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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
ALABAMA POPULISTS,
They Are Against Fusion and Ready
to Renew the Fight.

Birmingham, Ala, Nov. PA con-
ference was held here today by leading
middle-o -the-road Populists Of Alaba-
ma in conjunction with the executive
committee, Of this country. A long dis
cussion took place, and it was decided
to follow in the wake of the meeting
held in st. Louis last week. 1t was
decided not to cooperate or fuse with
any other party in county Or state af-
fairs, and a recommendation to that
effect was addressed to other counties
in the state and the state executive
committee.
Congressman A. T. Goodwin, of Ell
more, who was the POpulist candidate
for governor last year; G.. B. Deans, Of
Caera, chairman of the state executive;
DR.. Grove, treasurer of the national
committee. formed at Nashville in June,
and a number of others attended the
conference and indorsed the action
taken. The middle e-of-the-road Popu-
lists dominate in Alabama and will
have separate county and state tickets
next year.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
The Skies Are Clearing.

sixteen months ago the St. Louis con-
vention indorsed plan Of action agreed
on nearly two years before by coterie
of leaders, who met in a conference at
st. Louis and entered into secret oath
bound organization having for it's object
the merging of the voting strength of
the Peoples party into the Democratic
ranks, with the sole object of securing
Official position for a few leaders and
without regard for the ultimate result
to the Peoples party or principles of
Populism
1t is only natural that deep laid
plan, cunningly devised scheme, con-
cocted behind closed doors and secretly
outlined in every detail, should, when
finally sprung upon an unsuspecting pub
lie, have it's influence, however much in
error the proposition, or however con-
trary to the better judgment of the
people after sober second thought
These remarks briefly suggest the
condition surrounding the Peoples or
ganization.
Those who had been trusted leaders
banded together for selfish purposes and
made frantic appeals to the voters un-
der the pretense of patriotic duty, to
join in a "union of reform forces" claim
ing that the Democratic party had be-
come a reform party and declaring that
their platform endorsed Populistic prin-
ciples.
These statements were without any
foundation in fact, but were told by
those in whom Populists had placed
their confidence and we're therefore ac-
cepted in many cases without question
or careful personal attention.
No more patriotic band of people ever
lived than. those who constitute the
rank and file of our party.
They are people who are ready to
sacrifice their own personal interests in
the great work for humanity.
1t is this spirit which prompted the
organization of the party and it was
this willingness to yield everything else,
for the general good which made our
people the easy prey Of demagogues
who by falsehood and we'll planned
schemes captured an unsuspecting sup
port.
It requires no words of explanati On to
show why, under these conditions, the
strong Populist element Of Kansas, Ne
braska and Colorado was carried away
in supposed fight for the good of a
whole nation.
The honest sincerity Of purpose OF
the best and truest people that ever
lived was taken advantage Of to fur
ther the interests of individuals prompt
ed in every action solely by selfish pur-
poses.
Fusion became a popular policy be-
cause trusted leaders advised It and a
lot of second rate old party politicians
took advantage of the occasion and
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
COOPERATION IS URGED
MONETARY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN
ISSUES A CIRCULAR.
Bankers OF the Country Should Help
in Securing Monetary Reforms
Decided Upon.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 9-Charman H.
Hanna, of the monetary commission, has
sent to bankers of the country 10000 circu-
lar letters in part follows:
THE monetary commission chosen by the
executive committee of the indianapolis
monetary convention will very soon con-
clude its labors and offer a plan for finan-
cial organization in accordance with the
expressed will Of the convention. The MEM
bers Of the commission have without
compensation other than their travelling
and living expenses while engaged in the
work, given a great deal of time and dili-
gent, conscientious effort for the accom-
piishment of the great task imposed upon
them.
1T is generally believed that the sug-
gestion for legislation that this commission
will offer, Will prove to be broad. compre-
hensiVe and rational. The difficulty OF
dealing with existing conditions and the
needs of widely separated geographical d.
visions present many complex phases OF
the subject. After long suffering and i'm
measurably expensive delay, the oppor-
tunty seems to be at hand for financial
reorganizat ton. However, only patient,
patriotic sacrifice of individual opinions as
to methods will make desirable legislation
possible.
In anticipation of the publication of
the plan of the commission this letter Is
addressed to you to remind you of the serl-
GUS Importance of eliminating the money
question from politics and establishing
stable things in finance.
If, after careful consideration, you be-
iieve the main feature of the commission
erS to be sound, you urged to waive
your preference for detail and unite in
the great effort to at once wisely dispose Of
the subject and release the commerce of
the country from the awful destruction in
cident to periodical financial agitation.
Your senators and representa- in
congress will desire to hear from you on
this subject If you can consistently do so.
do not fail to write plainly to them your
approval of the plan recommended by the
commissioners"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
new AND PURIFIED"
Georgia Democracy Again Repudiate
the Chicago Platform.
Vote Down a Bill to Prevent the Max
ing of Gold Contracts.
This is the Second Time Since t;,e
1886 Election the GOldbugs Have
Won in That State.

Atlanta, Ca, Nov 27-The bill of
Mr.. Branch, Pop) of Columbia, MAX
ing gold contracts illegal in so far as
the provision that they are to be paid
in gold goes, was brought up by un-
favorable report of the general judi
ciary committee.
Mr.. Branch spoke in favor of his bill
and moved to disagree with the report
Mr.. Fielder opposed the bill He ask
ed Mr.. Branch several questions some
of which that gentleman answered
and some of which he did not.
After Mr. Fielder had fired in several
questions for Mr.. Branch to answer
that gentleman got tired and asked
that the Fulton representative ask him
sensible questions if he wanted them
answered.
Mr.. BranHon, OF Bullock, opposed the
bill on the ground that a great many
Georgia people borrowed British mon
ey and gold contracts were required of
them.
Mr.. Blalock favored the bill because
he thought one kind of money was as
good as the other.
The motion of Mr. Branch was lost
by a vote of As to 49,
A similar bill was killed in the Geor-
gia legislature, at the session last No
vember, Immediately following the eec-
tions
Several Democrats voted with The
Populists but not enough to carry the
bill through which would have pre-
vented the decentralization of silver by
private contract
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
Alaska,

The editor of the Representative has
two nephews, natives of Philadelphia
Pa, who are now on the Skaguay trail,
Alaska on their way to Dawson City:
In search of their fortunes. They are
hardy, energetic boys and will give a
good account Of themselves, and will
come back, we have no doubt, with their
'piles"-if there are any "piles" to be
had.
They have written us a letter from
their temporary camp which will prob
ably be interesting to our readers, as
it gives an inside view of the situation
in that region, to which all eyes are
now turned. We have requested them
to write us letters occasionally for pub
lication. What they say can be de-
pended upon:
I'VE are chafing every day that goes
by at the unavoidable delay caused by
the conditions of this trail You can
form no idea of what wild, weird and
barren country this part of the globe is,
duU d 1udU IuuSC uSSuS hCCp oil Hio WltS
about him, and exercise good judgmelA
or mayhaps, be led into the creates
chances and difficulties. Your outfit of
food and clothing is worth everything
to you-money scarcely anything, and
we realized this long ago, and have
profited by it. to the extent that we
now are housed (for here) very COM
fortably, and have very good outfit.
which will last us, with care, until W
start in over the ice about February
1st, and leave US enough for one years
prospecting.
"It is pitiable to see the numbers who
have turned back, disheartened, disgust
ed and penniless; and the trail i
strewn with abandoned provisions of all
kinds, lost of it utterly ruined, laying
just where it has been thrown; yet the
feeling seems so high against any one
touching another mans outfit that stuff
that could be utilized, you dare not take
for fear that the party may come back
looking for it in the spring There are
quite number of men who have gone
back to their homes with the intention
of coming up In the spring, having pu'
their outfits in cache but a tr.A
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
The Financial Question.

Ex-Governor Waite in Davis City
Qowa) Advance:
The Mckinley administration is in
dead earnest to carry out substantially
the financial plan recommended by the
Bankers convention which met at Bal
timore and proposed to have govern
ment go entirely out of banking busi-
hess, withdraw all greenbacks and
gold and silver certificates and United
States legal tender currency Of all
kinds. and supply the place with nation
al bank notes, backed up with the
national credit, but the property of,
and to be issued by private individuals
and corporations, and loaned by them
to the people at such interes, as the
banks may choose to exact, the bank
ers all the while drawing interest on
the government bonds or other securi
ties the law may provide as basis OF
the new circulation. Sec. Gage, HIM
self a banker, favors the plan and
committee under the authority of the
treasury department, is soliciting ami
publishing the disinterested opinion of
the distinguished bankers of the coun-
try. 1t is perfectly astonishing with
what unanimity these bankers demand
the destruction of tae greenback anl
government currency and how patrioti-
cally they propose to supply the def1c-
wit hoir nOfor1
Never has there been a case of such
disinterested generosity since the days
OF Aesop when the wolves proposed that
the shepherds should discharge their
watch dogs, whose duties the wolves
themselves offered to perform.
1t is not likely that the present con-
gress will adopt this atrocious plan.
In all probability majority in til.
senate cannot be secured for the meas
ure, and yet it Is by no means certain.
There are no ways and means, however
criminal, to which the money power
will not resort to accomplish it's ends
Senator Allison announced few
weeks ago that the present congress
would make no change in the present
financial policy-but Senator Allison
will bear watching. He is one of the
smoOthest tools of Wall street. He is
the man that blocked the passage of
the Bland bill in 1878, and introduced
the unpatriotic and fatal idea that our
government should purchase at the
London market price, the bullion sill
yer to be coined in the U. S. mint. He
has stood hand in hand with John
Sherman in all matters Of legislation
to make our government financial
province of the European money pow
er. Undoubtedly he favors Cages bank
ing system, and will vote ~ft first,
last and all the time, No Populist has
been solicited by the treasury depart
ment to furnish an opinion of the new
banking system-Populists having no
rights, which either of the two old par
ties is bound to respect. Our recon-
mendation is in the Omaha platform.
"All money, gold, silver and paper to
be issued by the government only and
to be legal tender for the payment
of all debts, public and private"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15

1t really seams that women are turn
ing their backs to some of the affairs
of public life and settling themselves to
the more rational enjoyment of domestic
life. After much struggling and heart
burning expensive experiment wcm-
ans suffrage is pronounced "a complete
and dismal failure mot only in or
own, but in every other land" and
the 'Cleveland board Of elections will
petition the legislature to abrogate
woman suffrage in Ohio if concerted ac-
ton on the part of all the election
boards of the state can be secured.
That such is the status of woman suf-
frage is proved by the fact that only
eighty-two women registered at the last
registration Of four days, while in the
year 1895, some 5,S31 registered and
4,945 voted In 1896 only 2,72S regis
tered and 1852 voted, falling off in
one year of 3,113. In the spring of
1897 there were 40S registered, but only
22S voted falling off from the first
year of 4,917. Now only eighty-two
came forward to register
What does it mean? Can it be that
suffrage has been one of the many fads
of women? If so it can truly be said
to have been a great one, and one that
has had many large minded and braipy
women as followers But the signs
would intimate that to the great ma
jOrity of women it does not either sat
isfy nor signify. Of course woman is a
mighty factor in the affairs of the world
but it is not by the ballot nor through
the club that she exerts her most pow
erful influence.
Woman as rule is domestic. and the
number is comparatively few who can
not find in the environments of home all
of the best elements of happiness To
the loyal, loving, womanly heart and
mind nothing can be of greater i'm
ing Of each member of the home circle
AS a wife her sphere is far from limited
If one pauses to consider tnat by max
ing the home bright and cheerful in
many ways beside the mere creature
comforts she is a helpmate indeed, and
buoys up the tagging spirit and brings
comfort to the weary husband in times
Of perilous business affairs. Again, she
has been known to give wise counsel at
such times simply because her mind
was not burdened with load of affairs
of state or trade
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
MORE LANDS FOR SETTLERS.
Senator Nelson Introduces a HiI! to
Omen Reservations.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 13.-Ssnator
Nelson today introduced bill opening to
settlement certa n public lands reserved
by presidential proclamation in Miane5 Ia
and Wisconsin. The lands were set aside
for the building of 1a ms and reservoirs to
aid navigation at he headwaters Of the
Mississippi and st. Croix rivers ard Of the
Chippewa and Wisconsin rivers. Under
Senator Nelson's bill they are to be opened
for homestead entry six months after the
bill receives the presidents S signature. All
sucn lands, however. are TO he SuDjec. to
government uses for dams and reservoirs
and no ella; for damages from overflow
of waters are to be allowed
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15

pounds Of floor, 4,971 pounds of pork,
eous merchandise, and $1,375 in money
1t was voted, although two collections
had been made already for the cause,
to ask all unions comprised in the Fed
Grafton, to make another contribution,
10 cents a member being suggested.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
TOO MUCH PROSPERITY.
Send the Bodies to Dun aud Brnd-
street.

Send t,,e Bodies to Dun aud Brnd-
street.
Mason, Mich, Nov 27-Scott A. Bow
dish shot his 9-year-old daughter last
night, fatally injuring her, and then
killed himself. The tragedy was not
discovered until this morning Accord
Ing to the girl, her father awakened
her during the night, kissed her, and
asked her where her heart was He
felt about her breast, and, after locat-
ing the girls heart, drew a revolver
and shot her. Again he fired, the ball
this time penetrating the child's right
side. After this he located his own
heart and shot himself dead. Bowdish
was hard up and discouraged, but no
other reason for the crimes is known.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
APPEAL TO P0PULISTS


The following contributions have been
received tor the fund recently started
which is being raised by the Representa-
tive for the purpose of purchasing a home
for Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease of Kansas,
who has been ruthlessly deprived of the
shelter for her children, by a money-lending
corporation, for onc-half the amount loaned
upon it, and judgment obtained for the
remainder, which they propose to use in
following her up TO reduce her to absolute
want. Her offense is the eloquent advo-
cacy Of Populist principles. 1 ask every
lover OF justice and fair play to send his
contribution to me at Hastings MIMI and
L VIII see that the money is acknowledged
in this paper, and scrupulously applied to
the purpose designated. ! also call upon
all fopuHst newspapers throughout the
country to give notice to their readers of
the movement, and request their subscrib-
ers to contribute to the fund.
Amounts heretofore acknowledged 1924 90
August Retzloff, Usage, MINI. $500. 20
subscriber, Petersburg, Neb. ..... 20
q. w. Day, Minneapolis .... 80
David Allen, Maple Lake, Mimi. :. 10
John vandergon. Maple Lake, MINI. IL
Herman Stuhr, Maple Lake, Mimi. 10
Henry Stuhr, Maple Lake, MINI. . 10
John -. LOTSh NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 25
List sent in from Fairfax Minn
by c. II. Hopkins, amounting to
$2.25, as follows: c. Callahan, 25c;
G. l.. Kane, 25c; j. G. kaelfgen,
25c; I. E. Callahan, 25c; Seymour
Stevens, 2oc, and G. II. Hopkins,
$lW ............................ . 225
AOteaA ......... ...-.................... $22SSO
Ii there is an omission to give due credit
write me at once.
This list will be kept standing and added
to from week to week, until enough has
been secured to purchase the home and
put in the hands of trustees, so that Mrs.
Leases creditors cannot get it or seize
upon the pots and pans and kettles
therein.
Let us show the world that Populists
can be grateful to those who help them
as the plutocrats. If we can make
this movement a success it will be
honor to every Peoples party man in the
state and in the United States. Let each
frierd of reform send in as much as he
can spare. IGNATIUS DONNELLY.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-27
DIR. WONG woo.

CHINESE PHYSICIAN AND
~ surgeon, gra duate OF the most
famous medical college in China.
has practiced his profession in
san francisco for over twenty
years with mars ed success Thou.
sands OF patients testify 10 his
skill and knowledge. Natures own
incidence psed. NO minerals. He
cures, not attempts to cure. Rheu-
matism. Paralysis, Piles, Dyspep.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-27

by the father and mother in their drunken
quarres. They are Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
1eaton. Yeaton is painter BY trade, but
for several months past has painted moth
ing but his home, ana that of a bright hue
with an alcohol brush.
Mr.. Ho!brook found the ch iIdren in the
front room, in most filthy condition and
covered with vermin. The baby, Evalne,
III onths old, was lying in what had once
been a baby carriage. 1t was sucking
its little thumb, and its face could hardly
be seen for the flies. The coverlet was
black with dirt. The bed in the back
room, in which the children slept, and
its covers were in similar filthy condi-
ton. The floor was strewn with dirty
rags, inhabited.
Little Eddie, 8 years old, was without
pants, or shoes, or stockings, and after
Mr.. HolbrooK had dressed him so that
society could look at him without teing
shocked the little fellow proceeded to
rock the baby carriage, which he did in a
most pathetically winsome way, resting
his little dirty hand on the babv's fore
head and stroking it lovingly. The dirt
and the fact that he had only one shoe on
while the other leg was bare did not at all
mar his likeness to a cherub. There were
TO flies on the baby now, and it seemed to
be contented lying in the dirt and staring
graVely at the officers. The Swear old
girl, Hazel, sat near the head of the bed
crying and frescoing her face with black
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-27

went to work in the California Canning
Company's establishment at $5 per week
each. AS the landlord had threatened to
throw them out of the iEouse Mrs. Yeaton
paid him So on Saturday night on account
Since they ha begun to wo they had
left the house at quarter OF S
o'clock in the morning and did not
return until after they got through
az O'clock in the evening. During the
whole of this time The children were left
alone to amuse themselves as best they
might.
Secretary Hobrook, assisted by L. E.
Moulton of the same society and George
Delmer special officer of the Society for
the Protection of Animals, took charge of
tho little ones, and the parents were sent
for. When the mother arrived she pro-
fessed to be surprised that the house had
not been cleaned up.
1t was a brilliant attempt at bluffing.
but il fe.l short, Tor the reason that house
cleaning was not wanted 50 badly as child
cleaning The hui band came also and
took matters very coolly, as hs- smoked a
cigarette. Both parents called attention
10 the fact that they had left bread and
milk and 10 cents in coin for The chill
dren. They seem ed to be Obvious of the
filthy condition of the bedding and OF the
children.
When Mr.. Holbrook announced that he
was going to take the children away the
mother wept and screamed, but she and
her husband were placed under arrest, and