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alive by a spirit of Christian love,
which would be 80 much the greater
part that the dogma would sink into
insignifcance in its presence. All
Christian churches have suffered
from the undue exaltation OF dogma,
and we must expect to share the com
mon lot. But in these times Of in
creasing brotherlv love and human
izing Christianity, we have right to
ask for something more than an end
less and most Improbable contro-
versy over the husks of an old time
theology. 1t is good to understand
creeds; it is good to have clear ideas,
but cloudy visions of intellectual
conceptions may go along with clear
and beautiful lives. For it is not
always, or perhaps even generally,
that the hair splitting metaphysician
exhibits the practical fruits of a liv-
ing religion in more attractive form
than the common everyday run of
mankind. Religion is not theology;
it is spirit of humanity, incarnate
in the life, to make this world a more
fit dwelling place forthe children of
God. The great churches of the
land are feeling this and bending
their mighty energies in the line of
better society and an improved
social and industrial condition; and
we are trying to amend the creed,
and discussing organization. Indi-
viduals are making efforts todo Chris
tian work, and all honor to them
But the church must take hold, and
the coming century make itself in
dispensable to living men.
III. There is the johnson who is
complaining and finding fault with
everything in the church, who is
soured on the times, and is sure we
are out of touch with the age, and
has no use for men and measures; we
have too much of him. Let him learn
that cooperation and not criticism
is the great need of the hour. 1t is
doubtless true that all men and
methods are not perfect, but they
beat nothing out of sight. Doubtless
we have right to criticise; but the
most useless thing in all the universe
is the man who is a critic and moth
iag more. II in the coming year every
minister and every layman Of the
church should join hands in grand
effort to "boom" the church, to make
it attractive by filling it with life and
enterprise, if every minister would
resolve to preach the most uplifting
and inspiring sermons that should
come out of his noblest ideals of God
and man during the coming year;
and if every layman would resolve to
do his part, to go to every service of
the church, to talk it up, to stife
every complaint, to keep back all
fault-finding and worry,-;n twelve
months how radically revolutionized
the Universalist Church would be.
We would all come up to st. Paul's
next fall, attend the General Conven-
ton with new spirit in our hearts,
and a new light and glory upon our
countenance.
This fable teaches us that the time
has come to settle down to work, to
get off our coat and hustle. In the
business world the one entreaty is that
all men shall do business. That is
the need of the hour in the church.
Do business, grist, grist, sell fish, get
the wheels in motion, preach the
Gospel, be instant in and out of sea-
son. Let us not be weary in we'll
doing, for the harvest is coming by
and by.
CHICAGO, Dec. %. 1896.
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at subsequent communion, the pre-
siding elder being present; and again
recently to assist the present pastor
in the same way. | have, fear, al
ready trespassed upon your space,
and have no room left for moralizing
upon these facts; but to me they tell
pleasant story.
HOLLY, MICH.
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strives with infrmity, is pleased with
success or grieved at failure, and looks
up to God the Father"
ST LOUIS. Mo
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OUR CONTRIBUTORS
TOO MUCH JOHNSON. .

BY REV. LUcIEN J. DINsMoRE.
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CONTENT IT'S.
4 RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY WEEKLY

FIELD AGENT. 7. |. MOORE.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-03-24
THE BIJOU.

Manager Lift has decided to give
the first American production Of
"Shall We Forgive Her" in the Twin
cities. 1t will be presented at the BIZ
jou next Sunday afternoon. Mr.. Lift
bought the play after witnessing it At
the Adelphia Theater. London, two
years ago and has held it In reserve
ever since. 1t was big hit in Lon
don and is still Abeing played in Eng
land, where it has as yet shown no
signs of waning popularity. The story
opens in Queensland, and the action is
then transferred to a London suburb.
1t has several very strong characters
and the story is said to be full Of hu-
man interest, without which no play.
will be admirably cast. Among the
leading me bers of the company are
Fanny Whitehouse, Gertrude Witty,
Annie Wood, Harry Webster, Malcolm
Bradley and others. Manager Lift
has given first" presentations of new
plays in the Twin cities and evidently
has great faith in the judgment of the
audiences Of the two cities.
That popular scenic drama, "Shad-
ows of Great City" will follow Shall
We Forgive Her."
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THE DEPARTMENT STORES,
Editor Representative:

Editor Representative:
What is the object OF the legislature in
investigating the department stores?
see that the committee has reported that
these stores do not pay their proper share
of the taxes. Have they extended their
Investigations far enough to find out what
business enterprise in the cities does? If
the spirit OF investigation has taken hold
upon the legislature would it not be we'll
for them to turn their search light upon
the banks of the Twin Cities? Ii what
was published for official statements last
fall were true thoSe institutions beat all
competitors at tax lodging And yet our
city friends utter no word of complaint
against them on that score. 1t seems to
me that this investigation is prompted
by the wholesale and retail interests We
farmers have been told to economic as
to partial remedy for the hard times. and
we find that in many instances what little
money we have will purchase more goods
in the department stores than from our
local dealers. and for that very good rea-
son we patronize them. OF course that
does not suit Our local retail merchants.
whose interest in the farmers is to wiring
all they can out of them. What is being
done to compel the department stores to
take out license. ought with equal pro-
priety be done to all the other stores.
SO it seems to me- S. P. Roach.
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WE WILL WIN YET.
No Cause to Be Dsheartened-The Prospects
for Victory Better Than Ever.


for Victory Better Than Ever.
Editor Representative: s.e.
After reading Friend Fell's letter, in
your issue of March 3, l feel like saying
a few words relative to the progress OF
our Populist principles.
l fail to understand upon what ground
some OF Our Populist friends think that
it is lorlorn case to ever hope to defeat
plutocracy.
In reading the history Of reforms, 1
see nothing that can compare with the
proeres that the Populists have made
since 4th OF July, 1892.
On that date, the Popuists became a
real organized political party. We put in
nomination president and vice president,
and on the following November we
poled the magnificent vote OF 1000. 900.
We came on in 1894 with I,Soo, ooo
This 600 COO increase OF OUR vote gave
the people to see that we had come to
stay. An inspiration born OF the justice
of our cause took possession Of our lead
ers, and two years educational CAM
paign was kept up. and as a result the
good and true OF both old parties were
with lis i'll 1896.
With hercisin unel"aiied in any CAM
paign in the history Of our country our
people challenged the zoe at every point,
but true to the instinct OF pl,tocrats, they
considered discretion TIE better part of
valor, and refused to meet us in the arena
ri debate and on Nov. sd the people gave
us the reward Of 5000 coo votes. My
pessn!istic friend, what did you expect?
Did you expect to defeat the foe that
has more than half the money OF the
world at their back. in four years?
Did yea -eSpcct The ene:ny would scru-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-03-24
4 FLOOD COMING.

A correspondent Of The Advocate of
East Grand Forks says:
Let me say that the Red River Val
ley is made by floods. And it is only
a freak OF nature for the Red River
Valley to overflow it's banks once in
cvery-twenty-five or forty years. A
flood may destroy a great amount Of
property but on the other hand flood
will do some good. A crop OF cut
worms would be destroyed that are so
ruinous to gardens and also the gopher
crop would be thinned out. A large
amount of foul seed would be swept
away. So ii we look on the bright
side. the old saying is there can be no
great harm done and not some small
gain; and again IL every bridge In the
valley would be swept away tt would
give Work to thousands Of men; it
would bring more prosperity into the
Red River Valley than all the McKin-
leyism, Organism, DeIno-Popism, Cox
cyism combined. i Mother Natures
prosperity is a thing OF reality and
Mother Nature has taken the con-
tract, and In three weeks from now
she will unlock the icy letters that
have bound the Red River in four feet
OF snow and ice since the great
will say to all, prepare for the worst.
Every neighbor in the Red River Val
ley should have boat to help those
that will be in danger OF their lives
and their stock. Be on the safe side:
tho safe side is the best after all.
Il. NJ. Probsfield is authority for say
ing that he few days ago measured
the snow ia his timber, where it was
free from drifting and it measured
five feet. This measurement is two
and onc-half feet more snow than we
had in 1861. Those facts prove that
we will have a greater food this year
than in she history OF the valley.
We learn that in Otter Tail county
the snow is four :eet on the level and
this is true Of all that Northwestern
region. II this snow all goes off at
once it will make a tremendous acod.
Let every one be prepared.
1t looks like late spring.
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POPULIST NEWS ITEMS.
How the People Are Being Robbed
by Various Trusts.

AAOW SAS @OP1S mr. O~AA6 AsOOOS$a
by Various Trusts.
A few figures are here given to illus
trate how the people are being robbed
by the three great trusts: The profits
last year to the Coal trust were, ST.
659, zoe; the Sugar trust 81, 0O0, 600;
while the Coffee trust came out ahead
by $14, $50, 900. This money was made
directly out Of the necessaries of life.
The Initiative and referendum bill
was defeated in Kansas by vote Of 76
20 H.
The Populists of Polk county, Iowa,
have organized in every precinct and
arranged for big rally later in the
month, with noted speaker in at
The United States supreme court
has'sustained Keptucky's law to tax
franchises of corpora tf9ns.
The Missouri legislature has passed
an antitrust lawn
A graduated income tax law has
8 been passed in South Carolina.
PopuliSt newsrAkefY iare springing
into life in Texa4 every week. Four
new ones last week. q
Milton Park, editor Southern Mer.
curry, as chairmanof special com nit.
tee appointed by the Memphis editors,
has sent National Chairman Butler a
letter demandingSthat he (Butler) call
the National Executive committee to
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-03-24
FROM WINONA.
Some Live Peoples Party Men Still There-An
Enthusiastic Meeting.

Enthusiastic Meeting.
Editor Representative:
The Populists OF the city OF Wnona
desire to make it known to the world
that they are still alive and doing bust
ness Hence the following notice was
given out: +..
Peoples Party rally! Address by
Hon. Chas. Goss. at Odd Fellows, Hall,
Monday evening March 9th.
Mr.. GoSs was on hand at the appointed
hour. and it may not be amiss to state
that he was the only nominee OF the
Peoples Party in Winona county last fall
that the Democrats hesitated about en-
dorsing, and he was the only one OF the
POpulists elected, and that by less than
thirty votes. The audience was not large,
but orderly and attentive. The morally
lntlrm and gOgle-eyed representatives Of
the local subsidized press were there to
misconstrue, and watch for defects and
slips OF the lip. The publisher of Judge
Shows Leader was also posed for a re-
hearSal. Hon. Chas. Goss informed his
hearers that he was not present for the
purpose OF criticizing any acts or inten-
tons OF the managers of Winonas city
affairs. nor his fellow members in the
state. legislature, and confined his dis
course solely to national issues touching
upon the gigantic appropriations by the
congress just closed, and the fallacy OF
tariff, by citing the steel rail cut. He
called attention to the hiring OF common
brakemen and engine drivers by railway
corporations to lobby into law their in
49,
pilfering manner in which the laboring
people OF ST. Paul had been treated by
the board of charities in disposing OF a
Charles is perfectly independent OF CO.
ersive influences. and by his bold and
fearless stand for which he is noted he
has made himself felt among the enemy.
and he has many social friends among
even them owing to his manly courage
Mi J. H. Nagler then introduced Dr.
John Stenbach who stated that while he
was Democrat. he was in favor Of
larger circulating medium. He stated
that he was not Just ready to embrace all
the principles OF the Peoples Party, Civ
ing as one reason that their army was
composed OF nearly all generals, but for
the reason it contained more intelligent
voters than any political party in exist
ence. The doctor produced data to prove
that there were cast over 100000 more
votes in the home state OF the advance
agent OF prosperity than that state had
male citizens over twenty-One years OF
age. That w. J. Bryan was elected. but
was counted out, as is usual for the Re-
publicans. He also cited similar count
in Lake county. ILL.,, where it exceeded
the actual vote by 1900. The speaker
said that if prosperity should come as a
result OF our last fraudulent count he
would become a rank Republican, but
knew it would not come. Mr. Nagler
stepped out to visit the meeting OF the
legally called city council, which he found
had failed to meet, through trickery.
Very respectfully.
Winona Kicker.
Winona Mimi
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-03-24
THE POPULIST PLATFORM.
Is the One on Which All Reform Forces Should
Unite.
Winona, MINI.

Unite.
Editor Representative:
In your issue OF Feb. u, 1897. we see
what is purported to come from MIR.
Wharton Barker OF the Philadelphia
American, that each free silver section
stand by its own party" This move
should be met by the Peoples Party press
at once: and the writer makes the propo-
stion that Wharton Barker step onto the
Omaha platform, and add the name OF
his paper to the Peoples Party; SO it
would read american Peoples Party
We believe this is a more reasonable
proposition than the one to scatter all
the free silverites in all directions of the
compass: we cannot think of contracting
the principles OF reform to SO narrow a
guage that it will scarcely be observable;
we believe that before 1900 the people will
find no fault with the declarations OF the
Omaha principles.
AS the three great political parties now
stand, there is but one gold standard
party. viz. the Palmer Democrats J"
The Republican party stands for bimet-
allism by international agreement" The
Peoples Party is for free coinage of gold
and silver at ratio OF 1o to I, and gov
eminent issue of currency AS the Dem
Ocratic party have about suspended, we
have nothing further to say about it.
Now we will let one OF the United States
senator's say what kind of unity there is
inside OF the Republican party, on the
international bimetalic conference bill
He said, in a speech before the senate:
This measure is supported by the ca,,-
Gus OF party whose commanding figures
do not believe that so-called 'fxity of
value of gold and silver can be accomp-
lished by the legislation OF one nation or
the agreement OF all nations 1t is sup
ported by the caucus of a party whose
newspapers declare that we are on the
gold standard, now the standard of the
most enlightened nations of the earth,''
and that it is folly to attempt information
al agreement" newspapers which ridi-
culed the pledge to promote international
agreement, in the platform OF their party.
1t is supported by the caucus of party
whose financial pillars declare that ruin
and national dishonor will follow further
attempts in that direction.
This measure has now passed both
houses OF congress, and will be acted
upon by a government as divided as its
constituents. The tennets herein de-
scribed will not stand the strain that is to
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-03-24
Stockholm, Wright County, MINI.
THEY WILL GET THEIR EYES OPENED.

Editor Representative. =
l see that some of Our Populist breth-
rem are still advocating Democratic flu
sion. | wonder if the nauseous dose
dished out to them at Chicago was not
enough to regulate their stomachs.
Bryan. the great commoner; Sewell,
an abortion of plutocratic hate.
l wonder they did not nominate the
Savior of mankind with the devil for a
running mate, and ask our endorsement.
They stole one-half OF the panks OF our
platform to build a political temple, with
a slaughter pen at the main entrance,
labeled, National Bank Behind the
counter the national banker, Sewell,
cleaver in hand, inviting the ID fool
Pops to walk up and be slaughtered.
1t IS amusing to see the wageworkers,
who before election were marching in
gold-bug professions, their rags decora-
ted with automatic gold bugs, while their
families were starving, riding on free
passes to Canton, to invite the great Re-
publican mogul to kick them after cleo
ton. feasting and fattening for four
months on their hurrahs for the great
prosperity bowler. Mark Hanna Mckin-
ley, now crying aloud, like John the Bap-
fist in the wilderness. 20 Lord, what
shall do to be saved
Seventy thousand OF them, with
their families, starving in Chicago One
hundred thousand more in the city of
New York, and thousands in all of the
great cities all over this union.
Truly the Republican party can now
sing with old Father Watts, "a charge to
keep | have while deiunct democracy,
retiring in the footsteps Of the great pot
Quilted hangman. are chanting the sad re-
frain. "Hark. from the tombs a doleful
sound" NJ L. Snow.
Marietta, Mimi
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-03-24
DIRECT LEGISLATION.

There can be no rea! Reform party
formed without adopting our prin-
ciples, and we believe that the rank
and file OF our party are In favor Of
standing by them till the last gun is
fred, land will not consent to be led in
to any new party that refuses to adept
them.
However. should the rank and Glc
of our party lean toward it's union
with the silver and other elements.
we would fight the proposition from
start to finish unless direct legislation
were made one Of the principal planks
OF the new union. and would prefer to
see it the first and only one, for by it
alone car all the reform elements in
the country he united. Industry. Cal.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-03-24
SOME IFS.
Journal.

II you favor more money you are
considered a crank.
II you contend for honest politics
you are pronounced fool.
IfyOu dare to suggest that the bond
grabbers should be paid in the same
money that the private debtor Is
forced to receive you are repudiator.
II you assert that the Government
can "coin money and regulate the
value thereof" as the constitution
declares, you are crazy.
II you intimate that government is
designed to promote the public good
you are denounced as an empty-head-
ed crank.
II you dare to state, even in a low
whisper, that the thieves and scoun.
drels who are plundering the people
and loading the masses with debt aud
poverty ought to be driven from the
temples.you are an anarchist.-South-
ern Mercury.
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Bryan's Book Free
for Five yearly SUBJ
scribers,
REFORM BOOKS AT GOLD STANDARD
PRICES.

We have arranged with Charles II. Kerr
& Co, Of Chicago, TO send any CT our read
ers a large package Of excellent reform
books, all different. fer only 80 cents. The
package contains the following books:
Warren's Money Chart. new and inn
DortaEt work 135 pages.
The People We. the Goldbugs. by A. D.
Warner. la pages.
The New Democracy ard Bryan Its
Prophet, by G. H. Tuttse. SS pages.
How to Govern Chicago. by {. x. futile,
lis pages.
A story from Pullnlan.own. by Nico
Bech-Meyer, Ito pages.
The White Slave or The Cross OF Gold"
BY Helen J.. Sumner. q pages.
The People or the Politician, a handbook
Of Direct Legislation, by r. l.. Taylor, GO
pages.
Shall We Change Our Money Standard?
by Jesse +. Orton, 81 pages.
Illustrated First Reader In Socia! Econ
omics, 1G pages.
Sound Money from a Business Stand
poi,t by F. A. Cleveland, P!,. r.. Sc pages.
Jheso zen books together. contain 71l5
pages Every ono Of them is well WORT,
reading, and will help make votes if given
Of lent 20 those who have THIS FAR voted
with the plutocrats through ignorance.
They are worth s1.So ut regular prices, and
the suppl Will not last long. Send 80 cents
to this ca;cs today anu they arr Yours.
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pie at any means to defeat us? No"
you say. Well. what's the matter. with
you then? We now have one-half of the
popular vote OF the country for free silver
We have as leaders the wisest and most
brilliant men, as we'll as women, that our
country ever produced, and the best Of
all is. we have the truth
The people are fast learning the fact
that Populism is pure Abraham Lincoln
Republicanisn, and that Lincoln Repub-
hcanlSm was pure Jeffersonian and Jack
son Democracy, SO far as the money
question is concerned.
All we have to do is for each man to
stand by our guns, pour the hot shot Of
truth into the ranks OF the enemy as we
have done the. past four years and vic
tory will perch upon our banner in 1000
Yours, for equal rights to all, and spe-
cial privileges to none,
S. F. Haight.
Milton n D
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-03-24
WHAT ARE THE FACTSo

Some plutocratic papers delight In
predicting that the Peoples Party Is
going to pieces. What arc the facts?
In the next Congress there will be
twenty-four Populist members OF the
House and eight in the Senate, the
largest representation the party has
ever had. Besides this the PEOPLES
Party elected the governors of five
states. and state, county and NUM-
cipal officers in many Others. The
Peoples Party is not sectional but ma
tiOnal. Oakland, Cal.
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be put upon them, and will be destroyed
And then, when the gold standard Re
publicans join the Palmer Democrats, the
balance OF the Republicans will be invited
to join the Populists. This, we believe,
will find favor with the people. Then will
come the era of good feeling And now
for Our friend Wharton Barker, with his
great intellect and greater heart for the
cause Of suffering humanity, we would
find wider field for his usefulness that
would be pleasant to- him and satisfactory
to his friends. Let us unite in the grand
organization OF the Peoples Party, and
sweep the country in our next election,
and in 1900 Respectfully,
H. L. Sands,
Stockholm WRIGHT County MINI
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meet before May 1st. also that call
be issued from that committee for a
national convention to meet not later
than July !, that the party may be re.
organized.
The question Of woman suffrage will
be voted on in South Dakota at the
next election.
Untaxed church property in New
York city alone amounts to $57, 2l7, 525
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-03-24
OUR AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY

London, March 6.-The newspapers
here continue to comment upon the
Bradley Martin fancy dress, and in so
doing generally discuss American So
ciety. One newspaper says that Mr..
Martin is unknown here Miss Corne-
liza Martin is the Countess Of Cravcn)
and explains I'll "a he is Chicago
millionaire Mr.. Henry Labouchere.
editor of Truth, remarks:
ono one is hearticr admirer CT