The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-07-20

for some cause possessing me Instantly
that 81 Anderson was the man whom l
met the night before out on the prairie.
The fact that Mr.. and Mrs. Cornell both
turned their eyes on me at the same
moment confirmed me in that Idea, and
afterwards learned from Mrs. Cornell
that it was correct.
"A fit man he it'll to reprethent peo-
ple," Mr. Cornell exclaimed. "Tll tell
you what | think, Charleth."
"What is that, father?" Charles
asked.
why, think thst thuch advocaths
ath Thi Anderthon it'll pothitive him
dranthe to the peopleth cauthe. Thuch
fellowth ath him doth the moth good
by keeping their mouth thut. Don't
you think tho, Charlotte"
"Yes, do" the son answered, posi-
lively. at would have been much bet
ter for the settlers in this instance If 81
Anderson had kept his mouth shut.
The agent told me after the meeting |
last night that he had about arranged
to offer the settlers very fair terms, but
that Anderson got to clustering around
town yesterday, threatening repudia-
ton and all kinds of things, and one OF
the mortgage holders happening to be
in town and hearing the threats or
dercd that no compromise be offered.
"If we make terms with the settlers,
now, after hearing the threats, said
the capitalist to his agent, this fellow,
,,st1 rrir
impression everywhere that we were
forced to it, and the consequence will
be no end Of trouble all along the line
81 told the agent that 1t was wrong
for the people to suffer on account OF
| 81 Anderson's actions, and he replied
that he knew that, but before he could
mediate between the debtors and cred
| itors the settlers must discard such
| leadership as Anderson's and choose a
representative in whom the capitalists
could trust"
"Aye, thath what thay," Mr.. Cornell
exclaimed. "The peopleth muth have
leader who hath more thenthe and leth
CAB. tell you, Charleth, the peoplcth
| thuffer ten timeth more from their fool
| friendth than they doth from their tho
called enemieth. I've theen 10th of theth
troubleth betweenth the debtorth and
creditorth, and every timeth thereth a
lot Of thcalawagth who get in the lead
and pretend to be great frienth to the
weak and opprethed, and who don't
thuctheed in doing anything exthept to
thir up trouble. tell you, thon, there
alwayth hath been and there ~ yayth
will be differentheth between the rich
and the poor, and the rich, ath clath,
will alwath oppreth the poor; but II II
wathcn't for the blamed rathcalth who
thet themthelveth up to lead the poor,
and live off Of them, there'd be 10th
leth differenth and opprethion than
there ith."
That's very true, father" Charles
replied. "If 81 Anderson and one OF
two other men had kept quiet we could
have settled this difficulty perfectly
satisfactorily. did everything In my
power to influence the settlers into the
right movement telling them that an
adjustment might be made yet If they
would change about and select diff
ferent man to represent them, but they
refused to listen. They said:
"Ah, you can talk and advise and be
very moderate In your ideas, because
you haven't any mortgage TO pay. and
/ you are not oppressed"
"The blameth fooleth," exclaimed
the father with little show Of anger
, don't they know that the reathon WI
amt got any mortgage to pay ith be
cauth we've already paid it? We die
have mortgage, ath big ath any o.
'em, but we paid it off, and now tho
: far ath we're contherned the capital
iths can juth whithle with their op
r prethion."
5 The son soon found an opportunity Il
change the conversation, and the sub
iect of the land troubles was dropped
/ understood but little Of the question
ut that time, for had never heard i
discussed before, and about the only
, conclusion / could form was TO the ef
q feet, that men who followed the leader
: ship of such men as the drunken brut'
/, who had attacked me did not have tn
: slightest reason to expect success 70
their cause. / thought how mucl
I more sensible 1t would be for the set
v tiers to choose for their representative
h man like Charles Cornell, who wa
conservative in his ideas and demands
vet firm as adamant for the right, an
a who, best Of all, had made n success o
= his own business, and was therefore L
a position to inspire respect and conf
o dence in the breasts of those wit
), whom he oame In contact