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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-06-15

the Twelfth is the lowest on the list
The census of 1890 showed that the
total mortgage Indebtedness of Mime
sofa real estate was less than 100000, 600
and here we have nearly 1OO,OOO,00O in
Hennepin county alone. Ramsey coun-
ty must have nearly as much more;
and then there are Duluth, Saltwater,
Faribault, Winona, Mankato, and a
hundred smaller places, binds the I'M
mense debt secured on farm mortgages.
We will be safe to put our real estate
debts at s25OOOO,OOO; and they may run
to $500, 900, 900. Then there is the vast
debt secured by chattel mortgages on
personal property, and the floating un-
secured debt, and the municipal debt,
| which is in itself tremendous sum.
The interest on this debt must aggre-
gate more than s5,OOO,00O year.
Our direct taxes-state, county and
township-according to a recent report
of the state auditor, amounts to $13,-
100000 annually.
This makes total Of S18,0CO,0O0 a
year! To be paid by about 100000
| voters!
Then there is the seed wheat and the
food of the people. How much is there
| left?
The evidences Of poverty and distress
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-06-15
FUSION In KANSAS.
Conference Committees Appointed by
Three Conventions.

TOPEKA, Kas., June 16-At the Pop
ulist convention, which opened yesterday,
State Senator L. H. King, of Cowley
and j. w. Murphy, of Topeka, permanent
secretary.
The only important business of the after
noon was the appointment Of committees
to confer with the Democrats convened
at Atchison and the free silver Republi-
cans who were meeting in the senate
chamber. After the appointment of the COM
lnittees there was much miscellaneous
speech making.
ATCHISON, Kas, June 16-At the state
convention yesterday a conference commit
tee consisting Of one member from each
congressional district was appointed to
meet a similar committee from the Popu-
list convention at Topeka to arrange a d.
vision of the state office.
After the report of the committee on
resolutions the convention adjourned until
this morning to await the report Of the
committee appointed to effect fusion.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-06-15
A STARTLING CHARGE
DR.. johnson Says if Lind Is Nominated
He Will Withdraw and n Democrat
VIII He Put in His Place.


VIII BE Put in His Place.
WILLMAR, Mimi, June 10.--Hon.
1gnatius Donnelly-Dear Sir: l have re-
liable information that John Lind
pledged himself through his law partner
to Gov. Clough not to run for governor
this year, when he received his commits
sion. The fusionists know this. But
the plan is to have John Lind keep still
until the convention is over and let them
nominate him. Then when it is too
late for the Populists to do anything.
he will decline, and the joint committee
will put on some Democrat.
The above Is the plan, and if you will
watch things sharply you will see proof
Of the truth of that statement before
the convention is on. Yours truly,
CHRISTIAN JOHNSON.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-06-15
NOT FUSION.
But Union in a Temporary New Party.

But Union in a Temporary New Party.
(Omaha Non-Conformist.)
The Ohio voters of all minority par
ties have set sensible example by
pooling their issues. Last week we gave
a short notice and their platform. 1t
is practically a unification Of all on
common ground of Initiative and refer
endum," or direct legislation. All
party prejudices buried with the old
names and many ointed elements
are now zone party" This action comes
as a beacon of hope = the discouraged
factions that have been striving for
years to revive each his own party at the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-06-15
BLESSED PROSPERITY.
Minneapolis Owes Nearly a Hundred
Millions of Real Estate Mortgages.

Minneapolis Owes Nearly a Hundred
Millions of Real Estate Mortgages.
If the war with Spain was gotten up
to divert public attention from the fail
ure Of 'the advance-agent Of Prosperi-
ty' to advance, it is failing in it's pur-
pose.
We clip from one of the MINNEAPOLIS
Republican papers OF recent date, the
following article:
"The total mortgage Indebtedness Of Hen
nepin county property as derived from an
examination Of the records of the register
OF deeds office by Register of Deeds Met
calf, foots up to the respectable sum Of
sS3, ,244, ,639S4. OF this amount $64, ,074, ,331 4S
is held by residents outside Of the county,
showing the appreciation in which Henne-
pin county investments are held by out
siders. OF the balance $240,229 is held by
residents outside Of Minneapolis, but with
in the county. The balance is divided
among the various wards of the city rs
foil
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-06-15
A TICKET OF THEIR OWN
AIld-R0aders, LVAo B0kt<d the Pobmkzst Con-
vemtzon, Nominate Candidates 10y
State Offices.

For GOvernOr-L. G. Long, of Magnolia, Mobiles
County.
For Lieutenant nt-Governor-Kittel HaIvorsen,
of Belgrade, Stearns County.
For Secretary of State-M. Wesenberg, Du-
Iuth, St. Louis County.
For Auditor Charles Hopkins, Fairfax, Rem
vile County.
For Treasurer-P. II. Rahilly, Lake City,
Wabasha County.
For Attorney General-John F. Kelly, of ST.
Paul, Ramsey County.
For Clerk of the Supreme Court-A. L. Strom-
berg, Forest Lake, Chsago County.
For Justices of the Supreme COurt-Left
vacant
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RESOLUTIONS,


Whereas, We have seen with sorrow and
indignation the late Peoples Parry conven-
ton turned over soul and body to the Demo-
cratic party of this state: by the most
disreputable and high-handed and outrage
Gus proceedings that ever disgraced any
political convention in the state of Mime
sofa, and
Whereas, The following are few of the
footprints Of the bloody trail of shame and
debauchery which marked the proceed
ings of that body, and Of the movements
preceding it:
First-Neglect or refusal to properly call
our primaries In many counties Of the
state, or calling them at such an hour as
to prevent Populists from attending;
Second-The packing of caucuses of the
most scandalous character, the leaders of
our party, lifelong Populists, in many
counties being displaced and overriden by
men who were never known to vote the
Peoples party ticket;
Third-We point to the unprecedented ac-
ton Of the chairman Of the state central
committee in using every device in his
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-06-15
.AFULL MID.R0AD TICKET
CLEAN, STRONG TICKET NAMED
AND THE BEST PLATFORM EVER
PUT UP BY A POPULIST
CONVENTION.
Mfd-ROad POpulists Repudiate the
Acts of a Convention Packed by
Democrats and FusiOnfsts and
Nominate a Straight POpu-
list Ticket.

The mid-roaders today named a COM
plete state ticket as given above. The
fusion nominee for attorney generai
was indorsed, but the rest of the ticket
is all new. The places of Dobbyn,
Meighen and Bowler on the national
committee were declared vacant and
then filled by Donnelly, Meighen and ].
B. Dukes. Donnelly was also indorsed
for United States senator.
No one would accept the nomination
for the supreme bench and the matter
was left to the state central committee.
Nearly 400 delegates were present.
perfect harmony and good nature pre-
vailed and more enthusiastic band of
patriots never came together in a Min
nesota convention. Nearly eyery promf
nent fighter in the party is mid-roader
and their swords were we'll sharpened
In the fusion convention of yesterday
when up to midnight every step of the
1uslonlsts was stubbornly contested.
Nearly three-fourths of the delegates
present today are men who will be
found doing battle for their cause and
their ticket on the stump during the
campaign. The entire stamping out df
fusion in Minnesota is a certainty and
the achievements of today will place
Minnesota at the front among the Popu-
lists of the nation. The eyes of Pop
ulists, throughout the South are todav
turned toward the North Star state.
A voice comes to us for assistance
and relief from the corruption and tyr
amy of Solid Southern Bourbon De-
mocracy and tonight prayer of graft
tude will go up from every Southern
state for our sympathy and support
thus rendered to them.
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The FOURTH ward IS seen 10 De Iar ahcaI
in point Of wealth in mortgages on Hen
nepn property. The Fifth is second, while
the Twelfth is the lowest on the list"
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him the elements of noble character.
Hlldred. Give to a sculptor a block of
shapeless marble, and what does he
fashion from, il P,'
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the ghosts of duties left unuone, ready
to curse the young wife who, by flying
from him and leaving him to his own
devices, had fastened his ruin, body
and soul-picture that. Then fancy to
yourself the earl on his death-bed,
blessing the dear wife. the noble wo-
man who saved him from ruin, who
woke his soul from it's long Sleep who
taught him how to live and to die.
Could you hesitate for one moment
between these two pictures?'
mo, not for one moment, Raoul
do not hesitate-I will not hesitate. I
will do my lifes work"
THAT is well said. You must resolve
to overcome all dificulties-you must
that nothing shall daunt you"
Il wish,' she said, that you would
tell me what to do. first I could go
on if I only knew how to Begin
He smiled gravely.
perhaps you would think my first
lesson very hard one,' he said.
Il will do what you tell me, Raoul
let 1t be what it may"
Then l shall suggest this. You wish
to make a little advance-nothing very
marked, but some trifiing act Of civil
ity that will make amends, and show
your desire to be what children call
'friends.''
He did not know what an effort it
cost her to say YES" but she did say
it, and she meant it.
Then this is what I suggest. It was
about spray of mignonette that you
displeased Uric last Gather some
beautiful sprays of it, the finest you
can obtain, and take them to him. Say
quite carelessly, You admire mignon-
cite, so l have brought you this "
Aud suppose" said Hildred, that
he repays me in kind by throwing it
away?"
Never mind-courage and patience
must be your watchwords. All, Mildred,
after all, our likes and dislikes should
have little to do with our duties! You
will not be alone in your struggles; I
shall watch over you, shall help you,
and sympathy is sweet"
She caught his hand and kissed it..
He saw her face clear and bright
earnest light shine in her eyes.
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LISTEN, l WILL TELL YOU HOW"
its sleep it will turn to you naturally
as the sunflower turns to the sun. Do
you not foresee it, Hildred?" And an
almost sanity enthusiasm shone on his
face
1T is possible, Raoul, but"
NAY, be brave. You must not even
think of the word but You must be
enthusiastic over it-nothing can be
done without enthusiasm. You must
give yourself up to it, as mission
airy does to the conversion Of the
heather; as martyr does to his death.
You must work for it, live for it, die
for it. Have you the courage and the
constancy for this, Hildred?"
The light was deepening on her face.
the fire in her eyes. The passion of
his words was beginning to tell upon
her,
II have both the courage and the
constancy," she replied.
Think Of the difference in the end
ing" he said. Imagine the earl on
his deathbed, tortured by the ghosts
Of those whom he has neglected, by
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ALL QSOREKN DAUGHTER.
BY CHARLOTTE N. BRAEFE,
INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION.

CHAPTER XIX.-(Continued.)
She glanced at him, her beautiful face
full OF perplexity; she had gathered a
crimson carnation, and was holding it
between her slender fingers.
i will tell you, Raoul. | asked my
1ather If love were necessary for hap
plness, and he said No | believed
him; hence my mistake'
Your father deceived you
He did deceive me-" she replied.
lie looked at the downcast face.
1T is sad story. Tell me, Hildred
why does your patience fail? l love
ulrlc-l love you; l can judge between
you. Why does your patience fail?"
i 40 not wish to speak evil of my
husoand,' she replied, slowly; ''the
very fact that he has injured me should
make me generous to him-the very
fact that I dislike him should compel
me to speak we'll Of him. l love noble
foe"
IL you were a. foe at all, you would
be noble one he said; "but you
are not. You may speak frankly, be-
cause you are speaking to one who
loves Uric Caraven in spite of his
faults. Tell me honestly all about
your dislike"
She was silent for some minutes.
and the crimson leaves of the Glove
carnation fell one by one to the ground.
Il do not like speaking of it," she
began. You must see, Raoul, as we'll
as l do-you must understand. How
could any one help despising and dis
liking a man who lives for himself,
who cares for nothing but his own
pleasure, and leaves every duty neglect
ed? How can love man who mar
rled me only for my money. despising
me the while-who has not since mar
rage shown me the ordinary civility
that gentleman never fails to show
to lady? He is selfish, indolent-oh,
Raoul, do not like saying this, but
II you saw his cruel neglect, his cruel
oppression, if you knew how careless
ne is as to the claims of justice, you
would be sorry for met
Il see,' he replied. quietly. "Now
tell me, Hildred-I know you will
speak quite frankly--do you see one
redeeming quality amid all your hus-
bands faults?"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-05-20
THE WAR BOND SCHEME.

The proposal of a popular loan" Of
S50O,OOO,0OO Of coin bonds should be
discussed by reformers until the peo-
pie SO thoroughly understand the ques-
ton that no scheming politician will
ever again dare to suggest such thing
In defense of the nations honor the
and freely respond. Without MUIR
muir they pay war taxes on the neces-
saries of life. But the wealth hoarders
of the country intrenched behind a
money-controlled supreme court, refuse
to allow their incomes to be taxed one
cent
And worse. Wall street gives notice
that, while blood is free, the money
necessary to wage war can only be OBJ
tanned by bonding ourselves and our
children and grand children to repay.
IN the form Of interest upon bonds,
many dollars for every dollar now dol
ed out by the organized misers of the
nation.
Thomas Jefferson was opposed to
war bonds as we'll as bonds issued in
time of peace. he called attention to
the fact that Virginia paid her revolu-
tionary war bills with paper currency
and that this currency, being full legal
tender for all dues public and private
never deprecated.
The war greenbacl1, even with a pro-
vision for its redemption in coin dur
ing term Of years, will relieve the
people of the unending burden of inter
est payments on bonds under which
all OF the nations of the earth are now
grooming. An enlightened public senti-
ment Will certainly cause the war
greenback to supersede the war bond.
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Those Masses.

The cultured person sighed.
THE masses!" he exclaimed.
The esthete sighed.
They're so vulgar" he cried
The exclusive individual sighed
They're SO coarse!" he said
The agreement was beautiful to see
The worst Of it is" remarked the
cultured person, that we of the upper
classes are so few"
True" murmured the esthete. "the
masses are able to overcome us by
their numbers"
The masses are certainly numer-
Gus" admitted the exclusive individual
1T makes me shudder," declared tho
cultured person." to think that those
unclean and impolite people are to be
counted in such immense numbers"
At the same time," said the az.
elusive individual. 81 must say Pm glad
the masses are here"
Dear mel" exclaimed the esthete
"Why?"
Il read in the papers this mornine
that there is war with Spain.''
And when they thought about #
they did not so much regret the exist
ence of the masses.-Twentieth Cen.
fury.
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him the elements of noble character.
Hlldred. Give to a sculptor a block of
shapeless marble, and what does he
fashion from it?'
A beautiful statue" she replied.
True. Given a shapeless mass of
qualities, good and bad intermixed, I
say that a good woman from them can
mold a beautiful character Listen-I
will tell you how"
lie had drawn nearer to her, and the
leaves of the crimson carnation fell at
his feet; the western wind seemed to
pause and isten--it fell with faint,
subdued sigh.
"You may run away and leave your
home. Hildred: but that will be com
monplace ending. Do that which is
nobler higher, better-resign yourself,
submit to your fate and make the best
OF it. AS a handsome and noble wo-
man use your influence with your hus-
band to rouse him from his Slough of
Despond into higher life
She was looking at him in sheer Won
der
'How can l influence Lord Cara
Ven?' she asked
You can do it by patience and per-
severance. Say to yourself that the
task of your life shall be to make him
a good man. Instead Of running away
from it, devote yourself to it. There
is much said Of woman's mission-let
that ha Io
no higher or holier mission than to
rouse an indolent man to a sense of his
duty, a selfish man from his self-in-
diligence"
But how could l do it, Raoul?' she
asked
You could do it in some fashion.
The "c'l-heing-nay. the very souls of
men lie in women's hands. Here is a
lifelong task for you-a glorious mis-
sion, noble work. Give your life to
your husband-to the task of awaken
ing him to sense of his duties-to the
task OF making him a good man and a
useful member of society, a ccnscien-
tious steward of great wealth, a Just
landowner: teach him how to be kind
and just and merciful, help him TO lead
fair and noble life. Could any wo-
man wish for a more glorious task than
this?'
Some Of the light that shCne on his
face was reflected on hers.
1T would be a noble task" she
said, thoughtfully. Gould l accom-
plish it, Raoul?"
with perseverance and self-control
that would amount to heroism you
might he replied. "You must be the
sculptor who, from mass of qualities
good and bad intermixed, must try to
produce a perfect character
But, she said, doubtfully, che does
not love me-"
THAT does not matter. l prophesy
that he will love you in the end-that
when you have reused his soul from
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cleared.
"Ulric was truthful boy he said.
"Do you know of anything else in his
favor?''
She thought again.
II think" she replied, even more
slowly, that he is tender-hearted. He
is not cruel; he does not like to see
"True in word and tender of heart
these are two good qualities; we know
that he has a handsome face, and easy
grace Of manner, a musical voice. You
see l am trying to discover his good
qualities. l will tell you something
else. He is a spendthrift-I do not
deny it. He may Cypress the poor on
his estate-that l am sure is done I'M
Willingly; but he has never yet refused
to help a comrade in distress. Years
ago. when l was Woodworking SOL
der, with nothing to rely on but my
pay, if I would have borrowed, he
would have lent me half his fortune
He is open-handed.'
eyes" she replied. Sir Raoul smiled
Listen again, Hildred. He has done
all kinds of foolish, mad senseless ac-
lions: but no one ever told of him that
he had done a mean one"
ut was mean to demand rent from
the poor widow whose husband was
killed in his service
II am perfectly certain that John
Blantyre has misled him. was the re-
ply.
1T was mean to marry me for my
money! she said, with flushing face.
"Ah! there I must yield! 1t was mean
it was, in one sense, the worst action
of his life" said Sir Raoul. "Let us
make a resume, Hildred. He is true in
word, tender of heart; he was never
cruel; he is open-handed; he has COM
mitted but one mean action; he is
handsome and accomplished, we'll fitted
to win the heart of any woman. Tell
'me-do you think it quite impossible
Ito love such a character?"
II can hardly tell" she replied, slow
~.
II think that Uric Caraven has in
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POINTS FROM THE PRESS,

Constitutionalism is the weapon of
the corporation, the monopoly, the in
dustrlal conspiracy and the syndicate
1t has no place for the will of the peo-
pie. Its guiding principle is distrust OF
the peopie.-Twentieth Century.
Secretary Bliss has decided that the
chicago lake front land worth many
millions Of dollars, does not belong to
the United States, which. we presume.
means that it does belong to the ill-
nois Central Railroad. That is wha,
he is secretary for.-San Francisco
Star.
Deficiency revenue-maker Dingley is
getting up war tax measure. Every
thing must bear additional taxes eX-
cept the incomes of the rich This
Is a good time to say to the rich that
they must bear their just proportion for
having their wealth protected, Silver
Knight Waterman.
1t is not the gold-bug. nor the silver
bug, that is q steady evil in this coun-
try, but the humbug In the South
Seas those who feed upon other people
are termed cannibals, but here we call
them politicians. -Bodie Miner-In
Get your neighbor to read. He has
hopes and feelings akin to yours. No
amount Of suffering will teach him A
way out. That has to be thought out
lie must read the thought, must think
over it, must understand it, If he new
er reads he will not know If he
knows not he will not know what to
read to understand. You, if you have
the truth must do that for him. Fur
nlsh him with papers and books Talk
over the situation with him. Don't
quarrel with him. That will prevent
him from thinking. Ask his opinion as
to what ought to be done Find how
his mind is turning and then you will
know what to ask him to read.-Ap-
peal to Reason.