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Il THE. NICKEL.

indianapolis, Ind, April 14.-At a
meeting Of the Pittsburg Window
Glass. association and the Western
Window Glass ASSOCIATION, ,held in this
city today, it was decided, owing to
glut in the glass market, to close
down every window glass factory in
the United States on May 20. The ac-
uicn means that thousands Of men
will ba, thrown out OF employment
One factory in Pittsburg will be
forced to lay off 900 men. In the
two associations there are factories
that use ,623 pots. which are capa bic
of a total output annually Of 120. 800
boxes OF glass. @@
What will the workmen do who
are so unceremoniously turned out on
the street? Must. they starve? Have
they and their families no. rights?
And how would the Mckinley bill
help these, glass-companies? Would it
lead to the making Of more glass? But
the market is glutted we learn. And
If they could put up the price Of glass
where are the people to get the money
to pay for it? The American people
are to-day seriously engrossed in the
contemplation of the nickel. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
CARLISLE AND CARLISLE

secretary Carlisle seems TO be q
great authority on crime, conspiracy,
and misery. In 1878. silver demone-
tizati6n1 was the crime and conspiracy
Of tile age; to-day silver remonetiza-
rtion is ''the greatest crime".
At Chicago, the other evening, he
expanded on the glories of the ''pres-
ent gold standard" and told what a
crime free coinage would be against
the cause of labor. Carlisle, as the
appointee OF Grover Cleveland, says:
THE greatest crime short of abso-
Lutte political enslavemcnt that could
be committed against the workings
man OF this country would be to con-
fiscate his labor for the benefit OF his
employer by destroying the value OF
money in which Ills wages are paid;,
but this irreparablc wrong can never
be perpetrated under our system or
government, unless the laboring man
himself assists in forging his own
chasns.,' II ,
- But Carlisle, as the representative
OF the people, said on the floor of the
House Of Representatives in 1878. re-
lative to the act of the money power
in destroying free coinage in America:
According to my view of the SUBJ
1ect, the conspiracy which has been
formed here and in Europe to destroy
by legislation and otherwise from
tthree!sevehth this to one-half Of the me-
tallic money OF the world is the most
gigantic crime Of this or any other
age. The cons nm uatiOn of such a
scheme would ultimately entail more
misery upon the human race than all
the wars, peStiienccS and famine that
have occurred. in the history Of the
world. The absolute and instantaneous
obstruction OF half Of the movable
property of the world, including
horses. ships, railroads and all other
appliances for carrying on commerce.
while itwould be felt more sensibly at
the moment, would not produce any
thing like the prolonged distress aud
Reorganization OF society that must
inevitably result from the permanent
annihllatiOn OF One-half OF the metal
lie money OF the world"
The distress and disorganization of
industry, which Carlisle prophesied
would result from gold monometal-
ism, are now at hand. During the
past four years, labor has suffered all
the ills described. commerce is under
the continued depression, industry
stands with one side paralyzed, in
short, the prolonged distress and
'.tifsurgantza tipn of society is pain
fully apparent on the mart and in the
mill, in the tramp army and in the
home. Carlisle as spokesman Of
Wall street.and Carlisle as represent
tative of the people, have spoken; the
one as prophet, the other as bank
ers' agent. F. n. S.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
THE LAST NUMBER.

This is the last number of Vol. III,
of THE REPRESENTATIVE. Next week
we commence Vol. Nv. A good many
subscription expire about this time,
which we. hope will be renewed for an
other year.
Vol. Nv will be full of important re-
cordings. It will give the story OF the
Peoples Party movement in the
United States: the two conventions at
Sta Louis, July q; their union on the
same ticket; the tremendous cam
paign that willsfullow;. the success, as
We firmly believe. Of the Union ticket;
the. inauguration of our. candidates
for president and vice president, on
the 4tf Of March, 1897; the immediate
assembling Of the new Congress In ex-
ira session, and the adoption OF meas
ures to restore prosperity to our coun-
try. Every man Should subscribe for
our paper and read this stupeudous
page Of human history. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
THE GOLD CURE WORKS.

-
The. Minneapolis platform of 1892
says. that, ."The American people,
from tradition and interest, favor bi.
metallism." And now the Mime
apclis Tribune announces that the
gold standard, "'has been in operation
since 1884, The Tribune apparently
never heard of the free coinage act
whichprevailed. down 10 1873, and it
has never heard OF bimetaliism as the
American policy during the 40 years
from the administration of Jackson
down to the second administration OF
Grant. 1tappears that the gold cure
movement now so painfully In EVIL
dence, is able to close the eyes and
ears of editors, and dictate fictitious
history, as well as pack political con-
yentions and write their platforms.
..isi i...r ... e. 49, .'..... A F. N s.
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were slaves, and yet called fseemen.
And the hopes entertained by many
of che effects to be wrought by new
churches and schools, while the social
evils Ut their conditions are loft I'M
corrected. appear to me utterly wild.
DIR. Arneld's Works; Vol. II. page 81.
And everything rests on tie laws.
God has made the resources OF the
world ample enough to give every
man happiness, II they were properly
administered. But, as it is, society is
q congregation OF monkeys grabbing
at each Others possessions, amid in
finite Cabling, chattering and lying.
And. a few die OF over-gorging while
the multitude perish OF under-feed-
Ing. It is a 'pitiable spectacle, over
which, the angels weep. and the devils
rejoice. : - 81. I. d.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
A GRAND SUCCESS.

IHE fEOfLE UBlLEE In ST. PAUL.
The Populist celebration in St. Paul,
last Monday night, was one Of the
greatest successes ever known in the
state. Market Hall was packed to the
doors, and, In the gallery, to the CELL
ing. Although the tickets were so
cents on the main floor. and 25 cents
up stairs, every seat was occupied. It
was a most intelligent and enthusi-
astic assemblage. Mr.. J. G. Hanley.
the organizer Of the celebration, Gale d
the meeting to order with some excel
lent remarks. and requested Hon.
Francis H. Clarke to preside. Mr..
Clarke did,so in handsome style. His
address was most happy. The musical
part OF the entertainment provoked
great applause. The Capital City
Glee Club, composed mainly of little
girls, was we'll drilled, and their sing
ing very effective; they marched and
contaminated like regular soldiers;
each one wearing belt with the in
scription, Is to l.. Master J. G. Han
ley as .'Schoolmaster Coin," was very
good. And there was little girl
with gold FOOLS cap representing a
gold bug" at the sides were stuffed
figures of the &c. G.P." as an elephant
and the I'D. o. Pr as a donkey; and
Mr.. J. c. Hanley sang song called
1.-THE Poor White Slave" and. at
the proper time he tumbled over the
two figures, amid uproarious applause
and laughter from the audience. The
editor-in.chief of THE REPRESENTA-
TIVE delivered an address on the is
sues of the day; and then followed an
amusing stereopticon exhibition, con-
Quoted by Mr.. p. j. Fortune which
seemed to tickle the audience i'm
mensely.
~. From beginning to end the enter
tainment was grand success. Too
much praise cannot be given to Mr..
Hanley and his associates, who have
spent weeks in getting it up. The
following is the Jubilee Week Com
mittee":-
Executive Committee:-J. G. Han
ley. president; P. J. Fortune, secre-
tary; e. w. Bonham, treasurer
Executive Board:-A. L. Robinson.
president 1st ward; Matt Egan, presi-
dent I'd ward; Ben Davis, president Sd
ward; James Cormican, president 4th
ward; j. W. Douglass, president 5th
ward; J. H. Gieke, president 9Th ward;
E. A. Koen, president 7th ward; Dan
Grace, president Sth ward; Henry
Kaufer, president 9th ward.
. It is reported the entert ainment
yielded the Party about $1,000. The
money will be spent in the dissemina-
ton Of Populistic literature.
All honor to the Peoples Party of
St. Paul, which has led off in this
great work and set an example to all
the rest OF the state, which we trust
! they will follow. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
QUESTION AND ANSWER.
Editor Representative: II ~

Editor Representatives: ~
= We have received the following
note: . ~. =
am subscriber to your paper, and
am glad to see that you are trying
to expose fraud and conspiracy wher.
ever found. Keep your mill grinding
as long as there IS anything to grind.
have had discussion with a frie nd
and neighbor Of mine on subject
see treated Of at some length in your
paper OF. March %. by the Hon. John
Davis. He is unknown to me. Are
has position, and arguments relia BILE?
l will look for ap answer in THE
REPRESENTATIVE. Hoping that JUS
tice may prevail over injustice, l re-
main, yours respectfully.
a. S. HALLCOCK.
Hon.. John Davis IS an ex-Member
of Congress for Kansas, and one of the
ablest and honestest men that ever
sat in the. national House of Repre-
sentatives.. lie Is a scholar and au-
thor OF distinction. Whatever he
says can be relied upon as absolutely
true. /. d.
Mortified, Mimi, April II.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22

long enough to fix upon any Republic:
can prihcinIe to tie to. that hasn't
been either proven a humbug or been
discarded as working against the in
terests OF the g0ld-bug BOSSES"
: "A walking spinal column haired
over at the top"
We call that good-choice- brilliant
eloquent. And it describes some If
the acephalous mollusks of the old
party. country-press exactly. They
live OF mortgage foreclosures, and
each foreclosure represents family
driven from their home. And they
resist.the Peoples Party because good
times would stop the foreclosure adj
vcrtisements. They are ghouls that
live in church yards, and feast on the
decaying bodies of the dead. They
have fatted off the remains Of bank
rupts and given the people. in return,
bad advice to make them poorer.
r. ID.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
THE PERIOD OF PENNIES.

g.
;. There are said to be SOC. 0O0, COO pen
MES in circulation at the present
time. and still the minis are working
overtime to catch up with the de-
mand.-~ It is such time as the pres
ent-the-, era, of the present gold
standard. as echoed from organ to Or
gan, and platform to platform-that
makes the one-cent piece the chief in
demand OF all forms Of money. II the
present gold standard is maintained,
with continued aintensitication Of
monetary, contraction and ind ustrial
depression, there will soon be demand
for neither gold nor silver. land all par
ties and classes viii unite in a clamor
for pennies. H. Z EN-. S.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
IMPORTANT.

: Mr. H. A. Swain, OF Mortified,
Mimi. Secretary OF tle4State Central
committeeEpf the Peoples PartySin-
serted a notice, some weeks since. in
this paper, requesting the secretaries
of the county committees and con-
gressional district committees to send
him their names and post Office adj
dresses. We are sorry to hear That
but few have responded TO this re-
quest. It : very necessary that the
state central committed should have
this information to enable it to carry
on the work Of correspondence and
organization, and we would urge upon
the local Committees that they attend
to it. at once. 80, =. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
BEES OR MOTHS.

Some are sowing and planting, this
spring, whose hearts are heavy with
the darkened outlook. Man has made
that outlook, not God. HIS bounty
has been boundless. Knaves have in
terposed themselves between the
farmer and the fertile soil. Courage,
intelligence, independence can alone
save him from destruction. Use your
brains. brother, or some one else will
use your limbs. The man who cannot
or will not think is inevita bly, the slave
OF the man who will think. Around
every man vino works are dozen
idlers waiting to steal the fruits OF
his industry. II he starves to death
they will hurry off to find another VIC
tim. There Is a wide difference be.
tween the bee that boards the honey
and the bee-moth. Mankind are bees
or moths:-the devourers or the de-
vOured. IN
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22

some marauding money-lendef ent ers
into possession Of IL? ~.
And now the people have risen up
and started the Peoples party to tN'pp
you. Wilryou put your shoulders 20
the wheel and help them? Or wfll
you be controlled by the lies AID
sneers of some poor, little, llireliii +,
penny-a-lincr editor, who is already
figuring on how much the advertist%
ment Of the foreclosure Of your mort-
gage will bring in to his dirty rat
hole, for the sustenance Of his sQuoat-
ing family.
Some of You came to this country.
from lands where the possessions Of
your ancestors were stripped from,
them by iron-clad barons, and the
rightful owners we're reduced to serf-
dom. And their posterity, In many
cases, bear to this hour tue marks OF
wretchedncss and poverty and insufi-
cient food stamped upon their very
faces. And here, just as you were ex;
banding to noble proportions, in this
land of liberty, an the whole future
shone roseate and radiant before you
and yours. along comes a new lot or
barons, not courageous warriors, but
cunning money-changers: not clad In
iron but in broadcloth: not swearing
troopers, but smirking usurers; and
they propose to contiscate your posses.
sions and bring your posterity to q
wretchedness worse than that Of serfl
dom.
LET the great trumpet be blown In
Jerusalem;" and let the whole people
rise as one man and overthrow the
existing conditions and liberate tho
human family.
This is the battle Of the ages. This
is the elimination of all the struggles
Of the past. This is Armageddun.
"IIe has sounded forth the trumpet
That shall never call retreat;
He is sitting out the hearts of men
Before his judgment seat;
Be ~wi it my soul To answer him,
Be jubilant my feet;
For our God is marching on"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22

metals as standard money.
Ohio: I'VE favor bimetallim. Sii-
yer coinage should be steadily main
tanned and constantly encouraged by the
national government" I'VE advocate
policy which will most speed
lily restore to silver its rightful place."
. Pennsylvania Republicans indorse the
bimetallic plank of the, Minneapolis plat
form and demand the expansion OF thc
currency to 40 per capita of our popuia
ton"
Tennessee favored bimetallism and
/, asboth gold and silver as standard
money"
] Wyoming Republicans favored tine
free and unlimited coinage OF both gold
sand silver at ratio of 16 to l, with full
illegal tender functions accorded to each
In payment Of all public and private
debts.,'
South Dakota, Montana, and Washing
,, ton Republicans have always supported
Tree coinage, along with California, Col
orado and Wyoming; while majority OF
G be Republicans of North Dakota and
Kansas have always favored free coin
aase.
Such was the attitude Of the Republic
am party in 1894, before Wall street got
Co nplete possession of the conventions
amid the platform making.
Iut the organized money power has
goi,e at it with sledge hammer and tongs,
wfSh bought-up organs and bosses, and
the most powerful and brutal political
mac hine ever known, and by packing eau
cusa S, and conventions, by bull-dozing
and bribery and the employment of every
MEANS known to INSCRIPTIONS politics.
hash ammered every silver sentiment out
of the Republican organization, has
pledged every platform to gold, and tied
up tine party, like a'broken and battered
broncfho, to the tail of the Wall street
chariot. It was the same soulless and
power hl machine which demonetized
silver IN 1873. stopped silver coinage in
1893, issued the 1852 100000 OF
gold be nds, and now owns the Republic
an pal4M-platforms bosses, candidates,
and ALI And yet the corrupt use Of it's
gigantic ,power will be all in vain, It hon.
est and. patriotic Republican voters will
assert their prerogatives as American
citizens and stand for country against the
machine at the ballot-box in 1896.
RI F. N. S.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
WHY THEY ARE IN DOUBT.

1t would be strange II the St. Louis
convention threw overheard both the
sound-money and the meaningless Nc
Kinlcy platform and adopted one in
favor OF free silver. A review Of the
field shows that 1872 delegates will be
for gold, 334 for silver and 100 doubt
full. 1t is easily to be seen that the
doubtful column can throw the con-
vention either for silver or gold.-
Minneapolis Tribune.
Nonsense; the delegates who at this
stage of the game have not made up
their minds whether they are for the
gold standard or bi-metallism are for
sale; and that means that they will
vote with the gold bugs; who have the
will to buy, and the money to buy and
tie reason ~ buv. I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22

all the financial measures which Europe
md wall street demand, and the people
oppose, are denominated by Mr.. Depew
as "populism."
The Peoples party could have paid to
1t few higher and more helpful compli-
uents. Those are the speeches which
help clarity the atmosphere and show the
people where their interests lie. 1t has
secome clear issue between the people
md the few who are attempting to use
he government for their own ends. The
fusion of the Democratic administration
md Republican machine represent the
bondholding, gold broking, and banking
interests, and the Peoples party stands
for the bond opposition, which the presi-
dent Of the New York Central Classics
under the term, "populism.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
- TALL WRONG.

We were guilty ora great oversight,
wien we recorded the tremen 1ous
gain in the Populist vote of the cities
OF Wisconsin,, that we did not give
part of the honor to our gallant
friend. the eloquent, self-sacrifcing
and indefatigable "Bob" Schilling.
He is one of the best men in the
world, and has the strength and
energy of ten ordinary laborers in the
vineyard. IS
All honor to Bob Schilling! I. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
. ELOQUENT. :

We find in the Willmar Tribune the
following extract from The Wheaton
(Minn.) Footprints:
'Tne Buffalo Gazette wants to know
what Satterlee OF the Atwater Repub-
lican is. That's easyl Satterlee is
one Of those walking spinal columns
haired over at the top. He represents
the up-to-date Republican and the
horrible contortiOnS, he's going
through just nowis an endeavor to stay
on the band wagon. But these ad-
vanced and, complex Repn blican ideas
are coming too fast for him and like q
whole lot more in his fix he is having
hard work to pull himself together
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
Special NOTICE.

From and after this date we will
only receive trial subscriptions in clubs
Of Jire or more at, cents each- Single
subscriptions will be at regular rates:
-25-cents for three months, 50 cents
for six months and 81 for one year.
We find this change is necessary. or
nearly our whole subscription. list will
become ''ten-centers.' and rec eipts
be too small to pay our. bills. :
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
MRS. LEASE.

We learn that Mrs. Lease is making
her own appointments,an and that Thos.
j. Mcighen, chairman Of the State
Central committee, has nothing to do
with the matter. Address all letters
direct y to Mrs. Mary e. Lease,
Wichita, Kansas.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

. No person has any right to incur or
create any obligation, binding on The
Representative" Publishing Company, or
make any contract In its'nAme, unless the
same is specifically assented to and ap-
proved of, in writing, by the President
of the said Representative" Publishing
Company. IGNATIUS DONNELLY.
~ = IL. 7 sr...sef -ln. President.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. March 81, 1896.
This is to certify that tho total num-
Der Of papers printed this day for The
REPRESENTATIVE is 20, 900 copies.
80. r. E. LINKFIELD,
Supt Mechanical Dept. Penny Press. 3
Sworn and subscribed to before ME
this 3lst day of March, A. d. 1896.
[Seal. w. LEE MOORE,
Notary Public.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
STATE or SOCIETY INDUSTRIOUS

= It seems to me that people are not
enough aware of the monstrOus state
of society, absolutely without, q paral-
lei in the history of the world. with
population poor, miserable and de-
graded In body and mind. ~ IT they
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK.

This week we send out an eight page
issue. 1t costs us something extra
but it is rendered necessary by our
growing Advertising patronage.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-22
RAPID GROWTH.

: Our Business Manager, Hon. p. J.
Seberger, gives US the following fig
-ures, as the. number of new sub
.scribers, each day, during the past
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-10-07

The Bryan and the Mckinley mana
for their respective candidates, but If
they have no better foundation for the
claims they make than the letters from
indiyi luals in the several states which
they make public, it is little better than
a question of faith and hope on both
sides. 1t il comparatively easy to take
made certan percentage OF gain in
some locality and by figuring on the
same percentage OF gain throughout the
state to show--on paper--that the state
will give certain majority; but those
with retentive memories know that such
tiguring is seldom, il ever, anything in
vote OF that state turns out to be. 1t il
is altogher probable that both sides have
made polls of every doubtful state, and
have found so many voters still uncom-
mitted that that they do not dare to
make public the result OF those polls. 1t
10 known that there are large number
Of voters-seemingly growing larger at
each election-who do not connect them
selves with any party and who do not
tell anybody how they are going to vote.
This is the element which has brought
about the political su, prises and land
.siides Of the presidential and congress-
ional elections of the last twelve years.
They can't be located in advance by the
politicians, says our Washington CORES
pondent.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-10-07

The latest swiidling game practiced
successfully the other day at Benton,
Penn. Two men, who appeared to be
strong silver advocates, were in the Cen
trail depot and became involved in a
heated discussion. The gold man offer
cd to bet gold double eagle that if he
hammered the coin into q shapeless
mass it would still be- worth 500. He
was ostensibly taken up by the silver
advoctate, but when it came to selling
the lump to Jeweler Roth, the store was
closed. james Hagerty, strong sound
money advocate; who stood by and who
rad implicit faith in the value OF gold,
gave the man 500 for the battered coin.
The two enthusiasts disappeared shortly
after, and then it was discovered that
the metal left by them was spurious.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1896-10-07
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