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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-06

mere are two varieties of tragedy you
should never fail to investigate For one
shocking matter there are of late too many
babies falling out of four story windows
It may be carelessness, it may be accident
inen again, 1t may be blood-red desi9n-
| IN brief murder. Never fail. when
oaby is crushed dead from one of these
Jour or 1--WE tumbles, to strike match and
theory that Sing Sing would be the
saive for more than one Of those .'acci-
oents, and 60 long way toward solving
the general situation touching these TRACE
dies OF the babies. Child murder is easy.
ror TINS reason no pains should be spared
70 make 1t utterly unpopular Another
thlng-don't be too certain that everyday
DEAD by gas has flown to suicide To stem
cat-like into the room of some hated ono
asleep and turn on the gas would as
murder, method, appeal to many a craven,
he or she, who would shrink from a pistol
or falter from knife And there's NO
clue, no trace, no poison vending drug man
TO tell tale. There's no blood, no uproar.
1t asks no strength of mind or arm. It
ls[thls turning on the gas-a door, not
Therefore, guard it. and guard it well.
Proof would be nigh impossible But it's
the nrm belief OF more than one of cool
Judgment in this town that a strong per
cent OF your gas suicides aren't suicides !
at all, but stealthy murders in cold blood
We take the foregoing from the New
York Verdict. In it our readers NAV
get a glimpse of the criminal mind as
1t goes about it's work in New York. AS
New York leads this nation, if not the
world, in the wealth of it's rich men. in
the poverty of its poor, in the corrup-
ton OF it's politics, so, too, New York
criminals lead the world in the depth
OF criminal intent and criminal cum
ming.
Ii the "400' of New York, so-ca]led
above described could be exiled to one
Of the Philippine islands permanently
we would consider the $40, 900 900 maid
Spain we'll invested, and the conquest
and enslavement of 10000 900 Filipinos
compensated in some measure at least
oy the liberation of 10000, 900 American
slaves.
The end would in such event 60 far {
JUSTLY me means. E. A. T.
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der the record Of that party for so years
past even the declaration that 1.-The war
is failure" and the dreadful record OF
Jimmy Buchanan and Grover Cleveland
and Vallandigham and all the rest. In
other words, We have to ask the Ameri-
can people to reverse the fixed conclu-
sions and prejudices of lifetime. It is
too big Job for this generation.
Just as soon as we began to fuse we
ceased to make converts, and our own
men began to leave us.
This seems to be the prevailing senti-
ment of the Populists we spoke to in
South Dakota.
The crops were looking magniflcently,
and If neither blight, nor rust, nor frost
nor hot winds sweep away the golden
promises, South Dakota will harvest the
biggest wheat crop it ever put into its
granaries. IN
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

/. Fergus Falls Globe: All schemes of tax
ing railroads fall back on the overburdenet
farmer The only way out of the dificult,
!s to take possession of the railroads b,
the state and operate them in the interest
OF the state, the people
rake the railroad properties from the
hands of railroad men and place them ir
charge of the politicians. Then there will
De good times-for the politicians-Dis-
patch.
Are they not in the hands of the poll
tlcians now-owned by the railroads?
Would it not be a good idea to give
the politicians new master-the peo-
pie?
Are the whole people likely to corrupt
courts and juries, and bride legisla-
tors?
IT the people cannot be trusted with
the government is not self-government
an absurdity?
And if so, should not we hail "the
man on horseback" as he comes to es-
tablish military despotism? I'D.
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winter residence for themselves and

winter residence for themselves and
families.
They want Cuba for revenue. The
unrivaled fertility of Cuban soil and the
servility Of Cuban people render Cuba
an ideal property for revenue.
/ 1t should need no argument n nrovo
that all these gentlemen are out for rev.
enue solely. It has been their life
work In this country, and their objects
nave not changed in crossing the gulf
| stream.
1t is for similar purposes they desire
the Philippines.
The masses Of our people want none
OF these islands; the masses want peace
not war.
What the producers of this country
need is not SO much better foreign mar
kets as better home markets.
Extension 81 foreign markets is in
the interest Of few plutes who have
q surplus extoTted from American labor.
We would never have a surplus for ex-
port except for such extortion.
WHEN LABOR RECEIVES IT'S FULL,
REWARD IT Will PURCHASE AND
CONSUME ITs WHOLE PRODUCT
HERE AT HOME. This is the meat
of the whole Industrial and commercial,
problem. -
The monopolists all know this. And
this is the reason why they spare no eff
tort or expense to control the govern |
ment IN all It's branches, control the
press and suppress ~.e main facts of the
war, bring out every possible unimport-
ant question as campaign issue of
great moment and mislead and fool tho
people.
Their success is the nations despair.
r. A. T.
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GOOD.

One Ray Of LiEht-A wheat THE
Must Go to Prison.
In decision written by Judge Buck
handed down in the supreme court yes
terday, In the case of the state against
Alfred J. Barry, of Litchfield, the court
upholds the indictment of the grand
jury found against Barry, for grand
larceny in the first degree.
Barry ran an elevator at Litchf1eld.
and received for storage LOTT bushels
OF wheat from N. J. Pearson, and after
wards sold it and refused to turn over
the proceeds to Pearson. H
The syllabus is as follows: ss,-s
state OF Minnesota, respondent, VS.. Al
fred J. Barry, appellant 8na"
Syllabus-A receipt for grain placed
IN store, which in all other respects
constituted a bailment, contained this
clause: which amount and the same
quality by grade will be delivered to the
owner of this receipt or his orders, and
also provided that the grain was in
sured for the benefit of the owner, and
That the latter should pay for storage
1t certain rate. Held that this recent
constituted a contract of bailment, and
not one of sale. @e. .e-..
Held, further, that the Indictment in
his case states facts sufficient to con-
'tltute the offense Of grand larceny in
he first degree under the penal code
lection 415, sub. 2. Judgment affirmed.
Buck J.
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" quoted. There = q certain revival OF
the Populist party, not the Tom Watson
crowd. but the more reasonable and
therefore the more forceful Populists,
who are represented here by men like
Briedenthal, Of Kansas, Washburn. Of
Massachusetts,, and Buchanan, OF New
Jersey. They represent another ele-
ment anxious to cooperate with the
Democratic party if it adheres to Demo-
cratic principles, but quite ready to an
tagonize It il it retreats In any degree
from the position taken at Chicago
IN 70. WILLIS J. ABBOT.
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POPULIST LOVE FEAST.

DrSan' Donnelly. Debs, Pettigrevv and
Others Mt Tacoma Park, S. u.
Special to the Dispatch.
AbEHDEEN, s. D., June 3O-William Jen-
nings Bryan and r. F. Pettigrew arrived
from the East early this morning. and were
met by reception committee with band
ana escorted to the Sherman house. where
urea. uleakIas. was served and an informal recep-
ion heid. lasting an hour or more They
then took the train to Tacoma mark whare
FettigreW spoke this forenoon BRYAN will
speak IN the afternoon. Very little en-
thusiasm developed here; nothing like it
was on Bryan's former visit. An immense
crowd gathering at Tacoma park TODAY
from all over the northern part of the state
Inc Populist camp meeting or indus
triAl encampment" as they are pleased to
Term II, is now in full blast Several hun
urea people are camped in the vicinity of
Tue camp ground proper and are pleasantly
located for a weeks outing in the woods
The Woodmen from Aberdeen and surround.
Ing places held picnic at the camp ground
wednesday, which was a pleasant affair |
ana enjoyed by several Woodmen and their
iamilies and friends. Addresses were made
~ ~ =. y. roy, OF Andover, and others A |
county organization was perfected with the |
following officers: President, J. C. Kurd
sc1ey' OF Groton; vice president, j. J.
Nelson, OF Columbia secretary and treas t
urere, A. E. Clark, OF Hecla. Thursday
Inc crowd increased in number and Hon.
lgnatius Donnelly delivered an address In
ne afternoon to goodly sized crowd He
aiked about little of everything, politi-
al and otherwise. He warmly Endorsed
Bryan and said he was ready to support
nm. His talk. as whole, was well re-
'eived by those present. The interest is
III centering on Bryan, who speaks TODAY.
md Debs, who speaks Sunday It is safe
say that several thousand people will as
emole at the park. The weather is pleas
mt.
This is misstatement.
We said we would support BRYAN for
resident if he would declare himself
iiddle-of-the-Road Populist, AND
1OTHING ELSE.
We spoke kindly of Bryan. We have
ways done so; but we claimed that [
andldate could not rise higher than
is party. II
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inclination whatever to rush into . NOVA
ment OF this kind On the other hand 40
NOT propose to shirk it IL it shall appear
tnat the time has arrived to make a cam
palen OF education over q great state that
would be OF more value than ten years OF
mere preaching and teaching.
Il have nothing to concede and an
more tnAn ever convinced that the day Of
po.ttcai parties 10 passing. Parties and
party machines will find themselves out of
JoD, so to speak. They are expensive and
drlentful burdens on the body polite. They
Se !. POSITIVE menace to liberty and stand
directly athwart the path Of proeress.
The letter is published by permission Of
Mayor JONES' -
me old political parties are passing.
ana the Peoples party is just coming on.
Smooth the cycle path and let it come
on. m
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-06
WANTED A CHANGE.

John Wanamaker says that the ent;re
business of the state of Pennsylvania is
under the control of 100 men. Mr.. Wanna
maker knows what he is talking about. for
ne is one of the fortunate 100. Ohio has
cut the limit still lower. At the Republican
George B. Cox ran the whole machine ana
nobody else had word to say. They CON
troll the Republican party and that party
controls the state. Therefore two men ran
the great state of Ohio, according to their
own sweet will.-Omaha Nonconformist.
Minnesota is owned by two men
Cush Davis and Knute Nelson. AS long
as they hold together, everything will
De we'll. AS soon as they differ, there
will be dynamite explosion. ID
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-06
THIS MAN LEADS IN 10OO-

German is study And The Verdict likes
70 look MIN over. German is an American
Greek. He is smooth, suave, plausible as
cream: German is no battleax King Rich
alu. But with cord and bowl. silk and
poison. he'll fill as many graves as a Cat
ling. And German Is a figure to resnact
ne mas done Democracy some service. In
Garneio day he defeated the Republican
Ieorganlzatlon OF the senate, when Thurman
ana Ben Hill had given up the fight. Later
ne killed the force bill-a base, Republican
measure OF limitless sin. 1t was Germans
management that won the first presidencv
!of the democracy since Buchanan's day. IN
MS eHort to tear down Bryan's strength tho
careless or the casual will never hear 81
German He will be silent, shy as mink.
ue VIII SUCK to the streams and walk in ali
the running waters that he NAV German
is master at covering a trail or hraokIr.
one; ana ne moves most at midnight There
IS tnls also which is sure of German. He ia
never neutral. 1t he's not for Won ha;s
against you. And his power for injury IL
without boundaries. German took a notion
against Hill once. He headed that darL
statesman in the wrong direction lashad h,a
wneei, and left him. Hill has been grinding
MS 20" on the political reefs ever since.
Inc foregoing Is from the pen of a |
belmont, brother Of Perry Belmont, the
mead and front of Eastern Democracy
When the Belmonts PHOTOGRAPH Cor
man the public get no snap shot picture.
out longtime exposure. It is certain
to bring out in minute detail all the
lights and shades of that dark charac-
ter.
AS our readers think over the fore
going, let them remember the calamities
brought upon this people by that ma,
1orman. Let the memory go back to
drover, and it will again seem almost
reality, and all this is no dream. no
nightmare, but a lhorrid fact, and all
manageable to German; so SAYS a Rel
nont' and the Belmonts know, and Cor
nan will control the Democratic con-
01'1on III 1SoV. E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-06
OUR FLOUR MILLS.

Another instance of the good coming IL
minneapolis as a direct result of Mr.. me-.
iHtyreS quiet preliminary inquiry in 70
gard to milling properties here. is found II
the purchase by the Washburn- Crosby com
pahy OF the mills which they had for years
SO successfully operated. These mills be-
Ionged to the G. w. Washburn estate. A
gooo many OF the principal stockholders
were abroad most Of the time Practically
| an OF them were non-residents-had No in
terests mere other than those mills. I'm.
| Washburn- Crosby company went nuiatIv
after the property and secured it. Thev
| nave operated the mills at good profit and
Will doubtless continue to do so. They win
MAINTAIN the mills in their present splendif1
physical state and do everything possible
oI course, to increase their business, and in
that way add to the commercial importance
of Minneapolis
30 notWlthstanding the unpleasant things
sdio by some people about Mr.. McIntyre
t1at energetic and determined promoter has
s ssfeaay done much that Minneapolitans
SHOULD De thankful for. What the future
brings forth remains to be seen. Howavar
- Is only proper and reasonable to accent
the assurances Of Mr. Ballon, Mr. McIntyre's
agent, who says everything possible will be
None 10 maintain the reputation Of the Min
neapolls brands of f1our.-Pioneer Press.
You pay your money and take your
choice. You never know what the bill
OF fare is to be like when you pick up an
OLD party daily. Today it may be for
proposition, and tomorrow the editor
has been given his cue and the paper is
1orn1nst the same proposition
The Minneapolis -four mills are finally
being absorbed by the Mcintyre trust
All the big city dailies made a great
outcry some months ago about Mr.. Nc
lntyre and his proposition to take the
Minneapolis mills into a trust control
led largely by foreign capital
Some years ago these same papers |
protested against Englishmen purchas-
ing a controlling interest in these I
mills. which had done more than anv /
one factor in building this city. They
declared 1t would be public calamity.
Later when the management of these
several daflies had been "seen" and
put right" they all fell into line and
declared the transfer Of the mills to the
British and the advent of British gold
public blessings! Instinct, intuition
md reason spoke FIRST in emphatic con-
lemnation. Policy. hypocrisy and a lit
lie dope and influence spoke later in
eryife approbation So in the present
Instance, editorial good sense and rea-
on condemned this -four trust.
influence of the bowers policy of the
Id party papers causes the Pioneer
'Fesss to- printe insb bold headlines this
wing declaration: Business men glad ,
tcIntyre thouNh Of Minneapolis"
Ihere Is Moth sensible business man | i
q Minneapolis. leading or otherwise i
no does not View with alarm the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-06
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Tn the 18th ult. we spoke at Tacoma
%ark, IL miles from Aberdeen. S. d IN
an immense audience, in favor of the
Middle-of-the-Road Peoples party. Mr..
H. n. Potter, prominent Populist Of
Aberdeen, presided. We talked to them
Tor an hour and a half, and made tho
nry bones rattle. Mr.. Bryan was to
speak there the next day, June 30. in be-
nalr OF Democracy, and Eugene Debs on
the following Sunday in favor of Social.
ism.
Ihls Tacoma Park business is a kind
pr Chautauqua, started years ago by the
Ola Farmers Alliance, For severa,
years past they have held annual gath
er1ngs there, in the midst of a beautifu,
grove, on both banks of the James
xaver, or the Jim" river, as we used to
caH 1t in the old days. There are over
soo tents and cottages on the ground; a
puge tent for public meetings. etc. A
spur track OF the Great Northern Rail-
toad company brings in special trains
toaded down, every three or four hours
xrom Aberdeen. Mr.. w. E. Kidd ponu-
list editor, of Aberdeen, is the presiding
genius, and makes a popular and able
manager. This year the company has
bought the 100 acres which they have
heretofore rented, and the Tacoma Park
Chautauqua promises to be hereafter
one of the permanent institutions Of
That metropolitan and thriving CITY Of
Aberdeen.
The sentiment expressed by those
Populists we talked to is that the Peo-
Plies party of South Dakota will have
nothing to do with Democracy here
after. They ind such q union ends in
disaster to both parties. That they can
lot make converts unless they have a
distinctive aid separate party to invite
hem into. 70 ask . Democrat to Join
ne Democratic party % needless. To
SIX Republican 70 unite with what
half Democratic Is to rum counter to ,
e prejudices Of 2 lifetime. When wa
aita With namnoraax rA hazA to ahoul, :
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-06

On our fourth page this week will be
found a speech made at Duluth, before
an audience of farmers, that will be
found to contain many suggestions Of
much interest and Importance to all
our farmers. Read it carefully. It
may answer the question anxiously
asked by many farmers: What shall
we do next?''
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-06
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY AT THE

hAUUEe
Private reports from the peace conference
at The Hague show that the American dele
gates have won the most influence Their
views are always carefully listened to and
thoroughly discussed. Their frankness of
speech amazes many - ~.
an, OF the continental u, diplo-
mats. who, like Talleyrand. fancy that
language was given to men for the purpose
OF concealing their thoughts. The Aneri-
cans nave oeen 1ndulging in good deal of
wholesome, free speaking and have not
hesitated to designate spade as shade
whereas their conferrees prefer referring ia
II as an implement of agriculture. It was
an American delegate who told the confer
ence plainly that he was not present to in
ouige IN conversation, but to do business"
ana ne also gave the European delegates IN
understand that il they succeeded nv tho
seriousness of diplomacy in defeating the
objects for which the conference was called
tnat ne would give all the facts to the press
ana let the world know who was responsive
mat sort OF diplomacy was new to the rem
resentatives of most of the continental nn,v.
ers, but they had to bow to It. and az ;.
result, the conference has been a rnc.t
businesslike body. The fact that diplomacy
Is business is worth Europe's learning. and
II Is pleasing to know that Americans were
t the nrst to impart knowledge of 1.-THE
The American people stand for peace
nrst, last and all the time. Not so our
government.
In the conference of nations for tho
of disarmament. an in.
ternational court Of arbitration and |
other measures looking toward a per-
manent cessation of war, it is very no.
Elceable that American representatives
head the opposition to such peace
measures.
Our government, alias Hanna. Nor
gan, Rockefeller & Co., desire the own
'rship and possession of Porto Rico.
cuba, the Philippines and divers other
oreign lands.
For the conquest OF these lands war is
necessary. It might be very difficult
or these lords to prove their title be-
ore an international peace court, and
elying upon force Of American armies.
hey, Of course, have comparatively a
cad sure thing.
These Dlutes want Porto Rico for a
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-07-06
THE BUFFALO JANBOREE.

1t Does Not Seem to Amount to Much
Chicago Times Herald.)
The two men who are dominating the
convention are Mayor Jones, of Toledo,
and N. 0. Nelson, of St. Louis. | think
1t is largely due to the influence of these
men, though exerted quietly, that
scarcely touch of partisan politics has.
up to the moment of this writing, ap-
peared in the deliberations of the con-
ference. 1t is probably safe to say that
| nlne-tenths Of the men in attendance
are, If not Democrats, at least for the
Democratic party, so long as it is the
| radical party. l might qualify that by
| saying that nine-tenths of them are men
| who hold their party allegiance very
lightly, and who would be as bitterly
antagonistic to the Democratic party as
they now seem to be to the administra-
ton party, if Democratic national
convention in 1900 should moderate in
any degree the radical and socialstic
tone Of its SO platform. l don't find
much insistence upon the silver Issue
but find even less desire to abandon Il
for the purpose of bringing back the
people who left the Democratic party on
its account in 90
VI course, the strictly practical noli
tic1ans will gauge their estimate of tho
Importance of this conference by what
1t formally resolves to do The answer |
10 that question, "the next STEP" will !
be the thing by which too many will
Judge the importance of the meeting
nave been shy of prophesying since
certain campaign of three years ago
out | rather think the conference will
put out demand for public owner
ship Of all public utilities and the declar-
alton for the initiative and referendum
That, however, will not be the real in
dex to the work done by this confer
ence. 1t will express only the plan of
action upon which ALL not merely a ma
|ority, Of the three or four hundred con-
ferrees here are willing to unite. OF
course, within the great body of the
conference is smaller body of men
VINO are more radical than the whole
conference can be. These men, most OF
nem known by reputation All over the
United States, have found opportunity
lere for) personal acquaintance with
ach other for the interchange of per- $
onal views, and for the formulation Of
plan OF action. In so far as thew. bv
oncefted action. can advance the cause
radfcalism In American politics. thew
Viii DO SO the more effectively for their S
onsultattons here. There will be no r
ew party formed by them; of that I am s
ure Some of them, like Gov. Pingree y
nd Mayor Jones, hope to impress their a
Jews upon the Republican party. Manv F
'ok to the Democratic party as their G
lost efficient engine in the accomplish t,
tent OF the work they have at heart G.
ot bll even Of the radicals will hone Il
make the Democratic party more rad 81
al than it is now; not all are Bryan II
es.'' ,,
Chicago people may be interested to Il
now that there mas been serious dis ~
lsslon among few men Of this tyne III
ire as to the presidential possibilities 81
Judge Tuley, whose sympathy with Ii,
e essential objects Of the conference "
y expressed in q letter recently wide- in
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The Buffalo conference has conferred.
They have earnestly debated the ques-
ton, What next?" The old party pa
pers have contained very meagre re-
ports OF the meeting, ignoring or slur-
ring, as usual, any movement in the
direction of reform. In our next issue
Will give our readers some idea of what
was accomplished at this meeting.