The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19
EMPIRES SHADO
BY COMPARING THE PREsEN'
Time With the Ancient Il 10 Seen
That Our People DO Not Love
Their Country a. They Did
Forty Years Ago.

nobility and an empire ,Our PEG
pie are living in its shtlow. 1t
all over this land. Thei do not see
it, and shall be ridicQed for sol
saying, nevertheless it iAhere.
Let us take the evidence; Every
millionaire despises the republic and
favors an empire. HARDLY an ex-
ception. They are filling tho senate
and house with millionairespr their
attorneys. Jay Gould remarked -
1--WE shall presently ind ousselveaS
under an empire" Democratic
papers have remarked, .'thatif we
were to have an election
for emperor Clevela nd would
be elected by large ma
jor ity" I heard G. r. Brecken-
ridge, NJ. G. of this state, de-
clare in a public speech, that tire
publican government was only an
experiment, and a doubtful one at
that" Many intelligent men assert
that self-government is a failure
Attorney General Garland says,
''the government is gone.n
The attempt to estab lish nation
al guard was a most decided at
tempt to organize sufdciev mifi-
tary power to be used in overturn-
ing the government. 1t will vet be
done. 1t is part of an organized
plan. 1t has always been done and
used to overthrow the people
There are now $4,000 organized
state militia, but they are yet under
command of the suite governors.
This needs to be ciangedi They
must become national }guards,
drilled, and then tne end comes <
All the great co},oratiors de- \
are anxious for it as they
are hampered by thds shorts e. she
people to escape frdg their clutch
es. Texas, Georgia, Iowa, MIME
sofa and many other States try TO
regulate them, and, keep trying
This is expensive to the railroads
and corporations. With central
lied empire the pc ple could no
longer resist their designs, theT Z
would own the government and mo-
have to be always paying somebody
for the ownership. State lSsN
would be obliterated to a great ex-y
tent, and laws uniform over the
whole country. Fifty legislaturei
would be dispensed with, with grea
saving to the people. This is thei
position and from their standpoi7x
they are correct. And the counti1
is nearly ripe for it.
Our wealthy families are conf
stantly contracting marriages with\
the nobility of Europe. When Mrs,
Cleveland's engagement was AMI
nounced she was in Europe and
some of her noble lady acquaint
ances expressed regrets that k1
affianced would not always be PRES
ident. She always regretted
Visions of empire had undoubted
entered her head, and she Gov
we'll say, "Why not Mr.. Clevelu
as well as any one else9"
The workers and the citizens a
often reminded of the terrible
pense of sustajping republican g
eminent, and contrasting, it
expenses of monarchies. We
show up in a bad light in that
gard. We hear so often from a
sources that the republic is fail
ure. 1t is seldom that we find in
telligent informed men that in pri-
vate do not doubt the success of
the republic. Populists admit that
without speedy and radical change
the government is lost. None will
deny it. 1t can be felt.
We are constantly taught that his,l
tory repeats itself, and every -Yey
public that ever existed has been
destroyed by the rich and an aris-
tocracy erected upon its ruins. The
South is rife for the change The
South has always been men-wor-
shippers. They are so o-day. There
is no love for the United States
government among the ruling PEG
pie. AS rule they despise it, and
would welcome any change that
would destroy it.
There is very little patriotism
left among the people anywhere.
They do not love the government as
they did forty years ago. We are
undoubtedly close to the empire and
manv OF our rulers stand ready to
do their part toward establishing
l..
the loss of hundred lives.
Money rules us. Kansas has re.
volted and to-day is in possession of
the people. Take half DOZEN
states more. They say snnS.PecH
shall not be robbed by theq a,
sharks. Enact laws that
their people in their homes
laws to squeeze the water ol,n
corporations. Enact laws X
control of its lands. None Ali
cannot collect their usury; a
rations have to serve the
for legitimate profits. q
States courts find it In 4
to force collections. The !, th
will claim their property
fiscated. The national guard 10
upon to preserve the K IS
new form of government :
claimed and is to be submit th
the people. Congress says t
essarv for the people to be us q
pursue their usual vocatio; Sc.
soon as proper arrangement ),
made an election will be he fpi
ratification of the new cont r
direct by the people. TIE Iii
comes. The national guard wi .
the people vote right, and &C Y
is empowered to make suchn r
eminent as it sees fit. THEME
the empire, and unless the "a
rise in their might and over
the Democratic and Republicans
ties an empire will be in this -
try in less than thirty years,o
haps in half that time. e
ORGANIZATION COMPIn, y
Veterans Association d. ME- II