The advocate., 1890-09-03

lthlAttd M lnty ulthlc, ana kuNfIhufh .hpptoNt
Or veto legislation 10 their bidding. In the house
Of representatives they have their attorneys and
ln thp senate OF The United states their cOnnden-
tlal allies. The president can not Ignore them
AMI The politicians who nominate prf8lufnth
curry thel layOr They control thousands Oi
votes in tlis and nelghbOrng states, ana order
them tO be- delivered aS II the suffrage were pork
Or pig.IrOn This, as We have said, ~
iarirOm being In any sense wild statement Is
but u partial cpIiOmlr Of uncOntWdlcted evidence
had before The public as the result oI oIclhl III
ycsligltiOn,
The cheerful persons who keep on believing
that things are running beautifully though IN
deed they be running Win nll the feet lhey nave
~ the worst possible direction may SUM- hs sOne
do, persist In believing that there N no mnedl
ate danger and by and by II any evil does ~.
crue the people IN some way not spetlned VIII
llnd u perfect remedy but those less gwen tO
consulting hope than their common sense, are
not likely 10 remain idle much longer. There rs "a
pretty general feeling that the continent VI
America WAS not discovered by Columbus, ana
civil liberty established by the mtherS Of the re-
public, 10 Che end that llfty millions Of people
might be- made tributary % band OF railroad
mumates, or that farmers, artisans and merch-
ants might, by hard work and keen competition,
raise up "a dozen Nunderbllts, with each several
hundred millions " dollars.
Those who entertain this feeling have become
persuaded that the time has arrived for the IN
dustriOus masses Of this country tO protect them
serves, II they ever Intend tO do sO 10 VIII Ger
mInly not be easier after the adversary has
grown stronger I'm this contest every delay ls 10
The disadvantage OF the people. Let the Issue be-
deferred for % few years ana nothing nat q
miracle m u rCrOlttiOH az piOlCnt OS that NJ
France IrW OrcTthTOiC me oppression, Of al
misleading deusiOns there Is none more mis-
CheyOus than the notion chat popular suffrage
and popular power are synonymous, Given the
means Of bnbing multtudes, OF lntlmldatlng 9th.
elS, Of Wrccklng opponents, coupled WITH actual
possession Of the government, ana adverse senu"
mcnt must be paraly2cd I'm the face " such In.
lluences thc right to vote is the yerlest snare
VIII the workman vote himself Into the poor
hOuse2 VIII the favored merchant vote against
the capitalist 10 whom he owes his fOrtune2
Does any one expect the average politician tO be
80 llred with patriotism W. TO oppose that which
gives him OlllCe9
The ballot ls like "a sword, utterly useless To
the arm that can not WELD H. If the suffrage IL
tO be- our salvation, H. must be applied sharply
while there are still odds on the side Of unbOugllt
and unterOrlZcd manhood. Into the
general bearing ANA legal philosophy OF all thls,
10 iS not necessary 10 go further no present
The subject N now fairly before the American
people, and there Is every reason for believing
that they will not lose sight OF y until II has been
settled In u proper manner The era Of Sentl-
mental politics ls over The right tO earn a living
and enjoy the fruits of industry s now up We
look with reasonable confidence tO.A solution
which viii be less favorable than the existing
laws are tO the accumulation by railroad owners,
aS the ROthschlds point aS the result OF gener-
atOnS Of Schcmng ana cNertl0n,
The report Of the railroad commits
sioners Of the state OF Georgia, says.
The moral and social consequences Of these
COTuptlOns are even worse than the political;
the arc simply appalling. We contemplate them
with anxiety and ismay. The decentralization Is
worse than that Of war rs fraud IN meAner than
force, and trckeY than violence. Aside from
their own COruptlOns, the operators aim directly
at the corruption Of the press and the govern
mcnt. Worse even than purifying storm IL
This malaria In the ar, which pOlSOnS MI the
body polite, ana cOrlupN the youth Oi the
country by presenting the highest prizes Of SO
clety 10 ltS most INSCRIPTIONS ana unworthy
members
Governor Gray, Of Indiana, in his mes
sage to the legislature, said.
I'm my Judgment the republic cannot live long
I'm the atmosphere which now surrounds the ballot
box. MOneyed corporations, tO secure favorable
legislation for themselves, are taking part IN
elections by furnishing large sums Of money To
corrupt the h6yOtersand purchase special privileges
from the government II money can control the
decision at the ballot box IL will not be long until
II can control It's existence.
But why multiply evidenceH The
signs Of decay of the American republic
are everywhere apparent They are seen
in the immense fortunes built up in a
few years.
They are evident in the fine equipages,
the gilded palaces, the elegant drawing
rooms and the brilliant entertainments
Of the rich.
They are plainly visible in the records
which contain the evidence Of the coun-
try's Indebtedness.
They are everywhere seen in the
wretchedness and poverty, the anguish
and suffering, and the heartrending ap-