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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05
PERSUADED NOT TO ENLIST

P1TTSBURG, Pa, Sept 10.-Lieutenant
T. o. Murphy, U. S. A., of Pittsburg, who
went to Meadville several days ago to swear
Into the service recruits for the Philippines,
found that the men had been induced to
stay at home. The officer will make a spe-
cial report Of the matter to the war de-
partment.
The branch recruiting station at Mead
Vile was opened week ago and placed
in charge of Thos. Baldwin, a private. who
after inducing dozen to enlist, asked Lieu
tenant Murphy to swear them in
Baldwin told Murphy that the people of
the town were trying to get the men
away and when the lieutenant arrived he
found that they had succeeded. Baldwin,
when asked about his experience, said:
Hardly had l opened the station when
| found that l would have opposition and
that many of the best people of the town
resented my presence there
The first few days I received number
OF applicants. After number of the men
passed the examination, l wrote to Lieu
tenant Murphy to come to the town and
swear them in. l already had five men
who passed creditably and were to appear
yesterday morning to be sworn in. Lieu
tenant Murphy arrived in due time. but the
recruits failed to show up.
And this is the way the people of
Pennsylvania feel about enlisting to 20
to the Philippines to murder negroes,
who are guilty of no other or greater
offense than fighting for their liberty
Perhaps Mckinley will try a draft.
Great parades and much noise over
Deweys return, and all the newspaper
display over the return of soldiers from
the Philippines does not seem to in
spire in Pennsylvania people any burn.
ing desire to slaughter Filipinos.
Dewey destroyed Spanish fleet that
was trying to Cypress the Filipinos, ana
for this Dewey is today being lionized.
Dewey is hero, for Dewey did his duty
and Dewey did right.
The administration is trying to en-
list recruits, not to free the Filipinos.
but to enslave them to a Mark Hanna
syndicate of franchise grabbing rascals
and the common people are beginning
to see the motive. E.A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05

WESTERN UNION OWNS THE STOCK.
During the war in Cuba, the Com
mercial Gable Co., of Cuba, desired to
lay an ocean cable between this coun-
try and Cuba, and the following CORES
pondence took place between Clarence
H. Mackay, president of the company.
and Secretary Alger The CORRESPOND
ence tells its own tale and shows to
what extent Western Union controls
our present administration. Mr..
Mackay writes Secretary Alger as fol-
lows:
We desire to lay a competing cable. We
ask. no money from the government. We
are bound in writing to place this Cable
at the service of the government and al
low the government to fix it's own rates
for the use thereof We have agreed IN
writing to allow the government to take
the title to the cable at any time. and
pay us the appraised value thereof.
we ask nothing from the government in
return Tor all this except to be let alone!,'
10 this Secretary Alger replied:
II have been compelled to direct Cen
brooke to prevent the landing of a cable in
cuba to connect that island with the United
States.''
Readers will ask who compelled Sec
rotary Alger to so direct Gen. Brooke.
Was it President Mckinley or was it
Boss Hanna?
II it was Mckinley why should he act
as the special guardian and protector of
Americas most dangerous and hated
monopoly?
Western Union is monopoly of the
peoples sources of intelligence, and it ia
a presidents mission to force a censor
ship of the peoples news at the hands
of greedy trust?
1t would seem bad enough that a
president and his party should even
passively permit trusts to control the
necessities of life, but what should he
said OF president who goes bevond
this and compels his war secretary IN
blockade the ports Of the whole conn
Try against the news OF the world IN
the interests Of trust that seeks ID
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05
\ DAIRY COMMISSIONER

The St Paul Dispatch said the other day:
we must protest and protest vigorously,
TOO. against the low-down way in which our
good old friend. Bird Island Bowler has
been treated by the vinegar people. Mai.
Bowler is dairy inspector, we would have
you understand, and it is not in reason
that ne should be expected to distinguish
between pure cider vinegar and horseshoe
nail tea. Such fiippancy is sadly out of
place in the grim and digniled precincts
OF court. and when it is claimed, and
even proved that the dairy inspector doesn't
know mother of vinegar from mother of
pearl, 1t is but another evidence that malig-
nant partisanship has gone the extreme
length of crawling in under the very tent
ropes of the judiciary. 1t will never do; it
will never, never, do.
The major may not know much about
vinegar, but he will be on hand all the
same at the next state convention to
howl for Jim" Hill; and then get cleo
ted to Office, If possible, through Jim's
influence IN
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05
A kNAvE OR AN ASS.

Mr.. Bryan is gradually discovering some
new issues, although it is not long since he
declared that the Chicago platform of 1896
was the whole thing. In his Texas speech
he found grievance in the increase OF
the army from $4,000 to 100000 men. Per-
maps Mr.. Bryan fmagines that we could fight
a foreign war or put down rebellion with
out increasing the army. If he had been
on the stump in the early SOS he would
every time he called out 1900, 900 more"-
Minneapolis Tribune.
Lincoln called out troops to free the
negroes.
Mckinley calls out troops to kill the
negroes.
Lincoln used troops to abolish slav-
cry. Mckinley is using troops to estab-
lish slavery
Lincolns soldiers shot down the
slave holders.
McKinley's soldiers are defending
would-be slave holders.
Lincoln fought for mankind.
Mckinley fights for cash.
Bryan has the good sense to dis
tfnguish between the righteousness of
L1ncoln's cause and the unrighteors-
ness of McKinley's cause, while the
Tribune, like most of the Republican
Iress, is either too dishonest or too
assinine to fairly draw the line.
u. A. r.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05

Transvaal war, the exchanges would doubt
less yield in favor of this country With
stringent money market abroad and the
prospects that London may have to send
gold to Africa instead OF receiving yellow
metal from that source, there appears no
chance OF any coming to this country. In
the event of war the London Statist init
mates that the British government will re-
quire a considerable loan to be raised by
Issue of treasury bills a proceeding which
would give the Bank of England control of
the money market.
In short. go long as the situation abroad
continues strained, 1t appears that the with
drawal OF balances from the New York
banks by interior correspondents cannot be
replaced with importing gold, and that the
present process Of contraction In credits
must continue. There was much talk last
week about the banks taking out new cir
cuiatfng notes. but the difficulty Is to OBJ
tain the government bonds needed to depos-
II as security. The city banks have al
ready deposited all the available bonds they
owned or could borrow to secure the ST ,0OO,-
OOO OF treasury notes now on deposit with
them Saturdays issue of the Financial
Chronicle estimates that the net additional
supply from new circulation during the next
three months will not aggregate $3,0O0.00O
The encouraging feature of the situation
is that the interior banks are not draw
Ing away the money to bolster up corners
IN wheat or cotton to back wildcat enter
prises OF any kind. They need the money
IN their business and the demand for 1t is
a healthful thing for all legitimate inter-
ests, however Eastern speculative pools and
promoters may be incommoded by having
loans drawn on through this stringency de-
prfving them Of buyers Of their wares. For
tunately the restrictive movement does not
1nd Wall street with all the 'Industrials''
minated to the same extent they were in
the early spring
In the general list last week there was
no evidence of liquidation in any but mar
glned accounts, and the decline which be-
gan with the publication of the bank stale
ment on the previous Saturday was in good
part due to selling on the part of profess
slonai spectators for the fall. The weak
ness was intensified by the fall of nearly IL
points IN Brooklyn Rapid Transit, which
eliminated on Wednesday, when it sold at
ION, the dealings being on a scale unprece-
denied in the history of the stock ex-
change.
1t Is very evident that we are on the
brink of crisis. IN
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05
AFTER THE PROHIBITION VOTE.

Mr.. Bryan's proposition to license the
trusts is about the farthest fetched idea
that we have heard of. Think of getting
rid OF wrong by giving it legal standing
Is great idea. indeed it is! 1t is like the
man and his dutiful dog. Go out of doors, .
says the man. The dog goes under the bed
Well, go under the bed; you shall mind
me'-Living Issues.
1t remains to be seen how the pro-
hibition party will look upon this
recommendation OF Bryan's to license
trusts. 1t would seem that the prin-
ciple of licensing evil was much the
same whether that evil CHANGED to be
a trust, gambling den, saloon or a
house of ill-fame
PrOhiDitiOnists have usually taken
the rather impregnable position that
government license did not make
wrong right, but ra.Ier operated to
make the government an accessory to
the wrong.
Prohibitionists claim to be a con
sistent party and we shall see whether
they apply their consistency to Bryan
and his antidote for trusts. BRYAN
wants to license Republican trusts and
turn loose Democratic trusts without
license
When 1t comes to trusts Populists are
the only ones who believe in absolute
prohibition OF private monopoly. Paste
this in memory for future reference.
E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05


the difference n character of English
and American politicians.
In an Eastern town Drominent and
smooth tongued politician on the day
Of election met Patrick Flannigan with
9 warm hand shake and how do you
do, Mr.. Flanagan"
After the greeting Mr.. Flanagan
turns to companion with the knowing
remark, 1T is Mr.. Flanagan today;
1t will be old Pat tomorrow"
Such Is American politics, and the
Democratic politicians throughout the
nation are today saying, How do you
do" to Mr.. Sovereign Voter, and after
the 1900 election the leaders will turn
away with muttered curse, 1.-THE SOW
ereign voters be damned" e. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05

been crushed but for the duplicity and
treachery Of men called generals, who
were In fact politicians. Readers OF
this history will be surprised at the
skeleton in the Northern closet that
brought disaster to Northern arms in
both these great battles. Thousands were
slaughtered who should have been
saved, while some escaped who should
nave been hung. Politics then as now
was shaping the destiny of American
arms. The most fattering testimonials
to the merits of the book are coming
from Capt. Nelson's comrades in arms.
who testify to the truthfulness of this
work. II truth is better than fiction,
readers will here find the best. The
story is told with enthusiasm such as
only participant in the battles could
be expected to have. and carries with
1t conviction not found in histories
drawn from Imagination and colored
with party dyes. e. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05
BOTH LIED.

For three years Maryland has gone
Republican. In 1895 Democracy was de-
feated by 18,0O0 in 1896 by 80, 900; in 1897
by 1000. This time Democracy should re-
Democracy turned its blind side to the cur
rency question, nominated gold men, ig-
nored tariff, declared that ''in time of war
as we'll as In peace the freedom Of the press
and OF speech should be preserved de-
nounced militarism and deplored ''entang-
came forth in aat-foot plaudits of gold,
declared protection to be divine in its ORR
gin. and went in for militarism, imperial
ism and the Philippines. AS Maryland is
directly under the eye and caves of the
white House. and docile to the presidential
taken as painting the Mckinley view of
issues political BOTH PARTIES SET
FORTH HOSTILITY TO MONOPOL1ES
AND TRUSTS. IN WHICH LATTER IN
STANCES THE REPUBLICANS LIED
AND THE DEMOCRATS DIDN'T. AS the
fight lines up, every sign and signal smoke
would prophesy Republican disaster The
Democracy will sink Maryland McKinleyism
In 10000 feet of water.
1t would seem unnecessary to state
that the foregoing is taken from Dem
ocratic paper. A Republican paper
would, of course, declare the Demo-
Gratis lied and the Republicans didn't.
1t is serious proposition based upon
neither naked assertion or hearsay evil
dence, but upon the records of both
houses of congress for over 20 years
that both old parties have been, and
still are, the friends of monopoly. These
old frauds in 1900 propose to each set
forth in turn hostility to trusts.
Both the house and senate are made
up of Democrats and Republicans,
about equally divided and no member of
either house has ever proposed any leg
islation really hostile to monopoly.
No session of congress in recent years
has passed during which majority of
both parties in congress have not voted
for some special legislation in favor of
trusts.
And now both old parties set forth
hostility to monopoly and trusts; if this
means hostility, what means friend
ship? Bourke Cochran makes answer.
What's the matter with the trusts
anyhow" E. r.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05

control the avenues of the peoples in
telligence. Isn't it about time that
Mckinley be compelled to go out of the
trust business or abdicate!
No wonder good Republicans are
alarmed at such administrative acts in
behalf of monopoly.
Ex-senator George F. Edmunds, Of
Vermont schooled in a state where it
is universally believed that the Repub-
lican party can do no wrong, says:
1T will certainly be amazing if the bay
onets OF the United States shall be used to
maintain a disputed monopoly when the
supposed or expected injury to it is purely
one of carrying on the same business in
the same country, and when the judicial
power is perfectly available for the claim
ants Of the monopoly to prevent rival bus
mess being carried on
In 1900 both the old parties will claim
to be anti-monopoly.
e. A. r.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05
DEFENDS CRIME.

Capt Carter has secured habeas COR
pus, and his release will be demanded an
the ground that his punishment is excess
slve and illegal. This plea may win. The
cumulative penalties inflicted by the court
martial were almost savage in their severity.
Minneapolis Tribune.
And this is only a fair illustration of
how Republican dailies of the country
defend the blacklist of criminals provid-
ed only they were Republicans.
Elsewhere in this issue will be found
an account of Capt. Carter's crimes and
tllal and conviction therefor. Given
high position of trust in the govern
ment department for public improve
ments, this big thief embezzled from
the government over three millions of
dollars. He is finally courtmartialed
by trial board of high army officials
packed by Carriers moneyed pals, who
succeeded in reducing the courts find
ings to $1,600,O00.
OF the balance of the three million
dollars embezzled the evidence failed
to show just what portion went to Car
ter and what portion went to his asso-
GATES in the deals, and these sums were
therefore dropped from the count.
And the Tribune speaks of this mans
punishment of five years in the peniten-
tlary as excessive and as almost
savage in it's severity"
Why, the Tribune would think five
ears mild punishment for hobo ac-
cused OF no greater crime than being
found on our streets out of work and
with no visible means of support.
Let us all sing:
want to be big thief and with the
big thieves stand;
Mark Hanna is our captain with mil
lions to command.
e. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05
JONES' APPEAL.
Toledo Mayor Wants NOn-Partisan
Political Clubs.

Toledo Mayor Wants NOn-Partisaz
Political Clubs.
Toledo. Ohio, Sept. 9.-Mayor Jones to-
night issued an appeal to the voters of Ohio
OF which the following is a part:
organize. agitate, educate, read, study
think. Do not organize Jones clubs" or.
sanize non partisan political clubs. We are
contending for principle, not person
PERSONS die, principles are eternal. We have
nao TOO much hero worship in our political
history and too little devotion to the eternal
principles of truth and justice.
10 organize new party is to provide a
new set OF bosses, but to organize such nom
partisan movement, leaving every voter abb
soiutely free to vote for principle wherever
ne sees 1t, whichever name may be flying
over 1t, is to make fundamental and raG$-
cal departure from the idea Of divine right
OF kings in the direction of larger liberty
and freedom than we have ever yet Known
IN my opinion the newspaper work Of
the old parties will practically be a dead
loss to both Standing for no principle,
pleading for nothing but spoils, the utter
ances Will fall upon deaf or listless ears
ana nave no effect on the people. In
Ike manner, their Doodle campaign will
prove ineffective. Both the Democratic
and the Republican campaigns will be sup
pied with money with which to poison the
people. l do not think there will be much
If any difference in the quantity each will
have to draw from.
now repeat that / will be glad to meet
MI. Mclean, Judge Nash or any other can
d1date for the Office of governor, and l will
90 my best to defend and present the JUS
tlce OF the claim that we have no need of
political parties or political bosses in Ohio
state, municipal or county or township poll
tics. s. M. JONES.
Major Jones is running independent.
He has adopted Swiss ideas, Swiss
methods and Swiss politics. In name
an independent Republican, he talks
like Populist. The principles above
set forth are, as far as they go, exactly
what Populists are contending for.
If Jones was in Populist district he
would get the Populisl vote and win,
but he is in pluto district and Million
aire Democrat Mclean will get the de-
luded reform vote of Ohio.
Mclean is interested in several trusts,
he owns the Ohio press, he has a barrel
and in Ohio the barrel and not the man
wins.
In November the Ohio Democrats will
sing:
Well hang old Jones on a sour apple
tree
While the barrel goes marching on"
E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05
HOW Do YOU LIKE ITY

In the presidential campaign of 1896 there
we're six party conventions-two Demo-
cratic, at Chicago and Indianapolis; two
Prohibitionist, at Pittsburg; the Republican
convention at st. Louis, and the Populist
convention at the same city. Next year the
Prohibittonists will hold only one conyen :
ton. the Democrats will hold one only. and
the Republicans one, as in 1896-three con
vent1ons instead OF six. THE POPULISTS
HAVE PRACTICALLY BEEN ABSORBED
INTO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, and
those of them who refuse to be absorhed
have already held, at Cincinnati, q conven-
ton for 1890. having put In nomination
Wharton Barker, Of Pennsylvania, for pres
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05

a draw. The hog reached the
foot Of the hin. neck and tail
crossing the line at the same time and
the balance of the herd had paced the
racers. The-hog had got home and we
had got experience.
II Bryan should ever be elected he
would be compelled to right-about face
and fall In with the herd. He better
abandon the hogs entirely and train
with a different species. Some people
have to learn everything by experience
and Bryan seems anxious to try it.
E. A. +.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05

ident, and Ignatius 1ssneliy. Of Minnesota,
Tor president n Verdict.
Why cannot fusion = Populists see
themselves as Others Bee them. why
ton? - "
These men stan0lfor Bryan and Brv-
an Is a Democrat. and in 1896 refused to
accept q Populist WatGn as his running
mate. These men a& on the Chicaen
platform. and thd chicago platform il
Democratic. Both Bryan and his Plat
form stand opposed to Populism, and
the wonder is to 1lF honest men how
men can support 4 candidate and plat
form opposed to Populism and claim
still that they are Populists.
Even a Mark Hanna Republican il
not mean enough to deny his true poli-
tics
No Populist has ever yet been found
mean enough to claim that he was :
Democrat.
The Representative has no ouarre,
with men who claim to be either Demo-
Gratis or Republicans and openly vote
the old party ticket and support old
party candidates, but the man VINO will
vote the old party ticket and claim to
be Populist deserves Acknowledgement
during life. IA n
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05
HISTORY CORRECTED

II Is strange fact that very little
true history is ever written until 3
generation after the events recorded
PARTISAN prejudice, political motives
and selfish interests are the causes OF
this.
During our civil war E. A. Pollard
edited they leading confederate daily
published at Richmond, Va, and was to
the confederate cause what Horace
Greeley was to the union cause. Mr..
Pollard wrote history of the civil war,
entitled, "The Lost Cause" This hook
was loaned to an intelligent Vermont
lady, and a little later the gentleman
who had loaned it called for his book
and asked the lady how she liked it,
For answer the lady brought out the
book in pair of tongs.
This anecdote illustrates how diff
ferent were the views of this gentleman
and the lady as to what purported to be
history of our civil war. It was evil
IDENTIFY history perverted and misrepre-
scented as the Vermont lady understood
1t, and she was disguised and handled
the book as something unclean.
Southern people reading Northern
histories of the war are impressed with
similar feelings of disgust, as they read
misrepresentation upon almost everv
page OF the wars history.
Imagine history of the Philippine
war written by some administration
lackey, with all the most important
facts suppressed by an Otis and Nc
Kinley censorship, and you have the
usual modern history
History of this generation will he
ablaze with the brilliant achievements
Of Dewey, Schley, Hobson and the many
heroes who have died in the conflict.
History of the%coming generation will
have its pages furnished with the black
deeds of the administration war syndi-
cate; the troop transportation steals:
embalmed beef contracts; warship pur
chases at fabulous prices; the sinking
- SAO AACA AAAdC W COuCCdl ITduQ. ZU
millions paid to Spain to placate bond
holders; Shafter and Otis and Alger de-
posed to save ashore odoriferous gang:
and the war prolonged for political
ends. ge
Modern war is the servant of politics
Capt. A. H. Nelson, of this city, has
ust published whataseems to be a most
contribution to true American
history in little work entitled, Bat
les of Charlottesville and Gettys-
'urg." We say true history, because
lot all accepted history is true. Can't.
1elson was a participant in those two
important battles with great opportuni-
les for knowing the truth. His book |
not, however, a mere ST.
lis opinions, but is supported by the |
trongest array Of evidence, resting |
pom public and Official records.
These were the two great battles OF
he war in which the North met great
st disappointment III the power OF her
rms. These were the two battles In
'hich the confedefatss should have
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-05
AN EXCUSE.

am in the paroxyism of finishing my
new book (the result of 30 years of i'm
mense labor)-'The Cipher in the Plays
and On the Tombstone"
The last pages of the last chapter will
be placed in the printers hands the
same day this paper goes to press. And
30 l hope our readers will let me off
from any editorial work this week.
especially as have so able a substitute
as Mr.. Twitchell.