The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-07-06
NAT. +: A. AND l. u. DEPT
At st. Paul Mr.. J. G. RanIey will re-
ceive subscriptions for The Representa-
tive at his Office. 400 Baltimore Building.

There may be some errors in the list OF
names published in the Representative
either in spelling or omission which would
be due to the mistake of the printer. II
any error of this kind should be discovered
please report to US at once and we will look
the matter I'D.
We are in receipt of the followding brief
note from the governor:
June 9Th, 1885,
j. c. Hanley. Esq,
Baltimore Building, City.
Dear Sir: l am in receipt of your favor
Of the 18th ult, enclosing documents direct
ed to me from the National Farmers AL
lance and Industrial Union of Minnesota
Your truly,
D. NJ. CLOUH,
Governor.
Knowing the great interest which Hon.
c. H. Hopkins takes in his old comrades in
looking after their interests. and the great
amount of work which he has performed
without compensation, we took the liberty
of placing his name on our list as a can
didate for appointment on the Board of
Managers of the Soldiers Home. where we
believed his usefulness to his dear old
comrades would have a wider and more
substantial means of recognizing their SER
vices in the hour of their country's peril.
in the past by ministering to their wants in
the present.
We have received the following letter from
Mr.. Hopkins, which will explain itself and
is cheerfully published to place Mr.. Hop
kins right before the public:
Fairfax, Mimi, June 6, 1898.
John c. Hanley, Sec f. A. & l. L.,
ST. Paul. MINI.
Dear Sir and o-Worker-When I sent
you my little mite towards carrying on the
expenses of your office l did not intend to
have it applied on an applcat ton for my
appointment. l sent it in as 1 believe every
one of the loyal Alliance members should
do to help keep up the machinery Of the
F. A. & I. T.. and as the F. A. & l. q. are
non-partiSan, 1 consider the resolution that
was presented very proper one, but as far
as I am concerned will say that would not
take any office whatever and will also add
that in regard to the Soldiers Home COM
mittee, no improvement could be made and
none would be necessary. l have been con-
verSant with the workings of that commit
tee for years, having held the Office OF
county agent for my county and know
whereof 1 speak. If every institution of the
state was handled as honestly as rs the
Soldiers Home there would be no room for
complaint. There is great deal of service
contributed to carrying on the workings OF
this institution. The county agents do not
get one cent for their service. 1t Is all gra-
tutious but from our position we are able
to form a candid opinion Of the workings
of the Soldiers Home. Fusion will kill any
reform work. Command me In anything
where / can consistently help.
Very respectfully yours.
c. H. HOPKINS.
An unfortunate error crept into the arti-
Gle last week on elevators which said that
the cost of elevators for 1900 bushels to
% 900 bushels read $4,000 to S4J co., This
should read 1880 to $500. according to the
amount of elevator machinery and grist mill
attachments.
AS business agent of the Alliance we are
trying to secure a contract on 100000 pounds
of Irvine for the Alliance members at cost.
We will know in a short time whether we
can secure same or not t.. ''--''
1t appears that all jobbers and combiners
are not favorably disposed to our associa-
ton, and we expect some difficulty in Sc
curing any concessions.
During the past week We have been be-
selged by letters from farmers from all
over the state asking for an explanation
of the reason why farmers could not set
Irvine from the state prise I, saying that
their money was returned and they in
formed that the prison had no Irvine for
sale. Many farmers are annoyed and "a
dignant and call upon us for an cxp'aEa-
ton.
The labor and expense to answer each
of our correspondents is too much and We
will therefore publish the same article upon
this subject which appeared some three
or four weeks ago.
The following is the article: