The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, SATURDAY, MARCH I2, 1892.

crank. Should an honest man become a
caooldate Tor congress, money will he
sent to beat him. All the money in tho
country Is monopolized. Those holding
IL want 10 substitute. They can furnish
aoout one meal in a hundred. and want
1he price of the hundred for the one
Nhety-nlns men stand idle while one
works or does business. One hundred
men want to work, but there are tools for
only one, and ninety-nine remain idle
"hlle one works. One man e is and
hlhety-n'ne starve Yet what the one
does is carefully noted and heraldcd to
The country as evidences of prosneritv
Yet had ninety-nine not been compelled
10 stand idle the prosperity of tile coun-
try would have been ninety nine-fold
But they had no mems to do business M
tools with which to work-mouopo'v
controlled the tools and would not in
crease the supply or lessen the price
There should be one hundred dollars in
circulation to-day where there is one
There should be money enough to put
every idle man and woman to work and
to educate every child. Then our coun-
try would prosper happiness and plenty
would be in every community there
would be no more tramps, no pau
pers, no hunger, NJ nakedness, no pov-
erty and wan, no ignorant or illiterate to
be led astray and humbugged and fooled
by tricky political wire-pullers, then
dirty, lying politicians could not rule the
people. Then two dollars would not DUR
chase vote. Then the people could
make support without selling their
manhood. Strange the people cannot see
that they are trying to work without
tools. All want tools, all want money
Some require millions to carry on their
business. Well, when one man has a
million $500 have not cent. How long
will the people be fooled and humbugged?
All men alike are entitled to tools with
which to work But $500 stand idle
| while one works. Well, now, give one
| man a hundred millions and $50. 900 peo-
pie have not a cent. They are standing
IDLE. Is this right? 1t is true, and why
is it so? Vel, "our party" is always
right, vet the leaders Ct our narty'' are
in the pay and interest of The money
sharks that rue the people by keeping
them in poverty and ignorance. They
can rule the poor and poverty stricken,
but they can't rule thos- who arc well-fed
and possess plenty. Poor people are al
ways religious and superstitious and wor-
ship the golden calf. Anything the
wealthy do or say is law and gospel with
them. They possess no mind or thought
Of their own; they read the columns of
subsidized press and hurrah for 'our
party" and thus bind closer the chains of
their slavery and degradation. Poor fools,
they know no better. Tell them better
and you are political liar or crank
For humanity I've worked all my days,
And find it's out little that iL pays.
The $4,000 people who own all the coin
in the country and dic'ate 10 you the
amount and kind Of money you shall
have, are interested in keeping things
just as they are, for then they can hum
bug, fool and rule you; can make and
control public sentiment, furnish and
control all your thoughts and you can't
see it. They understand covering it up
so that you can't see it.
No man can obtain the presidency un-
less they own him beforehand, and when
one is elected to con ,ress they purchase
him or see that he is in a hopeless minor
ity, not recognized by the speaker or be-
Titled until he willis, and your champion
is a thing of the past. WE'LL in the class
ical language of the great Tweed, "What
are you going to do about it?'' l can tell
you what you will do. You will continue
to vote with sour party" you will con-
tinue to suffer other men to think and
vote for you. I am sorry for you, would
help you if could, but un'il you quit
worshiping the golden calf thel 9 is little
hope; until the people are educated but
little use to 60 to the polls. Ihave not been
there in thirty years; everything is cut