The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
A BOLD AND srR1ffG APPEAL
Latest Gold Sche M whipped on
the Money Questionable
Devil Quoting Scripture.
Special to the Representative:


west of the Mississippi. except Iowa and
Minnesota, including Indiana which
amounted to 232 votes, or eight more than
enough to elect. Since that time the states
of Michigan and Minnesota, with % elec-
toral votes, have come safely inside the
Bryan column. This would make Bryan S
election certain, even If he were to lose
the border states like Maryland, West Vir-
| ginia and Kentucky, which the Republicans
are claiming, but which are sure for Bryan
almost beyond question. Besides, within
| lie last week the tide has turned strongly
| in Bryan's favor in the state of Illinois,
and there seems now to be but little doubt
that he will carry that state by good
| majority. In addition to all Of this, Bryan
has steadily gained ground in Ohio, Nc
Kinley's own state, until today the Re-
publican leaders are thoroughly alarmed.
! They have used every effort known to des-
perate campaign management to force the
free silver Republican farmers of that
state into line for Mckinley, but without
| effect. In short, it seems that Bryan IS
almost certain to sweep every one of the
central Western states. and there can no
longer any doubt about his triumphant
election.
WHIPPED ON THE MONEY QUESTION:
for weeks that they were steadily losing
ground by the discussion of the money
question, and today they realize that they
are whipped on that issue. The big lead
| ers are now comforting about attempting
| to Shift the campaign on the tariff, and
other issues. They realize, however, that
this would be doubtful experiment at this
| stage of the campaign. 1t would show
their weakness, and be such a confession
| of the fact that they will resort to it only
| as the last desperate effort. That is,
| they will resort to if they think the loss
by such an attempt to shift the issue will
| be less than the loss they will suffer by
| continuing the campaign upon the money
question. 81
| LATEST GOLD SCHEME.
Mark Hanna and the MANAGERS of the goll
bug campaign are themselves beginning
to realize that they have overdone the
| Doodle campaign business They are be-
ginning to learn that their open and fla
grant use of an immense corruption fund
to influence the election5' has aroused the
indignation of American manhood, and
is reacting against them 81 with terrible
force. They now see that there is no hope
of influencing enough Individual votes with
their Doodle to buy the election for Nc
Kinley. Therefore they are Seeking in a
new way to make their money more eff
fective. There are stroiig' reasons to be-
lieve that their last scheme is to try to
buy the election of officersfi in the doubtful
states and especially In the large Cities to
tamper with the returns on the evening Of
election day. This is a very dangerous
move, for while the great masses of the
American voters cannot be bought and m
hv a a few
who can be- Therefore, the people should
see to it that the truest and most incorrupt-
ible men are on the election board. and
besides there should be an organization
of strong men at every voting place, from
the opening of the polls to the closing
thereof, and the counting of the votes on
election day, to see that no fraud is COM
mtted by election officers.
LIKE THE DEVIL QUOTING SCRIP
TURE.
The program of Mark Hanna calling up
on all those who favor Mckinley and pro-
tecting American honor to exhibit the
American flag on October the 31st is the
most outrageous act of the campaign; but
it is in line with the deception and hypoc-
risy which the gold men have always used
to hide their nefarious purposes. When
they attempt to curse the people with dis
honest dollar they try to hide their real
purpose by calling it an honest dollar:
when they attempt to stab American honor,
liberty and prosperity by turning over the
nanapement of our affairs to foreign syn
dictates, they attempt to hide their real
purpose by claiming to stand for the ma
tional honor. They are striving in this
campaign to have the American people
saw they cannot have a financial system
such as they want without the consent
and permission of foreign nations, and yet
Mark Hanna and Mckinley try to hide
such betrayal of American interests by
calling upon those whose assistance they
hope to get in such an undertaking to
wsc the national flag and claim that they
are trying to protect the honor and suprem-
acy of this flag. 1t would be more Mt
ting emblem of the policy of the gold con-
spirators, and would be far more appro-
pirate for Hanna to call upon Mckinley
supporters to float from their windows the
English flag, which he and his British al
lies would have to triumph over the Amer
lean flag, the emblem of our national honor
which he is now trying to use to deceive
Americans into voting for British rule.
WHAT IGNATIUS DONNELLY AND
COL. NORTON SAY.
Letters have been received at Peoples
Party headquarters here from Hon. 1gna-
thus Donnelly and from Col. s. F. Norton
in which they express themselves very
strongly and emphatically, for Bryan, and
declare that it is the duty, of every Pop
uist and patriot to put aside partisan feel
ing or prejudice, and rise to the supreme
duty of the hour, the election of William ].
Bryan for president. The. importance Of
thasa letters which will be made public
is very great, in consideration of the fact
that Col. Norton was the selection of the
middle of the road Populists at st. Louis
for their candidate for president. In the
event mddle-of-the-road ticket had been
nominated, it is said that that ticket would
have been Norton and Watson. Again.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly has been one of the
most prominent and inf1uential men OF the
Peoples Party since it's formation. and
was prominently spoken, Of in connection
with the nomination for president at the
late Peoples Party national convention.
He was a prominent leader of the middle
of-the-road element. and was of the
leading names before the midde-of- the
road caucus for the nomination for pres
ident. They both take the ground that
nothing should allow any Populist to fail
| in his duty to make Bryan president at this
Crucial period in American history. They
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