The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-18
UNFAIR.

We published last week a quotation
from the Minneapolis Tribune in refer
ence to certain utterances which Major
J. M. Bowler, Of Renville county, was
alleged to have made, but which he
most emphatically denied as falsehoods
We thereupon wrote to our business
manager, Mr.. P. J. Seberger, to find
out. at the Tribune office, who fur
nished them with the statements in
question, and we have received from
him letter in which he says
Aug. II. 1897.
My Dear Mr. Donnelly:
1 went TO the managing editor, Mr.. Ham,
lin, of the Tribune, to get him to allow
a statement from the reporter who report
ed the Minnesota national committee meet
ing in last Wednesdays Tribune. They re-
fused to give the name of the reporter or
the source of his information. Mr.. Hamlin
says it must have been obtained from one
of the three, but would say nothing more.
He claims it was correct. it was con-
firmed by the Times report. I wanted
them to publish Bowlers denial, and they
refused. They would publish letter from
Kim direct. but not that. l made eff
fort to get something from them to set
the matter right but did not succeed.
The fusionists accuse the &EPRESEN-
TATIVE of being in the pay of Hill and
Hanna. Mr.. --- suggests that from the
fact that the Times and Journal two
plutocratic and Hanna papers. place at the
disposal Of Mr. Dobbyn and his
friends all the space they de-
sire in their columns for the purpose
of attacking you and the straight Popu-
lists, it may be asked if Hanna would
allow his papers to injure the cause Of the
G. o. P. by such methods. Our friend
adds that Mr.. Dobbyn has almost worn
out the pavement between his office and
communication with these two extremely
plutocratoc papers. He can't say anything
too mean or false, but what they will
gladly publish it with glaring head lines,
says Mr.. --. 1t seems to me if the mid
ole -Of-the-road movement is dangerous to
the success of the silver party, the Republic
cans would gladly encourage it and not
the fusonists. The Republicans always
encourage their friends and not their
enemies. No matter how outrageous they
lie about you or the middle-of- the-roaders,
these papers will publish. and when we re-
quest them to allow us to make some cor
rections or give our version. they haven t
the space or they don't want to mix up
in the matter. The reports that these
papers have published regarding yourself,
in the last three months would have killed
politically any ordinary man. They seem
to be trying their worst to injure you and
the midde-of-the-road movement. OF
course they are doing 1t to bring about a
union Of the reform forces! Think of gold
bug papers trying to accomplish such a
result And then the fusionists want to
make the people believe that the middle
of-the-roaders are Hannacrats. 1t Is too
much like the cry, Stop thief
We are aware that some Of our
friends have felt that we were too Sc
we're in our reflections upon certain
coterie. If they could have seen the
pages of ISLANDERS that have been heap
ed upon us by these men and their
tools-and to which Mr.. Seberger al
ludes-they would appreciate what we
have endured in our efforts to keep the
J. Peoples party alive in the Northwest.
We have no enemies but the enemies
of Populist principles. II we had fold
ed our hands, and let everything go by
the board we might have been immense
ly popular with the men who are now
Safeguarding US. But we have been