Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-12-10

Bob INGERsoLL is a man of IDEAS and
while some of them are bad. he has al
ways a great many that are good The
next day after election he gave Chicago
Times reporter general talk upon polit-
ical combinations ~ now existing in this
country in connection with the labor
question. He was a warm supporter Of
Henry George, the Labor Candidate for
Mayor Of New York. Following are
some of his reasons:
want the laboriny men themselves,
by experience, to ascertain how little,
after all, can be done by law, and how
much after all u man must depend on
his own eXcrtions.
Another reason is: have always felt
tina, the millionaire and tAe corporations,
by attending strictly to their own bust
ness, could take care of themselves, and
| have never feared that society was
about to 3c overturned on account of
election Of any particular person to amy
particular office. | believe that society
has within itself the instinct Of self
preservation. and that there is no danger
in this country. Nclthrr do | believe.
that any new idea is dangerous. AS a
rule, onl y persons who have not brains
enough to understand the old ideas OBJ
jccL to new ones. here is still another
REASON. In this country. the political
power beng equally divided, any cause,
us IL rule, is respectable in proportion to
its power The moment the working
men unite and vote together, that
moment lh"y will be courtvd by both the
other parties. thought it "a very great
gain for the laboriny men to abandon
strikes and violence and hoycOttS, and
TO appeal to the ballot and to abilte'tha
result
My belief is that George took more
votes from The Republicans than from
the DcmOcratrs. the reason being that
lhr Republicans, as a RULE, arc a little
more intelligent than the Democrats and
me more ignorant Il man is the more
likely he Is t" do this year as he did last
year. The re- IS no stability in this world
like ignorance
think the foundations have been
land for a new party. | think the pco
pie no have done the work Of the world
nryin to see that they have the power
to control. | think they clearly under
stand at last that all that Is necessary
for them to do is to stand toyclher-nut
for the purpose Of robbiny the rich, but
for the purpose of keeping the rich from
robbny them; not for The purpose of
destroying property. but for he more
equitable distribution of the profits Of
Iahur and capital.
If had my way | would like to see a
home of Il certain value, That is to say
Of a reasonable value, exempt not only
from forced sale for debts. lut absolute
~ exempt from TAXATION. to the end that
we might have IL country filled with
homes. because | believe that character
and patriotism and virtue are bonn by
the tiresidc | believe that vice and
cowarlice and crime spring mp in the
tenement house.
want to see the people Of this world
live for this world, and | hope the time
will come when II civilized man will I'm
dcrstand that he can not he perfectly
happy while any one else is miserable;
that perfectly civilized man could not
enjoy Il dinner knowing that others We're
starving: that he could not enjoy the
richest of robes if he knew that some of
his fellow men in rags and tatters were
shivering in the blast.
pn va, ri for manor