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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17
here. were thirstins Tor political recog-

pnere. were thirsting Tor political recog-
nition.''
The bourbons are evidently beginning to
think that Governor Lind Il in need Of some
liberal draughte of the good old doctrine of
Thomas JeAsreeh. the. doctrine fAe great
leader enunciated in the frst great political
spoils case In America, that Of NliSur Good
rich. collector Of New. Haven, and his sue
cessor under Jefferson. Samuel Wilson. It
was In defending Goodrich's removal to
make way for Wilson that Jefferson asked
that II duo participation Of once u right.
how arc vacancies to be had? and then made
the immortal epiaram: Those by death are
few: by reaignations none." In view Of this
undisputed statement jefferson saw that re-
mOval was . plain duty and a. such he
proposed to and did perform it. Governor
Lind braced up and applied this grand old
Js6ersonian. principle-afterwards confirmed
By Andrew Jackson-to Grain Inspector
Clausen. but since then the soldiers home
board and the state high school board have
according to the st. Paul Giobe-f0rced him
from the narrow path Of strict adherence
to principle. r. NJ. X.
Gov. Lind has a hard time of it. He
is trying to give the state good admin
istration. for his own credit, and the
credit Of those who elected him; and
because only by doing so can he hope
for reelection. But he is beset front
and rear. above and below, by a set of
foul-smellinE wolves and buzzards,
bowling and squawking for
office, ONCE. Office!
The more the governor displeases
these creatures, the better he will please
the mass of the people. Id.
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echo by leading Democrats Of Georgia.
Gov. Chandler. CLARK Howell. national COM
mltteeman for Georgia: Col w. A. Hemp
hill. DR.. Henry L. Wilson. and others OF
the party leaders say that Mr.. Stone II
right. The Populist party in the South
has disintegrated and henceiorth thaee viii
be nothing but tho Democracy In that SEC
ton. Tom Watson will be lost sight Of
unless he announces himself a Democrat.
II Ignatius Donnelly and Wharton Barker
are depending upon the South for comfort
next year. they ara leaning on . broken
red. What 10 true Of Georgia n said to
b true also Of Texas, that other Southern
state in which POpulism made such head
way.-Minneapolis Journal (Rep.).
"The wish II father to the thought"
That is what the Republicans would
like to see the Populists wiped out.
and the fight between the G. @. p. and
the D. o. p. Then their everlasting
victory would be certain.
But the action of the Peoples party
Of Kentucky, the other day, demon
strates that the Minneapolis Journal is
an awful liar. d.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17
NOTICE

Eltweed Pomeroy, president Of the
national Direct Legislation league. will
speak upon the subject of direct legisla-
ton and good citizenship. Sunday even
Ing. Aug. 20. at 8 o'clock, in Voegeli's
hall, corner of Washington and Henne-
pin avenues, Minneapolis.
It Is an opportunity to learn some
thing about this subject, now holding
first place in the creed OF all thoughtful
reformers that no Minneapolis man can
afford to miss, who takes interest in bet
ter social and economic conditions
Remember time and place. and give this
direct legislation lecturer an audience
worthy of Minneapolis and this import
ant subject. E. A. T.
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ting RQPs.
The st. Paul Disp1och says:

The st. Paul Disp1och says:
And % Mr.. BrDon MIL manage TO get
along without the ikatucky Populists. His
party doesn't need the Populists any moro.
anyhow. 1t stole the Populist platform
and the Populist organization. and that was
all 1T wanted. There isn't 4 plank in the
Chicago platform that could have been
written by q Democrat Of 4 dozen years
standing, and scarcely q man prominent in
the counsels of the party who isn't q rene
gade from some other party OF discredited
political Hessian. whose mind, and tongue,
and conscience are negotiable commodities,
as ready for service In one party as In
another. provided always- that the consider
alton IL forthcoming ana assured.
Everybody Is anxious to know what
the Populists are going to do in the
1900 campaign. II they all follow the
example of the Kentucky Peoples party
the Democrats win. be kicked higher
than Gilderoy's kite.
The st. Paul Globe, the state Demo
cratic organ, sees this, and blackguards
the Pops in a column screed, and pro-
claims that they are dead.
What is the use of jabbing a pitchfork
into corpse, brother? l. d.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17

been a tool Of the bondholders, the OPP
ton has been waived, and the coupon
clipper has taken his choice-which, of
course, was gold.
This policy of the treasury depart
ment has been in direct violation of all
law, common and statutory. for thou
sands of years-for the law has ever
given the debtor the option.
And now it is proposed to put upon
the statute books law which shall
forever clinch the infamous policy Of
robbery which has characterized every
administration since the close of An
drew JOhnson's term, March 4, 1869.
And the fool people will throw up
their hats and hurrah for the gold
standard!-Col.N Norton.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17
1T
MENACE FOR GOVERNOR.

MENACE FOR GOVERNOR.
The Preston Times remarks that:
"Menage may be, acquitted and all that,
but In the minds Of 80 out of 100 of the
people of this state he will always re-
main swindler and an all-around con-
fidence man.
The Albert Lea Standard comments
upon these remarks as follows:
But why single him out for punish
ment! Is he any worse than Tom Lowry.
W. H. Eustis and Loren Fletcher. who
were his partners and shared in his game?
Eustis and Fletcher have been awarded
distinguished honors by your party, the lat
ter being the Republican congressman from
the Minneapolis district Is it fair to
punish Menage and reward the rest with
high Office and honors? Why not reward
him for governor or send him to congress,
and thus even it up for him with his dis
tinguished partners.
1t is possible that the Republicans
left Menage off their ticket through a
sense of modesty Or fairness? They
may have thought that out of Manages
class they had appropriated to the pub
better class" candidates.
Never mind Mr.. Standard. There Is
plenty of time before next election
Menage may yet be found guilty by a
jury, the verdict be promptly set aside
by Judge Canty and the name of Menage
head the next fusion ticket.
While there Is life in either old party
there is hope In the breast of every
scoundrel that he may be elected to
high Office by one of the twin frauds.
e. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17
POOR OLD HOTCHKISS!
And Lamphere:,

And Lamphere:!
"Old Hotch" came to the 18th of June
convention hostile to fusion. He was
induced by the promise of a fat Of
flee to support fusion. Then he vicious
ly blackguarded those who stood where
he had stood, and would not sell their
birth-right for a mess of pottage. Then
he was recommended for the place of
secretary of the Soldiers home. The
following item tells the story:
The board of trustees Of the Minnesota
State Soldiers Home yesterday sprung an
unwelcome surprise upon Gov. Lind and
fusion partisans generally by re-electing
Thomas Mcmillan as commandant and l. H
B. Beeoe secretary The choice of the
governor was allowed in the positions of
surgeon. quartermaster and adjutant, the
latter place going to Frank J. Mead the
veteran newspaper man. while the former
was given to Dr. o. S. Pine, St. Paul, him
self member Of the board. DR.. Pine says
that he will Immediately resign this latter
connection. however. Fred Straub, Fari-
bault was elected quartermaster.
The result will come as a complete sur
prise. inasmuch as the governor had re-
Gently appointed three new members Of the
board. and as all of the appointees were OF
oned a certainty that he would be able to
secure the appointment of whomsoever he
pleased to the principal places at the home.
Gov Lind had so recommended George N.
Lamphere, editor of the Moorhead News,
for commandant, and w. A., Hotchkiss,
editor of the Preston National Republican.
for the secretaryship. but the board refused
to turn out tried and trusted officials.
This man Lamphere was so subserv-
lent to Democracy in 1896. that when we
were announced to make a speech at
Moorhead, during the campaign, in IA
vor of Bryan and Watson he gave the
hall to comparatively unknown man
from Montana, and shut us out of
hearing; but the citizens, irrespective of
party, got up an impromptu meeting in
the street, and Lampheres man had no
audience but had to come and ask the
privilege of speaking to our crowd after
we got through.
"The mills of the gods grind slowly,
But grind exceeding small"
And it would be difficult to find in
Minnesota today anything smaller than
Lamphere and old Hotchkiss.
He insulted Populist friend to tickle
the Democrats, and two Democrats have
dropped him into the muck heap.
God Almighty In the long run always
catches up with such creatures, and
when He does He smashes them as He
would smash a bedbug. I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17
CAVITY AND THE STANDARD AT OFT.

CAVITY AND THE STANDARD AT OUTS.
In 1898 Judge Canty was the fusion
candidate for justice of the supreme
court The Albert Lea Standard was
an ardent supporter of the fusion state
ticket, and would naturally be expected
to stand by it's candidates after as we'll
as before election.
If they were men fit for Office then.
they certainly cannot be very different
now
The political fight in 1896 and 1893
was fight between the common people
otherwise known as the toiling and nro-
ducing classes Of this country, and the
owners of concentrated wealth repre-
sented by trusts and corporations.
1t was contended by the Mid-road
Populists that Democratic politicians
prominent in state or national politics
almost without exception stood for the
monied interests, and were therefore
unfit to hold important Offices and gov.
ern this country.
In a recent supreme court decision
Judge CAVITY set aside the verdict of a
jury, and rendered a decision against /.
woman and in favor of Tom Lowry, the
street railway millionaire.
Following is what the Standard has tn
say OF Canty's decision. We do MT
know whether the Standard prefers
humble pie or crow:
IN the case named Judge CAVITY stated
mat ne was unable to find. sufficient owl
oence, preponderance of evidence tn sus.
TAIN the verdict. He thus over rode NOT
only the law, but the decisions of all tho
courts since the government was estah
l1sned. II there had been no evidences tn
sustain the verdict he might legally have set
II ASIDE, out ne did not so claim, for there
was eOoo evidence to sustain it. and IA tn
that the jury alone had the right to iud1e
Judge Canty unconstitutionally and arfi
trarily abrogated to himself the power IN
annul the decision of the jury; in effect. to
abolish the jury system. His decision is
suDversive OF law; 1t is revolutionary and
tyrannlcal. The right to trial by iurv Ia
the right Of all men equally and that ia
one reason why we uphold It, 1t is, more
over the chief safeguard of liberty and of
the rights OF person and property, and the
Standard will condemn any judge no mat
ter what his politics may be, who unlaw-
fully overrides jury and thus contributes
to weaken and overthrow one of the most
fundamental bulwarks of the American
citizen.
In the case of Judge Canty, his decision
In this and in other like instances seems to
indicate that he is preparing the way to
become possibly Tom Lowry's attorney
when he leaves the bench, or the attorney
ODuIent Tn
such event he would command far greater
salary than that of judge and could we'll
afford to endure the condemnation he is
receiving for his subserviency on the bench
and to quit politics altogether.
1t Is one Of the most dangerous tendencies
OF the times to belittle the constitution, to
strain the law to uphold and excuse the
strong, to substitute trial by Injunction for
trial by jury, and to submit to the constantly
overreaching abuse Of power by judges ap-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17
GRASS WIDOWS.

A wag who has seen the comic picture
on our front page writes an advertiser
as follows:
Albert Lea, July is, 1899.
Gentlemen-We've had Fourth of July
here In Albert Lea and somehow kissing
grass widow caught the hay fever
Enclosed find 81, for which by return mail
please send me five boxes Of Dead Shot
Catarrh Cure, and oblige. yours for speedy
recovery. A-rapa G.. S. e.
Dead Shot Isl guaranteed to kill ca
tarrh bugs (baeteria), cough, cold and
hay fever bugs, but this is the first time
it has ever beep tried on kissing bug.
aeon e. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17
SOMETHING WRONG.

For the first time since 1851 there is not
a single Democrat In the United States
senate from the great area between the
Atlantic and the Mississippi and the Ohio
and Canada. This ought to show there is
something radically wrong in Democratic
leadership. Is 1t treason to point out the
wrong and urge amendment louisville
Courier journal.
This illustrates what failure fusion
has been. 1t has left the Democratic
party without senator in the United
States senate, In the greatest area OF
population and wealth in this country.
Would 1t not be better to fall back on
the enthusiasm of great principles, and
give up self destroying combinations of
hostile elements? I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17
REPUBLICAN GLEE.

Southern Democrats are ranidlv cutt;ro .
loose from Populism, and as far as sem
timent has been expressed it is uniformly
IN favor of compelling the Populists of 1896
20 come into the Democratic camp or go
into an organization by themselves Only
short time ago former Governor Stone.
Pr Georgia, in an interview, asserted that
fne Democratic party in the South must
abandon it's alliance with Populism and
emaintain an organization Of its own. He
sad there was no Populist party in the
South so far as tangible facts were con-
oerned. and that the Democrats were court
ing defeat by listening to overtures for an
alliance with the Falstaffian remnant of
what was once formidable host These
sentiments have been applauded to the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17
PROSPERITY.

Jerry w. Cowles, until a year ago a resi-
dent of Minneapolis. committed suicide at
Seattle. Wash. Monday July 81. Inability
to secure work and disappointment in a
love affair are said to have driven Cowles
to the act which ended his life.-Minne-
apolis Times.
1t is strange that the putting up of
prices did not give him prosperity.
That was the old tariff argument
take the money out of mans right
hand breeches pocket, and ten times as
much would come into his left-hand
pocket. See? I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17
An Infamous Policy.

A Washington dispatch says: CAS- a
result of conferences held within the
last week it has been determined that
the currency legislation to be submit
ted to the next congress shall contain
not only a declaration for the gold
standard, but an enactment which shall
put it out of the power of any president
or secretary of the treasury to interfere
with the standard.
"At the present time the country is on
gold standard and has been since 1879,
but this is matter of discretion on the
part of each succeeding administration
The law permits payment in coin,
which may be either gold or silver at
the option of the government. 1t has
been decided to change this so as to
compel the government to redeem it's
obligations in either gold or silver at
the option of the creditor.
Coupled with this will be legislation
to keep silver on a parity with gold by
interchangeable redemption. entirely
aside from the commercial value
"The party leaders have concluded
that not merely declaration for the
gold standard, but it's actual enactment
into law, not to be changed except by
congress, with executive approval, is
the best possible issue on which to meet
the soft-money Democrats and Populists
next year, and If present plans are fol-
lowed, this honest fulfillment of the. be-
liefs of the Republican party will be
placed on the statute books for the ex-
press purpose of provoking clear-cut
fight on the question of the standards.
1.-The currency scheme proposed by the
house caucus committee is likely to be
changed by the senate in important par
ticulars, but the gold standard idea,
joined with the use of both gold and
silver, will be agreed to by both
houses"
OF course, the conference above re-
ferred to was a Republican conference.
No other political organization in the
world would be guilty of such an abso-
lutely infamous policy.
For more than a generation the hold
ers of government bonds have been
bleeding the United States without let
or hindrance.
Investing originally less than S1,4OO,-
OO0, 900 (gold value) in bonds, they have
already drawn more than three times
that amount in principal and interest
(all in gold) and still hold more than
enough bonds to purchase as much Of
the products of labor as their original
investment would have purchased.
And yet they are not satisfied They
want to remove the last doubt about
their bonds ever being paid in any
thing but gold dollar.
The first step in the Infamous policy
Of robbery was the enactment of the
public credit act, which made the bonds
payable in coin, instead of greenbacks.
To still further reinforce the public
credit act, the refunding bill of 1870
was passed, under which outstanding
bonds were exchanged for new bonds,
which bore upon/their face stipulation
that the bonds should be paid in coin.
This, of course, meant silver coin as
well as gold coin.
To make it especially gold coin, sill
yer was demonetized in 1873.
And yet there is still an option left
with the government to pay either gold
or silver. But as every secretary of
the treasury since the days Of John
Shermans first term as secretary has
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Both old parties are barking at the
trusts, but barking dogs never bite.
MOREIUOSSIP.
The Minneapolis Journal says:

The Minneapolis Journal says:
The st. Paul Globe of this morning con-
tains remarkable aeditorial under news
head. Starting With fittat The key line. Riot Act
that he ought to havat a 'frmer grip" and
asserts that his friends think che lacks tact
or f1rmness," or that something is wanted -
After some farther review of the governor s
reputation, the Globe specifically finds fault
with his meek acceptance of the action of
the majority Of the trustees of the soldier s
home In refusing to turn out the COM
mandant and the secretary to make way for
good fusionists. The Globe also criticises
the governor for not ousting George B.
Alton superintendent of high schools, and
A. w. Rankin. superintendent of graded
schools. at the meeting of the state high
school board the other day. Since the Globe
has mentioned the matter, it now does no
harm to say that there was rumor abroad
that the governor had decided to take Mr.
Atoms scalp. But, according to the Globe,
both the governor and Superintendent Lewis
lost their nerve when they confronted Presi-
dent Northrop in the meeting. Before the
presidents words of support for the two
inspectors both Lind and Lewis, says the
Globe, collapsed, and thus disappointed some
more good fusionists who. like George Lam
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17
HEAVEN FORBID.

Maj. Hotchkiss takes revenge by declar-
Ing that, outside Of Winona county, there
are no Democrats in the First district;
that all except the Republicans are Popu-
lists
Good Lord! Does the major intend to
come back to the Mid-roaders, because
two Democrats turned him down for an
office?
Stay where you are, major. Nobody
wants you at any price Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17

These antitrust Democrats would in
spire greater confidence if they would
be more specific, and state exactly how
they propose to make the trusts ante.
In 1892 Democrats declared for bimetal-
lism, and Cleveland forced the repeal of
the Sherman purchase act
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17

Why oil this wrangling over the par
entage Of the trusts?
1t should be clear case when the
Democratic and Republican parties are
the only ones who cannot prove an
alibi.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17
ANTI-BRYAN.

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Next Sunday a
dinner is to be given at Saratoga Lake. and
among those who are expected to attend
are United States Senator George v. Vest
of Missouri United States Senator James
e. Pugh, of Alabama; ex-United States
Senator Arthur P. German. of Maryland;
Judge Ralph Walker ex-Congressman
Charles H. Morgan. Col J. J. Butler. of St
Louis, Benjamin Brady, Excise Commits
sioner Charles P. Higgins, of St. Louis, all
Of Missouri; State Committeeman John
Flanagan and William Connors of this
state; Joseph J. Willett. of Alabama;
Theodore F. Davidson, of North Carolina;
Flemming G. Dubignon. of Georgia; Col o.
o. Staley, of Kentucky; ex-Congressman
Lawrence McGahan and John Coughlan, of
Chicago; ex-Judge Augustus Van Wyck,
and a number of other Democrats of promi-
nence now sojourning at the Springs. The
promoters Of the dinner are, 1t Is under
stood, not in favor Of the nomination Of
Mr.. Bryan.
1t Is evident that the money power
does not intend to let Mr.. Bryan walk
of with the Democratic nomination
without desperate struggle. Our own
conviction is, knowing the tremendous
power Of millions of money. that they
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-08-17
THE CALCULATION OF AN ANTI-BRY-
ANTE.
The NOn-COnfOrmist says:

The NOn-COnfOrmist says:
The New York World says that the next
national Democratic convention will con-
tain 37S delegates favorable to Bryan and
silver, and $50 opposed. In such case the
Chicago platform Democrats would make
a conveyance by quit claim deed to the
gold bugs of all their right, title and inter-
est in the Democratic party, and would go
into new party composed of the genuine
reformers OF the country This combina-
ton might win in 1900 and it would be GER
tain to win four years later.-Non- Con-
formist.
AS 1t would require 1868 votes to nomi-