People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-02-20
CleYeIandiSm.

for its limited contents, the difficulties
with which we have had to contend
in its preparatiOn-age, insufficient to
allow US the advantages Of long OBJ
servation: devoted obligations to farm
duties, rendering deep meditation
task, together with the fact that it is
the FIRST fruits" of inexperienced
zeal in this line.
Cleyelaudism is, We believe, a
"Judas-like policy" Of betrayal to
primitive Democracy; the highly ex-
posed blindness Of its constituency;
also as clearly defined 'rottenneSS" of
its prOpagatOrs, Cleveland and his
"erew.n
1t fosters injustice in the admins
tratiOn of governmental authority;
sanctions submission to foreign die
tates; involves Illustration in the
leading industries, and engenders the
spirit of anarchy and rebellion in the
minds of the oppressed and outraged
people. Yes, disrespeCt for the laws
which emanate from the polluted
source of authOrity-those espOused
to the minds OF the Rothschilds, gold
bugs and syndicateS; conceived by the
law-making body of our natiOn-the
plastic element-fOr the accomplish
ment Of the intriguing designs of for
eign nations hat are so cunningly
conquesting for our once attained
eminenCe and glory, but now hurried
retreat to degradation and shame till
we assume the condition of helpless
remOrSe, by venal captivity. But,
being espOused and conceived as
stated, we also note their birth in the
execution Of the rights of suffrage by
the people who are deceived by clever
speeches clothed in the beauty of
eloquence and reCited in the halls of
oratOry, by seeming consistency and
justice, but in reality the fiery brim.
stone prepared for the consumatiOn
Of the rights and hard-fOught.for
liberties sacrificed at the altar Of
worship to the god Of ignorance and
Indifference.
Now that they exist, though in
infancy, we trace them to maturity
lpower and strength in the "high
courts" which rear them in their
weakness and feed and nourish them
on the milk of injustice and miScOn-
struCtiOn until they are able to battle
down the walls of honesty and SINGER
ity, and force a merciless surrender,
when the victOrS forces are aggrand.
lied by the spOilS of the helpless foe.
This being done, Clevelandism looks
forward to its declining years, and,
realizing that the explorers have
found the stream of its existence and
are responded to by volunteers in has.
tening discovery of its source that
1t may be made to cease its flow, con-
ceives the fact that "tO unite the sup
ply vested in tile foreign mount with
that Of the immediate vicinity of its
original source, will create a power
which can never be subdued," and at
once promote the scheme thus specu
lating on the favorable prospects tC
lean upon the world for luxury wher
in It's aged years, and entertain nc
fears of death by starvation,
What does it all mean?
1t means that ClevelandiSm has fol
many years been descending the lofty
heights of opinion from honored
moral and highly revered men WHIT
have figured so cOnspicuously in gain
ing our national hOnOrs, to the basely
suspended vault Of avarlce, impunity
and pollution; j. E.: These opinions
In the disguise of honesty and SINGER.
ity have stolen their way down thu
hills of patriotism and DER the rock
Of confidence to this vault where the,
are known. And now that they ar
safely collected and in unity of forces
they exhibit their strength by break
ing the vault wherein they wer,
bonnd and compelling their escap
down the stream of time.
And while this is the original sourc
Of its existence, the reform minds O
the nation are exploring the way t
the source of the stream, prepared t
obstruct its escape from the vault
but Cleyelandism has endeavored t
implant in the foreign mount {
England" its trust for aid in supply
ing the demand that is now lurkin
near, by offering the bonds of on
nation which, if all were accented
would subject US to a debt which. "
believe, could never be subdued unle,
BY reputation.
But why has this collection neyt
found visible vent in time before?
That it had collected until Ii
pressure was great enough to for
a "leak" is certain, but no one wi
had ever yet detected the same ba