People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-12-01
PAS BABY BOY.
HE STILL ASKS QUESTIONS THE
OLD MAN CAN'T ANSWER.
Why Do You Vote Against Your In
terests?-Why Do You Uphold Wrong:
Why CANT You Get Your Eyes Open?
Gentle Shepherd, Tell Ne why.

Inc prime object OF the formation
Of our government was to establish
justice, insure domestic tranquility,
and promote the general welfare.
Do you believe that, pa?
No, my son, nor any Of the rest Of
your alliance. Bosh.
That is part of the preamble to the
constitution Of the United States
which VIM. Pitt declared the grandest
written instrument since Magma
Charta.
Oh. mean-Yes, l believe that Of
course, every word of it,
Webster said: mo nation can long
remain free where the tendency of the
laws concentrate the wealth of the
country into a few hands"
The indianapolis Sentinel says: Five
hundred and seventy-nine persons own
more than half of Indianapolis" Su-
perintendent Porter says that $1,000
men own more than half of the whole
United States. Don't that look like
concentration, pa?
Yes, it does, my son.
Isn't the wealth in Europe concen-
trated, pa?
Yes, into mighty few hands, too.
Isn't that where the pauper labor
ers live, that the republicans are so
afraid our workingmen will have to
compete with if we have a low tariff?
Yes, my son.
What makes the people over there
who do all The work paupers?
Oh, you see, the wealth there, as
Webster says, is all in few hands,
and they pay their laborers just
enough to keep soul and body to-
gether.
Why don't these paupers organize,
and bind themselves together and
force the rich to pay better wages, pal
They keep standing army to keeE
down the laborers when they gel
too noisy.
Who pays this standing army, pa?
The laboring people pay everything
II, rs you say, pa, the wealth there
is all IN a few hands, and they pay
only pauper wages, won't the ricl
men do the same way here?
Yes, my son, just as soon as they &c
the rest of the wealth, which under |
high tariff won't be long, they will re
duce wages to the bare living point
Senator Morton was right then
wasn't he, pa, when he said there i
only one thing in this world NOR
cruel than a million dollars. and tina
is two million"
Yes, my SON, the millionaireS a
Mortons statement implies, have tn
instincts OF hyenas. Waldorf Asto
: evicted 10, 900 tenants from his house
last year because they could not pa
the rent, widows, orphans, helplet
youths and lettering age, were sweT
into the streets, by this ghoulish car
5 didate for the lowest, hottest he'll.
I Pa, is a system Of government ell
: tirely blameless that permits such III
E lust conditions to exist? Why don
our legislatures pass laws that wi
e stop this drifting toward slavery, b,
r cause II we are losing our freedom "
e will soon be slaves, according TO Wei
e ster, for the concentration Of wealt
j is going on as fast as steam and ele
: tricity can hurry it Our Legislator
T all legislate in the interests Of the ricl
t They haven't passed law in the i
S terest of labor for twenty-five year
+ Why don't you vote for different s.
of men, pa? You have tried lawye
who have no sympathy with farme
for twenty-five years. Why don't yc
try producer, some one in sympatl
u with you, and who knows your want
d The trouble is, we can't get farm
n or laborer nominated for congress
the lsgislatu--