The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-12-30
lOnr Wanted Superiority to SaVages
Is an Idle BOast-SaVage and
Civilized Man Compared.
The United States Is a Republic Only
In Name--We are an Oligarehy.
The AristOcracy Of Wealth.
A Remedy PrOpOsed-.Return to Primi-
tive DemOcracy-.The Initiative
Referendum Considered.

year can be boast without blushP
Labor troubles ON every hand, and
strikes and lockouts are of frequent
occurrence. To quell these disturban-
ces state militia called out, and also
federal troops, to quell the disCur-
Dances which in many cases resulted
in deStr uction of life and property.
Capital employing the Pinkerton mer-
cenaries to shoot down labor, followed
by trials for treason and murder.
What is our boosted civilization but
gilt-edgod savageryP The civilized
man is more inventive, and possesses
the faculty of combination, used, how
ever, to Cypress the masses. The
cruelty may be more refined, but not
less real, in the civilized as in the
savage condition.
Savages rob and plumber Civil
zed man achieves the same end by
pools, trusts and combinations of capt.
tai. Savages fight with spears and
battle axes. civilized man with gatling
guns and repeating rifles. A very
largo share of the inventive genius
of the last century has been employed
in producing more and still more
powerful engines of destruction. Eu-
rope is one vast military oncampmsnt,
and America yies with the old world
monarchies in the equipment of its
naval armament.
The world seems to be preparing for
its Armageddon. Cog and Magog are
marshaling it's forces. When will the
era of, "Peace on earth and good will
to man" find its consummation? Are
We indeed "Marching toward diviner
civilization" Will millennial day
ever dawn on our troubled world?
These certainly are questions that
are not easy to answer. The pessimist
says mo" The optimist says eyes"
Others may answer: "Who can tellP"
1t has been generally conceded by
PHILOSOPHERS and statesmen thRt the
problem of ages will be wrought out
on the American continent.
But the rapidity with which we are
approaching European conditions does
not favor this roseate view of things
To be sure, one form of oppression
chattle slavery, has disappeared only
to be replaced by another, industrial
slavery, more widespread and more
acute in its suffering than its ancestor
and immediate peOgenitor. One ex.
pircd in the smoke of battle, but the
ether took its terrible form from the
same blood-sonden field. 1t needs no
Fugitive slave law" for its fugitives
cannot escape. It's charter reads:
perpetual indebtedness. Owner
ship of labor by the money power, less
responsibility of providing for the in.
digent and disabled labOrer." This is
the economic status of America TODAY.
angels, and ministers of grace. de-
fend us!'
The United States is only a republic
in name, We are an oligarchy. The
moneyed aristocracy is dominant
every where. The constitution inter-
diets titled aristocracy. What are
the Astors, the Vanderbilts, the
Goulds, Huntingtons and otherwealthy
families and financial magnates but
powerful aristocracies less the title?
"What is there in n nameP A rose by
any other name would smell as
sweet"
But to come down to events of re-
cent date. 1t is supposed that in re-
public majority rule. But they do
not. The president is frequently cleo
ted as in the late election, by the cleo.
tOral college but not having received
the majority of The popular vote.
Again legislative bodies are the
sole judges Of the qualification of their
own membership and there is no APP
peal from its ultimate findings. The
courts may be invoked but they cannot
control. The will of t.e people ex.
pressed at the polls is defied and there
is no redress. Popular elections have
degenerated into a meaningless and
expensive form. The contests in the
legislatures of several states in the !