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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-18
HOW TO GET TOGETHER.
Direct Legislation the Key to the Whole Matte

Direct Legislation the Key to the Whole Matter.
Editor Representatives:
1t is none too soon to be discussing just
how the Peoples party and the Free
Silver party are going to agree on plat
form that will be satisfactory to both
parties. The Peoples party cannot give
ZIP the cardinal principles of the Omaha
platform. The Free Silver party is not
ready to adopt the Omaha platform or
there would be no need to organize the
Free Silver party.
How would it do for the two conven-
tions to agree that when their candidates
come in to office that the question of free
and unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1, the government owner
ship of railroads, telegraph and telephone
and express companies, the election of
president and vice president and United
States senators by direct vote of the peo-
pie and some other Of the most prominent
issues shall be submitted to a vote of the
people at special election called for
that purpose? In the event of such an
arrangement going into effect it would
be essential that the representatives of
each party should formulate the laws
that each party demands, else they might
not be what the party wanted. And I
think it will be conceded that the party
that has made a special study of par
ticular ism" will be likely to understand
that particular ism" better than another
party that has given it little consider
alton.
1t seems to me that this plan might
be so arranged that all the reform move
ments could unite on one set of candi-
dates and each be assured that it's partic-
ular plan would be fairly presented and
voted upon by the people.
The people are ready to vote on the
leading issues and would vote right, but
when you put men and parties between
the people and the issues the people
get bewildered and then disguised and
then the gang" have everything their
own way.
l would like to see this discussed both
for and against. II there are any serious
objections to it let them be made known
There are many strong arguments in it's
favor. For instance it will bring the peo-
pie to see and understand better than
they have done just what "direct legisla-
ton is. 1t will help to bring the people
to see that "direct legislation" is the
foundation for all other reforms. That
direct legislation" means restoring the
government to the people. That with
"direct legislation" the people can have
just such laws as they want. That they
can have just the kind of government
they want. 1t will compel the sound
money" advocates to fight "direct legis-
lation" and in fighting it they will have
to tell their followers what it is And
their followers are not ready to be blown
full of the idea that they are not capable
of self government. Every man has
some pride. No man wants to be told
that he has no business to have an opin-
ion Of his own or that having an opinion
he has no business to expess it.
Let this matter be discussed freely and
fully. w. H. Smith.
Pennington, Dakota County, Mimi,
March II.
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CATHODE RAYS A FAILURE.
Editor Representative:

Editor Representative:
Today l lined up several Of your lead
ing politicians-Republican on one side
and Democrats on the other, and turned on
the cathode rays, sixty volts strong, in
hopes that 1 could secure a photograph
showing the difference in principles of
the two parties, but the new process is a
failure.
The first plate showed them one and all
standing together, each resembed the
other much and were Of the same shade.
while each had his thumb on the end of his
nose and was wriggling his fingers at the
other and shouting. Honest dollars.
sound money" "sound money. honest dol
lars"
I shifted the light. turned on 100 volts
more and tried it again. but the picture
was the same.
1t may be that this new process will be
found of some use to the doctors, but to
us farmers it is humbug. We can't see
any difference between "sound money and
honest dollars and "honest dollars and
sound money" nor is there any difference
between the two parties.
Ole Leghorn.
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and now hear what he says in their favor

and now hear what he says In their favor
(message of December, 1890:
"The absolute enforcement of the gov
eminent from the business of banking
Chat is coming paper money and silyer),
is the ideal relationship of the govern
ment to the circulating of the currency of
the country"
Tory traitor!!! Calhoun sad:
place the money in the hands of sin
gle individual or combination, and they
by expanding or contracting the currency
may raise or sink the price at pleasure.
Never was an engine better calculated to
place the destiny of the many in the hands
of the few, or less favorable to that equal
ity and independence that lies at the bot
tom of our free institutions"
Madison says: "It is, however, essen
tial to every modification of the finances
that the benefits of uniform national cur
rency should be restored to the commun-
Hy. The constitution has in
structed congress exclusively with the
power of creating and regulating cur
rency of that description"
will just make one more quotation and
stop, though l could give you yards of it.
Senator Benton said:
The government ought not to delegate
lulS power ltO issue paper money! III II
could. It was too great a power to be
trusted to any banking business what
ever, or to any authority but the high
est and most responsible which was
known to one form of government. The
government ceases to be Independent, it
ceases to be safe when the national cur
rency is at the will Of a company. The
government can undertake no great enter
prise, neither Of war or peace, without
the consent or cooperation of the banks
All property is at their mercy-the price
of real estate, of every growing crop, of
every staple article in the market is at
their command"
Alas. how are the mighty fallen! With
the exception of a few such men as Vest,
the watch-dogs of the Democratic party
have all become cringing ours, feeding
from strange hand, barking for the enc
mics of the people, and when Tillman
styled Cleveland "a besotted tyrant," and
Carlisle that Judas from Kentucky" he
was perfectly justified in his remarks.
The Democratic doctrines of the fathers
ON finance have again been revived in the
Peoples party platform and they must
be put into execution or the American
people will become the abject slaves of
foreign money power.
james Arnold.
Vesta, MINI.
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The Work Progressing.

Editor Representative:
We held a meeting in our town to see
what we could do about getting subscri-
bers for a farmers elevator at Duluth
Through some misunderstanding there
was very small gathering; there being
only seven farmers present, but we got
SIX subscribers out of the seven, to take
shares at $500 each. We have called
meeting for March 10; we think we can get
quite long list of names
This is great work and we should not
give it up until it is finished. If the farm
ers fail in this important affair twill be
hard to get them to take up other matters
which would be of great benefit to them
Now Brother farmers, take hold Of this
great work as you should: it will only be
few dollars from each of us; and then we
will have a place to ship our wheat. with
out having large part Of it taken from
us by elevator companies. If the farmers
of this state would give half the money
they give their local elevators in one year
it would build the finest elevator in the
United States Get up and be doing, and
show the wheat ring what power we are.
Yours, Joseph Suydam.
Louriston, Mimi
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OurForurn.

Correspondents are requested to be
brief. There is no week that 1.-The Rep
resentative" is not obliged to hold over
q large number of letters, though pub
fishing several columns in each issue.
Hereafter we shall give the preference to
letters of 800 words or less, and writers
of letters exceeding 500 words must not
be surprised if they do not see them pub
lished in this paper. We are forced to
adopt this rule in order that all may have
q chance of being heard, and with as lit
tie delay as possible after the letters have
been DECENTRALIZATION Representative
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lie and party duty, we shall he verv
grateful for your valued Cooperation.
Very respectfully, -Jacoh Rich
The circular claims that Allison Il ..
safe man. and particularly well Thought
OF by leading business men of the country
Much stress is laid on this point, as II is
Grained by the circular that the capital
lists of the United States will deternr;ra
VINO shall be elected president in 1896. II
is not contended by his friends that ALL
son IS popular man, or one who is in
touch with the masses and, in fact. that
is emphasized in the circular.
Allison is represented az una1t.-ah,..
opposed to the independent free COMA %
OF silver by the government of the United
States Such, indeed has been his record
in congress. The circular places him in
the front rank of gold standard men.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-18
Vesta, MINI
ALLISoN'S CANDIDACY.
He is Gold-Bug and Therefore Should be
Elected President.

He is Gold-Bug and Therefore Should be
Elected President.
Editor Representative:
Enclosed clipping is from the Salem In
dependent, a silver-Republican paper. If
this kind Of missionary work on the part
of old parties merit your attention it will
be refreshing to me. Fraternally,
IN. j. Svindseth
Astoria, Oregon.
The clipping is as follows:
The Independent is in receipt Of a letter
from Dubuque, Iowa, enclosing circular
headed "Iowa's Candidate for President"
and in which appears half-tone picture
of Senator Allison. The letter is as fol-
lows:
I beg leave to enclose herewith some
reasons, which for convenience 1 have
had printed, why the Republicans Of Iowa
are pressing Senator Allison for the Re-
publican presidentian nomination.
We think no man can be more worthy
of your support than Senator Allison.
And If consistent with your sense of pub
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-18
endeavor to discharge his duties to the sat-

endeavor to discharge HIS duties to the sat-
isfaction of all.
We expect great results from our league
as most of our members are enthusiastic
on the subject. You will hear from US be-
fore the campaign OF 1896 is over. With a
host of such POpulists as F. D. Culver, j.
r. Keyes, ]. H. Baker and M. Wessenberg
willing to put their Shoulders to the
wheel we cannot help but succeed in win
ming in the coming campaign. The Rep
resentative has become a welcome visitor
to scores Of homes in our fair city and the
effect of it's teachings is apparent on every
hand. We shall begin crusade through
the county in few days and then .'look
OUT for the grand roll OF names I shall
send you. Very truly yours.
e. H. Oswald.
Duluth, MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-18
A GRAND ARRAY OF WORKERS.

Good News From Duluth-St. Louis County
Organized.
Editor Representatives:
ST. Louis county is "still in the ring"
and Duluth has come nobly 'tto the front"
On the evening Of the 10Th ult., 80 of the
faithful met in Carpenters hall, Par
sons block, Notwithstanding the inclem-
ency Of the weather. set the ball rolling
for 1896 in good shape. We have a -four
ishing county league with that grand old
war horse" L. A. Paddock in command
That former staunch Democrat, J. J. I4ib-
bard Cried and true), is second in COM
mand; Honest" John P. Mason is our
watch dog of the treasury while that
hustler Of hustlers, J. W. Nichols looks
to matters on the outside. Modesty for
bids US to say anything in reference to the
secretary, suffice to say he win faithfully
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-18
A DEBATE ON HAND.
Good News-The Democrats Coming to Us in
a Body.

a Body.
Mr.. James Arnold, Of Vesta, Mimi,
writes us private letter:
1 was greatly pleased with Mr.. O'Bri-
ems address in the midst of so much cor
ruption. 1 am confident that we shall
get nearly all the Democratic votes of
this county this year. 1 am well ac-
quainted with all the leaders in this coun-
ty, and they are heartily ashamed of
their vote for Nelson. 1 am not able to
get out much this winter on account of
my health, but I have arranged to meet
the Echo Republican Club in debate next
week, on the silver question. 1 have no
fear for the result, though they bring the
whole county, which / expect them to.
Their county convention is to be held at
Echo on that day, and the debate is to be
held in the evening, so it is to be
"Athanarius against the world. Opening
speakers to take 80 minutes each, each
one succeeding to have ten minutes with
Is minutes for each leader to close. The
affirmative to close. Very truly yours,
james Arnold.
Vesta, MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-18
SENATOR RING DIAL SPEAKS.
Not Possible Candidate for Governor-Grats-
full for Kind Words

AsSS q VOSlOl0 VdHOludtc IOP uOVcP0Or-GP8t0s
full for Kind Words.
Editor Representative.
1 have read Mr.. Hanleys suggestion in
the last Representative in regard to
myself would be more or less than hui
man did l not feel frateful for such a
hattering notice, notwithstanding I know
1t to be entirely undeserved. But an old
Warhorse like yourself does not have to be
told that the contamination of Mr.. Han
leys design, were it possible under the
constitution, would bring disaster upon
the party. 1 could name many good and
sufficient reasons why discussion Of
this matter will be a waste of time but
deem it useless to enlarge upon them, in
view of the constitutional provision upon
which Mr. Sutton was shipwrecked.
hope you will correct the erroneous i'm
preston that l am a possible candidate,
and oblige, yours sincerely,
p. NJ. Ringdal.
CroOkston, March H.
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Grantsburg, Wis.
AN OPENING WANTED FOR A POPU-
LIST PAPER.

Hayfield, Mimi, March Ill am in
formed that you know Of an opening fer
Populist paper. Can you furnish me
with such information and the names Of
the parties interested? You would
greatly oblige, very truly yours,
L. A. COnSer.
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who had never played upon the violin,
but who was willing to try it before a
large and expected audience.
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THE TERMINAL ELEVATOR,

Crookston, March IA.
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SOME EXCELLENT SUGGESTIONS.

Norfolk, MINI.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-09
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH TALBoTp
There Was Not Hand Clap for Him in the
 Baltimore Convention

There Was Not Hand Clap for Him in the
 Baltimore Convention.
 Baltimore, June S.-Democratic prima- ries for the election of delegates to the three congressional districts were held in this city today. The regular organiza- ton selected the delegates without oppo- sition to speak of, and will control the Baltimore representation in the state con- vention next Wednesday. Aside from the selection of sixteen delegates to the dem- ocratic national convention and the adop- ton of a sound money platform, nothing else will be done by the state convention.
 There is some talk of sending eight del- egates at large to Chicago with half a vote each. This may be done to insure the election of Congressman John K. German as a delegate. The sound money men of the state are anxious to have him as their spokesman in the national con- vention, but MT. German does not favor the idea.
 Baltimore county democrats held their convention today. A resolution was unan- imously adopted indorsing President Cleveland in his views on the money ques- ton and pledging itself to a sound money currency. The presidents name was cheered.
 The delegates to the congressional con- vention of the Second district, which will be held at Havre de Grace September 2, were requested to place the name of Ex- Congressman J. E. c. Talbott before the convention as a candidate for congress. For many years MT. Talbott, a close friend of Senator German, easily con trolled Baltimore county politics, but to- day he was conspicuous by his absence, and there was not a single hand clap when the resolution of request" came up for action.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-09
Music at East Lake for dances five nights a week by Montano's string band. 5-2-F
In Honor of the Late Dr.. Palmer.

To the State Herald:
 I notice in the current issue of the Ala bama Christian Advocate that pr. W. F. Melton of Nashville, Tenn, offers~the suggestion that the name of the Athe- neum be changed to "Palmer's Athe- neum," in honor of its beloved deceased president. As an admirer of pr. Pal mer, and kinsman, I wish to present the cause through the columns of the State Herald and request that the papers all over the state make editorial mention of the suggestion. It would be fitting tribute to the memory of so eminent an educator as was the deceased. His work for the cause of education in Alabama deserves recognition. It is true that his deeds live and his name will not soon be forgotten, but the name of Dr. Palmer should thus be perpetuated in everlast- ing memorial. I trust the trustees will act upon the suggestion of Dr. Melton and when the school opens next Septem- Der it will be "Palmer's Atheneum" Re- spectfully. J. D. TIMMONS.
 Lafayette, Ala, June G. 1896.
 A Sacrifice-Special sale-Line of fine clothing Chamblee Bros 6-5-1m
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-09
The Advance Guard in St. Louis.

St Louis, June 8.-The members of the Business Mems league are alive to the gravity of the situation and promise an early solution of the trouble about the colored delegates. The secretary of the league says the Mississippi delegation did not apply for quarters until all the leading hotels had contracted for their rooms He says further that every promise of the league will be fulfilled
 National Committeeman Cyrus Leland, Jr., of Kansas arrived today. He says Kansas will have a full delegation for Mckinley. Besides" said he, there are 30,O0O Mckinley soldiers in Kansas"
 Applications for quarters from Alaska were received today by the bureau of in- formation. The delegates are Thomas s. Novel; and Charles s. Johnson. They will be in St. Louis on the 18th instant. MT. Nowell is now in Boston visiting rel atives. Both delegates are instructed for Mckinley.
 A splendid bust picture of the Ohio statesman now graces all the show win dows of down town shops and stores and Mckinley button vendors are doing a thriving trade.
 The hall decorations are on grand style. Hon. Thomas J. Cummins of New York, who has attended every national convention since Tilden was nominated, is in the city. He says the hall arrange ments and decorations are the most com plete and elaborate yet attempted. The gavel for the temporary chalrmanS use, as described yesterday, was made from the timbers of a secession convention hall by Confederate soldier That ac- cepted for the use of the permanent chairman will have even a greater his torical interest. It was received today. The gavel will be presented to the chair man by Senator Burry, one of the Illinois delegates The gavel is an excellent piece of wood carving, done by w. H. Bartels of Carthage, III. MT. Bartels se- lected the wood-a hickory log taken from the log cabin occupied by President Lincoln at New Salem; H., in 1892. There
 are panels on either side, which are filled in with inscribed plates of gold and sill yer. The silver end bears this inscrip- tion: Made by w. H. Bartels, Carthage, Ill.,, from a log of the cabin occupied by Abraham Lincoln in 1892 at New Salem, H."
 The inscription on the gold plate reads National republican convention, held at St. Louis June Is, 1896. Nomination for president"
 The gavel is to be presented to tho | nominee at the conclusion of the proceed | ings -.EaH
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-09
TEXAS SOLID FOR SILVER.
The State Primaries Show That fact-GoId -.'t Men Seem to Take It With
 Good Grace.

Houston, Tex, June 8.-The state pri- maries went almost solidly for free sil- yer, and the present state government was indorsed for reelection with only one exception-that of Baker land commis- sicner, sound money man, who ran far behind. The gold standard men particf- pated quite generally. and the threatened split amounts to nothing.
 Cranford Is nominated for congress in Culberson's district against Dudley, the chairman of the state democratic execu- tive committee. Cooper is renominated in the Second and Winchester Nelson in the Eleventh, represented by Noonan, the only republican from Texas.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-09
Estray Notice.

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 M. T. PORTER, Judge of Probate. June 8, 1896. 6-9-tues-3t
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-09

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Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-09
 SAYS THE MAJAH IS SOUND sI Congressman Frank Scouts the
 Idea of StraddIe. MCKINLEY ON FIRST CALL And No Stopping to Make It Unanimous, Either-The Colored Brother Bothers
 the Business Men.

Chicago, June S.-Richard c. Kerens and Ex-Congressman Nathan Frank of St. Louis stopped in Chicago today. on their way home from their political visit to William Mckinley at Canton. As a Missouri delegate to the St. Louis con vention MT. Frank said: we will nomi- nate Mckinley on the first. roll call. There will be Mckinley strength not only to dictate the nomination, but the man. ner of doing it. We will not permit a suspension of the roll call long enough to make the nomination unanimous. And then we will adopt financial plank satisfactory to the men of the country. We will declare unequivocally against the free coinage of silver at any ratio. We will not straddle on that plank. As for Major McKinley's position, can say the financial plank cannot be made too strong for him. He is sound"
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-09
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Appointed Alternate Cadet.

Anniston, June S.-(Special.)-MrC c. R. Roberts, the 18-year-old son of MT. James M. Roberts of this city, has been ap- pointed as alternate from this district to the United States Naval academy at An napolis, and will go up shortly to stand his examination. His brother, Mr. Gaines Roberts, graduated from Annapolis two years ago with high honors and Is now taking a post graduate course at the fa- nous Paris school, where he is making enviable records