The Irish standard., 1896-10-24

Sas ttoraeys Of that City. He Is recognized a.
one ,of The most graphic and truthful
rs writers Hi the United States:
n w ashington, Oct 14.--This is to those
4 who work that they may live and that
without sregard to craft or however their
lines be cast We stand mid-stream in
N the flowing tides of politics. 1t may yet
II be decided to which bank we will turn
q TO those who guess future by past
what follows may be worth a reading.
~ Finance as an Issue is after all The
n,erest incident to the campaign. This
isa war declared by the trusts and cor
porations, held together as some one has
4 said, .pys the cohesive power OF plundef
On the! liberties of free America; 1T is
ea1ital against labor, money against
tbrobbGng, sensitive flesh and blood. 1t
4 ID the bo,lrse against the blouse; the conf
b many. against the employee; Wall street
"a sainst the farm; the counting room
sihgairst the shop; the bank against the
work bench; The clink of the dollar
against the clnk Of the sledge.
Il is an old war; q war, tosrock every
sage. 1T was fought before history began
lit will he refought and fought. again
d Down toathat last syllable Of time when
4 the earth goes out in darkness like q
q spark. 1T is the old foray of the Save
81 taller who has and who will hunt his
prey, whatever the hour OF place, when
ever the law and the chance unite to pur-
u ey him assafe permit There Is nothing
a 1efMsin it; not even its methods. Men are
ii being ballied and cajoled as of DID, their
!. .Fotes are being mastered by threat of loss
.ss,r, promise of reward. Spies honeycomb
d Gle sHsssrkp people; threats are made to
& frame and fence them in. And should
i they dare to vote against the dictates
i Of theiK masters and their masters mon
II ey, every ABRAMS cement has been made
to ct,t <them down
E This issa day when money strives to set
the fashion, and by that fashion rule. 1t
liz being taught that it is better to be Ere
Specialize than to be right. The best
man is the best dressed man; so say the
4 teachers Of today
S And when a leader is found, If he can
!. mot be bribed, he is inundated. Wat
(: Tyler, four hundred and fifty years ago,
Il led the men Of Kent to London town to
~ ask OF the king a return of those rights
+ which God had given and men with mon
/; eV5llad stolen away. The mayor of Lon
/ don spread net of treachery and slew
I him. His lieufenants, Ball and Straw,
Il were burned sat the stake. And today
history repeats itself. Capital still has
. tAsmithtelds, still, finds it's assass.ns.
.,stsoSsss the blades of its braves at the
s. y OF aSman's employment, now that
~ ,a:ssvs no longer slash boldly at the hui
4 neck Itrears stake and piles fagot,
III Withsthe torch Of its lying burns his
HI e rHIcter, now it cannot make proper
sasaes Of the man himself.
Il HUI Il may not thrust its sword through the
Ssb1x asst of some recusant who, remember
ling thatsh is an American, will still vote
as he sees fit; but it dismisses him from
his trade, blacklsts him in every black
council and conference Of capital, and
makes that starvation which seiZes on
him and his little ones do the work Ct
that sword which capital dared not draw.
1t is legal to starve, though not to muir
der, men; and there be those now moving
heaven and earth for Mckinley who re-
call the first as one of the dearest, as
we'll as one of the Oldest rights of capt.
tai 1t is called in the cant of money
this right to starve-"managing ones
business as one sees fit"
| wonder If Washington foresaw the
America of today with the Juggernaut Of
money making its crushing way over the
I pfostrate bodies Of men? doubt much if
he did, albeit the keener Jefferson fore
told it more than once in his letters Yet
men should not yield to the tyranny of
money. Oppression must be met, repres-
sion thrown back upon itself
n Nor should labor be discouraged by the
workings of a BRIDE Since the yellow
sun was swung in the dome above to
4 lamp and light the feet of men about
their stumbling destinies there was never
4 C. Christ but had his Judas; and labor
crucified need not look to escape similar
history.
q What a field is drawn up in this battle OF
politics The people On one side, Hanna
with the trusts on the other side. What
is a3Irust? It IS q. crime, a thing without
the pale Of law. Not a robber Of them all
but is a proclaimed wolfshead and outlaw
by the terms of solemn statute. Why do
they exist? Because a supple attorney
general will not prosecute; because court
more supple still opens a back door of the
law for their escape.
- How is tnis?" cry the Tories and the
toadies OF money. "You must not speak
i'll CT the COURTS .et
Must one not? It shall so hard, but these
same courts shall be made to listen to some
/. thing beyond mere talk before all is done.
They shall vet listen to the constitution
aDd the laW;$of the land; enforce them or
take the, eoAseq uences.
sd Must notspeak evil of courtsv' IA
I. &c he sslGutfsis as loud and the lackeyish
horror as real as when those other Tories
and money toadfes and turnspits Of tyranny
raised the same cry to defend the red JET
!. ffs.eys when in the Bloody Assizes" he
killed and quartered four hundred Taunton