Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-04-18


 ten vSvwa 1a1u nearing tne cnr4as8 or idered that no compromiae be offered. ! eff we make tarma with the seAklers, now, after hearing the threats,' said the capitalist to his agent, this fellow, and others like him, win give out the impression everywhere that we were forced to 1t, and the consequence will be no end of trouble all along the line.
 'I told the agent that 1t was wrong for the people to suffer on account of Si Anderson's actions, and he replied that he knew that, but before he could mediate between the debtors and cred itors the settlers must discard such leadership as Anderson's and choose a representative in whom che capitalists could trust"
 faye, thath what thay," Mir. Cornell exclaimed. "The peopleth muth have a leader who hath more thenthe and leth gab. tell you, Charleth, the peopleth thuffer ten timeth more from their fool friendth than they doth from their tho called enemieth. I've theen 10th of theth troubleth betweenth the debtorth and creditorth, and every timeth therein a lot of thcalawagth who get in the lead and pretend to be great frienth to 'the weak and opprethed, and who don't thuctheed in doing anything exthept to thir up trouble. I tell you, thon, there alwayth hath been and there alwayth will be differentheth between the rich and the poor, and the rich, ath a clath, will alwath oppreth the poor; but if It wathen't for the blamed rathcalth who thet themthelveth up to lead the poor, and live off of them, 'there'd be 10th leth differenth and opprethion than there ith."
 That's very true, father" Charles replied. "If Si Anderson and one or two other men had kept quiet we could have settled this difficulty perfectly satisfactorily. did everything in my power to influence the settlers into the right movement, telling them that an adjustment might be made yet if they would change about and select diff ferent man to represent them, but they refused to listen. They said:
 An, you can talk and advise and be very moderate in your ideas, because you haven't any mortgage to pay, and you are not oppressed
 "The blameth fooleth," exclaimed the father with little show of anger, don't they know that the reathon we uin't got any mortgage to pay ith be- cauth we've already paid it? We did have n mortgage, ath big ath any of 'em, but we paid it off, and now tho far ath we're contherned the capital iths can juth whithle with their op prethion."
 The son soon found an opportunity to change the conversation, and the sub iect of the land troubles was dropped. l understood but little of the question at that time, for had never heard 1t discussed before, and about the only conclusion could form was to the ef- feet, that men who followed the leader ship of such men as the drunken brute who had attacked me did not have the slightest reason to expect success for their cause. I thought how much more sensible 1t would be for the set tiers to choose for their representative a man like Charles Cornell, who was conservative in his ideas and demands, yet firm as adamant for the right, and who, best of all, had made 8 success of his own business, and was therefore in position to inspire respect and conh- dence in the breasts of those with whom he came in contact.