The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-28

inspiration of humanity ard do they
spring from an unsullied, patriotic
soil within the breast that should be
filed only with its country's welfare
We can love and revere you as the
chief official Of our land if you will
lend your energies towards leading
congress into the path of legislation
marked out in your words, if you can
influence them into making claws for
their fellow countrymen" and not for
the financial leeches and Shylocks of
two countries. Even now, oh, Pres
ident of Our Country have they for
gotten "the duties of broad disinter-
ested patriotism. They no longer
follow the lines laid down in that
constitution wrought in the interest
of the land loved by our forefathers,
who moulder in the dust of time, that
constitution brought fourth from
brains teeming with love for sovereign
people, from the deepest intellect of
those humanity-loving heroes whose
memory springs green through the
hallowed years In those times there
did not exist plutocracy to sway the
course of countrys deliberations.
Intellectual power alone elevated men
to greatness, and, untrammeled, they
made laws with no other guiding star
than the veal of the stars and stripes
and the people over whom they waved.
Then it was that the constitution de-
clared for bimetallism. That was
wisdom, that was broad and disinter-
ested patriotism The legislators of
the land have departed from that prin-
ciple, and are now legislating Sin
passion and prejudice and selfish in
terests" and in behalf of plutocrats
and TO the enslaving of the people
through poverty. Those are high
sounding words of the presidents, but
they are hypocritical words. They
are a farce on the high sentiments
they pretend to convey. His acts
contradict every principle to which
he has given expression. He con-
veys, as was sought by the inaugural
of our government, that no influence
from any source should be brought
upon congress. 1t should be the I'M
trammeled machine to perpetuate the
heaven inspired will of a free people,
and any interference with or manipu.
lation of that body is dangerous and
reasonable to the foundation of our
government. When Mr.. Cleveland
wrote that he chad session of con.
gress on his hands, when he said
that congress was ''obstinate" in
passing the repeal bill, when he con
graduated chairman Wilson, of the
ways and means committee, on its
passage in the House, he proved thai
not the principle of allowing vent tc
the voice of the people, but that o.
the autocratic, monarchial sway Of
one man power holds sway witt
him. The holding back of patron
! age to influence votes against silve
can scarcely be considered in the inter
} est of broad disinterested patriots
; legislation, Speaking of sectiona
and selfish interests, we suppose tn
president is not one of those who ha
been raising the insane howl abou
1 the silver miner who wanted pric
5 legislated on the products of his mine
q which same howl seems to have beel
raised as a decoy behind which t
push through plutocratic legislation
Nothing selfish about the latter, o
course; selfshness only comes in whe
y millions of impoverished people hav
. the gall to ask for relief from oppres
sion