The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-03-18

| things to all men. who occasionally
lisp few radical phrases to deceive,
let the good Lord deliver me They
are in Duluth? Well. some.
! The Pueblo tC0l.) Minister'S assoc
cia1ion recently passed resolutions de-
precating Sunday funerals and recon-
mcnding that they be discontinued
| and abandoned. For heavens sake
what may we expect next from these
gentlemen Of the cloth. Are hey op-
posed to charging the customary fee
| for performing their needless services
| over the inanimate remains of Door
creatures who unwisely select Gay
for dying that would bring their bur
| ial day on the Sabbath. or is the eNcr-
| lion of performing an extra service on
| that day too artluous for their over
worked constitutions? Now. if they
are really in earnest and want TO dis
continue the practice Of burying dead
on Sundays. the thing can all be ar
| ranged. The matter OF leaving the
world is left so entirely with the in
dividIal that a resolution about as fol-
| lows would undoubtedly bring about
the desired results and people COULD
select the early part Of the week for
schuffling off this mortal coil:
Resolved, by the ministerial associa-
ton that beginning this date we will
perform no funeral service on Sun
day.
This would mean something and
might have the desired effect of abol-
ishing Sunday funerals altogether.
Here is personal liberty persona
fled to a fareyou-well by the shoulder
strapped squirt-guns now in authority
in ''free Cuba" No private soldier is
allowed to buy glass Of beer, wine
ficers are privileged to booze to their
hearts content. The penalty against
ing their wares to the pcbian private
American soldier, is a heavy fine and
Il close up.
Another political party has been
launched on the sea Of destiny. 1t is
called the ''t'nion Reform Party" and
is composed chiefly of the outcasts,
taiI-ends, sore-heatls and rag-tags of
all other parties. The new party. mas
however, one fredeeming quality-it
bars all prohibition fanatics. The
party was born in Cincinnati last
week, and will be in the market for
bids at the next general election. The
principal business of the first meeting
of the new party was ''discussion."
After Brother Abner and the Wall
street sharks get through with their
schemes to Finance" Cuba and bond
the island to a stand-still, how much
more Stree" will the Cubans be than
they were under Spanish bondage?
The Cubans rebelled against the ex-
tortionate taxes levied by Spain-but
it now begins to look as though they
had fought the devil and fell into the
hands Of his imps.
n great many newspapers might do
much more good for their party, their
proprietors aud the community where
they are printed did they devote their
columns more to interesting local
news, bright and truthful editorials
and not SO much to fault finding with,
and vile abuse Of, other local papers.
Such rot as the latter is very disgust
ing to intelligent readers.
OF the scventy-five million people
in the United States, more than sew
enty millions are toilers, are laborers,
are working people-that is they work
when they can secure work. Then we
are told that this is representative
governments; government of the peo-
pie, by the people and for the people.
Now let us see if it is! OF the eighty
eight United States senators in con-
gress there is not workingman or a
workingman's friend visible-and Of
the threc-hundred and tifty-seven
members of congress, only two lone,
lonesome members represent the
working people Of this country. All
the balance are lawyers. bankers and