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The representative., 1899-11-30
DENOUNCE NATIONAL RANKS.

BOSTON, Nov. 24.-After II days delib-
Grafton the general assembly of the knights
Of Labor concluded it's business yesterday
afternoon and adjourned to meet in Birm-
1neham, Ala, in November, 1900.
The chief feature of the closing session
was the adoption of resolutions condemning
President McKfnley's policy on the trusts,
Imperialism and labor questions; declaring
him to be the enemy of labor and asking
labor to use its influence and votes against
him in the coming election.
Resolutions were also adopted denounc-
Ing national banks and favoring the aboli-
tion of indirect taxation; the abolition of
contract system on all public works; the
unlimited coinage of silver at the present
legal ratio; the establishment of postal de-
posits and savings banks at every postoffice.
and the election of president, vice president.
supreme court judges and United States
senator's by the direct vote of the people
This is all very well and we are glad
to see it; what is the good of reso-
lutions If they are not voted into the
ballot boxes? They ascend into the
empty air, and are lost somewhere be-
tween the Great Bear and the Southern
Cross. The workingmen have the power
to correct all misgovernment if they
would only vote right and vote to-
gether.
But will they? Id
The representative., 1899-11-30
Inperfoet 4aGo

but that one of the legislators found
that he had only received one-half the
amount of bribe paid to other members,
and so voted on the side of the people,
to spite the ring, and the bill passed!
Why cannot the. convicts in our pris-
ons, and the boys in the Reform school
be taught the art Of running Mergen-
thaler printing machines, and thus the
state print it's own books, and furnish
them for one-fourth what is now charg-
ed for them?
OF course "the ring" would raise a
howl that we were interfering with
honest labor, but the fact is no school
books are manufactured in this state,
nor in any of the adjoining states-they
come from New York, Boston, Ohio, etc.
Talk this over, friends, and see If
something cannot be done in the next
legislature.
The worst rascalities always hide
under the noblest causes, Education is
splendid ambush for thieves to shoot
their poisoned arrows from. I. D.
The representative., 1899-11-30
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

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The representative., 1899-11-30
GIVE UP GREENBACKS.

740 million dollars of four per cent United
States government bonds will become pay
able July 1, 1907. These are the bonds is
sued in the seventies to take up other bonds.
One hundred million dollars of five per cent
bonds will become payable Feb. 1, 1904.
These are bonds issued by the last Cleve-
land administration. When these bonds be-
come payable they should not be refunded,
but should be paid off every dollar Of them.
The thing can be done easily. Just say
Come forward Mr.. Bondholder, and get
your gold and silver, or If you prefer we
will give you a slight premium If you will
take pay in new issue Of greenbacks.
Most of them will take the greenbacks If
the government would quit warehousing the
gold and silver and require those who want
hard money to take it in the form of the
actual coin, the bondholder would likely in
sist on being paid in greenbacks. Any ad-
ministration friendly to the interests Of the
people and desirous of having the nation
debt into nOn-interest bearing circulating
medium and this, too, with the consent of
the bondholders Observation-Disclosures
World.
Look at the way they do it now!
The government issues it's bonds and
authorizes bankers to buy them, and
issue their greenbacks on top of them;
and collect interest from the govern
ment on the bonds and another interest
from the people upon the banknotes
issued on the bonds-and the banknotes
are simply evidences of the bankers in
debtedness.
And then, when more money is need
ed, the government buys up it's own
bonds and scatters the money through
Wall street.
Why not have the government issue
the currency at once to the people, and
pay no interest or premium to anyone?
Why? Because the banking class
controls both the old parties, and the
people have not sense enough to sup
port the Popu1ists, the only party which
is really fighting for the welfare of the
people.
And why do the people act so? Be-
cause the Democratic party masquer-
ades as the same thing as the Peoples
party. I'VE all think alike" and "it
is no matter what flag we march
under" Our ranks are full of traitors
who are striving to wipe us of the face
of the earth: and earn their thirty
pieces of silver" I'D.
The representative., 1899-11-30
LAMPHERE MADE A BREAK.

FERGUS FALLS, Minn., Nov. 24.-Geo.
n. Lamphere made very unhappy mistake
at the camp fire and bean bake arranged
by Stanton post in this city Wednesday.
Mr.. Lamphere was called upon for an ad-
dress and apparently forgetting that he was
not attending a political gathering, he pro-
ceeded to talk anti-expansion and denounce
the policy of sending American troops to
the Philippines. Many of the grim old
veterans, who had followed the flag in their
younger days, at once arose and left the
hall, and when about half the audience had
filed out, the chairman decided that q more
popular theme had better be chosen. Col.
Marden was called and replied to Mr.. Lam
phere in scathing terms The affair ended
rather unpleasantly and Mr.. Lamphere will
not talk anti-expansion at another G. A. R.
gathering for some time to come.
That Lamphere is a bad egg-dirty on
the shell and rotten in the inside
He is an inveterate Office seeker. He
left the Republican party because they
would not give him place; and he had
scarcely elbowed his way into the Peo-
pies party before he was bowling to
go to congress.
When he dies he will fill the sulphur
fumes with shrieks: "An office! An
office"
Lind would not give him a fat posi-
ton, and now he is anti-Lind. He is
anti-everything but Lamphere. l. D.
The representative., 1899-11-30
OUR PROSPERITY.
The Faribault Jeffersonian says

Why not the farmer?
Because his products have risen but a
very small per cent, while all other things
have gone up from 90 to 100 per cent.
1t is not the mechanic, for his wages
have not gone up sufficient to meet the in
crease in the price Of that which he has to
buy. Besides his wages which are for
the most part continuous are scarcely
enough to make both ends meet.
The common laborer, what of him?
Oh he has been for the most part en-
ployed, but hts wages have been dissi-
r~.ad in t-a higher Cost Of. living and it ~
safe to say that none has laid by a store
Tor rainy day.
When winter comes the soup houses will
not be idle in the cities.
Then who are prosperous?
The trusts. who have arbitrarily fixed
higher prices on their products. The mer-
chant class have also been somewhat bene-
fitted.
Why the howl about prosperity
Haven't you yet learned that the subsi-
dized press are engaged in trying to make
the people believe lie, believe they are
prosperous when in fact they are not? o.
The trusts are the outcome, not of the
tariff, but Of the demonetization of
silver
THE crime of 1873" increased the pur-
chasing power of gold by throwing sill
yer overboard; this correspondingly re-
duced prices, for the gold dollar would
buy more. Then "the smart Alecks"
undertook to escape from the universal
depression by combining to put up the
prices of the articles they had to sell.
The result is lop-sided world, where
the few reap big profits from the many
who have no corresponding benefits.
Then the trusts buy up the newspa-
pers and control party conventions, and
so rivet the chains on the limbs of their
victims.
And if we cannot break up this state
of things the republic Is lost. I'D.
The representative., 1899-11-30
THAT JONES VOTE.

Samuel w. Jones, of Toledo, who ran
for governor in Ohio at the recent elec-
tfon, on a non-partisan, Independent
ticket, polled 1O6.721 votes out OF a
total of 9OS,159.
About 10000 of the voters voted for
Jones and refused to vote for anyone
else on any of the tickets.
This shows a remarkable growth of
the independent spirit. and promises
we'll for the future.
In 100 years the man who boasts that
all his life he has voted this or that
ticket, will be taken to an asylum for
imbeciles and operated upon for the re-
moval of a tumor from the brain. And
the probabilities are the doctors will
find nothing in the skull but tumors-
and they will improve the old fool by
cutting his head off, l. D.
The representative., 1899-11-30
COMING OUR WAY.

We are glad to chronicle the fact that
the subscription list of the Representa-
tive Is growing rapidly all over the
country.
Even those who were nearly led of
oy the fusionists to become Democrats
now see the error of their ways, and
they perceive that we were right In
standing up and making a desperate
tight for the life of the Peoples party.
They see that the D. o. p. cannot be de-
pended upon; that it has practically
abandoned the free silver question and
is going fishing to catch gudgeons
with any kind of temporary bait.
they realize that 1t is very unlikely
that the people of the United States
Will ever restore the party of Grover
Cleveland to power. In 1896 the DEM
ocratic party was dying-the coffin was
open and the corpse nearly ready. But
they resorted to the same treatment
that was tried in the case of King David,
they forced the beautiful virgin of Pop
ulism into an incestuous union with
the rotten old hulk of Democracy. But
David died and the Democratic party is
dying; and the virgin gets up and spits
on her late bedfellow, who is too far
gone to resent the indignity.
Spread the Representative every
where. Get up clubs for it.
There is tide in the affairs of men,
which taken at it's food, lead on to
fortune"
The tide is setting our way; get out
the oars and set the sails. Id.
The representative., 1899-11-30
'O5 "
THOSE PREMIUMS.

Several of our friends have sent in
subscriptions this week under our
premium offers.
It is not necessary for you to decide
in advance which premium you Will
take.
Send in one subscription today, with
one dollar. and notify us you are trying
for a premium. Send In other names as
fast as you get them. We put each
name Immediately on our list and send
him our paper and two Of the best re-
form books printed.
We credit this man who sends us in
such names and is working for prem
ium with 80 cents for each name, until
he selects q premium and orders It
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sent to him. Then every name he has
sent us counts as 80 cents towards pay
ing for the premium he selects. -
1t is not necessary that all names be
sent In at once, and we earnestly urge
all our old readers to make little ef-
fort for the cause and the paper at this
time
It Is easy under this offer to get a few
subscribers, when we give a years sub
scription and two valuable books, all
for one dollar.
LOOK the premiums over, read our
oner carefully and see what you can do.
e. A. T
The representative., 1899-11-30
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CON.
VENTlON.

THE DEMOCRAT1C NATIONAL CON.
VENTlON.
1t is reported that the Democratic ma
tional convention is to be held in May,
1900, in Milwaukee.
Why in May?
Because they hope to nominate be-
fore the Peoples party can hold their
convention, and then pack our gather
ing and get us to indorse the Demo-
cratic nominee Bryan!
This was the game worked in 1898 in
Minnesota.
And with Senator Butler ready to
play into their hands, as chairman Of
the Peoples party national committee,
they may succeed in their cunning little
game.
But the real Populists are pledged to-
withdraw and put up ticket OF their
own.
The Peoples party has nothing to
The representative., 1899-11-30

gain BY putting Democracy in power.
They are as little to be trusted as the
Republicans-it is six OF one and half
a dozen Of the other. MI
II anything, the Democrats hate the
Populists worse than the Republicans
do.
Their whole aim is to steal our plat
form and votes and kick us of the
planet. They would pick our pockets
and rub our noses in the manure heap.
/ D.
The representative., 1899-11-30
LORD! LORD!

Read the following from an interview
in Chicago Paper:
Charles A. Towne, of Minnesota-The is
sues upon which the Democracy will wage
next years battle are anti-colonialism and
antitrust. Silver will not be dropped as
an article of Democratic creed but whether
it will occupy attention and be pushed to
the front depends upon circumstances as
they may develop. 1t does not look now as
II silver would occupy a foremost place.
Bryan will be the nominee; that is prac-
tically settled.
And it was for this that Populists
abandoned their great and rapidly
growing party, to cooperate with the
Free Silver Republicans and the Demo-
Gratis.
1t is enough, as Mark Twain said, "to
make a man throw up his immortal
soul!"
In 1896 the whole fight was made on
free silver; in 1900 it is not to occupy
a foremost place!" l. D.
The representative., 1899-11-30
Sensational Bank Failure.

Especial to The aTimes-Herald.)
AlNSWORTH, Neb., Nov. 23.-Sheriff
Wilfred Standiford. of Boyd county, was ap-
pointed receiver today of the Farmers and
Merchants Bank of Butte. The concern is
In such bad condition that people here
think President Samples, reported dead of
apopiexy in Omaha. really committed sui
eide rather than face the depositors
The smashing and the crashing is
beginning again. The secretary of the
treasury has had to buy up $z5, ,OOO, 900
of national bonds, at IS per cent prem
ium, so as to save the brokers of Wall
street from going to the demnation
bOw-wows.
Think of that! Nearly $1,000 900
taken out Of the pockets of the people
to protect the New York octopus!
And this is a government of "eaual
rights for all and special privileges for
none!"
OF course it is! I'D.
The representative., 1899-11-30

Special to the Dispatch.
FERGUS FALLS, Mimi, Nov. 2O.-The
farmers of this section Of the state are
taking the Nelson cure,' as the new bank
ruptcy law is called. at a rate that is wor-
ryfng their creditors. Three Otter Tail
county cases have been filed in the Unit
ed States court here during the past two
days. John M. Dunn, of the town of
6eambler. asks to be relieved of debts
amounting to $2,033.23 His assets are
valued at 81. .424, $1,299 of which is exempt
property. The assets consist of his farm
and household property. Bradford York.
OF the town Of Maine, places his assets at
$9eb-al exempt property, and his liabili-
tlss ct 1914 Nancy J. Abbott, of the town
q Scambler, places her assets at $1,971.
ead her liabilities at 81. $3.50. Her assets
Include q farm valued at 81 600 ana are all
exempt under the law. The creditors in
t1e above instances nearly all reside in this
cry, the liabilities consisting largely Of
small notes and open accounts.
This does not look as II farming was
The representative., 1899-11-30

urer's records andIolad him about $4,000
short, OF which amount the books showed
about $1,000 in the YAhkton Savings Bank.
whereupon the commissioners made a de-
mand on the bank for that sum- only to be
refused by the Cashier, who Immediately
closed the doors dfthef bank
All over the #ofld the struggle for
gold goes on. TRe scarcer it is and the
larger the demand fshe more it buys;
end thus the mSGa goes down and the
dollar goes up. % il
You like it? d. Then vote for it. Of
course. I'D.
The representative., 1899-11-30
business

the universally prosperous business
which the papers say it is.
Why should not the farmer, who is in
debt have the same right as the cor
poration to apply to the court for a
receiver" and have his property nurs-
ed and taken care of for ten years or SO,
until the profits paid off the debts?
Has the natural person"-the man
less rights in this land of the free
than the artificial person-the corpora
ton? 1t looks So I. D.
The representative., 1899-11-30

LEBANON. Ind, Nov. 24.-The Central
State Bank, Of Lebanon, was placed in the
hands of Receiver Charles w. McAdams.
Wflliamsport, yesterday. This Is the last
Of the Dwiggins chain of banks, several Of
which failed several years ago. The Leb-
anon bank 1t is said never recovered from
the difficulty which sent the others to the
wall.
Under the administration of A. C. Daily.
auditor of state. the capital stock of the
bank was found to be impaired. and he or
dered an assessment Of so per cent on the
capital stock which was $25,O00. Several
of the stockholders paid while others did
$50. 900 from them. One of those who paid
his assessment in full brought suit for the
receiver.
The assets are equal to the liabilities and
the depositors will lose nothing, but the
stockholders. it is thought, will lose heavily
The representative., 1899-11-30
NOTICE..

A mass meeting will be held Tuesday
evening, Dec. S, at the state capitol, to
protest against the Wardner Idaho out
RACES. w. w. Irwin will speak, and all
are invited.
Respectfully,
F. C. HAYS.
The representative., 1899-11-30
And Here's Another.

YANKTON. s. D., Nov. 27.-Excitement
runs high a. . result Of the defalcation
OF County Treasurer Peterson and the
failure Of the Yankton Savings Bank. The
county commissioners examined the treas
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noSonAnLy DISCHARGED.

stan Onicers Of Volunteers Who WIN
Leave the Army.
Washington. April N.-tindcr instruc-
lions from the President the following
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Washington. April 1.-THE war de-
partmcnt VIII reply 10 the telegram of
Gov. Lee. Of South Dakota. To President
Mckinley asking for the immediate
muster out and return of the South Da-
kota troops In the Philippines. that the
troops will be brought home - soon ne
deemed cNpcdlcnt by the United States
and az soon as Iosaibic with the trans
ports at hand. II II held at the war de-
partmcnt that the law requiring the
muster out of troops contemplate that
the executive department phnil hRvt
ample time to Issue the necessary or
dcrs and make preparations Ia property
discharge the soldiers and bring them
home. The provision In the hlN allow
Ing the volunteers In the Philippines 60
b. enlisted for six months may be- also
construed to mean that the volunteers
will not be mustered out before that
time u they rc-eniiat. That this Wow
viii be tennblc. " the troops demand To
be mustered out. IL generally conceded
for Chairman HUI stated on the ioor
Of the House when asked n the ok
months clause would be- construed To
continue the volunteers In the Philip
pines II they wanted 10 come home. re-
piled that he had the assurance Of the
administration that such would not be
the construction. An oniolnl Of the de-
pnrtmcnt said that the matter was IN
the hands 81 General otis, and that II
would not be- satisfactorily arranged
between him and the volunteers In the
service
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SATURDAY, APRIL Is, 1899, SALT ]

called attention 10 the fact that the
value OF Samoa II not In proportion TO
the Importance gained IN international
politics and relations. We. too. believe
that II viii be In the highest degree
rcprehcnsible II war were hndlcd by
the three great civilized Christian ma
tions ON account Of n group OF Islands
In the remote South sea. Inhabited by
$1,000 Havagca, among whom live
scarcely 500 Europeans. with total
trade OF hardly 100000 marks.
Two things, however. must not be
forgotten. Firstly. our duty to protect
the trade. business and property OF our
countrymen In Samoa. Secondly. We
porscas treaty rights In Samoa the
maintenance Of which II regarded by
the German nation NJ point OF honor.
I'VE demand In Samoa no more than
what belongs to us by treaty. lBut we
cannot and will not allow these treaty
rights OF ours to b. curtailcd."
LEHR's MOTIVE.
DR.. Lehr was the only speaker Whose
uttcranccs developed the motive OF the
Interpolation. He II known rs the
leader of the llc-dcutchc -vcrband."
He was frequently interrupted BY mem-
beers Of the left and center especially
when he referred TO threatened cco-
nomlc measures against the United
States.
The speech Of the minister Of foreign
Affairs was largely deprived OF It's effect
by Dr. Lehr's remarks. and party lead
cfp made successive declarations OF sat
lsfaotlon at the foreign miniater'H state
mcnts, greeting the minister's remarks
with cheers.
Prince Herbert Bismarck. IN n
declaration. said he RETAINED from
making statements NJ n Samoa net
aigncr. controycftlng the sharp criu-
cism of the measure.
The general verdict nj the end of the
discussion was that the Pan-ucrman
party had rendered itself ridiculous
Prince bismarck Informed the cor
respondent Of the Associated Press,
when questioned aa TO the purport OF
his declaration. that he did not mean
TO criticlre the minister OF foreign NJ
fairs, hut TO dirprovc DIR. Lehr'a de-
auctions, remembering his fathers mot
60. never to mix economic questions
with political questions.