The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-07
OBJECT IN LIFE.
More Comments on the Position of
Mayor EustiJ.

TO the Editor:
70 say nothing of the matchless editorial
department, the Representative can boast
of the most brilliant array of correspond
enst anywhere to be found in this literary
land. Many of them are gems of the first
water, thrilling and logical opponents of
that cause dear to the hearts of every
true Populist; and among so many of ex-
ceptional merit it is no easy matter to dis
criminate, only as some one suggests a
topic or line of thought we would wish to
nave elaborated or pursued. Your CORE
spondent at Crookston, IN reporting the
Republican blowout at that place last
Wednesday, when the governor and Mayor
Eustls held forth, suggests prolific
text indeed, and shows why we are where
we are today. The object of life is to ac-
cumulate wealth. tells the story in a nut
shell. Think of it, a man of Mayor Eus-
it's standing and intelligence to give utter
ance to this vile, debasing thought. This
was the great overshadowng object of the
Almighty in the creation of manic make
pleased that you have defined your posi-
words, You have simply voiced the senti-
mentS of the Republican party, of which
you are Il devoted unit. The great object
OF HE is to make money. Then it follows as
a logical sequence that the man who fails
TO make colossal fortune, makes q fail
ure OF life; and, conversely, the man who
manages by hook or crook to secure or
bring to his eXchequer the biggest wealth,
makes the grandeSt success in life. VIII
Mayor Eusts tell us how long man has
been on the earth, and how long gold, the
idol of his party, been used as money?
W by. Mr.. Eusts, you never made a grand
er mistake in your humble life Tell the
young that they are designed solely to
make money, and what is the result? What
will be the inevitable consequence of such
instruction or teaching? Why, as money
making is the object OF their creation, the
end justifieS the means, might makes right
and we should soon see the gambler robber
burglar, incendiary and murderer the well
come guests of society, because they have
made a success of life; because they have
made money. Money, Mr.. Eustis, is only a
means, not the end of living, and if you
never thought, so far l want to say to
you that making money does not require
talent. Did 1t ever occur to you that tai
cnt has been starving for hundreds of
years, while the absence of it has reveled
in afiUence? Think of the noble souls that
nave labored for the elevation of man to a
higher plane of intellectual and moral ex-
istence, and known that they could hardly
keep the wolf from the door; and in con-
trast with this, think of the army of little
soullesS apologies, with less brains than an
oyster, that have made piles of money,
while the others were starving. No, Mr..
Eustis the intellect of the world is not
making the fortunes. All it requires to
make money is good stock of selfishness
total Indifference to suffering a sense of
moral obligation, of right, small that in
CT
robbery one commits, he will feel that the
end justifes the means. The party so long
IN power, the party to which Mr.. f.. be-
longs, has been perfectly consistent with
this idea. 1t has demonstrated beyond q
paradventure that Mr.. f. is right, that
gold is the true object of worship, and as
a result 9 per cent of the soulless sharks
have stolen, robbed and pllndered till they
nave secured Il per cent of entire
wealth, thus leaving the millions, the toll
ing masses in condition bordering on crime
and starvation. Against this base callm-
ny place the cause of intellectual devel-
opment, of moral worth and growth as the
highest object of mans existence Had
the Republican party, when in it's strength
when it had the entire confidence of a big
majority of the people, placed equal stress
upon intellect and intellectual culture; had
it made intellectual wealth the uualifca-
ton adequate to reach senatorial fame or
high official station, instead of money, then
this land of ours would present a spectacle
of loneliness instead of loathing and dis
gust. Instead of misery and chronic squal-
or, we should have happy homes, noted for
scientific and literary power. But money
instead of brains has been the passport to
the highest official stations in the gift of
the people. Had the Republican party la
bored as hard to build up an intellectual
or educational aristocracy as it has that of
a money aristocracy, our great leader, l.
DCnnelly, would have been kept in the
United States senate, if not higher places
places imperatively demanding his conspic-
uous ability and high order of intellectual
culture. No, this could not be, and our
state has suffered through the loss of his
legislative ability.
E. w. B. HARVEY