The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-03-17

Is. y. Flower writes under the above
head, a stirring editorial in the M;ir,h
Arena. He says:
in the midst of poverty, which is the hertz
age OF 50 many whit slaves III country and
city life to-day, VIC IRE confronted toy the
question VIII the morrow witness new
order Of things? Will conditions be so chang
cd that uniuvitei want will be reduced to OK
ceptional cases, if it docs not entirely iii s.
appear. aud will social aspects be so changed
that it will BIZ easier tor men to do right than
to sin? in other words will cond lions tend
to develop and bring out all that Ia nublest,
pures:, and most divine in mans nnture2 l
believe s"ch changes not only possible but
inevitable, il those whose hearts have been
touched by the higher aitrui.tic thought
of the hour do their duty. There are
to day, as never before. muititudinous forces
at work. leayuei with Justice and withdrawn.
Some are silent and their influence il unsus-
pected; while above and beyond all Is the i,u
palpable but persistent ideal OF human
brotherhood, which has taken possession of
he hearts and brains of millions of thinking
men, women and children.
And yet we miis. not allow ourselves to be
eccyed by expectations of an easy triumph
Forces which in Themselves hold invincibe
potency may be held in check, il not defeated
by a souliess plutocracy intrenched behind
class laws, such as piutOcracy. Tor exanple.as
| is found in tue giant trusts and mouopolies
of our day. Now the fact is beginning to
| dawn Oh thoughtful people that we Ameri-
cans. who have fallen into the foolish habit
| Of parro Ting trte phrases about sclf-govern-
| meut, are in reality far less our own masters
than is popularity supposed. The ruth Can.
M ha ief "a n lin
many interests, but having a columon cause
| to defend, shapes when 1t does not instigate Il
| large proportion of our present-day Iegis-
| lai iOr. livery much doubt whether the menu
leis OF congress or In. Representative s in
various stale legislatures dream how per-
fectiy the SOW &C hard OF Orguu:Lcd capital
| guides the helu, of stale; how important
measures are de fen ted, dar gerous bills are
enacted. amid the alternate enthusiasm and
| apathy OF the public. That the press is also
being silently and. III man, cases unwittingly
| swayed and Influenced, is undoubtedly true.
The following story related OF the famous
| chess I!ayiDg autcmaton of PARIS, long An
unso)ved mystery in the French capital, is
suggestive. The emperor, hearing much VI
tho ingen NOUS piece of mechanism, deter
mined to inspect it. and If possible unravel
the enigma. The automaton played marvel
| oAbiy well tue emperor OeSlSueuIy
made q false move. when wirh a sweep of its
arm il cleared the bosrd. while the emperor.
sprinying to his feet. exclaimed. '' There is a
man behind the autOmaton!' So IL our Iec-
| pie had boast ed less and observed more dur
ing the past three decades. they would have!
beheld behiud the vic,s.us class Legislation,
| which has foster ed plu tocracy and virtually
placed the reins of the government in the
hands of organized capital, selfish, graspIux.
| directing braiu rehiiid the apparently inno-
cent bills which each year pressed the various
legislatures. or became organic law ny virtue
OF the actions of congress. Furthermore we
must not lUse sight of the fact that W. ell the
| despotism of accumulated wealth becunes
| fully aruustd to the dangers whi6 b confront
1t, all the energies which belong to the in
stincts OF self-prI ser vatipn will be put forth
to maintain the unjust and inequitable con-
ditions tbi ough which the few-reap the har-
vests of the many.
He shows that the people must be
awakened to the danger winch threat
ems; then, even though the Informative
measures proposed may not come up
to the ideals IF all, work together to
have them enacted into law.
| iuat miihohs OF people arc becoming
aroused. 10 admitted by all Thoughtful per-
sons. That the discomfort of the present has
reached such u stage that no palliative meas,
ufes vill satisfy the people. I believe to be
the case. And this belief In an awakening
of the masses. as Z result of independent io-
vsstisatiou and thoughtful study. is one of
| the reasons on vhicS bsse my belief in the
oavniaG day. Another reason is found in
the feet that scores OF the best thinkers Of
our time have ente red the Arena for the in
dustrial miliions. IMMINENT essayists, clergy
men, novelists and poets are sounding the
buGie for the toiiing multitude.
Never before have SD many thought
full people realized how closely the
lives and interests of all are inter-
| woven, and that the mass must be