The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-07-28
Abilene, Kan.
Let Us Avoid the Mistakes Of the Pa t
Editor Representative:

Let u Avoid the Mistakes Of the Past.
Editor Representative:
Herewith please find 81 which should
have reached you long ago. The only
apology | have to offer for my protract-
ed hardness is seen in the fact that
under the reign Of Nc, dollars are like
angels vists-few and far between.
thank yOu for your excessive patience,
as you know how highly l prize mat
aggressive champion of the cause Of
truth and justice-the Representative.
notwithstanding l am involved.
still declare that the man who will not
pay up promptly for a Pcpulist paper,
and more especially, the Representative,
ought to do pennance by eating grass
instead of the luxuries the masses nov
enjoy; to wit salt, potatoes, rutabagas,
etc. Why, Mr.. Editor, whittier are we
drifting: where is the end of this terri
BILE. sickening tendency? The gulf or
hiatus between hope and despair is in
| commensurate or we could better de-
| termine the mental and physical agony
| Of the great mass Of struggling human
| cohorts promise us, or what did they not
| promise If we would once more give
! the Republican party the opportunity?
| And what have we received save accaI-
Grated misery and suffering, failures.
suicides and absolute starvation? Why,
| bless you, the abrupt descent from the
/ fearful attitude to which hope elevated
| the poor fools, to the unfathOmable
+, abyss of dark despair, has literally
| crushed the life and ambition out of the
people; and it seems to every intelligent
| thinker that nothing less potential than
| the arm Of Omnipotence can avert our
| republics doom, and in this sickenng
| condition The Representative says
| there are those who are exerting every
nerve and muscle to destroy the only
| hope Of relief to suffering humanity
| the Peoples party. This forces me to
! ask, why were these men POpulists at
| all? Was it for speedy self aggrandize-
| ment, and because it did not as speedily
| materialiZe, they now want to change
| thinking thereby to reach personal. sell
| fish ends earlier? Is this their object
| If so l declare with all the emphasis
can give to words that they ought to be
eternally doomed, if not equally damned
| Daniel Webster. that titan of American
eloquence that mastOdon" statesman
in one of his immortal efforts, in speak
| ing of this government. used these mem
Orable words, 1T had its origin in the
necessities of disordered finance, pros
trate commerce, and ruined credit. Tn
terests Immediately awoke, as from the
dead, and sprang forth with newnes
of life. Every year of its duration
has turned with fresh proofs of its utili
ty and its blessings" | adopt thi
admirable paragraph and declare in tn
language of the Omaha PLATFORM tn
Peoples party had it's origin in the ne
cessties Of a country brought almos
to the verge of ruin; It's industries Ian
gushing and destroyed; it's commerce
paralyzed; it's finances totally made
! quate to meet the growing demands @
an increasing population; and if the pee
) pie will but give the party chance t
demonstrate it's beneficence, they will
speedily realize that every year of it
, duration in power will TEEN with fres
proofs of it's utility and its blessings
, But general prosperity, the happiness O