The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-17
(From Appeal to. Reason.)
Damned be conditions here
In this our time,
Where brains a slave to Wealtl


Cease No. i. What! Stealing? Him so
fair?
Such news doth grieve my very soul to
hear; t
My boy. please rise up from that culprit's
chair
What eer you do tell not a thing but
truthD
Hast thou been stealing as is charged to-
day;
A boy as fair as you in bud of youth?
(There's too much stealing all without a
cause;
What's needed now is far severer laws.)"
Then quietly from his chair the culprit
This youth with eyes SO bright and fairest
face,
And on each side low murmurings were
That one so fair should be brought to dis
grace;
Straight as an arrow to its destined mark
The answer came in bold defiant tone:
Il broke a glass and took loaf of bread
For mother. sick and starving all alone
"Ahem" The judges throat a clearing
needed,
But gathering courage then again pro-
ceeded:
1.-TWO years in Jail. The next! What is
the CHARGE"
G
Two oranges this man sold yesterday.
And it was on the blessed Sabbath, tool"
What! Broke the law that's made to
be obeyed?
Such awful work is anarchy, most rank!
For doing so what reason can you give?"
And on his breast the culpri's head then
sunk;
And slowly came the words in feeble voice
AS II to hearts of stone he was appealing:
My wife and children are half starved.
half clad
I only tried to keep them without steal
ing"
Then spoke the judge: Enough. The
case is done.
Put this man in the cell with No. l."
Cease No. 8. The charger" "Tis vag-
rancy.
This man approached another on the
In broad daylight with people passing by
And asked a dime to buy some bread and
meat
The awful charge: Found sleeping on
the streets!'
So $50 days is given to 3 and 4,
TO clear the city of pests-dead BEATS"
Said No. 3, No food had I day or more"
For lodging, sir. I could not pay" said
Again court is opened for a day
Excitement runs rampant-all wild with
fears.
The bank has failed! A hundred thou
sand gone!
The hard-earned savings of the town for
years.
Case No. t." in quiet modest tone
CThe harshness common to him in re-
serve.) 47@f7
What is d, the chage against this man to-
acknowledgements <NYo+ s+ooy,,- ~,o...
Observer ~F
The prisoner, so worried at his station,
His nervousness has almost reached pros
tration!
Five lawyers rise as if to speak at once
eye)
''Your honor. There are complications
here
Which makes this case impossible to try
Our most important witness is down
south
Another just as good in Jersey state.
This being SO. we leaders in the case,
Now kindly ask to set another date"
Next term for trial. is entered the decree
1.-TWO thousand dollars bond; the prison.
er's free.
"Iow sad indeed this case" the pastor
CThe opening service DER of prayer and
song.)
"a faithful brother, with us many years;
So charitably inclined has now gone
wrong!
Five years ago when we were building
here
The steeple was unfinished, money SPENT
On opening my mail one morn, to my sur
prise.
A check eek. for one cool thousand he had
Not thinking that he'd given for the
steeple
A part of what he'd stolen from the peo-
ple.)
Next term arrives. again the case is
The cashiers wife is in the court in tears.
"a change of venue" now the lawyers
want.
HE can't get justice" (yet tits that he
fearsD
What one don't think Of there are others
They talk, they plead. in soaring elo-
quence,
Before the sober judge so calm and still.
The bonds renewed! Both cash and wind
we'll spent.
And to far off court the case is sent!
Again the case is called. Judge No. 2.
With head chock full of law, is on the
bench;
Again the case proceeds with fiery zeal,
The plain laws of the state they twist
and wrench.
1.-The case is plain" they argue one and
all,
"That every charge against this man
must fall,
For when the law was passed Gall Of them
sigh
They in the fourth line failed to dot the
T."
Sustained" the learned judge says. "You
may go free.
Unconstitutional. IT'S plain to see.'
A lawyers but man who works for
gain.
His goal the fees, no matter how they
come.
So that he wins. though it make justice
dumb.
When schooled in law upon the bench he
sits.
Sworn to protect alike the rights of ALL
But greed for cash with him is still I'M
changed.
Meath his seductive wiles his manhood
falls
So courts but echo what the rich dictate
And each decision given feeds increasing
hate.
Ed Blair.
Cadmus Kas.
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