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The representative., 1900-10-18
CINCINNATI PLATFORM

, The Peoples party of the United
States, assembled in national conven-
tion this 10th day Of May, 1900. af-
frming our unshaken belief in the
cardinal tenets of the Peoples
party, as set forth in the Omaha
platform, and pledging ourselves
anew to continued advocacy of those
grand principles of human liberty
until right shall triumph over might
and love over greed, do adopt and
proclaim this declaration Of faith:
l. We demand the initiative and
referendum and the imperative man
date, or such changes Of existing
and fundamental and statute law as
will enable the people in their sover-
eign capacity to propose and compel
the enactment of such laws as they
desire; to reject such as they deem
injurious to their interests, and to
recall unfaithful public servants.
2. We demand the public owner
ship and operation OF those means Of
communication, transportation and
production which the people may
elect, such as railroads, telegraph
an. telephone lines, coal mines, etc.
3. The land. including all nat
, Nural sources OF wealth, is a heritage
OF the people, and should not be
monopoliZed for speculative purposes
and alien ownership of land should
be prohibited All land now held by
railroads and other corporations in
excess of their actual needs. and all
lands now owned by aliens should be
reclaimed by the government and
held for actual settlers only.
4. A scientific and absolute paper
money, based upon the entire wealth
and population Of the nation, not re-
deemable in any specific commodity,
, but made full legal tender for all
debts, and receivable for all taxes
and public dues, and issued by the
government only, without the inter-
vention of banks, and in sufficient
quantity to meet the demands of
commerce, is the best currency that
) can be devised; but until such a
financial system Is secured, which we
shall press for adoption, we will ia
vor the free and unlimited coinage Of
both silver and gold at the legal ra-
ito of 16 to /.
5. We demand the levy and COL
lection of a graduated tax on in
comes and inheritances, and a con-
stitutional amendment to secure the
same, II necessary.
6. We demand the election of pres
} ident, vice-president, federal judges
and United States senators by direct
vote of the people.
Z. We are opposed to trusts, and
declare the contention between the
old parties on the trust and monop-
oily question Is a sham battle, and
that no solution of this mighty prob
) lem Is possible without the adoption
} of the principles of public ownership
Of public utilities.
The representative., 1900-10-18


state central committee, has on hand,
in small contributions, the sum of $50,
sufficient to pay for filing one electoral
name, and so notified DR.. Fay the day
of the filing. If DR.. Fay had secured
even the one elector the Populists could
have voted for him, and thus had an
expression which would have served
their turn.
Besides this. Mr.. Rosenberger, from
Mankato, IS alleged to have sent to
DIR. Fay sum to help secure him a
place on the ticket; and John R. Camp
bell sent SIS for the same purpose.
But not one word was sent to Mr..
Donnelly, or any friend of Mr.. Dor
nelly, of the dilemma in which DR.. Fay
was placed. He promptly notified
Wharton Barker that he would not be
voted for in Minnesota, but he omitted
to notify Mr.. Donnelly.
II he had made an appeal to all Pop
ulists for help. the necessary aid would
have been forthcoming; but he main
tanned absolute silence until it was too
late.
The party has suffered grievous
wrong. Dr. Fay may rejoice to see it
shorn of it's standing, and the ticket of
Barker and Donnelly left without a sim
gle vote to it's credit in the home of one
of it's candidates.
1t is the party that will suffer, not The
individuals. If but one of the electors
had remained on the ticket there would
have been some opportunity for every
Midroader to have expressed his pref
erence; but when the voters from other
states look to Minnesota, there will be
no evidence that single person sup
ports our party.
We have no advice to give our people
in this emergency.
DR.. Fay would like to have them vote
for Eugene Debs, and has resorted to
all this trickery to force them to do so.
1t is criminal, it is outrageous. We
hope no Populist will support Debs.
1t might be a good plan to omit tt,
vote for president or vice-presidcnt.
On all other officers vote for the nomi-
nee of the Midroaders
IGNATIUS DONNELLY.
The representative., 1900-10-18

Health for 10 cents Cascarets make
tee bowels and kidneys act naturally,
eestroy microbes. cure headache, bill
eqnness and constipation. All drugsists,
The representative., 1900-10-18

FOB CONGRESS, Sd DIST:
j. r. Lowe, Faribault
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FOp CONGRESS STH DIST:
Adolph paradis, st. Paul
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R. R. COMMISSIONERS:
n. R. Parks, Lester Prairie.
j. J. Hibbard, Duluth.
~. p. Moran, Graceville
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A GREAT WRONG
WHO IS TO BLAME7
POPULIsTs OF MINNESOTA DEPRIv-
ED or THE RIGHT, TO VOTE
FOR. PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT.

We showed in our last issue how 1t
was that we were deprived OF our right
to vote for Midroad electoral ticket.
The law, revised statutes of 1894, pro-
vides that for each Office there shall be
left blank lines in which the voter can
write any name he pleases, in case he
is not satisfied with the names printed
on the ballot. The law is as follows:
After the Eame of the last named
candidate tor each Office shall be placed
as many blank lines as there are like
offices tc 3e filed
The NUMBERS appended to each name
are the number of persons who voted
for them.
But when it comes to the office of
electors of president and vice-president,
there is different story:
"The groups of presidential electors
shall be separated from each other by
a blank space at least one inch in width,
but NO BLANK LINES SHALL. BE
PRINTED THEREIN AS IN CASE OF
OTHER CANDIDATES OR GROUPS"
General Statutes 1894, Chapter 1, Sec
tion 30.
1t thus appears that the voter of
Minnesota is disfranchised when he
seeks to vote for president and vice
president, if by direct fraud or rascality
the sum of $3.50 is not paid into the
state treasury. He has no recourse.
He cannot write in their names as he
can the names of his choice for the Oh
flee of governor or attorney general
Who is to blame?
DR.. Henry B. Fay has had charge of
the whole matter. He it was who had
the taking of the vote by which the
electors were selected Here they are:
| uo1
The representative., 1900-10-18

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE:
J. A. Temple, minneapolis.
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CHIEF JUSTICE:
S. G. Harris, ST. Paul
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ATTORNEY GENElAL:
E. A. Twitchell, minneapolis.
The representative., 1900-10-18
P0PULIST NATIONAL
TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT
WHARTON HARKEl.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT-
IGNATIUS DONNELLY.
MlD-ROAD P0PULIST
STATE TICKET.

LIEUT.-GOVERNOR:
E. G. Wallendcr. Duluth.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15
Sulphur the Mosquitoes Foe.

One of our readers informs us that
having seen statement in some Eng
lish medical journal to the effect thai
sulphur, taken internally, would pro-
stect person against flea bites, it oc-
Cured to him to try it as preventa-
tive of mosquito bites. Accordingly
he began taking effervescing tablets of
tartar-1ithine and sulphur, four daily.
He provided himself with several live
ly mosquitoes, and having; put them
into a wide-mouthed bottle, inverted
the bottle and pressed it's mouth upon
his bare arm. The mosquitoes settled
on his skin, but showed no inclination
to bite him. If this gentleman s. ex-
perience should be borne out by fur
Their trials it might be we'll for persons
who are particularly sensitive to mos
quito bites to take course of sulphur
during the mosquito season, especially
in view of the growing opinion that
the mosquito is the common, vehicle of
the plasmodium malariae. Medical
Journal +: ss. #ss.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15
Smelling Iron by EIectricitY.

A new development in electro-me-
tallurgy comes from Switzerland
While that country has taken an ad-
vanced position in engineering and
manufacture, especially in electrical
work, it has been seriously hampered
by the fact that no coal is found in it's
territory, and that on this account all
the iron employed in it's workshops
more than ten million dollars worth
annually-has had to be imported,
mainly from Germany. . At the same
time much iron ore of good quality ex-
lists in the country A new scheme for
smelling these ores by means Of the
electric furnace has recently been de-
vised, and a concession has been OBJ
tanned for the working Of a bed Of he
MATTE ores in the Bernese Overland
near Meiningen., An aerial ropeWay
will transport the ore to the village
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15
The Million Guinea Fund.

Robert William Perk, member or
Parliament for the Louth division of
Lancashire, Eng, is the founder of the
Il, 100000 guinea" fund for the cause
of Methodism: Subscriptions are linn
tied to iMethodists Of England, Scot
land and Wales, and the fund after
being raised, will be expended in that.
territory alone. The basic idea of the.
fund is that contributions Of enc gui-
nea shall be made by 100000 people,.
whose names shall be inscribed on the,
historic roll of Methodisms British
army. The fund is to be raised by the,
end OF this year. It is the purpose Of
Mr.. Perk, who is one Of the most rad
ical Methodists of Great Britain, that
$l,00O,000 of the fund shall 20 into,
the educational training of preachers.
For chapels, schools and mission halls,
$1,350,00o is to be expended. The fund
is of such magnitude that even the
great Thanksgiving fund of the Wes-
leyans (s1,000,00O) in 1860 sinks into
insignifcance. '@.I
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

The Japanese have queer little do
nestle pet that is said to waltz
through the greater part Of the waking
hours of it's life, never growing tired,
even if its feet wear out in the process
The animal belongs to a peculiar breed
of mice-black and white, with pink
eyes. One of their peculiarities is that
when other baby mice are just begin
ing to walk, these are beginning to
waltz. If several mice are put in to-
gether they will often be seen.
Waiting in couples, and some,
times more than two will
join in the mad whirl. So rapid is
the movement that it is impossible to
tell heads from tails. When the floor
of the cage is not smooth the mice ac-
tually wear out their feet, leaving only
the stumpss to Whirl on, Waiting
seems to- be as necessary for the waltzA
ing mouse as nid-air spmersaults are
to the tumbling pigeon. An upright
peg for a convenient pivot around
which the mice can whirl, but Natural:
Science is the authority for the st ate
ment that without any such guide they
would not in several minutes cover an
area larger than a dinner-plate, and:
they easily spin under a tumbler.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

M. Ende has recently compared the
figures for the motive power used at
the different expositions which have
been held in Paris. In 1867 the total
horse power was 1854, furnished by fif-
ty-tWo engines averaging 16 horse
power each; in 1878 the total was
1883 horsepower, given by forty-one
engines of 81 horsepower average
The figure for 1889 is $500 horse-pow-
er; only thirty-two engines were used
with a mean of 1855 horsepower. In
1900 the total power of the engines
and dynamos used to supply the ener-
gy is 36,0S5 horsepower, supplied by
thirty-seven machines, giving a mean
'of 975 horsepower. The French Sec
ition has eighteen machines, with a to-
tai of l4,435 horsepower, or 8O2 per
unit, and the foreign section supplies
nineteen machines, giving 21,65O
horse power, or a mean of LAO per
unit.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

his name in great letters, that every
body can read. This white-haired man,
now in his 6Sth year, is no longer
connected with the business.
In striking contrast, his name ap-
pears in small letters on the side of
his peddler's cart, and after them the
word Agent He still hopes to re-
gain his lost fortune and, although cut
off from family and friends, is remark
ably cheerful and energetic, showing
the same energy which characterized
him when,~ as young man, he came
from Vermont to Boston and laid the
foundation of the fortune which has
been swept away. He was born in YER
mont of poor parents, who, while he
was quite young, moved to Georgia,
and later to- Covington, Ky. His faith
er was killed in the battle of Shiloh.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

and, opening store in the market dis
trict, rapidly gained prominence.
In 1867 he opened the pork packing
establishment in Somerville. Familiar
with every detail of the business, he
gave it his personal attention, and
gradually added to his plant and ex-
tended the business, until the name OF
Charles H. North became known all
over the country. He had associated
with him J. M. Merriam, S. H. Skill
ton and Newman Conant. AS the years
went by the business continued to in
crease, and in 1890 there were 1900
hands employed. =
All this time Mr.. North was active
in the affairs of Somerville: When
churches were to be built he was al
ways counted upon as one of the larg-
est contributors. The North home
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15
Automobiles in War.

At the recent German military ma
neuvers four-whePled automobiles con-
tanning an officer hnd driver were used,
for the most part for the speedy con-
veyance of the elderly staff officers, land
some Of them ran at speed as great
as twenty or forty miles an hour. In
the Franco-Prussihn war a hard days
march Of twenty four hours for trans
port wagons was fifty miles. At the
end. Of each marfh the horses were
useless. In the recent maneuyers mo-
tor wagons Travelled at the rate Of sew
en- miles an. hour and a days work Of
ten hours was seventy miles. War au-
thorities consider that the day is not
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

ried a Chicago man; six sons are liv-
ing in and around Boston, and one of
them is employed in the Office of the
pork packing company established and
once owned by the father.
Mrs. North is now living with her
sons, but the head of the family pre-
fers to go it alone, living in the big
house on the hill, and spending his
days on the peddler's cart and his
nights in the big room, once his back
par1or, but no filled with huge account
books and other relics of his former
greatness. ...
The change in his condition came
when the Charles H. North Packing &
Provision Company was formed and
the Swifts became interested in the
business. Then followed schemes in
which money went rapidly. such as
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

= Russia is considering a new mode
for leasing the oil lands owned by the
crown in the district Of Baku, in or
der to reduce the price OF coal oil,
which within the last few years has
been raised exorbitantly. It is pro-
posed that after 1900 the lessees shall
pay to the Government 40 per cent of
the Oil produced "in natura," so that
the Government can become COM
petltor in the sale of the article. Here
totore the lessees paid a certain tax
in cash.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15
NOW IT'S AN AUTOMOBILE HORSE

I Objection having been made to the
automobile on the ground that it has
nothing in front Of it to STEADY it,
and therefore does not look right, an
ingenious man has invented and pat
ented a automobile horse. This horse
is not to be placed in front cf an auto
mobile carriage, but is to be ..hitched
up to any carriage. He has theswork
OF locomotion Tin his midst, 4 and will
draw the carriage after him just as the
ordinary unpatented horse " ould. The
motor mechanism D in the horse CON
ssists of two electric motors, supported
upon cross bars, and driving, through
chains 81 and belts. the hafts of the driy44
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15
WOMEN DENTISTS.
Probably Between 400 and 500 of Them
In This Country.

Probably Between 400 and 500 of Them
In This Country.
Now that women have long been rec
ognized as successful practitioners in
the medical world, it is not surprising
to find that many of them are turning
their attention to the closely allied
profession of dentistry. The New York
Evening Post states that the New York
Dental School has for eight years been
admitting women students on an
equality with men, and contains at
present FIVE women in it's freshman
Glass; The Pennsylvania College of
Dental Surgery, which opened its doors
much earlier. can show a longer list
Of women graduates, and at Michigan
University and schools in Washington
and other cities women are entering
as students Of this profession wher-
ever they can gain admission. There
are probably already between 400 and
500 women dentists in the country.
Many a woman has first been attracted
to the profession from her position as
helper in a dentists office when girl;
others are led into it through the study
Of medicine. The first woman who en-
tered this profession was a Prussian.
Frau Dr.. Hirschfeldt-Ti burtius, who
began to practice in 1863. No other
is known until 1874. when the first
woman was graduated from the Penn
sylvania College OF Dental Surgery.
Two more. a German and an Ameri-
can. were graduated in New York in
1880. and after that, the number in
creased very rapidly. AS the begin
ming was first made in Germany, the
profession has since met with favor
among German women. but in that
country lll their s course is generally
through the study Of medicine 81 and
then general practice in dentists
Office. All through France and Eng
land there is probably not one woman
IN dentistry ia Russia women are
turning to. this profession perhaps
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

visions. Every morning he is up with
the sun, caring for his horse and a
great dog. In overalls and jumper and
wearing about the yard a long white
buster, and never a hat on his brown
head and white hair, hez>is a pictur-
esque character, A small and talka-
tive boy is his companion, and they
are apparently happy with their work.
Mr.. North buys his stock and then
Starting out early in the morning,
goes from street to street and from
door to door. Everybody in Somer-
vile knows him, and now in the days
of his adversely they are familiar.
They call him "Charley,"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15
ACE OF NERVES.
sft = Also an Ago OF Chatter, Says Lor,i'


IT . Also an Age OF Chatter, Says Lnr,d,
545gssi. s5 =a Russell.
Lord Russell of K1I1owen says this
IS an age Of chatter and that no one
has time to think OF anything serious
". Our young men talk Of sport, our
girls read nothing deeper than Illus
trated magazines; we speak in jerks;
the topics Of the day are treated
homeopathically. Without doubt there
is much in what the lord chief Justice
Of England says, but what. would he
have us do? This is part of our mod.
ern system of life; take out one brick
and the entire structure would fall
OF course. it lis, regrettable in many
ways that we live in a mental as we'll!
as a physical rush nowadays, but Lord:
Russell should realize that we cannot;
be wise, grave, thoughtful and pro-
portionately slow in some things and:
slappish, time-saving in others. The
pace is set for u.s. and we must needs,
follow it. Something must suffer as
we rush along, and thus we become
feather-brained chatterboxes with in
u1ASieut manners ana a lamenCaDiSs
lack of taste. Our only consolation
must be that matters will be worse in
a generation or two, unless the wheel
comes full circle by that time. Apro-
pos of this modern haste which the
lord chief justice deplores, the medical
and scientific world is seriously dis
cussing the chances of our descendants
retaining their sanity. Nervous dis
eases are markedly On the increase,
even the Eskimos, once wholly free
from the diseases and failings of civil
ization, are developing nervous disor-
ders, owing to increased trading OPP
erations and the undue consumption
of coffee. In European countries, how
ever, people are outgrowing lunatic
asylums. Obviously, therefore,, the
time has come to go backward a, little
If only we could stop kilograms, make
it impossible to travel anywhere faster .
than thirty miles an hour, have the
sense to curb our pitiful little social
ambitions and live quietly, in the coun-
try, If possible, there might be some
hope for us; as we cannot, or VIII not,
the only thing to do is trust to luck.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

of Innert Kirchen, below the mountain
Lodges on which il is found. The water
power of the river Aar in the imme-
date vicinity will be used, the con-
cession allowing the development of
$4,000 horse power. It is to be hoped
that the electric process will be en-
tlrely successful as it promises to be,
for Switzerland is country of mag
nlf1eent powers and this new outlet
affords an admirable opportunity to
put them to the best use.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15
Style Pains Wichita Man.

James Allison, Wichita man, who
is serving as Kansas commissioner at
the Paris exposition, writes to a friend
at home complaining that his official
position demanded unwonted compli-
ance with fashions decree. Instead
of going about in one-gallus STYLE
says MI. Allison. Il have to wear a
plug hat, a Prince Albert coat, patent
leather shoes and gloves-white gloves
at that
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

ing ing wheels mounted on the horses
hind 1lel legs, The steering is effected Dv
r. q held by the driver, the neck 81
the 8 horse or for this purpose being. inter-
sected and mounted IS 9. upon ball bear
t1ngs, and and the e reins attached to i cross
. head q on q vertical spindle.
This 2 !1li spind goes down into the horses
8f11orrelegs, and BY it the legs can be
twisted in any direction The automo-
bile horse can be ridde len as well as
driven8t to harness. When he is used
as q saddle horse he can be steered BY
turning the crosshe ad with one hand.
The animal e Warranted sound and
kind. ssss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

According to statement made in
the English parliament $1,000 horses
have been shipped to South Africa
during the present war. The cost OF
an English horse on arrival is from
$3.50 to 1915, and that of an Argentine
horse only $130. Altogether England
must have spent anywhere from $780,
100000 to s30,0o0,O00 on horses for
South Africa. =
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

The everyday vehicle in which a
baby rides is variously named. In Phil
'adelphia they are advertised as "baby
coaches" in the South they are often
called "baby buggies," while in New
England and in most parts of the West
baby carriage" is the name. 1t is
doubtless all the same to the baby so
long as he gets the open air and sun
light which the vehicle affords.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

The deaths in 1898 in Havana num-
bered 2l,252 among a population esti-
mated at 250,OO0 The rate of mortal
ity was IS per 1000. In the first month
OF American occupation, January
1899, this was reduced to sixty-seven
and by December, 1899, to twenty-sev-
en- per 1,000.. The decrease continued
until in April, 1900, it was less than
22.4 per 1000.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-15

gold mines nil in Nova Scotia and the
purchase Of a pork packing plant il
Omaha Mr.. North still maintains thai
these We're not losing ventures, but
that he found his money tied up and
g others ;tl' reaped the reward of his la.
5bors. Il ~ ...|>=+' -. X, i H
IA However that may be, the fact re.
mains that Charles H. North: is now
earning his living as peddler of pro.