Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-05-29

great pity we can not If we could gather
the whole disgusting multitude, wash
them, put new clothes upon them; and
under military surveillance and direction
set them quarrying stone or raising corn,
or cotton for ten years, we might save some
of them to dccency and responsibility, and
relieve the honest people of the country
Of their presence and their support. If
we can not do this, however, there are
things that we can do. Every State can
| gather these men wherever found into
the wOrk-hOusc, where they can be re-
strained from soaring and prcying upon
the community, and made to earn the
bread they eat and the clothes they wear
1t Is necessary, of course, to throw away
all sentimentality in connection with
| them. The tramp Is Il man who can be
approached with no motive but pain-the
pain Of Il thrashing or the pain Of hunger
| He hates work, he has no self-rcspcct and
no shame, and by counting himself per-
mancntly out Of the productive and self
| supporting forces OF society he counts
himself ont of his rights He has no
rights but those which society may see t
of its grace to bcstow He has no more
rights than the SOW that wallows in the |
gutter, or the lost dogs that hover around |
the city squares. He is no more TO be |
consulted in his wishes or his will Ill the |
settlement of the question of what is to he
done with MIN than the bullock in the |
corral. Legislation concerning this evil
seems to have been initiated in the yari- |
Gus states; but at this writing we cannot
learn that anything affective has been
done. 1t would be well if the states could
work in concert in this matter, but one
great state like New York or PcnnSyl-
ynia, or Ohio has only to inaugurate Il
stringent measure to drive all the other
states into measures that shall be its
equivalent, The tramp whose freedom is
impcriled in New York would fly to New
Jersey or to New England, and New Ier.
scy and New England will be obliged to
protect themselves. So one powerful state
can compel unanimity of action through
out the country. The legislature OF New
York had bill up year ago which came
to nothing, hHt something must be done
somewhere very soon, I'VE propose to have
anything ilnr safety and comfort in cur
homes, or TO relieve ourselves of voluntary,
vicious, and even malicious paupelism.
And that Is not all. The other day my
colleague from Iowa Mr. Gillette made Il
scholarly, able, wcl-tcmpcrcd speech, one
that was we-rcceivcd by the house and
those holding his views throughout the
country; a speech that was compimentcd
everywhere. How, IN the evening Tcic-
UUph, IL hard money paper, published in
that loyal city Of Philadelphia. ! find
the following in column notice of Mr..
Gillette's speech:
''lf it were not for the cost Of the pow
der and shot, his constituents had better
take him out in an open lot and shoot
him."
Then further, speaking Of our reprcscn-
tatvcS, it says:
eff there is a way to crush them, it
should be used, and if there is no way one
should be invented" "
That IS the way theymcct the discussion
Of TINS question. If Il man dare to raise
his voice for the oppressed poor, this is the
argument he meets. We'll, Is this your
game? Beware! 1t makes the syndicate
subsidized press as mad to see Green
hacker in Congress as it does IL bull to
shake Il red flag at him.
Mr.. Kelley-Thut is not the TeIcguW |
which YOU hold in your hand?
Mr.. Weayer-NO; but this is the lead
ing Republican paper Of Iowa, the State
Register, which quotes and approves the
yi!lainous article.
Mr.. Townsend, Of Illinois-lS not the
TcicgrUph Republican paper?
Mr.. Fisher-l can tell the gentleman
that it is not.
Mr., Weaver-l guess it is Republican
paper.
Mr.. S0pp-But here is a gentleman who
has just said that it is not.
Mr.. Wcayer-No matter whether it is
or not; The Register is, and both are hard
money. You might make magnitying
glass that magnites ten thousand dame
ters, and you could not tell the difference
between a hard-mOncy Republican and a
hard-m0ney Democrat. Laughter.
Mr.. Haskell Let me ask the gentleman
a question.
Mr.. Weayer-What is it?
Mr.. Haskell-Iou say there is not Il
particle OF difference between hand.mon-
cy Democrat and Il hard-money Republic
can. ! hope that it is true. Now want
to ask the gentleman if there is any differ
cnce between a sott-mOney Democrat and
IL plctludChCl -
Mr.. Wcayer-The same difference there
is between a soft-moncy Republican and a
Greenbackcr. About the only difference
is that the one is one party organization
and the other is another, il they are hon
est. Now, as TO the infamous article in
The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph and
Iowa State Register, want the historian
to put these papers alongside The OkOlo
ma States, published in Mississippi.
Laughter.
Now, the gentleman from New York
MIR. Chittendenl said that the people 4
were extravagant and got into debt. The c
gentleman from Massachusetts Mr.. Olaf
linl said the same thing. The inference
is that all this business depression is the !
result OF the extravaganza of the people. [
This is not true; it is a mere after '
thought. While the people had their cur
wore out of debt II is not natural for $
people 10 go lnto uSot II they nave the
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