The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-05-06
a SERIOUS QUESTION.
We have received the following let

ter:
HON. IGNATIUs DoNNELLY:
have read something in THE REP
REsENTATIvE, the Penny Press, the
New York Voice. or somewhere else.
about there going to be conventions
Of PrOhibitiOnists at Pittsburg, Silver
men at St. Louis, and also Peoples
Party followers 1t St. Louis, Republi-
cans at St. Louis and Democrats at
Chicago: and am now wondering il
there is not some mistake about it,
as saw by yesterdays Pioneer Press
"a write-up" Of the great CONVEX tions
to be held this summer, and / see
that there is not to be any Prohibi-
ton, Silver. or Peoples Party conven-
tions. l occasionally see where you are
hauled over the Goals for misrepresen-
tation: and this is as grave a case of
misreprese tation as any I have seen
in your paper.
l send you the Pioneer Press, so you
can get at the truth Of this matter,
and II find that THE REPRESENTA-
TIVE has been lying about these con-
ventions l am going to stop reading
it: and l will do the same with the
Pioneer Press if it has been ignoring
the truth. Yours truly,
c. CUNNINGHAM.
Pipestone, MINI.
We do assure our friend that con-
ventions have been called,-as we
have heretofore stated-of the Popu-
lists, the Free-silver men and the
Prohibitionists. At least the calls
have been published in all parts of
the United States. or course this
was prior to the appearance of the
Pioneer-Press article referred to by
him. 1t is very likely that when the
Populists, the Free-Silverites and the
Prohibitionists hear that 10 Wheel
ock refuses to recognize their exist
ence they will quietly give up the
ghost, or,-which is worse still:-vote
the Republican ticket
A committee of Congress should be
at Cnce appointed to plead with that
giant intellect-"Jo"-and beg him to
recognize those conventions before it
is too late. He might also be i'm
plored to occasionally refer,-in pass.
ing.-in an Indifferent manner,-and
so as not to commit himself.-to the
sun and moon;-or those discouraged
luminaries may refuse to re-appear in
the heavens.
40" should remember the words of
the great poet.
"Tis we'll to have a giants strength,
But tyrannOus to use 1T like q giant"
Spare the world, -JO,-spare the
world!
Nor would we advise our correspon-
dent to stop the Pioneer-Press on &C
count Of its lying. Why they all do
it" as the Prince of Wales said. Aud
the Pioneer Press is just as honest as
any Of the other plutucratic dailies.
1t tells the truth occasionally-by &C
cident. Now and then an item slips
in when some of the superior officers
have been blocking too long on the
wine when it is red;" or have gone
home, on the last car. clinging to a
strap, and surgine around like tipsy
sailor in high sea; and at day break
the astonished world rejoices over a
fragment of precious truth, which has
escaped into publicity out of the fiery
furnace Of PIutocracy.-with Shad-
rach, Meshek Abednego, and a lot of
other excellent Israelites.
No; no; be patient with them. It is
impossible for a man whose soul is
owned in Wall street to respond favor
ably and thrillingly to the gentle
solicitings of truth. Conscience is a
good thing, but it sits on the crest of
the stomach; and is constructed OF
two parts bread and one part meat.
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