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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-10
THE AVERAGE "HONEST MAN" DE


THE AVERAGE HONEST MAN" DE-
PICTED.
I had one COW when 1 set out to build my
fortune up,
good brindie pup:
But my stout hart and my sound he'd and
these two hans, You see,
And my unekaled honesty, hez brung me
where 1 be.
This Is the lesson I impress on every noble
youth
Integrity, morality, and honesty and trooth
Integrity, moralety, and honesty, you sec,
With my good hart and he'd and hans, has
brung me where be.
Marble the darter of the man where I wuz
And when he died we got his farm-he willed
1t all to Nan.
1 hired two town paupers to do my work for
Forthey'll eat feed that common men won't
look at, don't you see?
So saved my money this way-I saved but
never spent
And I loaned to my neighbors. and they
gave me ten per cent.
I loved my neighbors like myself-rich DOOR
CRATE and small
And put a mortgage on their farms, to com
modate em ALL
And Widow Barclay. reckless soul, spent all
her husband left,
Jest bringin' up her children-Why, it
seemed almost theft!
why. sech extravaganza as that" seq I,
will never do"
And l forecloSed the mortgage, for 1t Wuz
my duty to.
And Neighbor Bunker's wife wuz sick: he
spent his cash for pills;
Jest SQuandered all his earnings on them
worthless doctors bills,
T couldn't aDDrOVe his reckless way and as
reprimand
1 Jest foreclosed his mortgage and took my
self his land.
And old man Babson. down the creek. wuz
gittin' lame an blind,
His farm wuz CROWN up with weeds, his
haydn wuZ behind:
See I '"1is time this good old man wuz
laid upon the shelf,
So 1 foreclosed his mortgage. and took his
farm myself.
So I've been a moral power and through all
the neighborhood
I've gone about like men of old. engaged
in dom good;
And have found that true goodness and vir-
too is divine.
For all my reckless neighbors' farms have
all been jined to mine.
This is the lesson impress on every noble
youth
Integrity, morality, and honesty and trooth ;
Integrity, morality, and honesty you see,
With my good hart and he'd and hans, hez
brung me where I be.
S~>AAA w
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-10
COUNTY POLITICS.
Cut Down Salaries One-Fourth.

Editor Representative
An excellent opportunity is presented to
Peoples party to undertake and achieve
much needed reform which, if properly con-
Quoted, will materially strengthen its
chances to win the legislative and execu-
tive offices of the state and nation. The
affairs of national government are too far
removed from the average citizen, and the
principles and policies Of political parts
too abstruse to be readily grasped; hence
the work of converting the people to an
issue or policy of national import IS neces-
s9r:ly slow and laborious.
County government is nearer home and
we are better acquainted with its workings.
Fraud IS more eaSiy detected and WrOngl
right
1t is generally conceded that the salary
of county officials is exorbitant as COM
pared with the income of farm, store, shop
or the wages of equally competent clerks
and agents representing the professions
The Peoples Party should declare in favor
OF salary reduction to the extent of at least
25 per cent, and invite men without refer
ence to party utilization to cooperate in
bringing it about. The business of this
proposition is granted by all who are not
Office holders nor expect to be. If this
work IS taken up in earnest and prosecuted
with vigor it will result in honest county
administration, less taxes, and will deal a
blow to party idolatry which is the greatest
barrier to political reform.
Let nothing in this article be construed
to mean fusion. No true Populist can con-
sent to trade or dicker with the old party
machine, but there are hundreds of honest,
earnest men in the ranks of all parties who
would iOin movement of this kind and in
stead of stopping at one mile would go with
us twain. "A. D. Stewart.
Redwood Falls, June 9Th, 1896.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-10
A GRAND CONVENTION.
Large and Enthusiastic Attendance
at the First District Meeting.
THEY ENDORSE MIR, DONNELLY
FOR PRESIDENT.

Dodge Center, Mimi, June 5.-The Pop
ulists for this congressional district have
just closed two days camp meeting here.
Last evening Prof. Dobbyn, of Minneapolis,
spoke in the hall to a very good audience.
Yesterday they elected delegates from this
district to the national convention at St.
Louis. In the afternoon Donnelly spoke in
the park, and the convention adjourned
about o'clock. The delegates elected are:
w. A. Hotchkiss, Fillmore; H. G. Day.
Freeborn; James Murphy, Mower; ]. K.
Campbell, Winona; S. Kinney, Steele. AL
ternates-N. NJ. Cross, W:nona; Mn Hub
bard, Dodge; G. F. Dunn, Waseca; John
Elliott, Olmsted A. Kruger, Wabasha. The
following resolutions were adopted
Whereas, The financial and industrial
condition of the country is such as to alarm
all patriotic citizens; and whereas, the only
relief offered by the two old political parties
IS a continuance of our monetary system
on the gold standard basis, which is the
cause of the present business demoraliza-
ton; therefore be it
Resolved, That we declare the only
remedy to be an American system of
finance which will furnish an amount Of
circulating medium which will enable the
country to do business upon cash basis.
Resolved, Furthermore, as a step N
that direction we demand the restoration Of
silver, the money of the constitution, to
the place it occupied from the beginning of
the government up to 1878.
Resolved, That we deplore the cor
rupting influence of the retained lobbyists
of the corporations and monopolsts of the
country, who are exercising a demoraliZing
influence upon the people, and we demand
as remedy the destruction OF the political
power of corporation monopoly.
Noting with pride and satisfaction the
prominent mention throughout the United
States of our highly esteemed friend and
leader Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, as fit per-
son to place m nomination for president Of
the United States, and recognizing the great
services to the cause of reform, we recon-
mend him to the favorable consideration Of
the national convention of the Peoples
party as candidate for that high Office"
The following was introduced by mem
Der of the convention and adopted:
Resolved, To our sister state of Oregon:
All hail! To us be bright star of promise
cleaning from beneath the lowering clouds
Light the industrial forces to victory in
November nextr'
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-10
SOUND ADVICE.
Stand by the Omaha Platform.
Editor Representative.

Edltor Representative:
Delegates are soon to be chosen to rep
resent Minnesota at the national cOnven-
ton; it is therefore important that those
chosen shall know what the Populist pub
lie sentiment is on the subject Of emascu-
lating the Omaha platform; 100000
votes made 1t a rallying cry for four
years and they feel toward it much as
soldier feels on the field of battle when
he sees through the binding smoke the
essence OF Christ's life embodied in words
full OF humanity, and emblazens forth
Peace on earth, good will to men"
TO trim the platform of any of it's fund
amental principles is to simmer down the
enthusiasm Of the odd guard and make
it more certain that future conventions
Will take the same privilege, until at last
the substance viii have been taken out Of
it, leaving liaught save the husks and
just what the! Old parties have been feed
ing the people on for 30 years. Brave
honest men need TO be chosen for ST.
Louis, for the convention will be vastly
different than the one held at Omaha.
-Four years ago very few were present
save the Standards" for plutocracy
cared but little what was done. 1t will
be immensely different this year, because
the party is menacing power in the po-
litical field. We have dwelt among the
people almost continuously during the
past four years, visited thousands OF
homes and | have made nearly thousand
speeches, and l have yet t. find man who
is willing to surrender either one Of its
great planks, but ! have found a unani-
nous demand for the addition Of the
Initiative and Referendum.
Pupulists have often asked me whether
l was not willing to make the money
question the chief issue? I have always
replied that every reform newspaper and
every reform orator has made the money
question the chief issue since 1870 and
that at no time was it more aggressively
made the central figure than between 1892
and 1896. If the silverites are sincere, low
ing the cause Of silver for the humanity
there is in it more than party, they will
gravitate to the army of 1000, 900 already
marshalled in its behalf; if not, they are
not desirable recruits. Practical politics
are usually the poorest kind of politics
When a great principle is involved, for
found that would enthuse men to the
point Of self-sacrifice and overleap the
boundaries of partisanship save a princl-
pie that is the embodiment of humanity
The party is growing; its recrpits number
cd rAarly thousand per day from the
election of 1892 to the election Of 1894
Since then conditions, have made for Pop
ullsm, and no doubt a half million or
omore. are already active workers in the
ranks as the result of the activities of
Populists during the past two years.
Stand by the second declaration. the
great magma charta Of this the closing
years of the century, and the people will
soon recognize the cal to arms and en-
body the Omaha platform into law.
j. r. Lowe.
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ton, they acted on it; in fact, were COM
PEELED to do so. Considerable new bust
ness was reported, and this fresh buying
support gave them arket good power of
absorption and offerings were well taken,
so much so that realizing had no serious
effect on the strong tendency. July ad-
vanced net here 11ac from yesterday, and
closed at top for the day The news is of
character that spectators cannot re-
SiSt"
The Oregon election returns are fol-
lowed by boom in silver in both Wall
Street and London, and the silver boom
is followed by the strongest upward
movement in wheat, that has been
known for many a weary month.
The influence of the boom in silver has
been impaired to the general stock mar
ket. Thus the Wall street market report,
per contra to the calamity prophecy Of
Mr.. Lowry says: THE general list was
more active and also displayed agrees
sive strength, Tobacco rising ~ per
cent and other leading shares material
fractions. Ruling prices showed at II
o'clock sharp Improvements in the Gran
gers and other leading properties, and a
more cheerful tone was discernible than
had been noted for some time past"
Col. Lowry sounds his calamity tOscin
at the wrong time. For the first time in
months, the clouds are beginning to
show a silver lining. For the first time
in weeks, there are no gold exports to-
day, but over $1,000,OO0 of silver exports
instead. The free coinage victories have
given the white metal standing in the
worlds markets, and produced demand
for silver in London and Paris. Let Col
Lowry not be deceived by the false pre-.
sensations of his Wall street and Lom-
bard street bond-holder. This same free
coinage movement which now drives him
to calamity prophecies may yet be his
salvation
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-10
Saltwater, MINI.
A SENSIBLE "SCHOOL MARIN"
She Knows More Than Bowling and Hits Him
Squarey Between the Eyes.


Editor Representative:
Enclosed you will find clipping taken
from the Star Farmer of April II, the Star
Farmer is a strong Republican paper, and
this was written by M. J. Bowling, secre-
tary of the Republican National League.
1 want you to give it to him on that
article, good and strong. He says Free
silver. cries the Populist will bring about
good times" Now, why should it? Sup
pose the United States should coin all
Of the silver in the world at the ratio of
sixteen to one, could you and I get any of
those silver dollars without exchanging
therefore either labor or the products of
labor? Is it not fact that the only one
to be benefited would be the man with a
bill to pay or mortgage to lift? And even
he, after this were done would be in as
bad a fix as the rest of us. 1t is pretty
smooth argument, I admit with which to
meet a man who is in debt. But is it
honest?''
Did he not admit that, If we had free
silver we could pay our debts; but, free
silver would only benefit the laboring
man. Is not that what the Populists have
been trying to tell people all the time :?
I think Mr.. Dowling's ideas are de-
cidedly Populstic and he don't know It,
and will help every reader Of the Star
party.
But, is it honest?"
I fail to see where the dishonest part
comes in. If the G. 0. P.'s had the least
spark of honor left he might talk Of hon.
or, but where can honor be found in that
party of bribery and under-hand dealing? ?
A party that will work right against the
welfare of this country!
He also quotes one Of Lincoln's proverbs
you can fool all of the people part of the
time and part of the people all Of the
time but you can't fool all of the people
all Of the time
1 think they have reached the last part
Of the proverb; for every time they touch
on free silver they knock out one of the
props of 6. o. p. platform. Let us hope
they will knock out props enough to let
the old thing fall by next election.
Please do not publish my name as I
am only country school marin and
dare not get into any argument with the
sterner sex. Yours truly.
Our correspondent puts it strongly; but
we might add that il we had free silver
we would double the quantity of the pri-
would double the value Of all things
measured by money. Hence If a farmer
had 1000 bushels Of wheat to sell he
would get not so cents. but dollar a
bushel-hence he would have $1,000 to
take home instead Of $780, This Is not
CII0O AplAS, OOl AASl, SACHlpllllcu Ill the
case of Mexico. where wheat is a dollar
a bushel on the west side of the Rio
Grande and so cents on the east side Nor
is it dishonest to restore conditions to
what they were in this country for eighty
years before silver was demonatized in
1873. The dishonesty was In the secret
decentralization of silver in that year by
the aid Of $50, 900 Of British gold.
We are glad to see the young ladies dis
cussing this question. It ought to make
Bowling ashamed Of himself. He ought
to take off his pants and put on petticoats
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-10

with the ways Of all classes, and fine
speaker. He is also an old soldier and a
member of the G. A. r.
Now Mr.. Editor, see what can be done
for them financially. Call the attention of
the Peoples League to this at once as
they can do nothing without help, and #
we lose the professor we lose more than
am able to tell. Respectfully,
e p. Bacon.
Pillager MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-10
A SUGGESTION.
In the Interest Of Workingmen.

Editor Representative.
To the Editor of the Representative:
The convention of the Fifth COMPRESSION
al district is called for June 30th, a. m.
Now there will be a great many working
men sent there as delegates that cannot af-
ford to lose day, and in some cases dare
not be known to attend it. And they would
most sincerely Ike to attend. Now hope
the committee having the matter in charge
will change the time and call the conven-
ton at 8 p. m. All the business could be
done in two hours. hope the committee
will be Populistic in this, and trust the COM
mon people. I remain yours truly,
David Fitzgerald.
1907 Nineteenth avenue northeast.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-10
Minneapolis, June, 1896
A CHANCE TO HELP THE PARTY

find Populst stump-speaker and his
wife and daughter here at Staples about
'busted" and discouraged, who have taken
the stump in our cause, alone and single
handed. Their plan was to give concerts
to pay their way, but it won't work They
are all professors in music, and l think it
would be drawing card to our cause if
there is any way of getting them appoint
ments. All they ask IS expenses; they will
keep in the field until after election. The
professors name Is N. D. Flores, is a we'll
posted man and has Travelled all over the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-10
MRS. LEASE.

To the Editor of the Representative:
Mrs. Mary E. Lease lectured to very
large and apprec:ative audience here on
the afternoon Of the 5th inst. One could
hear nothing but praise for the wonderful
woman after the lecture. One old grey
haired man wrung her hand and said he
had been Republican for 40 years but that
he was a Populist now. May heaven pro-
tect her She is grand and noble woman
st. Charles, MINI. p.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-10
ourFOrun.
A FEW SIMPLE RULES-READ AND BE
GOVERNED ACCORDINGLY.

We are 50 crowded with letters. many OF
them excellent and most interesting, that.
to give. them all a hearing, we are con,
strained to quote the following from Sound
Money.-Ed Rep.
Write on one side of paper, beginning
the first page about the middle Of the sheet
BE brief.
Always sign your name to your article,
though you may write over a non dc plume.
Be brief.
DO not try to cover the whole range OF
reform in one letter
ISe brief and TO the point.
Letters Of 300 words on one point properly
condensed, Will cover almost any subject
I;e 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!
The Forum will hereafter be under the
charge of our assistant editor. Mr.. Francis
n. STACY and all letters intended for that
department Will be. as usual. directed TO
The Representative. but have Mr.. Stacy's
name in the corner. They will thus be kept
separate from business letters.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-10
THE BUYERS ARE COMING IN.
The Offerings Were Readily Absorbed
And Last Prices Were at Top.

Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce,
June Sit was bull session for wheat
all through. Even the reactions were bull
ish for they gave additional force to the
advance following. The crop news was
decidedly bullish, and whether the trade
is fully convinced or not Of the situa-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-10

but for the disgrace he would thereby
bring on the petticoats. 1. D.
Renville County, Mimi. May 8, 1896.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-04
A PERFECT BRUTE.
His unfortunate wife Didn't Earn the
Twenty-Doll Gold Piece.

His unfortunate wife Didn't Earn the
Twenty-DoIlar Gold Piece.
THAT Mr.. Wallingford is a perfect
brute!" said Mrs. Cubbage to Mrs. Gaz
Fam, in burst of righteous indigna.
ton.
what has he done?" asked the lat.
ter in tone of deep concern.
you know his sweet little wife, don't
you?"
"Know Nellie Wallingford? should
say do! You don't mean to tell me
that he has been illtreating her?"
Mrs. Cubbage nodded her head ener-
getically.
"Will there be a divorced"
mo, there won't be a divorce, but
think there ought to be one"
"Oh, tell me about it."
"You know the great bargain sale
that has been going on at Bingham G.
Chally's?"
"Of course I do. Didn't get the
loveliest piece of satin there for just
half price?"
"Well, Mr.. Wallingford is trying to
make his wife bargain-proof."
Trying to make her what?" repeat
ed Mrs. Gazzam, with an extraordinary
stress on the what"
Trying to make her bargain-proof."
Whats that?"
HE says every woman ought to be
educated to point where she can go
through store that is crammed with
bargains and not want to buy a single
thing"
"Well, of all the ridiculous ideas I
ever heard of think that is the
worst"
ct undoubtedly is. That gives you
some sort. of an idea of what perfect
brute Mr.. Wallingford is" &.
Eyes, but tell me what he did"
"Well, when he got to know about
this big bargain sale he thought it was
good time to put his idea into prac-
tice. So he got $40 gold piece and
told his wife that if she would go clear
through Bingham & Chally's, look at
all the bargains and come away with
out buying a single thing he'd give her
the gold piece"
"Well, I never! Did she do it?"
"She thought of the things she could
buy with the money and resolved to
earn it."
"And did she?'
almost. She would have done it if
she hadn't happened to spy a lot of
genuine English pins reduced to two
cents a paper, and she couldn't resist
the bargain. So she didn't earn the
money. Don't you think her husband is
a perfect brute, now?"
Indeed do. I wouldn't be married
to him for anything in the world."-
n. Y. World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-04
THE SCoRCHER'S LOVE.
He Made 1t in Bicycle Lore and Rod,
Tandem Through Life.

He Made 1t in Bicycle Lore and Rode
Tandem Through Life.
They were scorching down a meadow
path just beyond Brookwood, and the
evening breeze, sweet hay, famed her
loosened tresses.
my own" he said, cutting his wheel
closer in, "let my heart speak; let it
tell"
She spurted forward suddenly, and
the leggings played rapid game of
hide and seek under the abbreviated blue
skirt.
my dear one" he cried, "since I
knew thee, life has been a hallowed
dream, and in my heart Of"
There was a whirr of wheels ard the
blue skirt futtered far in advance.
Hear me-" he cried, rushing on like
the wind; mo earthly bliss can be COM
pared to thy presence. I have yearned
for this opportunity to come when,
The chiseled chin was poised with an
air of supreme hauteur, and the arched
eyebrows sought the rim Of her golf
cap.
Fair one" he exclaimed, you have
punctured my affections"
Her quick pedaling ceased suddenly,
and the arched eyebrows were lowered.
tits too true" he sighed. ~ was
geared up too high. Don't cast your
Roentgen rays this way. All my tubing
is gone. lam as flabby Us perforated
Morgan & Wright. I need pumping
up. The run has been rough. Put on
the graphite of your smiles; initiate me
with the inspiration Of thy presence;
lubricate me with thy love and steer me
where you will"
There was soft sigh and = clashing
of handle bars.
''Yes, George, we'll take it tandem
through life" she murmured.
"If you want to get girl these days,
talk bicycle love to her." he explained
at the club that night.-N. Y. Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-04

with difficulty that they could
secure a foothOld.
They reached the ledge finally
whose width was greater than the
rest, and there they rested. Miss
Foley was too exhausted to go
further. She chung to the rock
in desperation, but to mount
higher was impossible. Her COM
paniOn resolved to 60 on, howev
err, for if she reached the top of
the cliff, she knew she could call
assistance.
How she got there she does not
remember, but she at length
found herself at the summit. She
called frantically for assistance,
and hurried toward the station of
the coast guard, a short distance
away. The guardsman ran to
the edge of the cliff with a safety
line and lowered it to Miss Fo-
ley. She caught hold of it with
one hand, but chung to the cliff
with the other. The customs Off
Ger passed by the spot at this
moment, and he saw that it
would be impossible to raise the
girl in that way. A rope was
hastily tied to teh base of the sig
nal staff, and one of the guarus-
men was lowered to the girl be-
meath. Another rope was thrown
to him, and this he made fast
about her waist. Both were then
drawn up by the men on the cliff.
Miss Foley tainted as soon as
the rescue was accomplished, and
it was long time before she full
ly recovered from. her expert
ence.-New York Sun.