The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-15

trsasnrsr. Albion Gates Tor secretary. on !
JAM 9Th. 1882
ALBION GATES, Secretary.
Carroll. Me, Jan. Z, 1899
r. 3. At our September election we polled
u votes for Geny for governor. In ~ or ~
we polled q votes We hope to recover and
add to that number in 1900. Yours Truly.
ALBION GATES.
TO EVERY VOTER DESIRING TO I'M
PROVE CONDITIONS:
Please send me Is cents in 1-cent stamps
or otherwise mot for myself, but to buy
stationery, campaign literature. etc., to
send to your county to establish by 1900
strong organization to help Overturn the
present devish political system Of pap
suckers and campaign-funds traders. You
cannot begrudge all you can afford more or
less than this amount. Will publish your
gift in The Representative with vouchers
how money Is spent If you are not sat
isfied will return It, / do not regret de-
voting time to this Chistian work aimed at
freeing industrial slaves from dishonest
mortgages and railroad bondage. But Il
goes against me to beg small sums which
the people should voluntarily offer since the
fight is for them to rule instead Of pluto
Gratis. You will not deny the cause this
favor, the last 1 ask. since the clubs will
in future provide for themselves. You will
never have occasion to regret this small gift
1 ask from you this day.
HENRI Y B. FAY, NJ.
CASH RECEIPTS.
Mr.. Powell, 81; C. j. Artzen, 81;
Mr.. Hopkins, 81; - 81; S. A. Stem
erson, 81; J. R. Campbell, SO cents;
George Hall, so cents; John Rostberg,
SO cents; J. R. Lowe, 81; c. J. Arntzen,
81; o. H. Arntzen, 81; j. o. Larson. 81;
G. w. Day, 81; H. H. Kravig, 81; Igna-
thus Donnelly. 81; F. Fritsche, ST., $1.10;
H. H. Skegerud, 81; E. A. Twitchell, so
cents; John Keynes, SO cents; J. A. X,
| North Dakota) 81; James Arnold, so
cents; John W. Moore, Is cents: S. A.
Johnson, rs cents: Oscar Halberg, Is
cents; H. B. Fay, 81.
From Lima, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1890.
! 1 wish to inform you that we the remain
| ing Populists of what were before the SO
| fusion deal quite a good many have con-
cluded to try and do what good
| along Populist lines. With that end in
view, have organized precinct club,
and we are now ready and willing to COM
| mence work. Now, sir, If you have any
| blanks. suggestions or literature Of any
| kind that could be Of any benefit. they viii
Address any all communications to D.
| j. Danaher, SAG st. Johns Ave, Lima, Ohio.
| From Sneads, Fla, Jan. 30, 1899
| 1 organized precinct club here last
| Thursday evening under the national plan.
| A T. Watson-cOusin to Tom-was made
president James w. Hordwick. treasurer,
] and yours truly, secretary. We have five
members. / think this is the first one in
| the state. / feel quite hopeful now that we
W. r. SHIELDS.
Sir:-It becomes my duty to inform you
| that we have organized a club, a straight
| middle-Of-t he-roader, No, 8, North Eugene,
| Lane county, Oregon, and that the
referendum as laid down at Cincinnati.
Sept. 9Th, 1885, We organized Jan. 18th. We
/ meet every two weeks.
| Names.
| Patterson, l.. Roberts, L. McVay, J. Nus
baum. w Emery. O. S. Brown.
| Officers.
! Chairman-C A. McVay; clerk, l.. B.
! ROsman
Editorial of ]. c. Smith. publisher of the
| white County National" Monticello, In
| diana. We desire the brethren to under
| stand our position We willing, but
| not anxious, to drop the name Peoples
| Party and would prefer that the reorgan-
lied party should be christened simply
| National Populist Party But upon this
point stcker. and the present
! name, or any other which may prove pre-
| ferable to a majority of Populists, will
| suit We believe all loyal Populists
should give allegiance to our present ma
tional ticket Barker and Donneliy. We
| favor the filling up Of our national COM
| mittee by men who are opposed to fusion
or cooperation with either the old parties
In tote W. 49,,
| Hon. Milton Park, of Texas. as the chair
man of our national committee, and Bar
| ker and Donnelly candidates for 1900
| without any referendum vote, but have no
| objection to the referendum. and will sup.
! port any other two men that may be NOM
| mated. We favor a fight on our own plat
| fOrm under our own banner, unembar-
| raised by leaders furnished by our enemies.
| We favor dropping the name because it
! could do the party no harm. But we in
sist holding to the principles, and to
the organized machinery as far as we have
| it and around these rehabilitate the party
| of the common people. No good Populist
| will ever recognize Marion Butler as our
| chairman again, and if by dropping our
! name we could be legally and finally rio
of him and Butlerism. it would be all
| gain and no loss to the cause.
E. j. White in the Missouri World.
When I soliciting subscriptions pre-
paratory to organizing club L asked a
young man to subscribe. He looked over the
platform and plan of organization then at
the subscribers thereto and remarked, L
| never voted any other ticket but a Peoples
party ticket, but I'll wait awhile and see
| how it runs I said to him. Young man,
if you wait for someone else to run your
part your part will never be rum. Now it
| seems to that our leaders are like the
young man waiting to "see how it runs"
Instead of leading in the organization Of
clubs, they seem to be waiting for the clubs
| to lead them. Now. as we are rushing
| forward with tightening speed towards 1860,
! there is no time to wait to see how 1t runs.
| l think two things are absolutely necessary
! to hasten organization: First. Our great
| leaders should not wait to how 1t runs.
| but should without delay set the pace and
| organize club Second, Announce the fact