The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-24

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tutional.
To the Editor: ~ aooision7
Well. did you expect any other ue'''
Isn't it as natural for the supreme oou''
TO declare all measures to promote 'uS'oe
and prospirity to the people uncons.i'u'ioi'
=, os II ;s for a duck to take to water
ru,o,, ara there for no other purpose, ana IL
one Is to draw the inference from 'aen
decisions. they are pledged there'o'
am pleased to have them DO IT, ior l
believe it will be one of the pest hio'es
they could make. to turn thousanoS i''o
the Peoples Party.
IF this don't show that all justice to the
,,aonIe ;s 70 be, ignored and the govern
ment entire is but machine III 'he ""i''A
Of milliona rs. what does it show!
They may croak about foreign oyhas''es'
Siberian exiles, the slave trade In Alr'ca'
the "heat then Chinee'' and the whoie ca
Doodle, but they fall into insignihcehce coiii-
pared with the decisions handed down os
the supreme court of the United states
NJ r,ononolv. The court is the product OF
the times. Aggregated wealth mas 81"
ployed most of the best legal talents III the
land for several years The troupie IS TIT
courts are selected usually from the pluto
cratic class Therefore they are packed II
tho interest Of the rich and against tbs
masses.
What do Won think of this decision tina
oyerturnes the settled law of the land fol
over a century? Judge White in MS dis
senting opinion says:
IT believe this is the first case in on
history where authority conceded TO con
gress by nearly one hundred years of &C
uuiescence in all departments of the gov
eminent ard has been sanctioned by re
peated adjudication of this court has beer
judicially denied
When will the people assume the aggres
sive upon srcn illimitabe perfidy?
Are we to be robbed of our homes anc
firesides through the infamous trickery O
the money-rower?
Great God! Has it come to this, that s,
men can override the constitution and tho
golden calf take possession OF the nation!
Are you willing to pay three-forths of tn
taxes, and let the plutocratic robbers
the people go scott free? If not, then II
the name of God justice and humanity
grid on the full armor of love, righteousness
and duty and wage warfare through edu
cation and 'agitatiom upon the money kings
of this country and Europe.
Can you not see the "har dwriting on th1
WALL" That there is now secret move,
ment OF foot intended to take away tbs
right of self government for the benefit o.
the rich?
Awake! Awake! Sound the tocsin O.
alarm Arouse your neighbors of the alp
preaching danger. and see that they art
supplied with reform ammunition, books
papers pamphlets. leaflets, anything thai
will set them TO thinking. IT you can but
get their think-cap on. the battle IS hal.
won.
We are the government (or used to be-
and have the majority and II each truf
patriot does his whole duty so that peace
harmony and principles, not men, prevail
goodbye plutocracy, goodbye hirelings
'I will wither the might of the spoiler
/ will laugh at your dungeon and locks,
The tyrant shall yield to the toiler
And your judges eat grass like an OK;
For the prayers of the poor have aScendeC
To be written in lightnings on high,
And the walls of your captives have blended
With the bolts that must leap from the
sky.
The thrones of your kings shall be SHATTERED
And the prisoner and self shall go free;
1 will harvest from seed that l scattered
On the borders of blue Galilee;s
For 7 come not alone and stranger
I.o! my reapers will sing through the
night,
Till the star that stood over the manager
Shall cover the world with its light"
JOSEPH E. CHASE.
Dor