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The advocate., 1894-08-29
Latter-Day C@saFism.

Nothing is more noteworthy than the
painful sbeysnce Of real representative
government in the United States in
these latter days. The people are nomi-
nRlly charged with the power to rule
themselves, but in reality have but lit
tie say in the matter. No clAp.trsp
Rphorism has become more stersotyped
or is received with more invariSble Rp-
plause, when quoted by some budding
orator, than the statement that the gov
ernment Of the people should be by the
people and for the people. And yet, in
some respects. an Oriental despotism
more nearly represents the people than
does the government Of the day. Solo
mons rule was but thinly-veilsd des.
potiSm, yet, in its day, had in it more Of
the real mind Of the Jewish people than
our present reg6ms.
It was harsh, it is true, tyrAnnicAl, it
is true, q heavy yoke indeed, but at
least 1t was the rule OF a great man, and
every patriotic Jew recognized in it an
impersonRtion, a glorification Of the ma
tion at large. And later writer's refer to
it with the lingering longing with which
q writer of Charles lis time might have
alluded to the days Of good Queen Bsss.
But what is to be said Of our present
systemH
It is sheer misuse Of language to style
il representative. A caucus OF caucus,
the plsything Of the professional poll
ilclan. ring within ring, it represents
The advocate., 1894-08-29
Who Made the Tramps ?

The following hot resolutions were
passed by the American Economic Re-
form society Of Washington, D. G., at q
recent meeting, in protest against the
arrest Of q man who has been associated
with Coxey's commonwsRL They were
written by an ex.editor Of the North
American Review, Gordon Clark, who is
the author, also, of "ShYlock," which is
said to be the most terrific attack ever
made on the money corruptionists. No
Washington paper dared to publish the
resolutions:
Charles 7, Mckee, a member of the
American Economic Reform society Of
Washington having been arrested and i'm
priSonsd by the authorities Of Maryla nd
for adopting the examples and teachings Of
Jesus Christ, who oonsOrted with the poor
and lowly to help and comfort them, il is
hereby
Resolved, That we hasten to express our
respect for this modern disciple Of the
Savior Of Men, and TO show our Abhorrence
for those Soribes, phsrisees and hVpocrites,
who, in the name Of law, are now cruelty
ing humanity, and are leading our country
into anarchy and chaos.
Under the influences of a generally subsi-
died press, whose mendaoious outgivinRS
have for twenty years been controlled by
the Anglo American gold trust, the people
Of the United States who imagine them
selves Intelligent" because they can read
printed falsehoods, have been rendered as
ignorant Of the causes and effects of oondi-
tions around them as if they were Coolies
in China.
Not all the ills affloting our day pro-
ceed entirely from any one source. But
everybody knows that when q requisite of
human life is scarce it is dear. One thing,
money, represents and exchanges all the
requisites of human life. When money,
therefore, is scarce, everything else must be
sacrificed, at any price, to get it. This is
the chief cause, and almost the only imme-
diate cause, of our hard times, prostrated
industry, idleness, poverty and crime.
For these dispensatiOns of the devil,
three men in this country are officially re-
spOnsible. In 1865, though at the end Of
costly war, the North was prosperous, the
people all had homes, food and clothing,
and, as Hugh McCulloOh, then secretary Of
the treasury, said: They were ''individ-
ually out Of debit" But this man Hugh
McCulIOOh, as the tool Of Wall street and
OF European holders of American bonds,
proceeded forthwith 10 contract the nations
currency, and in few years 10 ives reduced
The advocate., 1894-08-29

more than half. Then came 2 million
tramps. Hugh MoCulloch made them. In
1873 the owners Of silver had the legal right
Of presenting il at the mints for unlimited
coinage. Fearing that silver money would
take the place Of the paper money de-
stEoyed by Hugh MoCulloch, the snar
chistS Of contraction procured the demone
tization of silver. This job was done
for them by John Sherman. II was done
By fraud-s fraud which has been re-
peRtedly proclaimed and explained in both
houses Of congress and which Senator
Stewart has proved under Shermsn's nose.
The people rebelled against "the crime of
1873" and laws were enacted partly restor-
ing silver money. In 1898 Grover Cleve-
land became president. He has been
merely an appendsge to McCulloch and
Sherman. Their vampire "gold- bugs"
using him again as their club, prsCipjtated
our last 'panic, TO frighten the people into
being further robbed. Hugh McCulloch is
now merely a hideOus memory. But John
Sherman and Grover Cleveland have manu-.
fsctured the tramps of 1894.
Charles T. Mckee, q native born Ameri-
can Of superior intelligence and symps-
thetic nature, natural philsnthropist, has
broad comprehension Of what Senator
Voorhees, and Secretary Carlisle used to
call this terrible and fatal Conspiracy" A
year ago Mr.. Mckee started out as an Geo.
nomio missionary, selling and giving away
litersture to antidOte the poison of the cor
rupted newspapers, meeting the people in
their distress, sharing his small gains with
them, and otherwise serving his Lord and
Master, whom the Shermans and Cleve-
lands Of old sent to the cross. In this way
he came in contact with the men of the
"Commonwesl," and for feeding the hungry
and clothing the naked he has gone TO the
penitenbisry; be it
Resolved, That We, at least, the members
of the American Economic Reform society,
have infinitely more respect for Charles T.
Mckee, in jail, than for the governor of
Maryland, or for president of the nation
who has oonsummated the impoverishment
Of the masses, and has virtually turned the
United States Of America into re conquered
colonies Of England, their whole property
and prosperity being now m measured against
British gold.
Resolved, That we will do everything in
our power TO aid all victims Of illegal and
unconstitutional arrest in this so-callsd
Stree country" and that we pledge our
selves anew to enlighten the people, and
thus to save our republic from despots and
anarchists.
The advocate., 1894-08-29
Another Story Spoiled.

AnONAOA DNVAS ~RNAS
The following letter from Congress-
man Baker knocks another Of the late
republican sensations in the head. The
fertility Of invention thus far displayed
in the campaign will enable the man
ayers to soon supply another, however,
to take it's place:
House OF REPRESENTATIVES, U. 8.
WAsH1UGToN, D. c., August 70, 1894.
". H. BiddLe, Topeka, KGs.:
DEAR S1R--Your favor Of August IA to
hand. I see from your letter that the dis
patches have deceived you in regard 70 the
irrigation bill which was passed and has be-
come law.
The bill you speak Of was a senate bill
that was added to an appropriation bill in
conference. Il gave TO certain states and
territories (which had desert land yet be-
longing TO the government that lHnd- when
they had expended So per acre in irrigation;
the government holding title until the re-
uuired amount is expended, and then the
land 80 irrigated is patented TO the state or
territory. It only carried an appropriation
Of $1,000 TO carry out the provision Of the
bill. We got an appropriation some time
ago for q survey TO be made in the arid and
semi-srid regions of Kansas, and some
other states and territories, with a view to
establish the practioability of irrigation in
those regions.
For months past the representatives from
the Western states and territories have been
trying to get the subject Of irrigation be-
fore congress. Mr.. Sweet of Idaho, Mr..
Coffeen Of Wyoming, and myself, were
appointed as a committee TO wait upon the
speaker and try TO get three days set apart
for the discussion Of the subject; but we
were unable TO get the time. A number Of
bills we're introduced on that subject, but
We could not get them considered. On the
Srd Of August introduced bill, Of which
send you a copy, which l had hoped TO
either get considered or attached to some
appropriation bill. We could not get time
for it's consideration, and under the rules ID
was subject to point of order on account Of
the large appropriation il contained.
think our Kansas delegation have done
everything that could be done in that way.
scarcely need to say to you that plutoCraOy
is in the saddle, and that ib is almost inn
possible TO get any bill considered in the
interest Of the people.
thank you for your monthly report. /
am glad TO know that the finances Of Kan
sas are in such healthy state. Yours very
truly, WILLIAM BAKER.
The advocate., 1894-08-29

70 u EIous NuOG0 0ubD bAABp 1O OA0 Cn4
venture to claim the time-honored OK
Cuse which has done duty for every
tyranny, the world has even Seen that it
is an enlightened sbsOlutism." Not
even the hardest partisan, not even the
most mendscious Chroniclsr, could claim
for our Tweeds and Orokers, our soma
torisl speCulstors and other rogues in
high places that theirs ia an "snlight-
sned" dsspOtism. 1t is the reign Of
mediocrity pure and simple, and Of
mediocrlty moreover with the element Of
conscience left out.
Think Of i'll Il is not the rule Of q
Solomon or q Caesar, Of q Cromwell or
Napoleon. It is not the rule OF son o
orator whose silvery eloquence enChsins
the multitude and plucks reluctant
assent even from his very foes: Some
eminent writer whose works command
the attention Of millions: Some keen
thinker, whose ighest thought swsys
the world. It is the rule Of some under
bred rufian, the offsCouring Of the sa-
looms, who has been reared on whisky
and foul Language, who has not even the
mcst elemental knowledge Of the htera-
ture Of his own or other countries, and
to whom such abstract thoughts as pa
triotism, justice, purity in public life,
are unknown quantities, occult mys-
teries still unreVsaled.
It is to the hands Of men like these;
to the tspster politicians, these vsnRl
huckgters, to the men who share the
earnings Of the prostitute and do not
diSdain q bribe from q gambling hell,
that the destinies of we'll nigh 10 mil.
lions Of people are Oommittedl
Our country has comparatively short
history, but it has been q glorious one.
And yet we submit to the dictstion Of
some semi. educated boor whose sole
thought 10 Of SELF It is broadly stated
that no less than three of the practical
dictstors Of the Empire City have their
hands stained with blood, and, in
healthier times, would have suffered on
the gRllows. Such is latter-dsy Caesar
ism-the rule Of the rufiRn and the
bully, Of the big.little man, Of the poll
ticsl vampire.
Il is time that the reign of King
Croker and his motley crew should cease
once and forever. Let Q new reign be
inaugurated in New York city and the
country at large. Let the public harpy
and the political schemsr be ralegatsd,
il not to Sing Sing, at any rate to pri-
VRts life He will, even in his we'll
deserved obsCuritY, find ample field for
speculation, and We may be sure that,
IL he becomes a saloon-kesper (tOr which
his talents eminently qualify him) he
will sdulterate his beer, and il he be-
comes grocer, he Will mix iron filings
with his tea. But at any rate, the coun-
try will be rid Of him, and his opportu-
mites for mischief will at least be per-
Osptibly reduced.
But word OF caution is undoubt-
edly necessary. The country is incur
ably Blck Of political "bossism" and the
reign Of the tapster politician. Many
forces are being brought to bear, moral,
religious and journalistic, to secure the
downfall Of the present clique. In any
l..
The advocate., 1894-08-29

For good Peoples party argument get
Weaver's "Quadrangular Debate" See
our premium list,
The advocate., 1894-08-29

Advocate" List of Premiums, Books and
Periodicals.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19

The readers of THE SENTINEL never had
an opportunity to get first-class watches
at any such prices as the above, and after
this stock is sold they will probably not
soon have such chance sgain.
This offer is open only to subscribers Ia
THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL.
One of these watches will make hand.
some birthday or Christmas present foI
your wife, your sister, your daughter, OF
your sweetheart; for your husband, youI
father, your brother or your son.
In order to avoid confusion and mistakes
the watches should be ordered only by
their numbers. Thus it is only necessary
to say: send watch No. Tor whatever
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dress" Write the name, town, county and
state very plainly.
The cash must accompany every order
We should prefer to have our subscrib-
ers use the following coupon, which can
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19

If we had fewer jurors in Kentucky
with scrup.es against the death penalty
there would be fewer desperate murder
ers to plot outbreaks ia the Kentucky
penitentiary A Kentuckian seems never
so concerned about human life as when
he gets on a jury.-Loulsville Courier
Journal
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19

Parent-"Who is the LATEST boy i'm
your class johnny" JOHNNY dunno"
II should think you would know. When
all the others are industriOusly writing
or studying their lessons. who is he who
sits idly in his seat and watches the rest,
instead Of working himself?" THE
teacher. Texas Siftings.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19
Overmuch Theology.

We get our heads so brimfll of theolog-
zeal wisdom that we have to stand very
straight lest they spill over. Now. what
do the great masses of the people care
about the technicalities of religiOn2 What
do they care about the hypostatic union
or the difference between sublapsarian
and supraIapsarian2 What do they care
for your profound explanations, clear as
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19
ABOUT FRIVOLOUS EXCUSES
DIR. TALNAGE SPEAKS OF THE
MEN WHO REJECT RELIGION.

lie Likens Them 10 the Men I'm the
Parable Who Were Compelled tn
Attend the Feast-A Plea for ReIig-
ious simplicity and sincerity.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19
HAYFtVERI ASTHRAI CITARaH! VRONCYlTlSI

Relieved in five minutes by the SCOTCH
THISTLE TUNERS. Price $1.O0 per box.
world. Address JAMES F. MORRISON, st.
Clairsville. Belmont Co.. Ohio. u. s. A.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19

No. 20. Size No. lS-Monarch case
with wide Vermicelli border and engraved
center, Waltham movement. seven jewels,
500, This is thefnest watch we offer and
Is well worth $40, according to the prices
charged in jewelry stores. The cases are
warranted for twentY-one years.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19
Christ Bears Our Burdens.

The fact was. he had just taken that
mans place. and assumed his poverty,
and borne his burden, and played his
music. and earned his livelihood, and
made sacrifice for the poor old man. SO
the Lord Jesus. Christ comes down. and
He finds US in our spiritual penury, and
across the broken strings Of His own
broken heart he strikes strain of in
finite music, which wins the attention of
earth and heaven. He takes our poverty.
He plays our music. He weeps our sor-
row. He dies our death. A sacrifice for
you. A sacrifice for me.
Oh. will you accept this sacrifice now?
/ do not single out this and that man
and this and hat woman But / say all
may come That sacrifice is so great, all
may be saved. Does 1t not seem to you
as If heaven was very near? / can feel
its breath on my cheek God Is near
Christ Is near. The Holy Spirit Is near
Ministering angels are near, your glorified
kindred In heaven near. your Christian
father near, your glorlfied mother near,
your departed children near. Your re-
demption Is near
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-19

No. rs. Size No. Waltham or
Elgin movement, seven jewels, (engine-
would cost from S2S 10 $50 at iewelry
stores.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-09
paoHlsrrloN N FORCE.
sossh Casol;ns Dry Nov. According 10 The
sts1e Supreme Court.

Sto3e Supfsme COofts
COLUMBIA s. C.. May l-The State
Supreme Court has just decided that pro-
hIbltion Ia In force in this State The
decision came about on two cases from
Florence, one an injunction asking that
the City Council Of Florence be restrained
from issuing iicerses for the sale o. wills
key, and the other a habe&s corpus pro-
cee6ing for the release OF J. Ellis Brunson.
who had been arrested IN the same city
for selling vhiskey. and who was alleged
TO be In custody. The object Of the pro-
Greetings was 70 determine what was the
status OF Affairs N this State and 10
knock out the eIspensary Lave OF IsS.
The Court, in us decision. does not touch
the tispenyary Law Of 100. but decides
that under the Law az II now stands there
IS no authority invested With power TO
grant licenses for the sale Of spirituous
liquors within the State, and hence the
action Of The City Council Of Florence
IN granting licenses would be void. The
Injunction asked for f.. therefore. granted
IN the habeas corpus case the Court or
ders that Brunson b. proceeded against
for violation OF the Law.
The saloons have no; yet closed here
and u f. not known what course they
will adopt. One Of the leaders says tina;
prosecutions will he entered against all
viOatCrs.
Governor TilInan was asked to-day what
ne intended to DO about trying To en-
force the prohibition law. T. said he
would lend his moral support 10 IL, and
do all he could 10 enforce IL, but that
he did not have any machinery to en-
force it with. He also said that he was
glad the uncertainty about the affair had
been settled.
The Prohibitlonizts say they will prose
cute violations OF the Law, and /, f. sup
posed that the city and county will do
likewise.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-09
Union Theological Seminary.

~. .ee from an editorial In the Central
p,s.sbvter,an OF this week that PROPOSE
Az, has been made 20 remove the Union
Theological Seminary from It's present 10
cation AT Hampdcn-Sidney 10 Richmond
ar some other city. The success OF the
movement will depend mainly upon In
a,csmen,a that may be offered, such as
suitable grounds. &c.
This seminary In the principal school OF
the southern Presbyterian Church for
educating young men for the ministry.
II HIS endowed funds OF over $4,000.
and ample buildings and handsome
grounds where II Is. of course. the loss
OF the buildings would be serious mat
ter in case OF removal.
A committee has been appointed by the
Board OF Trustees to visit Richmond and
sorne other cities to ascertain what can be
done.
The seminary has fun corps OF pro-
fessors tfive), and last sesyion had seven
tysfour students.
The Presbyterians OF Richmond and VI
Unity should give this subject Immediate
attention. and we feel sure that II they
determine to make an effort TO secure the
seminary for Richmond their brethren Of
other denominations win give them active
and enectuaI help. This Ii something In
which we are all interested. inaxmuch az
II refers not only TO the education Of
Young men for the ministry. but would b.
valuable sdiition 70 Richmond IN
business point u View. shouid the semi
aers ~ located herr. Now let N Pres
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-09
That Bow Jim,
Drank l.. Stanton IN Atlanta Constltu
toni

Drank l.. Stanton IN Atlanta Constitu
toni
He was the "devil'-;hat boy Jim;
Couldn't do anything good with him:
Rough and ragged. for mischief ripe.
Running errands. distributing type;
Pelting the neighbors on their heads
With braDd-new furniture" "siuzs.' am
leads
From early morning To evening dim:
ne was the "deyii'-that BOZ Jim.
Editor whaIed hin-all no good.
Head as hard as d stick Of wood:
Just burst out in a loud "Hooray"
And went right on In his dOn't-care way
But once-when the train was passing BY
And the editors child on the track-O. my
Jim-he rushed with his same don't-care
Right in front OF the engine there!
Child was saved. but where was jim?
With flaming lanterns they looked fol
him,
While the people trembled and held theil
breath
"Irnde- the engine. crushed TO deathv'
There, I'm the dust and CRIME he lay
Jim, . h had given his life away
Not much need 81 their tears for him:
Gle was An angel-that boy Jim"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-09
BURGLAR BROUGHT DOWN.
Two Atlanta Boys Fire ON Him and Wound
Him seriously.

POUGHKEEPSIE. y. Y. May s-A
burglar broke into the Riverside Military
Academy here at 3 O'Clock this morning
students. stealing watches and everything
else Of value they could find. Two
cadets-HGsh Bullock. - years old, and
Harold Il. Lewis. aged i9-sOns Of promi-
nsnt citizens Of Atlanta. Ca. were aroUse1
by the in,ruGer's noise and hid In tbs
hall with loaded reyolyers while the bur-
glar was on an upper floor. When be
came down stairs the boys fired -four
shots a. him. two OF which entered his
body. The burglar escaped from the build
ing. but was afterwards arrested. He
lies IN q critical condition. The cadets
who shot him have not been arrested.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-09

Cho1BDon El1ysso nee0OOoD6o . R1nn
whseh Nag Cn1as ~ Passy.
chairman ElIyson, vho mas been u
Nssfoik. endeavorins 10 bal the exissins
disseasaous In the Demoerafic party. pub
fishes an address. in which he makes
the following sues<sssons and recofnmen-
dsttcns:
In view of the dfssenstonx existing In
the Democratic party In Norfolk. have
felt IL my duty. a. chairman Of the State
Committee. to visit this city with . view
Of ascertaining what could be done 10
restore harmony In our party ranks. ]
have conferred with number Of your
leading citizens. and I have been much
gratifed TO hear On every hard express
sfoise Of earnest desire for the settlement
Of the differences that now exist
The differences In our party ranks are
not irreconcilable, and ! am encourages
TO believe that common ground may De
easily found on which all earnest Dsmo-
Gratis can consc.enuoosiy stand This
conclusion Is the result OF patient in
curry. and 10 reached after careful
review Of the whole situation
/ therefore take the liberty Of request
ing the following gentlemen to undertake
this work I am satisfed they can sue
cessfuIly accomplish IL: Charles G. Elbou'
Walter II. Taylor. w r. Mayo. Dr. Aies-
TunstaH. Henry Jones. Fred +. Bryan.
James w. Gilrner. u. p. Loyal. w. Lane
Kelly, u. Mccormick. Caldwell Hardy.
J.. W. Hunter. Or. A. c. Palmer, George
Chamberlain, J. G.. Womble. r. X. PITT.
w. r. Allen. George ". Johnston. JACOB
Hecht. Frederick o. Smith. George {.
Reid. W. W. Vicar. ]. J. Dudley, J. W.
Crews. o. r. Baker. J. ID. Couper. IT,
Judge r. ~ Whitehurst. j. r. 1arniEan'
Alexander Redd. DR.. W. p. Tsbanlt.
Laurence Kelly. Charles X walker
Ernest Hudgins, Thomas J. Nottin gham.
TiIton Conkiin. Walter II Doyle, Henry
v. n. Smith. and X. r. Waller
These gentlemen have been chosen. for
the most part. from those not heretofore
actively engaged in political manage
nent. and their standing In the commu-
nifty Is such. and their fairness. loyalty
and patriotism are 80 generally Tecos-
nized TO give the guarantee that any
conclusion reached by them may be safely
accepted BY all good citizens.