The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-09-28

i mere is IL GLOSS OI SO-CdII0u IullucA-
tial' men, in other words, profession
ii politicians, who exist in every
ommunity and who labor not,
neither do they spin. but make rich
living off their influence. Because
they are influential naturally, they
drop into their most natural profess
sion, that Ola politician. This pro.
fession is followed during the natural
life of the practitioner and is worked
the same as other trades and pro-
LESSONS are worked, ''for all there is
in it," These men fill most of the
small offices, but too many succeed
in working their way into high gov
ernmentai positions, where oppor-
tunity for doing much harm is in
their power. 1t is then they begin to
grow wealthy and powerful, and
about this time they begin to be
classed among the ''great" men of the
nation. In the opinion of the TIMES
these are safe men to be let entirely
alone by all having the best interest
of their homes at heart. They should
never beintrusted with an office much
less be allowed to represent the inter
ests Of the common people, for the
reason they will never represent those
interests honestly. The interests OF
the powerful corporation will receive
their support every time, Why
should they not, since these officials
are there "for what there is in it."
Farmers we'll know that they consti-
tute the great majority and could
easily have their interests represented
by good honest farmers as well as by
INSCRIPTIONS politicians whose only
aim is to perpetuate the party in
power which means continuance in
office for themselves. Under the con-
ditions OF things as they now ext t
and as they have existed it behooves
the farmer and the working class to
no longer trust these men to repre-
sent them.
AS a rule farmers would rather
trust their interests to politicians
rather than make the slightest move
ment towards helping themselves,
and will answer an article or argu-
ment tending to elevate them with
the s atement that ooh well, probably
farmer would sell us out as soon as
any body else" If the farmers of
Pierce County had sent an upri,nt
honest farmer to the legislature las
fall, would he have helped to vote
down Halls anti-pass resolutions?
Any honest man knows that the
legislative free pass and free sleeping
car and telegraph franks are given
for the express purpose of bribing
legislators and judges. At least,
sensible people know that corpora
those who are not in a position to
help them in return. Political parties
sometimes recognize this, as in the
case of the republican judicial con-
vention which nominated Judge Helms
year and a half ago. Ii that con-
vention had not considered the pass
bride, why did it pledge it's nominee
to not accept one? Still we find the
very men. who as delegates to that
convention denounced passes as cor
rupting, themselves within the year
with pockets stuffed with passes as
Legislators at Madison Joining in the
opposition to the anti-pass measures.
Would an honest man whether a
farmer or member of any other
trade have voted down the Lewis
primary caucus bill and instituted
continuance of practically the p e'-
emit system of machine politics under
legal sanction? We care not to what
party a man belongs, if he be honest
and has the best interests of the
people at heart, he will try and secure
honest men to represent his interests
and such men can be easily found
among the farming classes, and as
soon IS farmers throw off their
political masks that shut out the
honest light OF reason so soon will
things begin to improve.
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.