The Portland daily press., 1897-07-31

convenient device of government by In
Junction: thus substituting judged made
law for legisiature-rnade law, and at the
same tlme getting rid of that old-fogy
institution, the supposed fright" Of
| trial by jury.
Give the country few more examples
OF the beautiful and equitable workings
| OF the doctrine that, while no mercy is to
be SHOWN to mob of strikers volunteer
ing TO hight Tor what it imagines to be its
rights, 1t is eminently fit and proper that
the strikers should be withstood to the
death by hired mob, armed with Win
chester rifles.
While insisting that it would be great
and wicked act of reputation to offer to
pay the governments debt to j p. Morgan
and other bondholders in money worth
only 46 cents on the dollar by the gold
standard, teach by an object lesson that
1t is not at all Reputation, but is merely
things to let of to the extent OF 500, 900,
600 or SO the governments Union Pacific
railroad debtors.
Make no efforts to enforce the antitrust
law which Is on the federal statute book,
pleading in excuse that it is impossible
to secure any convictions under it, because
of Its faulty construction, and that 1t Is
very likely unconstitutional; taking
care, meanwhile, that Congress shall pass
esAASSS~%
defects, and that no choice be given to
test the constitutionality Of the sexisting
statute.
Let the men go unwhipped of justice,
who have swindled tens of thousands of
soldiers and enriched themselves by false
representations and mutual agreements
for addition, division and science;'
while using as their means of reaching
their victims hearts appeals to patriotic
memories and to the noble desire OF
providing for wives and children in case
of the death Of husbands and fathers. Al
the same time, prosecute with relentless
vigor every old soldier who can be shown
to have tempered in any degree with
truth when applying for a pension.
| leaders Of organized labor as working.
men who never work, :" 'demagogs,'
'imposters," ''blind leaders Of the
blind,' ''blowhards, etc. Likewise, dc
| not forget to call every representative Of
the farmers view of public affairs a
"hayseed." Attack with indiscriminate
| abuse every bill passed or proposed In
any legislature which is controlled by the
agricultural interest, if the bill is in any
way intended to take some of the burdens
from the farmers backs, though without
prejudice to the rights of any honorable
creditor or of any honestly managed cor
poration.
!, Proclaim throughout the length and
breadth of the land that the decision OF
unconstitutional certain combinations of
railroads for the purpose of keeping up
rates and keeping down competition, was
q menace to invested capital which
must be overcome either by new legisla-
ton or a new decision. At the same
time assert with great show Of high
moral anger that whoever questions the
correctness of the supreme court decis-
ion against the income tax, or suggest
time, when the court is differently con-
stituted (just as the anti-legal tender de-
cision was reversed after the appoint
ment of two new judges Is an lamar
chist.' socialist" etc.
chist, Socialist, S etc. etc to all persons
who dare to say existing social and legal
| institutions, 80 far as they relate to labor
and capital, to the public and corpora-
tions, and to the protection of the weak
against the strong, are not in all respects
what they ought to be.
| Inasmuch as a main reliance for COM
batting the cheap-money must be the opin-
ions and teachings of learned men, who
have made speciality of the study of
monetary science; and inasmuch as such
men are for the most part presidents of
or professors in colleges and universities;
go on with the good and wise work, Sc
we'll begun in the case OF President An.
drews Of Brown university. Make 1t
clearly understood that freedom and indie.
pendence in the study and teaching OF
monetary science by college presidents
and professors will not be tolerated; be-
cause if it is tolerated, millionaire trust
magnates will not give money for en-.
dOwments and buildings.