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The representative., 1901-04-18
PRIMARY ELECTION LAW.

Our readers have watched with great
interest primary election legislation in
both this state and Wisconsin.
In both states the governor favored
primary nominations. In both states
the people wanted such law. In Wis
consin the governor was elected upon
that question as the leading issue in
his platform. In Wisconsin the law has
been signally defeated by politicians
In Minnesota it was defeated as to
state and township offices by an amend
ment pushed forward by politicians In
both states the entire state press should
publish the names of the legislators re-
sponsible for these results and the peo-
pie should see to it that not one Of
The representative., 1901-04-18
Evergeen Seed.

Editor Representative: How do you
treat and plant evergreen seed and how
do you care for the young trees? is often
asked.
Dr. Hill, Dundee, Illinois, the ever
green specialist, says: Expose prime
cones to very hot sun or artificial heat
in order to open them to take out the
seed, then plant the seed about the same
as you would onion seed. Give the
young trees some shade the first year.
The young trees should be cultivated
so as to keep free from weeds, and
transplanted when two or three years
old where the wind break is wanted.
Jack pine, white pine, Norway pine and
spruce are preferable. Four pounds will
produce all the trees any farm needs.
One dollar cannot be invested better.
G. B. MADEN.
The representative., 1901-04-18
wi.he. the, Paper Goa-spees.


Stockton, CAL, April 8, 1901.
Editor Representative.
Sir and Brother: have but little to
say on the present state of afrairs, as il
would take a greater writer to set forth
one-half Of the corruption now practiced
in every department of this once glori-
GUS country.
AS we read in Holy Writ that the love
of money is the root of all evil we see
it demonstrated every day., 1t makes
me heart-sick. We had at one time as
fine body of straight Peoples party
as ever lived, but the Office seekers got
In as soon as they saw how strong we
were getting and then called our con-
ventiOn at the time the Democrats had
theirs. They had runners to the Dem
Ocratic convention to find out what pOr-
tion of the nominations we were to have.
l then rose in my place and made talk
to the effect that if either of the old,
corrupt parties were fit for us to affiliate
with there was no use of our party. So
the old. corrupt Republicans had a
walk-over all opposition
Yes, my brother, you have been send
ing me two of your valuable papers at
time and l have been putting them in
our great library and talking to the peo-
pie, but to no effect.
When 1 had money took the Ameri-
can, The Buzz-Saw, the Southern Mer
curry, the Kentucky Tribune. l dis
tributed them, but the people are so dis
heartened it does no good to talk, SO,
my dear brother, if l fail to send you
money before my time expires, stop the
for naught
AS soon as l can get everything
straight will do all in my power to ad-
vance the peoples cause. l care not
sons paper until it failed. l have his
campaign book. They have called me
Old Tom Watson here, and | only wish
to God that | was as great a man as I.
II. WdISOH IL L Was tHc AMciiCdH poO-
pie would hear from me from one end
to the other of this unfortunate country.
When Bryan was running the first
time and introducing Sewall as his run
ming mate, he did not know that he was
roasting his goose.
Now, dear brother, send my sincere
coincidence to the family and friends of
our noble. true and faithful Bro. l. Don
nelly. l hope you may fulfill the mis-
sion which you have undertaken, and
wishing you God speed, l subscribe my
self, as ever,
Yours for our country and people,
M. CRAWFORD, SR.
w. Washington St., Stockton, Cal.
The representative., 1901-04-18
WealthwOOd, Mimi.

~Ey ' aF7s+
Editor Representative: In the Repre-
sentative of the 1tt1 inst. is an in
sulting screed from1S b. Maben, which
he is pleased to aN Nelson's Nom
sense" Es
Among other VI aqhildish and un-
gentlemanly thing he says that"Be-
fore Capt. Nelson wastes any more time
writing on finance he better study up
considerable. .4 ..
II criticised Nelson simply to show
your readers the fallacy of his position
and anyone who has taken the pains
to read his articles must admit that he
is full Of contradictions and badly in
formed upon the subject at ISSUE"
He then wants to send me to the post
Office to buy IS worth of stamps with
gold piece that has been drilled or
clipped or worn smooth, to see if the
postmaster would not weigh it, etc.
Well. did you ever! | wonder how he
ever got this idea into his head that l
would be fool enough to go to the post
Office to buy stamps for Maben with
that kind of stuff he describes. would
expect the postmaster to weigh it, how
else would he determine its value, that
is no more money than potatoes, pork
or old junk. Everybody except Maben
The representative., 1901-04-18
Farmers Should Organize.

Editor Representative: The constitu-
ton and bylaws of the Grain Growers
association, as proposed by H. v Poore,
are now before me, and | have read the
same. The association is not as yet,
incorporated, and probably never will
a share. and five cents is the annual
dues.
Certainly no farmer would go broke if
he should invest and become a member
constitution certainly are meaning well,
but if they are right-that is a question
yet to be answered. To me it seems
too late to organize the farmers into
Grain Growers (or the organizers come
too late), for they were here before
came to Minnesota. The same is true
in the Dakotas, and they will be here
after me, even if they are but tenants
and renters, who will be moving from
one farm to another until the final end
Of all things is to come.
Capital has already gobbled the land
so that but very few are owners OF their
farms and the Grain Growers will have
to go with them either to victory in the
right direction, or to destruction.
r l am with Seth Bottomley, and S. NJ.
Fairchild, and say amen to what they
write in your issue of April and of the
11th They fully understand that when
farmers and grain growers keep them
selves excluded from politics, then or
ganized capital will suck up the lions
share of their substance.
Again, it is said, The Farmers AL
lance is dead for keeps 1T died of too
much politics." etc. True, as sure as
you live. They wanted to run set of
legislators of their own in St. Paul be-
side the one they elected at the polls of
the general election. Of course that was
too much politics.
But branch has grown out of the old
alliance stump, and is found in the Mid
roaders-they are alive yet in this state.
Get your pencil and figure up how many
they are Let us work together with
them, and this we can only do sue
cessfully through a political combina-
ton
Bro. Fairchild has studied the good
book and has found light from above on
this vexed question of gold standard
worshipsof the almighty dollar, and
that such idolatry will not pass with
out punishment and final destruction
The representative., 1901-04-18
THE BABIES GET MIXED.

A letter from Eric Olson reminds US Of
an incident that recently occurred In a
San Francisco hospital: -Four babies
were born in the hospital on the same
morning, and the nurses in bathing the
little strangers got them mixed and
were unable to return them to their re-
spective mothers with any certainty that
each mother was getting her own.
Mr.. Olson calls our attention to an
interview from ]. c. Hanley appearing
in the Pioneer Press of April 8. This
interview announces what Mr.. Olson
seems to think is an all around monkey
show, the exhibit to be pulled off some
time in June at the capitol in st. Paul,
and Eric has mixed the monkeys up
worse than the nurses mixed the babies.
He starts in by referring to Hanley
as "Jim Hills monkey" then Eric
veers around and jntimates that Hanley
is trying to make monkey out of Hill
by pretending to have some following
among Northwestern farmers, and con-
cludes that in June a mighty effort will
be made to make monkeys out of farm
Hanley convention and listen to argu-
ments intended to convince them that
corporate interests and the farmers in
terests are identical. This is clearly a
case OF badly mixed monkeys, and Eric
did the mixing. The Pioneer Press
states that an invitation to speak has
gone out from this Hanley (Holy) show
to Senators Nelson, Clapp, Gov. Van
Sant Secretary Wilson, Senator Mason,
WI Ting Fang and several European
celebrities. 1t has been suggested that
Hanley had in mind bottling up all the
oratorical talent available for farmers
convention in June, and If the farmers
should then attempt to hold a genuine
farmers convention Hanley could
charge a royalty of s. head. another
one of those one-dollar schemes similar
to the one-dollar device for parceling out
the state offices referred to by L. G.
Long and others.
All these luxuries come high and the
farmer pays the freight. Probably 1t is
not as desperate a situation as Eric
would imagine Not one Of these speak
ers has publicly announced his accept
ance of this invitation and chances are
that they may, before engagement, ask
some embarrassing questions about the
personnel of this reputed seven national,
international and mammoth farmer Or
CARNATIONS.
They may ask who constituted that
supreme council" that met in st. Paul
on April 6 to call that June convention,
and invite these speakers. If it should
leak out that J. c. Hanley. T. E. Rogers
and three others assumed such impor-
tant responsibilities, under the SPELL
binding name "The Supreme Council
assumed to represent the farmers of the
universe, we opine that something more
than a bottle would bust.
Oh, no; Hanley hasn't half the ma
tons oratory bottled up.
Eric will come up to the conference of
genuine, plain tillers of the soil. to be
held in Minneapolis in June, and we can
find plenty of talent outside of Hanley's
bottle
The representative., 1901-04-18
ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE TO MAKE A
WORLD.

" "ONLDs
Strange ideas some people have about
education in economic matters. Most
people wishing reliable instruction
would probably consult a matchmaker
or matters pertaining to a watch, a
carpenter upon those matters pertaining
to his trade, and for information upon
subjects in law or medicine it would
seem the proper thing to consult law
yer or doctor respectively.
, 1t is upon this theory, no doubt, that
C. B. Maben consulted Secretary Gage
as highest authority upon matters of
finance. 1t would now be the proper
caper to refer all these questions con-
cerning trusts to Mark Hanna, John D.
Rockefeller or j. Pierpont Morgan.
These gentlemen are undoubtedly ex-
perts in their line and could give much
valuable information. 1t is true that
courts of justice have often barred out
such testimony as biased by self-inter-
est and for such reason untrustworthy
In another column Mr.. Maben quotes
Lyman Gage as authority. in b1issful
disregard of this principle of bias John
G. Carlyle construed the provision in
government bonds for payment Gin
coin" to mean. "in gold" only. The ma
ton retired John G. from politics. From
the standpoint of occupation, Carlyle or
Gage should be, as Maben assumes they
are, good authority on questions of
finance. From the standpoint of self
interest their testimony would be about
as valuable as the opinions of old Grov-
er or Mckinley on the question of third
term in office.
The representative., 1901-04-18

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of CAarrh that cannot b
cured BY Halls dkrh Cure.
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to carry out any obligations made by
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Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
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monials sent free. Price 75c per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The representative., 1901-04-18
1t ls Coming.

Mr.. E. A. Twitcheil, Minneapolis, Mimi.
Dear Sir: Inclosed find assignment,
filled out and signed as per your request.
| will renew my subscription in due
time and try to get others. l have been
with the reform movement ever since it's
existence and expect to stay with it as
principles coming to the front IN SO
many cities in the municipal ownership
of electric light, waterworks and other
public necessities. They are becoming
popular among the masses.
Wishing you success in the course you
advocate, | remain,
Yours truly,
A. BLANTON.
The representative., 1901-04-18

knows that clipped. punched and drill
ed coins have been outlawed as money
for the past Is or 20 years, not only |:
the coin Outlawed as money, but It Ii
q fine and imprisonment for anyone x
thus mutilate coins. AS to smooth
coins. that would be like any othel
smooth lump Of metal-its being round
does not make it money--it is thu
stamp fixed on its face by laws of con
gress that makes money, when that IL
gone, then it's value has to be determin-
ed, like all other articles of commerce
under the laws fixed by congress-, name
ly: by weight, or measure.
Again. he claims he Is surprised when
deny that coins are weighed, when
admit in another article that foreign
banker throws United States coins into
the scales and weighs them.
Then he winds UP by placing an
American In a foreign country, with
treasury notes that would not be ac-
cepted by the foreign banker, etc.
We have often said. and now repeat
that money is never cosmopolitan, and
very rarely international. no matter
what material it is made out of. This
fact Mr.. Maben seems to be ignorant Of
money on lark to foreign countries,
and he describes the fix he would be in.
But an Intelligent American would in
vest his American money in the pur-
chase of exchange on the nation he
was about to visit. and would never
have any trouble such as Maben de-
scribes.
|. :. Maben- denies that he ever said any
thing about this nation going broke. In
his article he called Nuts for Nelson,
we quote:
do you imagine for moment that
a paper bill, simply backed by the credit
Of nation, which is liable to go broke
at any time, would be safe and COM
mendable medium of eXchange?"
This is Mabens language, not Bryan
Democrats, as he says.
Now, where are facts and logic Maben
boasts he stands upon? And who is
driven into a hole? He talks about a
stable medium of exchange, but forgets
that nothing but the laws of congress
can give us that kind of medium. No
article of commerce is stable. Previous
to 1873 silver was worth about $1.29 an
ounce. Since it's use has been restricted
by acts of congress in the United States
mints, it's commercial value has shrunk
to about SO. cents on ounce. Reverse
this action, place the same restriction
on gold, and it's commercial value would
shrink in the same proportion.
tell you, Maben, that law and moth
ing but law of any civilized nation
makes money and don't you forget it.
Now to close, l want to say to Maben
that | own more works on finance than
he ever saw, and what is better, | read
them. And when l write or speak on
that question know what l am talking
about
A. H. NELSON.
The representative., 1901-04-18
1 WOmun's Words of Encouragement. t.

Watson Mimi, April IL, 1901.
E. A. Twitchell, Editor Representative.
Dear Sir: l have been a constant
reader of the Representative, and failed
to see at any time Mr.. Donnelly's claim
to It. He has always claimed it be-
longed to it's subscribers. l have been
busy between duties toward my large
family and la grippe victims, so did not
think of this assignment blank until
happened to take up the March num-
Der. am glad you are to continue pub
fishing the paper. l have always liked
its spice" and Mr. Donnelly was fav-
orite author May he rest in peace.
Keep the Representative alive, liv-
ing monument to his memory; he has
friends enough to keep it SUCH
From one of the Representative firm
friends, respectfully,
MRS. FRANK STAY.
The representative., 1901-04-18
OUR FORUr1
Authorities for Nelson.

Wealthwood, Mimi, April II, 1901.
Editor Representatives: On March 2S
wrote Hon. Lyman C. Gage, secretary
of the United States treasury, the follow
ing letter:
Dear Sir: To settle dispute will
you please answer the following ques-
ton: In large transactions, when pay
ments are made in gold coin, United
States mint, does the stamp on the coin
or the weight of the coin determine the
value of the coin? In other words, if
the coin is light weight by reason of
wear, clipping or boring, do you deduct
loss from standard weight so as to fix
the value?
II claimed that the stamp cut no fig
ure in such transactions, but that the
weight governed. Capt. A. H. Nelson,
of Minneapolis, challenged me to pro-
duce authorities for such nonsense"
as weighing coin. He asserts that money
is a creation of law and that the ma
terial of which money is made need not
possess commercial value.
Il cannot agree with him, hence write
you as the best authority know of. An
early reply will oblige.
'eYOufs truly,
&C. B. MABEN"
received the. following reply yes
terday:
"Ofice of the Treasurer United States
gs3 april 6, 1901.
Gold coin is nd "a legal tender, nor
is it received bXs the government at
it's nominal or fact value when reduced
in weight below tie limit of tolerance
provided by law fsk the single piece (see
circular enclosedt. !. When requested,
lightweight piece4ytsidered in,deposits
are accepted by the treasurer of the
United States ands assistant treasurers
at discount of four cents per grain,
troy, that each piece is found below the
standard weight. Lightweight and mu-
tilated pieces are uncurrent. Such
pieces are received at the mints of the
United States and paid for at their bull
lion value.
ELLIS H. ROBERTS,
Treasurer United States"
The circular referred to says:
"Sec. 1886. The gold coins of the
United States shall be a legal tender
in all payments at the nominal value
when not below the standard weight
and limit of tolerance provided by law
for the single piece, and, when reduced
in weight below such standard and toll
erance, shall be legal tender at valua-
tion in proportion to their actual
weight
Section 3512. Any gold coins in the
treasury of the United States, when re-
duced in weight by natural abrasion
more than one-half of one percentage
below the standard weight prescribed by
law, shall be recoined
"Mutilated or otherwise uncurrent
United States gold coins, of any denomi-
nation, will be received at any of the
mints or assay offices of the United
States, and the value of the fine gold
contained will be paid the depositor at
the rate of $20.67 per ounce fine, or
$3.50 per ounce standard 600 fine)."'
Gold coin is uncurrent when reduced
in weight one-half of one per cent.
If the above authorities do not con-
vince any one that weight-not the
stamp-governs the value of gold coin,
will be surprised.
Weighing gold coins takes place every
day in many of the money transactions.
C. B. MABEN.
The representative., 1901-04-18
w heat
and

There is more money
raising wheat at the present
time than you can dig out
of the ground in Alaska.
The Great Northern Rail
way has 100000 acres Of
the choicest wheat lands in
the United States. These
lands are situated in the
Red River Valley of Min
nesota, in Wilkins, Clay,
Norman, Polk, Marshall
and Kittson counties; they
will average about $1,000
per acre in price. For
maps and terms address
Land Commissioner, Great
Northern Railway, St.
Paul, Mimi, or the Land
Agents named below;
George Purvfs,
Crookston, MINI.
G. H. Carey,
Breckenridge, MINI.
O. a. Robertson,
Campbell, Minn.
9. j. Wright,
Fergus Falls. MINI.
The representative., 1901-04-18

ner, Jas. McGrath, Eva Byron, Alfred
Hastings and Fanny Bloodgood. The
scenic embellishments we are told will
be most sumptous, rivaing in grandeur
and picturesqueness those of any on the
stage.
The costuming will be magnificent,
pleasing to the ladies and thoroughly
correct as to locale and time Of the
story. Electrical effects of high order
will also be introduced. A presentation
who attend it's performances.
The representative., 1901-04-18
A THIRTEEN-INCH SMILE.

We are giving considerable space in
this issue to advertising from some of
the leading business concerns Of Mime
apolis. Spring is the season for buy
ing and these ads should prove more
profitable to our readers than politics.
When you write to these dealers, or call
at their place of business, don't forget to
mention the Representative. Mere men
tion of Pop paper will produce both a
13-inch smile and permanent adver-
tiser.
The representative., 1901-04-18

1Qrce months .sS
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scription money is by postofhco money Or
der or by registered letter. one or the 9TH
or can be obtained at every postoWce IN
the United States. Express money orders
are also cheap and convenient from the
larger places. Bank bills sent In ordinary
letters, while commonly safe enough. are
occasionally lost: hence. subscribers 20
sending must remember that they DO so at
their own risk.
In changing the address to which q paper
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that the subscriber should give his OLD AZ
we'll as the new address. Otherwise the
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The receipt Of subscription money ID AL
ways acknowledged by the change OF ex-
piration on the address label. No other
receipt Is necessary. II this change OF GATE
to not made within two weeks from the
time the money was sent, inquiry snouIo
then be made by the subscriber.
STOPPING THE PAPER-The publisher
must be notified in writing when the sub
eeriber wishes the paper stopped Return
ing paper or refusing to take 1t from your
postmaster will not answer.
The law 10 that every newspaper SUD-
scriber Is held responsible until all arreear-
ages are paid, and then the paper may be
ordered discontinued.
IN order to reduce complaints to tho min
imum in future, we desire to ask the fol-
lowing questions:
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10 your name correctly spelled on our
mailing list?
Are you getting more than one copy?
Docs the date on the label of your paper
this week agree with your last receipt?
II not. notify US and We will rectify mat
ters.
The representative., 1901-04-18
Our Priuiciples Are Advancing.

r. A. Twitchell, Editor Representative
Minneapolis, Minn.
Dear Sir: Find inclosed, in currency,
ST. renewal subscription for one year
to Representative. Don't miss num-
her as nv time is up this week. Our
principles are advancing with rapid
strides in spite of the strenuous oppo-
sition of all the Stan Donnelly corpora
ton tools in the country.
Yours truly and fraternally,
DR. R. S. DAVIS.
Kirby, w. Va, April 6, 1901.