Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1885-11-18

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Ideas OF Oar Government

Ideas OF Our Government.
all fares the land to Fastening ills prey
Whers wealth accumulates, and men decay"
Concentration of power is the order
of the day, Witness tie condition OF
affairs in Europe, where the larger
governments takes advantage Of their
weaker neighbors, by forcihly seizng
aa adjacent territory, in direct viola
tior OF International law or the wishes
of the people whose country they covet
In this country, under different form
of government, We are tolerably free
from that crime, although such cases
are not unknown in our history. Let
US change the names of Emperors or
Kings to that of Moneyed Kings and
corporations, ard we see the same
principal carried out under another
! fsrne. The Concentration of capital in
The bands Of few, and the drprecia.
ton OF the services OF the working
classes, by introducing an inferior
element through immigration, shows
the tendency Of the age toward con.
! centralion of another form equally rs
Injurious TO the Interests OF the people
ard may yet lead TO consequences des.
tructve to our form of government.
The optimistic ideas Of modern lcgisa.
tors, whether Al the Natmnal Capitol
or at she State, needs to change mater
tally Ly making some effort to amelio.
rate the condition OF the working
classes or, at least, by re moving somo
Of its most pressing causes, viz:
lst Stopping All foreign immigra.
ton.
end Appropriations by Congress to
build q navy.
3rd. Passing more stringent laws
for the protection Of the public domain
either from foreign or domestic dyndi-
Gates, yhilo host of minor evils,
which could be removed by legislative
action In the different States, through
out the Union.
The United States is the Mecca of
eveiy poor mans pilgrimage through
out the world. The benefits derive
from i'm mi grafton at present are more
than counterbalsnced by Its evils, but
small percentage fnd their way to
the Western States in search of homes,
while the majority remain in the large
\ cities, where they herd together and
poison the minds of others by preach.
ing internationalisn, communism and
all other kind of isms peculiar 10 the
countries they have come from, be-
sides crowding our own workmen TO
the wall by toiling for smsiler rate of
wages. While steamship lines, rail
roads and other corporations ale bene.
fitted by this influx of foreigners, the
Great mass " our own working men
are toiliug FOR miserable pillance to
get bread for themselves and children.
| w Hat Will bS inc result ui tnlS sulClunl
polcyP See the strks and labor riots
throughout the Union; see the power
that labor organizations are acquiring
in this country The laboring classes
have learned at least that their own
safeguard is banding together for
mutual protection sgsinst the en-.
croachment of capital, and l greatly
fear that the aggressive policy that 1t
pursuss will eventually culmina,e
in revolution. See how sympathetic
the labor riot-strikes are In 1877
strike ON the Baltimore " Ohio rail.
road extended from Martinsburg, w.
Vm, to PittsburS and Reading, Penn,
Homellsvile, N. Y, Chicago, III and
Louisville, Ky. True the militia of
the States, assisted by tho regular
army suppressed the riots, but the
time may come in our history when
The militia of the United Sla,es will
play the same role that the National
Guard did in the time Of Louis the