Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-17
THE UNEMPLOYED,
Aud Their March to Washington.

Ash uuderhland the DEithhI Nb"H
to 10 n nou.patllsan papor beg that
you will allow me to make few To-
marks upon the above question.
The mastering OF 20 many thousanis
Of the unemployed ana their intention
10 march TO Washington is indicative
of new line Of policy. Petitions from
Che laborng glasses 10 alleviate men
miserable coudition,or 20 DO something
70 create work, are generally disregafu'
ed by those Ia power. therefore lhe}
determined 20 move ana make them.
selves living petition, which Will
carry with It great rusponsiOiiiues.
ttis unjust and arbitrary legislation
which has produced oil this sofroWi
suffering aud misery. / newer eEprclel
10 flnd this under a republican, form Of
governments government which if
supposed 10 bc the government OF the
people. There must b. something rot
ten In our political system.
ftIa said there will be 100000 men
who Will meet TN Washington; 100000
homeless, starving moa. From statistics
that I have gathered from vpfiouf
toufcus 1 find That 100000 OF uncm'
pIoyod might have met them thofc 10
lhty had AZ desifUi. Now, this u q
lamentable condition 0i things. The
blame rests somewhere. 10 uuu0uut'
eddy rests with the government
Iuthia great republic there are con.
hictitg forces and conflicting inter.
ests. rhe East have used their poser
and Influence against the Yves, tspu'
cially on the silver question. AZ one
time the South wa opposed against
tho North. n such "a u0uliiilu Of
Thugs Is going tD prevail, then seo
nothing foT W but tie disruption oi
this grand Republic. Wall street % a
great extent IL fssuonsiblu Tor all thla.
Therefore 1 say; "Mnfch on, you uu.
employed, aud let tue East reaiIze
what they have done 90 the Wctl
Lot the goiibuga Ot Wall street Keep
you'll We can spare you here IN tue
Wet, there IN no work for you here"
There are still hundreds ~ thousands
out West, and our OF employment
Many WIN are comfortably situated Ia
lie have tnourrd al thomi have
dubbed them tramns, vngab0nui,
criminals aud IDLE, worthless chafao'
tem No doubt many OF them are.
What else could you expUoR There
never was an effect without a cause.
What produced all thit2 Ny answer
", selfish aud corrupt legislation on
one side, aud utter Tegarilcsunets on
the other,
But aif, this march 20 Washing,On
ridiculous ne II may appear q some
who term ia craze, Will have some
good effect. We nave seen the begin.
ming OF Il hut mot tuo Uuu
Agaiu, allow mo 10 say that those
who have attempted 10 dispurso them
are doing gfOta Injustice both 10
society aud 10 those poor hAli'slarved
wfetohes, who have not whore 10 lay
their head. For thirty years have
taken deep interest IN my down.
tIodden, oppressed and hali.starvcd
iellow.mau. l have written and iOught
ior them, both In Europe anu Amuri.
ca. Aud why shouli noR { am
one OF them. Like Thomas Paine
would say-'lhu world IL my county
and humanity my fuiigion"--l have
no other. AZ II have said, in both OF
our local papers, ~ well as Ia my com.
munieatiOns " Washington, it 10 tue
duty Of our government Ia times oil
depression like these, To nud WORK tOl
~
connection with municipalities nuI
stale governments.
The French government take
deeper Interest In this question than We
DO. They provide some employment
or other, for they are well aware Of
the fact That a large humber Of idle
people are n danger 10 the community,
besides tho moral aspect connected
with II. Society IL radically wrongly
constituted. We oAnn0t dispute the
fact that the rich are getting richer,
anu the poor poorer Wherever the
wealth OF nation IL accumulated IN
the hands OF few, then the majority
suffer.
do not Wish Il TO beundorstood that
protest against tle accumulation Of
wealth, but certainly protect against
coffupling our legislature Ia the in'
terests Of such combinations, ~ as "
uuduly Increase that wealth Vt tho OK,
pense OF the punlio's good. There Il
no disputiug the question that ouf gov
eminent needs some political purlncl.
ton. In fact all governments need a.
There is too much relfishur8s Ia tho
world. During the civil var ana
after II for some years, tuero were but
few milliOnaifos anu fewer pauIou
Since that time how tnings have been
reversed Hundreds OF millionaire
ana millions OF unemployed.
The great eternal soul Of nature
never intended that a portion Of man.
klDd should tevol In wealth anu lux
uTy, aud the other portion waliOw ~
poverty aud sink 10 the very depths o.
misery and degradation.
AS Robert Burns sayt'
Mans inhumanty 90 man,
haksa countless thousHugs mourn.
We have proof OF this today
proof that there In something wrong N
our political constitution. This uny
movement, this move on Washington
WILL strengthen the Peoples party, au
II Ia 10 be- hoped viii have some gooO
results IN the publication Of our pOiit
cal Institutions.