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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
Call to Action.

Milton Park. of Texas. chairman of the
Peoples party national committee ap-
pointed at Cincinnati. has issued a call
to action which will be found elsewhere
in this paper.
Park heads his address Headquarters
of the Peoples Party National Commit
tee Milton Park, chairman"
This is right Butler no longer repre-
sents the Peoples party and should not
be mentioned as chairman. A majority
of the old committee may be popuists,
but enough contests will be made to give
the Democratic sympatlizers majority.
In Indiana a few days ago state populist
convention was held. 1t was largely at
tended and filled a vacancy on the nation
al committee A. p Hanna, who was the
chairman of the committee and called the
convention. refused to meet with it. but
he and few others-a very few. held
meeting in small printing office. elected
a man to fill the vacancy on the national
committee and endorsed Marion Butler.
OF course this means that Butler and Al
len intend to control the old national
committee and will exclude enough OF the
real members to give them majority.
AT Omaha, last summer. to gain a
point they held that member was con-
testing his own seat and therefore could
not vote on the report OF the committee
on credentials. We have no doubt But
Ter and Allen will recognize the Blind
Tiger convention in this state if they find
it necessary to give them control OF the
committee A national committee is not
known in law, SO there will be no legal
difficulties whatever in ignoring Butler.
There might be forty national committees
and the one that the masses of the party
recognized would be the real committee.
So waste no more time Respond to
Parks address, organize precinct clubs,
SO we can nominate presidential candi-
dates by referendum as provided at Gin
cinnati. The form for club has appeared
in this paper several times and we will
publish it again in two or three weeks
Missouri World.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12

yer. Now, who is Thompson? He is a
corporation attorney that the Republican
party had repudiated. Thompson is
known as the Mark Hanna" of Nebras-
ka politics.
The Bryan confusion whip-o-will, six
teen-to-one-ists go on the proposition
that the more demagogues you can get
into party the stronger the party. The
experience of late elections ought to show
that the more denagogues, the more con-
fusion and less votes.
Organism says the Republicans don't
want free silver. That is a good reason
why Democrats should want it. Bryan
will soon have you confusion pops eating
Junk, bottles and grindstones, because the
Republicans won't eat them. Bryan will
take you to some old deserted Republican
camp and point out some old sardine
cans and broken vessels, and tell YOU to
at them. Anything Republican
won't have is good enough for a Demo-
rat" And you will eat it and stand with
your mouths open, gawping, for the next
order. War, silver or anything to beat
he Republicans
The Democrats in Wall street, with
Morgan at their head, are pushing Nc
Kinley around little. But things will
regulate themselves after a while. You
Democrats out West have not a word to
say about the Democratic party more
than goose. OF course Bryan has a
mouth on him like a saw-mill, but that
only counts on few suckers The Dem
ocratic party is run by Morgan and his
Wall street gang.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12

shall regulate all questions OF suffrage so
as not to conflict with the constitution of
the United States and for the best in
terests of the people and the taxpayers
of Alabama.
g. That there shall be inserted in such
constitution provision limiting the rate
OF taxation by the state, counties and
municipalities, and that such rate OF taxa
ton shall not exceed the rate now ex-
pressed by the present state constitution,
but lower rate if practicable.
T. That the proposed new constitution
shall be submitted to a vote of the people
for its adoption or rejection.
S. That we pledge Our faith to the
people Of Alabama not to deprive any
white man of the right to vote, except
for conviction of infamous crime
6. That section 80, of article 4, OF the
present constitution in reference to the
removal and location of the state capitol
shall remain unchanged
T. That the provisions and restrictions
tons shall remain unchanged.
g. That we hereby instruct all Demo-
cratic members of the constitutional con-
vention faithfully to carry out the above
pledges.
Thirty-three delegates from the state at
large, one for each senatorial district,
were selected.
Ex-Congressnan benson presided
temporarily and State Senator Jelks was
permanent chairman"
l will now give you the vote in some
Of our Southern states The small vote
cast at the November election in Missis-
sippi, Louisiana, South Carolina and
Tennessee at time when race troubles
are rife, exciting more attention than
usual. According to the census OF 1890,
the voting population of these three
states were as follows: Mississippi,
27I,o8o; Louisiana, $50, 563; South Caro-
lima, 235,6o6. The next census which is
soon to be taken will no doubt show a
considerable addition to these figures and
yet in the last election 27,377 votes were
cast in Mississippi, 1926 in Louisiana
and 3I,7o3 in South Carolina. Tennessee
did not show SO great loss, being only
1904 since 1896. But the great falling
off in the other states mentioned is not
to be wondered at 1t will be noticed
that Mississippi, with the largest voting
population of the three first states men
toned, shows the smallest vote. but this
is not surprising as disfranchisement has
been longer in operation in Mississippi
than in other states With the election
laws against us can it be expected that
we can feel cheerful and contented. But
the time is now at hand for Populist in
the South to decide once and for all
what the future course of the party is to
be-one of two things must be done.
Either we must make bold stand on the
principles of Populism or we must submit
to. the continued domination OF the Dem
ocratic party Unless our principles sue
coed our liberties are gone. l am warm
supporter OF Barker and Donnelly
R. NJ. Tanksley.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
WAGES.

The ghouls who dance a perpetual
war dance on the supposed grave of
human rights in this land, sing the
perpetual lying song that average
wages have advanced just about 3 per
cent from 1873 to the panic OF 1888
reaching then $725 year. The statistical
liars, SO far as they ge, this out of any
thing but whole cloth, work it up by in
GLIDING all salaried officials up to the
500, 900 insurance presidents, and pick
ing out high-prced trades.
Again, they ignore the one most es-
sential fact that most wage-workers
are not on full time The only way to
get fair statement about average yearly
wages is to find first the number of days
work sought. II fourteen million persons
were seeking work in 1897 for 300 days,
they sought 400, ooo.o 900 days work. If
$2,Iooooo 900 was the whole sum Of
wages paid, that made so cents day for
those seeking, without regard to who
got it. Some OF them got more and
some less. and some nothing at all.
Continued next week
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO.

STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO,
Lucas County-ss
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of F. j.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid.
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December, A.
D. 1885,
A. w. GLEASON.
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Send for testi-
monials. free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
MONEY.

MONEY.
There is small space to speak of that
subject, still at the front and determined
to be until fiat money wins. The 1903
election turned on it; so will that OF 1900.
The Democrats gained only in the East.
They bid high for the gold Democrats
and got them. The Republicans gained
in the West, because the Populists refused
further fusion with the Democrats, and
learned again to go it alone. Populist
doctrines will prevail in the end Proba-
bly, not until after the empire has come
and gone
The virulence with which the gold men
fight for money reform" (deforra) is
seen IN the following in money column
before the close of the war:
From the business standpoint the
country is suffering from the war with
Spain only an insignificant fraction of
what it suffered during the political CAM
paign Of 1896. The business community
does not fear the whole power of Spain
one-tenth as much as it fears the power
for producing calamity OF the silver party
at home. A good part OF whatever de-
preston is at present existing because Of
the foreign war, is due to the fear that the
complications OF war might give the sill
yer representative in the senate and house
chance to get through some scheme to
destroy credit"
1t was we'll said long ago that 'the diff
ference between banker and an ordinary
business man is that the latter pays inter-
est on his debts and the former collects
interest on his debts-ttat is. his loans OF
credit. | have never seen this great Sc
cret OF banking success SO plainly ''let out
OF the bag" as in this from Congressman
Fowler OF New Jersey, at the recent mon
ey convention at Omaha Here is the
precious morsel:
There is not the slightest difference
between the lending the notes of bank
and lending the deposits. or granting
credits, except so far as the habits of the
people require one instead of the other.
A banker is merchant. and it is just as
reasonable to say that the dry goods man
will not sell his wares as that the banker
will not sell his goods, which are credits,
not notes"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
Socialist PARTY.

The Peoples party demands that what
man produces should belong to him
individually The socialist party demands
that what a man produces should belong
to the community Ii there is anyone
VINO cannot see the difference between
these two propositions, he could not see
the difference between daylight and dark
ness.-The Referendum.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
NOW COMES THE EMPEROR.

Providence or something has tackled
the infamous United States supreme
court and given it quite needed shak-
ing up by gas explosion. One would
suppose that the whole thing would have
gone up after that income tax decision
The bloom being all off the Englisl,
nobility, as it is off ours, that class has
settled down to the idea that money
talks" Sixty mine British peers figure in
the directories of worthless corporations,
with nominal capital of $500, 900 ooo
A Jew preacher. E. G. Hirsch, OF Chi
cago, has turned Jeremiah. He says:
"Oppression Of man by man is the order
of the day. We have become more cruel
and cowardly than our ancestors They
hit with a club-we torture under the
guise of Kindness They enslaved, and
did not try to hide the chains; we
put roses in the chains. and think the
CALLING band is no longer the badge of
shame
Chamberlain, OF England, says that
John Bull and Uncle Sam will guarantee
peace and civilization to the world. Yes,
the English civilization of Chinese opium
and Hndoo famine. and the American
civilization Of Mark Hanna, John Sher-
man Croker, Quay, Yerkes, and Rookie
Teller
1t is said that American ships are re-
placing 'forei gn bottoms on our coast
trade II SO it is an awful proof that la
Dor is falling to the level of European
paupers.
No college professor save Heron
seems to want the truth regardless of
cost. How many Of them would refuse
a $4,000 professorship in the Coal Oil
University? Luckily rich lady has pen
stoned Heron for life
The somewhat useful Encyclopedia of
Social Reform" fell mostly into the hands
Of the Philistines-the ''orthodox' col
lcge professors like R. T. Ely.
Chicago wants no silvery pure lake wa
ter. Ridden by brewers and saloonkeep-
ers, it says: Give us the rich. golden,
yellow stuff of the sewer" 1t is one of
the horrors OF the age that Chicago. in
touch with half OF the fresh lake water
of the world" did not forty years ago
get its water from ten miles out in the
lake. and tax the cost (and all its other
expenses) out of its millionares.
Soon after the Maine was sunk thou
sands of hitherto dormant citizens took as
their motto: Remember the Main(e)
Chance"
Quay. preferring the Senatorship to
Moyamensing prison. planned again to
carry Pennsylvania for the Republicans"
For once Chicago conservatives have
been reused to fine frenzy Of anarchy
and mob rule Witness the following:
Men appeared in the streets yesterday
with slip nooses made Of string tied in the
button-holes of their coats. When they
were asked why they wore the miniature
hangman's nooses, each in turn replied
That shows how l stand on this street
railway extension ordinance. It's hint
to our aldermen that if they bctray the
CITY to Yerkes, Bowen. Louderback. or
Bcnney we may do what the people in
Gle, e,and did on similar occason-buy
ropes. '"-Victor Lawson's Record.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
CO-0DerdtiVe Fruit Plantation.

Persons who would be interested in es-
tablishing cooperative fruit plantation
in Mexico while continuing their ordinary
occupations, please address the Secretary
of the Cooperative Plantation Co., Ltd,
10l North Ave-, Battle Creek, Mich, for
particulars of such movement.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12

ut is not idle talk at all, and will
not be surprised to see some hanging
done in the streets of Chicago l don'-'
mind saying, too. that l shall not send
in riot call when it starts. Mayor
Harrison, Official Mouthpiece OF Lawson,
Kohlsaat and Medill
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
Wheat
0|ldS

There is more money
raising wheat at the present
time than you can dig out
of the ground in Alaska.
The Great Northern Rail
way has 100000 acres of
tine choicest wheat lands in
the United States. These
lands are situated in the
Red River Valley of Min.
nesota, in Wilkins, Clay,
Norman, Polk, Marshall
and Kittson counties; they
will average about $1,000
per acre in price. For
maps and terms address
Land Commissioner, Great
Northern Railway, St.
Paul, Mimi, or the Land
Agents named below;
George Purvls,
Crookston. MINI.
G. n. Carey,
Breckenridge, MINI.
O. n. Robertson,
Campbell, MINI.
G. j. Wright,
Fergus Falls. MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
Organization
Department.

Send communica tons for this column and
reports of clubs to DR.. H. B. Fay 80 Wash
ington avenue south, Minneapolis, Minn
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
WHAT POPULISM IS.

This reorganization movement will be
hailed with JOY by all true Populists,
Democrats and liberal Republicans. 1t
will be some place to go to get away
from confusion. Our arrangements for
Offices are already provided for. this is an
emergency measure from necessity. We
do not invite anyone's attention to office,
it is our cause of action that we propose
to put on trial. Let the people come to-
gether. We will arrange further about
offices. In this movement the people can
come together. There will be no party
lines to divide and fence them off, with
no object in sight, but to get office, and
see that one party destroys the other.
There never was any fusion in this con-
fusion business. From start to finish
it was conspiracy on the part of the polit-
ical pirate Bryan, and treason on the part
of the political assassin Allen.
Two thirds of the entire Populist vote
was cast by the people of the Southern
states All of these old men were SOL
diers in the Confederate army and wear
the scars of Union bullets received in de-
tense of the Democratic party, when, in
their youth, they followed impulse and
public sentiment, without stopping to ask
the reason why These men are done
with the Democratic party.
The Reform Press Association of the
United States has membership of Co.,
reaching from Maine to California, all
straight Populists. Its honored president
is Frank Burket, of Mississippi, who
wears the scars Of Confederate soldier
and one bullet hole in his head from the
hands of the Democratic party, as he Or
ganized the Peoples Party in Mississippi.
The Peoples Party in tile South was Or
ganized in the face of Democratic bull
lets by old Confederate soldiers, who
sought to secure thereby union OF the
people, rather than a union of political
bandits and assassins.
And now comes the featherbed states
man and soldier, COL w. J. Bryan, his
celluloid accoutrements unstained by
blood, demanding that these battle SCARED
heroes of two wars, lay down their cause
OF action to the common enemies OF
mankind. the Democratic party of the
South, that seeks to carry its election
with shot guns and Winchesters and when
necessary, by treason and assassination
Populists, let us gather around Barker
and Donnelly. The Peoples Party is
founded upon the best thought that
American civilization has evolved. If YOU
are true to it, it will be true to you, and it
will only perish when the sun sets to rise
no more. L. Stebbins,
North Platte, Neb.
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
BRYAN ISSUES ORDERS TO CON-
FEDERATE SOLDIERS
THE ORIGINAL STEBBINS
A WORD WITH MESSRS. BUR-
KIT AND BATEMAN.

A WORD WITH MESSRS. BUR-
KIT AND BATEMAN.
Brunswick, Mimi, Feb. 81, 1900.
Editor Organization Column
For some years l have been working
along the lines of the Peoples Party. l
follow the lines of true reform, when
ever it is possible to discover the truth.
AS long as Our laws permit unlimited
ownership of natural opportunities ii. e.,
of national property by individuals or
corporations, without any commensurate
return to the community for holding such
Special privileges" less radical reforms,
will ultimately be found only to enable
producers to live cheaper. They produce
the wealth, but all beyond the necessities
for bare living, is taken from them, by
the owners of those natural resources
from which alone wealth can be produced
Our success, therefore, is in the union
OF forces around such important principles
as money reform, direct legislation, gov
eminent control of railroads, mines, etc.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12

Aspto the coAdiAion OF the Pepulist Party
in ahiss sectioAs'bf the stass;; it is com
posed Of all $fts Of refor,ners, from So
cialists and singlc-taxers to hanging on
lhe-fence Republicans. On account Of
there being no county organization dur
ing the last campaign, many Of the Popu-
lists were counted among the Republican
forces, and some were even. delegates to
the Republican County Convention. But
there is good deal of murmuring even
down among the Republican lines, and a
good organization in this county would
undoubtedly make of your forces for
midable appearance.
Yours for justice and truth,
Gunnar Naumann
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
NO NEGRO DOMINATION.

Montgomery, Ala, March 2o.-The
Democratic state convention was held
here today to elect delegates to the con-
sttutional convention which will be held
next August. The following resolutions
were adopted
I. That we favor the holding of con-
stitutional convention for the purpose Of
so regulating the right to vote as to per-
petuate the rule of the white man in
Alabama
2. That the constitutional convention
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-16
POULTRY MEN MEET.
Discuss Belgian Hares at Their Ses'
sion Last Night.

a. meeting OF tho Utah Poultry as
ISOLATION was held in the City and
County building last night. An address
on the subject Of Belgian Hares, was
delivered by Harry Groves. Mr. Groves
said that a pair of these animals would
produce more than 1900 pounds OF meat
IN one year. He spoke briefly Of the
DISQUALIFICATION for entering animals
in prize contests, and also explained
methods OF breeding. Mr.. Taggard,
breeder, Of Allegheny, Pa, said he had
500 hnres on his farm in Pennsylvania
now, and expected TO produce l,OOO,OO0
pounds Of meat in three years. He said
the hares were extensively marketed
In Belgium, Germany, France and Eng
land II costs about 10 cents, he said,
to produce a four pound hare. a breed
er named Harris, near Denver, had a
pair for which he paid S40O The Sims
have a ready sale, and there is now a
good market for them in st. Louis.
The Belgian hare Is the largest OF the
rabbit family. one hare not six months
old was shown, and its weight was nine
pounds The owner said he had one at
his home which weighed fifteen
pounds
Rule IS OF the association, which APP
plies to the entering of birds at the
annual poultry show. was discussed by
the members. The rule prohibits club
bling together to form a prize pen.
Those who were opposed 10 the rule
said that In some cases persons who
become interested in a pen would en-
deayor to buy eggs, but as the birds
belonged to different parties, 1t would
be impossible TO secure a setting, or else
the buyer would be given inferior eggs
ii was decided not to amend the rule.
T.. Best, r. ]. Parsons and David
Otterson were admitted 10 membership.
IL is quite likely that the annual show
will be held at the Salt Palace, al
though the executive committee have
not yet fully decided.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-16
A. 0, U. W. FESTIVITIES.
PatrOlman Randolph Presented With
an Historic BILLY"

The A. o. u. w. hall last night was
the scene OF very interesting gather
ing. the main feature of which was the
presentation TO Patfolmen Abe RAN
dolph. a policeman's club made from
the back Of a harp said 10 have been
owned by Aguinaldo There was a
large attendance Of ladies and gentle
men of Temple lodge No IT, and the
evening was spent in card playing, and
the serving Of light refreshments. AZ
the close OF the evening Past Master
s. W. Brown called the gathering to or
der. and in a brief but happy speech,
stated that there was present an old
veteran Of the civil war, who was a
valiant worker In the A. o. u. w. and
there was another young veteran pres
ent. a dear friends of the old ones, aud
his name was Fred j. Blake OF Utah
battery b, and while in Manila he mad
gotten possession OF a harp belonging
to Aguinaldo and from the back OF II
he had made a policeman's club, which
he would now present TO the veteran or
the civiliwar, Abe Randolph.
Randolph replied the best he could,
and then received the hearty congratu-
latlons OF all present.