The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-06-06

Bankers' Money and the Peoples
MOney-The Coming Revolution
s'The Rub.a-dub AUitatiOn,"

MOney-The Coming Revolution
''The Rub-a-dlub Agitation
The St Paul Globe, May %. contains the
following statement: There is no more
foundation for the theory that the govern
ment should supply the money for the peo-
pie than that it should prescribe the guam
tity of wheat that should be sown, or the
number of shoes that should be made. All
human experience has shown that no gov
eminent has the wisdom to determine the
quantity of money it's people need, any
more than it has to determine the number
Of yards of print cloth or the tons of pig
iron they need. All human experience
teaches that the supply of all things man
wants in the affairs of life, whether it be
food or money, should be left to themselves
to supply. the excess the deficiency of
anything quickly correcting itself" This is
LaisSez Faire doctrine with vengeance.
On this theory a government is useless
superfiuity. Nay, more if the people col
lectvey through the government lacks
wisdom to supply themselves with money,
do they not equally lack wisdom ito supply
themselves individuality" ''Of course of
course the Globe would no doubt reply,
when we speak about people supplying
themselves with money, mean not or
binary people, but the banker people"
That is it. The government, the common
people. should authorize the bankers to
supply themselves with the money of the
land, and they the bankers, should be
protected by law in giving it to the COM
mon people on the bankers own terms and
conditions The common people need money
every day and hour of the day, for food
and clothing and taxes and debt. But
what of that? According to the Globe this
government is not established for the
common people. 1t should pay no respect
to them 1t lacks wisdom to do so. This
government is for the bankers only. Only
that and nothing more! Just to authorize
banks to issue money! See? This is the
quintessence of Minnesota Democracy. Yes,
more; it is the quintessence of the present
administration, the double distilled essence
of Shermanism, of gold bugism, of old
partyism. Expressed in other words and on
different occasions, it runs thus: ''The peo-
pie be damned" 1.-The people are FOOLS
| lack wisdom" brain, honesty and con-
| science count for nothing; chcanery, brib-
| cry. corruption and tyranny are on tap
| Talk about popular government! Why, 1t
| is only a sweet remembrance of the misty
| past. And the people themselves have laps
| ed into superstition and idolatry of party
| names The mass of the people are sleep
| ing yet. The leaders of the old parties have
preached economic lies long that they
now believe their own fictions themselves.
| God Almighty has sent them a delusion
| that they should believe a lie History re-
| peats itself Those whom the gods will
| destroy they first make mad. When this
madness reaches certain degree the dl-
vinity in humanity rises and wipes the
tyrants off the face of the earth. Thus
the Stuarts went down. But many years
of discussion about royal prerogatives and
popular rights preceded and brought about
the downfall of the house. Thus the naughty
nobility of France persisted. But the en-
| cyclopedists and philosophers sowed the
| seed of the revolution many years before.
| Thus the American revolution came about
| to free this country from the tyranny OF
King George Thus the mighty power of
African slavery fell. But 80 years of agita-
ton by Garrison, Lovejoy, Phillips ct al.
preceded and prepared the public minds for
the conflict. Daniel Webster in 1S47 called
the anti-savery movement little rub-dub
agitation" little wagging of the
tongue" but that little rub-dub agitation,
that little waggng of the tongue by few
fanatics, kept on rub-dubbing and Wagg1ng
until the whole continent rocked, until
LOCO 900 men marched to it's accent forget
ting all else but the rub-dub agitation,
until 100000 people vibrated in accord
with the little rub-dub agitation. Why was
this so? Because under, beneath and be
hind the ant-slavery movement stood the
eternal principles of justice and liberty to
the slave The Websters of today say we
are fanatics, silver cranks, anarchists and
| what not. Our old friends, who always
! thought us good fellows, now shun us be-
| cause we are cranky. mat S SCOu SlSI
| Let us rub little harder. We are out for
| justice to the poor God Almighty and the
whole universe is on our side. All true
human hearts will soon vibrate in unison
with us. And if we capture their hearts
their arms and legs are sure to follow We
| will soon have this country a-shaking from
| center to circumference, shaking so that no
| monopolist, no legalized robber, no gold
| bug shall be able to stand within her Dor
| der A little rub-dub agitation will do it
|
| down the mighty falsehoods and black lies
| that our subsidized old party press is stuff
| ing the people with. We have to appeal to
| the ordinary common sense and to the con-
| sciences of our fellow men, to help ana
| save this fair country from the brewing
| storm CT revolution and anarchy.
| CHRISTIAN JOHNSON, M. D.
| New London, Mimi.