The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-04-28
A GOLD BUG REVIEW,
The St. Paul Globe had this to say
the day the legislature of Minnesota ad-
iournod

The ST. Paul Globe had this to say
the day the legislature of Minnesota ad-
journed.
THE people heard many terrible pre-
dictons last fall of what would happen
if the POpuliStS We're to come into power;
of the riot and ruin that would hold sway
in our capitol if any other than the Re
publican party should prevail Enough of
them, no doubt, were influenced by that
argument and that terror to give the Re-
pubicans their ma jority. Ask any truth
telling man today if any Populist legisla-
ture could have done worse than this one,
if it could have been more reckless in it's
assaults upon the business interests Of the
state. if it could have done more to af-
oftener and harder at the community
through measures designed to ruin what
we have left of business and prosperity
unless they could be defeated, it, from
first to last, these propositions that were
fathered by Republican members were not
the equal Of the worst that Populism has
done elsewhere, or could have been ex-
pected to do here-and he will answer
no 1t is not Populism or Democracy,
nor even Republicanism, in this its lowest
estate. that we have need to fear, but the
Incidence of people, who, year after year.
are careless Of their duty, Indifferent to
the claims of fitness and honor for public
sta ton, willing to leave the conduct of
politics to a very few patriots who would
work feebly and in despair and very
large number of men who make politics
their trade and ply it for their profit That
is the danger which rears its angry head
over the nation as we'll as the state today;
which washes with its sapping waves the
crumbing banks behind which we go on
our Indifferent way to the day Of wheming
flood Is ever a warning to be needed
Shall Minnesota ever again endure a leg.
islative session like that which has Just
heard the most blessed, consoling. deliv-
ering words of its whole existence: This
house stands adjourned sine die"
This from the leading goldocratic
newspaper of the state is very signifi-
cant. 1t further says:
What it busted with through these
three months of aggressive life? Princi-
pally with bills attacking some interest
ital, some form of property. And what be-
came of them? They were practically all
of them beaten after weeks or months
of desperate struggle. And what kind of q
record does this make? The fate of sim
gle such mea sure tells nothing Where all
three-fourths of the time Of a session Is
consumed in debating "anti bills. bills
aimed at hitting something or somebody
and hitting hard, and If they all fail, then
what are we to conclude? If they were
good bills, by what sort of in.
tluence were they beaten? If they were
bad bills. then what sort Of influence Sc
cured their Introduction what motives
were behind them, and for what reason
were they permitted to Obstruct all other
action and be the subject Of consider
alton the majority Of the time These are
question which the legislature would have
found it hard to answer; but every man
can answer for himself. No citizen of Min
nesota visited the capitol Of his state
during the sitting, heard the talk in the
corridors. saw what was going on and
heard the chuckles of the LEG puller'' and
came away without suffocattng sense OF
humiliation and revolt. This legislature
was strictly modern and up-to-date No
predecessor could come into competition. u
The same cry comes up from all parts