The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-08-26
DOmOsracy or PIulOcracy, whiChI

n "Straws show which way the wind
blouO," surely The industrial and So
cial cyclones Of recent occurrence
ought to indicate the "signS Of the
times"
About one Year ago thoro was tho
Bricevlllo, Tenn, miners strike. The
militia was called out, Governor Bu'
chanAn visits the seen OF conflict and
upon his promise to call together tho
legislature Of tho BtAto to repeal the
obnoxious convict labor contract law,
tho miners peaceably disporso. What
did the legislature do, Corrupted by
the ring Of contractors thOy adjourned
doing nothing.
The same difficulties have recently
arisen, and the attendants circumstan-
ces have developed aggravated hOr-
rors. Actual war has occurred aud
many have been killed on either side.
We cite the Wyoming cattle war and
and the armed invasion OK the state to
kin and burn. The Idaho miner:
strike, the Homestead affair and NOW
the Buffalo switchmenS strike.
In every instance either the state
troops or the federal forces, and il
some instances both have bUUn called
out to quell the disturbance, and, il
every case, force Of arms and civil
authority has been on the side Of plut
ocracy. Justice has been violated
money upheld, and the purpose Of tn
law, which is to protect tho the veal
against the strong, has been thwartc'
and reversed.
When laws become an instrument o
tyranny, they should be repealed o
resisted. When a system of govern
mont broods, fosters, and defends sue
evils it should be replaced, peacsabl
; IL possible, forcibly if necessary.
l When any political party hires itsel
to an elegantly, and becomes the wi
ing slave Of greed to do its dirty
n ghastly, work Of oppression, arson an
homicide, it is high time to relegAi
such a party to the rear.
The time has arrived when both Of
# political parties, in their national col
L. ventions, have been dominated by Il
money power and the nominees a
both the property and tools of plut
70 crocy. To vote for either old par
N is to vote for tyranny to spawn
II nest Of viperS, and to order Plu
to unlock hades, and tUrn hell loOs
3. Under the present system we have
al democracy. We have in the ste
Is elegantly. We are governed
wealth in the hands Of the few. II
is tho definition Of Oligarthy--a sc
W ernment in the hands Of the few.
l. Now there arises a peoples par
B. which proposes to go back to the d'
laration of independence and to ST.
anew from the principles, and up
he the principles of the American bill
IN rights---the constitution Of t
eS United States. Its motto is, "eql
rights to all and special privileges
nome"
or This party seeks to accomplish,
10 a peaceable political revolution a
'ol by tho ballot, reforms which If not
or complished thus peacefully, must Il
cd accomplishment by the bullet a
through sangimarY civil war W
possible incidents of anarchy and
ate litical chaos which will throw in
on background horrors Of the war betwt
IN the states.
ION The decree has gone forth by
all American people, ''that dominated
a plutocratic oligArthy they will ne
be-" "lt is liberty or DEATH" l
In the spirit Of the fathers inspiring
t it sons. 1t is better to die fighting
the the right than to live slave, .
hat only hope Of the republic is the $
to- cess Of the peoples party. The ST.
md ment Of grievances in the preamble
the peoples party platform has b
ridiculed and declared libel;
erl- That we are "on the verge Of mt
and and financial ruin"
um Recent events have negatived
ruth partizan denial. The boom of car
the the blare Of bugles, the flash Of
can arms in the murkey darkness,
Pter lurid heavens rejecting the burn
AXE of prison stoekades and box cars,
explosion of dynamite, attemE
assassination, dead bodies--all |
de- testimony to THE truthfulness of
gro Omaha allegation.