The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-07-30

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of the cause Of the weak and oppressed.
and that his sympathies were al with
the poor and hiendlesa and his great
est happiness was In serving them.
My impression, I soon discovered, was
well founded, for soon after we were
seated at tho breakfast table the father
and son entered into q conversation re-
garding some local land trouble, by lis
tening to which learned that their
sympathies were with the poor settlers
wAo were in danger Of losing their
homes through the greed of capitalists
who held mortgages on them. Mr.. Cor
nell, who isped, began the converse
ton by saying:
''How with the meeting lath night,
Charleth?"
''It was well attended, father" the
son replied, ''but there was very little
accomplished. The agent of the cap
italists was present and he listened to
our requests, but he gave usno satisfac-
ton in his answer"
s'Wuu,'' exclaimed the father, ''what
doth he propothe? reckon he thurely
don't wanth to taketh the peopleth
hometh from them, doeth hep"
f'Well, don't know said Charles
"It looks very much as though the
holders Of the mortgages were not
going to be satisfied with anything
short Of full and complete Compliance
with the strict letter of the contract
under which the mortgages were made"
';You thinkth they wonth, eh?'' ssSa-
"I'm afraid they won't, father. l
have no hopes Of compromise being
effected :..sli.e &
''Wull," cried Mr. Cornell, '1why
didn'th you explain to the agenth that
the thettlementh would be ruineth if
they wath held to the contract?''
"We did, father the son answered.
1--WE explained everything, and showed
how utterly impossible it was for the
people to meet their obligations and
redeem their homes after two success
sive crop failures"
''Wull, what didnth the agenth thay
to that, eh?" 80 s.a;' 4: q: -; s..'-''s
"He had a great deal to say, alto
gether. His main objection, though,
was that the settlers didn't try to pay
off their debts and that the more
leniency he showed them the more they
would ask and expect.
"He'th fool, Ciarleth. Doth he
expecth that people can pay when they
can't live hardly? How 18th they to
try to pay when they amt got nothing
to pay with?'
'sI'm sorry, father" Charles said, in a
tone of true sadness, ''that the meeting
resulted as it did l am sure, though,
that the blame of our failure rests
chiefly on the shoulders of ST Anderson.
lie is the leader of the settlers, you
know, and all through this trouble has
taken leading part. He has been their
representative in their negotiations
with the agent, and he was the insti-
gator of the meeting last night Yet
yesterday he went to town and got
drunk, as is too common custom with
him, and did not attend the meeting at
ALL
I looked up quickly when Charles
Cornell spoke the last sentence, the idea
for some cause possessing me instantly
that ST Anderson was the man whom I
met the night before out on the prairie.
The fact that Mr.. and Mrs. Cornell both
turned their eyes Oh me at the same
moment confirmed me in that idea, and
/ afterwards learned from Mrs. Cornell
that it was correct.
"A fit man he it'll to reprethent peo-
ple," Mr.. Cornell exclaimed. "I'll tell
you what think, Charleth."
'sWhat is that, father?' Charles
asked.
"Why, think that thuch advoeaths
ath Thi Anderthon it'll pothitive him
dranthe to the peopleth cauthe. Thuch
fellowth ath him doth the moth good
by keeping their mouth thut. Don't
you think tho, Charleth?"
eyes, l do" the son answered, posi-
lively. cit would have been much bet
ter for the settlers in this instance if 81
Anderson had kept his mouth shut.
The agent told me after the. meeting
last night that he had about arranged
to offer the settlers very fair terms, but
that Anderson got to clustering around
town yesterday, threatening repudia-
ton and all kinds of things, and one of
the mortgage holders happening to be
in town and hearing the threats Or
dered that no compromise be offered.
eff we make terms with the settlers,
now, after hearing the threats said
the capitalist to his agent, this fellow,
and others like him, will give out the
impression everywhere that we were
forced to it, and the consequence will
be no end of trouble all along the line
81 told the agent that it was wrong
for the people to suffer on account Of
81 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 the capitalists
could trust"
faye, thath what thay," Mr.. Cornell
exclaimed. ''The peopleth muth have
a leader who hath more thenthe and leth
CAB. 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