People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-03-28

but their titles. Incapable Of self sup
port, these silly drones must trade
them for the Doodle Of American heir
esses.
But while their race was thus de-
generating in Europe a strong new
race of natures noblemen was at
work in America, turning the wider
ness and the desert into gardens Of
gold, and building great towns and
cities. Their muscle and manhood
made the greatest nation on earth, and
the untold wealth they produced be-
came the wonder and the envy OF all
the world. Then the fearful insanity
for vast fortunes brought to the front
such monsters as Jay Gould. Men
capable of robbing their fellows at
wholesale, graduated from colleges
into society and sin, their sons and
daughters, who receive the legacy Of
wealth with none Of the spirit and
dash OF their ancestors. These worth
less, enervated parasites having moth
ing to do, devote themselves to aplng
royalty in all its disgusting useless
ness. And having reached this point,
the hungry buzzards of the old world.
scent the carrion, and marriages such
as this of Anna Gould are the result.
Now the danger lies in the fact that
1t is this very class of Americans who
possess the great bulk of the nations
wealth; with power unlimited, they
shape legislation to suit their purposes
and not only own congress. but the
president is their willing tool as we'll
These empty-headed devotees Of mon
archy, having accomplished the ruin of
their country, with fortunes great be-
You'd computation. spend their lives
In ease and luxury. With nothing
else to do, they become morbidly
DESTROYS Of an American monarchy
They want a coat Of arms and an aris-
tocracy, and while the chivalry OF
Europe were supposed to win their
titles through merit, these title
hunters seek to buy theirs and would
willingly build monarchy on the ruins
of the republic for the sake OF connect
ing their names with royalty, but. until
that can be done at home, they can buv
titles abroad.
The masses here are but machinery
to sustain this privileged class, and in
return these parasites look with con-
tempt upon the very people and condI-
tons from which they themselves
sprung, and would be glad to place over
this nation a dictator, of which Cleve-
land is but the forerunner. To deepen
this desire, Napoleonism is revived, and
the martial spirit encouraged among
the young.
A blue book" of royalty is published
in New York which gives the names.
estates, titles, ages, etc, of all titled
paupers of Europe. This book is sent
to the milliOnaires of the land that a
selection may be made by ambitious
mammas with manageable daughters.
The plutocrats Of the nation are stead
lily taking the dollars from the farmers
and mechanics to be accumulated in
great piles only to be transferred to a
foreign land TO support a half-breed
and worthless nobility. Is this not
worse than maintaining one at home?
Who can doubt that these families hay
ing once tasted the royal draught WV.
seek to have monarchy in America?
They are already out Of touch with our
institutions and have no sympathy with
the misery Of the many who toll for
them. They may at any time force a
conflict to establish themselves as the
royal rulers of the people.
| hope we shall correctly measure the
terrible menace which threatens us in
this direction. The groveling in the
dust Of the great dailies during this
last exchange of Doodle for title. shows
that they will be found sustaining the
idea of monarchy, should such an at
tempt be made.
In this recent alliance, we see an ad-
ditional reason for arousing to the grim
necessities of the hour 1t is becoming
a struggle for actual life and liberty:
and If we fail to find and apply rem
edy for this evil we shall merit the
curses of coming generations.
/ have material enough for dozen
articles on this point and in my next
will bring to light the names and sd-
dresses of some of these noble" pau
pers CLEANED from this blue book" OF
the aristocracy.
GEORGE F. WASHBURN.
Boston, Mass, March 0.