The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-06-12

civilization; they, asa race, have for
feited the right to liberty and life, and
should be swept off the face of the
earth. The Turk cannot be reformed
he is beyond REDEEM ption-and there
fore should be annihilated by fire and
sword. But the same thing is going
on all over this land to-day, against
men, women and children, in sweat
shops and tenement houses. Families
are starving, children ,dying, and
multitudes of young girls sell their
virtue and honor to escape death by
starvation. Sudden death by Turk
ish bullet is better than the suffering
condition of thousands in this land
today, made such by the laws Of the
land. But the social and Industrial
system which produces this terrible
state of affairs is too holy and sacred
to be criticised. The man who does
it is denounced as an anarchist and
an enemy of his country. Anarchy
Yes, it is all around US to-day. Our
present state is one. of anarchy and
growing more so all the time. The
real, live and dangerous anarchists of
to-day are the Goulds, the Wander
bilts, the Pullmans, and the Armours:
the Standard Oil Trust and the Beef
Combines. These are the anarchists
who are seeking to overthrow this Re-
public, and need to be put down by
the strong arm of the law These are
the men who rob the poor and murder
the innocent, and defy the laws OF
both God and man. Yet for these
men the government has nothing but
kind words and respect, and assists
them in their devilish schemes OF
plunder. But for their victims the
government advocates an increased
army and navy, more murder ma
chimes and death-dealing firearms
Anarchy! Well, it is here already.
No matter what comes, things can't
be much worse. The times are ripe
for change.
Our present condition is not in
It is not Christian, but heathenish,
brutal and devilish, and growing
worse all the time. Revolutions!
Well, we will welcome any change.
We need revolution, mighty up
heaval. The signs Of the times all
point in this direction. The govern
ment may increase the army and
navy, and the rich plunderers OF the
people intrench themselves behind
the government and think themselves
secure. but vengeance will come.
You also say in the same issue of
the Journal ''We need political up
rising that will dethrone legalized
robbery, and until that is done la Dor
can expect no permanent relief. Let
US have a united strike at the ballot
box and labor will not need to strike
for fair wages" To this statement I
utter a laundering amen. God bless
you, my brother. Say it again, and
keep on saving it until the people be-
lieve it. No you are striking at the
root of the evil and pointing out the
remedy. am disgusted with strikes
| for higher wages, which end in call
| ing out the State militia, defeat, and
then appealing through the Journal
| for financial help for strikers. Work
| ingmen generally are lot Of fools, so
| capitalists say, and / believe it. AS
| long as workingmen vote the Repub-
lican and Democratic tickets with
their masters, robbers and murders Of
their children, they are fools. They
deserve their fate. Capitalists have
sense enough to vote for their own in
enough to vote for theirs? It seems
not. AS long as workingmen vote the
same ticket that the capitalist does,
they deserve their fate.
+ The time has come to stop giving
money to help men in strike for
higher wages. They have got what
they voted for and there is no sense in
their whining about it. If they can't t
live on their wages then let them
starve. Fools are better dead than
alive anyway. | hope that capital
| will plunder them more and more, cut
down their wages still lower, and give
| them all of the present system they
want. Experience is dear school
master, but it makes even fools WISE
| Bought wisdom is the best and cheap
est in the end. Some men are so dull
and thick-headed that you can only
reach them through their appetites.
Times are hard, but the workingmen n
| voted for hard times, hence they have
no right to complain nor beg for char
| ity. I hope they will get their bellies
| full and that the wrinkles will grow
larger and deeper until they get wis
| dom through suffering. This thing
| Of voting the same ticket as the CAPT
| talistic class, then striking for higher
wages and shorter hours, and, when
| beaten, appealing to the public like
paupers for charity, is farce which
| is about played out. Times are hard
and / am glad Of it. hope they will
get worse speedily.
! In this republic the workingmen
| have the power absolutely in Their
| own hands to change the conditions
whenevr they choose to use it. II
| they don't do it, then it is because
| they don't want a change; and don't
deserve anything better than they
have. Under our laws we can elect
all the officers from President down to
cons table whenever we will do it. We
| can eject all the members of Congress,
repeal and burn up all our present
laws, pass new laws based on equity
and justice to all and revolutionize
the government.
We, the people, can govern ourselves
| whenever we want to. Let the caDi.
| talists vote together and the work.
| ingmen vote together and see which
has the most votes. The plan is a
simple one. Are we ready for it? II
not, then let us not complain. Let
| us have no more strikes for higher
wages and shorter hours; no more
begging for charity like paupers, hat
| in hand. But let us be freemen de-
manding our rights; the right to live
and enjoy the fruit of our own toll
without sharing it with those who do
no work Let us strike at the ballot
box-and let it be a united strike
which will put an end to the present
devilish system forever. Our cry
must be, .On to Washington" via
| the ballot-box route, and we cannot
| fail to get there. Then we can run
| the government to suit ourselves. II
| the men who have been running the
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