The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-12
KING OR PEOPLE.
THE COMING MONARCHY.
Quoting a Part Only.

Our article, the other day, showing
the tendency in this country to over
throw Republican Institutions and es-
tablish despotism, must have Great
ed sensation. The Minneapolis Tri-
bune feels constrained to refer to it as
follows:
"Mr. Donnelly in his REPRESENTA-
TIVE, reprOduces with considerable
empressment a declaration by the
Des Moines Daily News that schemes
are 'on foot, with headquarters at
Washington, to. turn the Republic in
to monarchy. The News is quoted
as saying:
1t Is not necessary to exaggerate the dan
Woman of social standing, ability and in
fiuence states that the women of Washing
ton desire monarchy, and that large
business interest want the same thing, the
newspaper which learns that the assertion
has been made, owes it to the public to
make the fact known. That is all there is
of it,
"Yes, we guess that is all there is of
it, the expressed desire of some silly
society woman in Washington for a
monarchy. 1t is rather absurd for Mr..
Donnelly to take the matter so seri-
0"oAJ 40 dAO uUOS, NY uONOOlAS OWo OOl-
umns of space to it and asking, in
startling black headlines, "Are We to
Have King?" ''Is Republican Gov
ernment Failure?" If all the foibles
of fashionable feminines were to be
followed up and made the foundation
OF political Trades, the country would
be in continual hot water"
See how adroitly the Tribune does
this. 1t narrows the matter down to
1.-THE expressed desire of some silly So
ciety woman;" but ignores the furth-
er statement, ''that large business inter
ests aodnt the same thing" And then it
omits all references to the citations
we gave, showing that E. L. Godkin,
OF the New York Evening Post, be-
means the rule OF the people through
universal suffrage; and that Prof.
Sumner, of Yale College; the cele-
brated David A. Wells, political econo-
mist; President Tucker, of Dart
mouth College: President Warren, Of
Boston University: President Harper,
Of the University of Chicago; the New
York Tribune; the Boston Herald; the
Rev. Joseph Cook, and many others
agree with him. He omits all refer
ence also to tht war-whoop OF the
Rev. Joseph Cook, the Jupiter Tonans,
of the Pharisees of this age, where he
challenged the masses to civil war and
threatened the destruction Of popular
institutions. -ss
Surely all this is more than the
chatter of "a sally society woman,'''
and there cannot be anything sillie1
or more ridiculous than such a crea-
ture. Her existence constitutes one
great argument against "Woman's
sufrage," since it would reinforce
male compatibility with female. frivol-
ity.
But if any one thinks it is "ab-
surd," as the Tribune says, to state
that there is large and very innuen-
tial element in these United States,
looking to the establishment of a
monarchy, we would say that such an
element has existed in this country
ever since the colonial days. Alex
ander Hamilton was it's representa-
tive; Thomas Jefferson was it's most
conspicuous opponent. When the
Tories were expatriated to Nova
Scotia every one of them was monar-
chist. Even at the time of our civil
war, in the midst of our troubles, this
faction raised it's head so conspicuous
ly that the presidential braham Lin
coln-was constrained to say:-(see
Appendix to Congressional Globe,
Thirty-seventh congress, Second ses-
sion, p. ~
MONARCHY itself is sometimes limited
at as a possible refuge from the power
of the people. In my present position
I could scarcely be justified were 1 to
omit raising G aodrning coice against this
approach Of returning despotisne."
Surely, Mr.. Tribune editor, Presi-
dent Lincoln was not "a silly society
woman" He was one of the wisest
and most far-seeing men ever born in
America.
Was not a newspaper established
after the war, in New York, called
'"The Imperialist'' to advocate the es-
tablishment Of an empire, and did not
Gov. Morton, of New York, advertise
in it? And why all this present furore
about Napoleon Bonaparte? And why
are our papers flooded with pages every
day about baseball and foot ball
matches, and prize-fghts, except to
degrade the American people as the
Caesars degraded the Roman people
with the battles of gladiators-to keep
them from thinking of more serious
matters?
None are so blind as those who will
not see. l. D.
An Awful Record.
Here you have it:
The number of mortgages made and