Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-06-16

| town yesterday threatening rcpudin.
ton and all kinds Of thuvs, and one OF
the mortgage holders happening 10 be
/ in town and hearing the threats or.
dcrcd that no compromise be offered.
"'lf We make terms with the settlers,
now, after hearing the threats said
| the capitalist 30 his agent, this fellow.
and others like him, win give out the
impression everywhere that We were
forced 10 it, and the consequence will
bc no end Of trouble all along the line.
81 told the agent that IL was wrong
Tor the people 10 suffer on account Of
NJ Andcrsun's actions, and he replied
that he knew that, but before he could
mediate between the debtors and crod-
itors the settlers must discard .uch
leadership as Andcrsons and choose a
representative in whom the capitalists
could trust"
AYE, thath what thay," Mr.. Cornell
exclaimed. "Ihc pcoplcth muth have
a leader who hath moro thcnthc and Ictb
CAB. ! tell You, Churlcth, the pcoploth
thnifcr ten timcth more from their fool
iricndth than they doth from their tho.
called cncmicth. I've thccn 10th Of thcth
troublcth bctwccuth the dcbtorth and
crcditorth, and every timcth thcrctb a
lot Of thcalawagth who rct in the lead
ana pretend to he great fricnth 10 the
weak and opprcthyd, and who don't
thucthccd in doing anything cxthcpt 10
thir up trouble. tell You, thon, there
nlwayth hath been and there nlwayth
will DC differentiated between the rich
ana the poor, aud the rich, nth "A clntb.
VIII alwnth opprcth the poor; but II il
wathcn't for the blamed rathcalth who
thct thcmthclvcth up 10 lead the poor,
ana live OIL Of them, thcrcd DO 10th
lcth diifcrcnth and opprcthion than
there it'll"
That's very true, father" Charles
replied. "lf 81 Anderson and one or
two other mon had kept quiet we could
nave settled this difficulty perfectly
satisfactorily. did everything in nv
power to influence the settlers into the
lFht movement, telling them thnt nm
'uJn lhcnt might be- made yet II they
would change about aud select dif. !
'r'"t man TO represent them. but they |
'ofn,cd TO listen. They sald
'Ah, Won can talk and advise and he |
''ry moderate IN your ideas, because
"u haven't any MORTGAGE to pny, and |
on are not oppressed
1.-THE hlamcth fpolcth," exclaimed
hc father with little show of anger.
don't they know that the rcnthon we
IN Z got any mortgage To pay ith be.
auth we've already paid IL? We did
ave mortgage, ath big nth any Of
M but we paid II on, and now tho
~ atl' we're cnuthcrncd the ,capital.
hs can juth whithlc with their op.
rcthion."
The son soon found an opportunity TO
langc the conversation, and the sub
ct of the land troubles was dropped.
hut little Of the question
that time, for had never heard IL
scusscd before, and about the only
inclusion ! could form was 10 tho ef.
Ct that men who followed the leader
nip OF such mon us the drunken brute
no had attacked me did not have tho
lGhtcst reason to expect success for
lcir cause. ! Thought how much
ore sensible It would be for the set
crs To choose for their representative
man like Charles Cornell, who was
In his ideas and demands.
I firm as adnmant for the right, and
no. best OF all, had made success Of
IS own business, and was therefore in
position 10 inspire respect and conf.
'nco In the breasts of those with
HON he came In contact.