Good Government clubs,
went largely to strengthen the Peoples
Party These organizations gave the
Peoples ticket 1000 votes. It was thus
in the recent city elections in Fargo,
Moorhead, jamestown. Duluth and other
cities. The Peoples Party is the only
truly reform party through which there
is present hope of reform victory, and
the reform element Of the country has be-
gun to take earnest and substantial cog
nizance of the fact F. N. S.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15
WHAT is A RAILROAD.
JUST COMPENSATION.

JUST COMPENSATION.
We have received the following let
ter:
Editor Representatives:
Will you kindly inform me, through
your valuable paper, what the actual
authority and power invested in a
government is. If. for example. this
government were building a railroad,
and there should happen to be a
house, or any kind Of property. on the
right Of way of such a line, and it vas
absolutely necessary to run over, or
through said property, in order to
build such line OF railroad; and the
owner Of the proI erty would not, after
reasonable price had Eeen offered,
and all possible legal steps taken, un-
der any circumstances permit such
road to be built over his property:
would not the government then have
the authority and power to condemn
and use that property without any
compensation to the owner-if it so
chose to do,
Please answer this, and settle dis
pute that have had. Res nectfully,
JOHN GUsTAFsON.
Minneapolis, April 6.
A government has supreme control
over the lives and property of its sub
jects. and can take either without
compensation, by the sheer power of
might. But our government is based
On written constitution, defining it's
powers; and, under that constitution,
private property can only be taken for
public use by paying 1.-THE lust value
thereof" A railroad is strictly priv
ate property, owned by the stockhold-
ers, but in view Of its Importance to
the people, it has, by legal myth,
been treated as public property; and
the government lends its right of
eminent domain" to it; and by that
right it can cut through the land or
house Of the private citzen;-but be.
fore doing so it must pay, or tender,
the value Of the same to the owner.
The value is to be determined by COM
missiOners, selected according to law.
A tender is equivalent to payment, in
case The owner refuses to receive it.
The amount remains in the hands of
the company and can be collected at
any time, should the owner, as is very
likely change his mind.
Strictly railroad is simply high
way. but instead Of being drawn over
the mud the freight travels on the
lines Of steel, to decrease friction.
There is no more reason why the pub
lie should not own the railroad than
there is why it should not own the
wagon road. I'D.
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STILL THEY POUR IN.

Our tremendous growth continues.
Mr.. Wallace Wheeler, of Minnesota
City, Mimi, sends us club Of 2f0 in
Winona county. Our Business Man
ager, Mr.. Seberger, is kept busy near
ly all the time opening letters and
entering subscriptions. II we could
only receive dollars where we get
dimes we would have the Scandi-
navian editions started in a week. Our
friend c. O. Rund, Of Cosmos, Mimi,
writes us that he will shortly start on
a bicycle and canvass the whole coun-
ty Of Meeker for THE REPRESENTA-
TIVE. From all quarters we receive
the most encouraging advices. Keep
it up, friends; we can stand it If you
can, Id
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15
THE OLD GAME,

Some Of Mr.. Davis friends charge
that McKinley's agents spent $4,000
in Minnesota to beat the Senator out
Of the delegation. While the amount
may be padded it is undeniabl that
the Mckinley enthusiasm in some
localities was 'sweetened, "-Martin
Co. Sentinel (Rep.)
The same reports come from all
quarters. The manufacturers raised
$3.50, 900 to nominate Mckinley and
will spend millions to elect him.
Why? They expect to increase the
Tariff, put up the prices OF the neces-
saries OF life and collect it from the
bowling Dervishes Of the great West.
n
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15

200: ]. C. Hanley, St. Paul, Mimi. 200;
Gunner Nauman, Cam bridge. MIMI.
100; Louis N. Grill, Richland. S. D.. 100;
NJ. P. Moran, Graceville, Mimi, IS;
F. II. Stauffer. Burbank, Mimi, 81:
L. NJ. Aver, Secretary p. P. State
League, 81; G. II. Kravit, Belleview,
Mimi, q.
Besides very many others who sent
US in lists of 5, 10, etc.
We are greatly obliged to all our
good, kind friends. We shall try to
make the paper worthy of their sup
port. l. D.
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turns to a condition worse than that
Of the middle az s. II the many control
them then mankind rises bodily to a
higher level of dcvelopm> mt ana
greatness.
We all know what Jefferson and
Adams and Washington and Franklin
would have done ii they could have
foreseen these mighty changes. Ihey
would have provided against the
domination of such cruel and unjust
powers. Should we not do that which
they would do today if alive? Or shall
we act in way that would meet the
approval of the Tories Of the R:volu-
ton. ii they were living and running
the banking buineSS of this age:
The answer is plain. i. ID.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15
n QUESTION OF TIME.

"There are OO,OOO,GO0 people in
Christendom and loo, 900, 900 never had
enough to eat. wendell Phillips.
1t is good idea to blot out one-half
the primary, metallic money of the
world, and then we will have 200, OOO,-
900 who will never have enough to
eat; and 10000, 900 who will have ten
times as much to eat as they can eat;
and then it will be a mere question Of
time until the 200, OOO,O 900 will rise up,
like cyclone of God, and sweep the
100000 900 into eternity, and liberate
the world. u.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

From and after this date we will
only receive trial subscriptions IN clubs
of fire or more at 10 cents each. Single
subscriptions will be at regular rates:
-25 cents for three months, so cents
for six months and 81 for one year.
We find this change is necessary or
nearly our whole subscription list viii l
become "ten-centers." and receipts
be too small to pay our bills.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15

prospe rous are true" continued Mr..
Merritt. II looked carefully into
things and can say that know OF no
country that is enjoying such pros.
perity now as M xico is. Money is
fluwing into the country freely for in
veSJment and factories Of all kinds
are Swinging up like magic. There's
IL. troub.. about the cur'encv, which
as you know is silver a ID it is fact
worthy of notice that Mexican three
per cent bonds command more favor
in London than this country's fours.
Everybody is doing we'll down in
Mexico"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15
OUR PONITUS PILATES.

"There is no doubt in my mind but
that nation may be legislated into
prosperity or adversity."-
Jefferson.
The poorest country in the world,
Ureland). has the richest soil and the
finest climate; the richest country in
the world, New England), has the
poorest soil and the meanest climate.
The West has been ruled by New
England, through provincial deputies,
like Washburn and McCleary; and
now the fat lands lie PROSTATE at the
feet Of the rocky lands. We have had
our Republican Pontius Pilates to
collect tribute and ship it to the
Yankee Rome. I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15
GOVERNMENT LOANS.

Red River Valley News: Brer Lam
phere's observations upon his own de-
mise as Republican appeal strongly
to the emotions, and we are waiting
for further installmcnts in order that
we may determine whether they
should he taken as an inquest or u
funeral discourse. His grief over the
straddling ways into which old par
ties have fallen and are falling is
peculiarly touching. We notice with
especial sadness that he wants the
Populist party to fall in with the
procession Of straddlerS and take a
vacation from subtreasury, per capita,
per cent loans. etc. all Of them. or
some, at least-sO that he and it may
perform the mutual swallowing act
with the minimum of danger. He
should not hesitate. They are ready
to receive recruits Of even less sim
certify and console tiousneSS.
There was nothing very unreason-
able about the sub-treasury scheme
and government loans. Nearly every
country in Europe has, at one time or
another, loaned money to its citizens.
England, to-day, advances the Irish
man large part Of the money needed
by him to buy farm, on long time,
at low rate Of interest. The colony
Of Pennsylvania, before the Revolu-
Jion of 1915, issued paper money. "bot-
toned on taxes" and loaned it to its
citizens, and thereby insured the most
tremendous growth and prosperity to
it's people; but England came in, (as
she is trying to do now. and wiped
out the paper money and insisted on
gold basis; and the collapse that fol-
lowed was so great that one writer
claims it was one of the chief causes of
the great revolution Of 1776 which
made us nation. Even the state Of
Minnesota has time and again made
loans to its own citizens, when they
were impoverished by grasshoppers or
hail or drought, and the amount lost
by the state has not been equal to
nehundredth part of the resulting
benefits to the people and the whole
state.
The Sub-treaSury scheme originated
in the South, where the planters we're
mortgaged to the eye-lids, for large
debts at excessive rates Of interest,
to carry on their farming; and these
debts were consuming their profits
and reducing the people to beggary;
and in their distress they thought,
not unreasonably, that the govern
ment Of their own states ought to do
as much for them as the aristO-
cratic governments of the old world
have done or are doing for their peo-
pie. But the shallow newspapers Of
this country, like the Red River Val.
ley News, working in the interest Of
the Money-lenders, and opposed to
every thing that would relieve public
distress, proceeded to ridicule and
misrepresent the sub-treasury plan,
and talked about lending money on
cabbages and turnips and spoiled
eggs; and so set the tongues of all the
fools in the country wagging against
the proposition.
The law requiring mortgage fore.
closures to be advertised ought to be
repealed, and thus kill off nineteen ths
of these old party weekly newspapers,
which simply live off the calamities of
the producers. They are general
nuisance and curse to the people
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15

five are bankers. and OTHER counties fur
nish goodly sprinkling.
1t becomes palmer every day that
the mighty battle in which the coun-
try is now engaged is simply an insur-
rection of the Money-lenders against
the common people. They come to
us wreathed in smiles, their pockets
full Of gold notes and mortgages, their
hands bearing gives and shackles, and
they sing as they advance: "Come let
us put these irons on you. The poor
house is the right place for a freeman
to end his days. Hurrah for poverty
and the sheriff. I. d.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15
GREAT GAINS IN MILWA UKEE

One Of the surprises in the Milwau-
kee election was the fact that the
Populists cast nearly 5000 votes. Most
of them came from the Democratic
party. This year promises to be a
great one for surprises in the political
line.-Penny Press.
We shall see some in Mimi sota
that will astonish the fossils. The
farmers and workingmen are honey
combed with Populistic ideas. We
are going to carry the state. Push
the good work. Id,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15
FIVE OUT OF ELEVEN BANK.
l.-~- ERS.

In our last issue we requested our
friends to report to us the character
Of the delegates to the last Republic
can state convention. Here is an
item throwing light on the question:
Mankato Review: A prejudiced
Populist said, on Monday, that he did
not believe that there would be an
actual bona Jide farmer in the Republi-
can congressional convention. OF
course he was mistaken, for there
we're many farmers, but had he said
that there would be as many lawyers
Or bankers as there were farmers, he
would have been nearer the truth.
From the large agricultural county of
Yellow Medicine, out of eleven delegates,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15
OUTSIDE GROWTH.

We are glad to note that the i'm
mense growth OF The REPRESENTA-
TIVE is not confined to the state of
Minnesota-the whole Northwest
participates in it. We have Just re-.
ceived from Mr.. Louis N. Grill, Presi-
dent Of the Peoples Party League, Of
Richlapd, S. D., the money for one
hundred subscribers. Mr.. Grill adds:
1--WE expect to send you list Of one
thousand names at this rate from
this county, during the next two
months"
Our subscription list in the two Da-
kotas will soon be nearly as big as
that of Minnesota. ID.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15
TO OUR FRIENDS.
A CONFIDENTIAL TALK.

THE REPRESENTATIVE is prosper
ing wonderfully. 1t is spreading
everywhere. And wherever it goes it
is doing good. Mr.. Stacy's articles
are very valuable and Mr.. Seberger is
tirst-class Business Manager. There
is but one dark cloud on our horizon.
The bulk Of our new subscribers are
item centers." Even some of those
whose one dollar subscriptions have
expired renew, by sending us in a
dime. We should have $3.50 Of re-
ceipts a week, at the least, to meet
our expenses. One thousand new
subscribers, per week, at ten cents
each amount to but 500; and the
prejudice against Populist papers
makes it very difficult to collect an
other $3.50 per week from advertisers.
For instance Donaldson Brothers adj
vertising clerk told one of our can
vassers, a few months ago, that he
didn't think we could get any adver-
Using in their store unless zoe changed
our politics! And we havn't got any
advertising since. And we havn't
changed our politics.
We could remedy all this trouble by
stopping the ten cent subscriptions,
and we feel strongly inclined to do so;
but while it would make it easier
Shedding" for the paper it would not
be so we'll for the Peoples Party We
do not want to reduce our list from
10000 to 10000, but to increase it from
10000 to $4,000. But we cannot do
this unless our Populist friends help
us. How?
Don't take advantage of our liberal
ity by subscribing for the paper for ten
cents, which is less than it costs US,
including our large orders for new
galleys and mailing type. Don't be
small with US. That offer is simply
meant to intr duce The REPREsEN-
TATIvE into new homes. Remember
the editor-in-chief is working for
nothing and "fnding' himself: and
we don't want him to find himself out
Of pocket. II you have been taking
the paper for ten cents renew it at
once by sending dollar The cause is
yours as mach as ours. 1t is great
deal to you whether your poste rity
shall be prosperous yeomanry or beg
carly canaitle, hanging around the
back doors OF ge,atlemen's kitchens for
scraps of bread and meat. Any man
who isn't fool can see how things
are going. We feel we are doin g
Gods work in this battle. as much so
as any OF the churches. The best way
to fill hell is to establish a hell upon
earth;-the pleasautest path to
heaven is through an earth made
heavenly.
So, friends,do all you can to help US.
Don't force US to cut off the cheap
subscriptions, and thus arrest the
propaganda Of the truth among the
blinded multitude, at the very time
when it is most needed.
Go out among your friends and get
a lot of yearly subscriptions at our
regular rates. See the men who have
been taking the paper for ten cents
and have them renew at dollar
year each.
Remember this is Qour paper-estab-
lished by the Alliances to afford the
producers Of farm and workshop
mouth-piece and hearing. I'D.
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feated the Peoples Party candidate
by 9 scratch OF IA votes
In the Fifth ward Of She bovgan the
Republicans and Democrats combined
on alderman to defeat the Pops, but
the latter beat 'em. The total vote
of the city On alderman was 63l.''
T. D.
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MANY THANKS.

We find ourselves una BILE to give our
usual lists of new subscribers-our
space is too much crowded. We take
pleasure in noting however the follow
ing lists of subscribers received dur
ing the past week.
Nr.Warren Wheeler, Minnesota City,
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

No person has any right to incur or
create any obligation, binding on ''The
Representative" Publishing Company or
make any contract in it's 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.
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low metal OF the whole world, was
sunk in the profoundest depths of
the Pacific ocean, and man released
from its dreadful garrote. Now he is
in the Spanish chair, fastened to the
golden post, with the old-party band
age over his eyes: and the Rothschilds
are turning the screw that squeezes
the life out of civilization.
God help the world. Id.
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Twenty Thousand Circulation.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, March 81, 1896
This is to certify that the total num-
Der OF papers printed this day for The
REPRESENTATIVE is 10000 copies.
r. E. LINkFIELD,
Supt. Mechanical Dept. Penny Press.
Sworn and subscribed to before me
this 3lst day Of March. A. D. 1896.
[Seal.] w. LEE MOORE,
Notary Public.
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IN Il BAD WAY.

There are 2.9l8 lunatics in the In
sane Asylums Of Minnesota; and the
Republican party had 6J,0OO plurality
at the last election. I'D.
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Republican Caucus.

5ANSHAksaASsAtS - Ss6SSos *sS sssf.s
Is Republican caucus for Pembinn
township called to order March 10th,
pursuant to published call. e. M.
Nixon was elected chairman and Aug.
Short, secretary.
On motion q committee Of three.
consisting of F. A. Wardwell, f. w.
Felson and Brandon johnson was ap-
pointed to name fourteen delegates
to attend the convention at Neche on
March 3lst. The committee named
the following: w. j. Kneeshaw, f.
A. Wardwell, Branden Johnson, JCd
LaMoure, e. M. Nixon, Jacob GRADER,
w. HI. Moorhead, B. HI. Webster, r. T..
Price, Gus Baker, Aug Short. +. w.
Felson, Ole Paulson, Chas. Atkinson.
On motion a committee of three,
consisting of e. NJ. Nixon. Alex Airth
and B. II. Webster, was chosen to Sc
lect the Republican township COM
mittee, and they submitted the fol-
lowing: e. NJ. Nixon, Branden John
son ana John Hogan, who were duly
elected.
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An Amdavit..

An Affidavit.
This is to certify that on May 18th,
I walked to Mellck's drug store on a
pair Of clutches and bought a bottle
Of ChamberliBn's Pain Balm for in.
flammatory rheumatism which had
crippled me up. After using three
bottles I am completely cured. lean
cheerfully recommend Charles II.
Wetzel, Sunbury, Pa.
Sworn and subscribed to before me
on August 10, l594.-Walter Shipman,
J. P. For sale at so cents per bOttle
bv T. B. Shaw & Co. 35-3S
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Personals.

Miss Ella Bride writes home from
Minneapolis chat she has a situation
as stenographer, with grain firm, on
Hennepin ave. Howard Eastman
made business trip to Winnipeg,
the first uf the week. :. .Supt. jackson
went to Grafton, Tuesday, to be pres
ent at the the state examination.
Miss Oldham spent her Easter yaca-
tion with her sister at Crystal. 5000.
Miss Nettie Eastman, Of Carlisle,
went to Winnipeg last week, to take
treatment at the hospital there.
Many friends hope that she will re-
turn soon, fully restored TO health.
H. A. Mayo and his son Of Walhalla.
went soath on the n. p. from This
point last Sunday. d. G. Mcintosh.
of St. Thomas. Was in the city last
Friday. Geo. Douglas came home
from the Grand Forks University,
Monday. to spend Easter with his
folks. ". Quackenbush has returned
from q pleasant three months ~ ,,,,. ,r
New York and Is again .keen,nS
bach" at Tim O'Brien's ho.el at,
Neche. MIR. 4aackenbush d,d some
missionary work for North dakota In
New York this winter and he expects
some converts along later. in the sea.
SON. $ :: Fred Geroux lee. It Sunday, for
where he h: :. uono - ,vor,,
for Mike Horgsn.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-03

It will be an agreeable surprise to
persons subject to attacks OF bilious
collie to learn that prompt relief may
be had by taking Chamberlaln's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. 1b
many instances the attack may be
prevented by taking this remedy as
soon as the first symptoms of the d.
sease appear. Is and so cent bottles
for sale by T. r. Shaw & Co. 1888
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Acknowledgement


Emerson. Man., March 10th, 1896.
VIM. Uglow, special agent, Mutual
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Dear Sir:-I wish to acknowledge
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day, policy No. 1856, issued by
your company on the life Of my late
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We refer to Dr.Sawver's Family Cure.
Ask your druggist for free sample.
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Bicycles.

Bicycles.
The bicycle season is here and all
intending purchasers, and others, are
invited to call and see my new stock
Of wheels, ranging in price from $50
to e1OQ SecOnd.handed bicycles tax.
en- In exchange for new ones.
G.. G. THOMPSON.
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THE Ladies' Aid Of the Presbyterian
church gave their semi-annual tea
meeting and concert In Kittson Hall,
Wednesday evening. Refreshments
were served from six to eight o'clock,
after which q musical program was
rendered J. The attendance was good.
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The Chapman House is again open
to the travelling public; clean beds,
good meals and good accommodation
50 s. A. RUsHroN, prop.