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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
WILL fight IF NEED Be
MIR. DEBS TELLS WHAT HIS SOCIAL
DEMOCRACY IS TO DO.
They Will Have Nothing But TRUSTS.
But All Will BE in the
Trust.

CHICAGO, June N.-At a meeting Of tho
directors Of the Social Democracy of Amer.
lea, tonight, the following officers were
elected: E. V. Debs, chairman; Sylvester
keliher, secretary; James Hogan vice pres.
ident; William E. Burns general organizer
The directors who chose these officers and
were themselves elected at the meeting in
the forenoon, were: E. V. Debs, Sylvester
keliher, James Hogan, VIM. +. Burns Le-
roy Goodwin The salary of the officers
was placed at 500 per month
AT the afternoon meeting the constitution
of the Social Democracy, which has been
published. was formally ratified and
adopted. Mr.. Debs explained at length the
aims and purposes Of the cooperative COM
monwealth. colony should be sent to
Washington, from which place, he said, an
official invitation had been received. After
establishing the colony he would secure
control of the politics of the state and
start the cooperative commonwealth. The
first thing we would do after getting con-
troll, y he said, would be to call a special
session of the legislature. Then we would
call a convention to revise the constitution
and get all the rot out Of it, We will have
control OF the taxing power and can tax
syndicates and land sharks out of the state.
means and shall have according to their
means and sail have according to their
needs. We will have trusts, nothing but
trusts, in our state, but we will all be in
the trust. The operatives will not work Il
to IA hours a day but four or five.
I'VE will be in the field in 1900 with a new
party. These mel who represent the new
life are going to unite, as IL by magic. for
the overthrow of commercials n and the
establishment of the cooperative common
wealth by which the brotherhood of man
will become a fact. do not know whether
this question will be solved peacea bly, or
otherwise. I hope, peaceably But | am
one of those who believe in getting ready
for any solution that may pe necessary"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
INTRODUCTORY.
"ALL is NOT GOLD THAT Gilt
TERS'

ALL 10 MI GUILD IHAI GLlI-
TERS.'
| know and feel that to criticjse, or
attempt to oppose an argument against,
a writer possessing the ability and en-
joying the reputation that Henry George
possesses and enjoys, is an act of pre-
sumption, yet the greatest men have
been mistaken and obscure ones have
cften made discoveries, besides, all
men have a righe to ask fol information.
and assuming more the position Of a
truthse 9lzer :har that Of a critic, offer
what is to foHJw with all good inten-
tions.
Many greac systems, in various de-
partments of thought, have been offered
and accepted ny millions, only to lie
over-thrown by succeeding discoveries,
and it is not entirely beyond the possi-
bility Of doubt that even the single-tax
theory may yet be upset, either by be-
ing proven erroneous or being sup
planted by something better, as means
Of relieving poverty.
An impartial and rather extended eX-
animation of the singletax theory has
convinced the writer hereof that it's gen
eral assertion is one Of dOgmatism, sup
ported by neither precedent nor by
sound reasoning.
Indeed l have concluded, and shall
endeavOr to show, that it is a deluded
guide that leads into wilderness of un-
certainty and a quagn1ire Of danger.
Again (and which is the main reason
for Offering this criticism), it occurs to
me that single-tax is guideboard
pointing in the wrong direction at a
place in the road Of progress where and
when It is very essential, for the well
fare of the citizen, that he know tho
way he shall turn.
The time is getting ripe, truly, for
revolution in political economy and it is
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
The Polls Are Closed in Georeia.

The Polls Are Closed in Georgia.
What glorious endorsement of the
Reform Press Of the United States.
The National Conference was sug-
gested-the reform newspapers took it
up and gave 1t hearty endorsement.
National Chairman Butler opposed
it and sought to put every obstacle in
the way of getting a representative
gathering
"The boys in the trenches favored
the plan-and they have their way
the conference will be hec and it will
be a success
Georgia will send one of the largest
delegations, for nearly every county
has taken action and the true blue
Pops have spoken out in meeting
They will meet in Atlanta June 22nd
and the resolutions and speeches will
be appointed and precise and all one
way-favoring the middle f-the-road
policy.
The P. P. P. ballot box closed June
Is, as was stated it would close in last
weeks paper.
There was received during the week,
ending June 15, 1,24O votes (for) and
none (against). Added to the 1882 (for)
votes previously the grand total now
shows 6,122 (for) with (against).
Is not that a refutation of the fusion
claim that the Pops did not want the
conference?
Atlanta comes first with the State
Convention which will be a rousng
one. Every county wants to send
full delegation.
And then-Nashville, where Georgia
will be represented with an active del
egation.--Tom Watson's Paper
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
HOw's ThiSY

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case Of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props,
Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known F.
j. Cheney for the last Is years and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Price
75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
MAINE MIDDLE ROiDERS
opposed to Any Further Fusion
With Democrats


With Democrats.
LEWISTON, Maine, June 19.-At
meeting of the Maine state Populist
committee at Auburn today all present
were opposed to fusion and in favor of
''middle-Of-the-road" course. Dele
gates were appointed to the middle-of
the road Populist conference at Nash
Vile July 4. Resolutions were adopted
declaring that the late alliance with
silver Democracy has proven a failure
and should no longer be continued"
and condemning in unqualified terms
the brutal treatment" accorded by the
Democratic party to the Populists and
especially to that great national lead
er, Hon. Thomas E. Watson" Further
fusion with the silver faction of the
Democratic party 'and the Republican
party for its broken promises of pros
perity" was condemned
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
SINGLE TAX AGAIN
A STRONG ARGUMENT AGAINST 1T.
The MillfOnares FavOring 1t Be-
cause 1t Would Throw Their Bur-
dens On Farmers Delu-
sion and n Snare.
BY II. j. Parker, Clayton. Ill. Author
of Political Chrfstiauity
CAUTIONARY NOTICE

AAO AoA>-A1k1 ANOl lCE.
There is much reasoning in Progress
and Poverty" especially in the first part
OF the work, that accept as logical and
true The foundation argument OF the
work is good
1t is only the remedy of single-taX and
the reasonings that the author adduces
rs necessary to support the theory, that
/ propose or desire to criticise.
| mention this for two reasons; first
to set myself right as to what I am
criticising; and second, to guard the
reader Of ''P & P" against following a
writer with implicit confidence and too
far, simply because he starts in the
right direction. A poor house may be
constructed on a good foundation.
WHY THE CRITICISM.
1t has been said that first Impressions
are often correct and that instinct is a
safer guide than the reasoning of an en-
thusiast.
The writer hereof was raised on a
farm and has lived about fifty years in
farming community, and, in the mean
time, has not been altogether cblivious
to the current discussions on politico-
economic subjects.
Since the PRONUNCIATION OF the single
tax theory, growing out of the publica-
ton Of Progress and Poverty" by Hen
ry George, l have conversed and COM
municated with many prominent farm
ers throughout the country on the sub
ject and have found them as a unit
against it.
Those who have thought aud read
upon the subject and also those who
have formed an opinion instinctively, as
it were, unite in condemning & system
of taxation which, as they view it, is op-
posed to the interests of the Agricul-
tural classes.
1t is proposed herein to show forth
the reasons why the farmer has, on his
first impressions, as well as from in
vestigation, spoken against single-Jax.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

final word to you, comrade. Stand
to your colors. Be Populist as you
have bravely been since the terrible
days OF 1891. Don drag your creed
into the mire Don't become Repub-
lican to spite the Democrats. You'll
hurt nobody but yourself by such
mistake. You are no Republican. You
oppose their principles and their class
laws. You know. that the Republican
party legfslates for the money power
Ut the East and North against the peo-
pie OF the West aud South.
II the Peoples party must die (which
God forbid, what would you look like
In the Republican party? What does
it advocate that you approve? When
Las 1t been the friend of the South?
What can you hope that it will do for
the masses?
Let us recognize Populism and meet
the enemy once more! Don't give up
the ship.
The stars in their cou-Jos honor the
brave, and nowhere under the sun is
tie time-server respected.
On the platform OF our convention at
st. Louis sat men representing the
greatest fortunes of this nation: The
Sharon estate, the Hearst estate the
Huntingtons and all the Pacific Calfgor-
MIA millionaires. We were not with
out our bonanza. The leaders Of the
democratic party were there doing
their secret work. The honest rank
and file of the Democracy must be edu-
carHG. They must be shown that no
reform will ever come from the Damo
cratic party. 1t has betrayed every
promise. No old party ever achieved
real reform. The masses of all mar
ties are honest. We must seek their
votns and we cannot get them by laud-
ing the virtues of political hario; like
their party.
TAe Republican party will not Civ.
rel1ef. 1t cannot unless it accepts or
policy. 1t dare not do that. Tho nm
.pointment Of Gage and Sherman throw,
down the glove to every true pat.i,,.
They will fail. We must ally all force.
and whip the Democrats in tho South
and separate them from the West. Run
straight tickets everywhere. No fusion
straight fight. "ae who dallies IS
BASTARD The battle is on and tho
separation of the sheep from the goats
should commence.-Paul Van Dcrycort.
Sentinel.
That one Populist principle is begin
r!ng to Impress itself on Republican
minds is shown by the following from
the Abilene Reflector (Rep): "Pitiul
tales OF suffering entailed among the
Chicago poor is shown by the failure
OF the Dime Savings bank. Thousands
Of needy ones had their entire SAVINGS
in It and can get nothing out. One OF
these days Uncle Sam will develop sense
enough to establish postal savings
banks. operated in connection with the
postoffices, and making an absolutely
safe depository for the saving Of tire
poor. Why it has been delayed so long,
in view Of the history Of broken banks.
is By no means clear"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23

has discovered the central truth and
does not care to consider any other
question.
In objecting to government control Of
the means of production and distribu-
tion, Mr.. George says that it will not
work without "a strong religious faith
which is growing daily less," would
lead to barbarism," and that govern
ment would break down in the at
tempt" all of which are pure assertion:
and it might be asked, if the government
can not adopt what ever methods the
people choose, how can it be expected
to successfully adopt the utopian (D
one offered by the advocate of a single
tax? Must one expect a change of re-
ligious faith to operate so ruinously
against all remedies, except the one Of
fered by Mr.. George? If anarchy must
follow government supervision Of the
means of distribution, what will follow
supervision of the collection of rentals
under the single tax system?
Mr.. George, in book W. goes to the
extreme of discouraging economy in
government" Education OF the work.
Ing classes and habits Of thrift and in
dustry," combination of workmen,"
Incorporation of capital and labor"
governmental direction and interfer-
enoe," and more general distribution
of land" by asserting that these means
can not bring relief
The extreme to which the dogmatism
OF the single-taxer reaches is seen on
page 232 "P & P" where the author dis
misses the proposition, for loans or
money by the government to landown-
ers, with the assertion that needs no
argument to condemn it,; yet DR..
Franklin gives us a notable historic pre-
cedent, where this method of supplying
money was adopted with unqualified
success for period of 40 years-by the
colony Of Pennsylvania, where uninter-
rupted prosperity followed it's adoption,
until the British Parliament suppressed
it by legislation dictated by money
lenders of England.
1t seems to me that, if Mr.. George had
ever read after Franklin, in this matter,
who asserts the plan to have been sue
cessful, he should at least have referred
to it and explained its imperfections;
but, omitting this and dismissing the
question with a bald negation, places
him in the category of the dogmatist.
(To be continued)
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23

very necessary that the citizen turn his
attention in the right direction, and
shall therefore deem my criticism time
ly, at any rate; for, il wrong, can only
forward the single-tax movement by
discussing it, if right: l may direct
thought to something more important.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
ed :
Our hope is the hope of thu yes,
Our cause is the cause of the ,,S;rld!


What matter if failure on failure
Crowd closely upon us and press2
Where a hundred have bravely been
beaten,
The hundred and first wins success!
Our watchword is "Freedom!''-n
soldiers
Flock each day where her flag is un-
furled,
Our hope is the hope of the ages,
Our cause is the cause of the world.
For our banner is raised and un-
furled;
At your head our defiance Is hurl-
ed
Our hope is the hope of the ages,
Our cause is the cause of the world!
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
MICHIGAN BANK CLOSED.

EiEhty-Five Thousand Dollars Due
the DepOsitOrs.
NILES, Mich. June lathe State
Bank at Fenton was closed today. No
definite estimate of assets are given out.
but they are known to be small. Some
thing above $4,000 are due depositors.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
l)EDS TO ROCkEFELLER.

oEDS TO ROCk TELLER.
NEW YORK, June 21.-JameS Creeman
teiegraphs the journal from Chicago as
follows:
One of the most extraordinary and be-
wildering results of the organization of
the Social Democracy of America on the
ruins of the once powerful American Rail
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-19
ChrtstianAn.

The chief street of Christiania Is the
broad Karl Johans Gade, which leads
up from the eastern station to the pal
ace. Here on opposite sides are two
buildings of Importance. where young
men flock to study and old men meet to
legislate. The proximity Of politics and
learning recalls the conception OF Stein,
who hoped that the presence of a great
university in Berlin would have a good
effect on the government. The chief
Prussian and Norwegian temples of the
thoughtful goddess were founded within
a few years of each other. Both have
displayed a readiness to welcome new
ideas and furthercd the cause Of free
dom i'll countless fields of thought.
The life and movement of the city
are practically confined to this street
and the harbor. There the dramatist To-
sen is i'll the habit of walking every day,
and his c~ountrymcn are said to regulate
their watches by his appearance. 1t was
my fortune to lunch in a restaurant at a
table not far from where he sat, but his
face did not specially attract me. Those
who feel more sympathy with his works
and relish his portraits of exceptions
would be fascinated by his grim and
grabbed features, unrelieved by any
frank or genial smile, for Of such are
the worlds reformers.
Enclosed in a shed on the grassy
ground behind the university buildings
are two viking ships. which date from
the middle ages. No relics Of the past
are more essentially poetic than those
which mark the earliest triumphs Of
man in his awful struggle with things.
According TO all accounts, the lot Of
Norwegian fishermen and peasants is
still peculiarly hard, for nature is a
cruel stepmother, and life becomes al
most tragic for them by excess Of work.
=Westminster Review.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-19
Mountains.

There used to be held, in accordance
with Murchison's we'll known geolog-
ical views, the general theory that
mountains were mainly due to cracks
which took place in the surface Of the
earth i'll remote periods, but this idea is
10 longer entertained by scientific men.
AS to the form Of mountains, that which
is known as table mountain finds the
best example, curiously enough, at the
cape of Good Hope, a mountain, it is
believed, due not to any action or phe-
nomenon Of upheaval, but to the sink
ing Of the surrounding districts or ter
ritory. Why these peculiarly defined
areas did not sink was owing, it is
thought, to the probable fact that the
ground under them cooled before the
rest Of the section, and thus the table
mountain had the earlier foundation
and has long retained its place. There
would always be denudation, however,
though proportionate with its surround
ings, and therefore, owing to this fact
OF being higher at the start, it still keeps
to its approximate elevation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-19
Madras Thunderstorms.

As the result of his prolonged study
Of those striking phenomena, the thun-
derstorms of Madras, Professor Smith
informs the Scottish Meteorological So
ciety hat the first remarkable fact OBJ
served by him was that of certain sea-
sons of the year when sheet lightning
appeared almost every night, always in
a west or southwesterly direction and
invariably neal the horizon; it may be.
therefore, he remarks, that these dis
charges occur in the region where the
moist and dustless sea wind meets tho
dry and dusty land wind, IL being,
perhaps, positively electrified and the
other negatively. In these lightning dis.
plays as many as 800 flashes per minute
have been counted, this rate being kept
up for an hour or an hour and a hal.
Another notable popularity remarked
of this region is hat the heaviest rair0
are unaccompanied by thunder, while
the displays Of lightning are not accom-
panied by any rain.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-19
Mortgage Sale.

Whereas, def .ult has been made in the pay
ment of the Interest on the money secured by a
mortgage date the 1Oth any OF November A. D..
1892 executed by Bertha A. Wood and Thomas l..
Wood, husband ard wife OF the county of Lake
and State OF south D Ikota, n,ottgsgurs tn James
A. Trow Of the county Of Lake and state OF
Sonth Dakota and which mortgage was recorded
in the Office OF the register II deeds OF the c"un-
ty Of Lake state Of south Dakota in book y OF
mortgages on pave 22S on Rad day of December
1892 ut II O'Clock q. N. aud whereas. no action or
proceedings AT law or otherwise have been In
stitu'eo to recover the debt secured bv said
mortgage or any part thereof, whereas. 1t was
stipulated in said mortgage III 1T IL default would
be made Ia the payment OF any portion OF the
principal or interest promptly at the time the
same should become due, or II default be made
in the payment OF tt e taxes assessed or u he
assessed N sain premises before the same shall
become delinquent, then the whole sum both
principal nd /, ~terest, at once become due,
whereas, default has been made in the payment
of $1,000 interest due thereon December lat, 1896,
whereas. on the 9Th day Of September, 1898 said
mortgage with the note secured thereby,
war duly assigned Ivy the said MORTGAGE to
David Molumby in the state Of Iowa which as
signment was duly recorded In the office OF the
register Of deeds Of the said county OF Lake, =. d.
on the 9th day of September 1893. In book l6 OF
mortgages un page p at 1890 n. m, whereas, the
whole amount of principal and interest has be-
come due by reason of such default, and whereas.
the amount claimed To be due upon said mort
gage ut the date OF this notice IL the sum Of one
sc venty. nine dollars (Sl,079) to-wit;
81 GOO principal, md $40 interest and ten dol .ars
legal attorneys fees. Now, therefore, notice is
hereby given that by virtue of the power OF sale
contained 10 said mortgage, and duly recorded as
aforesaid, and in pursuance OF the %statntes In
such case made and provided, the said mortgage
will be foreclosed by n eaie OF the morlgaged
premises therein described at public auction ut
the front door of the court house IN the city OF
Madison and county Of Lake and state OF South
Dakota, on the 9th day OF February, 1897, at one
O'Clock In the afternoon Of that day by The sheriff
Of Lake county, ;. ID. The mortgaged premises
are situated III the cauIty OF Lake in the sta1e OF
Socth Dakota, and are described ~ foliows to-
wit: Ths west half OF southwest quarter (wH
swA) aud southwest quarter OF northwest omar
ter t.wl4 nwl4) and n"rtheart qnarter OF south
west quarter (nei4 swA Il of seciiOn f"rr az in
township one hundred aud eight Q0S) north OF
range hfty-four (54) containing leo acres more or
les-.
Dated at Madison, :. D. this 12rh day Of Janu.
AIRY A. D.. 1897. DAVID Mol.UMBI,
Assignee OF Mortgage.
ID D.. & SON,
Attorneys for Assignee Of Mortgage.
D.. A. M~CGILLINRAY. Sheriff.