The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-02-20
TIME CARD U. P. Ry.
ON THE STATE Of THE NATION

The report brought by the press dis
patches. reprint n which Will be-
fuund In another column Of this impress
sion. regarding letter recently written
hy Grand Master Workman Sovereign.
Of the Knights Of Labor, In which be
predicts revolution m this country In |
ihr near future as an ouigrowth of the
industrial depression Of the past lew
wears. IL Of sufficient importance 10
arouse grave appreheusions In the minds
Of all good citizens as 10 the ultimate
destiny Of the Republic. " the present
conditions Of the country are allowed 10
continue a. they nov are MIR Sever
cign Is credited with the assertion that
even now secret revolutionary societies
are being organized In All parts Of the
country. with the intention % rcsorting
O., civil war a. means OF rghting the
wrongs which even the most conservative
Of our citizens are forced 10 admit, exist
10 this country today. and 10 must be
admitted that he Is close enough TO the
great industrial masses OF our people.
being the head of one Of their strongest
organizations to krow what he is talking
about The bare thought OF such q
sequel 10 the story % hard times, de-
preston. failures and suffering OF the
l.,t few years with which every one Is
more or less familiar either as q result
o. visual u not actual experience, or by
reading ,he daily press OF The country,
s. sufficient to strike terror 10 the heart
oi any man and Il is not 10 be- wondered
at that the subject has been GENERALLY
tabooed and hooted al and ridiculcd by
majority Of the people OF the country
who have probably without knowing il
Initiated the boy who whisiled while
going through the woods to keep his
courage up. History is said 10 repeat
itself and the wonder Is that the states.
niru and men Of affairs who are In
charge of our government should not
take warning from the history of other
nations that have fiourlshcd and fed lr
ile past, the cause Of who~s downfall b,
80 Easily N"'a'tf - ''NNt'i'hn HAhiithl
b. those which confront tsis nation to
day.
Rome fell because Of official rotten
ness and corruption In high places BE
cause Of the manipulation of the affair
OF state In such manner as tended Il
The enrichment OF the few at the exiens
of the many The horrors of the Frcncl
Revolution were due 10 very simia
causes. and much AS all good citizen
must deplore the admission. IL cannot /
denied that the signs of the times poii
10 the fact that this government is raj
idly falling into the vices which led /
their downfall without taking auy stI
10 avert ultimate disaster. which. n,
oalv history but the laws of morality
we'll as common sense teach must nel
c,ssarially follow such course.
II is not enough that the cry of ''a
archisl" shall be raised every time
public mar ora newspaper calls attic
tiou TO the dangers of the time. 1t
not enough that the people shall clio
lu'ir - - dediuSt tue pdlulul truth, AT
lul themselves into faucied securi
because OF the good promises aud car
fully worried pledges which are ma
by the platforms and candidates OF
20 itical parties before election tin
The country needs something more tn
thu. II needs a general awaken
among the people to The real conditi
OF the Reptile, or more properly spei
ins the real condition of the people
The Republic. and as to the causes viii
have led that condition, and il wol
seem TO be the part of wisdom for
men who are IN a position either oiiic
~ or oiherYise, to influence largely
policy OF the government TO adopt 5,
poicg-as would bcSl serve to right
wrongs Of which be masses compl
therJby removing " "a ises winch Il
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