The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-08-31


time that's nigh,
When an honest man can live without a
twinkle in his eye,
When there won't be any wrinkles twin
killed. by those who have the pie,
Like the wrinkles Susan twinkled in the
corner Of her eye.
Industrial Freedom.
Warrington Heard From.
Ocosta, Wash, Aug. %, 1898.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Dear Editor: l can not refrain at
this time from expressing my sympathy
and admiration for the noble fight, you
with other brave patriots have made in
rescuing our noble partys grand prin-
ciples of justice, from utter annihila-
ton by the fusion road to destruction.
Fusion means unconditional surren-
der of our principles as impracti-
cable, besides being made captive to the
gold wing of democracy. Then we
would yield in despair to the chains of
fate until Caesars Column" revolu-
ton would sweep humanity from a
worse than a living death. Yet l can
but hope that at this 5th of September
National convention, when none but
true and tried spirits shall rearrange
the political chart, that instead of 5th
place in the platform, national owner
ship of railroads shall, l believe, be
made the great central issue around
which we should concentrate the entire
force of attack The transportation
question was a central principle in the
Omaha platform; it was a death blow
to monopoly whose innumerable tent
acles were fastened with a strangling
grip around the industries and liberties
OF the nation, Systematically robbing
the tOiler of the fruits of his labor,
damming up the great stream of supply
and demand, by centralizing all wealth
in the hands of the few; by paralyzing
its industries, and piling up a wasteful
superf1uity on one hand, and idleness
and starvation on the other When in
this golden age of productive greatness,
man had climbed to the topmost round
of mechanical and scientific discovery
having mastered the elements and made
dumb machinery the living, speaking,
vassals of his will. That now! now,
with the vast opportunities Of wealth
and leisure. man could explore new fields
OF intellectual and spiritual glory. Then
as in satanic mockery, Unsuitable greed
through the agency of monopoly, clutch
es with covetous hand, the whole fair
prospect, hurting him through his pov-
erty back to the dark ages of the bone
splitting period, yet leaving him the keen
perception of what he had lost. Oh!
now, for little of the holy zeal of that
1892 second Declaration of Independenca
When men shcrn of the cold calculating
lust for office, brought their ideal. born
or lofty faith and courage and laid it
at the shrine Of human advancement.
re-establishing the throne of Justice. en-
thusing whole nation with new hope.
A gllmmer of the millennial dawn. And
shall we now lack the courage of con-
victions? Shall we forget that God
lives and rules in the eternal principles
OF Justice? Shall we allow the veil of
political diplomacy to continually hide
the face of truth? And divert us from
our high purposes? Nay, brethren. nav.
| LOT draw
experiences Of defeat. Commerce is the
power potential in the affairs of men.
Let us seize upon the stream that bears
its living activities upon it's breast.
National transportation, Oh! how
stupendous is this proposition. Open
your eyes my brother and behold this
gem Of the ages! The secret power by
which princes and monarchs ruled. All.
what have we here? A complete solu-
ton OF the financial question (that sue
cessfully baff1ed the combined reform
forces.) A solution of the labor oues-
ton, that nations and kingdoms have
feared and failed to conquer. The be-
ginning Of the end of monopoly. How?
Not by simple demand in platform that
we own the railroads. but by a clear
definite plan to build and operate all
transportation lines. Declare that on
coming into power We the Peoples party
will coin one billior dollars treasury
notes, full legal tender for all debts. pub.
lie and private, absolute money, redeem
able In obligations due the government.
Appropriate this amount for the build
Ing of great trans-continental railroad
from ocean to ocean, This amount to he
expended in three years if sufficient men
can be found at a set wage per diem
OF from - to S.. Abolish absolutely the
contract system in the construction of
the road. What transformation. Rut
says one, this is war measure and can
not be done in time of peace. Yes, a
war measure if you please. A war
against joyless, stalking poverty, Of
naked famine, starvation, crime, suicide
and national DEATH Oh, yes. holy
war! God be praised for such war
measure. Let us throw up our hats and