The Meeker herald., 1896-10-24
A GOLD BUG ourFln
Private Car Loaded With sssss,>ls -
Storm the West.

= "'e Gar Loaded With Boses01s ~
storm the West
General Alger. General Howard
General Sickles. General Stewart and
uenerai sigel are touring the country
IL uehefal Alger's private car. They
wiz travel through Michigan, Illinois
Wisconsin, Minnesota. Iowa, Nebras
q. Kansas, Indiana Kentucky and
onio lhey have mission to per-
toIm and propose to enjoy themselves
while at it.
II rs 'he object of these gentlemanly
eene1ais to expound the gold standard
theory OF money in all its purity. They
know all about its benefits. and who so
anie TO explain them to others as those
VINO nave personal knowledge of their
general utility? In general way these
dou3hty warriors know, of course, that
tnere are some people, usually of the
common classes, however, who do moi
approve of the gold standard, They
nave also heard indistinct rumors Of
sunerihg and hardship among the or
dinarS people who are SO lacking In
foresight and common sense as to toll
Ior hVing, but as for anything def
mite In that way penetrating their pri.
vate car why, it wasn't built that way.
private cars are usually built with an
eye to the purpose Of excluding the dsa-
grecahie characteristics of life, and suf-
fer1ng, destitution and starvation ale
generally included in that category.
IN order to make them effective in ac-
compllshing their purpose they are
also bullt in such way as to exclude
the common people because it is only
among the common people that the
stupid habit of suffering for want Of
something to eat ever prevails to any
extent.
1t is we'll known that it Ia the duty
OF a general to command, and equally
tne duty of the private to obey
and when five generals bunch
themselves together and start out to
give commands it may be taken for
granted that the privates will line
themselves up, right about face, double
quick, charge, just as they are ordered
10. Thus it would seem that our tour
ing generals have an enormous advant-
age on their side from the start, and 1t
only needs that those conditions which
are the acknowledged proper ones, be-
tween generals and privates should OBJ
tain to make them preeminently sue
cessfu in fulfilling their mission.
However there is some difference
between a political campaign and a
war campaign. One difference of con-
siderable Importance, too, is that po-
htical generals have no means of com
| pelling obediencee to their commands
and therefore have to rely entirely on
their persuasive powers to accomplish
their end. This fact may not set well
| with the quintuplet who are riding in
General Alger's car and whose exclu-
sive surroundings naturally will ap-
pear incomplete unless accompanied
with all the attributes of unlimited
! power over their fellowmen which they
| put up with It, 1t does seem little
hard that silken-clad general from
the environments of palatial private
car should be reduced to the level nf q
Sockless Simpson or Stump" Ashby
in his dealings with the private voter
of the country. but this is one of ;ht
inconveniences Of popular government
which the Alger crowd will have tC
endure. But this is not all nor per-
| haps the greatest obstacle they vii
| find in their pathway.
| Some Of the "demagogues and agi-
tators" with whom they will likaly
come in contact have Travelled so ia,
along the road that leads to anarchy
as to question seriously the right Of
any man or set of men to avail them
selves of exclusive privileges at th,
hands of monopolistic railways whose
very roadbed was acquired through
public condemnation of private prop.
erty on the pretense that such condem
nation was necessary for the benefit oi
| the public. These anarchists arc
actually demanding that the govern
ment shall take possession of all th'
railroads in the country and thus &c
prive the few God-favored ones OF tn
free rides which they now enjoy at tn
expense of the people. Alger Sigel I
Co. will have to put up the best iigh,
they can and even at the best, IT Is
likely that they will not find their path
way among the ten-cent corn raiser
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