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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-07-29
HE WILL RESIGN If

State Senator Frank A. Day has an
nounced his withdrawal from the re-
publican party. but he has not as yet re-
signed the legislative seat to which the
republicans elected him. Perhaps he will
get around to that before the legislature
meets.-Minneapoli Tribune
One would suppose that the landslide
from the republican party to the silver
ranks in the city Of Minneapolis would
give our esteemed gold-bug contempo-
rary about all it wanted to look after
at home, but in-as-much as it has inter-
ested itself in local politics outside Of
its bailiwick Mr.. Day makes the pub
Usher of the Tribune the following prop
osition: If upon a fair and impartial
poll Of the voters Of the sixth senatorial
district, to be made as soon as practical
BILE, majority Of one or more of the
qualified electors are found to favor the
existing gold standard he will resign his
office, pay the entire expense Of the cam
vass, and pledge his constituents never
again to solicit or accept the SURFACES of
the voters for any position in Minnesota.
This Is perfectly fair proposition, and
II the publisher Of the Tribune will ac-
cept It 1t may possibly open his eyes to
the fact that his gold-bonded institution
Is voicing the sentiments of the eastern
coupon-clippers instead Of the toilers of
the fields, upon whom depend the future
hopes and happiness of all the people of
this great agricultural state.-Martin
County Sentinel.
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The song. I'm Going to Leave the Party =
by the glee club, was encored, and the song
The People Are Catching On, was appre-
ciated BY the audience. A league Of Is
was organized.
Rev. Rhoer, Saturday evening, July IL,
accompanied by the Dehu Glee Club and
. number Of the members OF the Peoples
party league here, held rousing meeting
at Kennyville, Rice county, bringing into
the fold Of free silver most Of the voters Of
that township. Rev. Roher will deliver
four speeches in LIE Sueur county the en-
suing week. James Dudley, Of Faribault,
the eloquent young orator and champion
Of free silver. delivered an able and ferci-
BILE address on the political issues of the
day at the city hall, Waterville, Mimi, on
the evening Of July 8, under the auspices OF
Peoples party league and glee club. With
two glee clubs one orchestra and a good
supply Of speakers, we have the gold bugs
on the run. We will carry lie Sueur coun-
ty to for free silver. K.
Waterville MINI.
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MRS. LEASES SERMON AT MONTE
VIDEO,

Editor Representative:
Mrs. Lease, the Joan of Arc" Of the
Peoples Party, addressed a crowded
house in our city on the evening of the
18th inst.
She was given a warm reception, the
people coming from the country for
miles around to listen to this grand
woman who Is doing SO much for the peo-
pie. She has wonderful power OF voice
keen witticism and an ability to hold
her audience which few orators possess,
Her every sentence was aplauded as the
people eagerly listened to those truths,
which shall prove the lamp to guide their
feet from error Of old party wrongs to
the acme Of their hopes-''a government
by the people and for the people"
How visible is becoming the unrest OF
mankind under the government system
OF today. o, what we want is more
womanly and manly hands in this work
of walling back this ocean Of poverty,
sin, impurity and tyranny which threat.
ems to engulf us! God give us q thous-
and brave, fearless Mrs. Leases! Had
more homes such a mistress, more fam
lilies such mother, our country need no
longer bow to the British greed and ty.
ranny! After her lecture she was per-
suaded to give us a sermon the next day
Sunday and was eagerly listened to by
a large assemblage.
Her sermon was on the line of Shall
we follow Christ or shall we follow
Caesar" and was wonderfully able dis
course, which seemed to spring up from
the depths Of pure heart, bleeding for
the woes OF mankind, sorrowing that
there should be so much hyprocricy and
treachery cloaked in the guise Of Chris
tianity by those who are ostensibly the
servants of Jesus Christ.
She compared the beauty and glory OF
the Christian life with the horror OF that
Of the despoilers as she contrasted the
two great men-Christ all purity, gentle
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-07-29
MINNEAPOLIS, MIFvlV.
DOhNELLrS ELOQUEACE.
Words That Stir the Feelings Of the
Delegates and Make the
Rafters Ring.

st. Louis, July 22.-Following n the
speech OF 1gnatius Donnelly OF Minnesota,
delivered in the convention today:
Inls convention, like our whole country.
is the blossom and fruit of our grand sys-
tenn OF universal education. All
that you have Of power and freedom Is de-
pendent upon that. 1t is proper, there
tore, that we should get here as representa-
tdves OF the agricultural labor population
Of this country. This movement began BY
the firesides Of our land, where the farmer
In the silence of his kerosene lamp, In the
midst OF his family, studied for himself the
causes OF the Affections he endures, and OBJ
served the remedy.
Our city friends for time took It as
movement that was hostile to themselves.
Nothing was further from the truth, for
upon this movement depends the prosperity
OF agriculture and the growth Of our ma
tional industries. And it is at last 1awning,
even upon the minds of our far eastern
cities. that the very conditions which sur
round US have destroyed their own pros
perity. (Applause) While reaching out
by legislation for foreign markets, where
they must encounter the hostility OF the
wohle world. they have permitted their own
natural market, of which they had mo-
nopoly, to fall into poverty and wretched-
ness and they are today In sackcloth and
ashes, feeling the effects of that misgovern-
ment.
I'VE are glad to be here. We recog-.
nize the courtesy and generosity ofths peo-
pie of st. Louis in the greeting they have
given us. We thank them for It We ask
them and friends everywhere, men Of all
classes and all pursuits. to help us in the
prosecution of this great work.
Strongly as believe in our existence,
believe that If we had the power. IL
these eyes of ours could look into the in
visible world which surrounds us, we could
see floating in the atmosphere the spirits
OF George Washington (applause), Thomas
Jefferson applause and cheers and the
spirits of Andrew Jackson (more applause)
and side by side with these glorified masters
of our race, we would behold the august
presence of Abraham Lincoln. prolonged
applause) And, oh, my friends, the re-
sponsibility that rests upon M IL larger than
any human thought can comprehend. IF
this movement Is to 60 down, If it is to be
destroyed by passionate feeling and emo
tons, the cause Of humanity all over the
globe will 60 down with it.
I'm every part of this continent tho eyes
OF men are turned to this convention with
hope. Yea, beyond the ocean in these poor
countries where afflicted humanity sits amid
shreds and ashes in that condition to which
the enemies of mankind are trying to bring
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nothing to do with the light OF free silver
Republicans against the alleged sscor-
rupt clique rule In stAte matters The
Peoples Party Is opposed to all ring
rule" and "b0seism'' but proposes to:fight
those barnacles which seem to be firmly
fastened on the Republican and Demo
cratic parties BY killing the parties and
allowing the barnaclees to die natural
death by starvation. The Peoples Party
have good timber IN Its own ranks, solid
to the core Tor all the principles advD-
Gated, and need not get down on It's
knees to John Lind or any other man
who absolutely refuses TO commit himself
to our cause. Read. carefully the ques-
lions asked Mr.. Lind by its committee
and tell US why an honest" man could
not unhesitatingly answer them even II
he was not candidate for ONCE. II he
was not an implied candidate 1t shows he
would have answered each one consei-
entiously, and had no fear a. to the re-
suit Does not his refusal to answer
prove conclusively that Mr.. Lind 10 q
political trickster" and really wants to
let the Peoples Party be imposed upon
by Lind shouters' all over the state
who are insisting that Lind is q good
Peoples Party man and ought to have
Peoples Party support? We want none
of this business In ours: and we do not
propose to let the free silver Republicans
and free silver Democrats, aided by a few
traitrous Peoples Party men, turn over"
the Peoples Party in Minnesota bodily to
disgruntled faction which has Just split
of from the Republican party. We are
in favor Of letting the ''Washburn
clique" and the 'tClough gang fight their
own battles, and for the Peoples Party
to nominate DR.. A. A., Ames, the real
peoples choice for governor, and we will
surely march on to victory. DIR. Amee
has been fighting for. the principles adj
vocated by the Peoples Party for Is
years and stands squarely upon our plat
form today and promises to make the
fight of his life" for election II he is
nominated by the Peoples Party for gov
ernor. No such opportunity was ever
offered our party before, and it should
not be neglected.
Because the free silver Republicans
have seduced tho Democratic party in
Minnesota and got the old lady to adopt
John Lind Is no reason why the Peo-
pies Party should also submit to the
Establishments Of the free silver crowd.
which has been fighting Clough SO I'M
successfully for the past year, and whose
only hope now is to rope in the Pops"
The committee of one hundred made a
mess of it in Minneapolis SO far as Re-
publican caucuses were concerned, but
now they are working all over the state
to capture the Peoples Party caucuses
for John Lind as their last and only
hope to defeat Dave Clough. Will our
people be thus used? We hope not. We
ought to stand for our principles and put
up our own candidate for governor.
G. B. MABEN.
Corresponding Secretary.
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forcs a earlier call by charging the
chairman Of committee with having 4
plan I'm common with James ]. Hill. II
Bub could IN some way get up q division
n the Peoples Party the gold bugs
would reward him with free drinks and
. few dimes beside, perhaps. That he
was governed by no higher motive ia
within the knowledge Of those who know
him best. Mr.. Meighen's dignifled reply
needs no endorsement Popultsts honor
him for hia perfect freedom from doubt
fM influences Preston National Re-
Publican.
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Duluth. Mimi, July pa rousing meet
ing Of the Central Towne Club was held
last night and the membership roll was in
creased from 900 to 1000. Several ward
clubs have been. or are about to be. or
ganized. The colored mems Towne club
Of fifty members, which includes practical
~ all the colOred residents. was repre-
Of the Bryan and Towne Club. The mem
ton Of Bryan, Towne or Lind was the sig
nal for great enthusiasm. & telegram was
received from w. N. Moulton, the most
prominent Republican in Lake county,
saying he was sure Lake county would 20
for Towne by large majority.
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ness, simplicity and self sacrifice-the
type OF love; Caesar, cruel, despotic
naughty, seeking only self aggrandiz-
ment-a type of hate.
Hers was the sermon which the world
is now hungrily craving-the doctrine
that If Christ is our Heavenly Father all
men must need be our brothers and as
as such we should treat them. Hers is
the Christ of love and sympathy, pardon
and coincidence, life and heaven-a uni
versal brotherhood.
To be sure Mrs. Lease was not without
criticism here by those whose lives are
not in accordance with her ideals or
those who are sacrificed to the dread
monster greed; for there are in all COM
munities those who are 80 depraved that
they cannot appreciate goodness in
others, or SO perverse that they close
their eyes and ears to truth and proudly
traverse the path their forefaters did, too
indolent to think for themselves. deem
ing their fathers political belief good
enough for them and fondly imagining
they are FOLLOWING the banner OF the
grand old party which gave us Lincoln
or Jefferson. They decide without
understanding and could not see the
beauty of Mrs. Leases truths, the SUBJ
Unity of life devoted to struggle for
the welfare Of the people,
think our editor must be one of these;
he stands on gold basis and proudly
proclaims his doctrine. His paper came
out last week denouncing Mrs Lease as
traitor, working for her $25 per day, or
woman very ignorant Of real facts. He
proposes to give us real facts in this
weeks paper that we may all learn.
He thinks Mrs. Lease has undertaken
an immense work in trying to reform evil
and though she cannot do it, he says,
there is one thing she can do and that
is raise HE'LL
To be sure 1t was not very able ar
gunent on his part against this woman 8
noble principles, but Is as good as his
side can give.
Be, as it may, praise or blame for Mrs.
Lease, her name will live long after those
who malign her are forgotten; will live
as the type of true womanhood, as one
who tried to lead us-up to better things
by the light Of her own beautiful exam
pie.
God grant her long life for we can
not spare her in the great work which il
before us. IN. Helyn.
Montevideo, MINI.
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THROWING HIS LIFE AWAY.

WORKING FOR A THANKLEss CREW.
Editor Representative
Dear Sir:-It is a wonder to me that
Mr.. Donnelly has not lost all hope of
making any thing out of the masses
(asses) whose battle he has fought so
nobly for these many years.
He has fought and striven to pro-
tect and uphold the rights of the COM
mon people ever since I can remem-
Der, which covers a period of some
twenty-five years, and the more he has
tried to come to them. and the harder
the fight he has made in their behalf,
the louder has been the cry: HE is
trying to serve some personal end, /"
not only by his political enemies but
by the very men he was trying to be-
friend.
Had he been less determined, less
sincere and honest he would long ere
this have turned his back upon them
and left them to their fate
The only reward he has received for
bis unselfh and patriotic course has
been abuse, but such is human nature.
ever willing to believe evil of a frie nd.
but slow to give credit for q good
deed.
had hoped to be able to cast my
vote for MIR. Donnelly for president,
at the next election, but fear that the
Peoples Party will make the fatal
mistake of either endorsing the Demo
cratic candidate or nominating some
recent recruit from the ranks OF the
old parties, some one Of whom we
know but little.-untried and perhaps
pledged to the gold bugs; some one
whose only interest in the Peoples
Party Is to further his own political
Advancement. Very respectfully.
JOHN MINDE.
CtanfAn VIA July d
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GOOD WORDS FOR LQMMEN-ALEX-
ANDRIA SPEAKS.

6O1I0T Representative e 4ss
Our Congressional convention at
Fergus Fallswas one Of the finest gather
ings ever attended. Harmony prevailed
all the time, and we plelced In nomination
Hon. E. e. Lommen. who will be our next
congressman. Brother Lomnaen Is man
that the people Of the Seventh cpugres-
sional district can be proud Of, and to
hear the people Of hds own county speak
Of him is pleasant. The voting Of his
county delegates, ~ strong every ballot.
speaks volumes The feeling Of the de-
feated candidates after the nomination
was over showed that they worked for
the cause, and not for the Office, and I am
sure this district will roll up majority
next fall for Hon. e. E. Lommen such as
has not been seen before. am sure men
OF principle, regardless Of party, will
vote for Brother Lommen. One thing I
can guarantee, If Mr. Lommen il elected
he will not vote for q 81 200 clerk hire a
year, as the incumbent, Hon. Eddy, has
done.
Mr.. Lommen is a farmer and Knows
how to work, and does not feel above 1t,
either. And another thing, Mr.. Lommen
does not make fun Of any person-it
makes no difference in what condition
or to what party they belong. Brother
Lommen does not belong to any corpora
tion, therefore he can fight the serpent
which now has it's coils around the peo-
pie of this nation and, like boa con-
strictor, besmears them with it's slime so
they will be able to swallow them whole.
You hear people say: Well, IL the Popu-
lists should win, the capitalists and
money lenders would draw in their out
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HON. JOHN LIND-wORDS OF
PRAISE.

Editor Representative:
Since the Hon: JoAn Lind has been ia
vorably mentioned in the columns Of the
Representative for positions of honor
and trust in. recognition for his manly
stand against British gold gamblers, and
in behalf Of equal rights for ALL" I
would wish, as an old soldier, to contrib
ute a few lines OF deserved tribute in ia
vor Of Mr.. Lind and his esteemed wife.
as true friends Of the men who fought the
country's battle in the days of peril. In
the spring Of 1889 the loyal people in
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FOR BRYAN.

Editor Representative:
In view Of the fact that Mr.. Bryan.
with his broad gauge principles Of gov
eminent to be administered alike to all
classes has been nominated by what
seems to be the Jefkersonian wing Of the
DEMOCRACY, let me point out what the
platform upon which he Is made to stand
means-show that IL carried out will not
help the people much, only continue the
0reatest curse to the people, the nation
81 banks. Look at this clause:
Congress alone has the power to coin
and Issue money and this power cannot
be delegated to corporations or individ.
uals. We, therefore, denounce the is
suance Of national bank notes as in de-
rogation Of the constitution and demand
that all paper made legal tender for debts
and for the payment Of duties to the
United States shall be issued by the gov
eminent Of the United States.
In order to help us out this clause
should read: ~
All money, whether gold, paper or, sill
yer, shall be issued direct to the people,
from the government, and shall be full
legal tender for all debts public and pri-
vate, there to be no banks of issue.
The lines in the Democratic clause
thus demand that paper made legal ten
der for debts and for the payment of
duties to the Uuited States, shall be is
sued by the United States is misleading.
for all legal tender paper now Is issued
by the United States, and it looks as
though the trainers of that platform in
tend that the old national banking sys-
tenn shall stay with us. If not why
didn't they provide the simple remedy of
stopping the government from issuing
bank notes and bonds in the sum of
$4,000 when only 500, 900 of gold are
deposited. running 20 years exempt from
taxation or 40 per cent profit to bank
of ISSUE
Let every reader look close and he will
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Alexandria, MINI.
MEIGHEN FOR GOVERNOR. +.

Dddtor Representative:
What Is the matter with Thoe ]. Neigh
an, OF fillmore county, for governor on the
Populfst ticket at the coming election :?
He Is man that commands the confidence
and respect Of every Peoples party voter
in Minnesota: he has stood by and advo-
Gated the principles Of the party since it
was organized; has never solicited an Office,
and now why not nominate him for gov
ernor? Why all this hue and cry about
some "silver man. and when It comes to
the test after next November perhaps their
silver sentiments may prove to be nothing
but tin foil.
Let us have our state ticket headed by
one that has proven his loyalty to the
principles of the Peoples party in the
party's darkest hours, when few patriots
scattered over the state advocated the
cause of justice and equal rights, and stood
the taunts, jeers and abuse Of both the Re-
publican and Democratic leaders; and one
most prominent, conspicuous and unswerv-
ing in that trying hour was the gentleman
/ have just named?
Why should we take some one Just from
the Republican or Democratic ranks that
have left those parties for the same rea-
son that rats leave sinking ship, because
they know 1t is going down under the
storm Of public condemnation, and put
them up as leaders and standard bearers
for the Populist party of Minnesota?
Let us welcome all new recruits that pre-
sent themselves, but at the same time don't
be backward to inform them that they
must carry musket In the ranks during
this campaign, and II found deserving they
will doubtless receive promotion two years
from now.
l should like to hear the sentiment Of
others in regard to the above. ! mean
those that are considered the old veterans
in this movement.
ID. BUNKER
Rose Greek, Mower county, Mimi, July
~ 1895
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Editor Representative:
Saturday evening F. G. Gibbs. accom-
panied by the Armagedden Glee Club and
orchestra, drove to Elys:an to hold Popu-
list meeting Saturday evening, July il.
The speaker and glee club was met few
miles this side OF Eiysian by the Populist
Drum Corps, who acted as escort to John
sons Hall, and ciscoursed some lively mu-
sic. The hall was packed with people, who
listened with the closest attention to adj
dress Of F. c. Gibbs. The speaker was FREE
quently interrupted by prolonged applause.