The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-24

ton is upon US, and plutOCracy, In It's insane
thirst for gold and power, seems determined TO
make it q bloody one. The issue is between the
dollar and the man, and though the dollar has
all the machinery Of Che state and the nation on
its side, we doubt not that the man win be trlum-
phant and viii ere long dictate the terms OF
peace, by reducing the dollar to It's natural
place as useful servant to productive labor.
An intelligent use Of the ballot by majority
Of the people win enable US to establish that
better system Of using the ballot, under which
msiOrittes and often plurallties win not, as now.
be able to dIsfranchiSe any portion OF the people.
Abolish the veto power now exercised by four
year mOnach, and take from congress the power
to impose laws upon the people without their
consent. The people, under proper restrictions,
should possess the same power TO recall their
representatives chat they have to elect them.
The only legitimate use for government Is to
render useful service to the people and to secure
to each Individual, male and female, all the ad-
vantages that can be derived from the united
action of the whole people without infringing
upon the natural rights Of any.
How to secure this ls the problem Of the ages,
which this generation Is called upon to solve.
This problem must be solved. Taxation In all
It's forms must be abolished. Useful service to
society alone should be paid for. Service for
service and equivalent for equivalent forms the
basis Of all equitable exchange, Under thiS
ideal system, this golden age towards which we
all aspire, society will receive useful service
from each individual member in proportion to
his or her ability, while society win secure to
each individual member all the necesSaries and
comforts of life according to his or her needs.
Poverty, with all It's consequences, will be known
no more except as recorded In history, as the
logical result OF that spirit OF cOmmerclaliSm
and love of gain which to-day fills the earth with
w0e engendeTs selishneSs and freezes all the
best and nOblest impulses Of the human heart.
Such is the grand elimination towards which
the present worldwide spirit Of unrest and dis
content is tending. Let us see that its progress
is not retarded, but let US with one accord take
our places In that mighty army Of reformers
which Is now mObilizIng for the removal Of
the last Vestlges Of those antiquated errors
and tlmehonOred wrongs In our economic
system which now oppress and degrade our
common humanity. This system which now
Oppresses labor and business and threatens our
country with bloody revolution and industrial
slavery, has been repeatedly endorsed by our
votes These oftrepeated decisions at the bal
lOtbOx have been incorporated into law and
lauded to the skies by the press, the pulpit and
the politicians, as the grandest achievements Of
the marvellous age Of material progress In which
we live. AS voters we have been deluded, and
to-day we see and feel the disastrous effects of
this deluSiOn. We have encouraged, iOstered,
protected and strengthened this system by our
votes, and it is solemn obligation which we
owe to ourselves, our fellow-citizenS, our pos
terity and all the best interests Of humanity, to
abolish the system by our votes. Let US educate
ourselves as to what ought to be done, to the
end that our next decision at the ballOtbOx shall
be an intelligent declsIOn and when we shall
have become the law-making power Of the cOun-
try, none win dare dispute our right to remove
the law-created evils which violate the natural
and Inalienable rights Of every individual to lfe
liberty and access to all natural opportunities,
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