The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-25
INTERESTING.
REV. SAM JONES TALKS.
He Gives His Views of the Present
Political Situation.

For the past twenty years the rank and
file of citizens have given very little at
tention to politics. Our rapidly develop
ing country, the various commercial and
agricultural interests have commanded
their attention. every man has been busy
with is own Misunderstanding his OPP
portunities in the business world. We
have literally turned the governmental
machine over to the politicians, and for
years the professional politicians and
tricksters have manipulated things to
suit themselves, and all they had to do
was to write out their platform and
write Democratic or Republican above
1t. crack the party whip and the people
fell in line, AS long as the old govern
mental COW gave milk enough for the
family nobody cared how many calves
sucked, but when there was not milk
enough to go in the coffee the question
was raised. The people have attended to
their own personal business and have
turned governmental affairs over to pot
politicians and tricksters until the gov
eminent of the United States is literally
in the hands of a set of political stealers
and government robbers.
The only question the average politi-
clan of today asks is: What plank and
what man will capture the most votes?"
The vote hunter has made appropria-
tiOns wherever he could capture a vote,
and every fellow who got scared at the
sight of a soldier or a gun during the
war, or who had bad cold or stumped
his toe, has got his pension and gone to
town to white white pine. The ques-
tion now is how to get public pap to
suck. When the Democratic calves are
sucking the Republican calves stand
around the lot and bawl. When the ma
tional election opens the gates and turns
out the Democratic calves every little
Republican calf rushes in, grabs a tit,
shakes his tail and goes to sucking.
The people looking on the depleted
treasury, gazing on their property re-
duced to one-half it's value, putting their
grain and stock upon the market at half
price, pouring their hard earned money
into the depleted treasury of the United
States, in heavy taxes, are beginning to
look square in the face the question of
the absolute bankruptcy Of the United
States unless something is DONE They
have waited four years on wrangling
congress, cross lifting with each other
and the president, and bringing no
relief. They have stuck to old party
lines till hope has died within their bos-
ON, and now almost every thoughtful
citizen in the United States has got his
cars backed and is prepared to kick
the filling out of any fellow that cracks
party whip over him.
The old party lines are fading out and
the country is organizing on the brains
and common sense of the common peo-
pie; organizing on basis to secure
speedy legislation on the questions that
most need immediate attention. / look
upon this as the most fortunate thing
that could happen to our great common
wealth. This is a republican govern
ment. We need an intelligent citizen
ship. To have this we must have first
a free press, with brains and statesman
ship at the head not bought and bribed
and dominated by party lash, but gov
erned by patriotism, intelligence and
sense of right, instructing the people
honestly and impartially on the great
governmental questions of the day. The
common people are beginning to think
more than ever on government ques-
IIOuS, IHcy dIc UcSluulIS W uOuDJluV0S-
tigate and examine, and the time is COM
ing and ought quickly to come, when
the masses of the people will cease to ba
driven into line by party lash welded by
corrupt selfish and designing politi-
clans.
II should make cartoon of teh gov
eminent of the United States l would pic
ture Uncle Sam standing with is hands
thrown up saying: Anything you want,
gentlemen" to the liquor king with his
gun presented on the right and the mon
ey king with his gun presented on the
left. Money and whisky have got the
politicians, and the politicians have got
the government. My hope has always
been in the people. 1 have never had
any hope in a politician except as he
feared the people and acted for the peo-
pie. People are aroused from one end of
the country to the other, and we'll they
may be, and the politicians may look to
hear thunder before long
Party lines are broken; the people are
thinking Independently and the time has
passed when a little pot politician can
take a drink out of his flask and yell
Jeffersonian Democracy a few times and
call the Democrats into line, hitch them
to his little wagon, crack his party whip
and ride into office. This country is big
ger than any political party. Political
parties have died and the country has
lived, and some more can die and the
country will be better off by their death.