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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19
What Makes Money.
Editor Representative.

Editor Representative.
Congress shall have power to coin
money, regulate the value thereof and
of foreign coin" If congress has the
power to coin money and regulate the
value thereof, the question arises, Why
don't they do it? How can congress
regulate the value of money? First,
BY determining the amount of metal to
be put in money Some will answer, Not
so; metal is never money in itself;
never till the fiat of law has stamped
it to represent the dollar attached to it
and declared it legal tender, as witness
the trade dollar, so-called, which passed
for IS to 80 cents, although it contained
seven grains more silver than the legal
dollar, and was coined by the authority
of congress; but they failed to put the
legal tender fiat above five dollars. No
one was obliged to accept it for a full
dollar The bankers regulated it's value
at first at 9Oc, at last at S5c. Why? Be-
cause there was commodity value that
left a chance to speculate on 15c shave.
Now if metal is not in itself money,
why buy SO high priced a commodity to
make money of when paper if stamped
or coined and declared legal tender by
the authority of congress becomes mon
ey of equal value as gold itself? But
some would say our bonded debt must be
paid in coin, and as silver has been de-
monetiZed it leaves nothing but gold to
pay our debt with. Let us see, our
bonds were bought at first with paper
money at discount, and the bonds rep
resent their face value with a premium
added Now who has said the bonds
could not be paid with paper money
even at a discount. Why, congress
passed law that they should be paid
in coin. Yes, but if congress should
pass a law that government notes,
greenbacks, should be legal tender for
all debts, public and private, and then
pass a law to issue enough notes or
greenbacks to pay all outstanding debts,
including soldiers pensions, what are
you going to do about it? But some
would say if congress should issue such
an amount of money it would lower the
value Of money. All right if augmenting
the quantity should decrease the value,
then it proves that decreasing the guam
tity increases the value, and increasing
the value of money decreases the value
of all products, as witness the present
markets, and lowering the value of
money would raise the value of all 9TH
er products, and who would be benefited
! by such a law? Why, every farmer.
every workingman and woman, every
merchant, every producer, every owner
of land and buildings; in short, nine
tenths of the people of the country. 1t
would cause the greatest good to the
greatest number. and isn't that the
avowed object of all republican govern
ments?
Strange it is that a civilized govern
ment should cling to barbarous metal
nc money, and the whole country divide
N the issue Of whether it shall consist
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19
/. EAGLE 4 CO., Wholesale Grocers 68 and 20 Wabash

narrow for the volume of currency nee
essary for commercial and Industrial
transactions, and hence there is urgent
| need of more primary or redemption
| money, as bankers name it; and, more
| over, what is more to the point, the
vote for free silver in the last election
| in the United States, in spite of all that
could be done by gold men, was quite too
alarmingly large to render the future
| sufficiently certain for safe business pur-
| poses, while the continued activity and
zeal of the "silver agitators" contribute
an element of still graver uncertainty.
One remedy remains: Corner and con-
troll the silver as we'll as the gold and
| then remonetize silver and reap the
profits.
It is we'll know that many grave men
| doubt if increased tariff rates will bring
| the prosperity they anticipated, since a
| large part of that increase is to be
| placed upon articles consumed by the
COAuOu pCOplO WIZ dIC uUI uOW pIOS-
| porous and may not be able to buy the
| goods manufactured under a protective
| tariff. If this should prove true, even
measurably there will be disappoint-
ment and dissatisfaction which may de-
| feat the Republicans in 1900
On the other hand with silver remon-
etized and the national banks, owners
of silver, authorized to issue silver GER
tificates in place of the government,
| there will be an era of great prosperity
| under the Mckinley administration,
| which will end in blaze of glory. This
will give the Republicans an easy vic
| tory in 1900, and the silver craze will
| become silver sanity, with the honor
and glory of it duly accredited to the
Republican party. This is what 1 an
| ticipate. Hence the meaning l put up
on the London cablegram under discus
| sion. Joseph Asburg johnson.
855 Market st., San Francisco, May 8,
1897
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19
This Is Hot.

Editor Representative.
herewith inclose one dollar to renew
my subscription to the Representative.
though 1 am taking quite number of
Populist papers from different states
find but few that agree with my COM
plexion as well as the Representative.
And none that SO fearlessly exposes in
iquity and rottenness whether in party
or out.
must say l am highly pleased with
an article in the Representative Of Feb.
8 entitled "Disgruntled." There can be
no doubt as to what the fate of the
Peoples party would have been if we
had all had the same kind of "conserv-
atism" with which S. NJ Owen was pos
sessed. Why, if there had been few
more like him, the Peoples Party would
hav been plunged from convention hall
at St. Louis straight to the nethermost
corner of the bottomless pit; and had
it not been for Mr.. Donnelly and a few
co-laborers there would not be left at
the present time even SO much as the
tail end of the Peoples party to build on
to. No not an atom of the party could
have been found by this time, not even
with the aid of forty-foot telescope.
The writer of this article saw enough of
S. M Owen while attending the national
convention to render it utterly impos-
sible for him to have confidence either
in the man or his conservatism.
It takes something besides conserva-
tism to inaugurate a reform movement
and a mighty host of other ingredients
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19
Good Words.

The Representative (by Hon. Ignatius
Donnelly) is just entering upon it's fifth
year. The capacity of Mr.. Donnelly for
work is simply wonderful. He keeps
his paper abreast Of the times (and
ahead of most of u.s., besides attending
to his multifarious duties as member
of the legislature and literary work that
alone would seem more than a load.
Mr.. Donnelly has filled his ammunition
wagon and now only wants the boys
to put the Representative into all the
homes of Minnesota and he promises to
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19
TRJ f.

The men who have their words engraved
on monuments today
Are not the ones who always tried to have
the most to say.
All, no! they thought for years to get one
sentence new and bright
For US to put in copy books and have our
children write
And so if you would render glad the ones
who have to hear
Why, find some real good quiet place and
think about a year.
And get a thought 50 deep and broad and
true and great and wise
That it will hit this dull old world right
square between the eyes.
NIXON WATERMAN.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19
EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.

l.. D. Bartlett, of Glendale, N. D.,
writes: Enclosed find money order
for 81 to apply on subscription to your
most excellent paper-the best pub
lished by the Peoples Party"
J. F. Hiner, of Osceola, Wash. renews
for a year and writes: 81 think your
fight to maintain the identity of the
Peoples Party most commendable.
always believed if the money power
had wanted two powers in 1896 it would
have controlled the Chicago convention:
and again in 1900 If the people are tired
of G. o. P. rule the money bags will
control the Democratic convention.
then where will we turn for relief if the
Office seekers have been permitted to
sell out the party of the people, Hope
you will continue defending the thank
less masses as you ever have DONE"
We received an interesting article
from Axel Jorgenson, of keystone,
Mimi, but lack of space forbids us to
publish in full. We give the following
extract: 'The only thing that could
help to change our present down tend
ing condition is the Christian church,
if it could be united in abolishing Nam
mon worshipping, and truly teach the
doctrine of the true Christ and the
prophets, and take hold against the
devil Mammon as did the Protestants
for the bleeding Kansas and property in
man, and elected Lincoln. But in or
der to arouse the church to it's senses
requires many more of F. F. Passe-
more's in order to break the chain
by which Mammon holds it to it's king.
dom. May it come to pass is the wish
Of an old man.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19

voter feels an infinite comfort when he
knows that the president is Repub-
lican. however hard the times may be-
Just as lady of fashion does not mind
the tortures of corsets and tight shoes
If she is only attired according to the
rules Of fashion. On the other hand he
feels as If the world were somewhere
off its hinges if the president is Demo-
crat. p. p. Iverslee
Milan, Mimi
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19

LITTLE FALLS, Mimi. May IA fierce
forest fire is raging in the neighborhood of
Sullivan Lake and '33' dam on the Platte
river. and the jack pine will surely all be
burned off. The settlers say that it is one
Of the worst fires in late years
And where is CULVER Andrews? And
echo answers: I'm st. Paul, in the
Pioneer Press Building, drawing his sal
airy of $4,000 regularly"
This is the age of humbug,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19

the Silver Craze.
The readers of The Representative
are prepared to agree with me that the
inner circles of the banking syndicates
of New York and London understand
the purport of the news item quoted be-
low better than the general public, and
l think they will conclude that my in
depreciation of it is quite in accord with
the concealed truth of the situation. 1t
is cablegram from the headquarters
of the money power of the world, in
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19
Congressman HONard's New Book.

Have you read What Christ Saw
by Hon. M. w. Howard congressman from
Alabama author Of IF Christ Came to
Congress?" Sensational. Startling! The au
thor threatened with expulsion from COM
gress Send 50 cents to the author and pro
cure a copy. Address.
HON. M. w. HOWARD,
House of Representatives.,
Washington, d. G.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19

OF treason's ruling shame.
Tear down! Tear down, the cursed
blight
OF law and social pride,
That builds between the rich and poor
A barrier strong and wide.
Claude Nankin.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19

The Anoka. Minnesota, Union for years
a most ultra Republican paper, has re-
nOunced allegiance to the G.. O. p and will
henceforth work for the cause of the
people Thus we how the people are
getting their eyes open.-Farmer's Trib-
une.
Pooh! Pooh! You are all wrong. That
it not proof that Pease is getting his
eyes open, but that during the last leg
islature he got them shut.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19

Let Us Stand by Our Flag.
Although / have resolved not to waste
my time in writing newspaper articles
I must write few words in order to
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19

The worst way to help mankind is to
yield to current fanaticisns: --whether
they relate to politics or potatoes.
What everybody thinks is generally
wrong All advancement must come
from the minds of a few independent
men,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19
BESTIR YOURSELVES, FRIENDS.
Get Up a Meeting for Mrs. Dfggs.

Get Up a Meeting for Mrs. 9Digss.
Editor Representative. "N >..e.e-
I have arrangements made for meet
ings for Mrs. Diggs in Renville. LIE
ings could be arranged for her in Nc
Leod, Meeker, Sibley, Carver, Scott. Da-
katO and Goodhue counties. Will par
ties in those counties please guarantee
at least one meeting in each and notify
me. Some are holding themselves per-
sonally responsible for getting up this
meeting and raising the IS and ex-
penses. We should be able to keep
this gifted speaker employed every day
for two months at least. I give my
personal guarantee for at least four
meetings in Renville county, and the
necessary $40 and expenses. I will do
it if it takes a horse. A neighbor said
I was fool to make such liberal Of
fer to the Representative on eggs.
told him as near as 1 could figure it
this state was filled with two classes of
fOols-the generous fool and the selfish
fool; the one contributing all he pos
sibly can to help meet the necessary
expenses it requires to arouse the peo-
pie to make an effort to save them
selves; the other clinging to his dimes
until the goddess of justice upon them
weeps, and by that selfish act loses all
him to exist 1 wish to be classed with
the generous fools. t--t @-'..o-.+
/-Hamlin " POOre
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19
Thurman, of Ohio, the able son of t

Thurman, of Ohio, the able son of the
great Allen G. Thurman, ex-United
preme court, of Ohio, says:
This government is going to hell as fast
as the greed and rascalty of the two
old parties will let it. We young fellows
have got to take q hand in the affairs
of this government or else we will a
civil war, more horrible than the one that
was fought a little over a quarter Of a
century ago."
That is the conclusion every sensible
man is arriving at.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19

We wish to call special attention to the
7. M Roberts Irvine adj on First page Of
this issue.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-05-19

stir up the animals in the next cam
paign, and he'll do it.-Nonconformist
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-14
All Consultations Are Free.

grok and perfect cure is guaranteed to unortunates
who are suffering with Sexual Debility, caused by early i'm
prudence errors Of youth sexual excesses resulting in
impaired vigor loss Of vitality loss Of manhood nervous
rrcstraon failure Of memory, ETC. uniting the victim for
marriage society or the pleasures Of Lite The treatment is
reliable, pleasant, permanent
Those who have tried less experienced less skilled
physicians and still have diseases Of private nature such
as Syphilis onorrhea, Glee Structure etc which have
Mes Botches Eczema Scroula Tumors, liberated Sora
Mouth and Throat rheumatism, Womb Troubles Leuchor
raa, or any trouble whatever Of private nature Of either
SEX need not despair for many OF the socaed incur
ahle cases are successfully and quickly cured.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-14
wANrEp-A LITTLE GIRL.

Where have they gone to--the little girls.
With natural manners ana natural curls.
Who love their dollies and like their toys
And talk of something besides the boys
Little old women in plenty find,
Mature in manners and old of mind;
Little old iirts who talk of their "beaus
And vie with each other in stylish clothes;
Little old bellies, who at nine and ten
Are sick of pleasure and tired of men,
Weary of travel, of balls. of fun,
And find no new thing under the sun.
Once, in the beautiful long ago,
Some dear little children | used to know
Girls who were merry as lambs at play
And laughed and rollicked the hveiong Gay.
They thought not at all Of the style of their
clothes;
They never imagined that boys were
"ether girls brotncrs'' and mates" were
Splendid fellows to help them play.
Where have they gone to? II you see
One of them anywhere send her TO me.
L would give a medal of purest gold
To one of these dear little girls OF old,
With an innocent heart and an open smile
Who knows not the meaning OF 'hirt or
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-14
Cures Are Guaranteed.
The only physician in
the South treating
exclusively

Dr. Holloway guarantees to you cure, and his guar
antee is reliable one After careful examination
suaton personally or by letter. you told exactly what
a. guaranteed cure will COST including medicines. The
same written guarantee given to patients who are treated
~ come here for treatment will contract to pay your rail
road fare and hotel bills and make charges for medicine
or services if / fail to permanently cure you.
respectfully REFER with permission to Steiner Bros,
bankers Jefferson County Savings Bank Alabama National
Rank Of This city, and the editor Of this paper (the State
HERALD, as to my responsibility for my contracts.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-14
APPREHENSION.

Sketchy Bits.
your wife's just met with an accident.
wilkins" said man who rushed into
the grocery. 'She ran over a deg while
riding her bicycle, and they've carried her
to the hospital.
The man sitting on the cracker barrel
rose to his feet excitedly. and his face
turned pale.
''Did you notice." he asked in a trem-
bling voice, whether it was a liver-col-
cred dof, with two white SPOTS on his
fore shoulder, or not?"
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-14
A Systematic Treatment.

Persons afflicted with diseases Of private nature can
he treated successfully at home. Write for my book on
diseases and question blank which will be sent you
rae Of cost in plain sealed envelope. All correspondence
held strictly confidential
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-14

Car load of Crawford BIZ
cycles to be sold at s35. 90
each. Birmingham Arms and
Cycle Co. CIRCUIT
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-14
Splint Coal. Va. and Ala.
Coal Co. survived II.

Mr. BRYAN'S GREAT BOOK.
Tbs State Herald will send to any adj
dress for S1.50. postage paid, The First
Battle" by w. j. Bryan, handsomely
bound and illustrated If
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-14

Order Splint Coal. Phone
las and GA. sun&wed If.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-14

NEW PLUMBING SHOP
Honest work at honest prices.
j. e. GOSSETT,
1914 End Ave.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-14
IN THE SAME FIX.

Sketchy Bits.
Willie Slimson-I put a pin in the
teachers chair this morning, and he
was wild.
Bobby Smitem-Weil, he won't sit
down in such harry again
Willie Slim sop--No. neither will |.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-14

Celebrated Splint Coal.
Wallxer-NeWman Coal Co.
Phone 3l7.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-10-15

General Manager Cutler of the Lchi
Beet Sugar factory suy~ in regard
10 the outlook for that industry this
season, while dcprccating the re-
drrcd tonnage this year as compared
with last year aud the consequent loss
to the beet raiser, MS well as the com
pany. he is not disposed TO lose faith
Ia the ultimate success of the beet
sugar industry in Utah An OIL year
is to bc expected in all industrial en-.
tcrpriscs aud isp5 seems to be- very
Improbable one for the sugar maker,
not only In Utah. hut la other states
ms well. Manager cutler recently had
a long conversation with T.. W Shurt.
lin. who had just returned from q visit
to Nebraska. MIR. ShdrtiiT had In.
spcctcd the beet fields In aud about
Grand Island and had been particu-
larry impressed with the poor condi.
tion Of the crops there. decidedly
worse In his opinion. than the beet
crop in Utah. Reports from other
bcctgrowing sections confirm the re.
ports Of n reduced tonnage
In regard 20 the number Of tons Of
bcets that bad been received. MIR cut.
Ter stated that about onc.half Of the
estimated tonnage for the season. or
about 10000 tons. had already been
unloaded In the sheds. about one.
fourth Of which was from Lchi and
vicinity, the balance from salt Lake
county and the southern part Of Utah.
The company has about 1900 tons in
the sheds, and unless unusually heavy
rains fall during the next two weeks.
the entire crop will have been brought
In and worked up by November goth.
Everything inside the mill il work.
ing smoothly, the bccts ARE being con
vertcd into sugar at the rate Of 900
tons per day, 80 tons per day more
than the guaranteed capacity Of the
plant.
Mr.. Cutler also announced that the
distillcry was an assured fact. The
Sugar company had been making a
large number Of tests Of the low.grndc
molnsses at the instigatiou Of the dis.
tillcry company, The tests were Of
such satisfactory nature that the
promoters Of the enterprise decided to
begin the erection OF the buildings i'm.
mediatcly. A large quantity Of this
low'grade syrup is already In the
tanks Of the Sugar company and is be-
ing added 10 constantly.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-10-15
MINING NOTES.

Cripple Creeks output for Septembc4
fell little short OF Si.OO0,O00.
The projectors OF the new railroad
to ward are TO build smelter al
Boulder.
A rich strike has been made on 20.
tosi mountain In the Snees district by
q. j. Davis and Thomas Dowuer. The
vein Is wide and continuous. and runs
thousands ~ dollars TO the ton. This
discovery VIII lead to a valuable rich
shipper
The Rio Grands road having cut tho
rate ON low grade ore from Leadylllo
10 Denver TO 50 per ton. II Is expected
that the downtown mines win speedily
be pumped out and work resumed.
Specimens OF what Is believed TO 10
anthracite coal have been brought Into
Cheyenne from the newly discovered
deposits on plney creek, twelve miles
north ~ Buffalo. The coal carries %
per cent. carbon, the highest percent
age of any coal yet found In Wyoming.
The claimants 10 the Red River land
grant have appealed the case from tho
Court OF Private Land Claims "a ;h5
Supreme Court Capitalists ana iniu,
ing men In Colorado ana northern New
Mexico have been watching this caae
on the quiet Of late with deep concern.
as the alleged grant covers $1,000 acres
of the very best OF the Red River miu-
Ing district In Taos county nearly an
OF which has been entered upon and
located 10y miners who hold adversely
TO the grant claimants.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-10-15
FROM DAWSON CITY.
Passenger. confirm Hrport. ~ to scarcit
ct Provisions.


seattle Wash. Oct ~. The steamer
City Of seattle arrived here tonight at
no o'clock from slsaruuy and Dyca.
Askasa. Among her passengers were
james Clark aud g. A. brown OF
Chicago. who left Dawson city Sept o
aud came out over the Dalton trail.
making the trip in go days. They con.
firm previous reports us TO the scarcity
Of provisions 90 Dawson and say that
they came but for that reason Clark
and Brown bring the news that ON
September 8 burglars broke into the
Canadian gold commissioners cabin.
at Dawson. and stole between $1,000
and $1,000 worth Of dust and nuggets
Among the scattlc's passengers
were George c. Hounds aud wife and
william Miner Of sun Francisco. who
left Dawson before brown and Clark,
coming ont with the Calvin party.
The amount Of gold brought down by
the Scattlc's passengers was small aud
will not exceed $1,000
According to @ story brought down
by one Of the Scuttlc's passengers
there is much Indignation In Sl,aguay
over the allcdgcd effort Of bernard
Moore To throw the townsitc into the
possession Of Canada by conveying u
TO the British Yukon comran, Moore.
It Is alleged is a British subject. but
In his application to the United states
land Office at Siiln to make final
proof and entry he alleges the fact
that he IL citizen of the United
States The Americans at skaguay
have employed an attorney to look
after their interests.