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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-10-31

were dismissed from their places in 1900,
according to the New York Sun, as re-
suit of the railroad consolidation; nor has
it reference to the men who before the steel
trust assumed charge of all the mills in the
country, drew in wages the $50
saved by that business deal during the year.
No, the judge has not taken these minor
items into consideration, and yet so far as
the men whose employment is taken away
from them, what is the difference from the
judges point of view? In the one case it
is matter of persuasion (of the striker and
the non-union man) in the other it is a
simple case of one man or few individuals,
taking from thousands of others the tools
with which they could provide themselves
with food, clothing, etc. The judge, how
ever, has performed an estimable service to
humanity by pointing out that the most
dangerous phase of our social system is the
interference with mans right to work"
"When little tea tax" said the Judge
in conclusion, twas unjustly levied on the
colonies by the parent country, that invasion
of mans rights was the spark that set on fire
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-10-31
A DANGEROUS PHASE.

Judge Baker of the United States court
at indianapolis, who issued an injunction
against the striking employees of the Conkey
printing plant, discourses interestingly and
positively upon some phases of our indus
trial life. Listen: "In my opinion" says
the judge, zone of the most dangerous
phases of social life is exhibited in the in
reference with the sacred and inalienable
right of man to work for whom he pleases,
provided it is lawful employment; and that
the violation of this right is tolerated with
out a word of rebuke from the public or
from the press" This judicial opinion, you
must bear in mind has reference to the prac-
tees adopted by union employees to induce
other men to join their union and demand
better wages and hours from employers. 1t
has no bearing on the recent closing of the
smelling plant at Argentine, when the right
to work of one thousand men was inter-
ferred with by the manager of the trust in
New York this opinion does not cover the
case of the $4,000 railway employees who
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-10-31

Booker T. Washington the first is judged
by his money, the latter by the color of his
skin.
The mission of Socialism is to help and
hasten our mental and moral growth into a
higher, better, nobler, social system-Isadore
Ladoff.
The real remedy and the only true one for
monopolies is not in their abolition, but in
their naturalization.
1t will be impossible to bring about the
brotherhood of man until we can recognize
a sisterhood of women. The rights of men
are no more sacred than are the rights of
women; and it will be next to impossible
to have free men unless born of free women.
How would it strike you, John, if the
people would employ doctors to keep them
healthy instead of waiting for them to be-
come sick and then practicing on them to
cure them.
When man votes for either of the candi-
oates OF c1tHcI VI tllc Oiu PdItcS, TIC HOl olIly
votes to perpetuate his own slavery, but of
his family as we'll. In the last issue of the
Commoner, w. J. Bryan's paper, | find this
paragraph from the Frankfort (1nd.)
Standard, which is practically endorsed by
the Commonor:
Frankfort (Ind.) Standard: Whether the
democratic party is to be party of the
people or party of plutocracy is matter
of gravest concern to itself of course, and
yet this is of minor importance compared
with the country's interest in the question.
1t is the deliberate purpose Of the gold and
bond power to keep both the republican and
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-10-31
THEIR BUSY YEAR.
Business Colleges Of the City See a
Prosperous Year Ahead.
DEMAND FOR GRADUATES LARGE
Unusual Interest Has Been Awakened
Among the Youth of Country
Districts.

Sons and daughters of farmers, in
larger numbers than usual, are coming
to Minneapolis this fall to take courses
in the city's business colleges. If pres
ent indications count for anything, the
general prosperity Of the country has
turned the minds of farmers toward the
necessities of practical education for
their children. The farmers feel that
with any kind Of show they can make
things 60 on the farm, but they are
learning more and more that careful &C
counting means economy and they want
their boys and girls to do this account
ing whether on the farm or in business.
This feeling has led to an unusually
large correspondence with principals of
local business schools. The principals
say their correspondence has Increased
from rs to so per cent over that Of last
fall and contains numerous inquiries
frem the country. The schools of the
city have good reputation and have
presented their claims upon the youth
Of the country districts by careful adj
vertising.
The business Office of one of these in.
stitttions has corresponded this fall with
those who made inquiries last year, but
for good reasons did not follow up the
matter. The result has been surprising.
The Office has been overwhelmed with
letters and will be hard pushed until
the opening Of the term in September
to answer all of it's inquirers.
Office Help Scarce.
The business men of the city are in
terested in the matter as we'll as the
business college instructors and owners.
Although the farmers boys do not be-
gin to come in until the middle of Octo-
Der or the first of November there are
80 many others who wish to prepare for
Office positions that the schools will be
busy from the opening day. These
students are the ones for whom the en-
ployers of Office help are eagerly wait
ing. Never in twenty years has the
business been so swamped with orders
for stenographers and Office clerks. One
college received seven telephone calls
early TO day which could not be filed
Minneapolis Journal, August 81, 1901.
In speaking Of business colleges it is
we'll known that the Curtiss Business
College and Gregg Shorthand School of
Minneapolis is the best in the North.
vest. We believe all our readers inter-
ested in their sone' and daughters sue
csss should get full particulars regard
ing business course in this school.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-10-31
LET US THINK

The way to bring about Socialism is to
make socialists. This can be done by get
ting people to read Socialistic literature.
Send IS cents to me and / will send you
leaflets enough to revolutionize your neigh
borhood. The people must be made to think
and to reason. If this cannot be done and
done soon all liberty for the masses will be
everlastingly lost.
The unity of the nation should be like
the unity of the family.
Modern capitalism is the producer of the
modern tramp. When we do away with one
we will do away with the other.
Do you know the reason why Judge will
issue an injunction that will interfere with
the rights and liberties of man when on
a strike against industrial conditions, and
never issue one against corporation that
proposes to starve men into submission to
starvation wages by closing down the plant?
When the government really begins its
crusade against anarchy, do you think they
will get after the anarchists of wealth? In
the language of John L. Sullivan, ''Not on
your neckties." Why? Because the anarch-
lists of wealth are in fact the government
and would you expect the government to
get after itself?
1t is peculiar state of society when men
are judged by the dollars they control in
stead of the intelligence they have. Mark
Hanna is more highly thought of than
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petition the capitalists fear, and until it is
established they can and will control the la
boring people of this and every other coun-
try. By the very condition of the present
situation they MUST control them, and
are no more to be blamed for it than for
conducting their business for their own in
terests. The laboring people do not know
how to operate public capital. Socialism
will teach them how to do this and how to
free themselves from the necessity of hiring
out to capitalists. That is why the cap
italists oppose socialism. Capitalists
use their votes and the votes of the
workers to control the workers. They are
organized against the workers. It now only
remains for the workers to organize politii
cally in their own interests to control If
all the steel strikers and their sympathizers
will vote the Socialist ticket in Pennsylva-.
MIA at the next election, it will scare capital
lists into giving the workers better treatment
than all their strikes have ever been able to
get them.-Appeal to Reason.
New Zealand has the same number Of
miles of railroad per capita and traffic the
same, as this country. 1t costs her people
$3.50 mile per year to use the roads;
here it costs $500 year per mile. The
people of New Zealand have public owner
ship of railroads. We haven't Public
ownership of railroads has never been
campaign question in this country-and
never will if the railroad and other corpo-
rate influence can prevent it. Would it not
be good idea to submit the proposition to
the people and see what majority wants2
The Swiss people had two national referen-
dunn votes on the question, and decided to
make them public property. The railroad
managers said the republic could not OPP
crate the roads, and that the government
would be bankrupted by the effort. Instead
of which the experience of two years has
proven them false prophets, and the rates
have been reduced to less than one-third,
and the revenue is still enough to pay the
interest on the sums spent for the roads and
provides sinking fund that will cancel the
debt in twenty-five years. Are we not as
intelligent and as honest as the Swiss peo-
ple?-Appeal to Reason.
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Just so long as the poor workers, whether
| they be farmers or mechanics, believe that
the interests of capital and labor are identi-
cal, just SO long will NJ. Hannaism hold
the balance of power.
Do you know of any one in this world
who would be more entitled to what they
produced than they who produced it?
Our Indians never had to construct iails,
poor houses or reformatories-that was
left for Christian civilization-mission
and whiskey.
There is only one reason why people con-
tinue to pay landlords rent for the use of
Gods earth. They won't think or reason.
Our modern Christian civilization robs
one from birth to burial-doctors to coffin
trust.
Who pays greater tax than he who is
compelled to pay rent?
If all men would work as hard to protect
the rights of opportunity as they do to pro-
tect the rights of property, what country
and what people we would have.
A public debt is public blessing, for the
national banking fraternity
The government-the people-have just
bought fifty new printing presses which will
be used to print paper money for the bank
ers. Is it not little peculiar that when the
old greenbacks and the populists demanded
the issue Of greenback money they were
abused and the idea ridiculed that the gov
eminent could print money; but when the
national bankers want paper money, the
government will start up the printing
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-10-31

democratic parties SO led and controlled BY
corporations, trusts, franchise owners-and
their agents that it will make but little
difference to the trusts which of the parties
controls congress and elects the president
Both organizations, if controlled by en-
p1oyees of the trusts and corporations
would be equally sure to do the bidding OF
concentrated wealth.
After reading the above can you see any
salvation for the people except Socialism
Now, honest, can you?
How Our farmer friends must like it, to
pay, not only the interest on their own
mortgages, but interest on eleven billions
of railroad stocks and on all industrial
plants. Socialism will certainly remove the
incentive to rob the whole people for the
benefit of the few, when the people get tired
of maintaining the capitalists.
Have you any real valid reason why you
should vote for what you don't want in
order that some captain of industry should
get what he wants?
A preacher who will allow professional
politician do his thinking is of less use to
society than horse thief, and man who
will allow the same class to do his thinking
is not much above the man who would steal
sheep.
Itwould seem to me that it was about time
for the farmers, who are nothing unless they
are workers, and the workers generally to
begin to find out what these old party poll
ticians have done for them, and possibly
they will begin to see that if they ever get
very much done for themselves, they will
have to do it themselves
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presses and furnish the bankers money!
for nothing and when the fool people
want money they are compelled to
borrow from the banker the same
dollars their printing presses have made and
pay 8 or 10 cents for the use of each dollar
which they furnished the bankers free. OUT
people who compose the government cer-
tainly have great heads.
A gentleman remarked to me not long,
since, that if the government owned the
railroads they would become a political
power. Railroad corporations are not a
political power now, are they?
If there was no national debt on what
would the money of the country restr
Funny, isn't it, how fiat money is bad
thing, but fiat bonds make the best posi-
BILE basis on which to rest paper money!
when the bankers want it?
When we, the tool people, become tired
OF paying tribute to capitalists for their
permit to be allowed to earn substance
and proceed to establish a cooperative
commonwealth, there will be no nse for
and lords, lend lords, tramps, free soup
houses, jails, poor. houses and the little
homes" like this, and >~
for which they now 38(A
give at least one A:,xA
fourth of what they 8@E
earn for its use.
The chief value of money consists i'm
It's having power owe human beings.
Any man who don't believe this is free
country-free from justice an ass.
CAscA ST. JOHN
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SPECIAl'ss!A.!L;,IxI|ee,F

EoTRlC BELTS TO reader Of the
Representative who send US this
ad. We will send $40 Belts
WORTH $40 FOR ONLY s., and
SO Belts WORTH $40 FOR
ONLY $3.50, Belts sent on ap-
prevail.
ViGORATOR KING 60. =
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI.
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Let the nation own the trusts
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-28

when added to all the hard work that the
.plebeS were required to perform through
the day.
Il recoIiect that three of us occupied tent
Ing in the most exposed position. That was
In the bed at the front of the tent One
night, when L was awarded what was con-
sidered the safest place. the bed at the
rear. sank TO sleep with a blissfrl sense
OF security. The next thing that knew
was flying through the air and landed jar
ringly on my back Another form OF haz-
ing in those days consisted OF the unmerci-
fui chatting OF new men. but i always en-
deavored 10 give back as much as 1 re-
ceived-
"wiIl hazlng ever be stopped at West
Point? Not unless drastic measures are
employed. The superintendent must be q
man who is bitterly opposed to hazing. and
/ believe Colonel Mills thoroughly meets
the requirements When he makes rec
dismiss a cadA from the service that rec
ommendatiOn should be promptly and favor
ably acted upon. 1t Is hard. indeed, to get
absolute evidence against any cadet, but
sometimes the superintendent knows ca
dets guilt as conclusively as he could upon
the most positive testimony.
Fighting. in the sense OF to-day, had not
been instituted when i was at the academy.
There was no 'scrappfng committee, and
combats between representatives Of classes
were unheard Of. During my whole time at
West Point / had but one tight. and that
was with a fellow-classman over a personal
matter. The new kind Of fighting Is to be
ursparingly condemned, the man who
has been at West Point a year and has been
training all that time Is sure to be better
man of the same height and weight who Is
fresh from home. For this reason a night
between a .plebe' and second years man
amounts TO a piece Of brutality.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-28
WANT CUBAN BONDS PAID.
Holders of Spanish Securities Look to
This Government
EEPUBLIc SPECIAL

EEPUBLIc SPECIAL
Washington. Jan. 27.-Preliminary skir-
mishlng In a battle for about $50. .00o has
already begun in Washington.
Holders Of the Cuban war bonds. issued
by Spain to raise funds for the prosecution
of the wars in Cuba, are again moving to
get their money back lobby Is already
at work in Washington. and IL has had
representatives al the Cuban Constitution
al Convention seeking TO shape the Con-
stftution OF the isfano 50 as to admit OF a
compromise regarding this stupendous
claim.
In Cuba the bondholders have met with
defeat. The draft of the Constitution now
being considered shuts cut any possibility
of a cornpromise on these bonds, but has
left the way open for the payment OF the
bonds of the Republic OF Cuba issued by
the iunta- This provision appears in the
twenty third section of the draft
II is said here by men high in the Gov
ernment that an effort will be made when
the Constitution Is submitted TO Congress
for its approval to amend the Constitution
"a as to open the door 10 n consideration
by the Cuban Government. when formed. of
the claims under the Cuban debt The rep
reseutatfyes OF the bondhoiders will seek
TO have Congress act quietly. and these men
are spreading the talk In favor Of an extra
session OF Congress They believe that II
they can get the Constitution amended
they can make arrangements" with the
cuban Government whereby a compromise
can be reached With this end in view
they will seek to hurry the withdrawal Of
the United States from Cuba and the turn
ing over to the Cubans themselves Of all the
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-28
Michael Dwyer Is Seriously
Wounded in a Quarrel With
Lille Wagner.
SHE DECLARES He FIRED FIRST.
Victim Is a Brother of Bullet
Dwyer, Who Was Slain Last
Summer by William
Condor.

Mike Dwyer. a hoIseshoer. living at No.
sl1 Walnut street. was shot and seriously
wounded yesterday afternoon by Lille
Wagner at No. l0l0 Walnut street. The
bullet penetrated Dryers left lung four
inches above the heart, producing dan
gerous. though not necessarily fatal wound
He was taken 10 the City Hospital.
Last night Dwyer expressed himself as
having recovered sufficiently to admit OF
his leaving the hospital. and he was re-
leased at o'clock. as no orders had been
received from the police to hold him An
hour later he was arrested at No. Sei Wal
nut street. and was returned to the hos
pital as prisoner.
The shooting occurred at O'Clock.
Dwyer declared at the hospital that it was
done without proyocation- He says that he
was shot a second after ne had entered the
woman's room.
The Wagner woman and Jessie Brown
were arrested by Officer Tiernan and are
held at the Central District Station. The
Wagner woman says that she shot I'm self
defense According to her story. Dwyer.
who had been drinking, came TO her house
at 10 O'Clock yesterday morning In an ugly
mood. He was accompanied by another
man, whose name IS unknown to the police
Dwyer engaged in a quarrel with her. but
was persuaded by the other man to leave
the house. He returned shortly after nool.
He was denied admittance. but forced his
way in and struck the Wagner woman He
then forced his way into another room and
began to wreck the furniture. When the
woman protested. she says. Dwyer drew a
revolver and fired shot which lodged in
the wall Fearing for her life. the woman
saws. she picked up a revolver from a
dresser and fired at Dwyer-
Dwyer has been arrested frequently. His
hrother Edward alias Bullet Dwyer.
was shot and killed last summer by William
Condor at Twelfth and Walnut streets.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-28
TO RELIEVE SUPREME COURT.
Several Amendments VIII He offered
to Hackney's Measure.

to Hackney's Measure.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Jefferson City. Mo-, Jan. 23.-The impo--
tant debate in the House on Hackneys
measure for relieving the docket OF the
Supreme Court by giving the Court OF Ap-
peals I'm st. Louis and Kansas City final
Jurisdiction of all cases that involve sums
of IS 600 or less Will be continued to-mor-
row.
Eversole of Washington. Hudson OF
Worth, Boutwell, OF Pettis and a number OF
other lawyers in the House will oppose the
proposed limit and viii submit amendments
placing the limit Just under 5000. The
reason for this opposition is that the 5000
limit would exclude from the Jurisdiction OF
the Supreme Court all damage suits result
ing from accidental deaths.
Il believe" says Eversoie that cases
of this nature should be given access to the
highest courts in the land"
When the debate was interrupted Saturday
by the expiration of the morning hour an
amendment offered by Boutwell, to the bill,
fixing the limit of jurisdiction of the Courts
of Appeals at 1900 instead of $500. was
pending.
The matter of relieving the oyercrovded
docket of the Supreme Court Is among the
important business before the present As
sembly. Beside the measure for relief pro-
posed by Hackney several other methods
have been advanced:
1. A constitutional amendment increasing
the number of Supreme Judges to nine and
causing them to sit in three divisions In
stead Of two, as now.
2. constitutional amendment depriying
the Supreme Court of Jurisdiction in all
except capital criminal cases.
3. Having the Judge of the lower court
supervise the preparation of the transcript
of evidence and the pleadings in the lower
court SO that the Appellate Judges may not
be forced to wade through a mass OF time
consuming. frTelevent material.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-28
REeAN's WOUND PROVED FATAL
He Identified John McAuliffe as
His Assailant.

Edward. alias Foxy. Regan who was shot
yesterday morning in a fight in William
Heferman's saloon at No 1212 North Third
street. died at the City Hospital last night
at go o'clock. Although Regan was cog
INFANT OF the serfo-s nature Of his wound.
he steadfastly refused TO give any account
OF the shooting.
Yesterday morning John AcAGliffe and
Thomas Eagan. who were arrested IN con-
nection with the shooting. were taken to
the hospital by Detective OConnel for iden-
tification. When asked to identify the man
who shot him, Regan pointed to McAulife.
but refused 20 discuss the affair. McAu-
life and Egan win be held pending the Cor
oner's investigation
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-28
MAY WRECK Topeka
JOINTS TO-DAY.
If Mrs. Nation Can Secure Help
She Promises TO Do This
breaches in Topeka Church.

Topeka. Kas.. Jan. 27.-afrs Carrie Nation
addressed a large audience at the United
Brethren and First Christian churches in
this city tonight. She simply told the story
of her work and how she had come TO start
pn the crusade.
'It is a pleasure" she said. "to speak
here. Usually am prevented from talking
by the proprietors Of these murderous
whisky shops.
The issue in Kansas is Down with the
Whisky Trust The best rocks 10 throw
are votes We women cannot vote. but
you men with your ballots and We women
with our hatchets will clean up this awful
traffic"
Mrs. Nation will probably address the
meeting of the Kansas W. c. T. T. orgali-
zation which will be held here tomorrow
An effort is also being made to have her
speak to the Legislature on the subject of
temperance.
Mrs. Nation says she will not attempt TO
break up the joints in Topeka single handed
but IL the women of the town will aid her
she will start out Joint smashing" to-
morrow.