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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11
THE MIDDLE MAN.
DEMOCRACY VERSUS
MODERN DEMOCRACY.

Bank paper must be suppressed, and
the circulating medium must be restored
to the people to whom it belongs. 1t is
the only fund on which they can rely for
loans; it is the only resource which can
never fail them, and it is an abundant
one for every necessary purpose.
Treasury bills bottomed on taxes,
bearing or not bearing interest, as may
be found necessary, thrown into circula-
ton will take the pace of SO much gold
or silver, which last when crowded, will
nnd an aft1uX into other countries, and
thus keep up the quantum of medium at
it's salutary level. Thomas Jefferson's
letter to John w. Eppes, Sept II, 1918.
Again, on Nov. 6. 1913, Jefferson wrote
to Jno. w. Eppes as follows: eff
the debt which the banking companies
owe be a blessing to themselves alone,
who are realizing a solid interest of or
10 per cent on it, AS to the public.
these companies have all of our gold and
silver medium, which, before their insti-
tuition, we had without interest, instead
of which they have given us two hundred
millions of froth and bubble on which we
are to pay them a heavy interest,"
Again, on Oct 16, 1916, in letter to
Mr.. Gallatin, Mr. Jefferson wrote:
"We are undone, my dear sir, if this
banking mania be not suppressed The
war, had it proceeded, would have upset
our government; and a new one, when
ever it is tried will do it. And so it must
be while our money, the nerve of war,
is much or little, real or imaginary, as
our bitterest enemies choose to make it.
put down the banks and if this coun-
try could not be carried thro' the longest
war against her most powerful enemy
without ever feeling the want of a dol
lor, without dependence on the most trail
torous class of her citizens, without bear
ing hard on the resources of the people,
loading the public with an indefinite
burden of debt, 1 know moth
ing of my countrymen. Not by any novel
project, but by ordinary and we'll ex-
perienced means, by the total prohibition
of all private paper at all times by rea-
sonable taxes in war aided by the neces-
sary emission Of public paper of circulat-
ing size"
Thus wrote great, tried and true pat
riot. Thus wrote the immortal writer of
the Declaration OF Independence And
these were the thrilling, humane and
honest sentiments Of the grandest states
man of America-Thomas Jefferson.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11
THE STORM OF UNREST.

In the midst of the storm of unrest that
is upon us we hear these words: We
hold all men are created equal" If the
government fails to establish conditions
wherein we can enjoy the blessings Of
liberty, it is our right-nay, it is our duty
to overthrow the government. How
much more is it the duty of the people
to overthrow a corrupt political party:
The United States has become the great
est tenant nation of the world As many
as 50 per cent of the people are homeless.
In your cities three-fOurths of the people
are homeless, while less than one-eighth
own their homes free from mortgages. In
the city of New York alone are more evic-
tions in week than in Ireland in whole
year. The land is owned by foreign syn
dicates, AZ Of which own $4,000 acres of
land each-Mary 2. Lease.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11
IN BAD SHAPE.

II have been in the banking business
in this city for many years." said well
known local banker to the Indianapolis
Sun, recently, "and never yet have seen
the same conditions as now exist in this
state.
1--WE have been accustomed to look
at the farmer as man who is thor
oughly Independent and as one who is
not much affected by the things which
make the life of a business man in a city
miserable most of the time. But along
in last September I saw in the papers
that several farmers whom | know to be
we'll fixed financially. had failed in bus
mess in Hendricks county. They had
actually made assignments, just as any
other business man would do if in failing
circumstances. l was surprised at this
and, concluding that they we're of a num-
ber who had been playing with the buck
ct shops thought that it would not con-
tinue. But the failures (kept right on
and l recently saw where ten supposedly
substantial farmers in one township in
the southern part of the state had as
signed
'The truth Of the matter is that the
farmers are in a worse condition than
they have been for many year. They
have not had enough wheat for feed and
seed, corn prices have been simply out
rageous and cholera has swept away
their hogs. They have been selling $50
horses for $50 or $40. They have had
to depend upon potatoes at low prices
and the annual lift of S120O0,OOO which
the government turns into the state each
year through the pension agencies. OF
course. not all of that goes to the farm
ers but enough of it does to help them out
handsomely in the payment of their gro
Gerry bills. During the past year the
state has been out about $4,000 900
which it will never recover.-Indianapo
lis Sun.
Yes. and if the country continues upon
a gold standard. and the railroads are
permitted to charge extortionate rates for
freight, the farmers will go by the same
route.
Pension money, distributed every three
months, helped TO check the distress. but
it cannot save the people, when the gov
ernment is run solely in the interest of
the money kings. Farmers. can't YOU
see how you have been imposed upon by
both the old party leaders? rs?-Indianapo-
lis NonconfOrmist
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11
A PULPIT AROUSED.

The Rev. Cortland Myers, a pastor in
Brooklyn. being wrought upon by trusts
in general and the coal trust in part.c-
ular, said from his pulpit: Some day
there will be an uprising, and justice will
lead the poverty-stricken mob to victory.
In that event l shall carry a musket for
the slaughter of selfishneSs and injustice
and inhumanity.''
Why this sudden and terrific explosion
from an unsuspected crater Of black broad
cloth fringed with white choker? Why
use musket MIR. Myers. when ballot is
so much more effective? He who shoots
with ballots kills # he aims we'll and is
in no personal danger A ballot draws no
return fire; q bullet does. Also it is an
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11

The Rings steal hundreds Of mill
ions annually from the People. One
tenth of the plunder is used to con-
troll the daily press and buy up the
leaders of the two old parties, to
darken intelligence and make the
voters poor, blind and incapable OF
seif-defense. Strike before it is too
late.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11

out-of-date, imperfect, barbaric mode of
getting at desired result The invention
OF eunpowder was a great event in human
progress. The invention of the ballot was
a greater
No steps backward, Mr.. Myers. Let us
be calm and civilized, especially those of
us who are clergymen and public teach
ers. Let us talk of ballots, not bullets
New York World
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11

A Nebraska man who had car or two
of horses to sell wrote to a friend in
Washington whether it would be avisa-
BILE to try to sell them there. The friend
replied: The people of Washington ride
bicycles; the street cars are run by cleo
tricity and the government is run by
jackasses. No need for horsedesh -
Gazette, Scranton, Kans.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11
per; seldom see gold units" interposed

THAT is because we bankers hold gold
as a reserve for our credit units, which
are used to exchange the larger part of
the products of labor. We issue our
promises to pay, known as bank-notes,
based on bonds and we also furnish our
credit in the shape of a bank deposit
book, and this credit is transferred from
one to another by means Of checks which
effect the exchange of the products of
your labor. All we need is confidence"
said the banker.
Continued neat aC2ek.)
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11

If England couldn't whip us in 1776,
why should we fear her today. We
whipped the American tories then and we
can whip them all again today, includ-
ing Cleveland. Clews, Carlisle, Ikelheim-
er, Heidelbeck and the whole OUTFIT.
Nothing but shot and shell will Ameri-
canize the Wall street gang.-Road, Deu-
yer, Colo.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-10-02
Stir, POpuIistS, Stir.

Our national ticket is now safe
in this State, and Popufists have
only to look after their congress
ional ;ffairs, and in as much as
they and the Democrats are all
voting the same Presidential ticket,
it will be an easy matter for the
Populists to make converts to their
congressional ticket.
We have but to point out the
sacrifices and concessions we have
made from party standpoint for
the sake of principle, to prove to
all fair minded Democrats our de-
votion to the cause we are all
agreed upon, and the business OF
our claim to at least two congress
men in the State.
Then let every Populist get a
move and see what he can do for
Bailey or Benoit and Populist prin-
+ciples.
Let every man take the stump
or the field, or else help send some
one into the field.
As admitted by all the best post
ed men and the great papers, that
this combination of the Populists
and Bryan Democrats is lasting,
and. that the strongest workers and
principles Will control, then Popu-
lists can control the combination il
they will. The first effort in this
is on congressman, and we should
pull off our coats and get a hustle
on. Bailey is sure to win if we
do half our duty.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-10-02

that is, get the Democrats to sup
port our candidates for Congress
in some Districts, and we support
theirs in others. But do not com
plicate the electoral matter and the
Congressional matter. Arrange
each one separately. Get the clee-
toral ticket arranged, even if you
cannot make any arrangement with
reference to Congressman. In
short, first get a joint electoral
ticket, and, after that is settled,
then do the best you can on the
other matter. l trust you will not
delay, but arrange this matter as
soon as possible.
With best wishes, | am,
Yours truly,
MARION BUTLER,
Chairman.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-10-02

We were surprised to find that
the subcommittee representing the
Democrats in the fusion agreement
reached at Baton Rouge, were
honestly in favor Of union OF
forces, and worked earnestly to
that end, though they seemed to
be hampered by a ''powor behind
the throne," which was either OPP
posed to it, or was saying "thus
far shalt thou 60, and no father. +"
The committee was Capt. j. M.
Foster, Hon. d. c. Scarborough,
Hon. r. E. Milling, Judge G. H.
Ellis, Hon, w. w. Head and Hon.
J. T. Mcclellan.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-10-02
9Th. Congressional District Com
mittcc Meeting.

Baton Rouge, La, Sept. %, '96
The Peoples Party Executive
Committee for the 9th Congress,
sional District met this day at Bat
on Rouge with quorum present
Chairman j. B. Kleinpeter call
cd the Committee to order, and G.
L. Minton, of Tangapahoa, was
elected Secretary pro tenn. Or
motion it was
''Resolved, That a Congress
sional Convention is hereby called
to meet in the city Of BATON Rouge,
on Monday, Oct. s, '96, for the
purpose of nominating a candidate
of the Peoples Party for Congress
in the 9th district.
''ResOlved that each parish be
allowed one delegate for each 200,
or fraction over 100, Peoples par
ty votes cast at the election last
April, provided that each parish
shall have not less than one dele
gate.
Resolved, that each parish be
urged to send delegates to said
Convention"
j. B. KLEINPETER.
Chairman, Elk. Con. Committee.
G. L. MintoR, Sec. pro ITEM.
Delegates From St. Landry.
DR.. w. M. Thompson, G. A. M.
Cooke, Ermogene Guilory, Sen.
NJ r. Wilson, H. e. Peckham,
H. H. Deshotels, Patrick Danahy,
r. Boudreau, T. McCaffery, Jos.
L. Fentenot, G. +. Garland,
Ozeme Fontenot, Lucius Landre-
neau, Dupreville Meche, j. w.
Bailey, jr., Henry Joubert.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-10-02
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF Peoples Party Clubs.
Washington. d. G. September 2 '9G

Washington. ID. G. September 2 '96.
Political Club organization has
proven one of the most effective adj
juncts to campaign work that has
ever been devised. The present
campaign has brought into exis-
tence more clubs than any Otner
known in the history of the cOun-
try, The Peoples Party must not
lag behind the procession. There
should be a Peoples Party Club in
every township in America and,
where the party is strong, in every
school district. There should be
one in each village. and in each
city clubs should be organized by
wards. These clubs can be not on.
ly an important help in the pres
ent campaign, but they can also be
a permanent good to the party.
Here is the plan: Let each
State Committee recommend,
through the public press and
through the regular organization,
the starting of Populist
Clubs in every precinct i'm the
State. No organizers are necessa-
ry for this, although State and
county organizers may be appoint
ed. But in the main the people
should organize for themselves.
These clubs are to be open, are to
hold weekly meetings during the
campaign and after that as often
as they see fit. They are to report
the names of their officers (Chair.
man; Secretary and Treasurer) at
once to the National Committee.
together with a nominal charter fee
of, say, one dollar. The National
Committee will i'm turn forward a
charter and enroll the club as q
member OF the National AssOcia-
ton Of Peoples Party Clubs.
These clubs are to have public dis
cussiOns, are to distribute litera-
ture which will be sent to them
from National and State Headquar.
ters, are to attend rallies in a body.
are to do quiet work, to make con-
verts in the neighbOrhOOd in which
they are organized; and are in
every way practicable to lend ell
thusiasm, energy and effectiveness
to the campaign. No initiation fee
shall be charged, and no dues 9TH
er than those voluntarily cOntribut-
ed No dues shall be paid either
to State or National Committees
other than voluntary contributions,
except the charter fee, which is to
be turned at once over into the Ma
tiCnal campaign fund. Literature
will be sent out from National
Headquarters to every club Organi.
zatiOn, the club i'm turn becoming
responsible for its proper distribu-
ton.
All present organizations, such
as legiOns, alliances, Silver clubs,
populist clubs. Bryan clubs and
other organizations which endorse
the principles of the Peoples Par
ty, should Immediately send names
cf officers, together with charter
fee, direct to these Headquarters
and become at once enrolled in the
National Organization.
All Peoples Party papers should
this plan of club Organi-
zatiOn. It has the sanction of the
National Executive Committee and
will be handled directly from Ma
tional Headquarters. All reports
and correspondence concerning
this matter should be directed to
j. A. EdgertOn, Secretary POpu-
list National Committee, WOrmley
Hotel. Washington. d. q.
Marion Butler, Chairman.
j. A. Edgerton, Secretary.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-10-02
FRIDAY, October 2, 1896.

All delinquent subscribers are
hereby notified that unless their
subscriptions are paid at an early
date, their names will be dropped
from our subscription list.
We have managed to live on
pump water and wind-pudding up
to date, but when the well goes
dry and the wind ceases to blow,
we must raise some cash.
Let us hear from You as soon as
you can spare the money.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-10-02
Peoples Party Candidate,
For Congress from the 4th Dis
strict.
Hon. B. w. BAILEY.

See the ticket at the head of our
editorial page. This is the way it
will look on the official ballot ex-
cept it may be in smaller type.
The democratic ticket will have u
different heading, but the same
names of electors. Each party
having its own ticket vii i be more
satisfactory to many of both par
ties, and it couldn't be arranged
any other way under tho new cleo
tion law, except by getting up a
petition of 1000 names for a fusion
heading,
The Louisiana populist., 1896-10-02

Transient advertisements 81 per square first in
sertiou; each subsequent insertion 20 cents per
square.
Official or legal advertisements VI per square
rst insertion; each subsequent insertion so cents
per square.
Local advertiaements 10 cents per lins.
Editorial notices, first insertion. 10 cents per
line; subsequently 10 cents line.
Communications are s0iicited but we VIII not oe
responsible for any views Therein expressed.
Address all communications to the business
Manager. Communications must he sent In by
Monday.
Communication intended for publication should
be accompanied by the real well IA the assumed.
name Of the author not for publication but az an
a svidepce Of good faith on the part of the writer.
A failure to do 80 will consigu them to the waste
basket.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-10-02
UNITY.

The Bryan and free silver forces
in Louisiana are united. at last, and
the success of that ticket in this
State, at least, is assured.
In the fusion the Populists have
secured one half of the electors, or
1 votes for Watson, which is the
best showing made for him by any
other State in the South, and con-
sidcring the fact that in future the
Peoples party strength will be
measured by Watson's vote, we
have done well. =
We are as much opposed to Mr..
Sewall for Vice President as ever,
but it might be unwise to take
him down before election, as ma
ny votes would be lost from it,
since Bryan and Watson is the
straight Populist ticket, and many
partisan Democrats could not swal-
low it all at once.
Those Populists who arc looking
for revenge for injuries received
at the hands of machine Demo
Gratis, can console themselves with
the wry faces that they Demo
crats) will make in the effort to
swallow the four straight Popu-
lists which is now upon their Off
cial ticket. Our party is gaining,
theirs is losing. -
We should have had more con-
cessiOns on congressman, but they
have pledged us one commissioner
and one watcher at each poll in
the 4th and 5th Congressional Dis
trlcts, if not in the 9th, and this
means the election of Benoit and
Bailey. While the Democratic
congressman in the 3rd and 9th
are in doubt because they cannot
get the Populist vote, which they
might have had for concessions in
the 4th and 5th.
There is q labor vote in New
Orleans which they will need, and
which they might have had upon
the same terms, but which will
now run candidates of its own. 8
All in all the arrangement is a
very good one. The Populists
could have done much better if
they had becn united in their de-
mands, and some of them had not
been threatening to vote for Bry-
an and Sewall if we did not fuse.
The fusion will be advantageous
to our party in the future, and the
man who imagines- that we can be
swallowed in this arrangement,
simply doesn't know the Populists
as they are.
But the best of all Is that the
Democratic bosses have at last
consented to that which all decent
people have long wanted-an hon
est election-and Popullsts should
get in their work for their con-
gressmen, and not only land them,
but prove to the world the infamy
of the count out last Spring.
Hurrah, for the Pops!
They have never yet been beat
en- in trade. -
The Louisiana populist., 1896-10-02
Did Not Surrender.

10 our IrlenuS WHO StOOu Dy us
in our position against fusion, we
wish to say that we are proud of
them and proud of the fight we
made.
We maintained our position as
long as there was good judgement
in doing so, or anything to be
gained for our party by continu-
ing in that course.
! In the first place, the Special
Committee of which we were
Chairman, appointed by the State
convention, was instructed to make
such changes in the electoral ticket
as may be made necessary by any
action of our National Committee.
So that the committee was prac-
tically in the hands of Chairman
Butler and his committee.
AS chairman, we received while
at Baton Rouge, from chairman
Butler letter dated Sept. 10Th,
advising fusion similarly to the
following, in which he refers to
the first
After receiving this letter, un-
der the instructions of the conven-
tion which appointed us, we had
no other consistent or reasonable
course open to us save fusion.
But we are satisfied with the re-
suit. Elsewhere in this paper in
different articles we have given
some reasons why the fusion was
best, and there are many others
that Will be advanced from time to
time, and we hope that the true
Populists who have believed as we
did heretofore will still be the 10y
al and true Populists they have
been, and support the Electoral
ticket finally completed at Baton
Rouge Sept. 25th, by the legally
constituted authorities of the Peo-
pies party.
All true Populists should rally
to our ticket.
Here is Buffers letter
Headquarters Peoples Party Ma
tional Executive Committee.
Washington, ID. c., Sept. 26, '96.
Hon. H. L, Brian, Natchitoches,
La.
My Dear Sir:-I wrote you some
time since asking you the political
situation in Louisiana, and also
urging you to arrange a joint etec-
toral ticket between the Democrats
and PopuIists in your State, but
so far l have not heard from you.
l suggest that the Populist State
Committee ask the Democratic
State Committee to make a joint
electoral ticket with them, COM
posed of four Democrats for Bry-
an and Watson, so that every sill
yer Democrat and every Populist
in the State can vote the same
electoral ticket. If you can not
get an even division of the electo-
toral ticket, then / think it would
be better for you to agree, as a
compromise, for you to take three
electors and let the Democrats have
five, rather than fail to have joint
electoral ticket. Of course, get
an even division if you possibly
can.
Of course, also, get an arrange
ment on Congressman if you can ::
The Louisiana populist., 1896-10-02

Sold by DruG1ists. One Dounr.
saasurarrnsra Assv ~
The Louisiana populist., 1896-10-02

Will practice in the District Courts in
the Parishes of Nat hitoches. Red River
and Sabine, and in the Supreme Court
of Louisiana. and the U. 5. District and
Circuit Cburts for the Western Distric
of Louisiana. jan lily
The Louisiana populist., 1896-10-02
Saved the Babies.

NJ. j. T. McAlister, of A tlan
ia, Ca, says: ''Last June Germe-
tuer saved our baby, Paul, carried
him safely through an extremely
bad case of dysentery and toething,
and from a nero skeleton of skin
and bones, it has made him a great
big solid chunk Of thirty or thirty
FIVE pounds.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-10-02
FAT AS A PIG.

FAT AS A PIG.
!. j. Scruggs, of Sidon, Miss,
says: 'sOur little girl 8 months old,
was in a very low state from sum-
mer complaint and Gormetuer
made her rs fat as pig" sill.
The Louisiana populist., 1896-10-02

JOB WORK neatly done at this
ofhce--cheap for cash.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1896-03-11

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