The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-26

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| IL. Give the address Of all the main
political leaders in your county, speci-
flying to which party they belong, and
why. o5SsS
IA. For what party and candidate
| will you vote next year? - fs ~
Is. DO YOU PREFER TO INDI-
CATE YOUR CHOICE OF CANDI-
DATES AND PLATFORMS ON A
PIECE OF PAPER MAILED TO YOUR
ADDRESS?
OR. WOULD YOU RATHER SEND
SOME ONE TO A CONVENTION TO
FIGHT AND TRADE WITH OTHER
REPRESENTATIVES," AND FINAL
LY PATCH UP A TICKET AND PLAT
FORM OF THEIR OWN, FOR WHICH
YOU CAN EITHER VOTE OR STAY
AT HOME?
III you live in city report for your
precinct and labor accordingly)
FROM THOMAS THOMPSON, JR.
Hitchcock, Beadle Co., S. D., Oct. II.
ID All crops poor; wheat very light
weight. Mine goes but SO lbs. per
bushel. No corn to speak of. Plenty
OF hay. Wheat about S cents higher
this year.
CD Higher, especially trust made
goods.
90 Last year farmers made a good
profit. One-third of the crop paid all
expenses. This year it will take three
fourths of the crop to pay expenses.
The farmers here raise a large
amount of cattle and sell from 500 to
5000 worth annually, so they are able
to hold their wheat for better prices.
l hold two-thirds of mine.
(4) The merchants But nearly all
OF the farmers of this county are out
of debt
90 On the average we work five days
per week. Picnics, shows, HOLIDAYS
we'll patronized. Farmers here are as
Intelligent as anywhere. Read all kinds
OF politics, but few religious PAPERS
plenty of books
co Seventeen years of age-far az
common schools can take them.
Cd Satisfactory. County too thinly
settled to be well improved.
~ Reform papers will do little
good. REPUBLICANS WILL NOT
READ THEM so LONG AS WE FOOL
WITH DEMOCRATS Most people ap-
pear we'll satisfied with themselves.
(9) The Dakota Ruralist, editor. w.
5. Kidd. He believes in the same rem
edy for trusts as Wharton Barker does.
QO We don't talk much about
Bryan. Bryan is doing nothing for us.
is FOR BRYAN.
(12) Majority Republican. Vote in
96 about 1000, with majority for Nc
<lnley of about 10. Religion unknown,
[wo-thirds Americans,
13) Hon. H. S. Mouser and T. M.
simmons, L. Lapier of Huron, John
dorse of Hitchcock and H. Hoffman of
Volsey, are all Populists. H. c. Hinck-
ey OF Huron, Peter Meyer of Wolsey,
democrats. E. H. Vance of Huron is ,
ur Republican state senator
Q4) l hope to vote as 1 have ever
lnce 1S90-the Populist ticket. want
o more fusion" Give us voters the /,
over to nominate candidates.
Why is trust like a baby? Because 9
1erybody opposes it till they get one of .
1eir own.
ANSWERS.
Steffenville, Lewis Co., Mo-, Oct. 10.
FROM MR.. Jack KIZER.
~ But little raised; price about :,
le same; hardly any sound corn; r
'tatoes good, small acreage.
GU Much higher.
CD None for myself; large majority
my neighbors none
90 Salaried officers. :"
90 About IA hours. =
When asleep only
10 About II. Scant arithmetic.
tile reading and writing. a.
Cd Not all at once. Neighbors are 10
leasy. By government putting at
ice at least $50 per capita into circu- %
ton, full legal tender paper money; a.
tabllsh postal savings banks; wipe ~
It trusts and present banking system
d ALSO THE REPRESENTATIVES, u
STEM; put in place thereof DIRECT 81
81
go Feel it my duty to do best can.
60 Hard to answer because no pa OF
r advocating specie payments can be IS
air. to the people, 10
(1O Hard to say, because most So
lied Democrats do as their bosses Ell
Y. yC
I'D know nothing of this man.
nd. But throw to those Democrats IN
10 in the last campaign thought free Ia
yer the whole thing, how Bryan is 1
W acting, and they can only open nj
cir sinful mouths and cape. ia
I'D In numbers: Baptists in relig- an
(pure and undefled) hyprocrites. Oh
rman.
49, O. c. Clay Canton, Democratic br
vyer; jeff Thompson, Monticello, ia
E. A. Doweil, La Belle, our be
'sent representative. He is a lawyer so
/ money dealer David Glayes and We