The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23
Musings of q MOssback
(By Bige Eddy.)

(By Bige Eddy)
Don't call any one fool or a knave
just because they differ from you" OF
course not, that is q coarse and brutal
way of putting It,
Nevertheless If am right, and 1 be-
lieve am, any one who differs from me
Is wrong.
II he Is wrong through ignorance he
Is Abe don't know any better
II he knows better, and chooses wrong
rather than right, he is a-not SO good
as he might be.
But some people are afraid of being
radical or better. Well. peoples gifts"
differ. AS for myself, plead guilty to
both counts Of the indictment.
Mustard plasters on wooden legs"
may be radical enough remedies in the
estimation OF some, but 1 believe the
diseases Of the present body polite re-
quire large dose of strong medicine,
and that It must be applied to some part
Of the said body polite susceptible to
medical influence
cannot contemplate the wrongs that
have been perpetrated upon masses, even
with their knowledge and consent with
out bitterness Of spirit, and this bitter
ness nerves me to strike at the system
which is responsible.
Mush and milk and honey and mo-
lasses are good things in their place, put
they make mighty poor ammunition to
attack the abominable system which re-
wards man according to his gall or
ANY other old thing" rather than his
merits.
l am Socialist of the Socialist Labor
party persuasion. and ready and willing
at all times to give reasons for the faith
that is in me-
II choose to train my guns, such as
they are, upon the gold standard fake
the government by injunction misrule
and the tariff robbery, rather than to
attempt to carry CONSERVATION into the
ranks of reformers not yet prepared to
come the whole way with me, that is my
funeral
AS l have said before, there Is some
hope for the man who has made start
In the right direction, though it is but a
small start.
or all the fakes pure and simple the
agitation for the election of United
States senators by the people takes the
| cookery
The senate was designed as 3 check
upon the people. and no method Of cleo
ton could remove them farther from
the influence of public opinion than the
| present one.
1t the senate Is necessary at all 1t Is
as such a check. believe the people
are capable of self-government. Conse-
quently l don't believe in the United
States senate or any dual legislative
body.
This agitation is merely an attempt to
| prOlong it's useless existence.
Socialism in Strange Places is the
title Of an article on millionaire and
titled socialists. Yes, 1t is in strange
places. Furthermore, It is mighty
strange socialism
God reigns and the Republican party
still lives" 1t makes me shudder to
/ think who would have reigned upon the
death of the 6. o. p. by the defeat OF
! markhanna
Mckinley has dried up his COWS, turn
ed his hogs into the woods and moved
into town, so Mrs. Nc. will not have so
much care on her mind. He is now ready
to lead us to Crimson glory and un-
dying fame" upheld the country's honor
and wiring prosperity, reciprocity and in
ternational bimetallism even from the
lannon's mouth.
This lone step at time" business is
all right, provided the step is in the
right direction, and they don't stand
still too blamed long between steps.
But don't 1t strike you that we have
made very little progress during the last
hundred years as compared to our ad-
vancement along industrial lines.
Has the material welfare Of the people
increased in anything like the ratio that
their productive capacity has increased
Have you observed, but Of course you
have, that the invention OF labor-saving
machinery in any particular line has
been attended with increased hardship
for the workers in that line?
The more you can do the less you get
and nothing short of the collective own
ership OF the means Of production and
distribution will make any change fol
the better.
Therefore. whether you 60 zone steI
at a time." or go on the Jump, unless
your progress is in that direction you
are getting no nearer a solution of the
problem-Washingto State Journal.