The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-01-06
PERTINENT POINTS.
A hungry stomach is no respector Of
law

PERTINENT POINTS.
A hungry stomach is no respector of
Society favors an aristocracy, but
spurns the common herd" Or as
Max Nordau puts it: Society kisses
the gloved hand of aristocracy. and
spits on the horny hand OF the son of
toll"
The accumulations of vast fortunes,
the concentration Of enormous wealth
in the hands OF the few, has been the
death Of at least one bright. shining
republic; it will be the ruination Of
this unless the American people
arouse themselves:
Whsra wealth. assssss . siasss asdaen decay
4 IL truth consismns your Marty, call
M hot traitor; II she pfonounces your
fal1o, C&ll her not inll1el; II she
nv zkligion or
fe i1 "a 1c1ence OF philosophy, turn
III y d6af ear % her pleadfngs. Let
not partfSanship. superstition or big
otry warp your Judgment or dull your
conscience; but turn your face boldly
to truth, be the consequences what
they may. "Truth wears no mask,
bows at no human shrine, seeks neith-
er praise nor applause: she only asks a
hearing" We dare graf her that. To
do less would be cowardice.
Prof. Frank Parsons recently said,
in the Arena: "This country needs
the re- NJ MANitization of Congress more
than the reconciliation Of silver"
There is more prose than poetry in
that statement. We have always
thought that there was not enough Of
MAN in Congress, but too much OF SILL
NER. Take out the silver and put in
the man!
We are now represented in Congress
by the PURSE without the man; would
it not be better to be represented by
the MAN without the purse?
Some one said: Capital is the true,
only and Omnipotent God. He mani
tests himself in everything. He is
found in glittering gold and in stink
ing guano." Yes; even in "stinking
guano." It's true; capital is found
everywhere, and always seeking for
more. He respects nothing; pities
nothing; seeks only to accumulate,
even though it be at the expense Of
human souls. II he only confined his
manifestations to 'stinking guano."
and left the rest to government, or
the people, how much happier the
human race might be,
Poverty often robs man of honor and
woman Of chastity; great riches rob
them of heart and brains.
There are more than three million
unemployed men and women in the
United States today who are begging
for the opportunity to earn their daily
bread.
Some of them step out of this life
into eternity unbidden; some are driv-
en- to lives Of shame; others to beg
giug or stealing and mufderfng; and
others still drag on through life to a
pauper's grave. It's a terrible, terrible
struggle; sad, sad sight.
Will it always be thus? What shall
we do to be saved?" Can Idoanything
to better the conditions? These are
the questions we should in all sinceri-
ty ask ourselves. and honestly try to
answer. Let us not evade or shirk,
but do our duty.
Let the battle Cry be the Initiative
and Referendum, and government
ownership OF all the natural monopo-
lies. On that we can win in four years;
on any platform narrower than that
we must lose.
II the Republican party cannot give
us prosperity in the next four years
they will be swept out Of power by a
mighty wave, and their opponents will
be elected on almost any sort of
platform Then why not wage the
battle on principles that are funda-
mental and eternal. Free Silver" is
NOT such principle
The Peoples party is not dead yet.
Twenty-Five Populists were elected to
Congress on Nov. 8. The Kansas leg
islature will stand: Populists, 81;
Democrats, 8; and Silver Republicans.
3. Kansas is still the Mecca Of Popu-
liSm.
The Washington legislature will be
made up of 10 Populists and Repub-
lican senator. That comes pretty
near being 16 to l. The House will be