The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-12-14
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE,

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE,
To \ CoNoREssoR TIE UNITED STAfEs:
~ you assemble for the discharge OF the
dutaes you have assumed 10 thc representa-
dvee Of Q free and generous people, your
nessing Y Married q AZ intsresting and i'm;
The preeent sesslon Of congress the frst
century q our constitutional existence % q
nation will be completed.
A. Ne view the achievement Of aggregated
capital We diseover the existence OF trusts,
~r0mbinatione and monopolies, while the citi.
To- deatl bsnseth An Iron rod. Corporations
which should be the carefully restrained crea-
tures Of the Law aud the servants Of the peO-
PIE are fast becoming the peoples' masters.
stun congrAtuladng ourselves upon the
wealth and prosperity OF our country and
change inseperable from these conditions, It
y our duty q patriotic citizens to Inquire at
the present stage Of our progress how the
bond OF the government made with the PEG.
p1e has been kept aud performed. Instead OF
limiting the tribute drawn from our citizens
tothe necessites Of tts economical administra-
from the substance Of the people millions,
which ~unapplied and useless lie dormant 10
the treasury. The fragrant injustice Of this
breach Of faith and obligation add to the ex-
tortion the danger attending the diver
s ssoo q q. the 1as,., currency Of the r. country
Under the same laws by which these results
are produced the government permits many
mtllions moro to be added to the cost Of the
living Of our people and to be taken from our
consumers which unreasonably swell the pro-
dts Of tho small but powerful manority. The
people must sttll be taxed for the support OF
the government under the operation Of tariff
lava, but to the extent that the mass of our
citizens are inordinately burdened beyond
useful public purpose and for the benefit Of a
favored law. The government, under pretext
q e sxstsl.e Of its ta5ing power, enters
ties 70 their advantage and to the injury Of q
equality before the law rs' The existing tln g slt uo.
ton 70 Injurious TO the health of our entire
body polite. It stiles In those all patriotic
love Of country and substitutes in its place
votion to American citizenship for its own
cake and for what It should accomplish as
. motive to our natOn's Advancement, and
the happiness Of all our people is displaced
BY the assumption that the government, In
stead OF being the embodiment Of equality, is
but an fundamentally through which es-
pedal and individual advantages are to be
gained.
The arrogance Of this assumption is un-
concealed. It appears in the sordid disrc-
gard Of all but personal interest In the re-
fusal to abate for the benefit of others. One
tota Of selfish advantage, and in combination
TO perpetuate such advantages through efforts
TO control legislation and improperly control
the suffrage Of the people.
The grievance Of those not Included within
the circle Of these beneaciaries, when fully
realized, will surely arouse irritation and dis.
content Our farmers, long suffering and
patient, struggling In the race OF life with
the hardest and most unremitting toll, will
not fail 70 see, In spite Of Misrepresentation
and misleading fallacies, that theyare obliged
to accept such prices for their products as are
A1ed 10 foreign markets, where they compete
with farmers Of the world; that their lands
ere declining in value while their debts In
crease, and that without compromising favor
they are forced by the government to pay for
the benefit Of others such enhanced prices for
the things they need that the scanty returns
OF their labor fail to furnish their support or
our ~workingmen, e~niranchised from ali de.
lusaons and no longer frightened by the cry
that their wages are endangered by q Just re-
Vision Of our tariff laws, will reasonably de-
mand through such revision steadier employ
Ment, cheaper means Of living in their homes,
freedom for themselves and their children
N.S 0OONA va HSA 0SA " NV 0u
open door to their advancement beyond the
limits Of the laboring class. Others of our
citizens whose comforts and expenditures are
measured by moderate salaries and fixed in
a will insist upon thef fairness and JUS
sss% o. @sS1s:p esa ege the f sSst Of ne %ssn ta for for
s~el6shness OF the benehicaries Of an unjust
determination under the laws there shall be
added the discomfort Of those who suffer from
such determination, We will realize the fact
that the beneficiary purposes Of our govern
ment dependent upon the patriotism aud
contentment OF our people are endangered.
COMMUNISM.
Communism fs q hateful thing and menace
TO peace and organized government. But the
communion Of combined wealth and capital,
the outgrowth Of overwecning cupidity aud
seldehness, which insidioCsly undermine the
Justice andintegrity Of free institutions is
mot less dangerous than the communism and
oppressed poverty toll, which e1asperated by
injustice and discomfort, attack with wild
disorder the citadel Of rule. He mocks the
people who proposes that the government
ehal protect the rich and that they in turn
win care for the laboring poor. Any inter-
mediary between the people and their gov
ermento or the least delegation Of the care and
protection which the government owes to the
humblest citizen in the land, makes the boast
Of free institutions q glittering delusion and
the pretended boon OF American citizenship
ashameless imposition.
REVISION OF THE TARIFF.
A just and sensible revision Of our tariff
laws should be made for the relief OF our
e0untrymen who suffer under the present
conditions. Such revision should receive the
support Of all who love that justice and
equality due to American citizenship, of all
who re6lixe that in this justice and equality
q government finds its strength and its
power to protect the citizen and his property;
q all who believe that the contented cUmpe-
tence and comfort Of many accord better
With the spirit Of our institutions than the
colossal fortunes unfairly gathered in the
hands Of . few. OF all who appreciate that
that tie forbearance and fraternity among
our people which recognizes the value of every
American interest Is the surest guaranty
OF our national progress, and of all who de-
sire to go the products Of American skill and
ingenuity ~ every market Of the world with
. resulting restoration OF American CON-
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