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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
ORGANIZING.
The Right Course.

We get encouraging reports from all
izing the Grain Growers Association.
The following letter from one Of the
leading farmers of Minnesota will be
read with pleasure by our readers. and
is sample of many others.
FERTILE. Polk Co.. Mimi. Jan. N.-The
farmer has been asleep nearly 20 years. Can
you wake him to realiza ton that he can
protect himself and whip the devil with his
Own lash? To do any business now sue eSsful-
~ there must be thorough organization. II
the elevator lines can place one man at the
head Of the great machine with his finger
on the battery, which sends the Information
all over the wheat raising states placing
the price on a bushel of wheat each lay,
there is no earthly reason why the farmer
can not do likewise. But I believe you
must have your own elevator, your own
board of directors at the wheat terminals;
your own seller, a salaried man; a commits
sion exacted from each car to pay expenses
and sinking fund to build elevators.
I will take hold of the matter and help
organize this county just as soon as
definite plan can be decided on by your
association.
1t will not be a hard matter to bring to-
gether at our county seat good represent
working committees can be appointed Cor
organization Of each town.
Would it not be advisable to send prir ted
Instructions to say, one good man In each
county, to act as a committee, selecting his
own townsmen to act with him on such a
committee, to call convention in his coun-
ty Immediately? The time is short now
until spring. and we should be thoroughly
organized by spring, SO we can send good
delegations to the state meeting, having
each town in every county represented
there. The state convention should be
about June Goth. I will agree to drop politics
for year and stir up this county.
This latter suggestion Is excellent,
but we have no authority to appoint
such committees. We would recommend
all hands to write to c. H. Hopkins,
Fairfax, Mimi, president of the Grain
Growers Association, and he will doubt
less give them authority to go ahead.
The constant rush of advertisements
has delayed our 100000 edition, but it
will appear soon, either Feb. l or 8, and
we hope to publish in it the proposed
constitution and bylaws for revision by
the members. The convention in June
promises to be one of the biggest
ever seen in Minnesota, and there the
constitution will be licked into final
shape, by the delegates from the local
branches. The farmers are to control
the whole thing. Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25

prepared TO throw up his hat and hur-
rah for Mckinley who promised to open
the mills instead of the mints and shout
for the G. o. P. It will inspire patriot
ism and willingness to fight the Fill
pinos to open up new markets for these
trusts and enable the trusts to obtain
cheaper Malay labor. Hurrah for the
trusts! Hurrah for concentrated wealth
and monopoly owned government,
hurrah for imperialism and the G. 0. P.
from whom such blessings flow.
e. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
NOT OUR CREED.

In our last issue this extract appeared:
Land is not and cannot be property, In
the sense that movable things are prop
erty."
The homes of the people must be upon
the land. They can't be in balloons OF
ships. If they can't own the land they
can't own their homes
1t is theorizing run mad to argue tina,
the government should be a great land
lord and all the people tenants. SUP
pose the government falls into the hands
OF men like Quay, Depew and such cattle
how long would you hold your home?
But says one, you cannot own land
because God made it,
Then you can't own your shirt because
God made the linen of which it is con-
structed. And any man can take away
your pants because God made the sheer
which grew the wool which made the
cloth.
But we hear in reply, "the linen and
the wool were of no value until man
worked them over"
Neither is the land of any value until
1t is broken" seeded" dragged.
harvested" etc.
Make the home SECURE.
You cannot maintain a republic where
a majority of the people own no homes
Do not be led into Serbonian bog b,
false theOrizing. IN
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25

for them. The amount which they paid OF
put up for each member was from s, 600 to
$lO,OCO They claimed to have bought cAcut
an equal number of Republicans and Dem
ocrats. but they would lot pay over 200
Tor Republicans. At the request Of Well
come and Charlie Clark 1 approached Sen
ator Myers. of Ravalli county, but not in
the way they intended. They authorized
me to offer him $4,000. I talked the mat
ter over with Senator Myers and he agreed
to help me make the exposures. I after
wards saw Welcome and told him that
Myers would accept the $4,000. He asked
me to take Myers up into a room In the
Helera hotel and he would meet us with
the D.oney. This was about o'clock on The
evening of Jan. Z.
took Myers to the room and then went
to Welcomes room, but instead Of going
to see Myers with me he gave me the
money and asked me to fix it with Myers.
I went to Myers. and counted out the
$4,000 and put it IN an envelope and sealed
it. Mr. Myers then signed his initials on
the back of it. I took the envelope and
showed 1t to Welcome. The understanding
Myers voted for Clark, when I was to turn
1t over to him. This is the envelope which
contains the money. 1t Is still sealed and
has been in my possession ever since l re-
ceived it.
There seemed to be no end to the supply
VI IIlOIey. L lulIk lney expected 10 use
nearly a million dollars, and as near as
I can Judge, have already paid out about
100000; a considerable portion of this
money was absorbed by the second lieu
tenant who handled it.
Some of it was paid to the members,
but the larger portion of it was deposited
With third parties. to be held in escrow.
They ran short of money several times be-
cause large-sized bills were hard to get
The most OF it was in $1,000 bills, some Of
500 and some Of $50 and $780, Welcome
said that w. A. Clark had instructed them
to go in and win no matter what it cost
They generally paid $500 or $1,000 down
and the balance was placed in the hands of
a third party to be paid to the member
after he had given his support to w A.
Clark for United StatoA senator 1t was
not contingent upon Clarks election.
is any man fool enough to believe that
this republic can long endure, unless a
great and good party arises to overthrow
plutocracy? I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
OF COURSE.

The ire Of Mr.. Nyquist, of Smiths Mills
has been aroused by the defeat Of Flow
mans |'ii! deducring the amornt If a per
sons mo:eg lye fnde5: .':ncss from the v:,lu
alton of his taxable p-):e:iy Mr. Nyuuist
says that tn, defeat &C this ,lst measure ia
absolutely wicket folly. Every coed citizen
should anc will. he contends. cioa::uily h:y
taxes on his property. but it is an outrage
to make him pay taxes on his debts-Ex.
We tried for twenty years to right
this wrong, just as Brother Plowman is
trying now, but all in vain. And 1t
never will be righted until a popular
uprising puts the Populists in control of
the legislature and the executive. I. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
GIVE ALL THINK ALIKE.v

Richard Croker, the great Democratic
leader, Of New York, said in an inter-
view, Jan. Fl.
The Is to 1 is a dead issue. This was
proven conclusively by the expression of
the will of the people in 1896 when they
elected Mr.. Mckinley president of the
United States
Now the Democrats Of the West and
other sections of the country are trying to
foist this dead issue upon the Democratic
party and to make the old dead cry of '16
to L the Democrats slogan in 1900
why should we carry a dead weight in
that campaign. The times of four Years
ago are past. Today the times are differ
ent and the issues are not the same
1.-THE free silver issue is merely a local
issue In the sections where free silver will
benefit the residents it is but natural fo1
them to declare for 16 to 1. However, in
my opinion, the money question should be
settled by congress.
But here in New York we must see to 1t
that the position of our party the mon
ey question meets the requirements OF
not any one section. but Of every section.
when in convention assembled the ma
jority of delegates demand a certain stand
ard or certain reform New York will, as
1t ever has, fall faithfully In line without
a moment Of opposition or murmur of pro-
test But the money platform Of 1900 has
not yet been written.
And then Croker says:
From the South and West there always
comes the hue and cry against New York
because 1t Is the money center of the
United States But whenever there is any
great public improvement to be made i'm
any section Of the country, the first look
for help is towards abused New York. They
rush to our great city to raise the money
They come here for the means to build their
railroads, to construct their waterworks
to erect the plants for gas service, and
bond their sites for any kind of improve
ment Then, no matter how much benefit
Is derived from this section Of the coun-
try, there Is always the same howl against
the great city because 1t is the money CEN
ter-that very center without which public
Improvement would be impossible"
The question naturally arises-how
did New York accumulate all the vast
wealth 1t now possesses? Did it get it
by trading blue dogs for green monkeys?
No, it stole 1t from the real producers
OF the country. A sick infant could not
subsist on all the real wealth Wall street
has produced since it ceased to be COW
pasture.
'The free silver ISSUE" says Croker.
'is merely local issue. In the Sec
tons where free silver will benefit the
residents it Is but natural for them to
declare for 16 to l."
Precisely, Brother Croker; and where
the residents raise nothing but bonds
and mortgages, 1t is natural for them to
declare against 16 to I.
The latter policy makes money dear
and property cheap. The former policy
makes property dear and money cheap.
One puts up the dollar and the other
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
SARCASTIC.

The st. Paul Globe, referring to the
recent election of Senator Davis makes
this happy hit:
Senator Davis had no competitor for the
honor in his own party. The only other
name mentioned in connection with the
senatorship was upon the roll call, wher
the Populists. Silver Republicans and
Democrats voted the empty honor of a
minority nomination to eX-Congressmar
Charles y. Towne, of Duluth. The theory
OF the Populists for urging his name as
defined by one of their number is that in
the event of the death of Senator Davis
Gov. Lind would be certain to select the
distinguished Duluth gentleman as his sue
CeSSOr.
Long life to Senator Davis
Which means that the gold-bug Demo
Gratis would rather have the Republican
Davis, in the United States senate than
the distinguished advocate of free silver
Hon. Charles A. Towne.
But then I'VE all think alike!" "And it
makes no difference what banner we
march under, provided we get there
Eli" IN
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25

would be about 100 pages short Of the list Of
last year. but instead it is so pages longer
which makes vast amount of work The
clerk will be obliged to hire more extra help
than he did in former years to complete the
work on time. The law is very strict as
to when the work shall be completed.-AIin-
neapOlis Tribune, Jan. q.
We need two or three more state
ments from Dun and Bradstreet to show
the amount OF wheat and cotton shipped
from the United States to Europe to
prove that we are immensely prosper
GUS.
The taxes are eating up the homes,
but the people are happy. I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
POSTPONED.

Our superintendent of advertising, Mr..
j. A. Sutherland, insists that we must
put off our mammoth edition one week
longer, to give time to secure more adj
vertising. 1t will be ten page issue at
least, and may be much more About
six pages of advertising have already
been secured, and Mr.. S. hopes to make it
ten.
Send in your ads and orders for extra
copies at once
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
BREAKING OF THE FUSION ALL
ANCE.

In many states where fusion had not
| breaking away from the alliance so in
imical to their interests were able to
save the framework of their old party
organization upon which to build up
| ing away was accomplished with great
unanimity little difficulty was experience
ed intaking this framework and taking
the party organization out of the Demo-
the breaking away was tardy and drawn
out, and where many claiming to be
| POpuissts and profting from fusion
strOve to hang on to the organization
such organization, such party framework
has only been captured after most bit
ter struggles, ending only in the courts.
This was the case in Iowa and Missouri
and Michigan. In other states there has
been a fight equally as bitter but de-
decided against the true Populists who
have been denied the right to build up
the party under their own name and
been obliged to build up as midroad
Populsts, as in Oregon and Minnesota,
where the fusionists have been accord
ed. the right to go before the people as
Populists, and so dupe them into voting
the Democratic tickets upon which the
names of Democrats are printed as Pop
ulsts.
And still in other states the breaking
away of the true Populists from the
Democratic alliances has been SO scat
tering, the breaking away from the ranks
being as it were by individuals and not
by companies. that no organization has
been preserved among those who have
broken away. This has been pre-emi-
nently so in Kansas and Nebraska and
South Dakota. In those states the fusion
policy has had firm hold and has
brought many victories. The result is
that there is a powerful organization of
office holders in such states whose in
terest Is to uphold the fusion policy to
which they owe their advancement. And
they have held the machinery and orga-
nization Of the Peoples Party firmly in
hand.-Philadelphia American.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
ANSWERED.,

We are receiving hundreds of appli-
cations for copies of the constitution and
bylaws of the Grain Growers Associa-
ton. 1t is not prepared yet. A meeting
of the committee of eight will be held
soon, and the document agreed on pub
lished in our mammoth edition.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
WHY NOTf

Gov. Lind wants TIE state to publish its
own school books Good! But why not
have the state asJ own ard operate it's
own railroads? That would be gooder.
Boen's Globe.
Nonsense, Haldor. The people of Min
but they haven't sense enough to run
100 miles of railroad. And then it pleases
them to pay three cents mile for
travel when they could have it for two.
I. D,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
BEGGARS,

When Lafayette revisited this country in
1925 he wonderinSiy asked, Where are your
poor? About Twenty-Five years later, an
other distinguished visitor, Chlr,es Dickens
declared There is not 4 beggar in the
land" Could they say that now?
No; in some sections the towns are
Over-run with tramps, and a million
workmen are said to be out of work.
l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
TELL THE TRUTH.

Pipestone's new s25 6po opera house will be
opened about Feb. 10. 1t is one CT the
largest and mos. comm odious III this part
of the sta :e--LXchan,e.
Why not add that the builder of that
magnificent opera house is the leading
Populist Of Pipestone county, our old and
honored friend, Mr. Ferris-and mid
roader at that. l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
A GREAT LIE EXPLODED.

Our Splendid Prosperity-What 1t
Consists OF.
We find in that valuable paper, The
Chippewa Falls (Wis.) Sentinel, of last
week, the following excellent article:
If we go into the cities and villages what
do we see? Beautiful stores on every
street. standing empty and labeled, ITO
let" If we visit the dwelling portion of the
place. things are even worse. Houses and
flats "to rent are seen at every turn. Is
this prosperity? The people who sunk their
money in these buildings did not do so
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25

Our subscribers are paying up at a
lively rate. Look at your label. The
Grain Growers Association movement
will make every issue Of our paper very
valuable. Don't lose one Of them.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
so 1T GOES.
I. D.

MILWAUKEE,, Jan. 19-The Journal TO-
day prints a letter written by Edward c.
WALL Wisconsin member of the Democrat tic
national committee, in which he repudiates
the 16-to-1 theory. He says:
1T my belief that the doctrine o. 16 to
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
PROSPERITY-OVER THE LEFT,
The Delinquent Tax List of HenneDin
County so Pages More Than Last

The officials and printers will have to hus-
tie to get the delinquent tax list out in time
In past years the county auditor has deliv-
cred the sheets to the clerk of the courts
as fast as they were prepared, which gave
him more than month to make copies
This year the whole original copy was
made out at once and was delivered to lie
clerk yesterday, which will give him only
Is days time in which to get his copy ready
for the printer, and the printer will have
but Is days in which to get it before the
public. 1t was expected that the list
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25

the man. There are more men than dol
lars in the South and West, and they are
for 16 to 1: there are more dollars in
New York than men, and they oppose
16 to 1.
That is the whole story in a nutshell.
l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25

paper our patrons VIII confer q favor
~ saying that they saw the aave1.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-25
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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-01-27

|cHAS. .KIExEl WILL MANAGE II
Will be Run in >Connec:
tion with the Local Com.
pany's Plant. = ,ss y.

The Jac. Kiewei Brewing Co, q
Little Falls, has purchased the bre W.
ing plant of the >CrooksSon f3re1ins
Go. The Crooks1on company has a
three-story >aand. basement triek
building, with an anauat capacity et
20, 900 barrels, 1t will be run under
the direct supervision Of Charles K ie:
vel. Of Little Faits, Who wilt take
charge next week andyMiN move biz
family to Crookston. The new ox
ners propose to place modern i'm.
>provemcnts 10 the Crookston t,iant,
running it by steam, and greatly iu
crease its capacity.
The new acquisition OF the Kiewe
Brewing Co: makes the coaoerm -oa<
OF the. largest in the state, TY4
Crookston plant will ae run in con
nection With the large plant at LIT
tie Falls. {:
Charles Kiewei, who goes to Crook
sten to manage the brewery, is ore
of the leading young business mea q
this city. His friends wilt much re
greet his departure
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-01-27

HISTORICAL I
SOCIETY
FR|lD 'l'llI| | [ AY 4 n q 300,
8necessfnaly Pres ented.


4 large asdilllc wi,pessed the pro-
lsotson e 4. The Cha apero'ne' at the
Grosscpera house Tuesday evening
saAer the asspices Of the French
Catholic ehsrch The play was very
wen presented Mrs G N. "A. For
tier, who had charge OF the produc-
tion,as ,he gypsy, Miss Gravel as the
lrish maid, Aliss Barton as the
French teacher, Miss Vasaly as '..Tbe
Chapenoaeo aud Misses Snow,
Blake aad DeLaHunt deserve mem
tsea Tor Eoad work. Miss frances
Gaer5rsa did >spiendidly as Phyllis
Reynolds, and Miss Clara Guerin as
the ~aif, Jili, also did we'll. The
etasers Gted tn ,ir parts capably. The
fancy drill BY: the young ladies re-
caved great and deserved applause.
also the Oxford minuet which was
gracefulty aad neatly danced. The
music was furnished by Prof. Folsom,
lst vicain, Henry Richard, Sd violin:
Eraest Beyee, cornetist; and Miss
Mabel Braaneu. accompanist.
Tie whole perfprmpnce reflected
great credit Oh those WHIP directed
azad those w&ao took part.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-01-27
Two Installations.


exerst tl,ree ehunlr red people uttttended
the Joint pablo installation Of. the
Modern Woodmen and Royal Neigh
bors camps last Friday evening:
After Il brief introductory bv Past
Venerable Consul Chas. E. Vasaly,
the Royal Neishbor officers were in
stalled, Mrs. j. A. Nichols conduct.
ing the ceremony in an able manner.
The team did very good work and
received great applause.
The Woodmen officers were. then
installed by Deputy Head Consu;
Dawson. The Woodmen team uu
der Chief Forester Barnes. did good
work. Mr.. Dawson gave an address
on Woodcrafc after the installation
After the rendition OF the program
which included music by the City
Band, duet by MacRae & Reid, brass
quartette and recitation by frankie
Fortier, refreshments were served.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-01-27

The new: 81 silver cartifca te< are are
nov being paid out ~ the treasury
and5wi'l soon De ID genera rir9nla.
ton. Tne desisn is entirely new,
made with avieW to meet the com
plants against the Old design. Tie
distinguishing features OF the face
OF ohe note are q spread eagle with
the Untted States flag zin ids talon.
and the capitol I'M 4 the. bAck rou,l,l;;
one. very large n,lnera1 and th, seal,
both insbiue, and 1slnina atqre port
5of L'ncolll and Grant, surro nded 81
laurel Wreaths. The back 81 the
s. note is painted in green, and On back
and front here IS u e bite paper
TO be. seen th,1n on any other note
ever issues Tue i over, 4 ], n,l1anlent. IS