Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1892-04-29
CANTON SOUTH DAKOTA. FRIDAY,

er;;'' SO was Jonah who was sent to Nine
Rah with a special commission from God
to howl 'calamity". Seneca and Demost-
henes were calamity howlers," so were
Martin Luther and his followers. The |
brave men and women who came to this
country in the May Flower were "cala-
nifty howlers." George Washington,
John Hancock and John Adams were
calamity howlers," and Patrick Henry
was one of the howlingest kind; to this
day his oratorial howls are printed in our
schools text books The men who barred
their breasts to the storm of British and
Hcssian bullets during a struggle Of
seven long years were calamity howlers
to q purpose. So!:ie Of the best men Of
the republican All" democratic parties
have, during SOM of their lucid mo
ments, uttered hor''>; Of dlreful calamity.
Ingalls,, Plumb, lick, Vorhees, Reagan
and; a score Of 'Ahers, have joined their
calamity howl 18th the rest. Porter's
census is the --latest calamity howl of
all: The coun' :. is on the verge of bank
ruptcy. Nor ,han half its wealth is
owned by c.: .,orations and one-half Of
their stock j. water" representing no
value. Nine million mortgages; two
million traml<, two million children
working in tie factories, mines, work
shops, stores, and sweating dens, for
bare existenc, fifteen thousand bank
ruptcies annually; twenty thousand
millions Of du.lars Indebtedness exacting
an knnual tribute of sixteen millions of
dollars from productive labor; wealth
concentrating into the hands of few;
the Door starving and the rich feasting;
people losing their respect for the law;
crime and insanity on the increase; wom-
en- selling their virtue for bread; the rich
debauching the poor; social depravity
and immortality parading the streets;
Legislatures corrupted; justice bartered;
the devil entering into d compact with
Mammon and the worshipers of gold
making a league with hell; the law of
God defed by the lawmakers of the ma
ton; the temple Of justice defied and the
Goddess of liberty weeping over the
ruins of a republic the pulpit afraid TO
speak out against existing evils; the
press bridled or bribed in the interest of
Doodle politicians the state giving sane
ton TO official falsehoods; corruption in
every department of government; society
honeycomed with secret political organi-
cations; the corporations Of the east, pit
ted against the labor organizations of the
west and south; Mason and Dixon's line
swinging round to the crest of the AL
legl,anies; Cleveland captured by Wall
street, ard Tammany Hall grooming Hill
for the presidential race; while Blaine
fortified behind reci prOcity, looks ask
ance at both: the fires of discomfort ris-
ing higher and higher; the mountaineer
miners of Tennessee demanding justice
over the cleaning barrels of Wlnchest-
ers, and Pinkerton thugs shooting down
starving miners in Pennsylvania; the
low rumbling of political volcano in
the distance that threatens a coming
storm; all these are inclined to induce a
man to become a "calamity howler'.
Yes, I'm a "calamity howler and pro-
pose to remain so until justice reigns and
peace and prosperity returns to bless our
land.-National Reformer.