The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-01-14
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, JANUARY IA, 1898.

notices of wage reflections from four
of the six New England States.
"Is this the result which they |
promised would follow the opening |
of the mills instead of the mints?'
If our enemies boast that they have
buried bimetallism, we point to !
these wage reductions, as the weep |
ing willows which have sprung up
about its temporary tomb. Why is |
not some court asked to enjoIn the |
employers from uniting together to
reduce wages? Can combines |
against employees be innocent if CO.
operation among miners is crime? |
IA few days ago an association of
millers tried to justify reduction
of wages by laying the blame on the
laws passed for the protection of
the operatives. Their complaint is |
significant because it emphasizes
the reactionary tendency of present
conditions. If this grinding
process continues, the laboring
classes will lose all of the advant- !
ages which they have gained in the
last quarter of a century. Instead
of shorter hours for adults and
more education for children, we
shall be asked to leDgthen the
hours of labor and to dwarf the in
telligence as well as the bodies Of
the children by manual labor during
the years when they should be in
school. How many plaques will be
required to soften the heart of our
financial Pharoah? Does he not
know that now, as of old, bricks
without straw but presage the COM
ing of the day of deliverance?
Prescott tells us that the Aztecs
were in the habit of Offering up hui
man victims to secure the favor of
their gods. Our opponents some
times speak in disparaging terms of
those who inhabit the land of the
Aztecs, but let it be remembered
that the huge sacriticial stone that
once surrounded the great Teocalli,
in the capital of the Montezumas,
now harmless and unused, forms
one of the most interesting exhibits
in the Mexican National Museum,
while in the United States fresh
victims in ever-increasing numbers
are being inundated upon the affairs
erected in honor of the gold
standard.
Political Prodigals Return.
"Since the last celebration of
JaCkson's Day, thousands of politi-
cal prOdigals have returned to the
old home, and thousands more are
growing weary of the husks. The
reception of those who have re-
turned has depended upon the spirit
which has animated the prodigals.
Those who have come back ac-
knowledging the binding force of
the Chicago platform and willing to
work tremendously side by side
with the brethren who went not
astray, have been taken into full fell
lowship and their wahderings for
given. But those who have swag-
gered back, Boosting of their inten-
tion to remodel the house and revO-
lutionize methods have found Meth
er fatted calf nor banquet hall.
"There is no humiliation in ac-
acknowledgement of error. To a large
portion of our people the money
question was new question in 1896,
and as we demanded affirma tive ac-
ton, the timid and only half-con-
WINGED arrayed themselves against
us. Since the election there has
been time for further study, and
events in rapid succession have
been vindicating the position taken
by the bimetallic forces in the last
campaign.
1.-The Republicans, too, intoxi-
Gated by success, have been disclos-
, ing schemes which were carefully
, concealed during the contest. We
: may therefore expect continuous
accessions to our ranks.
II can not close without impress
ing upon your minds the necessity
of extending and perfecting the
work of the clubs, which are neces-
sary to supplement the working of
the party organization. We must
have clubs in every precinct.
Through them we can keep our
! forces in fighting condition, collect
campaign funds and protect the bal
q lot box from fraud and corruption.
! II have so much confidence in the
earnestness and intelligence of those
I who are enlisted under the banner
of Independent bimetallism that
am sure all things needful will be
done.
3 81 therefore bid you be of good
: cheer. Unless all political omens
: fail the twentieth century will open
with the money of the constitu tior
restored and the motto "Equa
Rights to All and Special Privi
' leges to None" the controlling prin'
ciple in all the departments of the
q government. Then will our people
, sing a new song of nation re
: deemed"
/ GarwOOd's Sarsaparilla-for the BLOOD