The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-01-18
will the Day Gomez

Under this capGlon GOV. reIG, Oh Gno
Atchison ObGmpiin, writes the follow
ing stirring sentences:
Victor Hugo wrote that he believed the
time would come whom the world would be-
hold "the end Of prostitution for women;
the end of starvation for man; the end Of
night for the child, the age Of brotherhood,
concord and dawn"
But how slow is its approach. Civiliza-
tion is at it's highest point in the history of
all the earth. Christianity unfOldS it's
banner in nearly every land and isle Of the
sea. Wealth has multiplied TO such marvel
GUS sums that finite mind cannot compute
it. Rich Cathedrals and handsome churches
raise their lofty spires to kiss the clouds,
butgrim want and hunger dsrken the door
way Of myriad homes and despair hauntS
che eyes and chills the hearts Of thousands.
Less than fifty men and women in the
Olty Of New York are worth 81 200, 100000.
Think Of il; carloads OF gold. Yet in that
city 100000 people we're turned into the
streets because they could not pay their
rents in 1892. More eviOted tenants in one
district in New York than in all Ireland.
The rich man is growing very rich. The
poor man very poor.
Hushl Don't touch upon these topics.
To speak Of these things is TO be an sgitatOr;
to lose caste, to be looked upon as dis
tuRber of the existing order of things; to 60
counter to established platforms.
Three years ago in that great city Of New
York 20 per cent. Of all those who died
we're inmates Of hospitals, insane ssylums
or work houses, and nearly one-t tenth OF all
who perished in that city were buried in the
potter's field. Abillion dollars in the hands
Of fifty citizens, and thousands perishing
from hunger; thousands of innooent girls
driven by sheer desperation TO lives Of
shame; mothers dying fathers out Of work;
children starving and harvest for pobter's
Geld! But the $1,OOO,OOO0O0 keeps right
on increasing. Death may come; the smiles
Of childhood may fade away; the hearts Of
thousands Of human beings may break, but
greed survives and fattens and interest goes
ON forever.
viii the day ever conner Will humanity
ever sec the dawn portrayed by Victor
HugoH
Not 90 long as dollars are worth more
than men and women and children. Not
.,Asln ,v,aa5 ov,d nvavsna nud 1ol1 p,,Ia Aha
land. "What is man, that thou art mind
full Of him" He is only an atom. A few
days more and you osn "rsttle his bones
over the stones" say formal prayer, even
Shed tear, If you are not in too much Of a
hurry, and return to your triune god Of
greed, avariCe and gold.
What trinity. It covers all the sins Of
the world. Il builds work houses. aeylums,
hospitals, prisons and p0tter's fields,
and fills them all. Will the day ever
dawnp Il is terrible question. It must
be met, too. Do not try TO evade it. Who
knoweth the wayS
When Governor Lewelling yesterday
spoke feelingly of dream he enter
tanned that there shall come time
when poverty would be unknown, when
men would universally love and respect
each other, and when the wealth Of the
world would be more equally divided,
there were those who sneered as at the
utterances of an anarchist. Yet Cover
nor Lewelling's most fervid statements
were not comparable in vigor Of style or
appalling array Of trightful facts with
this indictment made by Governor Felt.
The Popullst has been outdone in ca
lamity howl by q republican, and the
honor Of it is, that it is every word Gods
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