St. Paul daily globe., 1894-04-03

niicant of general discomfort with
existing conditions; for Americans are
not in the habit of expressing their dis
content by such methods. They have
remedy for all governmental ills,
which they know how to use, and do use
effectively whenever the occasion re-
quires. The ballot in the hands of the
Intelligent American citizen is potent
Instrument of aggression and an all
powerful weapon of defense. Under
our system of government no oppres-
sion can long be maintained, no abuses
can long exist in defiance of the popu-
lar will.
1t is true that the country is now suf
fering unusual privation because of the
depression in ali lines of manufacturing
and trade. But we are in no worse con-
dition than our neighbors across the
water. In England the warehouses are
full of paupers. and squalor reigns in
the abodes of the working classes.
Spindles are idle and chimneys are
sinoheless there. as well as In the United
States. On the continent affairs are
in still worse shape. Although the cost
United States. hundreds of thousands
of people are suffe ring because of lack
of employment. The entire civilized
world is undergoing an Industrial revo.
luton. and meantime is learning les
SONS of frugality that should have been
learned long ago.
CoXey'S army. however. is not repre-
sentative of either the diStreS sed or ALI
archstie portions of our people. The
leaders are adventurerS seeking noto-
riety; the rank and file is COMPOSED of
men who were never aff1i cted with de-
sire tor work, and who ara Ready for
any expedition that offers the induce
inent OF free lunch or an unprotected
chicken cop. They are not wholly
vicious. bat are irredeemably vaya5ond-
ish. 1t makes little difference to them
whether the country is prosperous or
otherwise. They are of the opinion
that the world owes them a living, and
are bound to have 1t. They will steal if
neceSSar ary. but prefer to beg or to beat
their way through the world by means
that require the least exertion. They
are happy-go-lucky body of men. as
cheerful if they dine OH crust OF bread
as If they sat down to a feast of r0a st
beef and plum pudding. They are not
troubled with indigestion; the only con-
Germ they have is to get enough to
digest.
The strength of CoXey's army is not
alarming. After persistent advertising
less than two hundred were gathered
b
been added along the route until the
force now numbers nearly four hun
dred. And this is all there is of the
great uprising which was expected O
reach hundred thousand men when the
national capital was sighted. 1t has
been fat failure, fat that speaks
eloquently for the moral tone of the
community even uuder di5ceuraginy
conditions.
Ii it Is any comfort to our British
friends, we will cheerfully admit that
we are "hard up:" that business is dull
in all departments; that there is much
suffering among the industrious poor;
that there is a general demand for
changed conditions that shall place the
burdens of government upon shoulders
that should properly bear them; that
revival Of trade must soon come if gen
eral commercial and industrial paraly-
sis would bs avoided; and that the
powers that be at Washington are
largely responsible for the existing
state of affairs. But our people are not
in mutinous mood. AT least, they do
not intend to manifest their discomfort
by marching ell InasSe upon the ma
tional capital. They will endure the
ills thsy have rather than fiy TO others
that they know not of until the time
comes for them to act at the ballot box
Then they will show their displeasure
at those Of their servants who have been
faithless to their trust, and testify their
approval of those who have served them
we'll and honestly. They will adopt no
extraordinary eXpedientS. The laws
give them the remedy for all the ills
they suffer. and they will apply the
remedy skilifully aud without fear or
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