The advocate., 1892-03-16

people," prints description of the magni-
Hcence of these millionaires, and then goes on
to say:
The granger Congressman toiling indus
triously in behalf of the dear people at his
post in the House, writing innumerable
epistles in questionable Eughsh to multi
tudinous plain living constituents and la
bOriously eating pie with his knife in the
House restaurant or nibbling in the corner
of the cloak room at sanwiches brought in
handkerchief from his boarding house, Is
one thing.
The same statesman rolling luxuriOusly
westward in Pullman car with his wife
aud female descendants, delicately slipping
Pomery SEC from dainty cut glass, inhaling
the odOr of %. cent cigars, and fastldlOusly
selecting from an elaborate menu, the trl-
umphs of Partisan cookery, 10 satisfy hi|
critical palate, is diff rent order OF being.
Brought under the influences of a refining
civilization and the s"cial amenities, sur
rounded by the good things Of life and in
dulgin0 in its creature comforts, the granger
is not bad sort of fellow, and develops
mellowiDg qualities hitherto unsupported.
Nothing remarkable about this except as
it illustrate' the rapidly growing un. Ameri.
can spirit of prince and peasant. The
farmer is the butt of amusement and ridi-
Guile of these tariff fed mOnopOlists and
millionaires who invite him to picnic that
they may be amused by his antics and eDj y
seeing him "mellow, under the influences
of a refining civilization" The granger,
who may or may not eat pie with knife,
is likely to be the superior of the club
princes in all but the species of cunning
that goes to make the successful money
getter. There should be no reason in this
country Of alleged freedom why the granger
shou dn't be surrounded by the creature
comforts of life." as we'll as the other party,
whose wealth depends upon the farmers
toll and thrift. He may not know POmery
Sec from Spanish port, made in California,
but there are few other things he shows
signs of finding out in which the merry
millionaires are profoundly interested.
AS a sort of foil to the foregoing self
adulation of the "sixty privileged Ones,"
the following is from the Congregational
Record of March 3, from granger Con
gresham:
Mr.. SIMPSON, am in favor, Mr.. Chair
man, of the adoption of the amendment OF
the gentleman from Iowa. In listening to
the discussion on the Indian appropriation
bill for the last week. was very much graf.
fled to see the interest that gentlemen took
in the education of the heathen or Indian.
l was very much amused to see how it went
from state to state; how, when the appro-
paiation for the school at Carlisle was under
consideration, the gentleman from Penn
sylvania Mr.. Beltzhoover) responded for
his, as other gentlemen when schOls in
their districts were under consideration, be-
cause that secured some money for circulR.
tion in their particular districts. When
that force rolled along and struck New
Mexico, at once the interest of the delegate
from New Mexico was aroused for the pur
pose of securing education for the Indian.
So when every state or territory for which
appropriations we're touched, the patriotism
Of these gentlemen was aroused at once t.
secure an appropriation to educate the
heather.
1t strikes me, Mr.. Chairman, that we have
heather in our own country, in our own
cities, for whom we should secure ducstiOD
as we'll as the Indians. am entirely in ac.
cord with any appropriation that wi in-
crease the school facilities, or the
facilities of poor children to get an educs-
tion, or that will raise the sta' dard of edu
cation in this country, although, Mr.. Chair
man, am not one of those who believt
that will cure all the evils that society is
afflicted with. am not one of those who
thinks that will guard US against the rise OF
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