The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-03-24
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.
Individuals May Fall hut the People Ar
Marching Steadily Forward

TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.
1ndivlduaIs May Fall hut the People Are
Marching Steadily Forward.
The campaign is over, and some
are inclined to find fault with the NET
results. Take another look, friends,
and be certain you are right before
indulging in such an unpleasant
retrospect. It would be far better
for the cause of reform and much
more satisfactory to those inclined to
complain if an honest, candid COM
parison is made between the present
status of reform and its condition at
any time during the past twenty
years before jumping at conclusions
After all the mistakes, errors of
fact and errors of judgment, inju-
ries Through traitors and tricksters,
receptions of timeservers, and the
odium of boodlers are discounted
the reform movement stands to-day
lar in advance OF any position it has
ever held before. Is there any room
for fault-fnding in this disclosureP
No, indeed; but to the contrary there
are valid reasons to thank God for
present prospects and take fresh
courage for future efforts. Again.
has the time come when discourage
ment is excusable? Has the road
been so long and the journey so
wearisome as to make it just or even
fair to look for the end in the near
distance? All those who consent to
such opinions would do we'll to step
out OF the ranks of reform now and
relieve the movement of that amount
of inertia. The fight has really lust
begun and its conclusion is yet far in
the future.
Much of this dissatisfied feeling
comes through the action of some of
the state legislatures and the chang
ing positions of few trusted leaders.
Such disappointments are natural to
all reforms and are the mile-posts
that mark the onward progress of the
movement. Without them true merit
would never be recognized or the re-
ward which attaches to we'll doing
find its proper recipient
Legislative bodies Will continue to
go apparently wrong as in the past,
trusted leaders will continue to desert
as they have before, cherished hopes
will continue to be crushed as of old;
but amid it all
There is q destiny that shapes our ends,
Rough hew them as we may.
The voice of the people says the
people is for war, says the National
Waterman. They are in no way dis
couraged; their determination to
fight to the bitter end remains un-
shaken, and their faith in the ulti-
mate triumph of Industrial reform is
more firmly rooted and grounded
than ever before. Wherein, there
fore, is found just grounds for dis
couragement Or fault findings? If
some of our enemies or trafficking
leaders imagine the movement is
going to pieces their rude awakening
to the folly of such conclusions will
be followed by an ample opportunity
to reflect upon their mistake The
people know and expect that but few
OF those who are now in the lead will
be found there when the task is COM
pleted. They realize that the raw
material for genuine leadership that
will assert itself at the prop
err time is as yet harden
ing and tempering perhaps
in the rear ranks of the great army
1t may be that the man who is des-
tined to lead this people to victory is
at present like St. Paul before his
conversion. ''breathing out threaten
ings and slaughter against the
movement and is yet to be convinced
of the justice of the cause of reform.
No matter what is concealed in the
future, it is the duty of every ea16est
reformer to make the most of the
present. The times are ripe for an
intelligent and aggressive propa-
ganda, for an earnest and honest
effort to solidify and cement together
the true and faithful, and calm, cam
did consideration of the most effec.
tive methods of preserving the adj.
vantage we now have. Let every re-
former take another look at the stu
alton before giving out any note ct
encouragement.
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fuence to get a bill through for the
purpose of getting at the amount of
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