The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-23
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II the People Can Be Deceived the Rest
Will He Easy.

49, A
TIE trend Of all modern politicians
Is to deceive the people as much as
possible, as it is we'll understood
among them that the less the voter
knows the more subservient he is to
the will of the self constituted leader.
This condition is bad enough and is
now often rebuked by the people who
have become educated through the
Alliance and this is what makes
them so intolerant of the farmers
unions.
But there is something worse than
the political schemer says the Ten
nesee Toiler and that is the would
be political boss the man who has
been honorad by the people with po-
sltlons OF honor and trust and who
has grown to imagine that the Office
belongs to him by some sort of divine
right This latter class is the most
contemplate and deserves the con-
demnatiOn of all when a man has
been placed in a high and honorable
position. and will use the position to
deceive the people by making state
ments which he knows to be false.
He ought to be repudiated by ell hon.
est men. We find the following false
statement ln the Union City CONNER
cial, pretending to be indorsed bv
lsham G. Harris:
John Il. Mcdowell. in his speech
at Troy some time ago. declared that
in the year 1916 the government of
the United States loaned money to
farmers on land and non perishable
farm PRODUCES"
John +. Wells ESQ.,. saw the falsi-
ty and absurdity of the declaration at
once. but not having the documents
at home bearing upon that portion of
our political history. he addressed a
letter to Senator Harris. asking him
to give the facts in the case. The
following is Senator Harris reply:
john e. WELLS, EsQ.-My dear sir: In
the hurry OF other engagements l have
postponed answering yours of the 90 in
slant until now, and in answer must ex-
press my surprise that anybody should
have asserted that the government of the
United States, in 1916 or any other time,
cleaned money on lands and non-perish-
able farm products" There is not the
SuduOW VI CIUtu III any SuCl assertion
The government OF the United States never
had, and has not now, the constitutional
power to loan money to anybody on any
sort of security.
If is this correct it is one of the tricks
of bossism. Senator Harris is an old
politician and lawyer he has been
fifteen years in the United States sem
ate and when man so highly hon
ored by the people will stoop so low
as to join in with one horse lawyer
who has not sense enough to learn his
country's history, in order to aid him
in deceivlng the people it is sufficient
to teach the people how little respect
he has for them. and ought to show
every thinking man in Tennessee that
Senator Harris relies more upon their
ignorance for support than upon their
intelligence. Senator Harris knows
the statement as published is not true.
He knows that the old United States
bank did lend money on land and on
goods but of course he will claim that
it was a private corporation, in
which the government had a
81. 600. 600 interest. and dodge
the question lin that way. But
Senator Harris knows the govern
ment did lend the Pacific railroad
$64, 600, 900 to build the road. Sena-
tor Harris knows that the govern
ment loaned 81, 500 900 to the Centen-
NAL exposition and that the United
States supreme court declared that it
was q loan. Senator Harris knows
that the government did loan ST. 900. :
900 to the Cotton exposition at Now
Orleans and that it was called a loan
in the bill and that he voted for it
knowing all this. How dare he at.
tempt to deceive the people by send
ing out statement over his own sig
nature that 1.-The government of the
United States never had. and has not
now. the constitutional power to loan
money to anybody on any sort of
security" f.
20 The whole thing is gotten up in
order to play the boss deceive the
people. and help defeat the Alliance
and drive its mem 5ers back into the
ranks. But both bossism and the
party lash have lost their power. In
dependent action is the, need of, the
hour. and the slogan cry must be ..the
will of the people and the; law of the
land"
The Rules. g.. Asii[.fs a. ,
At each session of congress the
house spends more or less valuable
time in perfectingia set of rules by
which it is governed. Sometimes
weeks and months are consumed in
this task. To. the general public it
appears that these rules are made to
facilitate business, but that is not the
case; they are made for the sole and
only purpose OF obstructing the trans.
action of business. To such an extent
has this been carried that under the
rules :. nothing could be done
# a few members saw fit to stand in
the way. In fact when congress wants
to transact any business the rules
usually are suspended in order that
business may be transacted. just
think OF the absurdity Of spending the
hard. earned money, Of the people in
building up a code Of rules that are SO
burdensome and imperfect tt at when
it is desirable to transact any legisla-
ton it must be thrown aside to permit
its being done. IN ational Waterman.
So ,fs suffering Children. is3 s.
@y mo laughter permitted in this mill.
Children who sing will be discharged.
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