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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12
A NEW VIEW.
The WarliL1c Spirit the Natural ,
Enemy of the Tricks of the Money

The WarliI1c Spirit the Natural
Power.
There is no accounting for human
tastes. The day Fitzsimmons reached
Denver the crowds that greeted him
were calculated to make one think that
perhaps the Hon. William Jennings
Bryan had reached the city in compli-
ance with well advertised plans. On
the same day one Of the nations great
est literary geniuses landed at the Union
depot and was met by half a dozen kim
dred spirits who conducted him quietly
to the Brown Palace hotel. The COM
parison seems discouraging, and the
only way to get any consolation out of
the comparison is to recall the fact that
the educated and refined, while valiant
and patriotic, are not demonstrative.
The chances are that, in case of war,
where the pugnacity of man Ias-an op-
pOrtunity to vent itself, the educated
and refined would turn out a hundred
people willing to fight for their country,
while the crowd that followed Fitzsim-
mons four-horse carriage would turn
out a beggarly dozen. Courage is one
thing and brutality another. To illus
trate this point, we are reminded of a
little incidlNt of the war. Myron Reed,
Denver's greatest preacher, went to the
war, a mere STRIPPING of boy and in
the same company with him went Hills
dale's most notorious bully. At the bat
tie of Shiloh Reed and this bully
marched side by side. The bully was a
natural born brute without the knowl-
edge of fear, and as they were going
into the engagement the bully noticed
Reeds paleness and trembling, and,
turning to him, he said, You're scared,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12
The Same Old England.


Those Americans who profess to feel,
or really do feel, that they never can
look Christian England in the face
again because the United States senate
has shown cynical want of faith in
Great Britain's desire to abandon war
for arbitration, may cheer up. The
senators are not the only people III the
world who are of the opinion that
England has not yet risen to moral
plane where violence and craft are alb
horrent to her. Notwithstanding her
edifying Willingness to put us under
bonds to keep the peace, she is still the
same old England, ready to fight for
what she wants if it is not to be had
in any other way, and what she wants
is owned by feeble people.
The Beers Of the Transvaal having
defeated Jameson's scheme for stealing
their country, they must be punished,
and, of course, plundered. England is
profoundly indignant at the Beers for
successfully defending themselves
against the various British attacks up
on them and their property. "The drift
toward war with the Transyaal," the
London dispatches say, "is heartily vel
coined by most classes, and even the
Liberals seem anxious for an outbreak
of hostilities in South Africa Mr.
Jerome X. Jerome, who does not num-
ber hypocrisy among his Anglo-Saxon
virtues, says in his paper, Once a Week:
'By all means let us fight and win
the Transvaal We are going to fight
for gSld mines and territory, if they
cannot be got without fighting. Every
nation has to play the pirate at times
and let us play boldly when we do and
trust to Mr.. Chamberlain to see flags
of truce kept out of the soldiers bag
gage. Thrice the Beers have seen the
flag of England hoisted on a stick, and
always white. 1t is time to prove we
have a colored flag"
Unfortunately for the Beers, there is
no Monroe doctrine to stand between
them and the practical aggressions OF
Christian England-no great republic
hard by to hold up staying hand, as
in the case of Venezuela. If there We're
the eagerness of Christian England to
arbitrate with that republic would move
the Quakers thereof to ecstasies of SEN
timental joy at the incoming of the era
when universal peace is to reign and
war shall be no more Christian Eng
land has as many faces as she has pos
sible enemies. Contrast the ferocious
one she turns toward the Beers with
the mild, benignant and truly pious
countenance she presents to us-N. Y.
Journal.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12

into the Democratic camp. The whole
power of the state government, with it's
servile retinue of officials and appoint
ees could debauch the Populist conven-
tion with threats of official disfavor
and with seductive offers of place and
Office, and thus obtain spurious in
dorsement of the fusion program, but
the stalwart and inflexible rank and
file stood firm and unbroken, and would
not join their treacherous leaders In
their betrayal and desertion of the
great cause that had brought them to-
gether to battle for the rights of the
people.
And SO it happened that the non
descript army that bore upon it's ban
ners no lofty inspiration or high moral
appeal to heroic action, could not face
the foe, and were so easily swept from
the field of combat. The Populists of
Omaha, therefore, urge the true and
faithful everywhere, and especially in
the state of Nebraska, to reform The line
and reorganiZe the forces for the ap-
preaching conflict. We must wage the
fight all along the line. The war-cry
should be Down with Traitors and
Death to Treason" The people have
already passed far beyond the silver
issue-the battle ground of 1896 The
next great political contest of 1900 will
have to be fought out with the main
planks Of the Populist platform con-
stituting the issues of the campaign.
Any attempt to repeat the folly of 1896,
will end in dismal failure and dire Gis-
aster. The people are alive to the re-
cessity of radical measures in order to
prepare the way for safe and permanent
prosperity. Arouse! then, ye veterans
of our great cause. Rally to the stan
dard and guard it against the polluted
touch and sacrilegious desecration of
the political vandals and bandits who
have crept into the sacred sanctuary
of our political faith, and who would
again steer our proud vessel with its
precious cargo, upon the rocks and
breakers. A. A. PERRY,
WILL FELBER, President
Secretary.
Dated Omaha, May 1, 1897.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12
WHEN MARY WINDS THE CLOCK.

When sash and door are fastened tight,
The fire banked down with ashes white,
And every pot and pan set right,
Then whir-r-r
The weights go uD with buzz and burr
AS Mary winds the clock at night
A cozy sound, a charmi lg sight,
There in the corners dusky lsht-
The grave old clock, the maiden slight.
AS Whir-r-r,
Ihe weights go uD with buzz and burr.
When Mary winds the clock at night.
Each day my darling. in Gods sight.
Keeps home and hearth and spirit bright.
Redeeming every moments flight
Then whir-r-r
The weights go up with buzz AMI burr.
As Mary winds The clock at night.
Oh dear, old-fashioned. pure delight
or love to ancient uses plight
housekeeping in cottage white
Where Whir-r-r,
The weights go up with buzz AMI burr
AS Mary winds the clock at right
James Buchanan, in Laslie's Weekly.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12

arnt you?" "Yes,' replied Reed; 'if you
were one-half as scared as I am you
would be running like the devil"
The crowd that followed the hero of
Carson City howled and cheered itself
hoarse, many poor, broken-down
tough succumbed to the hypnotic
spell that Fitzsimmons exercised over
him and threw his twenty-five cents in
silver into Fitzsimmons' carriage, lit
tie dreaming that he and his ignorant
seems to be in the very air, viz: de-
sire to either fight or worship fighters.
This spirit of pugnacity may be re-
garded as sort of physic wave sweep
ing over the universe that bodies no
good for the peace, happiness and con-
tentment of the arrogant and inf1uen-
tial, who believe in the divine rights of
kings and the exalted rights of prop
erty.
From the beginning of time every
now and then mankind measures bray
cry by physical force; and the begin
ming of such an era now corresponding
with the gladiators of Rome, means
the downfall of unsatiated aggrandize-
ment. The man who can read and feel
public sentiment today realizes in an
exhibition like the one we refer to, as
the beginning of the end. We do not
utter this in pessimistic vein, be-
cause we know that what Pope uttered
is Whatever is is right
AS deplorable as bloodshed may seem
history reveals the fact that no very
great reformation was ever brought
about without it. 1t is possible our civ
ilization is high enough to bring about
the changes needed without war, but
we do not believe it, and this idolatry
we see on all hands for plug-uglies en-
gagged in prize fighting is a natural re-
suit of the state Of society and may be
taken as not at all discouraging. Out
of it will come good.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12
The Populists of Omaha to their com.
patriots throughout the country.

Fusion is dead in Omaha. It received
its final quietus on April TO- If fusion
could possibly succeed at the poles, it
had every condition favoring the same
In the recent municipal campaign. The
head Of the Republican ticket was con-
cededly as weak a candidate as conld
have been placed in the field. A large
detection of the Republican forces was
enlisted in the cause Of the Popocratic
ticket, and battled bravey to carry the
day for said ticket. The Republican
mayor Of the city, together with most
of his official force, gave aid and COM
fort to the fusion combination. Even
the weather was propituous for their
success, but, notwithstanding all this.
the verdict of the people was decisive
against the unholy, spoil-seeking alli-
ance. The rank and file of the Popn-
lists could neither be coaxed nor driven
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12
POpU1ist Resigns n Chairma IN D.

Guthrie, Okla, April 12.-Leo Vincent
has resigned the craftsmanship of the
Populist party of Oklahoma. He was a
a delegate to congress and the free sill
yer legislature were elected last fall
Since the legislature adjourned he has
branded it as "a shameful failure" and
he now declares fusion to be only a
means by which Democracy swallows
Popuiism. Vincent was for many years
Populist leader in Kansas.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12
WHEN SNOW IS ON THE PRAIRIES,

WHEN SNOW IS ON THE PRAIRIE
When the snow is on the prairie
An the drift is in the cut,
An life gets a trifle dreary
JOggin' in the same old rut.
Nothing like good old fiddle
Takes the wrinkles out O. things;
There's the chirp O. larks and robins
In the twitter ov 'er strings.
When the whizzin', roarin' blizzard
Is a shuttin' out the day,
An the balmy breath ov summer
Seems a thousand years away,
You can start the caves a drippin'
With the tinklin' ov 'er strings;
You kin hear the water bubblin'
From a dozen dancin' strings.
Rub the bow across the rosin,
Twist the peg and sound your A;
There'll be bobolinks a clinkin'
When you once being to play;
Bees'll waller in tn clover,
Blossoms whisper in the sun;
All the world a runnin' over
With the sunshine an the fun.
Git the gals an boys together,
"Pardners all for a quadrille,"
Cheeks aglow with frosty weather,
Hearts that never felt a chill;
Youth and music never weary,
Tho they meet in hall or hut
When the snow is on the prairie
An the drift is in the cut.
''Sashy by an s'lute yer pardners,
Sashy back an how dye do!"
Everybody's feelin' funny,
And the fiddle feels it too.
Out O. doors the storm may sputter.
But within the skies are bright,
Pansies peekin' out, an butter
Cups a bobbin' in the light,
o, the joy of healthful pleasure! ''
O, the trip of tireless feet!
While the fiddle fills each measure
With it's music wild and sweet:
Giants Ov sun the shadows vary.
Though from out the world we're sh
When the snow is on the prairie
An the drift is in the cut.
Mortimer c. Brown in Yankton G.
Zette
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12

On every occasion by the alleged Demo-
cratic president. Republicans were ap-
pointed to the best Offices and to all in
tents and purposes the administration of
Cleveland was a Republican one. A
change to Harrison was an easy matter
There was little difference in the finan-
cial policies OF the two administrations.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12
THE SENATE.
(Written for the GlObe.)
In days of old

(Written for the GlObe)
In days of old
When Tories bold
Were pleading for Senate"
Ben Franklin rose
In homespun clothes,
And raised his voice ag'in it,
Plain, practical Ben
Thot that congressman,
Selected from 'mong the masses,
Could make the laws
With fewer flaws.
Than men of favored classes.
"As much use," said he,
For two houses I see
AS for two dogs to manage one ST. ="
Which proves that Ben
Hike all honest mem
Considered the senate a-fake.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12
NI9Hl AlIIAA

'WeQl 9lII.M 'LoMsuB aUl
eAeu med as 20 9ueaID y sllInO 'us.u
100 'JIesm!q s2sp uelJo ueuIHIIBp eUl
..iLsllnq Gm 10 HlIIenb eQl eAoIdmI pue
5uIHem-Iel}nq .GW uede9qo 1 ueo MoH..
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12

What is the difference between own
ing man, his wife and children, and
owning the land upon which they must
live?-Southern Mercury, Dallas, Texas.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12

Ihls is a question not for the work.
ing people but for capitalists and busi-
ness men.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12

Suppose existing conditions such as
the money stringency, the continued
improvement in labor saving" ma
chinery, the combinations, trust, ETC.,
continue to increase the idle workmen
and prevent them from consuming
things that are being produced?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12

Will the millions of toiling and moil-
hours day?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12
HORRIBLE PROSPECTS
RADICAL MEASURES MIST mn
TAKEN SOON.
Or the World Will Experience Worse
Industrial Conditions Than Ever
Existed in All the known Ages
Of It's Previous History.

Nicola Tesla, the great electrical ex-
pert, said a short time ago:
THE labor of the future will be done
principally by pressing an electric but
ton"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12

Where is the market for the farmers
how can business prosper? And worst
of all what shall we do with our starv-
ing workpeople?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12

These are the questions we must an
sWer if we want evolution. II we don't
study and solve them it will be reyolu-
ton.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12

If the labor of the future will be done
principally by pressing an electric but
ton, will we have one man standing by
the buttons and pressing them all day
while a thousand look on and starve.
or will we change our system to adapt
it to changed conditions?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12

Which will you choose Milwaukee
Advance
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12

If the trend of affairs continues in
the same direction, what is going to be-
come Of the country?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-12

Are not these questions worth inves-
tigating?
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-10
RATCHFORD SANCUlNE
Says Miners Forces Are Well in
Hand and Are Gaining Strength.
VICTORY IN THE WHEELING DISTRICT
Only One Man Went to Work for the
Wheeling and Lake Erie,
In THE PlTTSBuRG DISTRICT.
and Miners Are Determined
They Shnii Close.


Massillon, Ohio, July 9.--Presidcnt NJ. d.
Ratchford OF the Uniioi Mine Workers OF
America. arrived in Massillon from Column
bus this morning, and In few hours left
for Pi;tsburg. where an important confer
enco is TO be held with President Gompers
of tho American Federation Of Labor Of
fcials OF the Iron and Steel Workers
aseooistion Railway Employees association
and other unions. MIR Ratchford would not
predict the outcome of the conference. but
said it would have direct bearing on tho
strike.
MIR, Ra1chford is sanguinc. You can not
too strongly exgross on paper my conii-
dencc in the Success of the movement"
He continued Our forces are we'll in
hand. and there have been no disturbances.
have advices from the Pitisburg district
TIM, with IN, ex,cptiop of 1oo mon in the
sn"s -, -. s. 49,.
employ Oh l'eaPih'' tne "ho" res'oh mas
joined the movement. and We viii reach
the Dearmitt miners iu "A very short time.
r,., ,,,r.n. =, 80 So,,,. TOO r.t,,,,a,,,,
Nv ~ '''' ''"''' Wv '''
ctntShee, nave taken up the matter. ana
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-10
PITTSBURG ID STRICT.
ONLY A FEW MINES ARE NOW IN
OPERATION.
u,,o Men Are Determined That All
Shall he CIo-cd-rr"ubIc Fc"re"
ON Wheeling Division

pIttsburg. Pa, July 9,-Thc lines arc
u,b,e,inp in all sections OF the Pittsburg
mining district with the exception OF
few spots The diggers in the mines oil
the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
company are sim working, but President
DoIan and Secretary Warner are prepar-
inp for a move OF a sensational orher on
M, noInt II was looked for today, but
viii no made some time Saturday or sun
day the time not yet being agreed upon
president Dolan was out at WlokhaNeh
today strengthening his cause there ana
will visit severai OF the iNc' i''"e'
fore he returns.
Telegrams and letters of an encouraging
nature from the different pits In this dls-
irct are pouring into the miners oHlces'
one OF these. written by miner on me
Wheeling division OF the Baltimore ana
Ohio. complains that the operators are
taxing unfair means to whip their men
nv ,,r,ter alleges that they are influence
tnr tho boarding house keepers to Issue
attachments against the single ren Tor
the small amounts they owe and are also
threatening the men having families with
landlords' warrants and election II they do
not return to work.
Preacher Green, the miner VINO was
chairman of the meeting at the Forty FOOT
cut SUOM1fAU. ytNifihHgs wa '-"'' - 49,
0eld last night and presided at a meeting
of the Gastonvlle diggers at that place
Several fiery speeches were made ana re-
suited eventually In Il unanimous vote
favorng the strike.
In n letter to Secretary Warner, Green
stated that the whistle for the men 10 go
10 work at Gastonylle blow this morning
as usual. but not a miner entered tho pit
only few were In yesterday.
Another miner wrote Secretary warner
this morning from the Jumbo mines saying
that only seven men were at work at that
oil today. From the same source II was
learned that everything was quiet and IDLE
on Millers Run
The best information puts the present
siate OF the strike ID this district as about
complete. with the exception OF the pits
OF the New York and Cleveland company,
four or Ave small mines and several others
in the fourth pool. II seems that the Off
ciaIs are having more trouble In getting
the miners Of the upper river section out
than In airy other portion OF the territory.
Strong Efforts will be made this week ~
president Dolan TO get all the river diggers
in the movement. by his efforts yeetee4oy
the miners at whitaett and Wcst NeVteQ
LETT their posts, 4 3. IN X
Some Of the REPORTS from tho n9ncs'
oahels river district indicste ~ 9)4y
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-10
TODRT'S FEATURES.
Labor.

President Ratchford SAWS miners are
not to he permitted 10 go to work until
the market has been emptied and there
must DO a complete cessation of work be-
fore any propositions to return are enter
tanned
Only one man started to work for the
wheeling and Lake Erie. which had fully
expected TO start its mines. This means
a tie-up for the Cleveland operators
Tho tie-up In the Pit,sburg district is
about complete and Dolan is working with
the few mon vet at work.
Trouble is feared on Wheeling dIyis-
ion today unless saloons are closed. as
the foreigners Will be paid off.
All the mon In tho Jcll!co CTennessccS
district are now out
Labor leaders held a conference AT
Plttshurg and decided to use all endeavor
to bring out the men in West Virginia,
who are admitted to hold the KEY to the
SITUATION
situation in Cleveland is becoming Sc
rious and many lake vessels are laid up.
as railroads are coniiscatiug all coal
Conference over the iron aud steel sheet
scale amounted TO nothing as no state
ment can be reached.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-10
coNTIsCATiNG COAL.
The supply short and Many Vessels
Are Lnld Up.


Are Laid Up.
Cleveland. Ohio July 9,--The situation IN
this city over the coal strike Is becoming
desperate. Cleveland railroads are growing
holder in confiscatng ccal AMI those who
depend upon a regular supply are becoming
anxious.
The schooner b. ". Parker OF Detroit
has been delayed In Cleveland owing TO the
action OF the Erie railway. The boat Was
leading ccal An erie engine backed on
the irestle which leads to the car dumping
machine and carried or thirty ears OF coal
which we're to have been loaded into The
Parker. The boat will have TO 20 up light.
Several beats have been delayed today
owing to difficulty in securing fuel The
Inter Ocean company, one OF the heaviest
fueling firms on the lakes, has only coal
enough TO last It's customers few days
Several other fueling firms have nearly
exhausted their supply. The Pennsylvania
and Ohio Fueing company has suspended
business altogether in Cleveland, and II Is
generally admitted now that coal dealers
and mine operators were very poorly pre-
pared for the strike.
The Morris Coal company has ceased
shipping coal altogether, aSd In fact coal
dealers. az a rule. have delivered nearly
all their coal Vesselmen say that the
strike will compel all but the exceptionally
large boats to tie up. When the strike Is,
declared on there will be a heavy demand
for boats. and the vesselmen hope then TO
obtain better rates. yesselmcn take very
philosophical view Of the situation. They
hold that II will improve the fall traffic,
and that the miners will doubtless be vice
torious in the fight The great plant Of
the Cleveland Steel company closed this
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