The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-02-20

hands. place them TO your eYes and I
viii show you. under the gold stand
ard. the end"
They were all, In a moment, seated In
semi-circle, with the electro glasses
to their eyes, and John was at the
desk.
What do you see?" he asked. after
they had been looking for several min
utes.
see men hurrying along a street."
said his mother.
They are running now" said Mr..
Wallace Jr.
"A great crowd has come out of a side
street" said Johns wife. And" she
continued, they are carrying a banner
waltz can read tilt reads.
we refuse TO starve.' | see another
banner-it reads-'We give the authori-
ties one day to act"
"AnC-ler procession is coming down
the main street" said Henry, "and IT,
TOO, Is carrying banners. Now wait and
VIII read them No remedy is offered
us but slavery Another reads, The
money trust is the mother of all the
trusts and another, Down with plu-
tocracy.'"
Il see soldiers coming up the street"
said Mr. Wallace, Sr. Their officer
rides ahead ON horse and is apparent
ly ordering the people to dispense His
hat has fallen on"
They have hit him." said Henry;
"and he Is falling from his horse"
"Ohl My Godr' said Mrs. Adams,
ST.. they are stoning him."
Next came a scream from all four of
the women as they dropped their
glasses. The troops were firing on the
people. The four men continued to
look at the scene. The hungry work
men seemed insane with desperation
they were rushing on the troops. Many
were armed and they were shooting
straight into the soldiers; but the re-
peating rifles of the soldiers were now
ing the people down. 1t was soon over
and save piles Of dead, the streets were
cleared
The scene had now shifted, and the
ladies' were again looking. 1t was a hall
filled with men they were looking at.
and the men were excitedly discussing.
Again the scene shifted and this time IL
was the headlines of a morning paper.
The headlines read: Action Taken"
"A Stronger Government Is Demanded
by the People" 1.-THE Convention Ad-
Journs." Resolutions Adopted Favor
ing Reorganization Of the Government"
"England's Enlightened Policy" 1T
Is Recommended as the Only Stable
Form OF Government"
Again there was a change, and this
time 1t was the headlines of another
paper and read as follows:
Monarchy Threatened" "Plutoc-
racy with Its Drowning Infamy." TT
Means Revolution" ALLIED Greed IN
Convention Recommends Despotism.v
THE Republic to be Overthrow"
"Heartless Wretches Responsible for
Untold Misery Now Propose a Military
Dictatorship"
Beyond that" said John, laying
down his glasses, as did the others, mo
man knows the end. The interest OF
property and the interest Of humanity
are coming into irreconcilable conflict.
Civilization is a science and it is to the
solution of that science. We now have
laws that in their operation are taking
from the arteries OF commerce the blood
that gave life to civilization The un-
selfish wisdom OF the nation must act or
despotism is to come to the American
Republic"
John announced that he was through
The next day he and his partner met at
the office in a private room and spent
two hours together. They soon came
to an agreement as to their line OF pol
icy-and it was as John Adams wished.
They discussed the effect agitation
would have in affecting business detri-
mentally, and they both agreed that thu
cause of depression was the error in CIV
ilization so ably defined by the senior
member-an underlying cause was at
work-and that agitation would moi
hasten it. AS John expressed It: 'If
an apple is falling from a tree to the
ground it is pulled downward by the
power Of gravitation, and no amount OF
agitation. pro or con, as to whether the
apple will fall or not. would affect the
law Of gravitation. If the maker Of tn.
universe, however, were to reverse tn,
law of gravitation. the apple would 20
up instead of down. And" he con
cluded. IF those charged with making
our laws will reverse them, we will &c
back on to higher ground and bettel
civilization"
"And the only hope" said Henry
rs Education and Organization-anl
1900" replied his partner.