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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28
LIND WILL BE ELECTED.

Reports from all over the state in
d.cate that John Lind and the whole
state ticket will be elected by fully
$4,000 majority, and it may go as high
as 10000 or even $4,000. A study Of
the official vote for governor for the
past ten years confirms the reports.
The combined opposition vote in
these years has been from 5000 to
nearly 5000 greater than the vote for
the Republican party. Ip 1892 1t was
57,482 greater, and In 1890 1t was 81, $40
greater. 1t Is true that two years ago
it was only 374 greater, but it must be
remembered that not less III IN 80, 900
Democrats voted for Knute Nelson,
knowing that Becker stood no ghost
Of show. and preferring the Repub-
licans to the Populists on account Of
the Woman Suffrage and liquor
planks in the Peoples Party plat
form.
Nelson's vote two years ago. :. 147 ,943
Deduct Democratic votes that
went to Nelson. 10000
Actual Republican vote. ...... III ,943
Opposition vote two years ago. .149, 306
Add Democratic votes that
went to Nelson ................ &c. 200
Total opposition. IFS, SOC
Opposition majority. ........... 60, 1868
1t is admitted that there are two
free silver Republicans to one gold
Democrat; but even if we concede
that they are about equal in mum bers,
it still leaves US :he 10000 majority.
We are very conservative and place
the majority at twenty-five to forty
thousand.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28
THE TURKS BL CODY WORK.

London, Oct. 21.-The St. Peters
burg CORES pondent of the Berlin Yer
mosti gives details of the Van mas
sacre secured from refugees. The
correspondent declares that there are
no Armenians left in the Van district.
The Kurds declare that they were
carrying out the sultan's will MUIR
dered the men, kidnapped the prettiest
women and girls and threw the chill
dren into the pits Intended for stor-
ing corn and buried them alive, in or
der to save ammunition. The victims
were arranged in rows and were killed,
two and three at single shot. The
details Of the Outrages on the priests
and temples and the sacred books and
vessels are indescribably revolving.
Hurrah for Christendom! Glorious
ChriStendom! Hurrah for John Bull
and the Rothschilds and Grover
Cleveland!
Three cheers for Grover! Hurrah
for the noble Turks! We are proud OF
our country and our age! Don't let
the collection of the interest on the
Turkish bonds be interfered with, on
any consideration.
And all honor to the Turks for their
economy. No waste Of ammunition
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28
Ripans Tabules cure Indigestion.
AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN.

A mysterious force, which most of
us will not permit ourselves to con-
slider. radiates from the personality of
Mr. Bryan himself AS the weeks pass
and public interest becomes more and
more aroused in his unprecedented
personal campaign, which has already
surpassed In mere flow Of words and
magnificent distances any crusade
since that of Peter the Hermit, must
we not pause to reflect upon the ef-
feet Of such doings on the minds Of
the people? It has been shrewdly
said by some Of his critics that Mr..
Bryan would have made great popu-
lar evangelist had he been directed to
the paths of religion instead of poll
tics. Mr.. Moody has by Implication
acknowledged this in his recent COM
plimentary inference to Mr.. Bryan's
method of popular speaking, and Mr..
Moody is a good judge of how to reach
the people. The Democratic candi-
date is in many respects an extraordi-
nary man. A foreign observer, Thee-
dore Barth, editor Of the Berlin Ma
tion, and a membe of the German
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28
THE CRIME OF 1878.

WHY DID JOHN SHERMAN LIE ABOUT
The following Dialogue, found on
pages 2O62 and 2O63 Of the Congression-
al Record, Volume 4, part 3, Forty
fourth Congress, first session, occur
red in the Senate Of the United States
on March 30, 1876:
Mr.. Conkling: Will the Senator al
low me to ask him or some other Sen
ator question? Is it true that there
Is now by law no American dollar; and
If SO, is it true that the effect of this
bill is to make half-dollars and quar-.
ter-dOllars the only silver coin which
can be used as legal tender?
Mr.. Sherman. / will answer the
Senator from New York, that since
the law Of 1853 the use of the silver
whole dollar has been discontin ued
and none has been issued. That has
been so since 1853.
Mr.: Conkling. Is there power to is
sue it?
Mr.. Sherman. There is no power
and has been none.
Mr.. Bogy. The power to issue exist
ed from 1853 to 1863; but since 1873
think there has been no power.
WI. OACI Mdu. ucIC HAS U0oO no
silver dollar issued since 1853, and my
impression is that the law Of 1853 did
not confer the power to issue it. The
Senator thinks it did confer the DOW
er, but the law of 1873 cut of the pow
er in my judgment, IL it existed. The
dollar was practically dropped from
our coinage system for the best pos
sible reason. the same reason that the
five-franc piece and the large coins of
England have been dropped out of
their currency, simply because it is in.
convenient in size and form for ordin.
airy coinage and ordinary business.
Mr.. Mcdonald. Permit me to ask
the Senator from Ohio whether we
have any law on the subject of the
silver coinage of the United States
except section 1913 of the Revised
Statutes?
Mr.. Sherman. / read that section.
Mr.. Mcdonald. Is not that the on
" law we have defining the present t
silver coins of the United States?
Mr.. Sherman. Yes, sir. read
that.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28
ANOTHER THREAT.
THE PEOPLE ARE TO BE PUNISHED
FOR VOTING AS THEY PLEASE.

THE PEOPLE ARE TO BE PUNISHED
FOR VOTING AS THEY PLEASE.
HON. IGNATIUs DONNELLY:
Dear Sir:-Will you be so kind as to
answer one or two questions?
They are soaring the people here
with the threat, that if Bryan Is cleo
ted the bankers will commence at
once to force the collection of all their
claims.
lfso, has not the legislature the right
to make laws to stop such Tyranny, or
stop forced collections. Please answer
this. Respectfully,
John Kron.
Alexandria, Sept. %.
l. These threats are all nonsense.
Ii the money-lenders had loaned
money to- their debtors for fun or
philanthropy, there might be some
sense in this talk. But what will they
do IL they collected all the money they
have standing out? Could they eat
it? Could they wear it? Where will
they take it. Where they will get big
ger interest and better security than
they have in Minnesota?
Money is only valuable while it is
bearing interest. The debtor is as
necessary to the creditor as the credi-
tor is to the debtor. In fact more So;
for the farmers could get down to
Russian conditions, and live on ten
acres, on what they could raise; and
then the money-lender would be seen
running around, with tongue and eyes
out, imploring some worker for Gods
sake to borrow his idle money and
support him.
That is all lending money means.
The usurer don't want to 90 to work
and toll in summers heat and win
ters cold. and SO he gets worker to
take his trash and do the work neces-
sary for his support.
1, What feeds the banker, and his wife
and children, and his servants and his
clerks, and his horses and dogs and
his chickens and everything else that
Is his? 1t Is the interest money, paid
him by lot of chaps that get it out
or the land, out of grubbing and dig
ging, and ploughing and seeding and
reaping and threshing. And now Mr..
Banker says to his debtors:-
Here. darn you! II you don't vote
as want you to, won't take any
more interest money from you, but
will call in my capital and eat it up,
and shortly be as poor as you are!'
He might Just as we'll step out on
the street corner, with razor in his
hand, and say to the assembled farm.
erS:-
See here! II you don't vote for
Mckinley l will cut my own drafted
old nose off! There..
1t is all rot"
These philanthropists will never re-
fuse to lend you money as long as you
have security to give.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28
THE 1.-THE DUMPING GROUND
RGUMENT.

Would free coinage result in the
dumping of the worlds silver in upon
us? This is question frequently
asked. The gold bugs say it would
and that this country would be flood
ed with cheap money.
If we admit this, it will be one of
the strongest arguments in our favor.
Let us see. The foreigner owner
brings his silver here and has it
coined into dollars. These dollars are
a legal tender only in this country,
and would pass in foreign countries at
their bullion value, which the gold
bugs say is about 50 cents on the dol
lar. Then in order to gain the differ
ence between it's bullion and its face
value, he must spend those dollars
right here. The silver money of the
world amounts to less than 81, 600, OOO,-
900, and if all dumped into this coun-
try, it would give us only $50 per
capita, or about the same as we had
in the sixties, right after the rebel
lion, the most prosperous period in
American history. We could stand
an investment Of $4,000, OOO, 900 in this
country. 1t would at once stimulate
industries Of every kind. 1t would
start factories and workshops, create
big demand for labor, and that
would naturally raise wages. And if
you double the per capita circulation,
you double the value our farm pro-
ducts, and you make our farmers pros
porous. If the laborers and farmers
are prosperous, the country is pros
nerOuS
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28
THEY BRAG,

The Chicago Record" is taking a
postal card vote, and they point to the
returns already in as indicating Ger
tain victory for Mckinley in Novem-
Der. They claim four votes for Nc
Kinley to one for Bryan, and make an
awful noise about it; but they fail to
tell you that the officers of nearly all
the labor organizations. Peoples Par
ty and Democratic Leagues have ad.
vised the Bryan men to abstain from
voting or in any manner taking part
in that contest.
Wait till November 3, and see who
will get four to one. -
The workingmen don't do much
talking this campaign, but they do a
heap Of thinking.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28
WHY SHOULD HE.

President Garfield said: every
man who is opposed to the use of sill
yer coin as a part Of the legal currency
Of the country l disagree with.
Every man who Is opposed to the
actual legal use of both metal l dis
agree with. l would endow the two
with equality and make coinage
free"
But then Garfield knew nothing.
He died poor. He was never connect
ed with a bank. He never loaned
at high rates of interest. A man who
has not half million has no right to
an opinion upon any subject any how
He does not belong to the great
Aristocracy Of Grab. Let him apol-
ogize for existing, and crawl into a
rat-hole. We have reached the condi-
ton described by the great poet:-
"When no man for being merely man
hath any credit"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28
A PAWN'S PRAYER,

From the Madison tKansas) Index
My boss in Cleveland, Hanna be thy
name, Thy kilograms come thy will be
done. And keep on talking just the
same. Give this day my daily task.
my due bills and my diamonds. For
give me my debts as 1 forgive those
who vote for me. Lead me unto the
White House and deliver me from
Billy Bryan. Let me remain at home
and take unto me the hired men thou
sendest me. Take me not away from
my family for l am a weak thing and
cannot talk to large crowds as Of yore.
Thou art my shepherd and l shall not
want. Thou leadest me by the ear
and l know my future will be one long
dream of delight If we down Billy
Bryan: But who, like Banquo's ghost
does not down. Thou art ever by my
side, 0 Marcus, and my heart CLOVIS
with happy anticipation of the de-
light of clipping bonds like unto
Grover who went in poor man and
comes out with millions. Yea verify
the bond sales are great thing and
the tariff will do for bluff. Help me
to the White House o, Marc, and the
treasury is public trust for you and
l. Now lay me, Yours in debt,
Kill McBinleV
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28

We give only sufficient number of
years prior to 1873 to prove that Sher-
man lied when he said that there had
been no silver dollars coined between
1858 and 1873.
Now, why did John Sherman lie?
In 1876 the country was thoroughly
aroused, and the "crime of 1873" was
fiercely denounced as dastardly act,
surreptitiously passed. So intense
was the feeling that Congress was
forced to take up the matter at that
session. 1t was then that John Sher-
man feared that the blame would be
put upon his shoulders, and that his
name would go down in ignominy; and
to save himself, he tried to Shift the
responsibility to the Congress of 1853
But the trick won't work. The
blame will rest with Mr.. Sherman, and
history will give him his due. He
may not be proud of 1t, but it will be
Just.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28

Mr.. Mcdonald. Does not that leave
out the old standard dollar entirely?
Mr.. Sherman. Undoubtedly. but
say there has been none coined since
1853. The question Of restoring that
dollar Is q question that is not In this
bill at ali. Congressional Record,
volume 4, part 3, Forty-fourth Con-
gress, first session, pages 2O62 and
2063)
Now turning to pages As and Al Of
Circular No. 1913, ISIS ued by the United
States Treasury Department., July l,
1896. or to the Report Of the Director
of the Mint for 1890. pages PAT. we find
that there was but one year in all the
years between 1888 and 1874 in which
there were not some silver dollars
coined.
Here are the figures as given in
these reports:
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28

Not single argument has been present
ed on the gold side in this campaign that
is not primarily based on the false theory
that gold is an = article of an
Interchangeable value-that the price
of the gold bullion is regulated
independent of the admission of the yellow
metal to free coinage. The simple point for
a.. voters is to remember that golu. like
every other article. is valuable accarding
to the uses to which it can be put Money
Is the principal use to which it is put now.
The principal demand for it is for money
purposes. It's price, therefore. IS regulated
under free coinage; under the declaration
of the law that so many grains Of 1t shall.
when coined, be a dollar. The law, and
not the nature or providence, and noa
commercial usage, maintains the price Of
gold at the coinage value. The free coinage
of silver must be maintained in the same
way-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Ripans Tabules: for sour stomach.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28
WHAT IT STANDS FOR.

Mckinley says: "No one need be in
doubt about what the Republican par
ty stands for"
TO which the Topeka Co-operator
makes reply. mo, il there ever was a
doubt it has been dispelled.
ut stands today for all the Ameri.
can people do not want.
1t stands for what benefits the bond
gamblers of Wall street.
ut stands for protection to Ameri-
can laborers' one day in the year, and
then leglslate against them the other
1854 days.
ut stands for wealth con sumers and
against the wealth producers.
1T stands for 10 cent corn and 80
cent wheat.
1T stands for the policy of making
the poor man pay the bulk of taxes
while the rich go free of taxation.
1T stands for two kinds of money
one for the bondholder and gold gam
bier and the other for the farmer, me.
chanic, and old penSiOner.
ut stands for high taxes and low
wages.
1T stands for policy that has filled
our jails and almshouses.
1T stands for landlOrdism on one
hand and pauperism on the other.
ut stands for scarce money and low
prices of labor's products.
ut stands for money as against the
man.
1T stands for the doctrine that the
rights of property are superior to the
rights of person.
ut stands for a financial policy
which a trial Of years has brought the
country to verge of ruin"
William was right. There is no
doubt what the Republican party
stands for. Its as plain as the nose on
mans face.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28

Manager Lift of the Bijou most GER
tainly deserves credit for his efforts to
place before his patrons such splendid
attractions as are appearing the pies
ent season at this playhouse. 1t is
safe to say that but very few popular
priced theatres in America offer so
strong a list of bookings.
1t will be long time before more
popular story will be written than Du
Maurier's "Trilby" and all of the
prestige accorded the story has been
duplicated in the history of Paul Pot
ter's able dramatiZatiOn of the same.
'Trilby" was lucky find for A. M.
Palmer, the manager who pro- uced
it in this country and thousands upon
thousands Of dollars have resulted in
profits of it's various engagements.
Manager Lift in keeping with the
liberal policy which has marked his
management OF his Twin City play
houses, announces for the coming
week A. NJ. Palmer's company under
the direction OF w. A. Brady. This
will afford the first presentation in
this country of this famous play at
popular prices and the occasion will
Undoubtedly be welcomed by many
hundreds here, who have read the book
but were unable to witness the play
on its previous visits here on account
of the high admission rates charged
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28

Born Jan. 10, 1888. at Lee, Maine he at
tended the common schools and the Lee
Normal Academy and Westbrook Semi
nary. He came to Wisconsin in February,
1857, and to Minnesota in April, 1858. He
taught school in Maine, Wisconsin and
Minnesota, and in 1858 and 1859 worked in
the printing Office of Croffutt & Clark, ST..
Anthony. He then went to Nininger, Da-
kota county, Mimi. in the fall of 1853;
thence to Bird Island, Renville county, in
1871 where he has resided on and operated
his farm ever since. He was a repre-
sentative in the Minnesota legislature in
1873 He voted the Republican ticket from
1859 until 1872 then the Democratic ticket
until 1890. when he joined the Populi,t
movement and helped to nominate Owen
for governor. In April 1861. he enlisted for
three months in company E, 1st Minnesota
Infantry volunteers and again in Septem-
Der, 1861, in Company F, Sd Minnesota in
fantry volunteers, as a private In oc
tober, 1862, he was promoted to be second
lieutenant, and in December, 1862 to lie
captain of the same company, and on April
l, 1865, he was commissioned jor of the
18th colored infantry, and mustered out
with that regiment April 9, 1866.
Maj. Bowler is first class man. Honest
faithful: one of the plain people, he has
risen from the ranks, and sympathizes
with the struggling. He is tobust in body
and mind. When stirred he is a powerful
speaker.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28

there! They smother the childre q
With earth to save gun-powder; and
they shoot two or three men or women
In line to save bullets. And there
Is 50 much more money left to pay in
terest on the bonds! Glorious civiliz-
alton. How tickled the angels in
heaven must be to behold all that
work going on. We can see them
holding their sides and screaming
with merriment.
But how long will it be before God
turns his attention to this insight
icant, little planet. We fear when he
does he will smash it.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28
SHORT LETTERS

D. Twohey, of Austin, Mimi. writes: Il
did not notice that my subscription had
expired. I feel that the paper is a ne
cessary article in my household. Enclosed
find postal money order for renewal"
G. o. Moon of Button Mimi, writes:
Your paper is truly a great power, and
has done good service in this locality"
Charles Griffin, of Easton. Md, writes:
while we are doing all we can here in
the East to stand against the crushing
power of money, we would become disheart-
ened if we did not see the star of hope
which shines through the rifted clouds In
the vest Il
A subscriber from Orwell township,
MINI. writes: I'm this township hereto
fore we have never polled over 40 votes, but
this fall. according to the registration list
there will be about So. At least 40 of these
will support free silver and Mr.. Lind.
Clough in this neighborhood is dead to the
world
A friend from Leoto, Mimi, writes: "As
near as 1 can find out we have 81 regis
tered voters, Of whom 1 feel quite certain
So are for free silver"
c. j. Olson, of Ellsborough, Murray coun-
ty, Mimi, writes 1.-The vote in our town
ship will stand about as follows: Peoples
Party, 43; Republicans, 2S Prohibition, l..
This township has always been the Repub-
lican stronghold in the county. Bryan
and Lind will receive 300 majority in the
county,
A. w. Sanderson, of Usage. Mimi, writes:
Total vote for Usage township, Becker
county, is 10; Bryan and Lind will get So,
and Mckinley and Clough, %. This is the
result of good organization. There is good
work being done in Becker county. You
can put her in the Bryan column. Keep
up the good work you are doing, and VIC
tory will be ours this fall sure
Hon. f. J. Moore, our Worthy represent
alive, is again in the race, and is going
from place to place doing giants work,
advocating the principles of a party sthat
promises relief to the producers"
Clifford S. Pike of Haverhill, Mass,
writes: Though we can't carry this state.
there are lots of Bryan men here"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28

Imperial Reichstag, who is now in this
country purposely to watch the none
tary battle, said the other day, after
having studied the subject on the
mana man apparently possessing a
what you might CALI magnetism, in
fact. "-Springfeld Republican.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28

whole Goldfish 81; 2O0) burlap sacks. 10 each.
In Grocery list no packages broken.
Mn1InNH-Five dozen wire hair pins e;
dozen steel hat pins (worth 20c) for Sc ;
heavy 1914 size wool finish blankets, 53c; %
inch umbrella SIC.
LADIES' UNDERWEAR-Heavy Merino I'm
derwear acc each; Ladies' fne black Mohair
Skirts OOc; Ladies' fast colored Handke--
chiefs. hemed 2..c.
Ladies' Capes doab,e Cloth s' tspe, hs sisS
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28

HARD COAL S. IS I PER ton TON. at IT p Cs,
chine sio75 A Buggy harness for s4.75. A
Team (hoa vy) Harness SO and $22. A Top
Buggy 1871 so. A t85 Bicycle for $500 A SIS
Breech loading double barrel shot gun
eonncnlcc-1O0 lbs. GRADUATED Sugar
UnVU1nIIO S4.85; gallons table syrup
in keg. 81; 4 lbs new crop uncolored Japan
lea tsells for SOC per h. 81 W; 81. lbs brokon
Java coffee 81: A bar box soap, s5c; 80 It's.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28

1.-The English people are of course gen.
orally in favor of the election Of Nc
Kinley. Sir Julian Paucefote. English
Ambassador to the United States. in Chica-
go Tribune Oct 49,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28

1.-THE English people are Of course gen.
orally in favor of the election Of Nc
Kinley. Sir Julian Paucefote, English
Ambassador to the United States, in Chca-
go Tribune Oct %.