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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07
TIRED OF INTERNAL DISSENSION.

All over the country prominent ana
able Populists are refusing to longer
indorse party policy that destroys
rather than builds up party.
When a party with a faultless plat
form making for righteous government
dwindles from 100000 votes down to
so 900 it would seem to be time for these
survivors to pause and get anew their
political bearings.
Everywhere Populists and Socialist
principles are gaining ground.
In 16 states caucuses and conventions
are being abolished for primary nomi-
nations. This is Populism. In large
number of states direct legislation
measures have been enacted into law
This is also Populism.
There is now slight opposition to the
election of United States senators by
direct vote Of the people, and this is a
hobby of the Populists.
While all of these reforms are being
adopted the original advocates of these
principles get off by themselves and, to
use a slang phraze, chew the rag" to
determine which party or faction of a
party, or which leader shall be it.
Tim Hosmer, the able editor of The
Enterprise. Populist paper published
at Bloomfield, Mo-, appreciates the ridic-
ulous position such refOrmers place
themselves in and voices his sentiments
as follows:
We have worked long and hard, and have
made great personal sacrifices for the prin-
ciples we believed to be right as enunciated
in the Omaha platform; we have accepted
the principle of direct legislation as funda-
never accepted the st. Louis platform nor
published 1t in our paper; we have con-
demned fusion, and opposed it with our
voice and vote upon all occasions; we re-
fused to carry Bryan's name in our paper
as a candidate of our party four years ago,
and we did not vote for Bryan and Sewall
electors at that election; we have ever been
ready to support the true principles of Pop
ulsm in our national elections.
But we are done. When an opportunity
such as the present opens to US and our
party is so blinded, bigoted or venal as not
to take advantage of it, we must beg to be
excused from making anv more sacrifices
for It..
We will not criticise the speakers or as
semblage at the st. Louis meeting, but will
say to, them. go thy way and may peace at
tend thee.
In the future this paper, 80 long as we
control 1t. will be n0n-political non-parti-
san. non-sectarian. Independent In all
things, ready to condemn wrong wherever
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07
regard~to party esfiwill refuse to ride
in that Democratic cart. q. A. T.
DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
(st. Pad nispatch.)

(st. PaM nispatch.)
The fusionists, as usual, are building
air castles and hope - hs able to make
some showing in the congressional cleo
lions in 1902, by which time 1t ia hoped
there may be some. REACTION in public sem
timent in ita very emphatic Endorsement
at Republican policies ct this time.
Rven il there is d redistricting Of Min
nesota into mine congressional districts.
tory for Lind and Tbw1e
The latter just now y enjoying a strong
vice presidential boom. and is at present
hobnobbing in New York with David B.
Hill, Willie r.. Hearst and other Demo-
cratic politicians. But among the older and
more conservative Democrats, Towne is not
to be taken seriously.
1t is rumored here that he will eventu-
ally leave Duluth and become leading con-
sci for the Liquid Air syndicate, but the
report cannot be confirmed at this time
Republican leaders are actively prepare
ing for what appears as inevitable now, an
extra session. The senate is deadlocked
just now on the ship subsidy bill, and near
~ all OF the big appropriation bills are side
tracked.
There will be no opposition to the re-
election of Gen. Henderson for speaker,
aud most of the present executive staff of
the house will remain. 1t is understood
that Congressman Tawney will not dispense
the patronage on the house side next ses-
holding the edge on all of the good places
The situation In congress on the snlp
subsidy bill is interesting to those who
can forget what subsidy really means
The Hanna, Camp, Carnegie crowd
of Eastern ship builders and ship own
ers want the bill so drawn as to give the
greater portion of the subsidy appropri
alton to ships plying the Atlantic. All
these Eastern interests want the vast
products of the West to pay freight
over their railroads to Eastern sea-
ports, thence to be shipped by Atlantic
ships. On the other side, the powerful
railroad interests of the Northwest
want these products to pay freight over
their roads to the Pacific coast, thence
to be shipped by Pacific ships This is
where the deadlock comes in. 1t is a
case of dog eat dog and the farmer pays
the freight either way.
Farmers know who pays the freight
in all such schemes disguised as meas
ures to extend his market.
The Pacific railroads were all built
by government subsidies to extend
commerce and extend the farmers mar
kets. The farmers paid the freight
Worse yet, the farmer paid the sub
sidy.
Any kind of proposition to put
money into the pockets of a class out
of the national treasury is properly
designated as a turkey and owl pro-
position. 1t may take the form of a
subsidy, land grant. bonus or u
protective tariff, and it's essence is al
ways and necessarily the same.
The favored class virtually says tc
the great mass of tax payers: You may
take the owl and we will take the tur-
key, or we will take the turkey and
you may take the owl. Don't forget
that the farmer paysothe freight
81 81 E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07
DERS Is LIBERAL.

At recent meeting of Socialists, re-
ported elsewhere in this issue, step
was taken toward consolidating the So
cialists. This step was. proposed by
Eugene v. Debs and is step in the right
direction. The Socialist party as
at present constituted is the great
est political incongruity in ex-
istence. Scarcely any two Social
lists stand for exactly the same
principles, and the most striking peculi
arity about the average Socialist is his
intolerance and determination that his
ideas must prevail or the world go to
the demnition bow-wows. When we
consider how the Socialist party of this
are not to be wondered at. AS rule
they are honest and terribly in earnest.
They are men who have tried hard to
bring reforms out of the Peoples party.
the Greenback, the Prohibition, or one
of the old parties, until they have be-
come thoroughly discouraged and dis
gusted and it is perfectly natural that
these men should be found clear at the
other extreme.
Their home is to them new one. 1t
was not built by them. 1t was not built
for American politieo-climatic condi-
tions. 1t was designed by European
architects and adapted to European ma
terials used in it's makeup. The found
alton of nearly all Socialistic structures
or organizations in this country are of
foreign importation. TIE best proof of
this assertion is reading of the names
of the officers, lecturers and promoters.
of Socialism anywhere in America. The
authors of their literature are in most
instances not Americans. The same is
true of most publishers of Socialist pa
Ders This fact alone by itself is not
necessarily an argument against Social
ism Nationality should not enter into
American politics.
1t cannot be disputed, however, that
political measures adapted to old-world
conditions might be entirely impractical
in the new world. A house built for a
Southern plantation might have alto
gether too many holes in it for our
Northern climate. So with a Socialist
system of government originating in the
brain of Europeans.
One might expect Under the new con-
ditions existing in this country to find
many holes in it.
In it's general features of government
ownership of public utilities and pure1
democracy, the Socialist structure has
much to commend it. When we see
these Socialists advocating the univer-
sal brotherhood and warning among
themselves, when we see their leaders
unwilling to submit to majority vote
even of their own party membership
when we see them adopting all sorts of
tactics designed to exclude, divide and
drive away members rather than in
crease their numbers, we feel that there
are holes in this Socialist structure that
need thinking. Chink up and make your
proposed governmental structure more
attractive. Practice brotherhood as we'll
as preach it, abolish some of your in
side partitions that divide your own
membership and you will be astonished
at your rapid growth. Socialism should
not be waolly condemned. 1t needs
chinking. E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07
OUR FORUr1
To Unselflsh RefOrmcrs.

Wealthwood, Mimi, Feb. 2, 1901.
Editor Representatives. true
reformer will sympathize with H. V.
Poore and others of his long standing
in the reform movement, who are anxi-
ously asking what is going to be done
about organization.
For my part the question was solved
before the last election, as you will see
by constitution and bylaws of Improve
ment league, adopted in Aitkin.
am firmly convinced that no tangible
reforms can ever be brought about by
reformers organizing new parties and
flocking by themselves, for the simple
reason that office itch communicates the
leaders and they will sell out the party
for nomination to some petty office.
Nonpartisan Improvement leagues.
where members will only support for Of
fee those candidates who are pledged
by voice and pen to work for the re-
forms advocated, will bring results
every time. l have demonstrated this
fact repeatedly. In Iowa, lin 1882; in
Minneapolis, 1886 to 1892, and in Aitkin
county at last election.
Australian system of voting was given
us by the Republican party and by mem
bers elected to the legislature who were
pledged to vote for that reform.
Primary election was also given us by
the Republican party.
Election of United States senators by
direct vote will be given to the people
in a short time by the same plan Of pre-
cedure, and probably by the same party.
Let every member of an Improvement
league affiliate with the political party
he likes best, but when it comes to vot-
ing in the booths, put an * opposite
such candidates for legislative and ex-
ecutive offices as are known to be fav-
orable to the reforms we want.
c. B. MABEN.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07
OUR ALLIES.

II the reorganization would spend more
time opposing Republican policies and less
time denouncing the Populist they would
serve the cause better. The Populsts
came to the help of the Democratic party
when the reorganizers abandoned it and
the latter are not In q position to boast
of superior attachment to Democratic prin-
ciples. What is true of the Populists is
also true of the Silver Republicans, who
have for four years We'd with the Democrats
in their efforts to advance the doctrines
set forth in the Democratic platform. 1t
will be an unfortunate day for the Dem
ocracy If the boiling element on the out
side of the corporation element on the
inside is able to so alter the party creed
as to make it less acceptable to our Populist
and Silver Republican allies.-The Com
mOner.
II Mr.. Bryan will examine the tabulat-
ed vote for national candidates on our
front page he will find reasons for cor
recting several misstatement in the fore
going
He sayssthe Populists came to the help
of the Democratic party. How does MI
Bryan figure this out in face of the fact
that he got 1902 votes less than in
1896, Mckinley got 112,S9S votes more
than in 1896, and about million voters
staid at home or were not counted, as
was the case with the Midroad vote of
Minnesota. The Populist vote never
reached above the two million mark,
and at last election $4,000 voted for
Barker and were counted; 100000 or
more voted for Mckinley to kill off
the Democratic party; $4,000 more join
ed the Socialists and nearly a million
staid at home. We fail to see how Mr.
Bryan can claim the Populist supported
the Democratic party. Mr.. Bryan's Pop
ulist allies will never be very numerous
until Mr.. Bryan becomes plaintiff in an
action for divorce from the party Of
Grover Cleveland and David B. Hill.
Bryan should learn that Populists will
become allies of Hill, Croker, Cor
man, Cleveland and their kind
When the lion eats grass like an OK
And the fish worm swallows the whale
When the terrapins knit wool socks
And the hair is outrun by the snail
When serpents walk upright like men
And the doodle bugs travel like frogs,
When the grasshoppers feed on the hen
When tom leafs swim in the air
And elephants rOOst upon trees,
When insects in summer are rare
And snuff never makes people sneeze,
When fish creep over dry land
And mules on bicycles ride,
When foxes lay eggs in the sand,
And women in dress take no pride
When Dutchmen no longer drink beer
And girls get to preaching in time,
When billy goats butt from the rear,
And treasons no longer crime.
When the humming bird brays like an ass
And limburger smells like cologne
When ploughshares are made out of glass,
And the hearts of wOrkmen are stone,
When ideas grow in jackasses heads.
And wool on the hydraulic ram
Then the Pops will be allies of Hill,
And the country won't be worth a.
Adapted from Pittsburgh Labor World.
Mr.. Bryan we believe to be an honest
reformer as far as he sees things, but
those other fellows-no, never!
E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07

The passing of Chandler as United States
senator from New Hampshire and the
election of Quay from Pennsylvania proves
the power of the trusts as nothing else
could. Chandler was an honest, outspoken
man. He opposed the gold plank in the
Republican platform, and the armor plate
combines by which the United States was
compelled to pay considerable more for
armor plate than paid by foreign gov
ernments. These were objectionable sins,
and the Hanna combination turned him
down. Quay took the opposite side and
retains his seat.
Senator Chandler, from New Hamp-
shire, was one of the ablest and best
ever sent to the senate from that state
BY nature he was a Republican of the
Lincoln type, and this did not suit the
administration.
He was fearless and outspoken, and
would never, like Hoar of Massachusetts,
eat crow. He had his own convictions
and stood by them, and when requested
to recant or get out, he got out Chan
dler would not barter his manhood for
q seat in the senate. E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07
COST OF WAR.

Under caption of "The Living Dead
we publish elsewhere in this issue an
article that paints a frightful picture OF
me real cost Of our Philippine war.
To most people insanity seems more
horrible than death. Men applaud the
patriotism that prompts fond mothers
to send their sons to battle to face death
by shot and shell. In all ages there has
been a sort of patriotic or sentimental
pride.in meeting death in battle for our
country.
There is little wonder that just now
our war department is finding scarcity
of volunteers for the Philippine service
Many mothers will draw line be-
tween sending their sons to meet bull
let's in defense of their country and send
ing the boys to face insanity, when we
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07
In SIenlOYiHnl.

dedicated to the noble life and teachings
of Ignatius Donnelly)
Sleep sweetly honored soldier, thy battle
days are DER;
The bugle sounds the rally upon the other
shore.
Where love and peace-thy generals-shall
hold the grand review,
And whisper to thy spirit their deep regard
for you.
In manhood's early morning you Joined the
ranks OF right,
At noontides crimson glowing you led the
stubborn fight.
In evenings dusky shadows you bore the
banner home
Renowned, victorious. honored, believed
with battles foam.
manly eye agloW,
Your pen the bloody weapon that met the
serried foe;
Your helmet was the halo that clings about
the sun;
Your voice the tide of battle that through
the conflict run.
Your battlefield the forum, your foes the
friends of wrong;
Your words the battle missiles, enshrined
in prose and song;
Your battle hymns the poems Of manumitted
slaves;
Your priests the endless chantings above
the martyrs graves.
Rest sweetly, santed martyr, within thy
grassy urn.
In hstorys glowing pages thy living
thoughts shall burn.
And all the deeds Of honor. shall sing a
hymn Of praise
Trough all the coming ages till earth
remotest days
Green grows the grass above thee, the
flowers blossom long;
The golden days of summer awake the birds
sweet song.
The MORNINGS of people bereft like one
of old,
With weeping DER the turfy mound that
holds thy earthly mold.
r. NJ ROBERTS.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07

AS time, the healer, touched the new
year and made it to spring into living
reality, SO a great and all-wise Divinity
touched the eyes of the Sage and he
awoke to the palpitating reality of the
eternal life. Bathing his tired feet in
the ripping waters he crossed to the
other shore, where sorrow and trouble
ceased and his soul was attuned to the
joyous harmony of heaven.
With Paul he can say: Il have fought
the good fight for through the many
years of his stormy life he has stub
bornly contested every inch of battle
field. A stern, uncompromising enemy
of wrong he was ever the champion of
truth and right He was not a politi-
clan in the broad sense of that term
for his plans were not influenced by
expediency but by right
Rather let us give him the more fit
ting title of philosopher and humani-
tartan. His name is today written high
upon the scroll Of fame in letters of i'm
perishable renown, side by side with
the names of Washington, Henry, JEFF
fesOn, Jackson and Lincoln, his name
is written and the puny efforts of his
traducers can never dim the lustre Of
his great renown.
Measured by what he accomplished
his life might be termed failure, but
measured by the standard of worth it
was indeed a glorious success.
Ignatius Donnelly sowed the seeds
Of justice ana right future generations
shall reap the fruits of his toll Shall
we blame him if the increase is not as
great as our expectations? No! Let
us labor to carry on the noble work he
has begun and leave to an all-wise
Providence to make the harvest abun-
dant.
God rest the immortal soul of Igna-
thus Donnelly. Noble, self-sacrifcing,
altruistic in life, let his ashes repos,
peacefully in death.
Yours fraternally
R. NJ. ROBERTS.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07
Farmers Should Orga nfAe.

Editor Representatives. of tbs
worst things for the farmers of the
Northwest that has happened to them
for many years was giving up the or
ganization of the Farmers Alliance and
merging it into a political party organ
ization. This will never do. The peo-
pie throughout the United States have
become too strongly imbued with parti-
san politics and allied with the old par
ties, to ever leave their party direct and
join another political organization in
sufficient numbers to make the new party
a success in this generation no matter
what or how radical the reforms are
that the new organization advocates.
Therefore one should see there is abso-
lutte necessity for middle organization
that the whole community will join for
self-protection, regardless of their for
mer party affiliations; that will be an
educator along the line of political
economy.
No community ever had an organiza-
ton that did this work as effectuhly
as the Farmers Alliance. | have al
ways advocated, and have done every
thing | could to favor the maintenance
of this society intact. 1t will be re-
membered by the Peoples party state
central committee of 1888 and "a that
at their sessions, l was an advocate of
the separate maintenance of the AL
liance-separate and apart from all par
tisan politics
This committee will remember at one
of their meetings in this city, held in
the Century building, | advocated the
separate maintenance of the Farmers
Alliance from the Peoples party clubs
with all the powers possessed. If they
did not do that, feared it would result
in the final destruction Of the Alliance
and weaken the political organization:
and now l beseech the farmers and low
ers of reform to Immediately reorganize
the Farmers Alliance in every neighbor-
hood where one ever existed, and sup
port them with all the loyalty due a'no-
BILE organization. And then, when you
think the proper time has come, or
ganize your political clubs, but always
maintain each separately. Then reforms
in political economy will come to stay
A. H. NELSON.
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To persons getting up clubs
we make the following offer:
For one new annual cash
subscription we will give any
three of ths following list Of
books.
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have sold everywhere for rs
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Each subscriber receives the
Representative one ysar and
also Farm and Home and
"f1Ome Made ContrivanceS" IS
advertised on our front page.
Seven Financial Conspiracies.
Ten Men of Money Island.
Imprudent Marriages.
New Zealand in Nutshell.
Poems for the People.
The Man Under the Machine.
Direct Legislation.
Socialism and Farmers.
Municipal Socialism.
Utopia.
Liberty.
Govt. Ownership of Railways.
Land, Machinery and Inheritancei
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ANOTHER. PREM1l NJ.

We are getting so many orders Tor
Dead Shot Catarrh Cure that we have
decided to- offer as a premium for one
new annual cash subscription to the
greatest of all remedies. This will be
given only for new subscriber. we
want to induce our old subscribers to
work for new ones. F. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07

The Representative, the paper which
was edited by the late Ignatius Dom
nelly, is still published and edited by
e. A. Twitchell, who was Mr.. DOnnelly's
associate editor. Mr.. Twitchell is a
strong writer and a thorough reformer
Paul Dixon, Editor Missouri World.