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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-01-12
"wHAr IS DIR. FAiYl AFTER"

1t is not surprising that such an I'M
welcome question has several times
come to my ears since the fusionists
have so defiled the air of this city that
some men have lost all comprehension
of motives other than selfish.
That l should even desire an office
before, at least, having proved myself
worthy by one campaigns work would
make me appear meaner than the men
| charge with desiring to trade votes for
office. 1t is disgusting for reform
party to white down it's principles for
the sake of combining few able, shrewd
INSCRIPTIONS men to go out over the
country and keep UP the same fool talk
to the people about getting assistance
by change of party instead OF reform
CT government. Life is too short and
valuable at least for me to waste it in
any such tactics. Let us win by attract
ing attention to principles. Let the old
parties keep up the worship of men. It.
is time for the Peoples party to die
when she looses sight Of her God-giyen
work
In view of the above question 1 here
with deem. it necessary to state my DO
sition as follows:
LIST. DR.. Fay is after everything that
the Peoples party calls for.
I'd The best measures to secure the
same.
Sd. The best position for himself. as
A WORKER ONLY, to help the party
obtain it's ends.
4th. To prevent traitors and policy
men from gaining control OF the party
and leading 1t to it's death by fusion or
In any other way.
9th. To help elect teachers instead of
political bosses and ofice-seeking dema-
gogues.
Therefore, seek the destruction of the
existing monopolies, trusts and rings
political and otherwise dGexistence of
which makes reform necessary,
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lett. under the Dingley law, and a pros
pect for bond issue, notice is being
served on the fellow who is knocking
at the door Of congress for his pension,
that he is too greedy, that he must wait
And for the first time the old soldier
ia being told by the Republican party
that he is burden to the government.
Even Mr.. Dingley himself, in a debate
the other day, admitted that the pen
sion fund amounted to 81 per capita, or
about $40 per the head of every family.
AS private John Allen, Of Mississippi,
put 1t the other day, that the war rec
ords showed that there were enlisted
in the Union army during the four years
Of the war 100000 men, and that IS
years after the war was over, there was
100000 drawing pensions, and 100000
more applications on file And by the
way the writer of this has not yet
applied. And from present indications
he is Of the opinion that he has waited
too long, or from this time on a fellow
will have hard work to squeeze through.
And to think that the commissioner Of
pensions reports that there was paid
over 81, 100000 to pension examining
surgeons last year. One would think
that this part of the pension law had a
pretty course sieve
RALPH BEAUMONT,
Washington, D. c..
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A Grand Meeting.

Owing to the immense volume of mat
ter which the state convention has plac-
ed upon us, we will be obliged to serve
it in sections each week until we have
furnished all the details of that grand
and enthusiastic meeting. In this is
sue we will only give the officers VINO
were elected and the resolutions which
were passed. President, Hon. L. c.
Long, Magnolia, Mimi; lecturer, Hon.
H. V. Poore, Bird Island, Mimi; secre-
tary, ]. G. Hanley, st. Paul. Mimi;
treasurer, H. A. Swain, Northtield,
Mimi; vice-president, John r. Camp.
bell, Clyde, Mimi; Eric Olson, Sher-
burne. Mimi; C. H. Hopkins, Fairfax,
Mimi; C. A. Rutherford, Withrow,
Mimi; J. B. Dukes, Minneapolis, Mimi;
A. c. Barrett, Holding Ford, Mimi;
Martin E. Johnson, Benson, MINI.
The above officers constitute the exc
cutive board of the State Alliance. Hon.
P. H. Rahilly was elected national dele
gate to attend the national conference OF
the supreme council on Feb. Is, 1898,
at Washington, D. G.
The following resolutions were pre-
sented by the committee on resolutions,
read by Hon. Ignatius Donnelly and
unanimously adopted: =.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
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800 Reward, 800.

The readers Of this paper will he
pleased to learn that there is al least one
dreaded disease that science has been able
to cure in all its stages, and that is ca
tarrh. Halls Catarrk Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a conStitutitS al
disease requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system, thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing
It's work The proprelors have so much
falth In its curative powers that they offer
one Hundred Dollars Nor any case that it
lails 70 cure Send for list of testimonials
Address +. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo a.
Sold by druggists 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best -
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How Our Debts Increase,

We are even now paying our bonded
debt at the rate Of 81 for 81 Gin valued
received by the government. First, the
SO cent greenback rose to par with gold,
then by the partial characterization OF
silver the gold itself was doubled in ex-
change value. The complete ests lish-
ment of the gold standard In ! drope
and America will double 1t agat in Is
years or less, and then we Will ,e pay
Ing our war debt at the rate Of 50 for
every 81 loaned to the government.
What is true OF our national debt is true
Of all other debts Of equally long stand
ing, while those OF more recent con-
tracing have risen and their burden
increased in just the proportion as the
money unit Zone dollar) has appreciated,
which has been at the rate Of about 4
per cent q year for the last "a years. =
Bimetallist.
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Letters to the Convention.

Amusing letters were received from
the fusionists of the state committed
lhey assume superior generalship
They had wonderfully deep and So
cret plan by which to entrap the unsus-
pecting Democratic machine, which
would be surrendered to them or he
scorned by the people. The plan was
to hold our convention the same time
with the Democratic and silver Repub-
licans. adopt ringing platform and ap-
point committee to report it to the
other convention" They did not take
the trouble to describe that ringing
platform" but undoubtedly it's only
plank read ring the other fellows in
Let me tell those fusion policy gen.
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reduced to the verge of want and de-
serted by the railroads, who induced
them to settle there by granting frea
farms to each settler, and report tho
result of this investigation to our ma
tional organization.
Whereas, We recognize the ability,
large experience, sound judgment and in
terest in matters pertaining to agri-
culture of Hon. p H. Rahilly, of Waba-
sha county, he being a practical farm
er. And whereas, The state railroad
and warehouse commission has not a
single representative farmer on said
passed resolution demanding repre-
sentation on such board by a practical
farmer. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the Minnesota
State Alliance in convention assembled,
and representing $4,000 actual and prac-
tlcal farmers, do hereby i1ldorse tho
Hon. P. H. Rahilly, of Lake City, as
most satisfactory to this body to rep
IeSoul us On Sdl0 DOarQ, and
Resolved, That the secretary furnish
copy of this resolution to Gov. d.
M. Clough and request him to name Mr..
Rahilly for the next vacancy on said
board
introduced by Mr.. Rahilly.
Whereas, The state fair is being mn
without
lance organization, the great agricul-
tural society," of this state representing
$4,000 actual and practical farmers, and
Whereas, The state law provides
that the president and secretary of the
State Alliance are, by law, members Of
the State Agricultural Society. and
Whereas, The active MANAGEMENT ct
the said state fair seems to be con
fined to gentlemen who are not identifi-
ed with agricultural interests, and that
the real farmer of Minnesota has not
any part in the same, except to oay
his money for admission to see his ~,
enterprise, therefore be
Resolved That the Farmers Alliance
demand representation upon the board
Of managers of the state fair,
Resolved, That we, as an organiza-
ton, refuse to support in future tho
state fair enterprise of this state. II
we do not have voice and representa-
ton in the management Of the same.
Resolved, That ,nese resolutions be
presented at the annual meeting of tho
Agricultural Society to occur on Jan.
ID, 1898, at the state capitol.
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Government by CommIssion.

Time was when congress met to frame
laws for the people, while the executive
tering the laws. Things are different
now. For instance, the whole country
agrees that we need a change in the
currency lays. Instead Of congress go
ing to work framing a bill, self consti-
tuted monetary commission frames q
bill and submits it to the executive with
instructions to secure it's enactment.
The part OF cor IS is simply to put
this ready made 4 into effect. Great
is government commission.-Spirit
Of Reform.
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Natural Law and Trust Inv.

The American Biscuit trust has made
an advance from 40 to so per cent in
the prices Of the different grades and
qualities Of crackers This advance ia
euphoniously described as Simply re-
storing prices to a profit making basis"
Wonder what's the matter with "supply
and demand?" We always thought "the
natural laws OF trade regulated such
little things as prices.-Social Democrat.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-01-12
GET SECOND PAPERS
strong Appeal to County Chair.
man,

10 county Chalrmen of the Peoples
Party: There are about 200 900 per-
sons In this state who need their second
papers to enable them to vote at the
next election. How many of these are
Popullsts l do not know, but in the
strong Populist county of Norman there
are 1885 foreign born and only GS7
native born electors; in Kittson county
there are 1868 foreign born and on1v
zoo native born electors This would
Indicate that there are about so OOO
Popullsts in the state who need their
second papers. Second papers must he
secured three months before election
DAY; Aug. 8, 1898, Is the last day to get
them In time to vote at the next cleo
ton. The law applies to primary cleo
lions. No one is entitled to take mart
IN primary elections unless he has had
had his second papers three months be-
fore the primary is held. In order that
you may know how to proceed I give
the following rules:
O. The applicant must have re-
sided In the United States five wears
and IN this state one year Immediately
preceding the application.
(2). Second papers cannot be issued
until two years after first papers are
granted.
~. You must have your first papers
or a certified copy Of them when Won
apply for second papers. If you have
lost them write to the clerk of the dis
trict court where you got them. sending
him so cents and he will send a certified
copy
"a. You must have, at least one
witness who is full citizen and who
mas known you for five years.
90. The application must be made
to the clerk of the district court. who
will make out the necessary papers:
the examination takes place before the
Judge; the fee is ST.
II these rules are followed there will
be little trouble. 1 suggest that the
county committee appoint a committee
at once to consist of at least one MEM
Der from each voting precinct in the
county, who will report to the chairman
ana secretary the name and address OF
each person in his precinct who needs
second papers. The chairman should
correspond with the judge Of the dis
trict court and have day set when
he will be in the county for the purpose
OF granting second papers Ask the
judge If he will require more than one
witness. Only one is required in Hen
nepin county. Notify each committee
man to have his people at the time and
place set. When any one has secured
his second papers he can be a witness
for the Others This may save bringing
many witnesses. 1t may be we'll to call
a county mass meeting to get this mat
ter going in dead earnest If one is
called and you need an outside speaker
let me know and 1 will send Won one
OF the best in the state for his expenses
only. l have list who have volunteer
ed to do so. If any point arises about
getting second papers you do not under
stand let me know and will answer it
by return mail. Write me a letter
about how you are getting along and I
will have it published to let others
know what you are doing 1t may spur
them to action. The time is short and
the work is great. 1 hope this matter
will be taken up at once and pushed
with vigor.
Fraternally yours,
E. r. LYNCH,
Secretary state committee.
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Convention Echoes,
(By DR.. H. B. Fay.)

10y OT. II. d. Fdy.J
Our state mass meeting has shown by
the subjoined resolution that we are not
selfish rebels, but only determined to ex-
pose the Benedict Arnolds Of the Peo-
pies party. If the state committee viii
now obey the voice Of the people, will
repent its sins Of omission, will awake
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Committee.


Following the unanimous adoption Of
the above resolution the mass meeting
OF Minnesota Populists assembled in
conference also unanimously adopted
this following resolution that the per-
manent chairman OF said meeting, DR..
Christian Johnson, be empowered to Sc
lect both of the above committees (three
from each congressional DISTRICT and
take such other steps as properly would
be connected with those same resoIu-
tiOns.
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They Demand Many Great Reforms
the People Shall Be Exempt From
Taxation; Thst Railroad Rates on
Grain BE Reduced Twenty Per
Cent, That Option Nalues he Stop
ped, Etc.
Whereas, The last convention OF the
state Farmers Alliance appointed a
committee Of nine members to secure
if possible, the enforcement of existing
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-01-12

When the people vote for laws In
stead Of law makers, men instead Of
money will rule the nation. Send 25
cents for Bond and Industrial Slavery"
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E. w. BONHAM,
A. L. GARDNER,
H. ]. o. REED,
CHRISTIAN JOHNSON.
A. r. HOLSTON,
w. A. HOTCHKISS.
PETER SHIPPMAN.
L. G.. LONG,
G. H. HOPKINS,
w. S. MOORE,
P. H. RAHILLY,
H. l.. SANDS,
S. G. BARRETT,
G.. HALL,
IGNATIUS DONNELLY
J. j. HIBBARD,
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Farmers Alliance shall demand pledge
from all candidates for their SURFACES.
to support such measures as are en-
bodied In our platform of demands, or
Endorsed by this body.
Further Resolved, That no candidate
of any party shall receive the support
or suffrage of any member Of this Al
lance II he refuses to comply with the
provisions Of the last above resolution.
Whereas. To our mind the best in
terests Of the agriculturalists Of this
state are not being conserved by he
present management Of the state penal
institution at Saltwater, and whereas,
those following the avocation Of farm
ing, though largely contributing to tie
support of said institution, have no
voice whatsoever in the MANAGEMENT of
the same.
Therefore, Be it resolved, That we de-
mand that practical bona-fide farmer
be placed upon the state prison board
the first vacancy that occurs thereon
Resolved, Further, That hereafter The
farmers of this state shall be represented
on said board in proportion to their
numbers in the same.
Resolved, That the man who, by his
labor upon the farm or in the workshop,
produces the wealth of the state, and is
expected to defend it with his life
against armed violence. has done and
will do his share, and should be ex-
empted from the burden Of taxation.
We. therefore, demand radical revision
Of our state revenue system, whereby
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-17

cn,in He proceeded to Madrid realized TINS
,ronortv sent the bulk Of the money TO MS
eldest brother-an engineer in the service u
,be Russians at Astrakhan-and set out 10 J'"
th. latter He was in no hurry. He chose Tue
long way round In spain ne hau i""''
with a relative of his old jesuit pr"c'p'' ="
Mexico and with this man. AyiIner' ne i'''"
with i,urneyed To Cairo having some Few ue"-
Mite ideas about the purpose OF his travels ""'
,,idsrtlv content TO drift as fate wllleu' ra'c
kept him drifting through the remote pd'"
the Orient for many years. In lSl'' just d. ~
was about lo secure an appointment r"''' ''''
ruseian Goyernment his brother was uileu o'
a fan from his horse. and 1t was on! '"'ou7"
the intercession # friends that NJ snccee"'"
in vr.stin, the dead mans estate ana MS own
from, the hands Of the officials Early III 1919
no plunrcd with a caravan into Centrai ASIA
unconscious that he WAS destined I'D peo'''' /"
military officer under mere than one ha'NV
prince. but vaguely aspiring to some sue"
future res ivod to win ivehh'"h p' ms
wits and bv his sword among semi-ci'li'Ze"
ncoples From the start he felt drawn 10 'he"'.
II observed he says. abiding to the neeoS VI
his caravan and to the manner in when they
were SUPPLIED 10y the hill tribes. ana IL WAS
,yorth observing that the further we journeyed
from the confines q: civilization the more
marked and scrupulous was TN" punc'housheSs
with which our wants were met the Iiazaras'
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from whom he received this amiable treatment.
were accustomed To orer up a prayer before
starting upon marauding expedition. II they
muttered an invocation To their god just as they
slew their defcnccless victims they believed the
murder was forgiven. Gardner mentions this
with calrnness. lie could not approve. OF
course: but he was a man Of lawless habit and,
passing as a native Of Arabia under the name
of Arb shah he falls naturally into the picture
with the ferocious men among whom he was
thrown.
on his first journey into the Interior his cara
van was confronted by band OF humans u.s.
guised as slave merchants. They wanted 10 buy
Gardner himself This first excited laughter and
then resentment until the mportunate rascals
were laid by the heels and deprived OF their
money Gardner marched on with eleven TIL
Labs OF gold taken from his would-be pur-
chasers. lie was back in Astrakhan presently
but was restless there. and by 1873 had but
little money I'm his pocket. lie again set out
this time disguised as an UZbeg but still wear
ing the name Of Arb Shah. which. 1t may be
A. travelled to the Aral Sea, which he also
crossed and then In the midst Of his journey
was attacked and robbed. He and his compan-
ions surprised the robbers recovered the booty
added much more. and before they knew it were
living the lives OF regular freebooters. Food
we obtained" he says. by leyying contributions
from every ono We could master. but we did not
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artessly Vivid. Yet II ought 10 become 4 classic.
for IT relates some Of the most extraordinary
experiences ever set forth in good faith by the
person principally concerned. II tells al first
hand stories Of peril and adventure In them
selves Of "A character unfamiliar in biographical
literature. and rendered more attractive than
ever in this instance by the exotic background
against which they are placed. Behind Gardner
rise the peaks OF the Hindoo kush and the
bizarre personalities and customs OF Oriental
courts which only as his life drew To a close
were brought under the power OF Great Britain
and the influences OF the West
He was born on the shores Of Lake Superior
in 1885. the son Of "A Scottish surgeon who had
taken part in our War Of Independence and of
an Engshwoman Of Spanish descent. Mrs
Gardner had lived originally in Mexico The
family returned there before Alexander was five
school at ST. Xavier. In the library Of this
school he fell in with a book OF travels among
the North American Indians. 1t seems To have
left profound impression upon him. to some
disposition. Soon after he was twenty one he
lost his mother. subsequently he is believed TO
have spent some years in Ireland. and. return
ing TO America in 1872. he learned that his
father had Just died. There then remained no
obstacle between him and the qualification Of
his adventurous desires His parents had left
some property. part Of which was situated in
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Che Aem'1Dork Gibn,te
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-
SUNDAY, JULY II, 1898.

Mr Herbert Paul. in The Nineteenth Cen
tury." discourscs on "Thc Art of Letter. WITT
Ing" II is bad title. The best letters. the
only letters worth reading. are entirely artiess.
But Mr.. Paul is himself aware Of this as he
shows in the following passage: THAT Is the
highest form Of writing. the intellectual process
OF which even Tennyson declared he could form
no conception. "A Midsummer Nights Dream
II infinitely great letter. even nice letter.
may be infinitely little, and yet one may be al
most as hard to explain as the other ms
his the nail on the head 1t is idle to urge peo-
pie to give more time and trouble to the writing
OF their letters. You write Il perfect letter as
YOU write perfect poem. by INSPIRATION or
YOU don't write it at all. 1t comes by nature"
like mastery painting or violin playing When
we bewail the passing Of good letter-writers we
are really mourning the departure OF men and
women of genius Mr. Paul opines that some
times the genius OF 4 man has 10 be reinforced
by something else. Byron, for example could
rot have written such good letters. he says. II
he had not been an omnvorouS reader Never
theless the love OF books, important as i S.
IA decidedly subordinate. The greater includes
the less; genius, of the letter writing sort. in
cudes q bookish taste, but without the genius
one might know all the books in Christendom
and even love them. and still write wooden
letters.
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A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
THE ROMANCE OF AN ALIENS CAREER
UNDER ORIENTAL MASTERS.

MEMOIRS OF ALEXANDER GARDNER Solder
and Traveller Colonel Of Artillery IA tic D, ~
81 N,haraia Ranjt Singh. Edited by Mhl"r
HUGH Pe1rse "a Battalion. tn last surrey
Reoiuent with an introduction 10y the iS,su'
Hon Sir Richard Temple. Bart. O. I. ,. l.
With Portraits and Maps. octa.n. W ~
"a, Edinburgh and London: william BLACK
wood * Sons
Alexande- Gardner was a man a:t"T Si' i'''"-
ard Eurtcn's own heart. George B'r'p" No"''
have hailed hin. as a ccmrade He had the syp-
ewing instinct Of both those brilliant men, anu
although he had none Of their literary genus ~
is the one man of whom We have record VIM
seems worthy Of their peculiar tradition lhi'
tradition il is PERTAINS unnecessary 10 neScr'oe
at length. II implies chiefly an intercourse
founded on real sympathy. with the strange
tribes OF the earth. and fearless. romantic
yagrancy which mist zen ain fore'er myste'i'~S
and forever enchanting. IN the eyes OF the great
majority OF readers. who spend their ives al
home and in huindrum ways. II would Tee I'M
possiblc To claim any great literary charm i"r
,bes, memoirs which Major Pcarse has put To-
pe.her partly from ,;ardnrr's own notes ana
partly from other sources. The narrative Is al
the hest a direct straightforward producti'n