The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-08

Is an inspiring spectacle that we have had
| IN chicago. With their usual carelessness,
the people elected aldermen representing
the street railway interests not themslvs.
representatives willing to sacrifice the inter-
ests OF the people, sell the streets of Chicago
LOT their personal profit. But at the
eleventh hour, when the street railways.
through the a-d OF purchased aldermen,
were ABOUT to consumnate their steal of
CnlcaGos streets, the people aroused them
selves, denounced their faithless aldermen.
commanded them to observe their wishes.
protect the interests of their constituents.
oven threatened them more than half
earnestly, with the hangman's moose II they
defied the public demands. and before the
nerce fire many aldermen wilted and the
streets were saved. If the people would
only keep aroused all the time all would
be we'll.
In my humble Judgment such are the
questions before the Farmers Alliance, as
nave attempted to lay before you. There
IS crisis before us, but this is no time for
broodlng. no time for halting. 1t Is a time
1or decision and action, a time to keep in
mind that no help will come to those who
Will not help themselves, that to those who
will help themselves intelligently and ear
nestly. who refuse to despair refuse to
give way to dependency, Will not be denied
the blessings of which they show them
selves deserving.
CAC1IAo GENERALIZATION.
II these be my last words In behalf Of
agriculture, the Durest and most honorable
yet the most despised calling that God has
given to man, 1 would urge upon this body
the necessity of organizing effectively all
ranks and classes Of agriculturists, en-
bracing. and as far as possible, co-operat-
ing with all branches of productive industry,
to shake off the shackles Of monopoly
from this day forth forever. This we are
able to do and we can only accomplish it by
combining our suffrage to resist the in
fuence and power Of corporate power.
pray God I may be mistaken, but l believe.
nevertheless, that the stability of our In
stitutions. and the permanent peace and Sc
curity Of society itself Will be brought into
imminent peril by the persistent exclusion
from all voice In public affairs Of the ma
5ortty OF the people who have to bear the
burden Of taxation, and the usurpation by
the moneyed minority and their attorneys of
the functions and benefits Of government In
this country.
Organize! Organize. l beseech you. Not
tomorrow but today! Combine and stand
together al one man in defense OF your
interests and in behalf Of the general well
fare. Be not driven from your principles
under the crack Of any party whip in the
hands Of some petty boss who represents
nothing but the party ends. Act today.
delay not until tomorrow Act! Act In tho
living present, Heart within and God Ger
head"
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Mr. johnson wanted Mr. Rahilly's address
published in full in the country papers, 30
the farmers who were unable to attend could
Alliance.
Erick Olson thought the newspaper union
could be induced to print the proceedings
Of the Alliance in their patent insides. The
outside was usually an almanac, and the
average farmer turned the inside out and
read that part of the paper.
o. H. Arantzen. Of Wegdahl, differed on
this point. He thought not one farmer in
a dozen would read the proceedings If print
ed in this manner In full
]. r. Low, of Faribault, said as a news
paper man he could not print the proceed
ings and papers, as it would take all the
type In his print shop to set 1t up.
Somebody In the back Of the room sug-
gested that the daily papers would pay more
attention to the proceedings of the conven-
ton II they got up fight.
Thomas J. Meighen moved that a collec-
ton be taken up to defray the expense Of
printing the proceedings in supplement form.
The supplement could be sent to the reform
press and it could in its papers send out
the sheet as a supplement to the paper.
The convention then took q recess until
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AFTERNOON ROUTINE.
G. H. Hopkins opened the afternoon see-
sion with an address on the agency scheme
He thought the farmers could, through
the system. get so cents for their wheat
where they were now receiving but 80
cents. All branches of business had banded
together for trade protection. Why not the
farmer? II the whole farming population
would come to the rescue there would be no
question about the success Of the project.
ADDRESS OF c. H. HOPKINS, ESQ, OF
FAIRFAX, MINI.
To the National Farmers Alliance and In
dustrial Union OF the State Of Minnesota.
Greeting.
Mr.. President when 1t pleased our
Lord in his omnipotent wisdom to make
man to people this world that he had
created. He concentrated the earth by taking
1t as the material that man should, origin
ate from, and it would seem to the thinker
that He meant to convey and impress upon
His people the fact that as He had made
man His noblest work from the ground,
so too man must look to the same source.
for all intelligence, all wealth and ali pros
perity.
That act melted and established condi-
ton and q fundamental law, that has gov
erned the world as the people have willed
for and against civilization from the dawn
Of history until the present time And the
careful student Of the history Of the world
will find az he looks back. that mans
governments have all failed on account OF
their having disobeyed the law. Govern
ments were established all down from the
creation; and we find that civilization rose