Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-06-28
THE WHEELERS' L u
w. E. vEERKAMP, Editor.

w. E. vEERKAMP, Editor.
The next meeting of the County
A. w. will be held at Bean Creek
School House on Saturday, July IA,
1888. There will be dinner on the
ground and everybody should be
there.
A meeting will be held at Gen.
trail School House Saturday, June
80, 'SS, for the purpose of organ
izing a subordinate Wheel.
1t will be seen by referring to the
minutes of the last County Wheel,
that j. R.. Torreyson was declared
to be "not a member of this
County Wheel nor of any other
Wheel" By what authority this
declaration was made we do not
know ; but it is manifestly unjust
to MIR. Torreyson from the fact
that he was not present when this
declaration" was made, nor was
he served with a copy of the
charges preferred against him, and
therefore could not have defended
himself if he had desired to do sc.
This was probably an oversight on
the part of the brethren who pre-
ferred the charges and acted upon
the declaration. We should not
have mentioned this except to
warn the brethren that all our &C
tons should be governed by the
same spirit of justice which we
aim to teach.
The subordinate Wheels through
out this county will hold the an
Eual election of officers at their last
meeting in July. See page 26,
Art. 5, Sec. /, Constitution A. w.
We hear it reported that politi-
cal "clubs" are being formed
throughout the country tor the
purpose o. ''whooping things up"
from now till November. If the
object of these clubs be to meet
and discuss the issues of the hour
with a desire to arrive at some ra-
tional conclusion concerning the
great question that is now agi-
tating the minds of the American
people, the idea is a good one and
the "clubs" should be encouraged.
But if the object be to create an
excitement and rush the campaign
along with a whoop and hurrah,
these clubs are injurious to all who
may be connected with them, ex-
cept, perhaps, a few of the expert
enced campaigners who make a
business of attending rallies and
whooping the thing up. These
rallies are injurious because the
young men and boys who will cast
their first ballot in November
should do SO with a full realization
of what the great issue is and what
will results probably come from
the success of either party ; in
other words, every voter instead of
whooping, hurrahing and rallying,
should so look into the momentous
questions of the day that he could
"be able to give a reason for the
faith that is in him" and step out
on one side or the other as the re-
suit of cool, sober judgment when
the great mass of American voters
do this the labor Of this country
will be able TO take ARE of itself.
In speaking of the death of EN-
peror Frederick III, Of Prussia,
the Chicago Times congratulates
the people of the United States
upon the fact that their lot is cast
in a land where the Chief Magis-
trate holds his Office by virtue of
the expressed will of the people.
The Times continues to point out
the advantages which our Govern
ment possesses over the Govern
ment of Europe, which has been
oppressed by kings and hereditary
rulers until the people have al
most forgotten that they ever had
any rights. No doubt we have
cause to rejoice because of our
happier lot, but we should not for
get that we, too, are ruled by a
king, who has placed the iron hand
OF oppression upon our people a
king who takes from the poor and
gives to the rich a king who
wrings the peoples hard-earned
substance from them, not for the
purpose of maintaining a grand
military establishment, but simply
to hoard it away; and who adds
insult to injury, by telling the
people that he did this that they
might prosper and become a
mighty nation. The sovereign
people should rise up and with
one voice compel this merciless
tyrant to abdicate the throne.
Some persons are disposed to