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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-07
THAT ENGLISH ALLIANCE.

1t is reported that the Mckinley adj
ministration has already entered into
an agreement with England that the
two governments shall work together
This is all wrong The United States
is strong enough to stand alone, and
meet the world in arms. 1t could crush
every royal government on earth O2ng-
land includedl in one year. Let it
sound blast for universal frecdoia,
and the whole world would shake
The Irish Standard of Minneapolis. re-
publishes some facts that it would be
well for our people to read in the nidst
of all this twaddle about the mother
country" -. .-
1t is notorious fact that during our civil
war England did all in he- power to effect
our ruin. In the English navy yards rebel
pirate ships. the Alabama, the Florida, the
Georgia and others, were not only built,
but also fully armed, manned and euuipnel
for the destruction of our commerce on the
high seas, while in many OF the English
cities recruiting offices for the confedere to.
were openly maintained without let OF him
drance from the government The English
rendered the rebel cause aid and comfort
In thousand other ways: they took +he
confederate bonds by the millions and turn
ed them over again to the Southern people
for their cotton; they furnished the enc.
mics of our government arms, ammunition
and provisions and conducted an extensive
and profitable smuggling trade for that p,r.
pose; on their own soil as well as in Canada
they permitted the emissaries Of the con.
federate states to gather and plot-for the
overthrow OF our government, and in some
instances their own officially accredited
consuls in our country, in their blind yea
to help the rebel cause, became 80 forget.
full of their duties as to lay themselves oper
by their vicious conduct to the well ground.
ed suspicion Of acting lis spies for the
Southern states, SO that oun state depart
ment found itself under the necessity OF
revoking their exeaunturs ana sending then
Deycrd our lines. Thus the. English GOV.
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eminent and people. by their base t~each-
cry, seriously protracted the war and ren-
dered it infinitely bloodier and more costly
to us than 1t otherwise would hive BEEN
Hence 1t has been truly said that during
the four years Of unparalleled blOodshed
the gloomiest hours spent by the immortal
men at the helm Of our government were
ceasing efforts to overcome the acts OF our
cruel English foe, ''the confederate Of the
cOnfederates." AS late the Goth of June.
1854. our secretary Of state, Mr.. Seward.
wrote to his minister, Mr.. Adams, In Lon
don as follows: ..e -.
Il perceive that it Is at last confessed by
that press (the English) with entire unanim-
ity, that the sympathies and good wishes of
the nation are with the insurgents. They
(the English) hope, without enco Iragenent.
for the failure of the American union That
Elusive hope they will not surrender. New
ertheless. they cannot admit even to them
selves, that the hope which is SO precious
to them arises out of ungenerOus motives"
Still later Mr.. Adams wrote that it was
confidently hoped in England that, as the
English expressed It, 1.-The great snake
(meaning our country would be cut in
halves and perhaps afterwards into sma,H.r
pieces that it would never afterwards be
dangerous" Dangerous, how? BY our in
creased prosperity and the growth of our
industries under Il united government, pre-
cisely as Germany has become dangerous 10
the English at the present lime.
Seeking now, in counting our favors, to
pallate these shocking crimes committed
against our people only a generation ago,
when we had no quarrel with them, the
English tell glibly that it was all due
to defects in their neutrality laws which
they have since made haste to remove.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-07
TUE JEWS. IN HlSTOR 4.

KANSAS CITY. Aug. 2.-Barnet PuZen.
a we'll known local commission merchant.
is at the head of a movement to form a
Jewish colony in Porto Rico. Il already
have he said "the promise of nearly 90
families to join me. These families can
raise from $500 to 5000 each to put into the
venture and if all agree we will form a
communistic colony. We hope to leave by
Jan. L.
1t is curious fact that while the
wealthy Jews are generally considered
the especial representatives of the plu-
tOcratic idea, the poor Jews are among
the most wretched and oppressed of
mankind This~-is especially seen in
the sweat shops of our great eitlesy and
among the peasants. Of Russia.
1t is remarkable that the most ICON
oclastic Of reformers, the man who at
tackled all the cherished institutions of
the past, was Jesus of Nazareth, the
son of a poor Jewess While in this
age the ranks of the agitators are re-
cruited by Jews like Karl Marx, the
radical
The Jews are a strange and able and
many sided race. They have performed
a great part in the history of the world
and are likely to continue to do So.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-07
SEES DANGER AHEAD.

Prof. Charles Elliot Norton, profess
sor emeritus of fine arts at Harvard
university, is not happy over the re-
suits of the war with Spain. His spirit
Is shrouded in gloom He sees danger
ahead. He says:
Great events. big with uncertain fate
rave been changing the life of the nation
hut they have seemed to leave our pleasan.
Village untouched. No war or battles
sound has broken the peace of these hin.
ana yet our hearts have been heavy with
new weight of care, and the very bright
hesS OF the sunshine, has but. deepened bv
contrast the cloud of our sorrowfnI
thoughts-sorrowfui that our 1iation should
nave turned its back upon it's old ideals.
ana standing at the parting Of the WAYS
should have chosen that ancient natb r, :
fniiar to the old world, worn by the bloody
feet of haplass genera lions and which has
never led to- anything but in-the path of
aggressive war, Of foreign conouest Of
alien territorial aggrantlizement-the ma I'll
that leads from trouble to trouble-"for
v nat can war but endless war still breed p.
The black and brutal -visage of war has
indeed been lighted up from time to time
curing the summer by the gallant deeds
OF our men in service, and by the good con-
duct and marvellous good fortune of our
navy and by the general temper of human
lily displayed so soon as the actual fight was
over ny both officers ana men. But it has
taken on deeper shade of gloom from the
Needless sufferings which our brave soldiers
have had to endure from the lack of due
provision for their needs alike in camp. on
field and in hospital. 1t has been a miser-
able spectacle of incompetency, for which
account must be rendered and. penalty ex.
acted.
The blessings and privileges which we. the
people Of the United States have enjoyed
by virtue of our geographical! position. of
, orr inhabitancy Of new continent and of
| our freedom from dangerous neighbors
have given US exceptional opportunity for
making real step in the advance. Of civili-
cation. or all our privileges and blessings
/ none was greater thar our exemption from
the fear of war. We were set apart for
/, peace: we should have held ourselves con-
! secrated to 1t, for We professed to be a
Christian nation, and. as followers OF the
Prince Of Peace. to mold war tn abhorrcnce.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-07
THE MAN AND THE MULE.

rich man had a piece of land on
which poor mule was grazing. II
shall harness you,'' said the man to the
mule, land make you pillow this land to
grow melons on, of which l am very
fond, while the stalks will supply you
with food To which the mule replied:
If | consent to toll on your terms, you
will have all the melons and l shall be
worse off than l am now, inasmuch as
| shall have to eat dry stalks instead of
the fresh green grass. I'll not do it,
sir" "How unreasonable you are" re-
monstrated the landowner; your IA
Their never had anything but thistles,
and yet he worked sixteen hours a day
without grumbling." ALAS! that is
quite true, retorted' the mule, "but
then, you know my father was an ass
-EXchange s.'.''..
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that the common people, farmers. me-
ehanics and professional men were not
posted on the financial question, and
were therefore unfit to control the poll
tics of the country, and that we must
look for guidance to the money lend
ers. The tremendous catastrophe Of
1893, when the banks went down like a
row OF bricks, rather unsettled this
beautiful belief, but the fool people
soon forgot their losses, and in 1896
came up again like little men to the
support of the Grand Old Party.
But such events as this failure Of the
Preston bank shakes even the faith Of
the faithful. Mr.. Todd was the leading
Republican politician of that strongly
Republican section of the state. He
shared with Mr.saOxen and the other
patriots the homer of being a member
Of the board of; regents of the State
University! He was also a. member of
the Preston board of education, and a
fierce advocate Of the single gold stand
ard, and held the Populists in supreme
contempt a Il
We don't want, to kick a man when
he is down but the failure of such indi-
viduals is no loss to the community, ex-
cept those who had deposits in his
bank cf Id.
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A QUICK REPLY.

That quick wit is not confined to cities was
proved the other day by young woman
who was rambling along a road.
She was dressed smartly, and when she
met small, bare-legged urchin carrying
birds nest with eggs in it, she did not
hesitate to stop him. ''N'
you are wicked boy" she said. t'How
could you rob that nest? No doubt the
poor mother is now grieving for the loss
of her eggs "a.
oh she don't care" replied the boy
edging away. shes on your hat!'
Very we'll answered 1t wasn't near
as great a crime to steal the eggs as
to kill the bird. She could lay; more
eggs, but she couldn't relay herself.
On the womans hat She is of no more
use than Bowler on the fusion ticket.
And no one would think of laying him
over again.
And that reminds lis, as Mr.. Lincoln
would say, Of little story:
An orator was making a speech at
a great meeting. and was very much
annoyed by drunken man interrupting
him with ~senseless questions. At
length the speaker stopped and said:
Young man, do you believe that a
man cannot inherit the kingdom of
heaven unless he is born again of
water?" -.
Certainly replied the other.
Then" said the orator, L would no
litely suggest that when you are born
again you be still-born!'
An advice which we kindly tender to
our esteemed friend, Jim Bowler
~ "or' I'd"
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FALLING TO PIECES.
The Fusion Ticket in North Dakota Is
Dlsin teEratinE-NOn-Pa Ticket
Is Proposed.

The Fusion Ticket in North Dakota Is
Observation-Disclosures Ticket
Is Proposed.
Special to The Minneapolis Journal.
GRAND FORKS. Aug. 22.-The approa en-
ing meeting of the Independent and Demo-
cratic state central committees Is o. state
interest. 1t has the important task os ,e-
pairing ticket in w.lich there are several
bad gaps.
The refusal of these several candidates to
make the race has oeen a matter Of some
surprise to the fus1 On camplign managers
When the nominations we're made, it was
considered as thoroughly understood that all
would stick. Past eXpericn:e had taught
roth Independents anC Den,ocra S to max e
sure Of that point especially. Consequently.
when the resignation of Mr.. Bartlett, the
nominee for attorney general, was an
nounced. it came much like a startling sur
prise, and when notice of refusal OF BABE
nominee for auditor and Schmidt nomire e
for superintendent of public instruction.
were served the fusion leaders and SUPPORT
ers of the ticket all over the state began
to consider the fact that pressure had been
brought to bear on the nominees in question
TN their various localities with the object Of
mutiiating and Gripping the entire fusion
ticket.
Out of this condition of affairs again
comes the demand for citizens ticket
composed of Independents, Democrats and
Republicans who arc hostile to the straight
Republican ticket. This sentiment finds ex-
preston in all three, parties There are
many Democrats and Independents who feel
that more could be accomplished in a ticket
OF that kind than ina patched up affair
such as would result with filing the vacan-
cies with new nominees. The Fargo meet
ing will be held on August 30. 1t will be
a general conference, and stranger IT. ngs
could happen than to have it result in the
calling of a mass convention for The nom
nation of a state ticket on an anti-gang
and anti-corporation platform, in which case
it IS generally conceded that Holmes would
be the gubernatorial nominee
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ONE OF OUR ANCIENT MASTERS.

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 26-Frederick T.
Day, who was president of the Plankinton
bank which failed in 1898 today filed Pc
tition in bankruptcy, asking to be declared
bankrupt and for discharge from his
debts. Mr.. Day owes $5O3 SS9.S1, and there is.
according to the petition, absolutely not
one cent for the creditors.
This man Day stripped thousands of
farmers in Minnesota of vast sums of
money by standing between the real
capitalists of Europe and America and
the farmers. He had system of dou-
BILE mortgages-one given to the real
money loaner, and a second one to
himself for excessive interest. He was
part of great and universal engine of
oppression which almost drove the pro-
ducers into universal bankruptcy.
Thank God, like the rat in the fable,
this man Day and others like him will
have to come out of the same hole in
the barrel they went in at, and as thin
as when they started. I'D.
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That every cent they ever spent. some
workingman has made it.

That every cent they ever spent. some
workingman has made it.
But workfngmen are leaning fast; some
time change wen see;
Perhaps that they will even take q nat
tern from the bee.
But better far that they enforce a law
which God Is giving,
That man should sweat to earn his
bread, and gain the right of living
Lots do our thinking for ourselves, the
evils take away
OF this fictitious power of gold, by
which they hold their sway.
The men who make our wealth should
thrive not those who do the shirk-
ing,
While drOnes should live tremendous
scant, or do their share Of work.
ing.
j. E. Nash, in the New Time.
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iIAnLESSON FROM THE BEE.

See how the little busy bee improves
each shining hour,
And gathers honey all the day, from
every opening flower
Divide alike the fruit of toll between the
honest workers,
But sting the lazy drones to death, to
rid themselves of shirkers.
But man, in Gods own image made, has
changed the twain about,
Till those who work are made the slaves
of those who live without;
And every year by some device will
forge another fetter,
That workingmen must harder toll, for
drones to live the better.
Yet every scheme the drones will claim
to be skillful plan,
Which. they have found to elevate and
help the workingman;
They're full of sympathy and love be-
fore each great election,
But fill their press with lies SO cute they
near defy detection.
For drones control the printing press,
which workmen take for news;
Unconsciously they read those lies and
then indorse their views
They even think the mighty press the
honocf <r,,<h &c
Yet truth, of all things on the earth,
their owners most are dreading.
And SO they try to puzzle us, as they
can plainly see.
II workingmen should learn the truth
their votes would set them free.
Sometimes the drones will issue coin,
but keep string tied to it,
And slyly jerk it back again, whene'e err
they choose to do 1t.
The drones inhabit palaces, the work.
men cot or fiat,
And you can bet some drone has got a
mortgage hitched to that.
But if through great economy some
workingman has met it,
The drones will study till they find
some other way to get it.
Their lobby shapes the laws that guide
our city, town and state,
And shrewdly fix them up to give the
drones what we create.
They sheer and jeer at workmen near.
but yet they can't eyade it
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Did they take it willingly?
Yes and glad to get it. II was green
backs or nothing.
You say the gold and silver was all
hidden away, and was not used to fight
the war; also that it is not in circulation
now; that is, the gold. If gold don't
circulate in times of war or in times Of
peace, of what use is it, and why is it
more honest than other money that cir
culates?
Oh, you don't understand the money
question; wait till you get bigger.
1 don't want to wait. Who is it that
is kicking against the greenbacks? Do
they object to the national bank notes,
too?
No. it is mostly the national bankers
who object to the greenbacks.
Why do they object to them?
Oh. suppose it interferes with their
profits; then the government ought to
go out of the banking business, any
way.
How does it interfere with their prof
it's? t'.'.r.
Well, if the s346, OO0, 600 of greenbacks
were out of the way the BANKS could
issue that much more, and loan it to the
people at high rate of interest.
Don't the government charge the peo-
pie interest on the greenbacks?
No.
And the banks do on their notes.
Yes
How much?
Eight per cent.
(Boy figures) Eight per cent on
$346, 900 is $27,68O, 900 This is the
| amount that the people save every year
by using the greenbacks instead Of that
amount of bank notes; that would be
$276, 900 in ten years. Aren- the
bankers awful rich now, pa?
Yes
Are you rich, pa?
No, I'm poor and in debt.
And a Republican?
Yes, of course. Why do you ask?
l don't know much about money or
your plank, but it seems to me that if
greenbacks were good enough to put
down the rebellion when the gold was
all in hiding, and that they circulate
now without costing the people any in
terest, and they will buy as much as
bank notes, or gold or silver, then it
seems to me I should vote with a party
that would retire the cowardly gold. the
dishonest silver and the expensive bank
notes, and let the government issue
greenbacks enough to take their places.
That is what these noisy Socialists
advocate
Then, pa, I'm Socialist.
(Old man reaches for trunk strap.)
boy darts OUT
L. A. STOCkWELL.
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POPlLlSTS. OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY
SOLD AGAIN,
Can the Goods He delivered

Two weeks ago we mentioned the
fact that call for a Populist county
convention had been published in the
Duluth Tribunal OF Aug. s, and signed
by F. D. Culver, chairman, and J. A.
Reyes, secretary pro TEN.
The call designated time and place
for the convention: 31st day of August,
1893, at o'clock M of said day, at
the district court house-wherever that
court house may be.
Several weeks before the call ap-
peared, the editor of this paper sug-
gested to Chairman Culver and also TO
Secretary Reyes the idea of calling our
county convention at a different time
from, and before the Democratic con-
ventlon-this as simple matter of
justice to the Populists of our county.
that they might decide for themselves,
unhindered and untrammeled. what line
OF action would be best for them. We
even suggested the idea OF calling the
convention just the necessary 20 days
from date of publication, so that the
Democrats could not possibly call their
convention earlier than II days after
the appearance of the Populist call, thus
securing separate conventions. If the
Populists should decide to pool issues
with the Democrats, they would have
an opportunity in advance to say so.
Mr.. Chairman Culver expressed him.
self fully in sympathy with this plan.
Mr.. Secretary Keyes was simply dis
susted with the general situation, and
would have nothing to do with politics
this year.
Meanwhile time passed, and it be-
came matter of public news-reported
even in the daily press-that the Demo-
cratic committee had decided upon the
3lst day of August for their convention.
All at once the Populist call appeared
in the Tribunal, Saturday. Aug. 6,
designating time and place for conven-
ton as above. On the Monday follow
ing we saw Mr.. Culver crossing the
street, and called out to him, to afford
him an opportunity to explain his ac-
ton. Mr.. Culver turned, smiled and
passed on. That same evening he left
for the Pacific coast, not to return.
We sought Mr.. Keyes, whose name
was attached to- the call as secretary
pro tenn. Mr.. Reyes informed us that
the first he knew of the call was when
he saw it in print. He had not signed
the call, and there had been no meet
ing OF the county committee. The
whole thing, then, was Mr.. Culyers
own doing.
On Tuesday, Aug. 9, appeared the
Democratic call for the Democratic
county convention on the same day, at
same hour and same place as DESIGNATED
for the Populist convention. But while
the Democratic call was published for
the first time Aug 9, it bore date of
Aug. 3.
Our readers will remember the follow
Ing typewriter letter, received by
good and honest Populist, and published
in this paper Aug. 4:
Duluth, MIMI, Aug. 3, $685.
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ALL IN A BUNCH.
Coming With q Rush,

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 22.-The Tamblyn-
Powers Clothing Company today filed
deed. Of trust to Dr. G. Wiley Broome to
secure Jane 1. Tamblyn and eighty-sev.
en- other creditors. This action was TAX
ell because it was impossible to borrow
money to pay the Indebtedness of the
firm, which has been in business here
but comparatively short time. The
liabilities aggregate $64,288, but the
amount of assets is not known. Imme-
diately after filing the deed of trust the
store in North Broadway was closed and
a notice posted that the entire business
had been turned over to Dr. Broome as
trustee.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Aug 22.-In the
United States district court today Will
liam l.. and Arthur S. Dumont, grain
dealers of Decatur, filed petitions in
bankruptcy. They placed their liabili-
ties at $1,000, with no assets.
SIOUX CITY, Aug. 22.-I. c. McMast-
er, a merchant of Ute, Iowa, today filed
in the federal court here the first bank
ruptcy petition in this district His LA
bilities are about $4,000, and his cred
itors are mainly Chicago and Omaha
wholesalers. s
DECATUR, Hl...<AuE 22.-w. L. Du-
mont & Son, grasatasyers, today went
into voluntary bankruptcy Their liza
~bilities are $4,000; assets, $4,000. The
assets consist largely of a board of
trade membership in Chicago and book
accounts. The creditors are largely
Chicago grain men.
ST. PAUL Aug 22:1,sanford s. Small.
OF Merriam Park, today filed petition
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We hear that Jim Bowler is going to
be present at the mid-road convention
at Cincinnati this week He VIII get a
crowd around him in corner and lie
the legs off an, iron pot. and then bolt
land carry off the pot.
He is in bad dilemma He can't
shout Jim Hill any more, because i,
is reported that jim is supporting the
fusion ticket, and his poor, added,
empty head can't give birth to more
than one idea in a year. Id.
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IL an American officer is disabled he
will receive a pension sufficient to
keep him and his family the rest of his
days. The disabled private receives a
pension Of 81 to $12 per month, after
paying pension attorney an amount
equal to one or two years pension, and
waiting one to ten years for an inyes-
tigation. The private who returns
without being injured can join the in
dustrial army and toll the rest of mis-
life to produce wealth for those who
have kindly loaned the government
money with which to carry on war.
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A Good Man Gone.

1t is with great sorrow we record the
death, last week, of Mr.. Michael Johns
ston, of Rosemount. Dakota county.
MINI. He was our old and dear fl iend
we had known and loved him for forty
years. All old Populists will remember
him. He never failed to attend all cur
county and state conventions He was
as true as steel. and one of natures
noblemen. God bless him, and make
him happy wherever his spirit may
wander. ID.