Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-07-19

homestead an l-l6h colony tnert- 1hlS
looks like the job Of scme land syndicate.
Another idea is to food the Canadian
province of Ontario with lrishmeu and
gaia political control in Canada. The
imagination is fertile, and anybody can
transplant an ea'ife nation. in his
mind.
THERE is considerable sent snent in
North Dakota in favor of abHnt oning
the two house idea and having only one
body az II legislature. The Ddkotans
have lost COZ fitenoe in senates. The
United States senate has been "A potent
force in shaking faith in small select
bodies. theoretically the wisest and
most dignified, there is now general be
lief tina. it IL, In the manner in which It's
members are elected ond in the inhu-
enceg which reach il, the most dang
piece OF machinery in the engine of free
government.
SooIALI7TIo ideas are gaming great
foothod when the Farmers Alliance of
demand. "Ail public necessities, as far
as practicable, should be owned and con
trolled by the governmeet and managed
in such a way that no cla,s shall be al
lowed 20 exact unjust rates for the use
thereof. Our railroads should be so con
trolled by the government, Hs to be run
in the interests of the people, upon an
actual cost basis" This seems to fairly
represent the spirit at present prevail
ing among the granger organizations of
the west and there, rather than Ill the
cities, will be found probably the stronger
force making toward the rationale alton
of "trust" industries.
The muddle about the Grand Army
enoampment Mt Milwaukee grows "more
mix ter and miI'ter" every day. Eight
htate .nosmpment commanders have
commanded their troops to = 'ay at home.
Gen. Warner, the general grand coz
mander, proceeds 10 say that the state
commanders had no Jun iediotiou 10 make
such orders and that he has no
Jurisdiction to oountermand them. |
lie Ieaves Milwaukee in the same |
state of uncertainty as ever. She |
don't know whether to xii! n
chicken and cEuTn" in expt citation OF
two thousand or two hundred thousand
There has been so much fooling that the
beat way for Milwaukee is 10 recall her
invitation, and ten the door tenders to
say that she is not at home during en-
campment week. She has not been
treated deoentIy; and, if her newspapers
tell the truth there has been some very |
poor management in Milwaukee on the |
part of the q. A. X. authorities in charge |
OF preparation. 1t looks as if they had
got ",aught blufing and paid the pen
atty of losing the pot" IA Gen. Schenck
would put it.
PLEA FOR PLuTOCRACY.
Senator Hisoook evidently thinks that
liberty ia good thing to sell provided
you got "A small oDm pen4ation for 1t. In
nFourth of July speech before the Pres
ideut at Woodstock, Conn, he thus
stated his case: Il concede that the direc
tion of great wealth and material forces
may be, and doubtless ia, used ~ a
power for oppression and the wreckiug
of smaller individual fortunes; but on
the other hand, the organization of long |
lines OF railroad transportation uuder |
one management the establishment of
large manufactoriss, have had the effect
to cheaper to the people the cost of
transportation and of manufactured
gooda."
To this, the New York World responds
"That ia to say, when great railroad
monopoly or manufacturing trust 'op-
pressed you, wrecks your small fortune
robs you of Your citizenship by corrupt
ing the ballot box, bays seats IN the |
Uuited States senate and owns the leEis |
lature of you state your are an uureason- |
able idiot to complain if your oppressor
kindly shades prices on the goods you |
buy or hauls your little freight for
less than cartman might! The
Ne
of African slavery excused the en-
slavement OF men on the plea that mas
ters fed and clothed the negroes better
than they could have fed and clothed
themselves. Whether monopolies cheap
en- prices more frequently than the
reverse is & question about which there
is difference of opinion, but TO men not
utterly sordid and lustfnl OF gain there
arr other things more precious than
cheap goods. Manhood is one of them
though there ars men who seem will
ling 10 sell even that blrthright for po-
liticsl preferment at the hands OF the
Money Power"
THE FILTHINBSS OF FILTHY LUCRE.
Few people realize how disease is
spread by money. Greenbacss, silver
dollars and copper cents are all CON
yenient hiding place for malignant bsc-
teris as we'll as the grit and CRIME seen
by the naked eye or felt by the fingers.
In our general love for "cssh' we do not
stop TO think that all classes have foudled
it and that the crime and debauchery it
supports leave upon it r material curse
which may fall upon the upsuspecting
heads OF hard working, unfsstIdious
men and women who forget TO wash
tt cir hands after touching it. or course
the virgin bills that have never been
folded, aud the glitterine coins
just sparkling from the mint, are as
innocent as debauchees aud murderers
were in their infancy; but money belongs
to this world. and the filth of this worlds
shame, and the seeds of this worlds
suffering will sooner or later cling TO it.
A once beautiful young lady who was EN-
ployed to count the worn bills in the
bureau of printing and engraving at
Washing ton, apoligiz!ng for her repulsive
complexion said: when | came here
my skin was smooth aud clear but while
lingering these waste bills my face has
been poisoned" Put under the micro.
scope money that has been circulated con-