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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10
A THIEvING OPERATION.

Clerk OF the Court Makes $3.50 in One Day by
the Constitutional Amendment in Reference
to Citizenshir-It Was v:llainous Scheme to
Plumber the People.
Editor Representative:
Again | must intrude upon your
time with a letter and a few suggcS-
tions. this time in behalf. mainly, and
at the request Of the old soldier COM
rades; but also in the interest of
very large number Of our poor BROTH
erS. now practically DISTINGUISHED by
the constitutional amendment in ref
errnce to citizenship; and who can i'll
afford, in these times, to spare two
dollars, to pay an already welI-paid
clerk OF the court for their full Citi-
Gems papers.
When | came to the county-seat.
last Thursday, to mail my last letter,
l found that abominable excuse of
humanity, that embodiment OF
llutocracy in general. the Hon. 10
Francis Caldwell, who poses as the
Judge OF the eight Judicial district,
holding a special term of court, to en-
able people to get their full citizens
plpcrS. The young slick scamp who
has held the tffi:e OF district clerk
ever since, and even before he became
Of age, first as Democrat and then
as a Republican,; and who, by his valu-
able services as a political wire work.
or and manager OF the combine was
honored with an appointment on the
Republican state central committee.
as the Hon. Jacob GiSh. OF lie Suer
county, was also in attendance and
poke ted $55U in one day. for his valu-
able service and he has already esti-
mated that his haul from that source
will amount to 81, 500 over and above
his regular pay as clerk of the district
court.
This is an outrage upon the people
and should be remedied Immediately
by act of the Legislature; and you
should frame and introduce the meas
ure, by reducing the fec to 80 cents
Tor each paper iss ued, which alone
would save the people of an enormous
amount, and would yet pay the slick
clerks we'll for their trouble.
Then further the same act should
provide that an honorable discharge
OF any soldier, who served in the
Union Army, between the dates Of
April Is, 1861, and April 8, 1865. shall
be considered as prima-facie evidence
Of his full citizenship: or if that can
not lie done. then provide that such
ex- Union soldiers upon full and salts
factory proof or SuCD service snail re-
cciye their full citizens papers free
Of any charge" upon application to
any court.
You, as Lieut. Governor in those
days Of peril, who can speak from ex-
perience Of what sacrifices those men
made to save the country, should take
that matter in hand Immediately, and
show up the injustice of now trying
| to disfranchise them by making those
OF foreign nationality swear over
again the same oath Of allegiance
they had to swear upon entering the
service land many Of them again at re-
enlistment, and then at this late date
charge them two dollars for the in
suit 'fitfT E
Try your best, brother, for the old
soldier even if many of them we're
hostile to us at the late election, as
also many Of the working men, show
them that our sympa thies are with
those who work for living and are
deserving Of Il EN-
Peter Shippman.
LIE Sueur Center, MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10
"ADD A STEP FORWARD"
II the Sword Is Too Short.

THE Sword Is Too Short.
Editor Representative:
The Spartan Fathers answer to his
sou when he complained, his sword
was too short, add to it q step for
ward" are applicable in every station
OF our lives, and justly so in the re-
form movements; for although short
in purse in the last campaign, it was
made up for in hard work at close
quarters; for had not the Republicans
had their immense campaign fund
the gold standard would have been
showed under. When we look at the
heavy vote cast for what we will call
the reform ticket, we can not doubt
the Intelligence Of the PEOPLE. They
know full we'll that we are proceeding
on a downward course, and crossing
the sea Of time as it were. on a bridge
as perilous as that over which Ma.
hornets followers are said to enter
Paradise.
Greed, like Aaron rod, is swallowing
up everything in sight; and on that
great-Gold-gate, (the United States
on Nov. 3rd, the gold bought power,
crucitied, as it were. the Peoples Party
principles that would have redeemed
the unfortunate people OF our land. =
Miserable indeed Is the lot of the
poOr;-a weary, struggling, self-deny-
ing life, and often solitary. death.
God grant US courage and patience to
meet our troubles bravely. ''@
Lihcrty!-it may be; buried for four
years; but he who eomyn1agndsd the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10
AN EARNEST WORKER.
He Believes in the Omaha Platform Disguised
With the Rest, With the Skalewags that Sold
Out the Party at St. Louis.

He Believes in the Omaha Platform-Dlsgusted
With the Rest, With the Skalewags that Sold
Out the Party at St. Louis.
Editor Representatives:
l would like TO have the many read
erS OF your valuable paper, Tie REP
KEsENTATIvE, express their views up
on what follows: .t~1lf
In view OF the fact that ninety five
per cent OF the business is done upon
credit, the inevitable result of the
government leading the credit card
early in the COS, to which play the
people have necessarily followed suit,
until suit is nearly exhausted, would
it not be wisdom for the proposed con-
ference to consider we'll the necessity
of adding the following to the Omaha
platform. We demand that the gov.
eminent prohibit the use of credit in
it's business:
AS no government or organization
ever continued, save by might, with
out an organic law, make the Omaha
platform The organic law OF the party,
Interchangeable except at delegate
convention called for. the purpose said
delegates to vote on proposed changes
as Instructed by their constitute ncy.
This would give the rank and file
last and all the time.
And now ii leaders will get togeth-
err, add to the Omaha platform tine
planks heretofore indicated and make
it the organic law OF the party. l will
stand by it as long as life lasts.
But ii they refuse to do it and wait
for the presidential conditions to
make platforms, for one shall with
draw my support, believing that par
ties, whether old or new, are the pro-
duct Of place-hunters.
Now, Mr.. Donnelly, you will per-
ceiye that l want you to have your
little ewe-lamb. l would breathe into
its nostrils the breath Of everlasting
life. l would have it grow into 4
great M Juntain that would ill the
whole earth with its glory.
e. J. White.
Chchaiis, MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10
Sterling Center, Mimi.
THE LEGILATURE.

The opponents OF DarWiniSm who
have searched the movements OF mat
ter for evidence to combat the theor-
les OF evolution have in the Legisla-
ture. the governing force of the social
structure, witness to their their
threadworn claims. Everything else,
from the tiniest atom to the largest
Spheroid that travels space, is the
child Of transition. Even the brain
OF man, who plays the part Of law
maker, is directed by the same inviol-
able rule.
1t is barely possible that this leth-
argy in the state is caused by the dead
blood that courses its veins.
The differen ce between Legislatures
is in the imagination. For instance,
the people Of free America pay as
much tribute to Caesar as do the peo-
pie of Russia, where the tsibute is
forced from them at the point Of a
bayonet. There is no difference in
tribute; the d .fference is in the per-
is made by law; we build palaces for
one crowd and prisons for the other.
Again, think of the Reichstag detied
by the German Emperor, and then
think Of Congress bowling to an in
significant pettifogger shielded by the
position Of cabinet office.
The Minnesota Legislature is but a
reflection Of other bodies Of its kind.
II the Ghost Of the first Assembly
that ever made laws for the people Of
earth could stumble in during one of
these sessions it would be familiarly
impressed with the proceedings. 1t
would find ques tions as momentous as
those that disturbed its own time;
symptoms Of the commissions that pre-
cipitated that day into everlasting
night. And il it were to rise in it's
place and intimate that the emer-
gency would not be met, it would call
forth a volume OF censure that would
resound through space indefinite.
Silenc, is golden when dignity is to
be maintained.
The possibilities are preserved
for the next generation, while the
guardians OF order parley over the
triyalitieS Of official spoils and the
petty honors that 60 with them.
The spectacle Of opportunity being
consumed in conflagration, kindled
by official negligence, remains one of
what Hugo said Of the communists
who destroyed the libraries Louvre,
that the reason they burned them
because they could not read Them"
Frank r. Smith.
La Crescent, MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10
Stockholm, Mimi.
A GLOOMY VIEW.
Editor Representative.

Editor Representative.
l enclose 5 to renew my Subscrip-
tion and to help along the good work
in which you are unseiiishly engaged.
The gloomy views OF the situation
which l wrote you one year ago have
been justified. l think, by events
since then. Candor compels us to
admit that we are making no progress
toward reforming the world. No hon
est person, whether rich or poor. is
satisfied with the present social and
political conditions, and yet the his
tory Of the United States conclusively
proves that even under the most IA
vorablc conditions fallible man is I'M
able to establish and maintain a sys-
tenn OF just and equita ble rela tions be-
tween man and man. Sooner or later
all will recognize the fact that moth
ing short Of Omnipotent Power can
deliver us from the manifold evils
under which we now suffer. That
this Omnipotent Power will in due
time be manifested l firmly believe.
but the resulting publication of the
social and political systems will entail
al amount Of suffering and distress
such as has never been experienced
because the disease has become SO
deeply seated as to make it inevita BILE.
Just as in the case Of an individual
whose body has become impregnated
with poisons because OF long continued
violations OF the laws of health can
only be restored by enduring the suf
fering aud distress necessary to a
cleansing Of the system, so the body
polite can only be purified by passing
through a time OF trouble such as has
never been known. But fallible man
whose we'll meant efforts to cure the
patient have been SO persistent and
yet so futile. must now give place to
the great physician to whom every
knee must bend and every tongue con-
TESS. TO all such as see this by the
eye Of faith the dark clouds which
now beset US have silver lining, and
they repeat as especially applicabl BILE
now the favorite Bible quotation of
A braham Lincoln: "Stand still and be-
hold the salvation Of the Lord!'
VIM. Webb.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10

dead arise still lives, and at the end
OF that period, the call will 90 forth,
and the multitudes will again listen
to the magic words, which wilt ring
like the words spoken from Mount
Sinai. Liberty arise! He will command
the people to remove the stone from
the entrance. This stone is the gold
standard government. 1t will not be
accomplished by the sword. or by
main strength. but by the ballot.
We believe the Peoples Party prin-
ciples are destined to be the means to
the end that 1.-THE government of the
people, by the people, and for the pe0-
pie shall not perish from the earth. !"
H. L. Sand.
Stockholm, Mimi.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10
La Crescent, MINI.
JENKINS REPLIES TO HARPER.

He Believes in Standing In the Middle-of- the
Road.
Editor Representative.
Our friend A. II. Harper takes ex-
ception to commun cation Of mine
which appeared in your issue Of Dec.
23d.
l believe in a Reform party making
a declaration of principles as we did
at Omaha and standing ON the plat
form as we did in 1894. when we went
down in honorable defeat, not surren-
dering our principles and playing Sec
ond fiddle to the Democracy as we did
in 1896 when we went down in ig-
nominious defeat.
l have no more use for Free Silver
Democrat Bryan and Free-Siiver Re
publican Lind, than l have for gold
standard Mckinley. and gold-stand-
ard Clough. l came out of the Demo-
cratic party and no gang OF shysters
by capturing cur conventions can ever
hand me back. This talk about free
coinage OF silver being the panacea
makes ME weary.
The Bard of Avon wrote:
Diseases desperate grown.
BY desperate appliances are relieved,
Or not at all"
j. f. Jenkins.
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10
REPRESENTATIVE LETTERS.
Edw. Waldref, Of Logan, N. D., re-
news for year and writes: Stick by
the Omaha platform or count me out"

Edw. Waldref, Of Logan, N. D., re.
news for year and writes: Stick BY
the Omaha platform or count me out"
John Drury, of Franklin, Mimi.
sends 81. no and writes: March shout
der to shoulder and keep in the middle
of the road, and we will march to VIC
tory in 1900. The people will have
enough Of confidence by that time"
j. e. Cook, Of Argyle, Mimi, RENTS
for year and says: 1--WE must stick
to the middle OF the road and try to
hold the fort for another two years,
when l feel certain we will be rein
forced by enough honest men from
the enemy's ranks to make the PEG.
PIES party power in the land with
out fusion with either OF the old par.
ties. Our fusion ticket last fall elected
Mckinley. The Peoples party backed
up by the Omaha platform alone can
carry US to victory"
NJ PattsOn, of Cormorant, MIMI.
sends US a club and promises another
very soon.
A. Noreliss, Of Kiron. Iowa, sends 81
and writes: Glad to see that the
pa per is for the Middle of-the- road and
no fusion"
S. A. Fishe. Valley City. n. D., says:
What Garrison's literature was to
the black slave in the old pro- slavery
days, Donnclly's REPRESENTATIVE il
to tile white slave Of 1897. Surely it IL
worth one dollar year to read every
week the truthful, burning words Of
the Garrison Of today"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10

Ia and so make them an executive
executive force in this country. We
want the best formula with a view to
the best results. How say urher read
ers of THE REPREsBNfAT1vR:S Yours.
QUITMAN Brown.
Yuma, Colorado. - -ses~,...,- > --
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10
This is the way a Georgia n

This is the way Georgia man
stopped his paper:
Mr.. Editur:-I think peple autent
tn spend their muney fur papers mi
daddy didn't and everybody sed he
Wus the intelligenest man ia the ken
try and had the Smartest family of
boys that ever dug taters.-Atlanta
Constitution.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10

cornmeal and meat and directed me to
write to the different state presidents of
the Farmers Union. We need provisions,
not money. and would be glad Of any as
sistanoen yoAv eQpl@ conveniently give us.
Yours, ]. H. FLOURNOT.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10
Minneapolis, MINI.

''They send no glittering statements out
Whom q bank goes to smash in China
To show tina t it's solvent eyond doubt,
When bank goes to smash in China;
But they take great big cheese knife in
stead
And amputate the presidents head;
And banks seldom fail In China"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10
Edited by j. G. HANLEY.
State Secretary,

At St. Paul Mr.. J. p. White will re-
ceiye subscriptions for The REPRE-
SENTATIVE, at his un1ce, 249 No. East
Eighth street.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10

West Monroe, La Jan. q, 1897
L. c. Long, Magnolia, Minn.-Your favor
of Jan Is just at hand. There are Ii
parishes (counties) in this state that utter
ly failed in raising food crops by reason OF
the drouth that lasted all summer, some
thing never before happening here. AS the
paper report that the Northwest raised
extra food crops, Onachita Union thought
that perhaps the Northwest would be able
to help our people some in the way Of
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10

had taken great pains to prepare
comprehensive bill. and the house
should have an opportunity to discuss
- o~~~S
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10

A. Noreliss, Of Kiron. Iowa, sends 81
and writes: Glad to see that the
paper is for the Middle of.the-road and
no fusion"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10

An Impoverished people Is the best
sign OF prosperous banking system.
The franchises granted by our vari-
Gus national, state and municipal leg
iSlative bodies, now comprises one
fourth Of all wealth OF the United
States, but while they are wealth Civ
en- by the peoples representatives. to
individuals and private corporations,
and are used to tax the people ''all the
traffic will bear" they return to the
public, as such, no benefits. They
drain wealth. not distribute it. and
this vice bescts every grant OF special
privileges. In view OF the obnoxious
purposes Of grants of special privi-
leges, the Omaha platform declared
in favor OF equal rights to all: spe-
cial privileges to 'none," and it is by
this declaration that the space filled
in history by the PopuliSt party will
finally be measured. A partial remedy
for vicious legislation may be found
in making every legislator, state and
municipal, c.villy and criminally liza
BILE for abuse OF trust or to any or eth
er OF their constituents, and by ex-
tending the same liability to ali pub
Tic officers and persons charged with
the execution of a trust.
Space forbids detailed statement
OF all that PoruliSm stands for, but
from the foregoing and the broad
Statement OF the Omaha platform we
may accurately calculate the party
movement in relation to any other
qucs ton. The tentative propositions
advanced aboYe are only in te nded to
give executive force to ropuiism and
should not be pressed Il moment after
O more effective. proposition covering
the same subject is suggested. We
are all popuiists on the general prop
ositions Of the Omaha and other plat
forms, but It Is quite a different thing
to give these principles legal !ormu.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-10

We must again ask our friends not to
ship in their produce without first writ
ing. Some of our patrons shipped in a car
of hay over week ago and we have no
knowledge who the party is. Please send
along letter if you intend shipping any
goods to U.S.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-27
wnAISro Dc.

There Is comfort In tho knowledge 10 often
expressed, that DIR. Kilmer's Swamp. Rect,
the great kidney remedy fulnIls every wish
In relieving pain in the back kidneys, liver
bladder and every part Of the urinary pas.
ssges. 1t corrects inability to hold urine
and scalding pain In passing II, or bad effect
following use OF liquor, wine or beer and
overcomes that unpleasant necessity of be.
Ing compelled to get mp many times during
the night to urinate. The mild and extra
ordinary effect OF Swamp Root Is soon real
lied. II stands the highest for Its wonderful
cures Of the most distressing cases. II you
need q medicine you should have the best.
Sold by druggists price fifty cents and one
dollar. For a sample bottle and pamphlet
both sent free by mail. mention THE EVEN.
ING TRIBUNE and send your full rostoffice
address to DIR. Kilmer a Co., Binghanton, ".
Y. The proprietors of this paper guarantee
the genuineness OF this offer.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-27
where All the Trouble Started.

She-Do you think, at the rate woman
II progressing, that tho time will ever CONS
when she will treat the man, instead Of the
man treating herr
He-I hope not. That was what got the
whole human race into trouble-Eve's . set
.ting uu the apples 10 Adam.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-27
HOW TO Find OUT.

FIJI bottle or common glass with urine
and let It stand twenty-four hours; = sedi.
ment or settling indicates a diseased cont
dition OF the Kidneys. When urino stains
linen II Is positive evidence of kidney
trouble. Toe frequent desire to urinste or
pain in the back, Is also convincing proof
that the Kidneys and bladder are sut OF
order.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-27
sweet sarcnsm.

Esther-whst do you think of my en-.
gogement ring, dear?
Eunicc (sweetly) - It In beauty
and IL fits just as though IL were made
for you, love.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-27

II suppose your brother is a good
zeal stuck on his new bicycle, isn't he,
Tommy?"
Not very well. sir. He's just learn
in'."-Chicapo Tribune.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-27
SeoOnA-Hand.

Mrs. Bricabrac-Oh, mercy, Bridget,
how could you have broken that
precious vasel It was 400 years old.
Bridget (calmly)-Oh, II 1t was an
ould thing like that, yez can take IL out
av me next weeks wages.-N. Y. Truth.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-27

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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
COTTON TRUST NEXI.|
A Genuine Sensation Sprung by the
Progressive Farmer.
10 MAKE COTTON BALES ROUND
A New Scheme Which Will REQUIRE
the Combined Efforts of Planters to
Defeat.

The Progressive Farmer, the o, gan of
the National Farmers Alliance, pub
lished at Raleigh, N. c., has the follow
ing:
eve have just learned of a gigantic
and diabolical combine about to be
effected to control the price of cotton.
''The plan is to secure charters and
establish gins with compress attach
ments at as many points as possible in
the cotton States. The bales are to be
round instead of square. Cotton buy.
ers Will cooperate and force farmers to
have their cotton ginned at these new
gins by refusing to pay as much for cot
ton put IN the ordinary way. This will
compel the present owners of gins to 60
out of business.
"The railroads will haul round bales
1 cheaper than square bales. The cotton
seed oil mills will like the new gins
and congresses, be located mainly or
railroad lines, and the seed men will
always be on hand to get bargains, az
: many farmers would sell seed cheaper
: rather than haul them long distanc,
q home
go defeat this scheme it will requir,
81 the united efforts of all the farmers II
g the cotton States. It is probable ap
a plications will be made for charters TO
y such enterprises in the present ant
q all legislatures held in the near fu
81 tire "
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-02-10
TILLMAN'S AMENDED BILL.
1t Has Been Ordered Reported TO th
United States Senate.

Senator Tillman's bill to meet the Su-
preme Court decision on the South
Carolina dispensary law, has been
amended in committee, and ordered re
ported to the Senate. This bill gives
the State absolute police power in in
|specting all liquors Intoxicating OF
liquids imported into State. as if
hey had been produced in such State,
and stipulates that they shall not be ex-
empt by reason of being introduced into
a State in original, or other packages
for private use, or otherwise. One OF
The more important amendments agreed
TO gives State control of such liqnors
within its borders by whosoever pro-
4 luced, and for whatever use imported,
and without regard to the manner OF
4 sale provided by State or Territcry
The act doe. not interfere with the rev
enue laws, CT liquor or liquids in tran
lit through State or Territory.