The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-14

their cause. They were outcasts. No
| rights were conceded to them-they
+! were simply tolerated to exist.
| This age is somewhat similar in that
! the rights of the poor are ignored to an
alarming extent. Justice is not execut-
ed in this land nowadays. The cause
| of the people is not considered. May
be you are not prepared to accept this
statement. l think ii 10 be correct. AL
/ low your minds to take retrospective
view of affairs for q moment. In the
\ state of Pennsylvania not long since
! there was strike. 1t is lawful to
strike. In the eyes of the law all men
are equal-the employe as well as the
| employer. But to favor the strong
those who have been placed in author
/ ity considered 1t proper and right to
| curtail the liberty of the one while the
| other is given license to do anything
| he pleases. The minions of the law
! are out with clubs and firearms to in
| timidate the weak, and one day, behold,
! they open fire and shoot peaceable citi-
zens like dogs on the public highway.
| And last week the district judge TO his
eternal dishonor instructed the jury To
return a verdict of not guilty in the
case of that murderous sheriff and his
| cowardly aides. Surely they do not
consider the cause, the cause of the
people And the reason for 1t all is that
!
power men without heart.
/ Again. look to ii that the man of
! your choice has mind.
"A very pernieious idea is abroad to
! the effect that any man is good enough
for an office-anybody good enough for
1 school trustee, say. This is a mistake
any man is not good enough to full
| fill the duties of the meanest office ac-
| ceptably and justly-the incumbent
must be capable. For instance, the Of
| flee of school trustee. This board has
| it's cares and duties to perform. Teach
ers are hired by it. Thousands of dol
! lars worth of property is under its care,
and thousands more go through its dis
! tributing hand every year. Is anybody
! good enough to be member of that
| board? | think that the very best men
| in the community are not one whit too
good for the position. And by the best
| mean not richest, not belonging to the
/ so-called best society, but the best as
To honesty, integrity and mind; Gull
tured, cultivated and well furnished.
In your efforts to find a man you
| must further seek for a being who pos
| sesses q will The truth Is guided by
its instincts. 1t is the glory or man TO
keep his foot upon his nature and to
hold the reins of appetite with tight
hand.
Looking over the past year. yea.
and what do we find? Does it look very
much as If something other than strong
| and righteous will has been the guide!
Some disgraceful things have been done
in the name of the law, and by the OH
GERS of the law. ii Is claimed. withil
the limits of this city.
Even in school affairs, ! am told, this
obtains. When shall men be found man
ly enough and true enough to fill our
public offices and discharge their duties
without fear or favor, as their sense OF
right and justice dictates?
TOO many men are approachabe
nowadays; aye, and too many are pur-
chaseable. The whip of Doodle makes
everything so. The Will of the multi
tude is decidedly pllable, especially TO
certain influences. Although as the poet
sings. Money was made not to COM
mand the will. but all our lawful pleas
ures to fulfill But it does command too
many wills nowadays Truly the horse
, with the horseman run away. The chief
end of those in authority seems To be TO
jealousy guard the fictitious rights OF
the rich and that at the expense of the
poor. The will of the dominant class is
the thing to do. The governor of Kansas,
in late address. charges the supreme
court of the United States of serious
offenses He said No matter how care
fully the robes of justice are folded
about the personnel of the supreme
L.
the cloven hoof of official malfeasance
and usurpation.' And, further, he says
that the highest tribunal in the land has
entered into partisanship with Morgan,
Vanderbilt, Gould * Co. And how did
this unholy alliance happen? Men de-
void of will have been appointed judges.
.I.astly-the last characteristic that
We'll mention tonight that should be-
long to the man wanted is that he has a
creed and a faith. Creedless men are
dangerous individuals. Men without
faith will not fill the bill. We realize
that creed and faith are sneercd at these
days. The popular cry Is. 1t matters
little what q man believes. or whether
he believes at all, as long as he is i
good man. good man without
! creed and without faith is an impossi'
bility And, let me tell You. my
friends. IL is of importance to know the
, kind of creed and faith man possesses
for seldom. if ever, is a man better thar
his creed. Greed. as a general rule. de-
cdes conduct. Sectarianism, of course
we would not eountenance. Still w
ought To be very careful who we sup
port for preferment. blind man car
almost see which way the stream flows
Just now No one need apply unless ht
be of certain name.
[ These things ought not to be so, ano
we have the power TO remedy them
Let us be up and doing. The majorit,
must rule. Let the past suffice us. ano
let us shake off duh sloth and be true
{ to our convictions and place in power
? men after our own heart, believing tina
they will execute judgment among u'
and seek after truth. Consider the
I cause.-The cause of the fatheriess. ant
then peace and prosperity shall be ours
e when faith is lost. when honor dies
: The man is dead. :"
A Case of Assault.