The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1893-05-04
CORRESPONDENCE.

CORRESPONDENCE
EDITOR SUM-
An article appeared in the Tribune
April 10Th which is calculated to in
jure large class Of respectable men
and voters in the state. | think the
views of the Editor of the Tribune
will not differ materially from my
own when the subject is given Sec
ond thought. The article referred to
makes the following rather untruth-
full statement. 1.-TWO years ago
Minnesota had peoples party legis-
lature." Now the fact is Minnesota
did not have peoples party legisla-
tS,re two years ago. There were three
parties represented in the Legislature,
and neither party were in a majority,
they were nearly equally devided...
Many thousand years ago Adam
and Eve lived in garden called
Eden; in that garden was tree, the
fruit of which they were forbidden to
eat, but they disobeyed God and ate
of the fruit; and when asked by God
what they had done, if they had eaten
''of of the tree whereof commanded
thee that thou shouldst not eat"
Adams reply was: 1.-THE woman
Thou gavest me to be with me, gave
me the fruit of the tree" Adam had
done wong, and when asked what he
had done, he first blamed God for
giving him such a woman; and then
he blamed the woman for giving him
the fruit; and Eve laid the blame to
the serpent. And this evil propen-
sity in the mind of man has been
transmitted from generation to gene
ration for six thousand years, and
the old parties are not free from this
propensity.
The peoples party in the state leg
islature, two years ago, could accomp-
lish nothing only by afiliation with one
of the old parties. They affiliated
with the democrats, and the republi-
can party lay the blame to the peo-
pies party. If they had affiliated
with the republican party, the demo
Gratis would have done the same, The
peoples party must be blamed for all
the wrong done in the state.
Now the truth is, either the laws of
this state are very corrupt OF the peo-
pie are too corrupt to enforce the laws
and they have became dead letter.
There is great amount of corruption
in the state, as was proven in the
wheat investigation, and as is known
and could have been proven in the
railroad Investigation. The peoples
party is not perfect, (they will be
much nearer perfection when they
adopt some strong temperance prin-
ciples or plank in their plstform) but
they seek for some much needed re-
forms, and they expect the odium of
the old parties. This has been true
of every reform movement since the
fall of Adam, and perhaps will be
until the second coming of Christ.
But there is to be a better govern
ment than we now have; a govern
ment that will be in harmony with a
larger number, not only of this nation
but all the nations of the earth. God
has promised it, and those that fight
against reform are fighting against
God, and in the end will utterly fail.
There is great revolution in motion,
not only in this nation, but in all the
leading nations of the earth. Let us
keep abreast with reform.
I think it will be we'll for us to look
over the pages of history, commenc-
ing with the time of Noah. What be-
came Of the nation or people that for
got God7 Let the food answer.
Again the earth was peopled from a
small beginning, and again they for
got God andan anciehtA patriarch was
chosen as the beginning of q new
nation, which destroyed with the
sword many of the tribes of the
former nations. What became of
this new nation (now called the Jews)
when they forgot God' The punish
ments sent upon them are too numer-
GUS to mention in this article, but
they were at last scattered among the
nations of the earth and are to-day.
Will history repeat itself in this nat
ion2 / think not. If tan righteous
men would have saved the city of
Sodom, I think there are enough
FSghteous men in this nation to save
it from obstruction notwithstanding
our rulers are not all just men who
fear God and make righteous laws.
But the time is coming when we will
have such men to rule over us; God
has said it therefore-it will be. There
has always been those in all nations
and in all ages that have scorned the
idea of needed reform, and have
laughed ct those that have advocated
it, therefore do not expect to escape
derision; yet I am confident that my
position is right and that many
| thinking men will approve of it.
s. B. SMITH.