Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-15
tion from that great Speaker who preaaGds
over the deliberations OF the universe.
HELP for the Future.

ton from that great Speaker who prealGas
over the deliberations OF the universe.
Help for the Future.
lyon ask: Is there hopper without en-
tering too far on the field OF partisan dis
cussfon. we may glance at what are now
matter OF history. Look hack eight
months, and gaze upon spectacle that
marked the high-water point OF coErup-
ton There were arrayed against the peo-
pie nearly all the banks. the corporations.
the trusts, the railroads, most OF the great
papers, and every influence that money
could control. Manufacturers ana small
merchants were coerced; debtors Were
forced, and laborers were driven py tns
lash of hunger. All Of the corruption FUNDS
that could be raised On two continents were
used to debauch the people: the Lobbyists
the trading politicians. and the time serN-
ers were on that side. The men VINO oWea
their wealth and position TO the TACT tnAs
they had helped to corrupt legislation anu
to poliute the stream OF justice, were ON
that side. The clubs and the fashionaote
pulpits were on that side False promises
Of every kind were held out; every method
of defeating the will of the people at the
polls was practfced On the face OF the
returns 1t appeared as IL the enemy nao
won. According to these returns, So.uoO
more votes, properly distributed would
have changed the result Only eight
already discovered that they were made
the victims of deception Only eight
months have elapsed. but the harvest -
already being reaped-
I'm Illinois we have just had a carnival
of official debauchery, such as the world
has rarely seen The living have been
robbed; the unborn have been defrauded
of their rights, and saddled with unjust
burdens; public property, privileges ana
franchises, worth untold millions, have
been given TO monopolies, numerous acts
striking down liberty have been passed.
and the people are helpless Had corrup-
ton burned 50 cities a free people would
have rebuilt them in ten years. but the de-
struction of republican institutions blasts
the hopes of man and must increase the
sorrows of The world. Look where you viii,
the conditions are the same They are the
legitimate harvest of that poisonous seed
that was sown broadcast last fall The
people see that they were misled. and do
not believe that even a special providence
could soon again unite all the forces that
worked together in the last campaign.
Disintegration is already at work In the
ranks Of the enemy.
PhaIanx of Democracy.
Now look at the other side. Over 6,oo0.-
| 600 of intelligent, patriotic and substantial
| citizens fought for the rights or man.
They were men who had convictions and
dared to act on them. They were men who
could not be cajoled; who could not be
| frightened; they were the men who do
most Of the country's work. and bear Its
burdens. They had no Doodle, but they mad
manhood They refused to pc European
/ lied, but fought for American institutions
Look at these men to-day. They stand
/ in solid phalanx, eager, determined, con-
1 fdent None have deserted; none have laid
down their arms. Their line of battle
stretches across a continent; their banners
are waving; their drums are beating. ana
they are moving on the enemy. They see
the gflded palaces of injustice; they lis
ten to the cry of labor; they hear the vail
of free institutions. and with an appeal to
| the Omnipotent, they resolve that England
| shall not devour this land. In every state
the people are aroused; they see their con-
dition growing worse; they see the nope
/ of their children disappearing; they see
poverty hanging over the future; they see
| the black flag of hunger floating over some
| of the richest sections of Gods EARTH ana
they are crying for justice. Ny friends
that cry will free the American people.
Even if we should be borne down again
and again, the voice of humanity VIII arise
from the dust, and drive the money
| changers out of the temple, and the traitors
out of the land. The Benedict Arnold OF
| 1850 sleeps on English soil Let the Bene-
dict Arnolds Of this age make their graves
beside him.