The representative., 1900-05-10

SINFUL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
FARMERS

Republican party crying, "stop thief"
to divert attention from ITSELF So I
hesitate to admit even any slight good
the Republican party ever did, for fear
some decrepit logician may declare I
am in league with Satan incarnate. Yet,
to "give the devil his DUE" on March s.,
1886, the Republican party, as step to-
pard Populism, established the grain
commission. Before that time it was
at the mercy of grain inspector ap-
pointed by the various boards of trade.
But it was intended to make it in 1885
an impartial state tribunal To this end
for many years before Gov. Linds NAL
administration, it was "non-partisan," !"
its members being divided between the
different political parties with some
pretention towards civil service
efficiency, a Populistic necessity. Under
| the Republicans the grain inspection
force contained only about Is to 20 per
| cent OF employees who lived and voted in
the cities. The farming interests were
THEN represented by over 80 per cent
| of the force.
But now, under an hypocritical reform
administration, our farmers are at the
| mercy Of the political favorites of ONE
party boss notwithstanding he denies
| it,, IS to 40 per cent of his grain force
being city ward heelers. l defy Paul
! Fontaine, who delivered our Populist
Hennepin county delegation to. the Dem
| ocratic party, to deny this. Fontaine
| himself is on the force. He should
| know.
GOV. Lind has thus pushed the grain
commission back into the past dead CEN
tury, sunk it into the slums of CITY poll
tics (as lately in Duluth), handed it
over bodily to men who live move and
have their being in CITY INFLUENCES.
! You who attended our last state conven-
! ton know what that means. Is It fit tn
sacrifice the life of the Peoples party
| 1or such an assassin of popular govern
ment! l say no. 1t is all wrong. The
| wheat buyer can protect himself. The
city don't raise wheat. There is moth
| Ing In common between the wheat farm
er and these 'city influences" that pack
conventions and their own pockets.
say to John Lind, you ought to have
given the farmer more protection on
the grain commission than you have.
Your brain Is oyer-heated for the COM
Ing selfish scramble after Offices. Where
are the reforms for which men bavo
oled! Why have you knocked the farm
er out from the grain inspection force ?
Farmers who have personal knowledge
OF some OF the injustices practiced on
themselves, farmers who live in the
country who, brought up in the wheat
nelds naturally take fairer view Of
human duties than ward-hea1ers of
cities. Is it, John Lind. because oross-
hoppers don't vote?
Halder E. Boen, of Fergus Falls. by
already casting his able influence for the
referendum system, as against old party
methods, is gathering political thunder
that will forever hush the plaintive
cries of hungry enemies.
Lester Prairie, Mimi, April 81, 1900.
H. B. Fay, Esq, Honorable Secretary.
Dear Sir: must say that have struck
something that disturbs me. From
Southern papers find that the famous
10 Parker who, by the way, has always
been slider, has now come out and ad-
vocates the idea of going to Cincinnati
and placing Debs at the head of the ma
tional ticket.
Why is it that when the people begin
to approach prospect of success that
the never-failing schemes of Belzebub
rise up from some quarter to defeat it {?
The warning words Of the Eternal God
are disregarded, viz: that a house built
upon the sand cannot withstand food.
But still more foolish, the people ever
essay to build in balloon.
Looking back over thousand years of
history we find that often after much
time and sore striving had been spent in
bringing the people in sight of their OBJ
| ject, some croaking clown would appear.
blow his trumpet and lead them astray.
All experience, all precedent seems to
be forgotten by the present race, who
are repeating over and over again the
same foolish weakness several times in
one generation.
After the declaration we have made,
no man can say fusion without being a
traitor but, respecting the rights of all,
would willingly vary from party If in
that way success might be attained. O.
God, how many times, how many years
must this thing 60 on and be repeated
How many more confiding, disappoint-
ed fools must go to their graves disap-
pointed and led astray by the new clown
who always appears just in time to rend
the foolish masses?
Had the voice Of Thor, would rend
the heavens from ocean to ocean with
the cry: STAND IN THE RANKs,n
o, Tender-hearted hypocritesl Who
denies man the right to associate with
US? But let us turn like enraged tigers
and drive from among US all men and