The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-04-21
Watchman. IIo.

| Dear lnteltigencer.
Since writing you, my pilgrimage
has continued in the Cherokee Strip.
which is fast filling with cosmopoli-
tan people.
rheumatism, Ia grippe and nervous
prostra'ion have made the pilgrim like
the ancient mariner, sslong and lank
and lean. still hn is alive in iisiic lam
guage, although badly dlsiigured, he is
still in the ring.
Being crippled, his travels from place
to place have nearly ceased Like GER
tain species of bear, he has been housed
during the winter, this has lessOned his
range of vision, so that his ideas are
largely due to reflection and to news
paper statements.
Knowing that a faithful editor is as
watchman on the tower we come to
you and cry, WatchHan, Ho, Tell us
of the night, what its sights of promise
are. We see from different periodi-
cats, that what seems TO us strange
ideas are dominant in Washington. OF
course one would not speak evil of dig
nitories, but would approach them with
respect. We are not forbidden to de-
precate and oppose all powers in op-
preston and wrong doing.
In the younger years of this pill
grimes life, he was very prone to GEN.
ture all who saw not as he saw. Then
he failed from ignorance to know,
there were fields of knowledge he had
not seen, and heights of wisdom he
had never climbed.
Age teaches many things and exper-
ience helps the dullest pupil. But Mr.
Watchman, what does our wondrous
political chiefta:n at Washington in
tend. Not many months ago, the
masses of the people thought he was
their truest friend, but now it seems on
him, Wall street and Lombard do de.
pend. Government finance Is left to
able men. But why silver, the cur.
rency which Abraham gave in curren,
money of the merchant for a burying
place for Sarah, should be continued
and discredited by our citizents, and
kept boarded in The treasury vaults il
this period of depression, while thous.
ands of men, women and children
whose lives and whose happiness is a
precious in Gods sight as is his, ar,
suffering because of n money scarcity
is problem solvable by us only on the
hypOtheses, that Mammon the God OF
Greed has captured the powers that be
Tis sad thing to believe that ou
government which was founded as
government for the people, has 81
acted for many years, that it can b.
denominated vast republic dominate,
and controlled by Mammon worship
ing plutoeracy. No greater curse thar
Mammon worship ever befell an indi
vidual or a nation. The anathemas o
almighty God who holds the lightning
in his grasp will sooner or later fall il
fearful force upon such devotees.
Money is needful and a blessing
Money loving is curse and blight
which dries up the noble qualities O
the soul until nothing but Shylock'
bust is left. A being dominated by sue
spirit, is unfit for public trust.
MIR. Watchman, have we Mammo
} worshipers at the helm? If we have i
it not getting time for the people tc
take them away, and put true men a
the fore? Let not the laboring ma
believe that Wall street, Lombar
street now vast corporations will eve
guide government to make the poo
richer. Such Il hope would be bu
dead seafruit.
The party which put Grover Cleve
land ut the helm, was democratic. Dem
ocracy primary signifies, People rule
, 1t has ITS Origion in two Greek word
one meaning 'sPeople' the other mean
: ing s'tO rule The mass of the part
voted for Cleveland, because they be
lieved he could help free the countr
from the plutocratic ideas which wer
dominating. VIII Cleveland deceiv
4 us?
One great injury to the people
seems to this pilgrim, was the act {
congress increasing the presidents sa
, AIRY to $4,000. The money considel
$ alton is too great not to create SON
/, love for money, but Mr.. Editor yor
pardon, if the pilgrims legs were stror
t ger, likely his pencil would be shorte
OKLouOMA PILGRIN
Pond Creek, Jefferson 7. o. Apr
l1th, 1894.