The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-04-08
THE CONFERENCE.
The Preamble to the Platform and the
Declaration of Indep endence.

Aho AEoAmDlo 10 tho flhtIOrm and the
Declaration of Independence.
The industrial conference which
convened in St Louis on February 22nd
is part of history, and we may say
it has frightened up the pages of the
present In no wise were we deceived
as to the result OF that conference, un-
less it was our hopes were not sanguiue
enough OF perfect harmony The pro-
ceedlngs tell wonderful tale. The
quill of the opposition press has grown
nervous and politicians stand dumb
founded that so many industrial organ
izations representing the interest OF
every class OF producers, including the
city mechanics and farm laborers,
should come together with such fra
ternal greetings and sing of their dis
tress in such harmonious tones, Plu-
tocracy prayed for the seeds OF discord,
which, if sown at ALL fell by the way.
side or upon stony ground.
As to the platform, the preamble is
a most powerful indictment of present
iniustices, equaled only by the declar-
alton Of independence Of 1776. The
finance plank was somewhat modified
for the better we think. says the
Toiler The transportation plank was
changed in obedience to the demand
OF the inevitable; it now takes an nd
vanced step, soon to be followed by
the clamoring masses 1t has been
the correct theory, but forced to await
its opportunity as presented by educa-
tion. Thomas Jefferson is the best
authority that ali institutions intended
to serve the public should be owned
by the government The government
SHOULD obtain, by judicious method,
the railroads and telegraph lines of
the country and operate them as sys-
tematically as it does the postal sys-
tenn. Let the employees be disiran-
chised, as are the members of the army
and navy, and it will not form com.
bine behind an administration. 1t will
prove much better system than the
present. by which the giant monopo-
lies have vast hoard of employees
armed with ballot 20 form combine
at heir backs The advantage is very
apparent and nothing short OF owner
ship will cure the abuses OF disorlmi
nation in freights.
The cause of reform in the South
won quite a victory through the gen
erous concessions of the Northwest on
the points of woman's suffrage
and prohibition. Many Jealous advo.
Gates OF these ideas were willing TO
admit that finance, land and transpor.
tatiOn had the right of way, and that
the chances of these great reforms
should not be retarded by side issues.
Some who were over Jealous in the
cause pushed the fight into the coun-
Gil, where the overwhelming majority
said, keep in the middle Of the road. "
Some thought it wise for the confer.
ence to declare for the Peoples party,
but abandoned their plan when the in
consistency was shown. The mas.
meeting which convened upon the ad
iournment of the conference while il
bound no organization nor individual
will have wonderful effect upon the
country.
Upon the whole the conference
promises to prove the beginning of a
united and determined effort to rid oul
country of all blood-thirSty monopo.
lies, 1t points its finger backward tC
the abandoned precedents OF our faith
ers and forward TO the gaping abyss
across our country's pathway. The
platform makes its own appeal to UNI
biased intelligence and for this reason
we may hope to see mighty uprising
and u wonderful protest registered at
the ballot box in 1892.