The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-12-09
Fall of the Republic.

The governor of one of our Western
states in a speech before farmers
sometime ago. is reported to have
predicted the downfall of the Ameri-
can Republic. He is said to have
based his prophecy upon the fact that
the producer was not getting justice
and in consequence is poor and always
will be poor. The blind eyed. stupid
patriots of the country. who never
see or pretend never to see any dan
gers ahead, have ridiculed and abused
the gentleman for uttering such
prophecy. And yet if things are to
continue as they have been going in
this republic for the last thirty years
the gloomy views of the orator will
be realized. The American republic
has been fairly galloping down hill
for quarter of a century and
more. The very features that
destroyed the lives of ancient
prosperous nations have been
rapidly developing here. The few
have been grabbing the fruits of the
labor OF the millions. Caste has de-
veloped and pretty nearly all the ug-
ly characteristics of national being
that this republic was established to
autagonize have made their appear
ance in our system Of social and polit-
ical being. The farmers-one-half
of all our people and class that Is
engaged in the most important indus
try in the country are poor. They
have been plundered by corporations.
by trusts by class legislation. by
money sharks and by pretty nearly
everybody with whom they come in
contract. Continue this and this re.
public will go crashing into ruin.
But it will not continue. The farmer
will not permit it to continue. He
has demonstrated so strongly that re-
form has already begun and while it
will take time he will save both himself
and the republic. Farmers Voice.
Her Last Cry.
One of the saddest results of the
switchmen' strike is the death of
Lizzie Murray, sixteen year. old
girl, who died yesterday of shock.
When the soldiers of the Twenty
second regiment charged a crowd of
stone throwers on August 25 and shot
Michael Broderick. Lizzie Murray
was standing in the street
She saw Frederick pursued by the
soldiers and watched the chase with
terror stricken face. She heard the
soldiers cry out to Broderick to halt
; and saw soldier level his piece and
fire at the fugitive who toppled over
the fence bleeding and apparently
dead. .--n-
The strain was too much for her
and she tainted. When she came to
the Mortified look seemed stamped
on her face and she screamed and ap-
peared insane with fright She was
taken home and was seized with an
attack of Mysteries, which continued
for several days.
The best physicians in the city at
tended her. but she sank, and heart
failure ended her life. Her nights
were hours of horror to her. and she
sank to sleep only to spring shrek
ing: The soldiers! The soldiers!'
Her last cry was for mercy. New
York World.
Free Coinage.
The people work and pay taxes A
part of these taxes go towards pur-
chasing silver. The government
coins the silver and the people must
perform labor again to get the coined
silver dollars. Under free coinage
the mine owner would furnish his
own silver pay the expenses of mint
ing. and the people would have tt
pay for the dollars but once instead
of twice. as now. And. with free silver
we would have more money in cir
culation- Mines that are not profit
able to work under tb6 presesent low
price Of silver wOuld then be profit
able and the mines that are now pro
1 fitable would befushed This woul,
give employment to more miners
this would lessen the competition Q
] labor il 0ther trades and advanc
wages az around. Again. an increas
in :he,fnoney volume would stimulat
evep9 branch Of industry, and. this
kto0. would increase the demand fo
"A labor increase wages, and everybod
4 Except Shylock would be benefited. :
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