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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-05
CONFIDENCE AND PROSPERITY.

OOsA ADAH-NSE "A NJ PROSPERITY.
1t looks as if Black Panic was i'm
pending.
While Mckinley is buying new suits
OF clothes, or burdening his profound
mind with the mighty question Of who
shall be postmaster at Bungtown, the
largest concerns in the country, north
and south. are going to the dogs.
Here are some items which illustrate
this. Note the dates.
BLOOMINGTON ILL.,, April 2S-The pri-
vate bankrg-house of William Van Ord
strand < Co., at Heyworth. Mclean coun-
ty, was closed today and the voluntary
assignment OF William Van Ordstrand filed
in this city.
| NEW BEDFOR d Mass, April 27-The
Sro"p OF mill corporators known as the
Rowland mills. the New Bedford Manu-
featuring corporation and the Rotch Spin
ming company are in financial difficulty
The exact nature and extent however.
cannot be determined until expert, who
is now at work en- the books. has made
his report The three mills are practi-
| cally under one management.
Morgan Rotch is president and William
d. Rowland treasurer of all of them, and
! the board of directors are nearly Identical
| The combined capital is s. 000, 600.
1t has been known for some time that
| the mills were largely involved in debt
! and their paper has been looked upon with
some suspicion. Consequently, when Mr..
Rowland stated a few days ago that notes
asgregatng $2G9 0G0 were to fall due short
| ly, the representatives CT the banks made
as a condition of renewal. examina-
ton of he mills affairs.
1t was found that the statements of Mr..
Rowland were not borne out by the ac-
counts and the banks declined to renew
the notes. At meeting of the directors
| of the corporation yesterday afternoon it
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-05
4 CALL FOR ANDREWS.

GRANTSBURG Wis. April 30.-Prairie
fires are raging In the west portion of this
county with great fury and destructive
ness A dozen barns number of gran
aries. a few dwellings. thousand cords
of wood quantities of hay, miles CT fenc-
ing, large areas Of young timber. agrcul-
tural implements. provisions and other
property have been consumed by the de-
vouring element. The loss will reach
nearly ten thousand dollars. There have
been reports of loss OF life. but so far as
can be ascertained this is a mistake.
All this distinction is clearly due to
the fact that they have no state fire war
den in Wisconsin. If they had Christie
pher Columbus Andrews there he would
have darted around from one incipient
blaze to another and squatted down up
on it and extinguished it, even at the
risk of burning his-pants.
For Heavens sake let Minnesota lend
Christopher Columbus, ETC., to Wiscon-
sin; Wisconsin to pay that $4,000 year
salary and expenses. And we don't care
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-05
WHAT CAN WE DO.

Now that Mr.. Donnelly is done with
the legislature and can devote more time
to his paper. we may expect him to direct
his columbiads at Jim Hill and the latter's
gigantic schemes to absorb the Northern
Pacific railroad and to thus become the
dictator of the Northwest and of the des-
TIMES of the people between the great lakes
and the Pacific coast. No man do
| more to defeat the iniquity and certainly
Mr. Donnelly will no longer defer it now
thathe the time to turn his power
full batteries against it."-Albert Lea
Standard.
Will Brother Day be kind enough to
tell us what we can do?
Suppose we get on the roof of the Bos-
ton Block and "cuss" Jim Hill every
hour of every day until the air is sui
phurous? What will it avail? Jim will
simply grin at us.
What has the long-continued abuse of
Jim by the Minneapolis Times amounted
to? To have any effect denunciation
must eventuate in legislation, and what
| chance is there for legislation? We
voted for every anti-railroad and every
| anti-Hill bill in the legislature this win
ter. and what good did it do? They
were all defeated. We have been voting
| in the same way for twenty-five years,
and refusing passes and paying for our
! fare out of our SHINY equipped pocket,
| and what have we or the people accom-
plished? Nothing.
And suppose We had secured the pass
! age of bill by the last legislature "a
| very improbable suppOsition), to pre-
vent the consolidation of the Great
| Northern and Northern Pacific railways:
! and suppose the supreme court did not
| tear the bill into inch bits, "a thousand
| times more improbable suppositiOn),
what would it have accomplished? Sim
ply nothing. What is to prevent the
capitalists who have invested their
| money in securing a controlling interest
| in the Great Northern, also securing a
Controlling interest in the Northern Pa
| cffic and thus consolidating the two
| roads under one management with one
! rate Of charges?
| Will Brother Day have the legislature
| appoint commission to prescribe how
rich men shall invest their money. and
| that they shall not own stock In more
| than one railroad at the same timog
And if the commission did not sell out.
| (which would be highly probable), what
would prevent capitalist from owning
stock in one company in his own name
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-05
A GRAND VICTORY.

The Minnesota House of Representa-
Favor Of Government Ownership
of Telegraph Lines.
The world do move" as the colored
gentleman said about the SUM- Here is
an extract from the legislative record:
"'Mr Martin called up d memorial di-
rected to our delegation in congress, re-
Questing them to favor government OWL
ership of the telegraph lines. This was
offered time ago by Mr.. Donnelly.
The house took it up and passed it,
This is vast step in advance The
house was nearly unanimous. Two
years ago such action would not have
been possible. Hon. Thomas F. Martin,
of st. Paul. one of the best men in either
branch, Populist-Democrat, deserves
great credit for calling it up after it was
tabled. His personal popularity helped
it through.
But of course congress will not carry
out our suggestion. There can be no
real reform in this country until the
People s Party is placed in possession of
the national government. In the mean
time we can ''resolute till the cows come
home" we can study the great art, (of
which our opponents are prime masters)
of how not to do it while appearing1
to do it,. We can see the public hypno-
tized until the stone of disappointed
hope, between the grinders. will appear
as soft and nutritious as the bread Of
realized prosperity, made of the best
patent-process flour of all the ages.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-05
FOSTERING INMI(;R ALTON.

We are happy to say that during the
last session of the legislature we helped
to kill bill to create a department Of
immigration, with a commission with a
fat salary. The object Of the bill was
the fat salary
We took the ground that there were
more people here now than there was
prosperity for: that our crops were be-
ing sold below the cost of raising them:
and that to increase the farmers would
simply be to reduce the prices of the
crops still lower AS soon as we had
prosperity we would have all the people
we could take care of. Immigration
moved towards prosperity and away,
from poverty.
And all the spare land would anyhow
be needed in little while for our chill
dren and our grand children--if we new
er got another immigrant. We were a
set of fools to mistake numbers for hap
piness. The great end of government
was not to fill up the country and pack
it, like the old world; but to secure
peace and prosperity for those already
here: and leave something for the nat
ural increase
The curse of the state is lot of sharp
Alexis, Ga la Andrews). who are too lazy
to work, and are constantly devising
schemes whereby they can saddle them
selves and families on the Taxpayers.
committee or clubs ought to be ap-
pointed to stand at the door of the legis-
lative halls and whack such scamps over
the head -
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-05

are piundered in every direction Read
this:
Senator y. G.. Johnson called up the
Mcneil stock yards bill and tried to get
get it through. but while there had
been nothing heard of it in the senate
up to that time. Senator Stevens took
a rap at it. Senator Greer said it was a
good bill in the main although amend
ment might perhaps improve it.
Senator Stevens said the amendment If
needed was to strike out all after the
enacting clause. Senator Schaller said it
would drive the local stock yards out of
business according to information fur
nished him. The charges imposed. he was
informed. We're not unreasonable being the
same as those in force in other parts of
the West. Senator Keller said the bill was
aimed at a gigantic monopoly. Senator
Stevens said that these concerns were nor
accumuatlrG extraordinary profits. and
the bill would close them as effect,lallv as
the recent floods had one of them. Senator
Morgan said the founders of enc of them
had never made dollar, but lost $500 COO
The bill could have come to the senate a
month earlier, rather than in the eleventh
hour fashion.
Senator Reishus said the charges which
had been in vogue were unreasonable.
Senator Young read from the report of
the house committee to show that the
South st. Paul concern had made S23 900
in ore year profit on hay and corn and the
net profits were 500. COO On a plant with an
assessed valuation of SlG5 600. All this
came out OF the farmers. The fence around
those yards made a difference. it seemed. of
$12 Il ton in the price of hay. The charges
were almost larcenous: even the charges
fixed in the bill would be profitable
The suspension was denied by q vote of
"A TO 10, follows:
Yeas-Cole. Collester CRONKHIT
Currier, Dunn. French Greer HANNA.
johnson, A. G.. Jones. Keller Miller. Nc
Arthur. REISHUS. RINGDAL, Roverud,
Schaler. Smith. Sperry Stebbins Swening-
sen, Thorpe, Wing Young-24
Nays-Barr. Fuller. Hanson Hodge.
Howard, Hits. johnson. w. E. Morgan.
McHalc. Ozmun, Potter. Sevatson Spen-
Ger Stevens, Stockton. Theden. Thompson,
Wyman, Ysle.-19."
The farmers who sent cattle to these
stock yards were charged three or four
times the market price for hay, corn,
etc.
See how the Populists voted. There
were only five of them in the senate
and four of them voted to protect The
farmers, and one (Seyatson). was neces-
sarily absent.
The Populists are good breed to
raise for future legislatures
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-05

Should we honor Judas as much as
Christ because both are dead, and we
should speak no i'll of the departed
Verify no.
IL man betrays humanity he should
die with the consciousness that the glib
ing record of his infamy shall sit like
hideOus monument over his ashes for
ever Only fools reverence their trait
ors as much as their heroes.
And therefore We approve of this ut
terance:
The Atlanta Constitution. commenting
on Voorhees, death. shows it never forgave
him for voting for the repeal of the sill
Yer purchasing clause OF the act Of 1890
1t says: 1T natural, therefore, tina,
the whole country should experience a
shock of surprise. and that Democrats
should feel pang of regret when this
man arose in his place in the senate and
placed himself behind the bin for the un-
conditional repeal Of the purchasing clause
of the Sherman act--a bill which, In the
corrupt purposes behind it, represented all
that Mr.. Voorhees, had opposed for life
time. and which has brought the whole
country to the verge of bankruptcy. Ir
the tW!HkiiTS or an eye this man turned
his back on his lifelong political record
lifted his voice against his party and his
hand against the people. and proceeded
to use the arts CT his e!oquerce ard his
parliamentary ability to the detriment OF
his own party. He succeeded, but al
what d cost to the reputation ard public
usefulness Of Daniel w. Voorhees,! II
there is any heroism in committing go.
ltical suicide. he hero No man
ever made Il greater sacrifice in behalf OF
opinions which he did not hold and
schemes which he detested''
Voorhees, died poor. Therefore he did
not sell out for money He betrayed his
country that he might please that old
brute. Cleveland, and thus retain control
Of the patronage in Indiana.
Cleveland's house is hung around with
the skulls of his victims Palmer.
Carlisle, Olney and a thousand others T.:
and not the least conspicuous among
these. Daniel W. Voorhees,, the tall syca-
more OF the Wabash"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-05

there was an appilCat;on on the part
of the first mortgage bondholders for
the appointment CT receivers for the
Central branch. Union Pacific with its
extensions, the Atcnison, Colorado &
Pacific and the Atchiaon, Jewell County
&; Western
The Central Branch road has been
under lease to the Missouri Pacific UNI
der an agreement, by which it was to
turn over it's net earnings. The in
terest not having been paid, there was
an application for receivers.
st. Paul, May George Fuller, aged
sixty-seven years, car builder. swal-
lowed large dose of rough on rats
this morning, and before anything
could be done for him he breathed his
last
The Fullers have lived at 1874 Burr.
street for a number of years, but re-
Gently decided to remove to Minneapolis.
Yesterday the furniture was packed,
and everything got in readiness for the
change of residence. Fuller complained
bitterly of the necessity of leaving the
old home, and remarked that he would
rather die than go away
Mrs. Fuller slept up stairs, and short
ly after 5 O'Clock this morning she
heard a grOan below. A few minutes
elapsed and the groan was repeated
more distinctly.
ofo
husband suffering from some drug, hav-
ing already spent most of his vitality
i'll resisting it's attacks. Medical assist
ance was summoned, but by the time
the physician arrived Fuller was on
the point Of death. All efforts to save
his life proved futile and he died very
soon afterwards.
Up to two years ago Fuller had a
position as foreman in the car shops
Of the Minneapolis & ST. Louis rail-
road. He lost his position, and has not
since been able to secure employment.
This fact caused him to be very no.
rose. To support herself and husband,
Mrs. Fuller found it necessary to take
in DOarderS.
1t is evident that confidence has not
yet appeared and that prosperity has
disappeared.
And the Republican house of repre-
sentative refuses to help the people out
of the slough; Gar Reed will not ap-
point the committees so nothing can be
done: and the house meets for ten min
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-05
\ WORD personal

In looking over the last issue of The
Representative we find several instances
IN which correspondents refer to the
editor of this paper as a possible candi-
date for president of the United States
in 1900. We would explain that this
correspondence does not go through our
hands. and that these letters are not
seen by us until we read them in the
paper.
While we are very grateful to our
friends for their kind sentiments we de-
sire to say that we are not candidate
for the presidency or for any other of
flee. 1t is long time until 1900; and
we may be running a newspaper for the
do not want the cause of reform in this
world to be injured in the meantime by
any candidacy or supposed candidacy
of ours 49,. 3 --''-
Nothing but miracle-a special in
terposition Of divine providence, could
put us in the White House; and moth
ing of the kind can be expected by any
sensible person. If it should happen we
would conclude that God had given us
a chance to do some good for the mil
lions of the miserable over the whole
earth. and we should let ourself loose
in way to make the eye-balls Of in
trenched justice hang out on it's cheeks.
In the meantime we shall Interpret all
such kindly remarks as pleasant way
of approving of our work-a kind of
gentle patting on the back Not that
we are mock-modest enough to pretend
that we are intellectually or morally in
ferior to old Cleveland, or Harrison or
Arthur or Jimmy Buchanan or even the
Advance Agent of Humbuggery who
now adorns the seat of government We
demur not because we are not fit TO be
president, but because the American
people have not sense enough to elect
| us. That's all.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-05
Our Baby Carriage Catalogue.

cident of this great controversy. He
may be dead tomorrow; but the evils of
existing conditions would continue.
We refuse to be switched aside from
the Omaha platform, to denunciation
of individuals, or the advocacy of laws
against consultations of railroad COM
panies. which would not be worth the
paper they were printed on. Five years
ago when we were preaching the Omaha
platform OH the governmental owner
ship of railroads in the Red River VAL
ley, a Republican lawyer named Steen-
erson, proposed to cure all the evils the
farmers complained of by an application
of the board of railroad and warehouse
commissioners Of the state to make a
large reduction of the rates on grain,
etc. We told the people that that was
not the remedy; that it would be five
years before the case got through the
supreme court of Minnesota, and five
years more before it was acted upon by
the supreme court of the United States.
But the people were led off by a side
issue. and the Republicans carried the
state. 1t is now nearly five years ard
the STEVENSON case is still hanging by
the eye-lids in the supreme court Of
Minnesota; and it will be five years
| more before the supreme court at Wash
ingtOn will be ready to digest it; and by
that time we hope the Populists will
have carried the country and taken pos
session of the railroads, paying the ac-
tual cost of the same with the fat it can
fry out Of them.
We fear. Brother Day is an Owenite.
and is trying to play the game Of Stem
erson over again. But we refuse to be
turned aside from the Omaha platform
now any more than we were them.
Play fair. friend Day. You have got
some decent brothers, Zone OF them we
supported for congress last year, for
their sakes be decent and IF you can't
be decent be as decent as you can
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-05
if Wisconsin borrows him for as long az

if Wisconsin borrows him for as long az
he lives.
In fact If Christopher is really of any
use in putting out fires we can contem-
plate his decease with satisfaction. for
we all know where he is going: and the
whole world will be delighted to see him
squatting on HI and putting it out!
And every one will admit that Satan's
kingdom needs fire warden ten times
as much as Minnesota does-for this is
a cold country and HI is not.
But the people of this state are getting
hot.-around the, collar,-when they
think of selling their crops for less than
1t costs to raise them. and then paying
$4,000 year for the support of An
drews. who never was worth five cents
to any living being that God has made.
There is more need to put out Andrews
than there is for Andrews to put out the
fires.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-05
AN ACT OF il aTICE,

The law requires that each candidate
on the state ticket of any party. shall
pay $50 as his share of the cost of print
ing the state ballots. AS the Populists
and Democrats joined teams last fall.
Secretary Berg held that the candidates
nominated by both parties should pay
$50 for each party, or 500 in all. Tho
other day the question came up in the
district court of Hennepn county. and
the judge held that only one fee should
he paid; and this view was affirmed by
the supreme court, But as the candi-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-05

and in another company in his Wife's
! name, or his brother-in-law's name?
And what would be accomplished by
such anti-consolidation legislation, OBJ
tanned as you propose, by the black
guarding of individuals by The Repre-
sentative. Why, says Brother Day, we
would stop combination and compel
competition, by keeping the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific forever
separate, as two distinct corporations.
Well they are separate now and have
been for twenty-five years. You are not
them from uniting. And during all
those twenty-five years of separate eX-
istence did you ever hear of their COM
peting with each other? Certainly not
Did you ever hear of any two railroads
anywhere In this country competing
| with each other? Do you not know that
it has passed into a prOverb, that
where combination is possible cOmpeti-
ton is impossible?" Do you not know
that if there was the slightest difference
in the rate-charges of two parallel lines
j the company with the least charges
would get nearly all the business, and
the other would go into bankruptcy?
And knowing all this You want us to
loosen our belt and pour forth a stream
| of tremendous vituperation against Jim
Hill! And to what end? For what
good? Why should we not also attack
President Stickney of the Great Western
his name) of the Northern Pacific Or
any other of the hundreds of railroad
presidents? Suppose we made Ourself
common scold, would not Brother Day
be one of the first to rebuke us, as dis
grace to all decent Populists?
The Peoples Party set forth in their
national platform that they were in fay-
or of the governmental ownership of the
| railroads.: and for that we have con-
sistently and honestly labored in and
| out of season. We have been trying to
educate the people into sustaining that
doctrine at the polls, and electng con-
gressmen who will enact it into law:
and now along comes Brother Day and
| tells us we are all wrong: that we Iuust
desist from our attempts in favor Of
that great constitutional reform and
chase Jim Hill and skin him alive and
chew his head off, as a dog would chew
| a rabbit.
Jim Hill is simply an unimportant in