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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21
THE IOWA TROUBLE.

We find in the Farmers Tribune a re-
port of the proceedings Of the Populist'
convention, which met at Des Moines,
Ia, Che other day. and agreed with the
Democrats in the nomination Of a joint
ticket, the following:
Mr.. Weeks of Madison said he and four
other gentlemen composed committee
representing a certain element who want
to know If there is any agreement as TO
the name under which fusionists shall vote.
Gen. Weaver said there was no agreement
except 1t is understood that the ticket shall
go on, and that it was understood 1t would
be as Democratic ticket. Mr.. Weeks
wanted to know by what authority such a
concession was made. Chairman Weaver
said the ticket would go that way to
prevent the surrender of the Democratic
organization to the gold bugs.
Mr.. Weeks insisted on an answer, but
was able to get it.
Some one wanted to settle the question
by nominating Weaver for governor, but
he said he would not accept.
Mr.. Weeks moved that the state central
committee be instructed to certify up to the
secretary Of state the nominees OF the con-
ventiCn under new name. The motion
received a dozen seconds. The chair asked
if he insisted upon the motion. Mr.. Weeks
replied that he did, and it was put and
voted down by ait least athree to one vote.
The result was that Mr.. Weeks led a
bolt, and a distinctively Peoples party
ticket will probably be put in the field.
We cannot understand why the Popu-
lists of Iowa cannot conduct a cam
paign unless they admit that they are
Democrats. Why could not all hands
have united, as proposed, and found a
new party, for this campaign, under a
new name? The Democrats say that
then the gold-Democrats would claim
session of the organization. Suppose
they did, what would that amount to if
the new combination carried the state?
The gold Democrats would register such
simply ridiculous, and in 1900 the Dem
ocratic national convention would kick
them overheard, as something utterly
contemplate
But if the Populists were required to
give up their name and organization,
why shouH not the Democracy do the
same thing? Have the Populists no
feelings and rights?
The whole trouble goes out of old
party contempt for the new party It
is all right to plumber them Of their
votes and their principles. but to make
any concession to their rights and feel
ings is all wrong. The Democrats not
only want all the honors of victory,
but they insist that the altar Of tr-
umph must be builded on the corpse or
Popul1sm.
1t is all wrong. General Weaver
may have looked out for himself, In
such a fusion, but it is very certain he
gave no thought for the future of the
Peoples party. 1t will have ceased to
exist, in Iowa, at the end Of this falls
campaign. Is the election OF half a
dozen state officers a sufficient price for
such calamity?
There has been gross and criminal
mismanagement in this whole business
and victory will be as disastrous as de-
feat
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21
JUST AS WE EXPECTED.
Bfme talism by International Agree
ment q Fraud and Humbux,

metalism by International Agree
ment q Fraud and Humbug.
Last summer the Republican party
said to the people Of this country:
Free silver! OF course we are in
favor of free silver! But we can't ac-
complish it alone. We must have the
consent Of England, France, Germany
etc. Put us in power, however, elect
Mckinley, and we will at once secure
the concurrence of the great powers OF
Europe and everything will be WELL"
And under this plea millions were in
duced to once more vote the Republf-
can ticket, and Mckinley won. And,
therefor. commission, with Senator
Wolcott, OF Colorado, at its head, was
dispatched across the blue water to Sc
cure the coveted international bimer-
allism.
Two weeks ago word was flashed
back to us that France was converted,
and would stand with us to coerce Eng
land into supporting free silver. We
Ufu uOL DelleVo It. AnQ now comes the
truth:
NEW 1URK. July ia World dispatch
from London says: The inside history OF
Senator Wolcott's bimetallic mission is a
total failure Those in position to know
say that the reports of his success in
France are made to draw attention from
the large sums Of money spent. The prin-
cipal Paris newspapers have referred to
the commission terms which, while con-
forming to the rules of artificial gallo cOur-
teSy, have been not far from ridicule.
LIE Temps calls attention to the fact that
while France objects to spending the money
necessary to improve her navy, the United
States has money enough to spend USE
lessly on a commission intrusted with
impossible mission and costing the tax
payers half a million.
NJ HanotauX himself is authority for the
statement that the Wolcott mission Also
lutely tailed and could not be accomplished
by any one. He speaks highly of the men,
bers of the commission personally, but
fuses to take the bimetallic scheme serious
ly. He smiles at Wolcott'S statement that
France would stand shoulder to shoulder
with the United State in efforts to bring
about international bimetallism.
And so another humbug is exploded.
What farce can they invent next time
to deceive the fool people? We shall
watch with great curiosity the genius
of the next lie. There will be one, sure
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21
AGAINST FUSION.

W. Merlin, of Willow City, N. D.,
wrote us kind letter before we started
for Nashville, in which he said:
Stand firm. You are right, first,
last and all the time. Honorable CO.
operation, if they please, but fusion
never. The rank and file of the silver
Democrats may be all right, but the
leaders, the politicians, are not re-
formers. They simply stole plank
out Of our platform, because they
thought it was the winning card, and
thai by so doing they would swallow
up the Peoples party. You have a
great work before you at Nashville. l
believe Mark Hanna has his agents
among the middle of the readers Spo;
them. I look with suspicion upon the
Populist who will advocate dropping
silver from our platform.
'Give us finance, land and transport
tation with the Initiative and referen-
dunn"
We receive similar expressions from
all parts of the country.
The Peoples party has passed the
dead point of danger, and hereafter it's
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21

of civilization which Is to determine
whether or not a free government can en-
dure anywhere In this world. and1are not
engaged In local fight. 1t is fight that
extends over years, and you can call me
Democrat or a Populist, an anarchist or
hoodoo. 1 care not which. so long you
give US a chance to try the principles for
which we are fighting.
But l Waft 10 Iauti.,1 y)u in this state
to stand together. hope you will not re-
fuse in the interest of the principles for
which you stand. to vote under one name
this fall. We must do this to hold the
six and one-half millions of our supporters
and to gain to our cause the 100000 Repub
licans disappointed with the failure Of
their own party's promises, who are ready
now to join with u.s.
Mr.. Towne then paid the usual compli-
ment to what he termed the gold bug
press" and, proceeding. said he hoped
that this fall the three great silver armies
would march on convergirg roads to one
battlefield. there to meet and overthrow
common enemy. He said that the logic of
the situation demands The presentment of
a solid front against a common enemy.
and predicted that some day the result Will
be a common party doing business under
a common name.
He said that just at sent the Demo-
Gratis need a sort Of governor or regulator.
and that the other silver forces are serv-
ed to pat them on the back and
with a club in the other. He said
the Democrats on probation for
a time yet. and will have to
remain SO before The otnar Darf.es will
consent to be swallowed by them for
long enough tine to insure their tnt.ro
sincerity.
In conclusion. he said: when you COM
merce to figure on cementing up old
| parties. just tell the Dem ocrats to take out
| a pencil and add the gold Democrats and
then Suhstract the POpulists ard silver Re-
publicans, and see what they have left.
Keep UP the fight and make silver the
issue. even down to the election of pound
masters.
Our readers will be glad Of the op2or-
tunity to persue Mr.. Towne's speech.
1t Is hopeful sign of growth.
We see no reason why the battle in
Minnesota, next year, should not be
made In the name Of the Peoples party.
! The whole drift of the age is in one
direction, and Mr.. Towne's speech is
one Of the most significant evidences Of
that fact
There Is not sufficient of a free silver
Republican element in the Sixth dis
trict to elect Mr.. Towne to congress
again, but at the head Of the People
party of that district he would sweep
everything before him.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21

morals and private rights which should be
as ster1ily dealt with as the law permits.
But this man Wheelock is passing away.
His real mission is now thoroughly UNDER
stood. and his influence is at an end He
is hated and despised as the tool and the
creature Of every form of public wrong
which has been wrought in this state for
an entire generation. He has done the
lowest bidding Of his masters, and even
they have cast him off in his old age. He
is poor despite the prostitution of his tall
ents which has distinguished his entire life,
and his total disappearance will be hailed
with pleasure by entire community.
Mr. Donnelly, the other hand, has
ample reason to rejoice over the result OF
his entire life. His arrafgnment of Vice.
lock in open court Will compensate him for
a lifetime of outrage, while the love AM
esteem with which he is regarded in this
state extends even to those who do not
agree with him in any OF his views of pub
lie policy Dead, Wheelock will rot and be
forgotten. while Donnelly will have passed
away only to be understood as he has
never been in his life-a great, warmth cart
ed humane man whose love Of his fellow
men was sublime, and whose intellect was
CTOd-like."
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21
WHAT'S THE NATTER.

The Freedom County Standard, edit
ed by H. G. Day, is acting very strange
ly. Hon. H. e. Boen, of the Fergus
Falls Globe, says of it:
1t has the fusion itch badly; and lack
ing argument to sustain it's position it
resorts to abuse"
Its abuse is always of those of its own
party. 1t makes serious charges, and
when challenged offers not particle of
proof, and then reiterates it's charges.
A correspondent sends in copy of
recent issue and asks us this question:
us it in the pay of Jim Hill to divide
the party?"
We think not. Jim would not spend
his money on such a shallow and empty
sheet. We do not think it is troubled
so much by corruption as by pure Gus
sedness." If some one would SCOOP out
H. G.'s alleged brains, and fill the vac
cuum with oatmeal cruel, it would
vastly improve the tone of the paper.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21
THE GooDNow-wAsHBSRx FIGHT
A Big Issue Behind 1t.

Big Issue Behind 1t.
And now comes a rumor that the fight
by Bill Washburn against John Good,
now involved much more than appeared
on the surface. The Minneapolis Jour
nal of July 10th says:
well, John wins out" said we'll known
state politician, he wrote mis- name on
the register at the Nicolet yesterday ard
turned around in response to a greeting
from The Journal reporter. That was a
fOregOne conclusion"
Nevertheless said the reporter, II
think the descent people of the community
are glad Washburn made the protest
which he did"
''Oh. that's all right" said the politician.
IT'S a good thing to have somebody let
the country know that We are not all
Of the John Goodnow stripe out here. and.
while no doubt a protest could not have
been placed in worse hands than those Of
ex-senator Washburn nobody could have
accomplished ny more than he has
You do not think then. that anybody
could have induced Mckinley 10 have
within avn &C odnow's name"
mo. Mckinley knew all about the OBJ
jections to Goodnow in advance. / am
satisfied. that when Goodnow began to be
a little apprehen:'tva that there might be
a kick made on his appointment because
OF the various scandals attached 10 mis-
name and particularly the last one. Nc
Kinley sent him word substantially to this
effect: You needn't worry. John. ] will
stand by YOU Mckinley was evidently 50
impress sed with the idea of ohlSation to
Goodrow that nothing anybody could
have said or done would have changed
his mind IN the least.
"YoL don't think then that N1shhurl
was a good man to make this fght?
Il think he was good man for Good
now. Why, Washburn's opposition was
sufficient Of itself to concentrate the sup
port of both Davis and Nelson in Good
now's favor-Nelson because he hates
Washburn. as everybody knows. and Davis
because Washburn and Davis never were
friendly; and DavisI suspect, looks upon
Washburn a possible rival in the next
senatorial campaign. 1 don't think Wash
burn is in it as a candidate at all. but
should not be surprised to see him make
the effort.
do you think. then, that Mr.. Washburn
represented anybody but himself?'
II don't know l have heard 1t stated
that this was a railroad fight
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21
PROSPERITY IN IOWA.

The Republican press has been at its
usual lying work, trying to demonstrate
that Iowa was superbly prosperous
no debts, no mortgage foreclosures, ETC.,
etc. Whereupon the Pottsville Graphic
of that state, replies:
AS a fiat contradiction of this state
ment, the records Of the March term OF
court in Garner, Hancock county, show
that 100 foreclosure cases were tried. On
Wednesday, April 16 there were posted in
the postoffice at Britt. in the same county,
q notices of sheriff's sales. simultaneously
l6 similar notices were posted in the office
at Garner A leading attorney of Hancock
county expresses the opinion that in 1875
there will be in that and a few adjoining
counties at least 1.G0O farm foreclosures
and Sheriffs' sales. In view of this condi-
ton of things. it might be we'll if the
Register were a little more careful in it's
bcasting over the prosperity Of Iowa farm
ers as class. With a continuance of low
prices on farm products and prospect Of
large crops. forcing the markets lower the
chances are all against an era Of pros
perity for the Iowa farmers
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21
TO DIR FRIENDS.

The coming two months are the hard
est on all newspapers that depend prin-
cipally upon farmers for their support
This is the interval between crops, when
the last is gone and the new has not
yet arrived. The farmers are busy.
haying, harvesting, threshing and mar
keting, and until they finish their work
they have no time or funds to pay up
little newspaper debts.
If you have any belief in the Peoples
party, or in THE REPRESENTATIVE
as one of it's organs, we want you to
PAY UP WHAT YOU OWE US. And
IL you owe us nothing, and are able to
do so, we want you to pay in advance
companied by the funds.
We have tried to act fairly by you
We have advocated the principles YOU
believe in under many discouragements
We have stood by the party when 9TH
ers have "whistled it down the wind.
We have carried your burdens and
fought your battles.
We are approaching a period when II
will be hard shedding" for time. Give
us helping hand. After the middle OF
September we can take care Of ourself.
We have carried many Of you over
time. Now be manly, and respond to
our appeal. We have an immense list
but a great list is great burden-un-
less each one does his part. Look at
the number on your label, and compare
it with the number OF this issue, and
if you are behind, come up to the help
of the Lord against the mighty"
Don't let it be said that the man who
tries to serve Populists will receive
more kicks than gratitude-and that is
what the old party men do say nova
days.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21

At the Populist meeting in st. Paul last
week there was not a single representative
from this entire Seventh congressional dis
trict. The people UP here are too busy to
listen to the calamity hovlers tnis year
The Norman County Index.
why lie? The Popuists in The Seventh
congressional district are. nearly all of
them, too poor to make trips 10 st. Raul
and back again on political errardS now.
We should have attended but Tor the fact
that We could not afford to spend the
cost of the trip -Roen's Globe.
Plutocracy robs the people until they
are unable to travel, and then claims
that they stay at home because they
are content with existing conditions.
If the fare from Minneapolis to Nash
Vile, Tenn, was but $3.50, we should
have had 1000 delegates present at the
great conference.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21
CONGRESSMAN TOWNE.

He AvOws Himself Convert to the
Referendum and Government
Ownership of Railroads, Tele-
graphs and TeIephones-He Is
Practically Good POpulist.
While some who claim to belong to
the Peoples party are ready to tear
down it's flag and abandon it's "preju-
are getting their eyes open and coming
over to our ranks. We are especially
pleased to note this in the case of that
able man, Hon. Charles A. Towne ex-
The great hindrance to the growth OF
our party has been the CONTEMPT in
which it has been held by the leaders
of the two old parties. They were
or two of our principles, but they
kicked back at us, like jackasses, while
they were doing it. We were to them
pack of idiotic cranks, and they felt
it necessary to separate themselves from
us by publicly insulting us.
But Mr.. Towne is a man OF broader
mind. He is capable of learning. And
hence we find him, at the Populist'
convention at Des Moines, Iowa, the
other day, speaking as follows:
II feel as though 1 should speak to you
with degree of familiarity, because it
made an accusation against me last
fall that l was a Populist. and during the
rest of the campaign l tried to deserve the
name. / have heard the reading of your
platform and am ready to indorse nearly
all of it. l cannot say / favor the initia-
tive, but I do favor the referendum, be-
cause l believe it will do away with the
lobby. I think parties are made to do
something, and do not believe they can
accomplish anything until they have
majority. Do not sacrifice your principles.
l have refused to do that, and conse-
quence l am sort of an exile. Get to-
gether and you can win.
Il favor the government ownership of
railroads, telegraphS and telephones. but
am of the opinion the public is not ready
for this yet. You can't carry all reforms
at once, because the majority of the human
race is conservative. You can only take
one step at a time. But you needn't be
afraid of the support of these men when
ownership.
Il used to take off my hat to the Re-
publicans and bow down before them, but
l cannot do it any more because they
have deserted the principles that once
made them the grandest organization in
the world. Now 1 am ready to take off
my hat and bow to the Populists.
II want to tell you that this is an
epochal period. We are fighting the battle
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21
HORRIBLE.

There is one thing about Grover Cleve-
land which we all admire, and that Is the
size of the roll he took with him from
Washington to New Jersey.'-St. Paul
Dispatch.
The editor of the Dispatch should
be careful. For daring to express the
same sentiment we had libel suit on
our hands. But then the editor of the
Dispatch is a Republican and we are
not. 1t makes all the difference in the
world whose OK cores TIE plutocratic
ass.
word,
Which in the private is fiat blasphemy."
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21
WORDS OF PRAISE.

That able journal the St. Paul Union
Advocate, in it's issue of July 2, has
this to say of Mr.. Donnelly's victory
over the PiOneer-Press:
Not one dollar less than $50 900 should
have been awarded Mr.. Donnelly. Not one
cent less would have been awarded
had there been any proper appre-
citation among those twelve men Of
the sanctity Of private character
and personal worth To publicly iken
such man as Mr. Donnelly to a beast,
to assail his personal character, standing
and rectitude in spirit of gross falsehood
and blackguardism. as was done in this
case, is to commit a crime against public
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21
WANTS TO GO TO JAIL.
The Minneapolis Journal says:

The Minneapolis Journal says:
Joseph Chytracek from the upper fats.
was arrested today by Special Officer Col
by on the charge of taking logs from the
river belonging to the Mississippi and Rum
River Boom company. Chytracek, brought
before tn police court this afternoon. said
he does not care II he sent to prison
for few months. The city will then be
compelled to care for his wife and chill
dren. something, he claims, to have been
unable to do.
Happy country! After all Mckinley
promises a citizen goes to prison that
his wife and children may have some
thing to eat.
And the success Of the Populists
would have produced hard times! OF
course it would!
Oh, the jackasses!
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21

Mr.. Louis Nash is doing good work
for the cause of right. He has been en-
gagged for some tine past in writing some
exceedingly able articles for the ST. Paul
Labor Union Advoca tie and other clpers
on the tina lcial question, viewed from the
Populist standpoint. He finds very able
Coadjutor in Hen. NJ. j. Costello one of
TIE most brillant minds in the statc-di5-
tinguished alike an orator and "a writer.
the PoDulsts of st. Paul should stand
by both of these gentlemen and push
them TO the front
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21
VERY TRUE.

s'Seldom a mortgage foreclosure notice
appears in a reform paper.
That kind Of work goes to the gold bug
journals.
The reason for that is that the money
lenders very naturally support those who
support them" -Boen's Globe.
Exactly so, THE REPRESENTATIVE
fs now in it's fifth year, and we cannot
recall that It ever published a notice
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21
OUR FUTURE,

There is no moderation in this Amer
lean climate. 1t either freezes us into
stupidity or broils us into madness. It
is very apt to produce violent, uncon-
trollable race; as brilliant as lightning
and as explosive as gunpowder.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21

We are amused at good Bro Dobbyn,
of the Progressive Age. and Secretary
Lynch to see what bold straight mid
die Of the readers" they have become
since public sentiment has crystallized
in that direction the last few weeks
Peoples Waterman, Sacred Heart.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-21

The Minnesota members Of the ma
tlonal committee, appointed at Nash
vile, met at St. Paul last Monday and
adjourned to meet again at Minneapolis
next Saturday.