People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-09-14
"Get Off the Earth. "

requested to have the same published
and in compliance we give the great
er part of his address as follows:
keep off the grass"
Move on"
"Get off the Earth"-say the feast
ing idlerS to the starving workers.
Boys, the workers don't propose Il
do any such thing.
The bray of the political jackaS
and the hOOt of the stuffed owl of plu
tOCracy have lost their terrors.
The people of this great republic
have Alright to choose their own pub
lie servants and they will.
You, poor plOdding workman, have
as much right to RULE this nation as
has Grover Cleveland, John Sherman
or any other man. When any official
Of this government assumes the posi-.
tiOn Of dictator, he rObS you and every
other citizen Of your personal voice
in your own atfaiarS.
Of course it is easier to follow old
leaders and mOSS-grOwn methOdS-but
you are individually responsible for
your own part in this government.
The ballot is a sovereign pOwer-it
you will only use it for your own in
tereStS.
WOrkmen have the votes, and if
they will only unite for their homes
and families, COld-blOOded greed will
soon lose its grasp.
No kind angel opens the door Of Op-
pOrtunity to the poor man, as long as
he stands alone crying-but if he will
brace up and join his brothers in dis
treSs, they may be able to throw open
boulevard of opportunity.
People, not money, should govern
this nation.
Farmers are being crowded off the
earth every day-turned out into the
highways with a plug team and worn
out wagon to wander with their wives
and children in search of homes, and
to become tenantS-and slaves.
No man dare deny that a farmer
can't farm without land-nOr can any
other kind Of labOrers make a living
without employment.
God never put US here to Starve nor
to steal, nor to tight-and we are
fools to do either.
Men must feed, and clOthe and ed
ucate and govern themselves.
Let all the preachers and teachers
of all ChriStendOm magnify the glOr-
les of fOrtitude and patience and sub
miSSiOl-but man is no dOOdle.bug.
He was fashioned in the image of
God, and is Gods nObleSt creature,
"a little lower than the angels" per-
maps, but in eternity he may be even
an angel
You would not expect your own
child to adore you very much if you
starved him-neither does a just God
expect p9anS of praise from starving
men-but it is not Gods fault that
some of his best children Starve and
beg, while the devils incOrrigibleS
feast on turtle soup and champagne.
1t is their own cOwardice and care.
leSSneSS.
The devil is cunning cusS-and
his children 10y adOptiOn) are only a
little lower than devils.
God can take care Of Himself. So
can the devil. And men while on
earth must do the same.
Our first work is the bctterment of
mankind. God wants good MEN.
He hates hypocrisy and despises peO-
pie who praise Him to be heard of
the world.
Get yourself right with humanity,
and Gods interests will be well taken
care of.
God Himself considers "even the
least of these" Are you greater than
God, that you should consider poor
humanity beneath your dignity?
Nearly every man in the world is
capable of enjoying life-and this
great planet is capable Of feeding and
clothing and teaching him and de-
lighting his senses with its beauty.
But as they are now conducted, many
men and women curse the day they
were born, and in desperation, kill
themselves to escape.
Why should we accept things as
they are, just because our fathers left
them thus? What do we care how
the last generation lived? We live
NOw-and our affairs are in our own
hands. God alone has higher do
miniOn than our own will.
We boast Of our anceStry-but they
are dead. There is no use for us to go
back where they begun-let's COM
mence where they stopped and move
ahead.
They tried thousands of expert
mentS, and conducted the old ship
to the point where it was turned over
to US. No matter how crooked their
pathway-that don't concern US. We
must sail waters unknOwn-the dan
gers are ahead, not behind.
Old policies don't always fit new
conditions.
We must patch our sails as we 60
alOng-or make new ones il necessary.
We may need more sail or leSS-we
must adapt ourselves to the wind and
sea.
We must keep oureye on the COM
pass and barometer. The ship that
has weathered a storm may be wreck
ed by a collision in the calm.
Wise political weather prophets
predict cyclone in the near future
that will sweep the old parties off
the earth-but it will leave Just as
many men and women. The pilot
and the engineer have been on a pro-
tracted spree. there Is moss on the
propeller, and barnacles on the helm.
and the passengers have been asleep
but the roll Of the coming storm is
waking them up. and they will man
the ship themselves. and let the old
crew 60 where they will. We have no
time Just now to waste reforming old
leaders Tho uoSSanrarc r,,,,cr ha