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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
RAILROADS BEATEN FOR ONCE.

We find the following in a Chicago
paper. We have not observed anything
of this important matter in the Twin
City dailies. GO away from home to
hear the news" says the proverb.
ST. PAUL. April 15.-One Of
the hardest and longest fought
railroad cases. the famous Haney
Falls "Y' case, was decided by the
supreme court today in favor Of the state.
and affirming the judgment Of the lower
court in tho appeal of the Wisconsin, Min
nesota and Pacific Railroad company from
an order requiring that a "Y' should be
constructed for transferring fom the
line of this road to the Wilmar and Sioux
Falls branch Of the Great Northern.
This question has been fought in one
form or another for the past 10 years
Finally, in 1895, Representative Jacobson Sc
cured the passage of a law requiring rail-
road companies to connect intersecting
lines by switches and ''Ys" and to transfer
cars from one line to the other without
cost, that shipments might be sent to their
destination by the shortest route The law
also provided that the charge Of transport
alton between the two points which could
be reached by intersecting lines should be
not more than the regular rate for the
shortest route by which the shipment
could be made.
The railroads fought an order Of the rail-
road and warehouse commission ordering
that the "Y'' be put in at Hanley Falls
first before the commission itself and then
In the courts. Probably the attempt Of the
shinners of wood and live stock in tia
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
And paid rent and Doctors

dren! And paid rent and Doctors
bills!
Would it have been surprising If he
had jumped into the Mississippi river?
Or had sailed out and robbed some man
on the highway?
And his case is the case of thousands
But Lynch has got fat Office and
Owen expects to get one; and SO they ad-
wise these thousands to abandon the
great principles of the Peoples Party
and combine with the Democrats, who
in st. Paul are nominating gold bugs for
office!
The men who would advocate the de-
struction OF the Peoples Party in the
face Of so much misery should be cruel
fed with their heads downward.
Stand by the Peoples Party. 1t was
created to save mankind Mankind is
not yet saved. Why abandon it for a
few offices? /. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
THAT NEW DEAL AGAIN.

In the last three issues of the Repre-
sentative articles have appeared suggest
ing a method whereby it seemed to the
writer that all honest and earnest re-
formers might get together politically
for the more speedy and certain accom-
plishment Of genuine reform.
From several of the nations greatest
leaders we have received strong letters
of endorsement Our articles, under
caption THAT New Deal" were intend
ed as merely suggestive, and in no sense
mandatory. Our suggestion was based
mainly upon the well-known power, in
fluence and following Of great natural
leaders in all parties. The New Time
recently suggested a union of reform
forces to commence In the precinct by
and among the rank and file voters.
We criticized this suggestion because
we believed that when the voters Of
any town, county, state or nation are
shaken up together in the political hat
the same great natural leaders will come
to the top, and results would not be
materially changed by putting them
back into the hat and shaking them
over again. Leadership is rare gift
that never fails to assert itself.
In 1896 w. J. Bryan. with the stencil
of Democracy clinging to his clothes.
polled nearly the solid Populist vote.
had he been an Independent, free from
the odium of Democracy, under q new
name with the principles Of Bryan he
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
THAT'S RIGHT.

The St. Paul Dispatch or the 10Th inst
says:
THE meeting Of the state central commit
tee of the Silver Republicans in Minneap-
oils Wednesday had an important bearing
upon the present campaign not yet made
public.
while the committee recognized that it
had no right to interfere with st. Paul mat
ters, it considered and decided that no sill
Yer man can afford to vote for a gold
bug" even though he was willing to stand
on a silver PLATFORM
-. NJ Hawthorne. Of this city, brought
the matter before the committee, stating
that he did SO for the purpose of getting
an expression of opinion from the members
for the guidance of the Silver Republicans
of ST. Paul. Personally he had been in
clined to favor Dr. Schifflndnn, but did not
desire to do if the committee thought
his election would result in an injury to
the cause Of silver.
Several other st. Paul men present were
called upon to give an account of the stu
alton. 1t was narrated that Dr. Schiffmann
was nominated for mayor by party call
ing itself the Democrat-ctizens; that he
accepted the nomination on a silver plat
form. as did also several other gold Demo-
Gratis who were placed on the ticket 1t
was pointed out that some of the nominees
Stumped the state and otherwise did all
they could to defeat Bryan in 1896, and
that none OF these men had recanted or
shown any disposition to do so. On the
other hand the straight Democrats and the
Populists had put a straight silver ticket
in the field on a silver platform and were
making the campaign along reform lines.
1t took but few minutes for the men,
berS OF the committee to unanimously de-
eide. asserting that they did not do so in
their official capacity, that it is the duty
of the silver Republicans to vote the Erwin
ticket and at least not work for or encour-
age the DemOcrat-citiZenS ticket. J. NJ
Hawthorne has therefore taken pains to
state that the use of his name by the Dem
ocrat-citizenS Of the public speakers
was unauthorized. He does not expect to
appear upon the platform in the campaign,
but If he does SO it will not be in the in
terest of the ticket on which the names
Of several gold men appear"
Good for ]. M. Hawthorne He is a
true man. We are glad to see him re-
fusing to support gold bugs even when
buttered over with the name Demo
GRAFT"
He is not one Of the Owen breed OF
"trimmers'' who are ready to lay all the
principles Of the party on the shelf, and
go into the fight with the sole slogan
'The Offices! The Offices! And Moth
ing but the Offices I'D,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
PROSPERITY,

The lying dailies try to hide the fact
that the single gold standard is driving
the people to bankruptcy, suicide and in
sanity. Everything that would reveal
the real condition Of the people is care
fully suppressed.
We talked the other day to a Mime
apolis bricklayer. Scandinavian. an in
telligent, sober, industrious man. He
told US that during the last five months he
had had just two weeks work! And
he had spent all his time hunting for
work. With that two weeks work he
had supported q wife and family Of chill
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
TILLMAN SCORES MCKINLEY.

Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, he
of the pitchfork, has terrible tongue in
his head, and this is the way he jabs 1t
into the perfunctory Mckinley:
1--WE are threatened with a veto II we
dare proclaim the independence of Cuba
he declared. He made the direct charge
that the house and senate had practically
agreed upon the form Of a resolution
to be presented simultaneously to both
bodies, pending the reception Of the mes
sage, and he called upon the members of
the committee on foreign relations to deny
the truthfulness Of that statement
The senate waited a moment Tor an in
terruption, but it did not come, and then
with startling exclamation, he said that
"silence gave consent" to mis- proposition.
If the resolution, as reported by a ma
jority of the committee on foreign relations
was adopted, it would give the president
the right to determine who the Cuban peo-
pie were and the manner Of their govern
ment.
"Who is going to constitute the return
ing board? Who are going II count the
votes?" asked the senator n one OF his
crescendo periods.
president He said he believed MIN to be
good mana conscientious citizen-but
he was surrounded by men whom he (Tfll-
NAM suspected were very wicked partners.
THE WHOLE WORLD" he said. us
BECOMING A SLAVE TO THE BOND
HOLDERS. Our action in this great crisis
is predicted upon the demand Of the syndi-
cate that control every avenue Of trade and
commerce. The bond Of the corporation
is stronger than the man-T1E SINISTER
EFFECT OF THE DOLLAR IS PARA
MOUNT IN THIS CAPITAL"
He inquired If the hypnotic influences
abroad in the land would obtain. and II
under the narcotic sleep Cuba would be sad
died with debt not Of her own choosing.
I'VE propose to take possession Of Cuba as
the policeman Of the Western continent"
was one of his most declarative utterances.
Then, with infection. rising at the termina-
ton Of each word he said: Bonds! bonds
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
FREE CUBA.

Mckinley and his gang are trying to
invade Cuba without recognizing the ex-
listing patriot government Of that coun-
try. Have they not deserved recognition
by the heroic fight they have made for
three years past? Imagine France, in
the revolution of 1776, sending ships and
armies here to free the colonists, but
refusing to recognize George Washington
or the continental congress! Would not
our patriots have asked: What trick
is behind this business?"
There is a cat in the meal tub. And it
probably has Wall street tag around it's
neck.
The Democrats and Populists in con-
gress are right.
Let us have Maxine Gomez and the
Cuban republic. Down with the money
lenders. Id
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
END OF VOLUME ".

With this issue we close volume V of
"The Representative"
1t was started in storm in April,
1898, and it has been in storm pretty
much ever since
The lightnings and cyclones have
played around it's devoted head because
it would not sell out.
A whole generation of assailants has
been buried since its first issue.
Where is Doctor Fish? Who can tell
whether he is alive or dead?
He poured a volume Of abuse over US
because we thought the Peoples Party
should not be sold out bi-annually by
him for his personal profit
He was bold, bad and able man He
even invaded the meeting Of the state
alliance, and with the help of S. M. Owen,
tried to drive us in disgrace out Of that
organization.
But he is gone. The places that knew
him will know him no more forever.
And s. NJ. Owen is treading close in his
footsteps.
This paper is today stronger than it
ever was before. It's circulation is in
creasing at tremendous rate. It has
the confidence Of the people, and 1t Is
more determined than ever to stand by
the Peoples Party and the Omaha plat
form.
oSc Dor rto a
Omaha platform we shall still stand by
the platform.
We shall, If necessary, advocate the
principles Of the party against the party!
No nincompoop can sell us to the
enemies Of the people, like a side OF SOLE
leather. God never made us to play any
such part. We were not built for it.
The time was when we fought alone
and single-handed for reform. We may
have to do it again. We shall not shrink.
We would be stronger as an independ-
ent advocate Of the Omaha platform than
as the servile champion of any conglon-
Grated iniquity connected by place-hunt-
ers.
Next week we begin our sixth volume
We shall have something to say IN 1T OF
Importance.
Rush the 1O-cent subscriptions.
The day is not distant when we shall
have $4,000 subscribers.
We have already larger circulation
than any reform paper ever published In
the Northwest.
Clear the decks for action. We are
here and we are alive! 1. u.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
THE TRI-FURCATED PARTY.
With a Hook in It's Tail.

eAA |" uAOOAA AZ AAb A"AAs
See how Populism is reduced from a
distinct organization to an appendage-a
tin-kettle, with a brick in it, tied to
the tail of yellow dog! 1t cannot even
hold state convention without prelimi-
nary arrangements with two other par
ties. Oh, Lord! How are the mighty
fallen!
Minneapolis Journal
Chairman Gibbs, of the Populist state
central committee, having made the
statement that he WOULD NOT CALL
IN MINNEAPOLIS UNTIL HE HAD
BEEN REGULARLY NOTIFIED THAT
THE DEMOCRATS HAD TURNED
OVER EXPOSITION HALL TO BE
USED FOR A JOINT MASS MEETING
IN THE EVENING. E. S. Corser, leader
Of the silver Republicans, wired him that
the deed was done; that the Democrats
had turned the hall over to the silver
Republicans, and, in turn, the latter
turned it over for the joint use Of all
three parties.
1t is thought this will end all the diff
culties which have strewn the path OF
the fusionists for some time past, and
that the call for the Populist meeting
will be issued by Chairman Gibbs.
Happy Mr.. Gibbs. He may exelaim. In
the language of Governor Rusk, OF Wis
consin: 81 seed my duty and done it,"
i. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
land-grabbing. stock-jobbing scheme tt

land-grabbing. stock obbing scheme to
enrich the moncy-changers?
2. Will it be carried on by increasing
the debts of the people, through govern
ment bonds? Or will it result in an In
crease OF the national currency, the
greenbacks, and the consequent restora<
ton Of the good times we had during the
civil war and for few years thereafter?
Don't think that we shall cease to
think, and shall howl our delight and
toss our caps in the air while new finan-
cial chains are riveted on our limbs.
The real Peoples party has come to
stay and no foreign war can destroy its
universal principles or it's noble aspira-
lions.
But if our platform simply means:
Get the Offices" it will be swallowed Up
as Jonah was by the whale, and the
great game of human slaughter will alb
sorb the attention of the whole country.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
OUR DEGRADATION.

Everything depends upon the point of
view. Chinese writer who recently made
a tour through the United States assures
his countrymen that Americans are bar
barians. He says:
'"They live months without eating mouth
full of rice; they eat bullocks and sheep in
enormous quantities; they have to battle
frequently; they eat meat with knives and
prongs; they never enjoy themselves by sit
ting quietly on their ancestors graves but
jump around and kick balls as if paid to do
it, and they have no dignity, for they may
be found walking with women"
That last point is conclusive. A man
must be far gone that will be found
walking with woman! Why, in China
they throw the girl babies from the city
walls to be devoured by dogs.
What does our friend, Mrs. Julia B.
Nelson, say to these practices?
I. ..
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
BILL ERWIN.

Bill Erwin is not perfect; we could
suggest large improvements in his make
up if he is ever to be born again.
But Bill is an able man, an earnest adj
vocate Of free silver, the nominee of the
Populists Of st. Paul for mayor, and his
opponent is a 'gold bug"
Give Bill your vote. Let him have q
chance to show the stuff he is made of.
His election will help the Peoples
Party. No man who has supported the
single gold standard should be elected to
any office for 10 years to come. His
true place in the meantime is in the
tmbecile asylum. He has helped to in
flict incalculable evil on the whole peo-
pie, He should not be rewarded for his
criminal stupidity. I. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20

western part of the state, who are respon-
sible for the movement which resulted in
this law. have in their fight for the estab-
lishment Of this privilege caused more legal
contests and more legislation than any
similar number Of people in the state.
No fewer than three laws and half
dozen or more attempts at legislation relat-
ing to procedure before the railroad and
warehouse commission and appeals there
from to the courts are traceable to one
phase or another Of this fight.
All honor to Jake Jacobson It Is his
victory.
But when the United States court re-
verses the state court (as 1t wild, Jake
will begin to think that the Populists are
right, and that the people must own the
railroads. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
lie Seuer County Heard From.

Editor Representative: l am Lin
coin Republican" and have proved my
faith by wearing the blue uniform OF the
volunteer soldier at the front from 1861
until 1866. neither am I ashamed to
swear by the Populism OF Wharton Bar
ker and Thomas e. Watson. which is
identical with the principles advocated
by the great war president" in 1860.
There is probably not another person IN
Minnesota who has suffered more from
persecution and blacklisting from pluto
cratic conspirators in high positions OF
authority. on account Of the people 5
cause, than 1 have experienced; but as
am no candidate for office and wear
NO mans collar I will be free to state
nv views on the political situation
have been asked whether l favored
the nomination of Hon. John Lind as
candidate for governor as an indie
pendent" and would answer: Person
ally. I have confidence in the honesty OF
Mr.. Lind and there is no man in Mime
sofa I would rather see elected governor
that him: but want him to show his
shirt for reform the same as Wharton
Barker, by endorsing the six cardinal
tenets of the Peoples party. that cover
all the principles Of true Lincoln Re-
publican" and to which Mr.. Lind, II stu
cere. should make no objection.
This lie Sueur" county Is Democratic.
by at least five hundred majority. yet,
for the last twenty years 1t has been I'M
der the domination Of political COM
bination" with only such party division
as was dictated by the bosses in divid-
ing the spoils.
The average voter cares but little
what political creed hold the offices. as
long as there is no relief In prospect to
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
RESULTS OF THE WAR.

II war breaks out, despite the pluto
Gratis. and continues six months, our
government will be forced to issue green
backs, and that will put up the value
OF property and give the country good
times.
Wheat IS already up to Sill!
1t Is crying shame that we can only
loosen the grip Of the money-power, on
the Threats Of the people, by the murder
OF tens Of thousands of innocent pro-
ducers. IN
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
EXACTLY.

We come back from six weeks in the
East more resolute advocate Of Popu-
lism pure and simple than ever before.
There we could see no difference be-
tween Democracy and Republicanism.
but both wearing the same golden col
lar Of plutocracy Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
BELLAMY DYING.
The Famous Author in Consumption's
GRASP.

The Famous Author in Consumption's
Grasp.
DENVER, Col, April 1s.-Edward Bel
lamy. the famous author. who came to Den
yer from his home in Massachusetts last
fall in the hope of regaining his health. is
dying Of consumption. He Is very low. and
the end is believed to be near.
When he dies a great man and great
philosopher will have passed away.
He dreamed magnificent dreams Of the
future of the human race. If the devil
could be eliminated from the condition OF
the world his visions might be realized.
But when we cannot even hold together
a simple organism Of progress like the
Peoples Party, but knaves break in and
destroy it for profit, how can humanity
even hope to establish Bellamy's picture
Of peace, love and universal justice?
l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
Two Not of a Kind.

There will be no war.-Mark Hanna.
This organized money power, from Its
secret conclave would dictate the choice
of your highest officers, and compel you
to make war or peace as best suits their
own wishes The forms Of your govern
ment might for time remain, but its
living spirit would depart from it,-An-
drew Jackson.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
WAR! WAR!l WARi!i

They tell us that the war is going to
swallow up all the great questions of the
age.
The feather-heads are likely to be car
ried of their feet, but sensible men will
continue to think in the midst Of the
tumulk
They will ask:
l. Will the war mean the liberation
Of q wretchsd and suffering people, Or q
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
Railroads Boycott Pop Papers.

The railroads in Michigan have placed
a boycott on all papers that print any
thing favorable to Pingree. No passes.
no usual favors for the papers that print
anything he says. The railroads want
free press, you know. They believe in
free speech! They do not want to con-
troll what the people read. Of course mott
Appeal to Reason,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
THE SPEAKING DIAL.

WONDERFUL SCIENTIFIC NAGNETIZED
INVENTION. operated by deviation Tor an un-
seen force and intelligence now a recognized fact
admitted by the greatest men Of science), has
come to prove Immortality. Gives names, dates,
circumstances. past. present and future, speaks
in various languages. and answers mental ques-
tions convincing the most skeptica1. Although
only placed the market since March. 1885,
they are now in use in nearly every state in the
Union and Canada. Price. $3.50 each with full
printed directions. Address p j. Dempsey in
ventor, 1902 Vine place, Minneapolis, MINI. In
close stamp for reply.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
A PERTURBATION.

We heard Of a Populist who asked
Gov. Clough the other day if it was true
that the father Of the lady who recently
married Mr.. Donnelly was an inspector
OF wheat with fat salary under his I'D
ministration, and the governor told him
there was no truth in the statement
There are a great many liars in this
world. E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20

The Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific
are squeezing the life out of the California
fruit growers. They charge 50 cents per
box by car load lots to transport oranges
from the orchards to the Eastern markets,
or five cents more than the grower receives
Elk.
The wonder is that they leave them
anything-for they are masters Of the
situation-by long line of Republican
legal decisions.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
THE WAR.

The external question Is: Shall there
be war?
The internal question is: Who shall
profit by 1.-THE people or the bondhold-
ers? I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-04-20
THAT'S 1T.

We do not hate the Democrats because
we refuse to see the Peoples Party per-
ish
Let every tub stand on its own bottom
D.