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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04
OBADIAH POORDEYIL.
Goes to Church But They Don't
Ask Him to Pray.
However. the Spirit Moves Him and He Pours
Out His Soul ''In Meetin' wv. S. Nor
gan's Newest Character.

Obadiah Poordevil was on hand at
church again last Sunday. but neither
Deacon Skinfint nor Twentypercent
invited him to lead in prayer. But
Obadiah having once begun, now felt
it his duty to keep it up. Taking adj
vantage of temporary lull In the ex-
ercises he said, Let us pray" OF
course there was no way to shut him
off, so they all knelt and Obadiah
made the following prayer:
20, Lord, know old Skinflint and
Twentypercent don't want me to pray
any more, but l can't help it. They
told me last month that you would
put words in my mouth, and O. Lord,
when you do it l,can't hold EN-. O,
Lord, l want to know what l was
made for? Why did you make me the
same shape as old Deacon Skinfiint,
and he don't work and do? o, Lord,
did you intend for US all to work, or
not? Ifyou didn't, why did you give
us all hands. II you didn't intend us
all to work, why did you make them
that didn't intend to work without
any mouths and with hair on so they
wouldn't eat up and wear out what us
workers produced? II you intended
for US all to work, why do you let them
dodge it?
o, Lord, it may be because am ig-
nOrant, but can't unders tand. You
made the earth for the people, but I
can't get any Of it, while old Twenty
p rcent has got enough for dozen
families. Did you intend for him to
gobble up more than his share? II
you didn t why don't you snatch him
bald headed?
0. Lord, it seems the world Is turned
upside down, anyway.
And, now. o. Lord, If have to keep
on shaving for old Twentypercent /
want you to send me down a wagon
load OF grace, for can't hardly stand
it. l want you to help me to under
stand everything on this earth, and If
it's right help me to be army share OF
the burdens and as much of old Twen-
typercent's share as he makes me bear.
Now, ., Lord, you know what there
is to do here that can't do. l haint
askin' you to do anything can do, but
just give me whole lot of grace to
help me put In my best liks. II you
put words In my mouth that hurts old
Sk1ntlnt'S and 20 per cents feelings,
can't help it. II you want me to wipe
up the ground with them all you've
got to do is just to say the word. like
you did to Joshua about all of them
different kind of "ites" that were up
at Jericho and Gilgal and other towns,
where l think old Twentypercent's
ancestors came from. -..,-.s. ST..
0, Lord, this is enough for to-day:
I'll hit EN- again some other time.
Amen. w. S. MORGAN.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04
EXCHANGE NOTES.

Twenty years Of profound peace and
abundant harvests cannot be the cause of
universal distress. The decay Of civfli-
cation follows the continuous increase of
the purchasing power of money as GER
tainly as night follows day.-Chicago SEN
tinel.
The example of Delaware in suppressing
free speech in the case of the Single Takers
has been followed by few over Jealous Of
f1cials of Cleveland, Ohio, toward the free
silver advocates 1t Is not surprising that
minor officials follow the example of our
chief magistrate, who is now throwing the
weight of his influence with the trusts and
monopolies. 1t is. however unsafe to
goad the people too far. The climax has
been reached, and some overt act on the
part of the money power is likely to pre-
cipitate a crisis, the result of which no one
can forsee. While Mark Hanna may claim
the ownership of the streets of Cleveland.
he should be careful how his minions try
to deprive the people of the use of them.
Greater than he have found that there
was such a thing going too far-Twen-
tieth Century.
The men who seldom leave the shades
OF Wall street, whose thoughts and ener-
gies are concentrated in the manipulation
all their business through iron gratings.
which separate them from the common
heard. know little of finance in a broad
sense, and less Of the sentiments which
sway the public. The narrowest bigotry
is naturally found among these money
magnates, to whom our alleged statesmen
turn for counsel in time of trouble Their
advice, when followed, always has BEEN
and always will be productive Of disaster
for it is based on ignorance and prejudice
and Influenced by selfish greed.-Civic Re-
view.
Good money is money that will stay at
home and attend to its business, and not go
off to "Yurrup." The most prosperous
times this country ever knew was in the
good old greenback days, when there
wasn't a dollar Of gold or silver In circula-
ton among the people.-The Co-Operator.
Let US no longer oppose the exactions Of
any monopoly. So long as supreme courts
stand ready to support any measure pro-
posed by organized wealth 1t seems useless
to oppose such measures. It were better
to acknowledge our subserviency at oncs
and thus please our aristocratic masters
Let us at once bend our knee hinges. or
else let us declare our manhood by voting
against all tools of monopoly. Which will
you do? The time is here for you to de-
cide.-Sledge Hammer. a>s.~..
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04
SOCIOLOGICAL SUBJECTS.

However the battle is ended,
Though proudly the victor comes,
With fluttering flags and prancing
nags,
And echoing roll of drums,
Still truth proclaims this motto
In letters of living light,
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
Though the heel Of the strong oppressor
May grind the weak in the dust,
And the voice of fame with one ac-
claim,
May call him great and just,
Let those who applaud take warning,
And keep this motto in sight
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
Let those who have failed take cour-
age;
Tho the enemy seems to have won,
Tho his ranks are strong, if he be In
the wrong,
The battle is not yet done,
For, sure as the morning follows
The darkest hour of the night,
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
o man, bowed down with labor,
0 woman young, yet old,
o heart oppressed in toiler's breast,
And crushed by the powers of gold,
Keep on with your weary battle
Against triumphant might;
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04
AUTUMN.

Glorious autumn has come again,
It's moist and dripping leaves,
It's tasseled corn, it's loaded vines,
It's moist and happey caves,
It's bare and empty nests,
From which the birds have fled,
us song deserted fields and groves,
It's frost chilled flowers dead.
It's garnered grain, it's lowing kline.
It's hill sides bleak and bare,
Its trees in gorgeous colors clad,
It's radiant sunsets rare,
Her servants all the seasons are,
The summers burning sun,
The winters snow, the spring times
rains,
For her their work is done.
Retreating summer, harvest crowned,
Into her lap has poured,
Its glowing wealth of grain and fruit,
OF nuts it's treasured hoard;
And so with stately step she comes,
This maiden russell brown,
In emblematic colors clad,
Upon her brow a crown.
or leaves in many gorgeous tints,
OF red and bronze, and gold,
While luscious fruits, and golden
grains,
Her hands caressing hold,
And curtseying with gentle grace,
To all the men who toll,
Her lavish gifts she offers to
The tiller of the SOIL
Lizzie Quicker Lyness,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04
GOVERNMENT RAILROADS.


Inc New Orleans Picayune of recent
date contains the following facts and
figures relative to the working of the
railroad system in Australia, and other
countries where the government owns
the railroads:
In Australia you can ride distance
of 1000 miles across country for Sc. SO
first class, while workmen can ride six
miles for two cents, twelve miles for
four cents, thirty miles for ten cents.
and railroad men receive from Is to 80
per cent more wages for eight nours of
labor than they are paid in this country
1or ten hours. In Victoria where these
rates prevail, the net income from the
roads is sufficient to pay all the federal
taxes. In Hungary, where the roads are
state owned, you can ride six miles for
one cent. and since the roads were
bought by the government the mems
wages have doubled. Belgium tells the
same story-tares and freight rates cut
down one-half, and wages doubled. Yet
the roads pay a yearly revenue to the
government of $4,000 In Germany
you can ride four miles for one cent on
the government owned lines. Yet wages
are over 125 per cent higher than they
were when the corporations owned them,
and during the last ten vars the net prof.
its have increased Al per cent. Last year
the roads paid the German government
as net profit of 100000. People who
favor the government ownership Of
railroads claim that If our government
owned the railroads we could go to San
francisco from Boston for $40. Here is
the proof: The United States pays the
railroads not quite $275 to transport a
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04

Total ................ 3,193, SOC, 900
The World comments on the showing
mace In which it remarks: The figures
OF such an amount can scarcely be ap-
preciated. 1t is thirty times greater
than the amount ordinarily in the pos
session OF the United States treasury
1t is four times as large as the sum
total of the nations immediate resources,
as shown by official report of the Sec
rotary of the treasury at the end of the
last fiscal year. The whole debt of the
nation before the war was about $685.
100000. only slightly per cent of the
total British holdings in America. The
British of today, if they could realize
on these securities at par, could pay the
national debt as times by simply selling
their present possession of American Sc
curities. At the end of the civil war
the national debt was 81 ,273,00O,OOO, or
S40O,00O,00O less than what the British
now own in the United States. Today,
with the national debt taken to be about
81, 100000 the British could pay it twice
over by taking out of the American
pocket that which belongs to them
Southern Mercury.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04

People, where are your righIs-O man,
where is your soul?
For ye who nourish all, alas, no dole
Have We to give. In vain We toll,
And where thy house, thou waho dost
till the soil?
And where thy house, thou who dos't
work and build?
o maid where is thy love? o mother,
tell,
Where are thy offspring, dear? o flock
fOrlorn,
They rob We of your wool; ye must be
shOrn,
To clothe our kings, the idle, great and
gay,
At whose command the sheep dogs bark
and bay;
They make your cruel destiny their
slave
Victor Hugo.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04
WHO SAYS ENGLAND DON'T
OWN Us?

Any one who is bothering his brain
over the cause OF hard times and the
reason why labor is unproductive, and
commodities not worth producing, can
fnd relief in the following. 1t explains
and makes clear many things that may
appear mysterious to the average man.
1t explains how English money jobbers
are enabled to control the parties in
this country. Read this carefully:
In recent issue of the New York
World the following table is given show
ing the lines in which English invest
ments have been made:
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04

The latest New York. London and
Paris comedy success will be seen at
the Metropolitan for four nights be-
ginning next Sunday, when 1.-The Gay
Parisans" which ran 20) nights at
Hoyt's Theatre, New York and for
two years in Paris under the title of
Hotel du Libre Exchange" will be
presented. The same company which
has been filling Hoyt's Theatre in
New York. comes to this city. The
casG Is certainly the most remarkable
ever seen in comedy production out
side OF New York City, and even there
was declared by the critics to be ex-
ceptit nal for its merit. The clever
ness or the French in the construction
OF parts has been demonstrated in
very positive fashion time and again,
put never more so than in 1.-THE Gay
Parlsans." Its success in Paris was
pronounced, and those who witnessed
1T there and afterward in the English
form. testify that 1t lost nothing, but
on the other hand gained, by the
transposition. AS seen on the other
side, the comedy. to put it mildly, was
highly spiced. 1t was thought that
it would require careful emendation
to make it tit the English taste, but
like SO many adaptations from the
French, its salt has been by no means
eliminated by fitting it for potter
ears. There is good and sufficient
motive for all its. complications,
though much of the original has been
modified.-The genuine, hearty fun
still remains, and IT'S comical scenes
were received in New York with con-
tinuous and hearty outbursts and
spontaneous laughter. The humor
and cleyerness of the case lie not ex-
clusively in the dialogue, but in the
ingenious manner In which the COM
plications, situations and misunder-
standings are evolved. IT,.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04

ten thousand. Now this can be stop
ped; and we tell Mr.. Balfour that,
whether or not he cares for such trihes
as mems lives, the country does care;
and that when he has done cockering
his friends rents, he will have to turn
his eyes to the dark places where death
desolates, at one blow, a hundred hum
bic hOmes.-ChrOnicle, London. Eng.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04

The miners go down into the depths
that we may be warmed in winter, and
that, summer and winter, the entire fab
rio of our industrial life may proceed.
And at their work death, sudden as a
thunderclap, strikes them down by the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04

loaded postal car from Boston to San
francisco. A passenger car will carry
% passengers, which, at $40 each, would
be 5000, or clear profit OF 1925 Der car.
and this. too, after paying 51A per cent
on watered stock, which is fully 100 per
cent on the cost of the road. These
quoted figures are taken from a reliable
source"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04
ST. PUBL COLUMN.
Edited hy j c.. HANLEY.

At St. Paul Mr.. J. p. White will re-
ceive subscriptions for The REPRE-
SENTATIVE, at his office, 240 East
Eighth street.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04
PRAISE OF BRYAN.

Editor Representatives:
have just returned from listening
to our next president, las / firmly be-
lieve) addressing ar immense assem-
bly, Of the toiling millions, at Rock
Island. 1 write tgexpress my impress
sioRs Of the man and his remarks
There is nothing very flowery or bril-
liant In his style. but he is certainly
the most impressive speaker ever
heard. All his remarks were so true
and forcible that the vast crowd was
held in silence. al fear of losing
some point that hight advance il
they stopped hind applause. Now
have listened to Some OF the ablest
orators during the past so years.
When boy / heard that great natur-
al orator. Daniel o G0nnell relate the
wrongs OF the Irish and the curse Of
English domination. and he had that
faculty that he could stir up the feel
ings Of his hearers as no other man 1
ever listened to. One minute he
would have his hearers dissolved in
tears by the relation Of some wrong
perpetrated on a victim Of landlords
oppression; at the next moment they
would be convulsed with laughter al
some well pointed joke, or mad with
rage on the recital Of some wrong.
Mr.. Bryan's style is the right thing
in the right place. He never forgets
he is addressing the toiling millions
that create the wealth.; his career is
gaining rapidly and he we'll deserves
the confidence Of the farmers. Yours
for reform. Samuel Sinnet.
MuScatine, Iowa. Oct. 25.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04

The Tourist-Most of your statesmen
areself made. are they not
The Native-Not much. Most OF them
are made by political machines
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04

"Sail on, o Ship Of State,
Sail on, o Union, strong and great,
Humanity with all its fears
Wiz all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate"
H. w. Longfellow.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04

"Oh make Thou us through centuries
long,
In peace secure, in justice strong,
Around our gifts of freedom draw
The safeguards Of thy righteous law,
and cast in some diviner mould,
Let the new cycle shame the old"
". G.. Whittier,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-04

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-01-24

he senate was not in session on The
i'th'-------in the house the general pen
sion appropriation bill for the vea,
ending June 80. lsy-. was consiasr.a
under the five-minute rule and nassa,
a message was received from the pres
iuent asking prompt legislation TO en-.
apie the attorney general to prosecute
ntigation IN reference to the GRANTING
81 patents to land lying within for.
icited railroad grants. The invocation
IN the chaplain's prayer that this gov
erhnnent DO what il can to aid in Sc
curing liberty to the Cubans was fol-
lowed by wave of applause.
Ex-coNcEEssMAN FRANK LAWYER. OF
chicago. died suddenly of heart disease
on the 18th. He had spent the night
before at a ball given for the benefit
OF the poor of his ward, in which he
was leading spirit. At the time OF
MS death he was "A member Of the Chi
cage common council.
WHEN Chaplain Coulen Of the house
OF representatives in his opening
prayer, on the 18th. asked for the sue
cess OF the Cubans in their struggle
Tor liberty there was lively outburst
OF handclapping all over the fioor-an
unusual If not unprecedented occur
renee.
MISSES Minnie and Flora. aged Il
years, twin daughters OF J lanes Daven.
port OF Lafayette. Ind. died. on the
loth' near the same hour. Of typhoid
fever During their lives thew had
never been separated from each other |
over night.
HE London Graphic editorialIv
asks: Why not make the Moproa
doctrine the subject Of formal treatv
between England and America? Sucb
4 treaty would facilitate the SETTLE
ment Of future disputes
NAT GOODWIN is going to make a
our OF Australia and India. Contracts
lass been signed which bind him ~
AL from San Francisco on June q
lext. at the conclusion Of his en0aoe.
nent in that city.
FAILURES for the week ended on the
9Th, as reported by r. q. Dun & ca
we're: For the United States. 3a5 ~
gainst 3.3 for the corresponding well
ist year; and for Canada. II. against
y last year. q
The secretary Of the interior has =
sued an order disbarring from nra.. r
&c before the department. for viola. a
on OF the pension laws. David
avis, Of Thorntown. Ind. o
InE Army Of the Tennessee I'm.
ken up the matter Of the erection =, y
me sort Of monument in WASHING. 4
u city to commemorate the life and b
me 81 Gen. L. $. Grant j.
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MORE ExcIrrmrN-

The Reported Moycmc,,
squadron. said Ia he No. ,nhs1sk
Tor bermuda. Furnishes 49,, 49," hsaas,
no" Tor INDUCING la War I,I. oec.-
,n :" We. tp Another lar,,.''iF s-
special says: "N''ng'on
ne report that the British g..
'f"'"roh l. u be sent Ia H.r.
CAUSED much surprised here ,,..,. lima
ana there is talk Of introducin.a'
luton in the house ins,r,..,9 l'Hv-
committee on foreign affairs ~ w
oh MI Livingston's Nenczu.l, i''''
lions without more DELAY. MI
nation or denial Of the rep,r, 7, ~
sqnaurons movement il on,..i,, ''v
from authentic sources al the nav,
partincn', but belief exists ma,
probably true. Ii il prov.s =
'he satisfaction OF the departmen, !.
'houEht probable that the wb,,~
squadron will be ordered 10 V.n.,n'se
waters. "1e4a
nave no doubt Of the accurs., u
the report that that British ~.
squadron is ordered To r.r,,,
said Congressman Livingston ~ c.
qua Yesterday. lie added: Nor
oV"r' the squadron will 20 thence u
venezuela. | knew it the oth.r
when offered my resolution ,liro.,i,..
the president 10 check IN. Er;,;.h
vance and 10 compel them 10 withdr.,,.
'heir reinforccments at their y.r.
Zuela outposts. | tried 50 10 ND
the house but Boutellc objecteJ III
squadron will. understand. chokets.,
payment of the $3.50 damage bin nv
u Orespo and then offer him three +,
nVe millions in gold for the disnn,.,,
territory. My information i r,.,a.
ble.~ 'e''a-
How about the Venezuela cops,i.r.
non prohibiting the transfer Of ,.rr;.
DRY 10 another nation?-
rive millions OF dollars in Gaia
'ackcd up by a crack British souaJ'
On are not unlikely To play hellvj.b
south American constitution
nat are You going to do abau,
4 can do nothing till the foreir.
ifairs committee makes its r.nor.
hat done, l shall push my resolution
iFecting the president To stop his
">tiie action Of Great Britain. ana I
ave no doubt it will 90 through ~.
ouse like flash through train ~
Dwder -
we have got to act. This nation
innot afford to permit the v.ra-
'eia question to be settled in such.
"s' SYNONYMOUS manner. The adj
'nis'ration may think il All right ana
eoniorhity with the Monroe doc
me 10 nave European nations buy
'iu ~ TINS side OF the water. but con-
~ uoes not neither do the people.
w shortly DC proved to the salts
!" =, every BODY, on this side and on
o'her side of the globe. as soon as
se' q ehance 10 vote on the ques-