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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
THE FREE PRESS NOW ISL

The following quotations are taken
from the introduction appearing on the
front page Of the Free Press, the first
number of which was issued last week.
Our readers will be interested only in
the proof conclusive as to the politics
of the new paper, and the six men who
are said to constitute it's directorate
The old Penny Press built up it's circula-
ton largely under false pretenses. To
Populists 1t claimed to be Populist
paper, to Democrats Democratic
sheet, and to free silver Republicans it
claimed to be the authoritative expon-
ent of their political doctrines. 1t fin
ally came to be recognized by Populists
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
THE KLONDIKE.

The most contradictory reports come
to us from Alaska. One week we are
told that the agent of the Rothschilds
declares that $1O0,OO0,OOO will me mined
there every year for 100 years, which
would revolutionize the business of the
as this:
DAWSON CITY, Northwest Territory.
Oct II, via Seattle, Dec. 7.-(COpyright, 1897,
by James Gordon Bennett. )-Nine out Of
ten of the men who have come to the
Yukon in the rush now wish they were back
home. They have learned that there are
no mines for them and that wages at SIS
a day are a myth.
1t should be borne in mind by all who
think of coming here that with all the pros
pecting that has been done by hundreds of
experienced men during the last ten years
only one discovery has been made Of ground
that will under present conditions pay large
profits, and that is on Bonanza and its trib-
utary, Eldorado creek
None who come here now may hope to
obtain mines on these creeks, except at ex-
orbitant prices. There have been many
stampedes for years along the Yukon upon
the reports of rich discoveries and all who
have joined in these rushes have been dis
appointed with the exception Of those who
There has been a rush to Munook creek
and locations are selling there for as much
as 5000 each This is all based fact
that one man found good prospect at the
bottom of a shaft last spring, and the fur
Their fact that food is more accessible there
than elsewhere.
1t is possible that Munools will turn out to
be another Eldorado, but no more probable
than that Coal creek, Mission creek Ameri-
can, Nation Henderson or a dozen others
will turn out rich The chances of finding
another creek as rich as Eldorado are very
small.
There is nothing left for those who are
now coming or are here and waiting for
some to start stampede to do but go
out prospecting or work for wages. Wages
will probably be 81 an hour. If they shall
be $3.50 an hour the mine owners say that
they will not employ many men. In winter
men can work but seven eight hours
DAY. Fifteen dollars Il day has seldom been
earned at wages except in a few summer
claims.
In this age of lies it is hard to tell
what is the truth. In the meantime we
think Minnesota is just as promising a
field for industry and enterprise as any
part of the world. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15

the direct examination. Being asked by tho
county attorney to relate various CONVEX
satiOns he had with Wflliam F. Bickel.
particularly with reference to the $500
note given to the bank by Miss Tanner.
the defendants sister-in-law. Mr.. Sheehan
related how Mr.. Bickel had told him that
a part of the proceeds Of the Tanner note.
known as states exhibit 6. had gone into
the campaign fund In behalf Of Congress>
man F. c. Stevens, and that another por-
ton Of the money had gone towards de-
fraying the expenses of the campaign for
Sheriff Chapel, City Treasurer Horst and
Mayor Doran.
This testimony was greeted with sig
nifcant smiles by every one. except the
county attorney. who plainly d!d not
relish it,
There were not less than half a mil
lion dollars spent, by the plutocrats last
year in Minnesota, and the smashing
of the banks, which occurred soon at
ter the election, was one of the results.
Fragments of the story are leaking out,
but the full account of the enormities
will never be known to the voters.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
GOOD TIMES.
Cutting Wages 10 Per Cent.

N1ANKATO. Mimi, Dec. S.-The Manka-
to knitting mills have assigned; liabilities
$4,000. assets unknown. The latter consist
of the knitting mill plant, stock, bills and
accounts The cause Of the failure is the
assignment few weeks ago Of ]. A. Will
lard, who was president Of the concern, and
who is heavy indorser Of knitting mills
notes. A. B. Motif was named as as
signee.
Blue Earth City, Minn.-Dearborn, the
leading and oldest merchant in this city,
has failed Assets and liabilities not yet
known.
Stevens Point VISA. J. Sherman, gen.
eral dry goods merchant, has assigned
The liabilities are 81 600, with equal assets.
The Bradley & Metcaf company and the
Mailer Albenberg Shoe company. Of Mil
waukee, are the principal creditors.
This shows that McKilley's prosper
ity is reaching the Northwest. A few
more lies will be necessary-but we
have got the men who are capable OF
them. {:
And in the East things are booming
downwards!
At Fall River, Mass, on the 9Th inst,
a general meeting of the cotton manu-
facturers was held and they voted unani-
mOusly to reduce wages in the mills CT
the city. It is understood THE CUT
WILL BE NOT LESS THAN TEN PEI.
CENT! 1t will go into effect January
list, and will affect $4,000 OPERATIVES
who are paid an aggregate weekly wage
Of $180,OO0. A strike will probably fol-
low.
The manufacturers say in excuse for
their act:
1.-The price Of print cloths for long time
has been the lowest in the history Of the
trade, while the demand has been only fair
Under these conditions the mills have been
selling at a loss, and the stock of goods
has been increasing. The committee OBJ
tanned the signature Of every manufac-
turer in the city, except one, who is un-
derstood to be d. A. Brayton, of the Dur
fee mill, private corporation. AS no re-
duction could be ordered without the con-
sent of every milk the committee decided
to report back to the association. This
was done at the general meeting today,
and the committee received the unanimous
approval of the associa ton upon it's sug-
gestion that a reduction be made"
These fools had not sense enough to
realize that contracting currency
means decreasing prices, and decreasing
prices means hard times; and that
neither high tariff nor hireling newspa-
pers can overcome that great natural
law.
A jackass is a stupid brute, but he
gradually comes to realize what a club
is, when applied to hts own back Even
New England will learn something yet.
l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15

as a sort of conglomerate or succotash
sheet.
The Free Press starts out under no
such false pretenses but openly avows
itself a straight Democratic organ in
language as follows, which tells the
whole tale and needs no comment:
So great has been the demand on the
part of the friends Of bimetallism in tho
Northwest for some paper to voice their
sentiments, and keep the forces In line,
that by a voluntary combination a few
active newspaper men, a majority Of whom
were formerly connected with the Evening
Press, have been impressed into service
upon The Free Press. which is to be oper-
ated under the guidance of six of the lead
Ing bimetallists of the Northwest. Hon.
Chas. A. Towne. of Duluth: Hon. T. p.
O'Brien OF South St. Paul; Hon. P. n.
Ringdal. Crookston: Major J. M. Bowler
Bird Island; E. S. Corser and Frank B.
Long. of Minneapolis.
1t will have no other policy than to sup
port the measures and principles enunc.a-
ted in the Chicago platform upon which
William ]. Bryan was nominated
In state matters it will stand by the
splendid campaign made by John Lind and
in local politics 1t will be for turning the
rascals out"
mat party winch InOmaS JelerSoii
founded. the party which Jackson revived
and made great, that party, II it remains
true to it's history is good enough for any
man; if it deserts them it can not be de-
feated too badly for It's own good and for
the good Of the whole people.
There must be no mistake. The Populist
party has had it's mission and its influence
1t helped the Democratic party to its pres
ent magnificent position as the defender
of the rights Of the people. But for the
influence and education directly traceable to
the Peoples Party the advance wing OF
the old Democracy. which is the present
Democratic party would not have been so
easily and triumphatntly victorious.
L. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
LET MINNESOTA ACT.

"a western editor has drafted an amend
ment to the game laws which provides
that book agents may be killed from Octo-
Der LIST to September list; spring poets from
February LIST to July LIST: scandal-mongers
from January list to December 81; UNI
brella borrowers, August LIST to November
LIST, and February 1st to May 1st while
every man who accepts paper two years.
but when the bill Is presented says II
never ordered it," may be killed on sight
without reserve or relief from valuation
or appraisement laws, and buried without
clergy benefits"
Excellent. That last clause especially.
No man would think of making the
same excuses for non-payment to a
grocer or butcher, that he will cheer
fully and promptly make to an editor.
The names of such dead-beats ought
to be published over, the whole world.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
A POPULIST GATHERING.
S-LCt All Hands Turn Ont.

A Mass Meeting mt ST. Paul Jan. and
5-Lct All Hands Turn Out.
We take great pleasure in publishing
In another column a call for an informal
gathering or mass meeting of Popu-
lists to be held in St. Paul at the time
of the F. A. and l. U. convention.
The credit for the energetic action
thus taken is due to Messrs. Foster,
Dukes and Hanley especially the lat
teri, members Of the committee ap-
pointed at Nashville. to help organic?
and revive the party; but with their
usual modesty those gentlemen prefer
that the call should be headed
by such members Of the state central
committee as approved of the meeting
They recognize the fact that their COM
mittee was not intended to supplant
but to supplement the regular state
committee; and only to push itself to
the front in case the regular committee
neglected or refused to act. In the
meantime they will do their best to give
1t so greatly needs, by forming clubs
wherever they can reach. They have
already done great deal in that di-
rection
The. fact that the call is made in this
way will greatly tend to cement and
solidify the party. We trust there wilt
be no wrangling or pickering at the
meeting. If any man attempts it let
him be suppressed. Let it be a gather
ing of those who are resolved that the
Peoples party must live and not de
and who want no fusion" with any
other party. An organization which
will not protect its own life does NOT
deserve to exist.
Let all hands turn out. 1t will be ::
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
EARLY PARTY ACTION.

In this issue we have given much
space to the discussion Of early, indie
pendent party action. On our third
page will be found call for mammoth
mass meeting Of Populists in st. Paul
on January 4th and 5th, for the further
consideration of this important ques-
ton, and a referendum decision in the
matter. The movement was initiated at
the recent St. Louis conference and has
received the sanction of most Of the
state central committee who have been
heard from, and also large number or
our most trusted and influential Popu-
list leaders. Patriotic and stirring let
tiers will be found in this issue from sew
eral of them, and we have many other
such letters crowded out for want OF
space
We earnestly urge our readers to
consider carefully all these letters. Our
party believes in the principles OF the
referendum We wish to act. not upon
the hasty conclusions of a few men, but
upon the thoroughly discussed and care
fully considered opinions of the major
ity. To find out the will Of the major
ity in this question is the object of this
meeting in st. Paul, and of these dis
cussions in the Representative.
At the meeting it is hoped that ev-
cry active working Populist In our state
will be heard from either in person or
by letter under his own signature. The
question is of vital interest to our par
ty, it goes to our very existence as
political organization, and no true Pop
ulist should neglect to consider these
arguments and at that meeting make his
will known.
We often condemn states and slate
making when we alone are to blame for
not appearing at the primaries. This
St. Paul meeting is a conference meet
ing in the nature of primary and no
prominent Populist is so poor that he
cannot at least find two cent stamp to
convey an expression Of his views to
that primary Let us have a full party
expression on the question of early In
dependent party action, and on the
question of an early nomination.
E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
GROWING.

Those Populists who are rejoicing at the
growth of POpulism, it must be conceded,
have some ground for their exuberance,
but it is not exactly the growth Of POpu-
lsm that accounts for the swelling of the
POpulist vote in Nebraska, and one or two
other localities. 1t is merely the more
complete conversion of Democracy.-St.
Paul Dispatch.
This is true. The old parties are
honey -combed with our principles.
At the close of the last session of the
legislature we were called upon TO
make speech, and we took advantage
of the opportunity to deliver an out
and-out Populist address. AS we mr.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
WE WILL REGRET 1T.

Our delinquent subscribers are pay
Ing up rapidly and the money is coming
in, in steady stream, but there ale
still some who are deaf to all our ap-
peals We hope they will not force us
to put on our fighting clothes and
to put their bills in the hands of
collection agency Costs and expenses
will follow. We have given you good
paper--be generous and pay up.
E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
SHE WAS TIRED OF LIFE.
A Dependent wife Tries to XIII Her
Sick Husband and Herself Because
They Mere Deaflfufe.

A Dependent Wife Tries to XIII Her
They Were Destitute.
BOSTON, Nov 15.-Frank Mclaughlin
and his wife. Mary, were found in IN
conscious condition in their home In South
Boston this morning. Both had been shot,
and both, it is thought, will de. The man
was revived by the physicians, who were
summoned, and in a short time was able
to talk. He informed the police that his
wife had shot him while he was asleep
and that she had afterwards attempted to
kill herself. Mclaughlin. who is in the ad-
vanced stage Of consumption had been or
dered to the hospital today. The police be-
leve that his wife. driven to desperation.
decided to end both their lives. They
had lived in abject restitution, and there
only a single piece OF bread In their
rooms. Two months ago child was born
to the couple and died at the age OF two
weeks, and the event seemed to weigh
heavily on the woman's mind. They had
been married about year.
This is dreadful picture OF wretch
edness; the husband dying of consump-
ton, probably induced by insufficient
nourishmcnt, the baby dead, probably
from the same cause; the wife desperate,
rushing lHtO Cuo GRAVE LII JOY anu
shelter.
And this in a new country, 100 years
old, with 7O,OOO,O0 people, AID which
ought to support 7OOOOO,OOO. The men
who raise the food and the men who
should consume it alike trembling on
the verge Of bankruptcy; some OF them
over the verge into the abyss of starva-
ton. -
CAN ANYBODY RECALL ANY
THING LIKE THIS IN I his COUNTRY
BEFORE THE YEAR 1873 WHEN SILL
YER WAS DEMONETIZED?
If they can, give us day and date ana
place, and name.
We know we are down. That tells III
how we fell. l. u.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
why This Haste to Nominated

We have barely emerged from a ma
tional contest that rent our party into
factions before we are urged to hasten
to the selection of delegates for an
other national convention to he held
next spring. Therefore 1 ask, why this
our party can heal, unite and act to-
gether? Why call a convention that
would represent only a faction and not
the party? Why cook this dinner two
years before it is to be eaten?
Not only is this scheme unwise, but
associate with it Is another even more
injudicious, viz: the nomination Of
Wharton Barker. The two schemes 60
together, SO l hasten to ask, why pass
by the tried leaders of the party to greet
the untried?
If you must nominate your candidate
now, why pass by Watson, Burkitt, Don
nelly, Norton, Taylor and other men
equally as competent as Mr.. Barker:
Are we to show our ingratitude by pass
ing by the old leaders who came into
the movement at the beginning, to take
another who came in at the eleventh
hour, after it became possible that he
might be made the presidential can
didate7
WHY PASS BY WATSON,
the one Alliance congressman in the
South who dared to stand up and chal-
leDge the Democracy of that section and
prove that Alliance principles meant
PCpulism? Is he not the gallant knight
who stood for the rights of the people
in congress, exposing the hypocrisy OF
the politicians? Is he not a writer and
orator unsurpassed by Mr.. Barker? Has
he not earned the honor7
How we'll l remember his speech at
Nashville during the nat1onaI campaign.
The great hall was filled with Demo-
Gratis. The very atmosphere was sur
charged with bitterness and hostility
against him. But as he bravely pro-
ceeded, the angry waves Of resentment
subsidized. The great audience, tense,
critical, followed him through illustra-
ton, application, premise and concu-
sion until personalities disappeared
like the sands under the inrushing tide,
and at last, swayed like waving wheat
In the wind, the great audience, moved
by such eloquence, such pathos, such
stirring appeal to their patriotism, rose
like one man and the hall trembled
with the prolonged applause the Georgl
an orator had evoked. 1t was a gre;.e
triumph we'll earned. Had he been the
Democratic candidate instead of Sewall,
with the prestige Of that nomination,
BRYAN AND WATSON.
would have gone down in history as
the greatest orators of this generation.
Shall we pass by genius and power like
this? II 50, why? He can poll the last
middle Of the road vote. Can Mr.
Barker do that?
Shall we pass by the noble Frank
Burkitt, who stands at the head OF the
Reform Press Association, who has led
the fight so CALAMITY and whom every
body loves? Shall we pass by Texas
and the other Southern states, with
their scores OF able leaders, and come
North? II so, why? But ii you do,
why pass by Colonel Norton, that loyal
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
HOW WE ARE QEATEN.

1t looked last year as if Hon. Joh.s.
Lind would certainly be elected govern
or. Every now and then things lea.
out which show how the people wer.
corrupted and right defeated. Here Is
one of them from the st. Paul Globe.
of a day or two ago:
"Some Republican campaign methods
were disclosed in the Bickel trial yes
terday. T. D. Sheehan, one of the re-
ceivers Of the Minnesota Savings bank,
who was on the stand nearly all day.
was obliged to make the revelation on
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
THE TWIN CITIES.

The amount Of suffering among the
poor OF st. Paul and Minneapolis =
steadily increasing, and we are told tha;
the applications for relief are greater
than they have ever yet been at this
season of the year.
The shameful swindle of the goldbugs
is playing itself out to it's legitin -
conclusion. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
A LESSON FROM NATURE.

Fusion of the Peoples party with
the Democratic party is like the union
of the drone with the queen bee. He
ravs with his life for his momentary
qualification, but the queen is then
ready to breed more Democratic bees
by the wholesale. The drone Is a fool
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
WANTED.
A Chance for a Pop Paper.

A good Populist paper is badly need
ed at the town Of Park Rapids, MIMI
This is beautiful village of 1900 pop
ulation, in Hubbard county, in a rich
and prosperous section of the state.
Address for particulars, J. Y. Smith,
Park Rapids, MINI. Hubbard county
is Populist, and this gives good chance
for county patronage. Half the old par
ty members are for free silver.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15
STILL ANOTHER.

CHICAGO, Dec. S.-Horton, Gilmore, Nc
Williams & Co., wholesale hardware deal
ers, 172-176 Lake street, assigned to the
Illinois Trust and Savings bank. Labili-
ties. 100000; assets, $4,000.
So much prosperity becomes monot-
OnOus.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-12-15

highly interesting occasion; and the re-
duced railroad rates will give a great
many an opportunity to visit the twin
cities which they are not likely to pos
sess again for some time.
Come one, come all. I. D.
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