The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15
WALL STREE

their followers to be any closer to-
gether than they are? What's the
Post talking about, anyway?
1t has been stated before in these
columns that Milwaukee, Wis, real
lied profit of 1886, 126 by ownership
of her city water works over and
above the expenses of running the
same, but we state it again to impress
it upon your memory. Nationalism is
coming
AS long as the government of Wash
ington takes its cues from Wall street
the great common people cannot ex-
pect any relief from the great burdens
weighing them down. Quit electing
corporation lawyers and tools of the
money power to congress if you would
have legislation in your interest.
Get copy of old Tom Benton's
''Thirtv Years in the Senate and read
the history of Andrew Jackson's fight
with the urited States bank, and then
measure Grover Cleveland with the
grandeur of "Old Hickory's" charac-
ter, and then call Cleveland a democrat
if you will, but you dishonor the name
of democracy when you do.
The railroads of this country own
III, 900, 900 acres of land, or enough to
make six Estates as large as Iowa.
Foreigners own 21,000,000 acres of
land. Every 81. foot of these S lands
should be repossessed by the govern
ment. We may not be ready for con-
fiscation, but it will come as sure as
two and two make four if armed revo-
luton is forced upon this country.
Reform is in the air! 1t is assuming
the form of contagion and is spread
ing. Even in monopoly trust
ridden Pennsylvania-thc Pennsylva-
MIA railroad and Standard oil province,
the populists are holding meetings in
most of the countless and among the
green hills of Vermont the reform
echoes are being heard.
The Christian at Work, Pharisee
sheet published in New York, is ter
ribly wrought up over the perversity
of the silver senators in refusing tic
bow to the will of Grover and Wal
street, That paper is one included in
the class named by James Buell. in the
famous bankers circular" which
said: sit is advisable to do all in youi
power to sustain such daily and promi
nent weekly newspapers, especially
the agricultural and religious press
4 y
Talk of an honest dollar when i
takes two days labor, three bushel
of wheat and fourteen pounds of cot
ton to get it when one days labor
one-half to one bushel of wheat ant
from four to five pounds of cottol
would have bought the same dolla
some years ago! Are the people to b
always fooled in this matterP No
by heavens, no! The people are waking
, Between the pension record of tn
) republican nominee for governor o
Iowa, and Gov. Boies' veto of the sin
nocent purchaser BILL" the republ
cans and democrats in that state ar
having haro time in explaining mat
tiers to the voters in the campaign thi
year.
= When Texas sends twelve of he
3 best speakers to Iowa to help til
, populists of the HawlSeye state il is
! further proof of the final interment @
the ensanguined garment.
New York minister, Rev. A. I
, Boyle, has mustered courage to dc
q nounce the Van Allen and Wanamake
a methods of bribery in securing promi
y nent appointments.
Senator Allen, the populist fror
Nebraska, broke the long distance rec
ord in the senate by holding the foo
: for twelve hours and forty-fve mir
o utes.
The old party cowboys" never wer
worked so hard as they are this yea
in rounding up the herds and tryin
to prevent stampede of the voters
In spite of their efforts, howeve,
many are breaking away, and ger
g eral stampede is certain in the nea
y future.
The United States and Ireland al
: both fighting for the same thing-ir
l. dependence, and against Brit sh don
n nation. Both are to-day British d,
d tendencies.