The Advocate and news., 1898-03-09

iority OF our people, who work, live and
die for their loved ones.
Troy Times (Pop): The Socialists be-
lieVe In public schools, in public roads,
In public bridges, in public waterwOrks,
in public electric lights, In public street
cars, in public pOstoffices, in public rail-
roads, in public telephones and in public
owning of all public utilities, all abso-
lutte mOnOpolies. The Socialists believe
that the public should do for the public
at cost, those things which the private
individual cannot do, without a grant OF
special privilege from the people through
their government. Every corporation
exists by the sufferance of the people
only. Such thing as vested rights"
can never be acquired by corporation.
The very special privilege which Is i'm
piled In the granting of a corporate char
special privilege enables the person en-
gagged in business as a corporation to
exercise the power of taxation. No such
power should be granted by any people
who have any care for their liberties or
their public institutions.
w. J. Bryan: Sometimes l hear peo-
pie say that we ought to try and get
back the Democrats who left US in 1896
want them to come back, my friends
would rather have with us a man who
was with us in the hour of trial than one
who had deserted us in the face of plu-
tOcracy's fight against us. The man who
was against us in 1896 was either not a
Democrat at heart, or he did not under
stand the principles which the American
people were discussing, and If he was not
Democrat at heart, he is far better out
side of our ranks fighting us face to
face than inside of our ranks stabbing
the party In the back. If he went from
us because he did not understand the
principles involved IN the struggle of
1895, he will learn what those principles
amount to far sooner If we stand by
them than he will If we once surrender
them. The moment we begin to sur
render them or to talk about cOmpro-
mise, we cast reflections upon our own
sincerity. The moment we attempt to
go toward him, he has right to assume
that he was right instead Of we, and he
will expect us to give all up.
|, New York World (Dem.): 1t LIS pos
slbly but not certainly too late to stop
the Kansas Pacific steal. The Senate
has done well to declare its disapproval
Of the sale by vote of "a to 20. Briefly
the facts are these: The Kansas Pa
cifC road is earning per cent. on $780,
100000. II is easily worth that sum.
1t owes the government little less than
S13,000,000. There is a prior claim suf-
ficient to make the total about $780,
100000. BY bidding for the road the
entire amount of its claim and then pay
ing off the prior lien the government
would have offered S20,000,O0O for $780,
100000 worth of property. But the syn
diCate would certainly have bid more.
It and its allies hold a junior mort
gage for $11,OOO,O0O, worth about 115
per cent. A government purchase Of
the road would have extinguished this
junior mortgage utterly. OF course the
syndicate would never have permitted
that. If the government had bid the
entire $13,000,000 of It's claim the syndi-
cate would have bid more and the gov
ernment would have got all it's money
back. AS 1t Is, the government makes
present of nearly $7,000,000 to the
syndicate. If 1t Is within the power of
the Senate this steal should yet be
stopped.
Kansas City Tribune: But when the
Doctor questions the good results Of the
work of the rank and file of the (Salva-
tom Army" then we are compelled to
take issue with him. OF course, we can't
discuss the question from a spiritual
standpoint, but when it comes to works
that bear fruit, in softening human sor-
row, relieving human suffering and min
istering to the creature comforts Of des-
titute humanity, they may well chal-
lenge other organizations to compar-
lson. We have seen these lowly people
gather into their ranks fallen woman
from a dance house In a frontier town,
clothe her in their uniform, give her