The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-12
POOLING THE PEOPLE.
The Empty Measure Played Out.

Inc Empty measure Played Out.
Editor Representative:
The free coinage of silver law was re-
pealed in the year 1873. since which time
both parties Democratic and Republican,
have truly characterized it's repeal as the
greatest crime of the age. Each of the
old parties have been in power and why
have they not placed upon the statute
books the free coinage law again? AT
the last pres:dentian election in each of
the old party platforms they declared IN
favor of both gold and silver. President
Clevelamd's corrupt body had hardly
warmed the presidential chair until he
called special session of congress, and
the congress of the old parties betrayed
their platforms and the nation, stopped
the coinage Of every silver dollar, and
spread devastation and bankruptcy over
our whole country. Now what difference
does it make to the voter what the plat
forms of the old parties say in relation to
silver at their next national conventions?
Who is fool enough to put any confidence
in the old parties or their platforms?
Why are the distinguished gentlemen
waiting to see what is going to be done
by the parties that have once betrayed
the nation? Do they want to be again
deceived? Is not twenty years long
enough to wait-like a hungry dog watch
ing a bone.-for the old humbug parties
to place back whGt they repealed? The
free-coinage laws which Washington, the
father of our country, signed? When,
Judging from the past. if the distin-
gu:shed gentlemen who are waiting
should be given the command of the ASH
attic cholera. they could not grippe one
word of truth or one honest grunt out of
the plutocratic gold-bug swine who have
full control body and breeches of the old
parties? Once. in the past, a man used
to take measure with grain to catch his
horse, which graZed upon the commons
and when he held it up the horse would
come to eat and be caught. The man
thought the matter over and concluded ii
was a great waste OF grain to catch the
horse as he had been doing so the next
time he went for the horse he took the
empty measure and held It up to the
horse. and he came and was caught, but
got no grain. The owner thought how
foolish he had been to waste grain catch
ing that horse, when the empty measure
would do just as we'll The next morning
the owner went for his horse with the
empty measure again. which he held up
and ratified: the horse paid no attention
to it: he ratified the measure louder and
called to the horse. who answered: 81
came at your call yesterday, expecting to
get grain. There was no grain. You
fooled me once which was not my fault;
but he who is made fool of by the same
trick twice is q fool indeed"
The same old parties have been Offering
the people an empty vessel for many
years, and putting the halter on them
and think the great masses of the people
wont be fooled any more. but will vote
the Peoples Party ticket: and it is posi-
BILE while the distinguished gentlemen are
waiting for the empty measure (plaforms)
of the old fraud parties the band wagon
will pass and they will get left.
Trust the people, they will save the re-
public. Allen G. Sexton
Annandale Jan. 23
WOLF LIZ SLEEPS CLOTHING