The Jasper weekly courier., 1896-10-16

Jews to any platform no matter what :,
PRINCIPLES it enunciates 70 long ms he n
AN pose for brief period before the cl
,eople as one having possible chance Il
4 being elected to the high Office which Il
las been honored by the occupancy Of a Z
Washington and Jefferson. and sancti- n
led by the blood Of Lincoln and =
Garfield; which permits him to. at one :, :
lime in his life. support by word and q
action a policy which few years later 3
he IA ready to declare are dishonest and J
anarchistic? The man who will sacrifice G
his principles for political preferment.
or for any reward whatsoever. cannot
hope to meet the approval Of the inteli-
gent sovereigns of America. and they are
as sure to repudiate him In November
as they are to put muzzles on the avari- ,
cious coterie Of monev sharks who have
been so long plundering the people.
Have you once stopped TO think that
within the past four years an additional
debt Of about eS.74 per capita has been
fastened upon the American people,
debt Of SS. "a for every man. woman and
child In the United States. In order that
the shylocks Of Lombard street may en- /
rich themselves out of the public CRIB
under the guise Of maintaining the ini-
ouisons single gold STANDARD!
And now. sir. come TO that part OF
your letter IN which you tell me that.
notwithstanding you are fully informed
as to my opinions on this subject
through Mr.. Graves. I am expected TO
. become an evangelist in the cause OF the
i "Hiph Priests and Myrmidons OF Nam
mon"-not only vote for the apostles OF
: their creed but go to work heart ana
soul TO promote their welfare and al
vance their interest at the polls. pre-
; sumo you think your company has q
perfect right to dictate the pohticai
I views Of its employees. Such oehef Is
in perfect accord with the experience OF
/ the American people lin their dealings
/. with corporations) for many years past
r When the corporation assumes TINS
: right to force its employees to sacrince
e their own opinions as to what will pro
: mote their individual interests In order
s that Legislation may be enacted whicf
a will benefit the corporations at the ex
v pense of the people. we must aoanooi
It all claim to government OF the people
= by the people and for the people and re
d sign ourselves TO government exciu
s. sively of the plutocrats, by the pluto
W Gratis and for the plutocrats.
a think you will see from the foreQc
ss ing that do not coincide with you
n views on this matter. When the "Busl
4. ness men Of New York III l776 wer
$. busy adopting resolutions condemnator
M of the Declaration of American lnde
at pendence, and assuring the British gov
0. ernment OF their loyalty and support
ID and giving all the and and comfort II
n their power to the enemies OF our lib
n erty, my forefathers were battling 10
a that liberty, which is our most prcciou
I'd heritage, and giving their ives and sac
IS rifices upon the altar Of our country
to There is not in my veins one drop Q
a. traitorous blood. nor will l hesitate
al make any sacrifice that is demanded 10
o. my countrys good Our Revolutionar
re fathers, the founders Of this government
ut would have been delivered into tn
ne hands Of the British enemies - IN
il business men Of New York" the
allies in foreign lands, and the tori'
in in our own country had such opii
of ions prevailed as the denunciators
ro- the Chicago platform have enunciatet
"a l regard the attempt to force the sing
ks gold standard upon the United Stat
lal as the act of traitors who would deliv,
n American frcemen to be bond slav'
N, and serfs Of the foreign as well as q
at- mestic money devils. You have pc
he haps in your younger days read OF no
~. the Greeks captured Troy, after sieI
,sT OF many years, through the agency OF
ey wooden horse which they set up ne
res the walls Of the city and filled wi
ith armed men. and which was taken !
Dse side the city by the curious Trojan
Nd who expected to gain great advanta
IN from having it within their gates; al
I how in silence of the night the soldie
ors came out of the wooden horse al
an opened the gates of the sleeping city
the their friends. who. rushing III, ma
rv- short work Of its inhabitants. The cas-
IN are parallel. except that III our case I
TIE agency has been gol len swine. Y
EN- intimate in your letter that failure
OF my part to comply with your instru
tions, or rather your wishes in this M
: ter, will result in the severance OF
icr. slender tie which now binds me
e. the Travellers Insurance company
rye other words. il dare to exercise
lar- privilege Of free and independe
pet American citizen, to think, speak a
rial vote as my conscience dictates on po
pro- ical matters my means OF subsistal
pom will be cut of and will be left wi th
nat wife and children to starve. a. Tar
rho YOU are concerned. In order to te'
can me how dreadful thing 1t II to hi
san any mind or opinion at all which
the not at tho disposal Of your great
lgry poration. 1t is very hard to get empl
sing ment now under the plutocratic :
Init OF the goldbugs and II they contil
cor in power it will be harder still. Net
9 OF theless my wife is q patriotic won
TINS who would sooner starve with
able than have me dishonor the cour
az which gave us birth by yielding
neht vour traitorOus suggestions. and