People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-05-04
ILINGTON KANSAS, FRIDAY, MAY t. 1894

the eternal principles of right.
America existed, right existed before
righteousness. Living brOtherly love
OF the present is worth more than all
the ages Of past hero worship.
Black slavery was an evil, and the
men who did the fighting were patri-
oac 10 their effort to abolish it-but
the money power had no interest ln
the war except as a speculation.
Black slave owners lost and white
slave owners won.
Capital laughed at the pathos Of
the situation, and turned its atten.
tion to forcing an issue Of bonds to
control labor without the rosponsi.
bility Of feeding the laborer.
Thousands Of heroes lost their lives
to free the slaves, and Others lived to
become slaves themselves.
The people Of the south were so
badly whipped that they were willing
to accept anything-and the soldiers
OF the north were so swelled up with
victory that they suspected no con-
conspiracy, and in the sight Of "Old
glory" marched in proud military
step to their doom. The war gave
common people something to talk
about for the few years that capita
wanted for uninterrupted scheming.
Parties Sprang up bitterly opposed
to each other, and the people took
sides, while the far-seeing money
power contributed TO the campaign
funds Of both parties and collected
their pay from the administration, in
the form Of land grants, subsidies
and franchises, etc., etc,
Newspapers were started and tried
to tell the truth, but found it more
profitable to lie for money. Art and
literature were pursued only by the
inane millionaire society class, anC
vigorous truth was condemned by
the plutOcratic press as blasphemy
Nature was pronounced vulgar ant
the people read only such papers al
plutOcracy endorsed. The lahore
was told that God intended him to dt
the dirty work, and that brain
should rule. Thank God they will
a few brave students here and ther
had been studying the principles 0
| the Bible. and other books based Of
the Divine word, besides applyin
their principles to existing cOndi
tiOnS-and when the people grew sic
of the SluSh and SlObbering Of SOciet
chatter, solid food was demanded
and the demand brought the supply
Authors heretofore too poor to bea
the expense Of expressing themselve:
found the peoples press ready to pub
liSh at its own risk modest work
that have since circulated to the col
nerS of the earth.
The birth Of the POpulist move
ment was great psychological explC
sion. Little fires broke out here an
there, growing brighter, then dyinG
only to be succeeded by a flash tina
startlcS the world.
The effect Of the teaching OF all tn
. deSpiSed great thinkers of all tim
seems to have concentrated fora 6na
struggle that must succeed now Q
never. There is no more land to
, taken up, no more wilderness to col
quer-the people must turn abou
and make homes where they On
themselves.
We started to write q story and b
gan it with the word "romauce'cbl
there is no romance in it. The
are fathers and mothers. lovers an
maidens in the stOry-some OF the
married-sene Of them single-bu
, as for them living happily ever aftel
ward, they made a mistake In NJ
!. banishing the Williams and there is I
happiness. Marriage entangles hear
: in the problem, and tlnanciers don
consider hearts. This story has Z
end.