Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-10
&c ed Oritieiged.

alluded to the driving from their
homes of thousands of starving Irish /
people by the landlords who dedicat-
ed large tracts of land to fox hunt |
ing. We spoke of the unwise legis-
lation that gave millions Of public
lands to railroads. We deplored the
fact that the c. B. & Q. railroad were
discharging great number of en-
ployes because the dividends to stock
holders were not large enough, though
the facts are that the stock is at par
or above, and that about threefourths
of it IS water, or fraudulent; we re-
ferred to the historical fact that an
cient nations had gone down because
the real estate had passed from the
possession of the many into the hands
of the few, and we hoped that the
United States would not take the
same course. We finally closed the
article by an allusion to the great
rush to Oklahoma, and gave it as our
opinion that laws should be enacted
limiting the amount Of land any one
man could own to some definite num-
Der of acres-say to 800.
Now, for writing and printing that
editorial, our esteemed friend Ira
Kelley, of the Colby Tribune, goes
for US. AS a prelude to his column
criticism he says:
The above is from the pen Of r. A. Dague, ed
itOr of the Herald, and were the TRIBUNE not go
well acquainted with his phraseOlOgy, we would
be inclined to think the article. of which the
above is only the closing paragraph, was written
by c. J. Lamb, editor of the late Kirwin Indepen-
There is no doubt that the editor of the Herald
jig a gentleman of courage, of capacity and OF
character Those vino disagree with his peculiar
views to the land question and his sOcialistic
tendencies, are none the less ready to recognize
his good qualities as man and a writer.
Success adulatiOn. newspaper notoriety are
bad for most of mankind; The TRIBUNE fears that
the editor of the Herald is not proof against them
lie is an ingenious man, lie is as adrOit in some
opolists whom he so often holds up to public
odium.
When we had perused so much of
the criticism we felt complimented,
but Brother Kelley was just getting
ready to charge upon us more vigor-
ously, and make US out pretty nearly
an anarchist. He says:
Such articles SOW the seeds of discomfort in the
veins OF the poor and unfortunate, who already
in FILTERED by hardships and i'll luck, ready to
grasp at any reason for their poverty and soon
ripen into fullhedged socialists. Mere general
titles are safe for any refOrmer to assert-they US
ually contain large amount of truth.
Mr.. Kelley goes on further to say
in substance that we ''seek to array
class against class, and to assail PEG
pie of wealth" ETC., ETC.,
Now it will be observed that Bro
Kelley admits that these generalitiel
he accuses us of indulging in, ''con
tain a large amount of truth" L
they do, then we maintain that the
truth should be told. Tell the truth
Bro. Kelley, and shame the devil, fol
''the truth will make you free
Speaking the truth sows seeds O
discord in the blood of the unfortun
ate and poor, EN-? We are old enough
to remember that the slave owner
used similar argument. They saiC
''you AbOlitionists are causing trouble
and discomfort among our ''niggers
by your nonsense about the natura
rights of mem but Wendal Phillips
Charles Sumner and Lloyd Garret
son, and others continued to proclaim
the truth. So Bro. Kelley, you thin
we are arraying one class against an
other No, we think not, in any TN
fair sense. The great Gladstone re
Gently declared: ''The classes ar
against the masses. One must SUI
render to the other or there will
no peace in Christiandom
You are an intelligent man Brc
Kelley. Can you not see that ther
is mighty struggle now going on
all civilized lands between the classe
and the masses? In England, GLAD
stone, Parnell, and their coadiutor
are fighting for the people to loose
the death grip of the pampered few
and to Tighten the burden Of tL
masses! In this country there is
public sentiment growing up in fave
of the passing of ''alien land laws" 1
prevent the gobbling up ofvast tract
of our public domain by foreign an
domestic syndicates. It is a histor
cal fact that the land Of the Roma
Empire was gradually absorbed
the few men, till the land owner
numbered but about 1900, then Il
nation went down, and two thirds
the human race persisted.
e.Bnt., saws our critic. .ATr. Daer