The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-09

social enjoyment. aud, generally, tos
weary for anything except the grave
These form some of the complaints aris
ing from the present condition on
grounds Of pure sentiment. Let us re
member that sentiment is the oentl
whisper from the heart. which Otter
rises till it thunders from the brain ii
the voice, not of complaint, but of de-
nunciation and demand of revolution
The Rurmur of women starts the groan
ing of nations often. and tracing back o
the terror reign in France We find fol
seed of that dreadful harvest woman.
cry-the cry Of q poor girl violated by
noble. Hence sentimental utterance.
are not without their value.
We often hear of a surplus in the
treasury. Some of our thunder voiced
politicians during the last presidential
campaign told the public of a surplus
tax amounting to IS per annum forevery
man, woman and child in this land. The
meditative ponder upon these things in
their hearts, and wonder why this
amount of unnecessary collection was
not distributed among the people in
tslmple justice. Imagination paints a
picture-one very common In the
sternest realities Of every day life. 1t is
this: A palid, corpse-like looking
woman lies on a bed, with the covering
frozen to her by her own blood, while
beside her is the INTENDED babe of
recent birth. This actually took place
in Chicago, and ladies now resident on
the South Side who assisted her can be
cited to prove this ACCOUNT 1t is early
morning, and the husband, hod-carrier
at 40 cents per diem, has risen at 4, got
ten his own scanty breakfast. gathered
up his little lunch-pail, and is rhurrving
forth clad In soiled overalls and battered
hat, with that heart Indifference born of
great poverty. No glance at the neg.
lected wife who has been the medium
of adding one more to the already
too large family. The wife her.
solf feels more a culprit than victim
Two or three toddling children are roam.
ing through the cold world in half-clad.
unkempt condition, and on this 1nsutti-
cient help that wife and mother has to
rely for any food or assistance. Misery
seems to be often the mordant of vitality
which sustains life under extreme con-
ditions, or we should wonder that women
in the poorer ranks of life live under
certain sufferings, whereas Weather
women, surrounded by every care, die Of
exhaustion under lesser strains. :
But let us leave the wife who is safe,
being too miserable to die, and follow
the unattractlye husband who, could he
speak his mind, would probably be
cursing the babe whose recent arrival
1haa-added- to -his--eerr.s sss1s vxpcnrrs,
and. by iucapaeitating its mother, less
ened his comforts. How shall he keep
the wolf from the door on such wages
How shall he feed those hungry mouths?
How shall he clothe those little bodies l?
How shall he pay for fuel, and where
shall the rent come from? Yesterday
his wages were docked, perchance they
may be to day. Is tia wonder that in a
dumb, clouded, helpless, tangled sort of
anguish the man stops at the nearest
saloon and drains glass ofcheap liquor,
something to deaden thought and cast
care behind him?
Everybody contemplating these pic
lures drawn from real life utters sigh
and says: "Of course, but there is no
help for it." Is this true? Exists there
an evil under the sun for which there is
not remedy? So long as governments
are for the sole benefit of class these
and numerous kindred evils must and
will exist, growing in magnitude and
horrors and multiplying as they grow
till earth shall be the realization of the
theologic sheol. T.,
A paternal government, a government
that recognizes the Just claim of every
thing within its limits to protection, and
the necessity for the overthrow of suf-
fering as rapidly as it can be done, re-
gardless of how anybody else may thrive
deyotes itself to lessening woe. Such a
government the people demand. Such
a government the people will have.
Every other form of government the
peoplewill overthrow, Not happiness
does the world as at present constituted
ask or seek, but the end of woe, the
hushing of that cry of universal pain
which has arisen since the world began
in primeval jov. Now the world asks
not q return of Edenic joy, but only that
the anguish and dispair be stilled and
the throes of pain inflicted by man
come to an end. Are there any practi-
cal views suggestions means to this
end? Else it were useless to make COM
plant or paint better state of things.
Yes, there are political ways to redress
all social wrongs. For instance, frame a
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