Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-28
THE DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
OF THE DAY.
They are Taken up and FearIessly
Discussed by an Independents
Writer.

-Noo. w. tub many tImt
millionaire, is deadi The dispatche
tell US that he died Of heart failure
bunny isn't II, when it is a well know
fact that the dend magnate ha'
either heart, soul, or consciencep w
have before us an editorial written b,
the editor of the Big Rrpids, Mich.
Pioneer, which gives a graphic pictur
of the early life of this man, who year
ago was a resident Of Grand Rapids
Mich, and who prior to his removal I,
Chicago, obtained the loan OF $500
from a friend. Pullman prospered ant
became a millionaire, but failed to pal
back the money loaned him by hi,
Grand Rapids friend. After years O
waiting, suit was brought to recover
the money, but the big hearted mil
l~ionalre took advantage Of the statute
of limitation, and 80 was legally ex,
empt from paying back the loan made
by his friend.
Much Is being written about Mr..
Puliman's philanthropic spirit. He
was phiianthropic as much as the devil
Is saintly-only when being so served
a purpose, that be wished to accom-
plish. At his funeral, prominent
preachers extolled his many virtues (P).
but we're painfully silent about the
eviction Of employees Of Pullman, whose
u1derpaid labor made it possible for
Pullman to become a millionaire.
Amid solemn lP) pomp and pious hum
buggery this man without a heart or
soul was laid to rest, while his spirit
was checked through to glory. Pull
man, living, was a power that made
itself felt in business, on exchange, and
in politics. He had the money to buy
judges and legislators to do his bid
ding, and those who dared to oppose
him, or demand but justice at his
hands, felt the cruel pressure Of his
merciless heel on their PROSTATE forms;
but where be now dwells, Pullman ia a
cipher that counts for nothing. How
gladly he would give millions If, by
doing SO, his present landlord would
permit an understrapper to turn the
hose on him for a few minutes. But
shorn OF his greatness, his power and
his millions, Pullman cries az vainly
for q drop OF water as Dives did 10 his
time. Peace to his ashes! Lucifer
will see to 1T that his spirit will not !
suffer from ennui, or lack the nscss.
ary exercise to keep him from running
own at the heels.
We read that two ladies OF Wartz. |
burg, Germany, were recently SEN
to a term of imprisonment for /
'psaking disrespectfuliy of that peri
)dlcal lunatic known to the world as
Emperor W:!iam, and the thought
to us, If the kings OF this earth
lid glory to heaven by their presence
here, as the good book afirms, then i'll
plain hat the dwellers 10 the celes-
kingdom are not very particular as
the company they are in, or the
of ..glory" they keep on tap.
We have been reading an account of
the personal Investigations made by
prominent French journalists ~
Paul de Cassagnac, Henri Rochefort
and Clemenceau OF the horrible tor
lures inflicted. at Montjuich prison, in
on the person OF Cana, the
carpenter, who was supposed to be an
anarchist c%ognizant OF the plans OF the
anarchists relating to the killing OF
hat fiend in human form, Canovas.
Chs published statements OF these
men seem almost incredible.
or they surpass, in brutality aud
relish cruelty, the tortures inflicted
the days Of the so-called ''holy
Inquisition !" This, too, in the closing
lays of the nineteenth century, and by
! government that claims to be a
and a Christian nation! Such
deeds make anarchists, who believe
hey have a right to kill those who, in
defiance Of reason, justice, liberty and
law, torture and kill because they
claim a "dlvine right" to do so.
Spain evidently. needs a revolution,
and, after that, a republican form OF
government. Unhappy Cuba Will
promptly second that motion.
As this letter treats of personals"
mostly, we are reminded of the recent
action Of the Tammany Tiger in put
ting Billy J.. Bryan into quarantine
after election. As q result, this
genial distributor of wind feels very
sore, and M back at Tammany by
advocating the election of that single
tax and free trade crank, Henry
George, as mayor Of Greater New
York. The Ohio democracy has also
put out its sign for Billy to sskeep off
the grass" aud that Is why the loqua-
Nebraskan Gov sadly MARBLES:
Pm no more the 'onliest' Billy,
Much l fear,
Who but twelve mouths since could fill
Hearts with cheerl
Very popular was I then,
And 1 thought I'd win sure when
The other Billy got there.
We are decidedly in the swim. Our
pockets are bullying u with cigars OF
all sizes and favors, the gifts OF men
who are willing to sacrifice their own
personal interest, and even their
mothers-in-law, rather than refuse to
be elected TO Office next month. We
can't vote for all of these seekers for
official plums, but we can, and we
heroically do, smoke all the cigars so
recklessly given, even though it
changes our delicate strawberry blonde
complexion to that Of . chocolate
brown.
Sig Neumann, q wealthy and promi-
nent cattle man, who was brought to
this city from Walsenburg, on Tues
day, for medical treatment, died on
Wednesday from the effects Of the