Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-25
AGAINST SOCIALISM.
FATHER MALONE ADDRESSES A
GREAT DENVER AUDIENCE.
HE DEFENDS CORPORATIONS.
ATTACKS ON CAPITAL
DENOUNCED.
How Corporations Are SandbngEed by
interruptions LeGislntOrs-Dnn-
ger in Present Tendency
to State Interfcrence in
Private Affairs.


Denver Col, Oct. 2i.-The Tabor Grand
opera house was crowded TO the doors this
evening with people to listen TO the elo-
quent clergyman. Rev. Mr.. II. Malone, de-
liver his much discussed lecture on Social
istic Fallacies' So great was the demand
for admission that hundreds were turned
away, and. for the benefit of those who
We're unable to hear Father Malone to-
night. he has consented to deliver the lee
ture again next Sunday night.
Father Ma1one has been Il close student
of governmental questions. and recently
has made n speciality of socialism and kim
dred theories, and, as a result, he is able
to speak on socialistic theory better than
the majority of socialists themselves.
Father Malone's well known reputation
as an orator and man of learning drew to
him tonight an audience which included
r1any of the most prominent people in the
CITY, and his criticisms of the numerous
theories at present advanced for the bet
terment of mankind were well and fayora-
bly, received.
tdther Malone Sllu IN part.
SenseIess Attacks on Capital.
1.-THE wild and senseless attacks which
the demagogue makes on capital and legiti-
mate corporations in behalf of the labor
Ing man are to be deeply deplore1 by hor-
est abiding citizens. 1t is uriortunlte
for labor that irresponsible plathcrskites
are allowed to inject themselves ihio labor
difficulties, and to misrepresent the posi-
ton of honest labor. towards capital. The
demagogue would make ii appear that
class is naturally hostile TO class. ;hat the
rich and poor are intended by nature to
live at war with one another. Beth the
rich and the poor must be made tn under
stand that capital cannot do without labor
nor labor without capital.
Il am opposed to socialism, frs. because
its yotaries chiefly engage then.scives in
unjust, unreasonable and senselc:S attacks
or corporate wealth, and, second, becd U.s.
it is untenable from a religious. philosoph
ical and economic point of view.
Intelligent citizens should firmly oppose
a system that would destroy established in
stitutions solely for the purpose OF a-rans
ing Il more general distribution of wealth.
May Abuse Their Power.
I'm entertaining these convictions, I am
not unmindful that great corporations,
sometimes hundreds of millions. of dollars.
may use the power this capital gives them
to the injury of particular classes of pri-
vate individuals smaller corporations.
But this, / am satisfied, is the exception.
not the rule. When corporations have
been given unjust privileges, then these
privileges should be curtailed. 1t is be-
cause the masses of the people fail to dis
tinguish between privileges that are just
and those that are unjust that corpora
tions in general are confounded with trusts
and monopolies, and made the object of
the demagogue's rantings.
1T is as senseless to rail at corporate
wealth as at individual endeavor. Corpora
tions owe their existence to the law. 1t
governs them. They are as amenable to
existing laws as any individual in the land
To assume that those who execute the
laws are all dishonest, and that the gov
ernment's servants, once the government
has assumed control of private industry,
would be honest in the administration of
the governments business is a preposter-
Gus assumption. To argue that laws can
not be enforced against corporations is to
argue that the race is depraved and to ad-
nit that there is no hope for civilization.
If 1t be possible to elect honest representa-
tives and judges. would it not be the height
in corporations at the mercy of men who
are said to be irreclaimably corrupt?
A Bit of Sarcasm.
But it is urged that wealthy individuals
and powerful corporations corrupt our leg
islators and debauch the peoples repre-
sentatives. This. indeed is IA most serious
charge. Think of it. Our manly. pure and
spotless representatives, men whose integ-
rity and honesty are as imm0 ulate as n
virgin, are led aStray by the agents of
corporations. SO that they become for
getful of the peoples interests and are
willing to barter them away for Il few
patry pieces of silver. Really. l don't
know what punishment should he meted
out to the corporations and mon of wealth
who soil the pure and spotless doves that
compose our city councils and average
state legislatures. 1t must he an awful
power that these men WELD. that men
who have never tarried in the primrose
path of daliance should suddenly forget
their Sunday school teachings and. for
bit of shining gold, betray themselves,
their state and their country.
But what are the facts in. the case? The
facts are that, generally speaking, corpora
tionS are forced, in self-defense to keen
legislation within proper limits and defeat
the schemes of INSCRIPTIONS lobbyists and
Wirepuliers, whose main object is to fleece
both the public and the corporations II
the corporations have their agents to ward
off legislation in their affairs that might be
productive of serious consequences, it mus:
not be forgotten that legislators have their
agents and go-betweens who serve the pur>
pose of carrying the Doodle to the lamb
ike and spotless creatures, WHOM, we are
told, capital debauches and corrupts
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