The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-01-05

PORAT1ON.
We were in the senate at the time.
and we well remember how delegation
of the leading Populists Of tho house
came rushing over to us, in their dis
tress, for we had some reputation as
parliamentarian. We showed them
the authorities which proved Mr.. Cham
plin to be entirely and grossly wrong.
We laid the matter also before the then
president of the senate, Lieutenant
Governor Ives, who rendered like de-
cision. These facts and authorities
were presented to Speaker Champlln,
but he refused to change his decision.
Major Bowler stood with him and de-
Tended his course; and some even
claimed that it WAS UPON BOWLER'S
ADVICE THAT. CHAMPLIN TOOK
THE COURSE HE DID.
We were merciful and charitable and
held our hand from shifting these two
worthless, although it was a matter Of
many millions of dollars to the people
Of Minnesota.
The kindness of out heart obscured
our judgement. If we had done our
duty then this man Bowler would have
been deprived of his power to work evil
today.
And verify for this neglect Of duty
we have had our personal reward. In
his recent attack upon us he says:
There is a grave suspicion in the
minds Of many Peoples party men that
he (Mr. Donnelly), is now in the service
of Jim Hill and the Republican party.
Many Of his best friends are coming
reluctantly to that conclusion"
And so to head off our efforts in be-
half Of Hill, BOWLER PROPOSES TO
MOVE THE WHOLE PEOPLES
PARTY INTO THE DEMOCRATIC
CAMP, FORGET IL THAT jim HILL
is A DEMOCRAT, AND A LEADING
DEMOCRAT OF THE NORTHWET! !
And he forgets what was Matched out
Of another fusion egg, when he secured
the election Of E. T. Champlin, as
speaker, and then stood, we'll paid, at
his elbow like the devil at the ear of
Eve, while a decision was made, in
the interest of this same Jim Hill ard
against the people, which took millions
OF dollars out of the peoples pockets
We have been in the legislature many
different sessions. Our record is print
ed in the journals and open as day to
every one. If we were in the service
of Jim Hill that was the place where
we could render him service, by our
votes. That was the place where be
would buy us to render him service
WE CHALLENGE THIS . AND
SHALLOW SLANDERER TO GO
OVER OUR RECORD FOR THE LAST
THIRTY YEARS AND PUT HIS
FINGER UPON A SINGLE VOTE OF
OURS THAT WAS EVER CAST IN
THE LEGISLATURE OR OUT OF 1T,
ON THE SIDE OF JIM HILL AND
THE RAILROADS AND AGAINST
THE PEOPLE.
~ Se~AhOC w H. Auu uO uidu
knows better than he that he cannot
do it.
But Jim Hill is his bug-a-boo. He
f1ourishes him over the Populists' heads
publicly, and he dilates upon him in
his notorious correspondence privately.
He is his ogre-his raw-head and
bloody bower. And under the terrors
OF his name he is trying to drive us all
into the party of which Hill is the
leader in this state.
whoever shall our fusion game dis.
place,
Shall meet Jim Hill face to face!
Sound, trumpets, sound!"
Ii Archbishop Ireland is invited to
open the ALLIANCE meeting with
prayer, the major roars out-"the PEO-
Plies PARTY is Jim Hill trick" If
the governor of the state is invited, as
has been the custom for many years, 20
meet the ALLIANCE convention with
few words of official welcome, the ma
jor strips himself to the belt and
Clough is friend of Jim
Hill, therefore keep away from the
PEOPLES PARTY meeting. Ii a Pop
ulist stubs his big toe the major pre-
scribes the liver and lights of Jim Hill
as the sovereignest thing on earth TO
soothe the hurt.
Why, he would have us believe that
when we organized our party at Oma-
ha in 1892, Jim Hill was the father of
the whole movement; and that he is
now the head Of our grand scheme to
take the railroads out of the hands OF
men like himself and vest them in the
hands of the people,!
And that our purpose at Omaha was
to get up a society of assistant Re-
publicans" to defeat the Democratic
party, which, at that time, had pretty
redeemed itself from the grave by steal.
effectually defeated itself, and has since
ing part Of our platform and at the
same time kicking us under the coat
tails
And now the major is trying hard to
pack the Populists into the belly of that
same Democracy, The gastric Juice of
which has already reduced us to almost
undistinguishable, half-digested shreds