Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-06-01


tue only commonwei.i i disgrace
by the soubrequet of "rotten boz
rough" To do the bidding Of til
powerful because of wealth, older
more sober. ui re cultivated, moI'
seeming vistuous sister permit thu
haggard harlots of the caucus
and the lobby to ply their nasty
vocation unchecked, and unwhip.
ped by justice.
| A fortune of five millions dollars
represents the blood, toll, and
sweat OF thousands of artcsians,
mechanics, and laborers, and the
Sears of women and children; and
40 single life can accumulate it..
without wrong to his fellow man. II
the resources Of the country are so
prolific as to make the accumn-
ldtions Of such fortunes as fifty
and one hundred millions a pos
sibility, then indeed it is tine that
May-day demonstrations be made
and that the laborer reap some
little share Of these immense pro-
fits, by increased pay and shorter
hours of labar.
Those are perhaps within the
reach o. my voices who will call this
socialism" That much endur-
ing word is made sponsor for most
protests against the existing order
OF things. But l say to you, on
the contrary, that this is Ameri-
pure and simple. I am
sounding solemn warning
against the day when the horrors
ST socialism in its worst sense
may devastate our homes. Mill
lsm will follow th- tyrrany of Plut- |
ocracy just as surely as it has
followed the despotism of Auto |
cracy. And, my friend, it follows
both so surely as the pendulum
swings in equal arcs. The laws
81 the Almighty are not variable,
neither do they know the shadow
Of turning. Today the laborer
asks the capitalist for eight hours
and the opportunity to cast his
ballot without dictation-deny
him this and tomorrow he may
demand the monopolist's aH,-
wen his hearts blood.
The power of capital In this !
and is Unreasonable and prac-
ically has unbound license. It
demands Of every man in Amer
ca who lives out Of reach Of a
,as factory or Of an electric plant,
o pay treble prices for the POOR
privilege Of light. The occult
urrent that bears the tidings
oyous or sad to your home, is
aade subservient to the power of /
apital, and you are compelled to
ay treble tribute to Croe.us or
eny yourself a gift from Heaven /
I'LL yet be as free as the air we | I
reathe.
Aggregated wealth systematic i
lily and even ostentatiously
voids the payment Of it's share
taxation, putting the burden OF {
on the poor. e
The Growth or decay of cities, I
nd the fortune of bankruptcy of {
are promoted by cor !,
crate managers. Il
Laws against trusts are their
Y
Monopolies in transportation, :,
lonopolies in light, monopolies in @
lei, monopolies in land, monopo- s
70 ia water, monopolies in mines, s
opopolies in, sugar, beef and !
our; these are the corporate .
lmpires who sit upon the repub Ii
which our soldiers fought to II
'eserve and suck it's life blood,
hist they fan it to continued T
lumber with their ebon wings, -
avy with mingled odors of ir
ibe and menace. Those are the o.
'werful despots who enter the "
mple and tear the bandage from ~
e eyes Of American Justice, who al
tempt to rule this land with in
d Of iron, and whose arrogance A
3 become so open that they no :"
lger take pains to conceal it. m