Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-10
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The Fight of the Future Is Between the
Plutocrats and tho People.

The Fight of the Future Is Between the
Plutocrats and the People.
The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune sends his paper the
following meaty paragraph:
From reports here it is gathered
that Mr.. Cleveland is much concerned
with the dangers which lie ahead of
him. and especially those which point
to sympathetic action between the pop
ulists and the greater number of demo-
Gratis in the next congress from the
south and far west. Mr.. Cleveland has
already discovered from his correspond
ence and conversations that this is the
biggest cloud on the horizon of his
political future, and he has learned an
other thing-that these men stand in
no fear of his iron will or of his lofty
courage. The impression is gaining
ground here that Mr. Cleveland, if he
cannot control, will repudiate this re-
volt, not realizing how deep it reaches
the remote western states, and that he
will endeavor to reorganize parties on
different lines and perhaps create a
new party, made up of the conservative
elements of the two older organiza-
tions"
Whether that be Cleveland's design
or not, it is certain to be the result of
the present agitations. What he calls
his conservative element" which be-
lieves in the good old times and be-
cause certain thing has been done in
a certain way it must inevitably be
| right, has always been the snag in the
middle of the stream and the dead
! weight on the car of progress. When
men get all the money they want they
always belong to this class. The ''re-
tired" merchant, the man who can live
off his rents, the rich landowner who
has tenants working for HMM fact,
all the plutocratic element belongs to
this conservative class" They natur-
ally are content to let things alone.
Matters are coming very well for them.
They can't see how things can be inn
| proved, and are afraid to make a move
lest they lose dollar. AS Junius said
| of Burgoyne, they sit down to enjoy
their ill-gotten wealth, infamous and
contented." They are devotees of the
| ignoble doctrine of 'laissez faire"-or
| the policy of do nothing.
If there were no better men in the
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| heads and plethoric plutocrats there
would be no more progress. Nobody
would try to invent anything. There
would be no attempt to improve condi-
| tions. Things would come to stand
still or simply move forward by the
natural force of gravitation. We should
have a condition of ARRESTED develop
ment," true Chinese civilization, the
immortality of the Struldbrugs
There is plenty of this material in the
two old parties, and Cleveland seems to
be anxious to become their prophet
The sooner he gathers the whole brood
under one wing the better the reform
element will be pleased. There is a
natural affinity between all plutocrats,
and they need not let their sham
party divisions prevent them from
falling lovingly into each others
arms. Let the lean and lank Sherman
proceed to embrace the burly, pot
bellied Brice. Let Platt put his arms
around Harper and Vest hug Cullom as
he explains, with all the logic of his
sub-cellar senate liquor, that there
really is nothing between them. Grover
might cap the climax by begging
pardon of Benjamin Harrison for out
humbugging him in the last race
and assuring him that the time has
come ''for us fat fellows to stand to.
gether." AS for Voorhees,, Jason Brown
and other such camp followers, they, OF
course, as heretofore, will be found fly
ing around on the debatable ground be-
tween the hostile forces, ready to flop
over to whichever promises TO have the
spoils to distribute.
1t is plain that the great battle OF
the future, the Armageddon .6f, our pol
itics, is to be fought between the COM
bined forces of plutocratic conservatism
and the laboring millions who drag at
each remove lengthening chain
shackled to their ankles by special priv
ilege. When they learn their strength
and find out where the trouble is they
will make short work of Gen. Shylocl,
and his craven band of slavish mercena-
observation-disclosures.