, 1874-11-30


will have only mon Of gold ns itg Yountora
stewart mud Jones, mud Sl,aron aro trio II,
P"toeFatH. Would their influence bo moro
opposed 10 republican institutions If Sharon
wofo Duke Of Conistock (he is chilled King Of
tho comBtook Ledge now), Earl Of Truclec,
slscount Reno, or Baron Go1d.ill ?-or II
ZONES wore Duke Of Eldoratlo, Alurauis Of
Wlnnomuccn, Earl Of White Pino, Daron
Waslloo, or Lord Bullion 7-or If Stewart
| were Dulso Of Nevada, Marquis Of Ophir,
LORD oarson, Earl of pahranegnt, or Baron
! Stewart Of Oresillo? Tho laat Phrase would
distinguish Stewart Of Oreville from Stewart
OF Carlos, in the British, Peerage Tho
American title sounds quito aa we'll rs tho
English one. And, In viow Of tho ovcrwoen.
ing influence of these nbsorbants Of wealth.
the tltlo might bo but a fitting ornament
II casto is to bo purely question of cnsh,
why not call our nabobs Dukes rs well as
senators 1t Inns boon said that only 4
I1ch man could sit III tho Senate While
there are mnny notable exceptions to this
sweeping statement, it is rapidly becoming
the rule.
Unless public attention III chilled to this
polnt' the Senate will come to rescmblo the
as,ssocrat1c House Of Lords far too closely.
"non Jim ye was asked why he did not
seox Tor Reelection rs Senator from Nevada.
ne said: "Why, the man who wants thn
sent has gold-inine." So Nye went ont and
tho man with gold-mine came in, Fla ,,os
been good senator, but his mino. not his
mind, first made him one.
Ilo Annrrnr r,oop1o 14,rn
the formation Of the Government, a keen
horror Of my form of aristocracy. Public
feeling killed the "Order of the Cincinnntj"
established soon after the War of Indcpcnd.
enoo. Even Washington'a membership
could not saye it. The samo fool
ing was displayed whom Gen. Sherman
the expedicnoy of keeping
up the army organizations forever bv attnit. |
ting the eldest sons Of members No, said
tho public, let tho Society perish with the |
mon who formed it. It's mission will be
ended then. Let tho Inst dozen, tho last four
aaomoefs, finally the Inst member, meet
~ tho anniversary, drink to the mem
'rlos Of the dent, and die. We will
layo no hereditary succession, no privileged
Hess, no men enjoying honors BECAUSE t]le;r
ar-oH ancestors deserved well Of their
ountry. 1t is well tint this feeling should
[ourisl'. Tho Republic tllrives best On nm
Won soil. But it is not well TINT mn aristocracy
wealth should be fastened upon the
oantfy' Tho less money has to do with
soctlons and politics the better. Tho less re-
pcot the more ownership of money commands,
no better 1t is fur better for tic country
Int wealth should DO distributed rather than
oncentratod. There would DO fewer oipantic
Undertakings, but tho greatest happiness of
10 greatest number would bo better nssurod
he remedy for tho power of plutocracy in
ot very pla'n. 1t is probably to be sought,
Fst, in tho higher education of the nassas ]
ID tl1en in tlle Introduction Of grants Of pub. {
property to privato corporations, and in d I
gid Legislative control Of the corporations, 2
ter their formation Most Of the colossal s
rtrnes Of to-day havo been based on sub. i
hes granted in aid of private enterprises, s
ID have been swollen by the skil1fully-gcl6sh il
ntrol OF mammoth corporations, founded, e
n1nally to enrich tho stockholders, and e
ally to allow Directors A and 3 to rival o
das and Crmsus Inordinate wealth In. Il
much power. Have we rejected tho au- II
0r1ty OF IN aristocracy only to bow to the p
Wer Of plutocracy? Il