The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-14

idlors. Why is this? The law makes
it. Who makes the law? The legisla-
tors. Who dominates them? The
idlers. Who votes for them? The
workers. Who tells them how to vote?
The id1ers. What makes them vote
that way? Damfin0.-Daily Cooper
atOr.
''Vote as you pray" says one who
advocates better conditions. The
trouble is, men pray for better condi-
tions, and then vote to make condi-
tions worse than they are.-Railway
Times.
John D. Rockefeller is worth $140,-
OOO, 900; North Carolina is worth $685.
OOO,000. The people In the United
States are said to be worth LOCO per
head, but John ID. Rockefeller has
persuaded 10000 Of them to let him
have the use Of it while they have
nothing; and the use he is making of
it will soon leave another 100000 of
them with nothing, an the "church
builder" will be worth $3.50, 600, 900.
It's the best system on earth. Com
ing Nation.
Under government banking sys-
tenn the profits, il there were any.
would 60 to the public purse instead
OF the milli0naire's purse.-Co-opera-
tor, Kansas.
S'Start the mills instead of the
mints," says Mckinley. The mills
will never start until there is de
mand fer goods, and there will never
be demand as long as the farmers
have to sell their crops at less than it
cost to produce them. When the
farmers get q fair show the mills will
start up but not before.-Litchfield
Independent.
Under the administration of both
Jackson and Jefferson our public debt
was wiped out. When another Popu-
list president is elected as cranky as
Jefferson OF Jackson our public debt
will b, paid off again.-Texas Globe.
The Republican press Of the west
ern states have tried to make the
people believe that the Populist party
were not true friends Of the white
metal but in Congress when men are
called upon to vote there is no divis-
ion In the ranks of the reformers
when they 20 on record against the
gold bugs. It was the Populist votes
that forced the Republicans in the
Senate to place the silver men to the
front in their organiZation.-The
Capital Olympia, Wash.
Are there no Hancocks amongst us
whom British gold cannot buy? Are
all our leaders Arnolds? Have we no
Washingtons. Jeffersons or Jacksons
to take the helm and steer this great
ship into safe harbor where she will
be secure from English pirates?-
Shoals, Indiana, Referendum.
Bonds for bankers; bankruptcy for
business men, and bullets for bread
winners. This is the old party menu.
Nashville Current Voice.
Of course Mr.. Mckinley will not be
seen Chasing over the country in a
wild scramble for votes" as suggested
by the petition Of the plebian work
ingmen. Who would expect the great
Joss Of the gold gamblers to associate
and mingle with farmers and hod car
riers Of the country! Who so rash as
for moment to suppose that the
pompous pet of plutocracy would
lower himself to grasp the begrimmed
hand of common labOrers! BAH
Daily Co-Operator.
Talk about the laboring man saving
up some Of his wages, would you? II
every laboring man in the country
saved $50 and put it in his pocket.
there would not be single dollar left
in circulation-and if they deposited
1t in the banks it would be stolen.-
Arkansas Kicker.