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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-12
DIRECT LEGISLATION.
The Initiative and Referendum the Rem
edy For Corrupt Legislation.

The Initiative and Referendum the Rem
edy For Corrupt Legislation.
In reviewing pamphlet lately issued
by the Twentieth Century explaining
direct legislation through citizenship
as it prevails in Switzerland, the San
Francisco Peoples Press thus briefly
describes what is termed the initiative
and referendum:
1T is opportune that attention be
called at this time to this subject. Such
action is directly in line with the
spirit of the peoples party platform,
and it is in conformity with the sugges-
ton contained in a resolution unan-
imously adopted by the Omaha conven-
ton, which is as follows:
I'VE commend to the favorable consideration
Of the people and Of the reform press the legis-
lative system known as the initiative and ref
erendum.
THE form of the government Of Swift
zerland is much more of a democracy
than is that of the United States, for in
that government the people to large
extent make their own laws by direct
vote. In many cantons Tor states) when
ever petition signed by ne-twelfth to
one-sixteenth of the voters asks for the
passage of a certain measure, the legis-
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-12
IN ENGLAND, TOOL

Platform OF the Progressives. or People.
Party OF England - An, There. Free
Trader!
In the election of the new British
parliament which lately occurred, the
labor, progressive and socialist parties
only in a few districts put up eandi-
dates of their own, but endeavored to
make their influence felt by sending
printed lists of questions to the oppos-
ing candidates, and throwing their
votes for the one making the more
satisfactory replies According to the
question list prepared for this purpose
by the Fabian society, the candidate
was asked whether he will press at
the first opportunity" the following re-
forms:
The taxation OF unearned incomes by
means Of graduated and differentiated
income tax.
An increase of the death duties, grad
uated so as to fall more heavily on all
large inheritances.
The appropriation of the unearned
increment by the taxation and rating
of ground rents and values
The naturalization of mining rents
and royalties.
The fair division of the existing local
rates between owner and occupier, any
agreement to the contrary notwith-
standing.
The imposition, for local purposes, of
a municipal death duty, collected in
the same way as the existing death
duties?
The fixing of IAN eight-hours' day"
as maximum for all public servants
An eight-hours bill for miners.
The legal limitation of the hours of
work of railway servants.
The direct employment of labor by
all public authorities whenever posi-
BILE, and that whenever it is not posi-
BILE only fair houses should be en-
ployed, and sub-contracting prohibited?
The extension of full powers to par
ish, town and county councils for the
collective organization of the water
and gas supplies, the tramways, dwell
ings for the people, sale of alcoholic
liquors and such other public services
as may be desired by the inhabitants.
The grant of ample compulsory
powers to all local authorities TO ae-
quire land TO be let out-not sold-in
allotments and small tenancies?
The extension of the restrictions on
the employment of children in indus
trial occupations to the age of IA years
The control by school boards of all
state subsidized schools.
The provision of free meals out of
public funds in all such schools.
The establishment of scholarships
out of public funds, TO be held at exist
ing secondary schools, pending the
creation of complete system of public
secondary education.
The institution of pensions for the
support of the aged and infirm, as a
substitute for the present poor law re-
lief.
The grant of the franchise to women
on the same terms as to men.
The payment of all members of par
lament, and of parliamentary expenses,
out of public funds
The candidate is further asked if he
will oppose all and any plans for sys-
tenn for enabling any class to purchase
or acquire land under state guarantee
or at the public expense New Ma.
| ton.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-12

WI no e""" % iePrSeenUeu oy MS wages.
At Homestead, for example, he has
worked for fifteen or twenty years, he
has a little home, his family grew up
around him, he is getting old, he has
seen the mills grow from mere shop
into a colossal plant, its proprietors
become millionaires and he feels that
some way he has contributed to that re-
suit, more than is represented in the
wages he has received.
How much?
He cannot tell, not even approximate.
lie has given to their upbuilding his
strength and the best days of his vigor-
GUS manhood.
lie feels in the language of Senator
Palmer, that he has a right to be
there, right to stay there, and that
no man or set of men has any right to
remove him, or close those works
against him so long as he is willing to
work.
de feels that he has proprietary in
terest in the mills, notwithstanding the
fact that he got wages.
All this is dim, vague, Underlined as TO
particulars, but strong and clear as to
the general proposition that he has in
terests and rights there as well as Car
negie.
lie got wages to be sure but did not
Carnegie get wages too? vastly greater
wages? interests on his capital? emolu-
ments of all sorts almost without limit?
And is Carnegie to be vested with the
further power Of reducing the wages of
the workingmau, even refusing him
work altogether?
You've had your wages" says Car
negie, 81 need you no longer-go"
But you have had your wages too,
much larger than mine. Suppose | tell
you that l or rather we need You no
longer-go."
Il have my capital invested-the
plant is mine, " retorts Carnegie.
1.-THE capital you invested twenty
years ago was $lO,OOO," replied the
workman; add the legal interest, call
at our Office, get a check for the amount
and-go."
But, says Carnegie.
But what?'
THE plant is all NINE
"Oh, / thought you only claimed the
invested capital, with interest, but you
claim that the plant, now valued at
S25, 900, 900 is also yours. Did not and
my fellow workmen, create the differ
ence between the original investment
and the present valuation, and if not.
who did it? You have for several years,
by your own testimony, had an income
from these works of one and a half
million dollars year, so that as far as
your wages, your capital and interest
thereon are concerned, you cannot in
reason complain should | and my fellow
workmen close out with you as l have
proposed and let you 60"
Your talk, sir" says Carnegie, sis
not only insolent, it has every element
of robbery and anarchism There is
nothing left for me to do but suppress
you, by calling on my army of Pinker-
tons, the police, the sheriff and his posse,
the governor and his militia, the presi-
dent and the United States army, if
necessary, to shoot you dead in your
tracks, if you insist on such revolution
airy conduct as you outline in your
brutal language"
IF law and justice were the same,
you would be the robber, butuntil they
are you have legal advantage. What
we as workingmen desire above all
things is to get what is just and right
between man and man, between man
and property and what is best for all
enacted into law. "-Pittsburg Kansan.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-12

sons are worth 81, 700, 900; and less than
fifty of these can control the currency
and commerce of the country at a days
notice One hundred are worth 50, OOO,-
100000 and $4,000 own half the total
wealth.
Labor" says Karl Marx, lis
bought at its exchange value and sold
at its use value Exchange value is the
least amount that will permit the la
borer and his family to live, while the
use value is all the employer can
squeeze out of il"
The democrats all over the south
are eXhorting the colored vote to stay
with the republican party. One colored
orator in Texas said to his audience the
other day: There must be something
wrong with both old parties when the
democrats advise us to stay with the re-
publicans," and he advised his hearers
to vote for the peoples party. The col
ored vote will be cast almost solid for
the populist ticket in the southern
states.-Pueblo Col Coming Crisis.
The true value of money cannot be
gagged by the current rate of interest,
but only by its ability to command the
products Of labor. Twenty-Five years
ago in many western states the current
rate of interest was 20 per cent, where
it now does not exceed S or 10. Yet,
that money is of greater value in those
states now than it was then, is demon
strated by the fact that IS or $40 will
buy more Of labor's products now than
$50 would have bought National
Economist
This is year to vote for principle.
Judge Walter Q. Gresham proposes to
do it. Personal considerations pre-
vented him from accepting the Omaha
nomination, but he is new party man.
To committee of the peoples party
which called upon him, he said: 81
will make speech in Chicago during
the campaign, indorsing your platform
and your candidate. l heartily sym.
pathize with you in this movement, but
am too i'll to carry your banner.
New Nation.
The democrats in Missouri denounce
the republican attempt at force bill,
and yet the Missouri legislature passed
force bill for voters here in Missouri
by which independent voters have tc
buy their right to suffrage. Let all
honest men stand up for the right tc
vote in Missouri, and elect a peoples
party legislature that will kill the in
iquitous three per cent clause too dead
to skin. Stand up for Leonard, Pink,
ham, Neff, Baskin and Missouri-Mar.
shall (Mo) Alliance Waterman.
People should not conclude there is
no tariff question in this country sim
ply because the two old parties occupy
the one extreme on the problem. There
is tariff question, and those who be
lieve in human liberty are as much op
posed to tariff for taxtion as for pro
lection. ANY system of taxation thai
falls as heavily upon the man who de
ponds entirely upon his days labor fol
bread, clothing and shelter as it doe:
upon the man who owns millions Of
wealth, is unjust 1t Is as unjust t.
raise revenue for the support of tbs
government by tax on the necessarie'
of life, as it would be to raise it by ;
poll tax.-0maha Tocsin
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-12

In Southern homes-far in the West
James Weaver ranged his patriotic band
Faithful to all that they loved best,
Heroes in heart and hand
There had the forty-niners stood,
There leaped bold Southern blood
In many a fearful fray,
And now there breathed that haunted air
The sons Of sires who battled there,
With arms to strike, with souls TO dare
AS CALAMITY as they.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-12

Too long we patiently have borne
The insolence Of greed and power:
Too long endured the proud mans seorn-
Now comes the PEOPLES hour!
Fight, till the golden calf expires;
Fight, till the men Carnegie hires
Are paid in honest cash.
Our hero comes with flying rein
Our just and righteous cause to gain,
From CALIFORNIA; coast to Maine
His beacons fame and flash.
Rocky Mountain (Denver)Nev
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-12

in careless ease within their tents
Two men were dreaming of the hour
When South and West in suppliance bent
Should tremble at their power.
In dreams across the land each bore
The trophies of a conQueror;
In dreams his songs of triumph heard;
Each one beheld the goldbug ring
RGlly round his cause and sing,
And wild their hopes and gay Of wing
As any mountain bird
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-12

Stand by your party as long as you
believe it dares to stand for what is
right; but when it fails to do so, then
bid the old party good-by.-St Louis
Monitor.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-12

will the people think?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-05

II we are poor folk we are acous.
toned 10 think Of the rich as possessing
great advantages over ourselves. lint
Is It truei Once IL may have been,
but the sourcst cynic cannot deny that
all modern invention has advanced In
Che ono direction Of loyoling the condi.
ton Of rich aud poor.
Does the many millionod man desire
to 20 from his country place to the city,
twenty miles away--he must 70 by the
game train that carries the poorest Ia.
borcr or street cleaner 10 his daily toll.
He cannot reach his splendid Office q
minute sooner or more comfortably than
the laborer. Does he wish 10 go acros.
the continoni--he can indeed have hi.
own special carr but even in that case
tho special train has to switch od and
clear the track for the regular train
which conveys tho poor man In the com
mon car. The millionaire may have
luzurics that mitigate tho miscrios Of
railroad travel, but he will not reach
his destination IA soon as the common
man.
Docs the millionaire ftnrt across the
Atlantic In his own private YACHT Not
an ocean yacht has been built that will
travel as fast ~ the ordinary passenger
steamer that cleavcs the wave like .
bird. Besides that the yacht e smaller
md will be tossed upon the waters twice
a. much as the big ship, and tho nil.
liunaire will eulIer more from scasicl,
ness than even the stocragc passenger IN
the peoples steamer. Tho same sky %
above both, the came green waves dane,
beneath them.
No private library contains 80 many
and such valuable books ns those IN the
public libraries that the poorest man
may visit free u ho is clean, and in some
cases whom be Is not. In the parks Of
cities on stated days are concerts, aud
the musicians are often the same that
the millionaire must pay n price To hear.
Even the public bathhousos now being
planned in some Of the cities will rival
in luxury that Of the rich man In Ia,
home, In the public parks, attached to
every town Of n thousand inhabitants.
the trees ami flowers can be in the nv.
turc OF things rarcr and more beautiful
than those of the private citizen. Gas,
water works, electric lighting aud cheap
newspapers are enjoyed by the laborci
equally with tho millionaire. Wo are
all on level.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-05
Midway Musings.

The health OF the people Of Midway
IA generally good. There have been
few deaths during the past winter oui
4 great many births.
The new amusement hall on Main
stree, (5OxsO) Ia expected TO be up 10 the
,auate by July next, and when I'm.
,sbei II will be ono OF the best dancing
halls In the county.
Though we had plenty Of snow dur
ing last winter, yet tue weather has
been very mild most OF the time.
E,buiary was unusually pleasant and
VAIN, promising nm early spring, but
we have had very rough aud cold one
eo faf: and s,ill there Il no sign OF "a
change, Consequently blowing has
beeu somewhat retarded. Grass grows
very alowly. the tfcch have just com.
meue,d TO show their leaves.
Last Sunday MAY lsD was tho
time appointed for our quarterly con-
ference, and also the day set apart by
the First Presidency Of the Church ~
aday of prayer aud fasting. In order
TO comply with the proclamation thsi
each ward should hold services Tor H.
,elf, our Stake conference was post
poned until Saturday and Sunday,
when II viii c-nvene at the Stake
house at Heber. Last Sundays servi'
ces commenced Mt II am. and . pm.
Both meetings were well attended and
an excellent spirit prevailed. II WIS a
time long to be- remembered. Generally
speaking, all our meetings arc well At
tended. J. Il.
MIDWAY, Utah, May 3rd, 1902.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-05

II has been jusilya matter Of congrnt.
ulation In the United States that the
breath Of scandal has rarely touched
those who occupy tho highest positions
socially in our young country. The
court circles Of Europe are seldom go.
from scandals Of one kind or another.
involving persons in these called highest
rank. Here In America our leading
family for generations have been thor.
oughly honest, respectable citizens, and
our nillionaires are almost without OK.
coption decent men.
IL is ~ It should DO. Tho higher place
one occupies ia u community the more
careful should he be 10 lead a clean life
and to bo just, gentle and courteous
Though a woman be merely one Of the
lenders Of a villagc social life, that very
fact puts her under obligation to use al
ways tho sweetest, most gracious mai
rers she knows, To let her tongue SyagL
no gossip or scandal. to pronounce no
idle, malicious criticism on sister WON.
an. Because others look mp TO her. foi
that reason shemust lead tho perfect life.
Bad temper, deceit, jealousy and small
meanncss are really moro wicked in ho,
than In her lowly neighbor with a.
Standing to which others look up oven
an inch goes the grand obligation 20
make ourselves worthy Of this position
NohleEse oblige always.
The treaty making power is one that
England has always reserved to herself
In connection with her colonies. Last
year, whom Newfoundland concluded a
commercial agreement with the United
States ON the reciprocity plan, Canada
protested against Il on the ground that
1t injured her fisheries. and England re
fused to ratify II. much to the wrath and
disgust Of the people Of Newfoundland
The people Of Newfoundland have not
forgotten tho interference, and this
spring retaliation on their part takes the
shape Of cutting of the Canadians fish
bait. Canada found the imperial mega.
tive very convenient last year, but now
she wants to make some treaties for her.
self. There arc statesmen at Ottawa
who really believe that Canada should
have an independent treaty making
power, and one OF them, Hon. David
Mills, moves u resolution in the house
that Canada should have tho right to
make her own commercial treaties. Cir.
cumstancss make difference, II seems
Affairs Of the British North American
provinces grow moro tangled, aud the
general feeling there becomes more rest
i've. The chains pull hard. Evidently
a cnnnsv 10 ,u.",.A.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-05
New COMPANIES.

The Tiutic Mercantile Company
have fled articles OF Incorporation.
The business punui,s OF the company
Is to purchase aud sell goods, wares
AMI merchandise, mining supplies oic.
The capital l. s55, 900, divided into 900
shares OF par value OF 800 per share.
They ARE held ~ followt; John Me
Chrys,hl 1850; Noah w.McChrystal 5oi
Sd. Carpenter Q; J.E.Doolty 3; Sarah
a .MeCrytlal 80; Jackson C.MeChrys'
tai 10.
The officers named are a. follow:
John McChrysinl, president; Noah w.
McChrystal, vice -pfcsldent;J u. Dopley,
treasurer aud director; Sarah Mc.
ChrystAl and Jackson &. McCryhtAl di'
Trctofs.
The Sykes Drug company have also
filed their articles OF Incorporation.
The capital stock is gu, 200, held ~ fol-
love: Eleanor y. SYKES, 2.5 shares;
G. b. sykes, 10; NJ. J. Watson 3; q.
W. Watson, .; l.. U. Long Z. The
company euccerds to the business OF
the late firm OF Sykes and Roger, lOl
East, First South Street.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-05
Personal.

J. II. Mease, OF vernal, Utah, y stop
ping al tho Cullen.
Us. Mills, OF la Grando, Oregon, is at
the Morgan.
Rober. SHELTON, OF Provo. returned
home last evening.
u. A. McNlillon, an ogden realty
doAlor, lisa guest NJ the Continental.
w. c. j. Kenyon, general passenger
and ticket agent of the burlington route,
Is on his way 10 ST. Paul from tho coast.
George Horny Hewoi,, Of Aspen, Colo
RADIO, ~ In tho city,
A. J. Weilcr, Of San Francisco, IL stop
ping ut the Knulsford.
Johu Hastings, rst. Paul, IL registered
at the Knutaord,
Attorney David u. Towksborry has ro-
turned from Pocatello.
A. u. Iiasli tho well known horsoman,
Is In the city.
Major Hyndman, formerly member
of the bar In this city, but now OF New
York, Is ut the Walker House for a few
days.
Mrs. !. a. Huntington, Of Mason,
Michigan, IL spe ding few days In this
city with her old-lime friend, Mis. Judge
HendorSon.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-05
%INTEREsTING FACTS FoR%
~CLoTHING BUYERs.>o

THE WOODEN MILLS OF THIS COUNTRY ARE
making better fabrics, made of finer WOOL and
selling them at bower Prices than any time in the last
twenty-five years How they do this For the sim.
pie reason that in 1890 and 1891 the production of line
Australian and Cape of Good Hope wool was enormous
and these fine foreign woods have been selling in this
country cheaper than ever.
To meet competition in the American market foreign
wooden manufacturers have also had to reduce their
prices All large buyers of wooens understand these
facts It therefore goes without saying that we are able
to oiTer to the public this SPRING CLOTHING
of finer and better fabrics, at lower prices than ever
before.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-05
Provo GOODS ENDORSED
Ita Meeting Of the Denver Manufae'
turerS Exchange.

Alta meeting held by the Denver
Mauufaoturers' Exchange, held on the
soth Of April, the following resolution
sndorsing the consumption Of goods
nroduccd by the Provo Woolen mills
was unanimously pasaed'
Whereas, The manufacture Of cassl.
mcrea. mei,ons, flannels and beaver
ninN'hs has beou successfully establish
~ al Provo, Utah, by tbs Provo Wtplon
Mills company, therefore, vn
Ro.oivcd, That We gladly call the Ht'
tentlon Of consumers to the same, ~ II u
abou, the only mill Of the Kind ia lhe
West, and recommend that w. tnAeI'a'
bs usod. II tho qualities are ~ good aud
no prices as low as Eastern competing
goods, to the end that all manu'agiories
"A tho West may DO firmly os1abllshcu
and increasingly developed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-05
ga. -Auerbach &c BRO.
We OFFER.
AND Btsr SELECTED STOCK or NEW SPRING GOODS.

357-Extra Fine Diagonal, In Wa.
terproof Material, Was S22.6O.
now u 90
LOT - Ladies' Black ssteen
Skifts, was si.25, now.............. ~
LOT 2-l.adics' Extra Fine Black
Sateen skirts, was sl.5O, now. %
LOT LADDER Fine Black Saieen
skirts, Lace Trimmed, was
sl.75, now .............. ................. s5
LOT 4-Tadies' Extra Fine Black
Satoen skirts, with Tucks and
Lace, was $40, now............. | rs
LOT 5-LadIes' Plain Black Saioon
Norfolk Waists. was sl.i0, now rs
LOT G-fadieS Extra Fine Polka
Dot Saioen Norfolk Waists, was
sl1j, now .,......... ,........,.... IS
LOT T-l.adies' Extra Fine Stripe
Sateen Norfolk Waists, waa
sl.JJ, nov. ,...,.,.,,,....",.... 60
LOT s-Assorlcd styles silk Waists,
IN Norfolk and Ruilied Front,
was 5000, now a.......s.s,.......,." J 20
LOT - dozen Assorted Calico
Wrappers, was Si,00, uow........ 50
LOT 100 dozen Assorted Full
Back Wrappers, porfcct-ht,inr,
was ti.fO, now.....,.........."a...... %
LOT ll-gD Infants Long Cioaks,
In Cream Color SILK, Embroi.
dored was tl.Gi now .............. l %
LOT ~ 500 Assorted Cashmere
SILK Embroidered Infants Long
CioAku. Drab, Black aud Ma.
room, was goo, now .............. IS
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-05
DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT.

A combination of fcsistless Bargains.
Prices mover lower. 10 seo means to
buy.
'srases of Cheviots for.... ...............bc yd.
rasos Striped outing Flannel for De- yd.
case - Bloached Shoeting fur....5c. yd.
( bales ~ Heavy Shooting for.....bc. yd.
700 pieces Fast Coiorcd Ginghafns, 10. yd.
800 pieces striped Socrsuckers Tor Sc yd.
100 pieces DARK aud Light Challics, &c. sd.
40 pieces Figured Lawns for....,....hc. sd.
30 pieoes Victoria Lawns for.......,..5e. I'd.
so pieces Check Nninsook fur..,......jc. sd.
200 pieces socr-uckers, dress styles,
for..,.........,........... I'd.
40 pieces Scotch INphyr Dress
Ginghamr, % inches wide, In
the very latest designs, our price
zoe. yd.
Brooatelle suiiings, beige colorings,
splendid Nalue...,,.......".... &c. yd.
lot line Hong Kong nstists, beau
tifnl pate rns and last color-, ~
inches wide, soft finish, for..,..0c. I'd.