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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-21
TO WILLIAM j. BRYAN.

written for the Representatives.
write more. like to hear from you,"
1 hear kind friend say.
I grasp my modest pen, and 10.
My thoughts have flown aWay.
But since. a vision came to me,
OF battling hosts of men,
Two lines drawn up in fierce array.
see, and then:
On one side. wealth, pride, and power
Stands scornful, self possessed;
The other side. God pity them,
An army, poor distressed.
A wretched, ragged suffering host,
Contending for their own,
A sight like this it seems to me.
Must move heart Of stone.
With jeers and taunts the favored class.
Torment them in their pain;
eff bread and water you possess,
IT'S sinful to complain
Now. from that wretched crowd steps
forth,
A youthful, manly form,
VItIili WnOSc breast, WIN pity stirred.
A heart beats true and warm.
His good right arm toward heaven is
raised.
His words are few, but bold
'You shall not cruelty mankind,
Upon your cross Of gold. --
"You shall not, on poor labor's brow,
Press down your crown of thorns, es
We will undo those unjust laws,
At which our nation mourns.'
1.-THE time has come. the hour is here.
Your wicked rule is Ger:
From meath the heel Of tyranny,
The people rise once more.
A mighty shout to heaven ascends,
And this is their refrain, a. Is
''Our rights and liberties henceforth. =.
With Gods help Well maintain. g
%. NJ vinson.
Princeton, Mimi, Oct. 1S, 1896.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-21
OurFOrun.
A FEW SIMPLE RULES-READ AND BE
GOVERNED ACCORDINGLY.

We are so crowded with letters many o.
them excellent and most interesting, tna.'
TO give them all q hearing. we are Svn,
strained to quote the following from oou"N
Money.-Ed Rep. .,n,,.
:. Write on one side Of paper. neginn.nte
the first page about the middle OF the snee.'
Be brief.
Always sign your name to your aruc.e'
though you may write over a non De plume
Be brief.
Do not try to cover the whole range VI
reform In one letter.
Be brief and to the point.
Letters Of 800 words on one point, proPeIN
condensed, will cover almost any subject.
Be brief A..
Shoot at the mark-not in the air. Aim
at something and hit 1t.
are done.
Again we say, be brief.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-21
AN INTERESTING WORK.

We have received, from our valued
friend, Robert Schilling of Milwaukee,
Wis, an invoice Of his apm rable
souvenir Of the National Committee
of the Peoples Party Convention, held
at St. Louis, July %, 1885," which we
will furnish, postpaid for % cents each.
It is finely illustrated work of Ga
pages; we'll written; contains great
many portraits Of leaders of the Re
form movement, and most interest
ing history of the growth of the party,
since it commenced in 1926 at New
Harmony, Ind, with the platform put
forth by josiah Warren.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-21
T. NJ. ROBERTS
SUPPLY HOUSE.
6@-5l0-7l7-719-721 Nicollet
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI.

and villifying the poor and their
cause, is an exhibition Of sycophancy
painfully humiliating to every honor
able man. The writer has no words
but those of blessing for the Chris.
tian teacher, but honesty compels the
admission that touching the present
effort of the masses to loosen the
clutch Of the task-master, many pro-
fessed heralds of the Lord of Pity and
Compassion have shown themselves
made Of perilously plastic stuff. There
Is as much difference between the
rich mans preacher and the plying
Christ Of Ju(ea as between warm
generosity and cold calculation Or
true love and interested fawning; in
other words there is no similarity
whatever-Up-to-Date.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-21
REPUBLICAN CANVASS.

Editor Representative
l send you questions and answers that
received some time ago from E. M. john
son, lis Fourth street south, Minneapolis.
1 did not like to send them to him because
l did not know what party he belonged to.
will send a stamp if you think he ought to
have them sent back to him. The answers
I give think are very near as they will
be after the votes is counted. Yours re-
spectfully, j. H. Stauffer.
Burbank, Mimi, Oct. -.
The following is the circular, with an
swers:
What is the name Of your election pre-
cinct? Burbank.
How long have you lived in this precinct ?
Thirty-one years.
Are you we'll acquainted with the politi-
cal situation in your election precinct? Yes.
Are you taking an active interest in the
present political campaign? Yes.
For whom do you personally intend to
vote for president? Bryan.
For governor? Lind.
Are many electors still undecided how
they will vote? No.
DO you think sentiment will change much
between now and Nov. 8? No
Who carried your election precinct four
years ago for president? Weaver.
Who two years ago for governor? Owen
Who will carry it this year for president ?
Bryan.
For governor? Lind
What proportion of your Democrats will
vote for Mckinley? None
What proportion of your Republicans will
vote for Bryan? None.
What proportion Of your Populists will
vote for Mckinley? None.
How will the Prohibition vote be cast?
For Bryan.
What proportion of those vho will vote
for Bryan will vote for Lind? ALL
What proportion of those who will vote
for Mckinley will vote for Clough? ALL
What proportion of your town people are
for Mckinley? One in ten.
Is this a change for or against the Re-
publican party? Against
What proportion of your farmers are for
Mckinley? One in ten.
Will you give an estimate of the vote as
you believe it will be cast in your election
precinct? For Mckinley, 10; Bryan, "a:
Palmer. none; lowering, none; Clough, 10:
Lind, "a; Dean, none.
Name. J. H. Stauffer,
Town, Burbank
County, Kandiyohi.
Oct. u. 1896.
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POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.

(Wrtten for the Representatives.
The English system of these banks has
been adopted in all the leading nations in
Europe. 1t is quarter Of century since
they were started and proved such ben
eft to the working classes that all the
leading nations adopted them. 1 will give
a list of the principal countries that are
running them at present.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-21
Or whatever kind of a victory they have

for whatever kind of a victory they have
won.'
The outlook for Bryan and free silver is
much better than 1t was ten days ago. The
reaction against the schemes and methods
Oh the Republican party has already set in.
and will grow in force until the day Of the
election. This proved the impotency of the
Doodle campaign when the people arc
aroused on great and vital issues. The
present indications show 232 electoral votes
reasonably certain for Bryan, with at least
an equal chance for Is more.
Jonathan Jones.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-21

THE WHITE HOUSE.-The Populists
down with Populist literature. will print
your nnmc and address on the Peoples
Party Exchange List for silver dime.and
you will receive n large humble OF leading
Popultst papers for reading and distribu-
ton. Write plainly. j. II. PADG EFT, lock
box 416, Ennis. Texas.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-21

A lot of college students at Crawfords-
vile, Ind, recently undertook to initiate
the Yale rioters, and were set upon by a
number of stout farmer boys, and driven
from the grounds.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-21
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Ing at once, and 1 promise you faithful
attendance until the last red ear has been
husked and the merrymakers all taken
home. Yours, in the cause Of humanity,
z. H. Austin.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-21

MUSHROOMS Spring in night aou.ish for few short
NO y like born
blast their lives Can sord to risk
ish In the morning, o m where?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-21

The above states, which are now reason
ably certain for Bryan with certainty of
gaining steadily to the election, gives two
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DRY GOODS. You will snd some excellent values
month Send for FREE Samples Goods.
whom sending samples atate
kind Of Dry Goods want Do not simply say, 'Send
samples of Dry Goods" 80
%. m. ROBERTS, SUPPLY HOUSE.
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SHUCKING A NUBBIN.

Lively Correspondence-Mr. z. H. Austin.
Chairman Of the Sixth District Peoples Party
Commit ,e, Challenges J. Adam Beade 10
Debate and Jadam Hides Behind His Commit
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-21
MONEY!
The Populist Standard Authority.
OUR MONEY WARS
BY SAnUEL LEAViTT

Author OF "DicTATOR GRANT" and "PEAcEMAKER
GRANGe;' and Editor Of Peter Coopers Adcocdte.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-11
NOT CHEAP BUT ABUNDANT MONEY.

1t is said that General Palmer will
devote much of his letter of acceptance
to discussion of the money question,
and particularly to the contention of
the advocates of free silver that free
coinage would bring silver to a parity
with gold at the ratio of 16 to 1. 1t
is said his line of argument will be
that if free coinage does this, then all
the talk about higher prices and
greater prosperity through cheap
money is fol de rol.
SO far as free silver making money
cheap is concerned, all that is meant
by that is that it will prevent the
continuous appreciation of gold The
higher prices and greater prosperity
will come, not through cheap
money. but abundant money. This be-
cause it will afford the means of sup
plying demands which will naturally
arise. When peoples demands in
crease, they having the means to sat
isfy them, It means that other people
will engage in the business of produc-
ing or manufacturing the things de-
manded.
We fancy that on the financial ques-
ton General Palmers letter of ac-
ceptance will be far more of a j4u
d, esprit that a logical argument.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-11
PARoLED PRISONER $.

The state prison law permits the
paroling of prisoners, which is q. new
departure in Utah. In accordance with
this law the state prison board has
just paroled two prisoners. The result
of the operation of the law will be
watched with much interest In the
present cases there is little doubt that
the law will be a success. In other
states it has not been an unqualified
success. Some of the recent desperate
crimes in Chicago were traced directly
to paroled prisoners who had come
from a model prison. The extent of the
country and the great facilities of
escape afforded paroled prisoners,
makes it almost impossible to keep
them under constant surveillance. This
very question is to be discussed at the
coming annual meeting Of the Nation
al Prison association. The result of
that discussion should throw a great
deal of light upon the question; and
it probably will The system is en-
tirely new in Utah and is an expert
ment. The experience of other states
cannot fail to be of much benefit to
this state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-11
THE SALT LAKE HERALD. FRIDAY, sEpTEMBER Il, 1895.

far as population is concerned. Less
than one-fifth of the population are of
pure white blood viii the opponents
Of free silver assert that the remain
ing four-fifths of the population, mixed
and Indian, are the result of the silver
standard? If Mexico has not reached
that plane of civilization and taken
that position among the commercial
nations Of the world that the United
States have, is it owing to the fact of
her silver standard or the fact of her
population being what 1T is? If there
were no racial differences between the
people of Mexico and those of the Uni
ted States; if conditions of all kinds in
the two countries were substantially
the same, then would the opponents of
free silver have some reason for cit
ing Mexico as an example of the bad
effects Of free silver upon country.
Until it is shown that Mexico's back
wardness is due to the silver stand
ard the citing of her case as an ex-
ample of the degrading effects of free
silver upon country is entitled to no
force whatever. The advocates of free
silver might as well cite the case of
Spain, geld standard country (she
has coined no silver, except on govern
ment account, since 1879, and the par
ent Of Mexico, as evidencing the ruin
Gus effects upon a people of the gold
standard. The people still expect even
opponents of free silver to use a little
common sense in arguing their cause.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-11
w. e. CURTIS, FINANCIAL AUTHOR
ITY

William E. Curtis has been sent to
Mexico by the Chicago Record to study
the economic and financial condition
of that country, and report the result
of his observations for the benefit and
enlightenment of the American people.
AS yet he has not reached the land of
the Montezumas, but, like a meteor, he
sheds his light en- route. He writes
of what Senator Wolcott intends to DO
in Colorado. He says the senator does
not have much confidence in his per-
sonal popularity. But, says Mr.. Curtis,
as stated by his friends, the senator
thinks he has sufficient material with
which to make a case before the people.
He will admit the value and import
ance of free coinage to Colorado, but
will endeavor to convince them that
gold is of greater value and import
ance. He will show that since the de-
monetization of silver the material in
terests of Colorado have developed
more rapidly than ever before, and
that if all the silver mines were
closed forever, the state would furnish
an abundance of prosperity. Mr.. Cur
It's then goes on to state that the silver
output last year was only $24, 500 914 in
Colorado, while the gold output of the
state was $685. 46, 222, and the profit of
gold mining is much greater than that
of silver mining. Never was more
inaccurate and absurd statement made
than this as to Colorado's output of
gold. In 1895 her output of gold was
about $15, 600, 900 eve have not the exact
fgures). If Mr.. Curtis statement re
garding matters monetary in Mexico
are no more reliable than his state
ments about such matters in his own
country, what flood of valuable
knowledge he will turn loose upon the
people of these United States. And
what deductions the gold press will
make from his ''undisputed facts
When it comes to "fggering," Gros-
venor and Falstaff are not in it with
W. E. Curtis, financial authority.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-11
SAVOY.
Ode Read at the Centennial Celebra-
ton of That Berkshire Town.


ton of That Berkshire Town.
To every heart one spot on earth
Than all the rest must deafeI De,
The mystic, halioWed place OF 5lrtn,
BY mountain crag-beslde the sea
On heatherland, or Jtropic isle.
What though TO alien 1T appear
AS lowly, Gazing forth the smile
OF critic or the cynic'S sheer:
With ereener fields and bluer skies
1t beckons TO the loyal boy,
His earlier glimpse of paradise
AS such cherish thee, savoy
1 last beheld thee, birthplace fair,
In autumn-tinted draperles hung,
And breathed the balmy fragrant air,
And watched weird dancing shadows
lung
Athwart the crimson and the green,
While listening to the ceaseleSs how
OF plaintive undertones-Br1gn scene
Arcadian!-In the vale below
The Gulf brook proved its dsI ksome way
TO loin Cold river-to the boy
A charm lurked in that autumn day
That fingers yet, o! loved Savoy.
But all! since then long years have fed
And snowy peak, and desert gray,
And prairie daisy-carpeted
Between us lie. There comes a day
When in the strangers land we lind
That much we sought in anxious quest
Was early wrecked, or left behind
Fame, wealth and happiness and rest,
More blest is he who never strays,
But haply finds his dole OF JOY
In homely fare, and lowl1er ways
Such homes be ever thine, savoy!
o Berkshire! favored of the gods!
Though long to thy rare beauties blind
Men passed thee by, or saw but ciods
Fit dwelling place for soieless hlnd;
They marveled at the humor rare
That in the rustic's fancy lay
Who gave the mountain bleak and bare
The tropic name of Florida;
Or his who in a holder flight
Should strange perverted sense employ
To see on Berkshire's sterile hight
The vine-clad hills Of Swiss Savoy.
From Williamstown to Darlington,
Nay, all the classic country through,
Has rural Berkshire justly won
At last the recognition due;
And now along her mountain walls
In vale and upland, mansions grand
And massive as baronial halls
Enrich and beautify the land.
Her climate braces nerve and will
Perennial summers soonest cloy-
A clustering northern temper Stlll
Adds to thy piquancy. Savoy.
Thy yeoman wed to rural charms
Are slow to wrath yet strange to fear;
They hear the nations call-"to arms!'
Responding with a luSty cheer;
Nor e'er for peace would honor yield
Preferring death-ah! many a son
In prison pen and CORY field,
Alasl hailed not the victory won.
see them yet, as forth they march,
The sturdy man and beardless boy;
Above them fame's triumphal arch,
Behind, sad faces of Savoy.
Hail! centenariani thy years
OF struggles in the wilderness
hours of hopes and days of peace,
And nights of travail and distress,
Upon the past indelibly
Are craven: henceforth evermore
Let thy loved sons and daughters be
AS stanch and true as they of yore;
May Helens fair and Hectors brave
AS won undying fame for Troy,
Sweet peans chant, and banners wave
At thy millennial, Savoy.
n. ALBERT SHERMAN.
Salt Lake City, Utah, August, 1896.
Springfield Republican.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-11

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-11
PAY OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.

The Trades Union congress which
met in Edinburgh Wednesday adopted
resolutions thanking those members of
parliament who have supported the
principe of paying members of parlia-
ment. To us in America the principle
of not paying members of parliament
seems an anomalous thing. When En-
glands form of government is consid-
cred and how it has been an outgrowth
and modification of the feudal system.
it is not at all anomalous. Hereditary
legislators, like the lords, could never
be expected to receive compensation
for their services, it would be very
much like paying them for their SOW
ereignty Members of the commons
could not, under the old idea of the
English government, very well be paid
because they came from an exclusive
class as much as rhe lords, and for a
member to have accepted compensation
would have been for him to have lost
caste. Up to the close of the eighteenth
century the house of commons was, in
its way, as aristocratic as the house
of lords. With the extension of the
elective franchise and the enlargement
Of the electorate all this is changing.
The direct influence of the people is
being felt in the commons. It is this
fact which makes it possible to agi-
tate successfully for the enactment of
a law allowing compensation to mem
bers of parliament. The conservative
element will naturally oppose such a
law, as it IS the opening of the doors
TO class that heretofore has been de-
barred entrance to the commons,
largely because the class could not af-
ford to be in parliament without pay.
The Irish members have been paid by
subscriptions by their countrymen.
This was necessary, otherwise they
could not have borne their expenses in
London. That law for the payment
OF members Of the house of commons
will be enacted in the not distant fu-
ture there is little doubt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-11

We were satisfied that the Mckinley
papers would exert themselves to mini
nize the effect Of the Arkansas cleo
ton The st. Louis Globe-Democrat is
srch a, paper. 1t says: Arkansas cleo
ton is of no particular interest to any
body outside of that state. The Demo
cratic plurality will probably be above
10000 1t could just as easily be made
100. GOO. however, as 10000. The election
machinery is entirely in the hands of
the Democrats. They do almost the
whole Of the counting. The majority
which the Democratic managers think
they need 70 make an impressive show
ing is usually arranged beforehand, and
such a trivial thing as the number of
ballots which the opposition party or
parties cast is never allowed to inter
fere with this figure
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-11
REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR THE GOLD
STANDARD.

The people Of Utah are for free sill
Yer, and everybody knows it, but no
one knows it better than the Republf-
can editors of the state who are trying
to deceive the people and make them
believe that the Republican party is
not for the gold standard No one,
unless a knave or a fool will deny
that the present monetary standard
of the United States is the gold stand
ard. Now what did the Republican
party in national convention assembled
at St. Louis declare for? Here is what
it declared COR:
We are unalterabIy opposed to
every measure calculated to debnse
our currency or impair the credit of
the country. We are therefore Op-
posed to the free coinage of silver
except by international agreement
with the leading commercial nations
of the world, and until such agree-
ment can be obtained the existing
gold standard must he maintained.
A palmer declaration in favor of
the gold standard would be hard to
frame. The platform says +the existing
gold standard must be preserved" I'M
til an International agreement with the
leading commercial nations of the
world can be had. AS we'll say until
the end of time" There is no more
dream than international
bimetallism, unless the United States
first adOrt a pOlicv of free and indie
pendent coinage of silver.