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say, "All experience and all history teaches
that medium Of exchange must be based
on an article of intrinsic value Right you
are. And what is such an article. So is
coal, Oil, tin, zinc, lead. copper, aluminium
nickel pork, beef, cotton, corn, wine, and
fish, all the thousand varied productions Of
our country are articles of intrinsic value
so Is the blood bone and sinew of her
brave sons and fair daughters. And a me-
dunn of exchange based on all the noun
tains, filled with exhaustless treasures,
rivers and lakes, teeming with finny schools
Of wealth; all forests, grain fields, flocks
and herds, on multiplied thousands Of hills
on all the broad acres, and on the good
right arm of the people of the tepublic, is
a better, safer, more sound, honest and
brave medium Of exchange, than If either
based on or attached to little handful of
coward, yellow gold hidden away in some
old "hook noses money chest. Paper
money based on nothing" the usurer
sneers. Heaven help our mad folly, stu
pid idolatry and ignorance. All the
Grand heritage of Cod nothing, and a
little lump of metal everything. 1--WE re-
peat, money is not a substance, but an i'm
preston of legal authority, printed legal
Decree U. S. Supreme Court. Treasury
notes, secured by the pledges Of the faith
and credit of the government, with or
without interest will make better currency
than gold silver. Victor Bonnet.
Gold and silver are not intrinsically Of
the equal value Of iron. No methods have
been hitherto formed to establish medium
Of trade, equal in all advantages to it's bills
of credit made legal tender. '-Benjamin
Franklin.
Money is a creature of law not a prod
uct of nature. "-Aristottle.
Government can give to its stamp upon
leather the same money value as If stamped
upon gold or silver. or any other material
There Is no such thing, legally, as gold and
silver money, or paper money. Money is
the sovereign authority impressed upon and
attached to that which is capable of taking
and retaining the impress Of that authority
...... The authority which coins or stamps
itself upon the article, can select what
substance 1t may deem suitable to receive
the stamp and pass as money; and it can
afflx what value it deems proper, independ-
ent Of the intrinsic value of the substance
upon which 1t IL ahlxed. The currency
value is in the stamp when used as money
and not in the material independent Of the
stamp.'-Judge Tiffany in his '"Constitu-
tional Law"
Mr.. Coxey, Mrs. Hobart, and all the
fool fiat money Populists'' have some
company they need not be ashamed Of.
You say, 1T Ia absurd to all reason to
dabble, bicker or experiment when we al
ready have one Of the best financial sys-
TENS on earth. II ours is one Of the best
I sincerely pity tho worst. What din SAL
mon p. Chase mean when he said, MY
aid In securing the passage Of the national
banking act was the greatest financial
mistake Of my life; 1t has built UP n mo-
nopoiy that affects every interest in our
country: 1t ought to be repealed; but be-
fore that can be done the people will be
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-14

from the women sand children. were for
Bryan and free scoinage.
He further stated that If the state Of
Minnesota was like the last few counties in
which he had spoken that he might just as
well pitch up hts job and go home, for
Bryan WIS the alp and all and the great
and only power. In fact, many who heard
him talk concluded that he would vote for
Bryan himself.
He complimented our village by saying
this morning that he never was SO poorly
received and cared for at any place where
he was expected. Too bad II some one or
two of us free coinage Bryan anarchists
had known that the few gold men in the
town would have neglected this orator we
would have looked out for his comforts, for
he was certainly gentleman.
He announced himself as DR.. Shield from
West Virginia.
w. E. Hull.
Prior Lake, MINI.
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SOME GOOD ADVICE.
A Plain Man in Oregon Writes to His Cousin in
Minnesota, Who is About to Take the Stump
for the Plutocrats.
Prior Lake. MINI,

Mluu0SOtAs w 10 Is AOOuL " axe tuS SLuIHp
for the Piutoorats
Salem, Ore Sept. 81. 1896
Mr.. Wesley Foster, Dover, Minn.-Dear
Cousin: Your welcome letter of Sept. 10th
duly received. You remember Bobby
Burns lines:
20, wad some power the gifte gle us
To see ourseils as ithers see u.s.
A wholesome wish, to view ourselves, the
principles we believe in, the leaders we fol-
low, from another's standpoint, cannot fail
to lie OF profit. You have favored me with
such view; frank, explicit, easy to un-
derstand. I thank you, and shall strive to
return the compliment THE Book says,
LAS iron sharpeneth iron SO a man the
countenance of his friend; again, Faith
full are the wounds Of friend. but the
kisses Of an enemy are deceitful." Have
you reau the Phi Beta Kappa" grafton de-
livered June &c. 1881, at Harvard College, by
Wendell Phillips? His audience, THE Of
fetal, professional, and mercantile culture
of 80 states;' his theme, THE Scholar in
a Republic" If not, read it.; read 1t again,
and then read it some more. 1t may
sting and burn, and smart; never mind;
rub it in. 1t will do you good, like
medicine The Rev. James Freeman
Clarke, an auditor says of it: "It was one
long rebuke for the recreant scholarship of
Cambridge. 1t arraigned and condemned
all scholarships as essentially timid, sell
fish and unheroic. 1t gave list of the
leading reforms of the last 40 years, In
none of which Cambridge scholarship had
taken any sharet' Permit a few samples.
They may whett your appetite for more:
"But what is education? OF course it Is
not book learning. Book learning does not
make five per cent of that mass of common
sense that runs the world: works out in
the long run a rough average of Justice;
wears away the worlds restraints, and
lifts off its burdens. The ideal Yankee.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-14
THREE CAMPAIGN ROCKS.

l. Tom Watsons "A Revolution, Not a
Revolt &c.
This is history of political parties and
their records.
2. Gordon Clarks Hand Book on
Money" Csc.
This is an encyclopedia on the money
question. it also gives the financial leg
islation of the government up to date. All
the facts and data on the money question
and in convenient form for reference by
speaners.
g. Peoples Party Handbook for 1896 Csc
This book deals with the present political
situation and campaign. 1t has been pre-
pared by the national committee, and
when supplemented by the two above, they
make the most comprehensive set of CAM
paign documents ever issued.
All three books will be sent postpaid for
60 cents. Ten sets for S. Address J. A.
Edgerton, Secretary National Committee,
Washington, ID. c.
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keen delight In studying the lives of proph-
cts and reformers of Bible and other times,
men and women who have been ridiculed
and scOrned by many of their day.
have heard Jacob 8. Coxey, and Mary E.
Hobart and studied their plans for flnan-
cial relief in our fair land. know some
thing Of the life of Eugene v. Debs. and
do not hesitate to say that in life, in in
tellect, character, courage, devotion to
humanity, and the spirit of Christ, these
three worthy to rank with any have
heard or met with in history. Fifty years
from today their memories will be regarded
as the world now regards the memories Of
William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips
and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Let aristoc-
racy heap upon them scorn and abuse, and
ridicule. 1 do not wonder at it. Mr..
Coxey in his good roads and "non-inter-
est bond bills and Mrs. Hobart in her
book, Exposure of the Errors of the
Monetary System and the Remedy" have
aimed death blows at the heart of the
usury system of the world. They have laid
the sharp axe of truth at the very root of
the giant tree of evil. 1.-The love of money"
No wonder the "Old Gardens of that
hateful tree, he Of the ''horns and cloven
lOOl, dHu tdII, WIN, lOI SlA
thousand years with diligence unparalleled
has tended and watered it, and garnered it's
hideous harvests with fiendish glee, should
spit his choicest venom. and malice, and
burning hate. Never mind, Jacob Coxey,
Mrs. Hobart, Mr.. Debs, and thousands Of
other noble "agitators and 'reformers,"
and 'writers.'' You are grubbing and
chopping at the root Of the matter. Toil
on, and by and by the mighty tree will
come crashing to earth, and its branches of
lust. and murder. and intemperance, and
robbery, and oppression will wither in the
scorching rays of the Sun of Righteous
ness" and "The knowledge Of the Lord
will cover the earth as the waters cover the
sea-"
Break the two unjust powers given by our
human laws to money:
First--Attaching money, this most neces-
sary tool of civilization, this simple "crea-
ton of law to scarce products Of nature,
or, basing it on scarce products of nature,
instead of on the whole wealth of the ma
ton.
Second-Legalizing the dead, inanimate
tool with the powers to draw increase,
contrary to the law of nature and of
Revelation Break these two powers
and men will love money no more than they
love other tools: neither will they be in
terested, as now, in keeping money scarce,
to enhance their individual profits as
bankers and lenders" Blackstone says,
ION these two foundations, the laws Of ma
ture and the law of revelation, depend all
human laws; that Is to say no human law
should be suffered to contradict them; no
human law is Of any validity if contrary to
these Plant dollar in the richest soil
YOU can find. See if it increases according
to the law of nature. Study the Law Of
Revelation on ''usury and increase" You
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advocates: he has the courage of his con-
victions; he cannot be swerved from what
he believes right; he Is of the common peo-
pie; he is ever the same earnest brilliant,
big hearted mani. A. Edgerton, Of the
Populist national committee.
Do you know Tom Watson, of Georgia.
No Drawer, brainier man lives in the
United States today. Read his book.
Sketches Of Rome" Sketches of France"
picturing out and contrasting the corrup-
ton that preceded the downfall of the Ro-
man empire and the French revolution and
the corruption of our times. lGpte the
spirit OF his writing; every fibre OF his be-
Ing throbs with love for the common people
With these two men in the White House
there will not be money enough In Wall
street to buy them. The only way tho
money power of this country could control
them is to put them to sleep as it did
Lincoln. April H. 1866.
You speak Of an Imaginary crown Of
thorns," and cross OF gold.''
Spartacus, Thracian shepherd lad,
stolen from home by Roman soldiers made
slave, turned gladiator, to fight beasts and
men for the amusement of Roman aristoc-
racy. One day, breaking the helmet clasp
OF a dead foe he sees the face Of his dearest
friend of his boyhood. His soul broke in
to flame With Il other slaves he es-
capes to the mountains. band of SOL
diers sent after them are cut to pieces.
Another shares like fate. Other slaves
hear Of it and begin focking to the standard
of Spartacus. In time he has an army of
three hundred thousand men. Rome,
thoroughly aroused, concentrates her ar
mics against him and wipes out his army,
taking six thousand prisoners. She sets
up double row Of Crosses" from Rome to
Capau. on each side of the road, and hangs
living victim on each cross, warming the
slaves not to resist masters. 1t Is said
the aristocracy drove up and down this
frfghtful avenue "enjoying' the sufferings
of these men, whose crime was fighting
for liberty. Scripture saith, EVIL men
and seducers shall wax worse and worse.
deceiving and being deceived The aris-
tOcracy of America are no more merciful at
heart than those of ancient Rome. Listen,
sixty thousand idle men in the city of New
York. Ten thousand children died there
last year from lack Of sufficient food Ten
thousand tiny CROSSES of gold.' Not the
merciful crosses from Rome to Capua,'
a few brief hours of anguish, and then gem
tie death come to kiss the sufferer TO rest.
Not that. But days and weeks and months
and torture. Gross of starvation Gross
of Gold' ITO repeal the law creating the
national bank note or to restore to crcula-
ton the government issue Of money, will
be to provide the people with money, and
will therefore seriously affect your indi-
vidual profits as bankers and lenders. See
your member Of congress at once, and en-
gage him to support our interests, that we
may control legislation. Buell. Banking
Circular. sent from Bankers Association to
all banks in the country. Oct. 9. 1871.
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arrayed on one side and the bankers on the
never SEEM
Why did Abraham Lincoln, in 1864, write
to his friend. Elkins, these words? THE
money power Of the country will endeavor
to prolong It's reign by working on the
prejudices of the people. until all wealth
is aggregated in a few hands, and the Re-
public is destroyed
Were these men fooled in thinking there
was something wrong with our financial
system? 1t seems to me that they were
good prophets. Which side are you taking
in that contest foreshadowed by Chase.
What meant Talmage years ago when he
said, The middle classes, that have held
the balance of power and acted as mediator
between two extremes, are disappearing;
there will soon be no middle classes we
shall be divided between the very rich and
very poor; between palace and novels; be-
tween princes and paupers. Do you want
to be prince If nne-tenths of your coun-
trymen must he paupers? Do you want to
occupy a palace If nine-tenths of your coun-
trymen must live in novels? II so fight to
| uphold the existing gold standard, national
banking system, usury, and attending evils.
But II you would like to see more equity
and less misery, set your face like flint
to overthrow these systems, and build bet
ter ones.
Said Wendell Phillips in a labor speech
years ago. THE present system of finance
robs labor gorges capital, makes the rich
richer and the poor poorer; and turns 4
Republic into an aristocracy OF capital"
In 1875 he said. Three times within dozen
years capitalists with their knives on the
throat of the government have compelled
1T to cheat its largest creditor, the people;
whose claim, Burke said, was the most sa-
cred. First the pledge that greenbacks
should be exchangeable with bonds was
broken. Secondly. debts, originally paya-
BILE in paper as Sherman confessed in the
senate, were made payable in gold. Thirdly,
silver was demonetized, and gold made the
only tender. A thousand millions were thus
stolen from the people"
How much has been stolen since then
from the people? And doesn't it sound
rich to hear the Anarchists Of Wealth.
who have thus plundered the people. claim
ing all the honesty in the country; and
bowling "repudiation," and anarchy" at
the "pundered people, because the peo-
pie propose to stop one line of the plumber
ing by remonetizing silver"
When I consider our lovely CD system Of
finance, and its effects, think Of Carlisle's
description Of English politics fifty years
ago. "A miserable chaotic, damnable mass
of lies and rubbish that will swallow us all
unless it please God to raise up some great
spirit" I'm sure he would find human
language too weak to express our condition
If here today. Ezekiel, his pen guided by
the hot lightnings of inspiration, penned
a picture that will fit our state
''Her princes in the midst thereof are
like wolves raVening the prey to shed
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tried so hard to have made gold bonds
Claiming that he could save millions of In
terest by SO doing) went right up after the
sale in value to gold bonds.
Let no American fail to do his duty Nov.
3, by voting to restore his country to its
liberties.
The election of Bryan will avert evils
which no thoughtful person can underrate.
1t will be hailed all over the world as the
harbinger of better days for struggling
humanity. j. w, Porter
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A VETERAN SPEAKS.

Encouraging Words From Hamlin v. Poore,
Editor Representatives:
After being out almost one week. and
closely observing the situation politically
among the farmers, find strong interest
in the financial question, and they realize
that If free coinage of silver will double the
price of farm products, as stated by Bourke
Cochran, is Is good a change as thew
want.
II enough G. 0. p speakers are kept in
the field, such as have been through this
section, Lind's election and the rest of the
ticket is assured.
Mrs. Lease spoke here last night to a
packed house, making many converts. AL
though she requested questions to be ask
ed, the gold men were too near paralyzed
to PROFOUND any, and the silver men were
too we'll pleased with her unanswerable
presentation Of the financial question to ask
for any more thorough explanation.
We must keep up the work of education.
and not allow one to be scared about that
flood of silver that will submerge this coun-
try If Bryan is elected. There is certainly
a severe drouth financially among the farm
ers at this time.
The local committee in this county
(Meeker) has got into shape for vigorous.
aggressive campaign. I believe the vote
Of this county will give a good ma jority for
Bryan and Lind and the balance of the
ticket.
If the activity Of the G. o. P. is any indi-
cation they do not expect a walk over this
year. Have held three good meetings in
this county, and find a deep interest taken
by the farmers, that is different from anv
campaign have ever taken part in.
-Hamlin V. Poore.
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No. B-Men's Full Value Congress Shoe.
A satin oil congress, guaranteed all solid,
sizes to H. Per pair. ST. so.
No. C.-The Y L Mems Calf Lace. We offer
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~0sOVs
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-14

DISGUSTED GOLD BUG SPEAKER.
Editor Representative:
Please find Enclosed 81 for another year
of your sledge hammer blows against fraud
and wrong.
We had a gold bug orator in our town last
night. One of our citizens asked an ex.
PLANTATION of several legislative acts relating
to the money Of the nation. He SHE'D around
part Of them. and promised to send answers
by mail to others, and frankly admitted
that he could not answer some of them.
He said he was in favor of absolute FREQ
trade and the single gold tandard, and that
Bryan was a good and great man, but he
hoped Mckinley would be elected. and so
far as he was personally concerned that he
was out on these trips for the gold that was
In 1t. His speech consisted Of stories about
big fat Dutchman," Mike and Pat and
the Niggers.' His audience was small and
quite unappreciative, never applauded in
the least: in fact, nine out of ten, aside
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DR.. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer.
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OurFOrun.
FEW SIMPLE RULES+READ AND BE
~ GOVERNED ACCORDINGLY.

We are so crowded with letters many o:
70 give them all q hearing. we are con,
strained to quote the following from Sound
MOney.-Ed. Rep
Write on one side of paper. beginning
Re brief.
Always sign your name to your article.
hough you may write over a non de plume
Be brief.
Pc not try to cover the whole range OF
reform in one letter
BE brief and to the point.
Letters OF 300 words on one point, properly
condensed, will cover almost any subject.
BE brief.
Shoot at the mark-not in the air. Aim
at something and hit it,
BE brief. Boil down and quit when you
are done.
Again we say, be brief.
IN other words we say-be brief!
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ed many draughtsmen to manufacturers.
He dwelt on the benefit the school might
be to jewellers. Then he cited an instance
where a local concern had offered
prizes for designs for a case for
cash registers at the school and
how successful the result of the plan was,
and stated that he thought that the
jewelers. present would do a good thing IL
they offered a prize for a jewelry design.
The speaker closed with an expression of
this best wishes for the prosperity'of the
trade.
President Tanning then said as there
was about $500 in the treasury OF the as
ISOLATION he thought II would be a good
idea to appropriate $50 for the purpose
suggested by Mr.. Locke and the associa-
tion voted TO do SO. The executive COM
mittee were given charge of the details.
Professor Frank t.. Pierce gave an exhi-
billion Of his g~raphaphone. Messrs. James
IA. Jennings, Fred Browning, Ernest
Manchester and George Phillips rendered
a number of choice banjo and mandolin
selections. Warren $. Turner was the
efficient pianist and some very entertain
ing specialties and songs were given by
Messrs. G. w. Clissold and Harry S.
Wood. The evenings entertainment
came TO an enc with a Trilby burles-
que that caused much laughter.
The members OF the committee who so
success ully carried out the affair were
John Nj. Burlington, Frank L. Pearce, b.
L. Fisher and W. q. Clark.
At the business meeting held previous
10 the banquet Horace A. Remington was
elected a member OF the association.