The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-10-27

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and control of all industries in the
hands of few, and the concentration
of all the resultant wealth in the same
hands.
The great economic causes at work
to bring about this result these two
parties cannot check if they would, and
would not if they could, for it is to their
own private interests SO promote legis-
lation that will bring it about, because
they are the few.
In the first place, the legislation that
promotes this result SO rapidly today,
they-traitorously using their position
as representatives of the people passed.
And are we such idiotic sucklings as
to imagine or hope for moment, that
these traitors to the people will ever
repeal any of these laws? Did any one
ever know peoples representative
recreant to his sacred duty to look after
himself and gather a little honey for
himself from the flower of public trust
i mean in these latter days of legis-
lative ethics Does not our present
representative system always insure,
with mechanical exactiude, and clock
work regularity that wolves be sent
into the sheepfold to represent" and
look after the sheepfools !? And don't
they always look after the sheep, most
diligently?
OF course they do, and always will.
Therefore we must alter the system.
How? By the people taking over to
themselves the whole of the function OF
government, for nothing. to lot OF
farmers called Representatives" who,
for certain time designated, are prac-
tically absolute owners of those func-
tions, and like all funtion farmers-run
those functions in their own interest
and the people retain no right save the
poor, empty one Of designating the set
of farmers that shall farm.
Hypocritical pretense and the neces-
sity of keeping the people bambooz' ed,
designates this perfunctory exercise of
the ballot Government of the people,
by the people and for the people,
But this designation is a gorgeous lie.
The people of the United States, under
present arrangements, no more rule and
govern than do the people of Russia.
Their so.called representatives, do
the ruling and exercise even more
despotic tyranny than the Gar Of
Russia.
To really rule, the people must
abolish the "representatve" system
that commits the absolute conduct of
government to few men for a certain
time, and must reduce their represen-
tatives to the status of delegates over
whom they can exercise the power OF
veto, correction and recall-in short,
hold the keys of their own house, and
make their public servants servants.
To do this they must conquer and
take over all the sources of the country's
wealth; for Wealth is the only ruler in
any country. Poverty never did have
the government in any country, never
will have, and is not fit to have. The
tomfool nonsense current amongst US
about the poor man being the peer of
the rich al the ballot box and in gov
erning the country, is the veriest rot.
The poor man ought not to rule,
because he is not natural man; there
ought to be no poor. They do the
work to them belongs all the wealth
and when they have risen to the dignity
of their manhood they will take over to
themselves all the wealth of the
country.
Then the rich will rule as usual.
But it will be the rule of tt working
rich, and not the idle and thieving
rich.
believe in the property qualifca-
tion for voting. None but workers
ought to vote and none but workers
ought to have property.-F. SoR1M-
SHAW, in The People.
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