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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-02-14

happy family from the tiniest linnets
to the puroquets. In other cnges he
bad rabbits and guinea pigs. and there
were doves and quails and pigeons anu
pheasants from South America and
Honolulu and the isles of the sea. He
has been u great traveller and has
brought treasures from every country:
1 never saw at any fair such beautiful
fowls, nor 80 many of them as those that
grace his grounds. There was only one
thing lacking to make his home com
plete, and that was children-ittle
girls and boys to brighten up the pict
ure. Not far away from Manatee Is the
old castle. the tumbling walls OF a once
stately mansion that was built OF con-
crete away back in the 4Os. Spacious
halls and spacious rooms up stairs and
down, broad verandas without floors
and windows without sash, wild orange
trees and palmettoes crowding the Walls
and wilderness almost impenetrabie
around. Surely this must be the place
where Hood wrote 1.-THE Haunted
House'-"O'er all there hung II
shadow and fear" Mr.. Braden, for
whom tho town and river Is named,
lived in it like prince until the lh-
dams drove him from it. For II long
time he and his family and his slaves
successfully defended it by firing from
every window, but they carried off every
thing he hnd outside, and he was
forced to abandon his beautiful and
costly homestead. How little do we
know of tho brave dee ls, the suifrrings
md perils of the pioneers of Florida !
If tradition is to be believed, there III
not country or "a township in oil thus
| region, from Pensacola to Charlotte
barbor, that is not consecrated by the
blood of the early settlers. 1t took
thirty millions of money and twenty
| Thousand soldiers first and last to sub
due 6, 600 Indians, under the lead OF
| Osceoln and other chiefs.
But must leave fair Florida for q
time and go home to comfort the bet
ter half of the family. 1t IL hnrd on
us old people to have TO ruu after the
! children, but it won't last much longer
! our time Is almost out, our Journeys
! will soon he ended, and we Will have
to trust them to the keeping Of q par
! ent who docth all things we'll. -BiLI
| ARP in Atlanta Constitution.
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THE sUE-TREAsuEY SCHEME.
Treasury officials Say that There Is no
Use For a Sub-TrenSury in Sa-
ynRnob or Charleston.


Representative Elliott has had IL long
talk with Assistant Secretary Curtis on
the subject Of the establishment of
sub-treasury at Charleston. 1t was APP
pnrent from the outset that Mr.. Cur
tis does not look with favor upon the
proposition, for he informed Col. Ell
lott that he had just reported adverse
" on the bill OF Representative Lester
providing for the establishment OF II
sub treasury ut Savannah. Under tho
circumstances, Col. Elliott says, there
seems to be very little probability of
any of the South Alta; tic States being
provided with y sub-treasury by Ihc
present Congress. Mr.. Curtis, who
has jurisdiction over that branch OF tho
service. stated to Col Elliott that the
only object to he accomplished py thc
ury is to provide u place for the de-
posit OF Government funds, where the
deposits are too large to permit of u
suitable bond being given by ma
tional bnnb as Government deposi-
tory. In the South Atlantic cities at
the present time, says Mr.. Curtis, all
the purposes Of sub-treasury
are served by having national
banks appointed ns Government
repositories. The Government
receipts III that section arc
not so great rs to make it impossible
for the national banks TO give a pro-
per bond to serve aS repositories. He
added that the suh-trraaury at Char
lesion was discontinued in 1876 be-
cause Of the snail amount of deposits,
which were aboLt 81, GO0,OG0, and IT,
day the sub-trcasnry receiving the
smallest amount of deposits receives
~ least six times that amount.
Upon reaching the Cupitol Col. El-
l:ott learned Mr.. Curtis's letter on the
Lester bill had been received by the
committee on ways and means. In
spite of adverse report of the treasury
department on the subject the friends
"t Savannah and Charleston propose
to press the matter before the commit.
t'", with til" nope "t acquiring favor
"hl2 report IN favor O! one OF the two
cities
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W-L % o. OK WORK.
Grr;u." ..rmy to BE >uppfici .T..h Il TcI-
riDic E::l,.

r!Dic E::i..
according 10 the latr7. EcW- Ia military
circles most pi the guns and rifles now in uSo
ia tHr & 'rI.i:. army Will soon ind their way
int" old junk shops. Military authorities
wItnput exception are enthusiastic over tho
gr-;;st q IN" g"crn: tria;> 90 tin BraUI r:i"
\ .T""N or two &.sp II i"w ,a't- ws.r" c;tb!cd
-"st"i!n.. Tn" efficacy ot this death dealing
weapon. II ">"rls anything tha- .l- con.
trtVc,. ~ l' r;,"ir arms I, wii, &" all Tia!
IN" ;ny"n,or claims fpr II. Yol'evS Of Gfty
=. is "t",: -" b" !.ri jn rapid succession,
aH.l "n" "na.@" -E.iH"- iur 300 si.niS.
!:'r" Hrnn-,~i vpu |rhc!i"g Iurf. the Mia-
i.''. "l Mar -y'a;- III hIS'' terms of praise
"i'n' .aE r'"u. II. II" w.!'a,t COR IT, i'm
""t.a'" 1' ..'NT after tur tr.Ii snpyti,,.,
wa."h VIII t1.' places IN 40" near turEr, ant
~ "H'"- g." hi'sar h,m :: has promised 10
ML- .-.-----.-t.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
LINCOLN as ii PROPHET.

One of the last public statements of
A braham Lincoln--one which the
orators of that great commercial
agency called the Republican party is
careful always to. suppress-one which
ought long ago to have been recog-
nized, before the party machine be-
came the instrument of its present
commercial proprietors-is we'll worth
the careful thought of all patriotic
citizens. 1t is prophecy whose pro-
phetic truth is now our sorrow. It is
worthy of place beside the prophetic
warnings Of George Was hington
against the dangers of partisan blind
ness and foreign influences. Lin
coins words, in brief, were as follows:
''It has been, indeed, trying hour
for the republic: but see in the fu-
ture, crisis that unnerves me and
causes me to tremble for the safety Of
my country.
LAS a result of the war, corporations
have been enthroned and n era of cor
ruption In high places will follow. and
the money power Of the country will
attempt to prolong its reign by work.
ing upon the prejudice of the people
until all wealth is aggregated. into a
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
money cannot .buy-to be- suppressed.

money cannot buy-to be suppressed.
BY the way, we observe that Min
neapolis lady has sued Mrs. Helen
NJ. Iagc for $4,000 for alternating the
affections of her husband: and we are
t ,id that. Mrs. Page is the same per-
son-who,-as a. female doctor-lived
in Pyle's house; and who, (Mrs. Pyle
claimed,) alienated Pyle's affections
from her There is no known reason
why she lived in Pyle's house after
Mrs. Pyle had been shipped to Ger
many. She and John Gilpin probably
had little debating society of their
own. where they discussed "Sound
Money" and other kindred intellect
ual topics. Mrs. Pyle never sued her
for 81, 900 damages, because her law
yer told her that no jury could be
found in Minnesota that would assess
Pyle's affections as worth five cents to
anybody. In fact he doubted, he said,
if a quit-claim deed to Pyle's whole
carcass would sell for $3.50. But if
she had sued some one for alternating
Pyles mind" she would have had a
clear case, for it would be indisputable
that Pyle's alleged mind aUas aliena-
ted; and that there was nothing left
of it but few formalities and a lot
of words. l. D.
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Il GREAT QUESTION.

We are under many obligations to
Mr.. II, L. Burgess. Of Otter Tail
county, Mimi, for his letter opening
up the discussion of the question of
how the people should vote on the
Anderson bill, at the election in
November This is great question,
and should be thoroughly considered
in all its length and breadth, so that
the voters may be thoroughly posted
and vote intelligently. Mr.. Stacy's
editorial on the subject was an ad-
mirable one, but there is another bill
which goes with the Anderson bill,
and is to be voted on at the same
time, which we hope Mr.. S. will ex-
anime carefully and discuss; as it
touches on the quest ion as to what
the results will be if the passage of
the Anderson bill wipes out the gross
earnings tax. The people must be on
the lookout for cunningly devised
: tricks. We think it is possible to Sc
cure taxation Of railroad lands and
still preserve the tax on gross-earn-
ings. Id,
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large. demonstrated that he could
hold his own against all corners. The
two men eyed each other for a few
seconds, when they both went down
before the bowling crowd that was
surging around about them. In an
instant the platform was a scene of
wild chaos. Excited negroes swayed
to and fro in battle for 20 minutes be.
fore an armed force of policemen
could Quell the riot. 1t was then dis
covered that no one was dangerously
hurt. although several were bruised
considerably. AS soon as order could
be restored, the convention, after dis
posing of a few minor matters. adj
journed sine die. without issuing any
Instructions to the delegates to St,
Louis"
Every tree" saith the Lord.
"bringeth forth fruit according to it's
kind" The great party Of Lincoln
and Sumner has degenerated until its
fruit is rottenness and corruption,
bribery and violence. 1t is time to
bury its ffensiveness under the earth
and let its noble memories 60 unfair
nished into the pages of history.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
A GENERAL FIST FIGHT.
THE TEXAS REPUBLICAN CONVEN
TION.

THE TEXAS REPUBLICAN CONvEN-
The 'party of God and Morality" is
getting into bad shape. In Texas the
Republican state convention, to elect
delegates to their St. Louis conven-
tion, had a tremendous time of it.
Each side was busily engaged in buy
ing up the negro delegates, and the
ReedAllison men beat the Mckinley
men at this game and got the dele
gates; and the Mckinley men bolted
and elected another set of delegates,
and there will be a ''poll-parrot and
monkey time" at St. Louis, oyer this
and the numerous other contests. We
read:
THE situation looked threatening
from the very start this morning. The
Mckinley men avorked all night
among the negroes and succeeded in
bringing over quite number of
them, SO that this morning when the
hour for converting arrived it found
the Mckinley men with an organized
force in the center of the hall with a
determined look and an air of fight
surrounding them"
Reading between the lines this
means that the Mckinley men bought
up the colored gentlemen; with the
following result:
Hardly had the vote, been announced
than the long anticipated row was on.
AS the chairman declared the men
elected, wild whoop from the center
OF the Mckinley delegation proclaim
ed that trouble had begun. One burly
negro came blowing through the jam,
pushing men in front of him as If they
were so much chaff, and in his wake
half a hundred followers, wild with
excitement. They gave every evil
dence that they intended to capture
the grand stand. The spectators and
crowd on the stand made frantic ef-
forts to get out of their way, but all
to no purpose. They were on the
stand in an instant, and there they
confronted Quincy and his following,
who received them with a welcome
far warmer than they anticipated.
ize their forces before the opposition
little, however. as each man instantly
resolved himself into John L. Sulli-
van and combated every inch of the
ground.
The first negro to reach the stage
made lunge at Cuney's head with his
fist. While he was quick, one Of
Cuney's followers was quicker. AS he
struck at Quincy he found himself
confronted by big revolver in the
hands Of a negro, who. while not so
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
TAINTED.

The best way to overcome the arts
and the concerted howls of the Re-
publican politicians is to show up
what manner of men they are. We
desire that friend of Reform, in
each county, will oblige us by sending
us a list of the delegates from his
county. to the last republican state con-
vcntion; and add to each mans name
his business pursuit; whe thcr he lives
in a city or village or in the country;
ii farmer whether ne is exclusively
engaged in agriculture or not; and
whether he is in debt and his mort
gage held in any bank; with all other
facts deemed important.
We do not propose to make war on
these delegates; they have perfect
right to their convictions; but we de-
sire to apply the X rays, and reveal
the true inwardneSS of the leaders Of
the Republican party in this state.
by showing that they do not belong to
the producing classes but to those
pursuits that live upon the producers.
The Republican party OF Minnesota is
subs tantially made up of city people
and villagers. If the farmers and
workingmen were destroyed the state
would be desert, and the towns
would shrivel up and become tenant
less; but, land we say it in all kind
ness. for many Of them are personally
pleasant gentlemen), the whole mem
bership Of the late Republican con-
vention could, in our judgment, be
taken up en- naasse and shipped to
Alaska or Bombay, and forbidden to
return, and in one year the common
people wo uld be worth twice as much
as they are to-day. Why? Because
nearly every one of those amiable, in
telligent, pleasant gentlemen draws
his subsistence from the producing
classes and gives them little or moth
ing in return. What does a banker
give the county for what he takes out
Of ito The most substantially pros
porous part of this state is Chisago
county, which was settled by Swedes,
before the era of the mortgage
sharks; and the sturdy people refused
TO go in debt even when offered a
chance, by Bernheimer and Arnold
and others. The fatal facility of bor-
rowing money has been the curse of
the whole West. It has swept one
half the farmers off the land and has
grip upon most Of those that are
left.
Send us in the reports and we will
have an interesting study of them.
Your names will not be published
|. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
4 SHALLOW KNATE.

When you get pop" paper free for
three months, reflect on who it is that
pays the bill. It's dollars to dough-
nuts that some "plute" or "plutes"
are putting up for it.-Dickey Co.
Leader, N. D.
This is whack at THE REPRESENT
TATIvE. 1t shows to what desperate
straits the nincompoops are driven.
The idea that Plutocracy would pay
money to disseminate Peoples Party
literature, against Plutocracy, is too
absurd for reply. 1t would sooner
contribute to buy ropes to hang every
POpulist editor in America.
If God Almighty can create any.
thing smaller, stupider and meaner
than the average old-party village edi-
tor We would like to see him do it. It
would strain his omnipotence dread
fully. And when it was finished
microscopes would be necessary to
bring the workmanship within the
range Of human vision.
Plutocracy circulating THE REPRE-
SENTATIVE! Oh Lord! Hold our hat
while we have fit! I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
WE ARE MORE GENEROUS.

John Gilpin Pyle said some beauti-
full things about two of our books. We
reciprocated by saying some very nice
things about Pyle and his divorce
suit. Then Pyle got mad and refused
to play any more on our cellar door.
He gave orders that the St. Paul
Globe, of which lie is substitute for
an editor, was never to mention our
name again.!!
This was dreadful! Being but a
poor, young, inconspicuous, unknown
man it was in Pyle's power to extin-
guish us utterly in that way, as he
would a beautiful, little, painted but
tertly, under his night cap.
But we are not revengeful; and
every week or two we give Pyle first
class notice in the columns of THE
REPRESENTATIVES, notice which
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
ished Coriolanus. allies of the enemy,

Gentlemen, it is not necessary to be-
come allies Of the enemy. You are such
if you surrender and become the allies
of Wall street and Rothschild. The old
party machine has become the most pow
erful ally of the enemy, and it's organs
and whippers-in are attempting to
scourge you, like whipped ours. into line.
Your conscience and your cause COM
mand you to remain the champions of
the people, and to fight for them through
the party pledged to that cause.
The Peoples party sprang into exist
ence with million votes in 1892, which
was increased to 100000 in 1894. The
Republican party gave Fremont 100000
votes in 1856, which fell off to about
100000 in the elections of 1857, 1858,
and 1859, but finally swept Abraham Lin
coin into power with 100000 votes in
1860. The Peoples party will poll more
votes in 1896 than Lincoln received in
1860. 1t was the second party at the
polls of Minnesota in 1894, and will be
the second party in the nation at the
polls this fall, and VIII cause the next
president to be elected by congress.
1t is the only party whose cause is your
cause, and it is worthy of your fealty.
1t is the only party which will respond
to your efforts and support you to vic,
tory for the people. Patriots are needed
now rs in 1860 Men who Mace princin1e
above party, and the cause Of the people
above the dictates Of the machine, are in
demand. Are you not equal to the de-
mand? F. N. S.
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few hands. and the republic is. de-

few hands. and the republic is de-
stroyed.
81 feel at this moment more anxiety
for the safety Of my country than
ever before, even in the midst OF war.
God grant that my suspicious may be
grOundleSS."
Were Abraham Lincoln now alive,
and saw the revenue laws of the coun-
try being made by interested manu-
facturerS and trustS-saw currency
laws enacted, administered and re-
pealed, and currency planks dictated,
Ivy interest ted bankers, bond-buyers
and gold-brokers-saw II per cent Of
the country's wealth in the hands of
8 per cent OF the population-saw the
Goulds and Vanderbilts and the pow
erful commercial interests generally
successfully evading AMI escaping
taxation and with impunity defying
the laws-saw the two large political
parties in the complete control Of the
money power-saw the franchises of
the nation, state and municipality
given away as free gifts to corpora
tionS who afterWard turned about
and ran the governments which gave
them-saw the laws of American
cities boldly repudated by the liquor
power, gambling syndicates and dive
elements which receive the protec-
ton Of the very officials sworn to en-
force the laws-he would feel that his
suspicious were by no means ground
less. F. MS.
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rights Of government "of the people, by

rights OF government ''of the people, by
the people, for the people,
Second-That as the money question
has become a live issue in politics, it must,
therefore, form prominent feature in the
platform, setting forth the distinctive
views Of the reformers as favoring the is
suing Of all moneys-gold, silver and pa
per-by the general government, and that
this money should be the legal tender for
all debts, both public and private, and
that each shall be exchangeable into the
other at par at the option of the govern
ment.
Thrd-The abolition of the liquor traf-
fic, for beverage purposes, with govern
ment control of the same for all other
uses.
Fourth-The free or equal coinage of sill
yer and gold at the ratio of is to /, gov
eminent ownership of railroads. telegraph
lines, telephones, and other means of COM
munication: equal suffrage, land, proper
means to raise revenue for the govern
ment. immigration public Improvements,
and other questions that may be deemed
sufficiently important for consideration.
March II. 1896.
e. EVANS, Chairman Com.
NJ. F. GRAY, Secretary Com.
The above declaration of principles was
unanimously adopted by the conference or
ganzed into the National Reform party.
D. SWOGER.
Secretary National Rerform Party.
CONVENTION CALL.
Headquarters National Reform Party,
424 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa
We, the members of the provisional Ma
tlonal Executive Committee, now issue the
call for a national convention of the Ma
tlonal Reform party, to convene in Old
City Hall. Pittsburs, Pa, May %, 1886, at
9 o'clock a. M
Call issued March g. 1896.
p. Evans, chairman, North Tonawanda,
n. Y; d. Swoger, secretary, Pittsburg, Pa.
Carl Stewart, treasurer, Pittsburg, Pa. :;
NJ. Freemen Gray, San Francisco Cal. :
II. E. Cole Pittsburg. Pa; ]. c. Elliott,
Akron o.; S. T. Nicholson, Atlanta, Ga,
and others-Provisional Committee.
Call for state convention of National
Reformers. to be held at Empire Hall,
Syracure, N. Y, April q. 1896:
The refOrmers Of the state of New York,
regardless of past party affiliations, are
requested to meet in Empire Hail. April q,
1895. for the purpose of electing delegates
to the national nominating convention of
the National Reform party, to be held at
Pittsburs, Pa, in Old City Hall, May 25,
1896
All who are dissatisfied with the manner
in which the affairs of this government
have been carried on and who are op-
posed to plutocracy, sham Democracy, and
the laWless autocracy of those whom we
have invested with power. are earnestly
requested to attend ani aid us in wrest-
ing from the hands of these modern van
dals the power which they have so shame
fully abused.
BY order Of the national committee of
the National Rerform party. Edward
Evans. national chairman. North iona
wanda. n. Y; NJ. Freeman Gray. Ma
! tional secretary, San Francisco. Cal; D.
Swoger, secretary executive committee,
424 Fourth avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
SHAMEFUL.

The Democrats have one great adj
vantage for the forthcoming cam
paign-there is. plenty Of Republican
timber for them to make handles Of
When the Republican paragrapher
tries to look up joke on the Demo
cratic side he finds only an aching
void. They have neither candidates
nor principles.-Pioneer Press.
What shame for the Republican
party of Minnesota to pay $500 for
Becker's campaign, in 1894, to keep
the Democratic party alive, as a kind
of "buffer" for the G.. o. P, and then
sheer and mock at it in that way! It
deserves more respect for the great
days Of the past, when Jefferson gave
it principles and Jackson leadership.
But Plutocracy has taken possession
of it and now every jackass thinks it
can safely kick the sick lion. The
noble old ranger of the forest is dying
Of gold-bug blood poison. land generous
men would spread the mantle OF
charity oversit. But the Pioneer-PEess
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
GOOD.

The new subscribers keep pouring
in at the rate Of one hundred a day
Now and then we go far beyond that.
Yesterday Mr.. j. G. Hanley, for the
Peoples Party League of St. Paul,
sent us in 200 new subscribers! Thus
while we slash off delinquents at a
great rate the circulation keeps
steadily increasing; and our bills for
paper and press work grow in CORE
spending ratio.
Pay up. friends, or we will be
swamped under too much prosperity.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

We have Business Manager now
who is a hustler and he is cutting off
delinquents at tremendous rate. So
hurry up your subscription. Every
thing is cash. Don't feel hurt if he
gets after you with sharp stick.
You can certainly pay 25 cents to re.
new for three months. Send a dollar
ii you can. !. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
4 LOST CHORD.

The editor-in-chief of THE REPRE-
Sunday afternoon, at public meet
ing in Minneapolis, but. from unavoid
able causes, he was not present. He is
sorry to have disappointed the great
audience which had assembled. He
begs pardon and will not do it again.
n
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
CHANGE OF DATE.

The Winona meeting Of the 4th of
April has been changed to the 18th Of
April, in consequence of the fact that
the Opera House was engaged for the
4th. Don't forget that Frank Nye
and Mr.. Donnelly both speak. There
will be big gathering of Populists.