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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
UNITY IN DIVISION.

Read Gov. Waite's letter in anoth-
er column. 1t is very important.
The meeting of the two conventions
at st. Louis, July 22d, 1896, means
just what it says. 1t is not fusion. The
Peoples Party will maintain it's own
organization and adopt its own plat
form, just as if there was no silver
party in existence anywhere. II we
can all agree to vote for the same can
didates for president and vice presi-
dent we'll and good. It will give us
victory. But even victory is not
worth having at the sacrifice of essen
tial principle.
Keep cool, friends. Don't get ex-
cited. Don't suspect those who may
not deserve suspicion. Keep your feet
firmly planted on the deck of your
own craft; but salute with all good
will the friendly crew that may hail
you from another ship.
Let us see if we cannot divide, il
need be, on some questions of prin-
ciple while striking together, at the
ballot box in behalf of reform and hui
manity. Let our creed be-diversity
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19

ding away about the Taylors' Falls
newsp ipers having share Of public
advertisements!
And then think Of the people who,
by their cotes, have fought the only
party that proposes to fight this
giant! Who are plundered and yet
vote for the allies of the plunderers!
The English language, confined to
the proprieties of modern social inter
course, is unable to express our opin-
ion of such everlasting, insensate, IN :
CONTROL able, abominable fools. We
might indicate what we feel by a lot
OF Bible words expressed in dashes.
The old lady called her dog Beelze bub
because it was "a Bible word" We
want some bible Words" We feel
like the Quaker who slipped upon a
banana peel and came down with
dull thud. He rose slowly and called
a newsboy to him. "My son." said
he blandly, 'can thee swear?" 'Sar-
tin sure replied the boy. Then"
said the Quaker, handing him a quar-
ter. give me TIVE nty-tive cents worth
of the strongest swearing thee is cap
able Of"
When we think of the majority of
the American people we feel like
hrin that same boy to give us ten
dollars worth of Bible words, favored
with birthstone and hot with hell-tire.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
A DEVILS SHEER.

Tom Reed said the other day:-'the
statesman is a dead politician" He
thought that was smart. What does it
mean? That the successful man is a
politicians; when he fails he becomes a
statesman. That is-as long as he
can steal he steals;-when his oppror-
tunities to steal are gone he begins to
think Of the general welfare. This is
in line with Ingalls, famous saying
that honesty in politics is an rides
cent dream" These things speak the
spirit of our degenerate age:--the
spirit which has brought the country
to it's present desperate condition. 1t
is 'every man for himself and the
devil take the hindmost;" latter me
the deluge," etc. Surely our republic
was not founded simply to bind the
multitude into nation for wolves to
devour.
A Reform party is as much needed
to-day as Christianity was needed in
the time of the Caesars.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
COIN s SCHOOL IN NORWEGIAN

We print the following letter from
Gen. Standish which explains itself:
Editor Representative:
Coin Publishing Company have Of
fered me to print 5000 copies of their
Coins Financial School," in Norwe-
gian and forward postpaid in lots of
fifty or more at 10 cents per copy, if
the work is translated for them and
five hundred dollars cash deposited
with them in advance to pay for these
5000 copies. We will translate it and
take 500 at Grand Forks, and must
have orders for 4. 500 more from other
points. | suggest that orders be sent
in to you or pledges from different
localities and you advise me. When
the requisite number is pledged these
parties will be notified and can send
their remittances direct to Coin Pub
fishing Company, 1874 Monroe Street.
Chicago, Illinois, and in about three
weeks will receive through the post.
office their quota of books at the rate
of ten cents per copy, which they can
either give away or sell for 25 cents
each. Please urge the Importance of
this on your readers, and oblge, yours
truly, w. II. STANDIsH.
Grand Forks, n. OAK, Feb. I.
1T would be better to write directly
to Gen. Standish. We have our hands
full.-ED. REP
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
LITTLE DEMAND FOR LAND.

Wahpeton, n. D.. Special, Feb. p
w. f. Cushing, deputy land commits
sloner OF the state. was in the city
yesterday to supervise the leasing of
lands. Financially the leasing was a
failure this year, hardly one tract in
twenty-five being bid for. Mr.. Cush-
ing says that the leasing today hardly
paid the expenses connected with it.
Good time to encourage immigra-
tion! Those who are there already
have , money left to buy land Let US
import some more victims.
And then we read this, in the pa
perS:
Hetty Green has a real grievance.
One OF her tenants actually dug off
the top soil of one of her farms and
sold it. She wants $4,000 damages.
If this thing keeps on the two old
parties will steal the axis OF the earth
and sellit to the planet Mars for old
iron. a,
But, seriously. would it not be we'll
for the Anne rican people to wipe out
the two old polite al parties, or mildly
suggest to the Almighty that it is
about time for another Flood?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
4 GOOD DINNER.

A thief gained entrance to a Balti-
more minister's pantry several days
ago and stole the clergyman's Sunday
dinner. The booty consis ted of three
chickens, half ham. roast of beef a
beef tongue, two quarts of oysters and
a pan of tapiOca pudding. This in
cident has an extraordinary aspect.
No ordinary clergyman ever had a
dinner of those dimensions, and the
thief VINO succeeded in getting away
with such an invoice of fodder was
certainly rare hand at the business.
Exchange.
The clergyman who could draw him.
self outside of that inordinate mass
of grub would have no more sense of
the Fatherhood Of God and the Broth
erhood of Man than an anaconda who
had swallowed an OK.
We understand that the thief who
ate it was found dead next morning.
Serves him right. He did not flavor
the mess with piety. Two quarts of
oysters, without the grace of God, is
too much for any unconverted man.
The Baltimore clergyman, we hear,
is in favor of "sound money!" and op-
posed to the efforts of the laboring
classes to get enough to eat. He says
it is "anarchy!' And the thief who
stole his dinner he denounces as "a
Socialist" He was altogether too
social. When the good pastor prays to
his Father in heaven he modifies the
request Of the early, and under-fed
church, thus: "Give me this day my
daily bread, and three chickens, and
half ham, and roast of beef, and a
beef tongue, and two quarts Of oysters
and pan Of taptoca pudding!-And.I
thank God I am not as other men,
especially after eating. Grant me, oh
Lord! an elastic waist-band and the
devil take the Populists. Amen"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
WHAT A PITY.

Washington. Feb. Fin the house
to Representatives Giilet, Mass. )intro-
duced bill providing that any person
party to the transmission by tele-
graph, telephope, mail, express or
otherwise from one state or territory
to another, of any gambling bet or re-
port OF such bet on any race. prize
fight or other event shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, punishab BILE
for the first OtfenSe by fine or impris.
Onment, and for subsequent Offenses
by imprisonment only.
What pity that some of the zeal
which is now put forth to prevent
pugilists from pounding each other
was not exerted to stop the
creditor class from robbing and
destroying the debtor class. The
whole power Of the nation
is called into play to chase Maher and
Fitzsimmons from state to state and
even across the line into Mexico; but
the work OF despoilment goes on all
over the Union: and these Pharisees
havn't word to say,-perhaps share
in the pr offs. And yet it is much
more serious business to rob a man of
his home and turn his wife and chill
dren into the highway, than to smas h
a tough's nose. The nose will get
we'll. even if it is disfigured; but the
evicted family may go down into the
abyss of wretchedness and poverty
and crime:-slain by society.
We are rapidly becoming the rot
tenest and most respectable race on
the face Of the earth.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
POOR DEMOCRACY!
ITS EYES ARE "SOT."

IT'S EYES ARE "SOT."
The politicians will have to hurry
up or there will be nothing left of the
Democratic party to trade away. The
corrupt leaders and spoils hunters are
joining the Republican camp, while
the honest rank and file are rallying
to the Populist banner
The death blow has been given to
the Democratic party. Hill, of the
Morton Enterprise, in his last issue
sorrowfully, mournfully but firmly re-
nounceS all allegiance to the princi-
Piles once enunciated by the Moses of
the party-Jetfers on-and will hence
forth guide the destiny of the Repub-
lican party.-Olivia Press.
1t is getting to be quite common
thing nowadays to read of prominent
Democrats severing the ties that
bound them to their old party and
coming in to the Republican ranks.
They see the simeon of Republican ism
sweeping over the country, and want
to be in the right current.-Wood
Lake Ledger.
And so it goes. Let us play the
dead March in Saul"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
THE SURTEYORS-GENERAL.

A HIDDEN ULCER THAT NEEDS PRO-
BING.
We have received the following let
ter from that gallant old soldier and
heroic Populist, Allen G.. Sexton, of
Wright county. He says:
HON. IGNATIUs DoNNELLY:
DEAR SIR:-In The REPRESENTA-
TIVE of the 9TH inst, it is stated that
the Minneapolis Surveyor General
gave $4,000 and the Saltwater Sur
veyor General s., 600 to the Republican
campaign fund at the last election.
Please explain to readers of The REP
REsENTATIvE, what the duties.
salaries, etc, ARE of Surveyors General,
and by who paid; if his duties relate to
school lands, ETC., as there are many
inquiries in relation to same. Most
respectfully yours.
ALLEN G. SEXTON.
Annandale, Mimi, Feb. I.
There are seven districts in Mime
sofa for the survey and scaling of logs
and lumber. The first district, is for
the cut of timber on the tributaries
OF the st. Croix, with Office at Still
water; the present incumbent, being
Mr.. John G. Nelson. The second dis
trict, consists of the upper Mississippi
river above the mouth of the st.
Croix, and it's tributaries; the office is
at Minneapolis, the incumbent, Mr.. S.
S. Brown The third district office is
at Red Wing. The Fourth district is
in charge Of Hon. J. II. Mullan, head
quarters at Wabasha; Mr.. Mullan was
formerly Adjutant General Of the
state, and is an old soldier and a good
man. Fifth district has it's head
quarters at Duluth; Office now held by
Mr.. VIM. Getty. The Seventh dis
trict includes the Red River, and Red
Lake country; the Office at Crookston,
and Mr.. Andrew Eiken. the Surveyor
General.
All these officers are appointed for
terms of two years, by the governor
They are paid by fees on the logs
scaled. The salaries of some of these
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
SUPPOSE.

Suppose each man who voted the
Populist ticket in 1894. in this
good state of Minnesota, there we're
$3.50 of them would give TIE REP
REsENTATIvE Publishing Company 10
cents each, that would make $S,7s9;
and with that we could buy $4,000
perfecting press, and an engine or
electric power, and give the Populists
Scandinavian editions and daily
See how much little from each would
accomplis h! But many Of those who
voted for S. NJ. Owen for governor can
not be reached by this appeal. Let
each one then do what he can. Let
him give % cents, or 81, or s., or $40,
or $25.
The Peoples Party is now he sec
ond party in the State. The first
party, (the Republican,, has hund reds
OF ewspapers:-the Popuiists have a
score or so. This is the only one with
large circulation. Surely the party
can do better than that. II it does
not how can it hope to win?
We are grateful to the kind friends
who send us in long lists of names
with cents or 10 cents each. We are
glad to get them. They increase our
circulation and our influence. But
they don't help US in the work of es-
tablishing daily or issuing Scandin-
avian editions. All we get for them,
and more too, is consumed in furnish
ing them.
Go on sending in the trial subscrib-
ers, but contribute something special
ly to the fund. Everything costs. A
Mergenthaler linotype type-setter
costs about $4,000; another kind costs
$4,000. We cannot print such an edi
tion as we have now on 81, 200 press
unless we keep it running half the
week. And we hope to have $4,000
subscribers before the campaign fair
ly opens. A big elephant consumes a
great deal of hay. If you want us to
help you you must help US.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
A GENEROUS OFFER,

The contributions are still rolling
in to equip THE REPRESENTATIVE
Publishing Company with a tirst-class
office. press, etc. evil report fur
Their next week. We have only room
now for the following generous letter.
Who will second it?
HON. IGNATIUS DONNELLY:
Dear Sr:-I see by your paper that
Hon. w. J. Bodkin, of Clay county. Of
fers to be one of one hundred men
who will pledge themselves to contri-
butte $25 each, to help you buy press.
Mr.. G. w. Bonham, Of this city, au-
thorizes metoN say for him. that he
wishes to have his name entered on
that roll.
You may also add the name Of my
self. We agree to pay as soon as you
have one hundred responsible sub
scribers. Respectfully,
H. a. WALLRAFF,
St. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 13, 1896.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
ALL WRONG.

We are sorry to see such able jour-
nalists as Geo. L. Lamphere, of the
Moorhead News, H. G. Day, of the
Albert Lea Standard, and n. e.
Hoard, Of the Montevideo Leader,
gradually drifting away from the Re-
publican and into the Populist party
with scores of others III their train.
If they hope by this to avoid boss rule
we fear tiey are much mistaken.
There is not more imperious dicta-
tor in western politics than Ignatius
Donnelly.
Thus speaks Paradis of the Midway
News. He is liar and the truth is
not in him. The devil got into Para
disc many years ago, and it seems he
has stuck there ever since, and will
stick, until he is drowned out with
bad whiskey.
So far is this statement, just
quoted, from being true that in 1892
and 1894, when the Peoples Party
were about to select seven candidates
for congressman, we never interfered
with single district, or suggested or
advocated single candidate. And
when the Farmers Alliance and Peo-
pies Party Leagues held their con-
ventions in Minneapolis, in January
last, we dictated nothing and bossed
nothing. In fact we never appeared
on the floor but once, and then merely
to urge that we should stand by the
Omaha platform until it was acted
upon by the next national conven-
ton.
We defy Paradis or sheol to name
an instance where we have play
ed dictator or boss. II there has been
any schemng or wire-pulling it has
been against us, not by us. The Peo-
pies Party is getting so big that it
could be sold out for a small fortune;
and there are some who are fighting
US because we are playing the dog in the
-manger:-we will neither sell out the
party ourself nor permit them to sell
it out! All of which is very unreason-
able, and shows, they think, an ''im-
perious and dictatorial spirit" in con-
PREVENTION of all sound, business prin-
ciples.
We have treated those kindly who
prosecuted us: and used the club only
on those who were treacherous to the
Darty
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19

the amount in the treasury last
night. The reserve is down TO $42,-
100000 and as payment for the bonds
can be made in installments of 10 per
cent after the first, ttis may all be acUh
d!'darn to settle the account Of the patriotic
bond buyers aUith The government. At the
rate the depletion proc' eded yester-
day, when it reached 1920, 900, the
reserve" will drop to Yellow $30,U0J.-
600 by the end of the Week. There is
no apparent method of checking the
withdrawal OF gold for the purchase
of bonds.
OF course not.-but then you can
make q new issue Of bonds-and then
another-and then another--until the
nation sinks under the burden. And
all to maintain gold basis with an in
adequate supply of gold in the world.
Sacrifice mankind to theory!
That's the way to do it. And what
are mankind anyhow? Fools. What
were they put here for? TO pay taxes
and interest on bonds. Let them be
happy that they have such a noble
destiny.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
ANOTHER MTG FRAUD.

THE BANKERS ARE LENDING THE
GOVERNMENT IT'S OWN GOLD.
Special to the Minneapolis Tribune.
Washington. Feb. n.-While the
withdrawal of gold from the sub
treasury for export has stopped, the
treasury officials are greatly worried
over the constant diminishing of the
gold held in the treasury. Payments
on the new bond purchase have be-
gun, but il the entire first installme mt
should be deposited today only SCI, 900, :
900 ,could be added to the holdings and it
is the firm belief of some of the treas
ury experts that plan has been
formulated, by some of the successful
bidders. which will result In the practi-
cal ,cithd,u,cal Of the entire gold balance
no,c IN the treasury.
Owing to the terms upon which the
bonds are sold it would be a compare
lively easy matter to secure the en-
tire issue Of bonds with less gold than
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
FREE SILVER DEFEATED,
THE RESULT GREETED WITH
GREAT CHEERS.
The Republican House Votes il
Down 215 to 80.

washington, D. c., Feb. 14.-The
majority against silver in the House
to-day, when the final vote was taken
on concurrence ia the Senate free
coinage amendment, was larger than
that of yesterday in committee of the
whole. Yesterday the motion to con-
cur was defeated. 100 to 80, majority
OF ITO; to-day it was beaten 215 to 80, a
majority OF 125. The vote to-day was
record-making vote, and counting
the pairs but 81 out OF 356 mem bers
we're unaccounted for. Perhaps a few
absenteeS lodged but mosl Of them
were unavOidably absent and were un-
able to secure pairs.
The silver men who yesterday pre-
dicted a much greater showing of
strength today were again disappoint-
ed. The sound money" leaders had
been disposed to concede the silver
forces 100 votes. An analysis of the
vote today shows that 1s4 Republicans
and 81 Democrats voted against con-
currence and So Democrats, Is Repub-
licans and I Populists for concur
rence.'
Remember this cote, friends, scten you
come to cast your ballots neat November.
They will tell you then that they
want an international conference"
to report after e7ection!v OF course they
do.
They will tell you that England will
certainly agree neat year, (but not this
yearly to policy that will compel her
to pay 81 bushel for wheat, to feed
her starving people, which she now
gets for SO cents a bushel.! Highly
probable!!.
The men who will be fooled by any
such argument as that ought to be
denied by law the right to marry.
The perpetuation of such a breed of
imbeciles will be positive detrime t
to the human family; and should be
stopped, for the safety of the world, at
all hazards. The men who will be
fooled that way are an Outcrop Of the
Neanderthal folk, who stood half way
between the human standard and the
apes. They have lost their simian
tails but have not yet risen to man
like intelligence. Poor abortions the
spoil and jest Of the rogues Of the
whole world; possessing the opportuni-
ties Of free-men with the ignorance
and stupidity Of slaves.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
LET Us SWEAR.

The Standard Oil Trust is to reor-
ganize with two hundred millions of
capital according to the Pitts burg,
Pa, Leader.
Think Of that and cheer for the two
old parties! Two hundred millions Of
capital. Ten per cent of that is 800
600, 0O0;-tive per cent is $4,000, OOO;-
one-tenth of that is $1,OOO,OOo. And
think of the power of $1,000, 900
thrown into presidential campaign.!
Whilemillions Of voters are pinched
with poverty! Think of it just once.
And then pray God to bless the two
dear old parties,-who stood by and
saw this monster grow to such
tremendous and uncomfortable pro-
portions, and never did a single thing
to resist or check it; and do not pro-
pose to do anything now; but are fid-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19

gentlemen are immense, and are a :
ways regarded as a source Of contribu-
tions for campaign funds. The fees
are paid by the owners Of the logs
scaled, and the amount is added to
the price of the logs. and collected from
the people; SO that they are substantially
tax; and the $21, 900 referred to were
taken out of the pockets of the voters
who bought lumber. 1t is all wrong:
"a mere political machine with ex-
tensive patronage and a big corrup-
ton fund.
But the fact is you can scarcely
stick your thumb anywhere into the
body polite that you will not feel an.
ulcer throbbing away in rotten Sc
curity.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
All! INDEED!

The st. Paul Globe, Hamiltonian-
Jeffersonian, Plutocratic- Democratic,
black-white, God.devil organ, has
reached surprising conclusion. 1t
says in recent issue:
without reference to the wisdom
or unwlsdom of incorporating free
silver plank in the national platform,
every man who knows anything about
practical politics unders ia ndS that
this is a movement whose first effect
will not be SO much to secure decla-
ration for free coinage as to insure a
split in the party"
In other words. the friends of free
silver in the Democratic party must
give up their principles, Essential, as
they believe. to the prosperity and
happiness of the whole people) lest it
hurt that hybrid monstrosity they
call their "party." They can preserve
the party by submitting to the gold
bugs; but to adhere to their convic-
tions is to smash things. Let 'em
smash! The sooner such an incongru-
Gus piece of dirty pottery is smashed
the better for mankind.
And the Globe continues:
Men on 10th sides have a right to
their opinions on the silver question,
and a right to express them"
Well. really, this is kind and con-
siderate. But the other day the free
silver men we're cranks, knaves,
lunatics, anarchists! Now they "have
a right to their opinions and a right
to express them" Which means that
the time has not yet arrived to fully
establish Russian conditions in
America and suppress free Thought
and free-speech at the point of the
bayonet. For so much let us be CRATE
full. The Republic is yet too big for
Plutocracy to swallow whole. Wait a
while and all this will be satisfac-
torily adjusted.
And the Globe adds:
Nothing is palmer than that to set
it in the forefront and require of
every Democrat that he renounce hi
allegiance to the doctrine which hap
pens to be, in his particular commun-
ity, in the minority, will insure the
division Of the party itself into fac
tions, resulting in the inevitab BILE de-
feat of BOTH
And so the Globe desires to see
some compromise made, that will
have the external features of free-sil-
yer and the internal constitution of
the single gold standard Some trick,
some fraud, some Janus-faced swindle
on the people.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
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