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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14

The national convention of the People s
party met in Cincinnati on Monday.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, Of Minnesota
was elected chairman.
On Tuesday the real work of the conven-
ton was done. A platform was adopted
and Hon. Wharton Barker of Philadelphia,
Pa, was nominated for president. and Ig-
natlus Donnelly, of Hastings, Mimi, for
wee president
The same old Butler gang was there and
went through the same old farce of bolt
ing for the sake of ''harmony but it is
safe to say that their disaffection Will have
little effect the 100000 Populist voters
of the country.
These nominations WILL under the plat
form adopted by the cOnvention-have to be
ratified by a referendum vote before they
are binding on the party, and Chairman
Park and his committee will at once take
steps to submit the question to the individ-
ual members of the party.
While these candidates have never held
Official positions, they are both we'll known
and each has been power in moulding
public opinion
Wharton Barker has for many years been
recognized as authority economic Dues
tons, and his writings have attracted world
wide attention. He was at one time a Re-
publican but for several years was "a man
without a party until the Peoples party
reorganization committee met in Nashville
last year, and after the adoption of resou-
lions by that committee, mapping a
plan for future action he announced that
on that line he was with us and would be
to the end. He is now editor of the Ameri-
can. the leading journal of it's class in
America. He yields a powerful influence
among all classes, but more particularly
among the laborng people of the North
and East
lgnatius Donnelly has been an ardent and
unc compromising Popullst ever since the in
ceptlon OF the movement, and has battled
valiantly for Populist principles with his
tongue and pen. He like Mr.. Barker, has
national reputation as a writer. He has
written many books which have welded a
great influence in building up the party. He
Is now the ediAr of the Representative, the
leading Populist paper of the West.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
MOTHER POPULIST PAPER.

We heartily welcome L. G. Longs
new paper, the Initiator. the first issue
of which was published at Magnolia,
Mimi, Sept 8, 1898. 1t is an able. in
telligent, spicy paper, thoroughly lin
the middle of the road" We quote the
following from Mr.. Longs salutatory:
We make our bow to the public by say
ing: We have been a brickmaker. soldier
and farmer, and now we are going to
publish a newspaper. AS our existence does
not depend on either the success or failure
of the enterprise we shall run it until We
get ready to quit
We Shall work for the interests of Mag
noia and surrounding country, and use all
men justly, without regard to their church
creed political affiliations. We shall not
inaugurata any fight with any individuals.
but shall wage unrelenting war against
what we consider unjust conditions. Our
politics will be such as was taught by
Washington. Jefferson and Lincoln.
v lille our phraseOlOgy and the grammati-
cal construction of our sentences may not
be such as to please the faStidious tastes
of our more cultured readers, yet we feel
that the smoke begrimed workers of the
shop and factory, and the sun Drowned toll
ers of the field with whom our life has
been spent ard for whose betterment we
have labored, and who use plain United
States in their converse, will understand
Success to Mr.. Long and his news
paper venture. l. u.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
CONTRACTION IN ST. PAUL.
Shrinkage of Real Estate Values
Causes Suicide and Attempted MUIR

Shrinkage of Real Estate Values
der.
Where are The signs Of single gold
standard prosperity? Here is another
of them:
Swan p Hellner. a tailor living at !9I
Margaret street, coming home ugly with
drink. shot his wife in three places yes
terday afternoon. shot twice without effect
at his daughter, and put a bullet through
his own head that killed him instantly
Hellner was Al years old and had lived in
ST. Paul % years. He married his wife Car
RE % years ago. and Monday was their
wedding anniversary. At one time he was
pretty well-to-do and had prosperous real
estate business, but he lost most of his
property in the waning of the BOOM Two
Of his daughters. the eldest fair-hared
girl of 81 are clerks in the Golden Rule.
and the youngest is at school. That was all
the family, living in the little home at Mar
garet street and Forest
Helner has had periodical sprees for ~
years and when he had been drinking he
got morose, told the neighbors he was
abused. that his wife never had good meals
for him and was ungrateful. Then he would
go home and threaten to kill her
This time he had been drinking three days.
He came home from his little tailor Shop
at Earl and Seventh about o'clock, and
wanted his dinner right away. He wanted
meat, too, and plenty of it. When he was
in liquor he was rayenOus for meat. There
was no meat cooked; the family had light
lunch at noon and the night dinner was not
ready.
Mrs. Hellner left her sewing machine IN
the middle room and went to the kitchen.
Her eldest daughter followed her. The
others were not at home. Hellner followed.
grumbling. His wife stood at one side of
the room and his daughter on the other near
the sink. He was by the door and the shed
kitchen had just about room for the three.
Hellner didn't say a word this time. His
daughter saw him reach for his hip pocket
and sprang to get between him and ner
mother. The first shot grazed Mrs. He'll
ners breast and nicked her shoulder. The
second was in the back of the neck. whore
a difference of a minm would have snapped
the spinal cord.
His daughter caught u his wrist The
third bullet because he could not get his
hand free struck low and took Mrs He'll
ner in the left groin. perhaps touching the
thigh bone, but passing out.
He fired twice at his daughter. One bull
let went left, the other to her right both
missing.
Perhaps he reckoned even then that there
was but one bullet left. He stepped back
put the revolver in his mouth and fell dead,
half in the door and half out.
Mrs Hellner was carried to a neighbor's
and it was found that the wounds We're not
likely to be serious. Coroner Nelson viewed
the remains and will make no further inves-
tigation. He has the revolver, siX-cham-
bered, which Hellner has owned for a year
or two.
The house lay deserted. Neighbors took
In the three frightened girls. Hellner's body
was stretched on the kitchen floor. stark and
staring. The only living creature was the
canary that fiuttered in its cage and did not
sing.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
MONEY SUPPLY INSUFFICIENT,

Despite the 1oseate reports of Dun
and Bradstreet, it is becoming plain that
there is not money enough for the bust
ness necessities of the county, and that
the good times are a sham We quote:
NEW YORK, Sept. 1O-The Financier
says:
The surplus reserve of the New York
associated banks is now lower than at any
time since the panic of 1893. Two years ago
TINS month the surplus decreased to some
thing like S. 100000 but call money then
was at prohibitive figures and IMPORTS of
gold followed Immediately. Now confront
cd by an interior demand which has aver
aged IN past seasons over $50 600, 600. with the
treasury absorbing additional millions each
week on bond payments, and with bust
ness expanding in every direction. money
Is loanng at per cent, although the fact
OF the matter is that the banks have little
if any money to loan. The excess reserve
of the New York banks is in the hands of a
few institutions
'Tne majority of the banks are loaned
up to any beyond the required limit. The
statement for the current week is about
what was anticipated. The treasury took
600 from the banks on bond account
and the loss to the interior was between
one and two millions. The clearing house
report makes the loss of cash about $l3-
OO0,GO0. The decrease in deposits reached the
unusually large sum of $40, 4S7. 100 which was
due to the cash contraction noted, and the
falling off Of $6.77S 700 in loans. 1t is to be
noted that had the banks not called in out
standing loans the surplus reserve would
have practically disappeared.
THE present financial situation is anoma-
lOus. The country never had so much money
but it is distributed that it is unavaila-
bic for use. and it is needed now more
than ever. The treasury it is true, by an
ticipating interest and maturity on bonds
is eXhaustng every resource to restore 10
circulation its idle funds. but the effects
of this policy are not yet apparent. AS the
circumstances which have brought about
an unprecedented condition are apt to con-
tinue for some time, additional gold imports
are certain.
The banks up to this time have dis
couragcd the idea of a stringency in money
but unless some relief is speedily obtained
it is difficult to see how present rates can
long prevail The promising increase in bank
circulation is slow in materializing. and will
probably come. has been the case in
the past years, after the real time for it has
passed. AS matters stand today a continued
contraction in loans with resultant higher
quotations, seems inevitable.'
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14

the Judge driving q farm wagon, in the
days of his primitive, youthful limo
cence. Such tricks are Archaic.
We remember how the judge had
agents at all our Populist meetings, that
year, 1892, distributing those pamphlets
and soliciting the farmers votes. But
when the farmers elected him, he sat
silently by while Judge Mitchell read the
decision OF THE WHOLE BENCH, that
it was unconstitutional for the state to
build an elevator at Duluth WITH THE
FARMERS OWN MONEY, to release
them from the grip of the elevator ring.
81. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
GOT CLEAR OF HIM.

At the June 18th convention S. M.
Owen, in his speech denouncing MIR.
Donnclly said in impassioned earnest
ness: WE MUST GET CLEAR OF
THIS MAN."
him as the milk gets clear Of the cream
when the bonny clabber is left On
Sept. C. at Cincinnati the Peoples party
in national convention nominated him
for vlce-president Of the United States
and the nation became his sphere
r. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
Beware Of OintmentS for Catnrrh That
Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from reput-
able physicians, as the damage they will do
is ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure man,
ufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co. Toledo.
O., contains no mercury, and is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. price 75c per bottle.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14

carrying his home county by a handsome
majority, and only being defeated in the
senatorial district by so small a majority
that he was regarded as a dangerous
greSsiOnal candidate by the Republican
management, even with their usual large.
very large. majority in the district of 10
counties. Mr.. Weller Immediately entered
upon an active and thorough campaign.
meeting with most marked success. I'm
usual inquiries put foot by
managing Republicans. if some sort of
Democratic candidate could not be found,
who would consent to stand a Demo-
cratic candidate for the Spanish vote of
the district. The result was. that after
weeks of effort Democratic convention
| assembled at Mason City, composed of just
six CO. persons. besides Mr.. Allen himself.
He then and there accepted the nomination
with formalities usual. but rough and ready
like. Your correspondent was also present
at said convention az also at the hotel
near by, were the Republican candidate and
several of his prominent advisers. The vote
received by Mr.. Allen and Mr.. Weller, at
the ensuing election. if united on Mr.. Weller
would have elected him by handsome
majority.
1T became current report that Republican
manipulations and Republican money con-
tributed to the Democratic cand dacy of
Mr.. Allen. This impression became 50 pub
lie and so current. that it added SeVera!
hundred votes to the candidacy of Mr..
| ems Democratic vote to the bourbon ele-
| ment of the party. The Republican candi-
| date was elected by a small fnajority-Mr.
Weller was second best.
although Senator Allen is amply capable
! Of seeing the errors of his present course
| there are many who believe that his 'bour-
| bon Democratic faint is inherent in his
makeup and is continuously demanding
| imperative consideration at his hands. and
forces him to the scriptural retroactive
! metamorphosis, such renders him unsafe
| as leader in the reform forces of the ma
! tional Peoples party organization. leo
pard may change his spots and an ETH
| opian his skim but a bourbon Demo-
| srat is true to his original instincts always.
-ChicagO Express.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
A CORkER.
fort! FER Cent MOnth-A ManWhO
borrowed %5 in 1898 and Has
Since Paid Back $S4.90.

Since Paid Back $S4.99.
One of the most remarkable suits recently
brought in Chatham county. Ca, is now
pending before Justice ]. r. Saussy, Jr.. of
the Fourth militia district. 1t is a sniff
for usury, the case being one where a ne
gro borrowed IS from a loan broker in 1885,
ana has since paid him $S4.99, and the brok-
er still claims balance due of So Va.
The way in which this state of affairs
is brought about is a remarkable one and
yet simple, says the Savannah News It is
done simply by charging 40 per cent per
month interest. or Whereabouts.
James Brown borrowed $6.O6 from Fl T.
Drake & Co. in 1895. AS a matter of fact
however, he received only five dollars the
$l.O6 being charged for drawing up the pa
pers and negotiating the loan. 1t was
charged up against the negro. however
with the original amount borrowed.
Since he borrowed the money Brown ha 6
paid to the concern sS4.99 in amounts rang
ing from so cents to two dollars. and has
every receipt given him from these paw
ments. Brown got tired of paying in the
money 50 regularly and it looked as If there
would never be an end Of the thing This
set him to thinking. and he finally learned
that there was such thing in Georgia as
a law against usufy.
The Georgian law against usury, however.
permits the party -aggrieved to bring suit
only within a year from the time the us,lrv
was charged and collected. Brown there
fore. can sue Ony'for the interest he has
paid in during the last year. He got all
! of his receipts together and a statement
of the account was, made, showing that he
had paid $3.50 usurious3 interest within the
last year. and thatis the amount he is now
suing for. .df i,
And this tralgaction is duplicated
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14

many times each year in our own state
OF Minnesota and the old parties wink
at the iniquity notwithstanding the fact
that some 20 years ago Ignatius Donnelly
procured the enactment of statute law
FORGETTING both principal and interest on
usurious loans. That law still stands
courts and executives have rendered it
dead letter. When Populists administer
Populist laws then will justice be done.
E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
A Nice Display.

Among the many nice things at the
State Fair this year there was one which
especially attracted our attention. The
display of furs from various kinds Of
fur-bearing animals by the well-known
Northwestern Hide & Fur Co., of this
city. 1t was both nice and instructive.
and State Fair visitors who failed to
see it missed treat. This company
never does things by halves, and We do
not hesitate to recommend them to our
readers. They buy all kinds of hides.
wool, ETC., pay highest market prices,
and it will pay you to deal with them.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
AWFUL, LIES.

The Peoples party is surrounded by
an atmospher of lies 1t is enough to
take away an honest mans breath.
A Cincinnati newspaper stated that
our convention on the 9Th inst. ended in
riot: that two policemen had to come
in to preserve order; that the chair
mans table was overthrow and the
only copy of the address carried off.
There was not a word of truth in all
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14

According to the very full and accur-
ate report of W. Barker's paper, THE
American" the vote at Cincinnati Sept.
6 stood on the nomination Of -candi-
date for the presidency, as follows:
Wharton Barker ...... .........12S 4-5
IgnatiuS DOnnelly ..............117 1-5
w. Barker's majority ............. IL 3-5
If the ten votes in the Minnesota dele
cation which were cast for Mr. Barker
had been given, with the other sc, to Mr..
Donnelly. the vote would have stood:
lgnatius Donnelly 800. .........127 Is
wharton Barker Ills As
Mr.. Donnelly's majority ....e.....S 2-5
1t would certainly have been some
thing Of an honor for Minnesota if it had
secured the presidential nomination.
Six weeks prior to Sept. 5, the con-
ventiOn had been abandoned and but
for the push and energetic support OF
Mr.. Donnelly and Tom Watson the con-
vention would not have met this year.
During two days stormy session Mr.
Donnelly presided over the convention
and made no canvass for the nOmina-
tion At night between the two ses-
sions his time was occupied with franz
ing the address, the chief product of the
convention.
However, he seems we'll satisfied with
the result He had not the money to
! make canvass of the United States.
His friends in the Minnesota delegation
were surprised that he should not re-
! celve the solid support Of the delega-
| ton. There will be much Indignation
| throughout Minnesota. 1t is another il
| lustration Of the pernicious practice Of
| using proxies in delegate conventions.
! But delegate conventions are no more.
Future conventions will wonder what
manner of man he was. what brotherlv
spirit could swell the manly breast who
with his pocket full Of proxies would
| travel thousand miles to vote them
against Minnesota's greatest and most
respected Populist and in favor Of a can
didate whom he had never met E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
WHICH WAS OVERWHELMINGLY IN

WHICH WAS OVERWHELMINGLY IN
FAVOR OF PUTTING UP A TICKET.
And those who did not sympathize
with this purpose had no business there.
They attended simply with intent to
withdraw at critical moment, with
bowls and cheers, and so break up the
convention. But they failed Among
them was a lady delegate, who made a
speech defending Senator Butler! This
showed the animus of the whole affair.
1t was simply another of Judas Buffers
tricks in the interest of Democracy. ~.
1t is outrageous that even an avowed
mid-road convention could not be held
without gang of Democratic agents
intruding to prevent any action looking
to the preservation of the Peoples party
as distinct organization
But we have passed beyond the con-
troll Of these tricksters-forever.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
REMEMBER THE PRINTER.

Our expenses are very heavy, and all
cash. If you owe us, be just and gen.
erOus enough to pay up at once. Re-
member the words of the poet:
"Delinquents on the printers books
Can never enter heaven"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
DENO-I'Op. PAPERS.

Demo-Pop papers with emphasis on
the Demo, like the NonconfOrmist OF
Omaha. Neb, Organs home), are in
their issues since Sept. s, nOticably 81
lent about the Cincinnati convention.
such papers are called newspapers.
Z. a. i.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
TAKE NOTICE,

We have carried a great many sub
scribers through harvest. Now, boys,
remember us. and send lis in. of the
first fruits, enough to square up your
accounts and pay for one year ahead.
We are ready to fight your battles, hut
you MUST stand by us.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
Yours for truth and justice.
JOHN COMERFORD
Fountain Citv Wis SAINT Q 1900

Fountain City, Wis, Sept g. 1885,
Friend Schiling-I see from the dailv
papers that the Democrats have kicked the
Peoples party out of the state convention.
| think the old war-horse Democrats are
going to run the Democratic party to suit
themselves. If the Democrats were sincere
with the platform they copied Cor rather
stole from the Peoples party two wears
ago, they would kick them out now, In 1896
they opened their arms and were willing to
fuse with the Peoples party everywhere
Now. after they thought they had disrupted
the Peoples party and prevented them from
organizing and growing, they refuse to
recognize it. and the old party hacks are
In the lead again, and they will dictate
Clevelands second term was the poorest
administration in many years, and If the
gold Democrats are to dictate then we had
better vote the Republican ticket In 1874
the reform Republicans were not satisfied
with politics they then were: the Demo-
Gratis were then willing to fuse with the re-
formers; they Joined together and put up
a ticket under the name Reform party and
elected the whole state ticket with ex-Gov
Taylor at the head. Two years later the
War-horse Democrats made their appear
ancc again and dictate that I'VE are the
Democratic party and the reformers had
nothing to say This naturally drove the re-
formers back into the Republican party.
Since that time the Democrats never
TO me that the Democrats are going to play
the same game that we, the People's
party, and all reformers, will have to stand
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
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by the Peoples party platform and by Their
nominations.
Yours for progress, justice and reform.
- 81 Ia WILLIAM ULRICH.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
The Middle of the Readers Are Now in
the Saddle.

Marion Butler and Fus.on-Milton Park,
of Texas, Elected National Chairman
National Campaign Now Open.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14
THE RESULT.

According to the very full and accur-
American" the vote at Cincinnati Sept.
6 stood on the nomination of a -candi-
date for the presidency, as follows