The Portland daily press., 1899-08-17

I1uuh- lie fepfSus We Always Nv tnoe'
!. In the State Of New York, where
the Democratic majority Is between
90 900 and 90, 600. we throw 10 either way
+. Wherever there Is d0minaut
party, wherever the majority is very large
that is the party that gets the con-
tribution, because that Is the ss -e-sv
that controls the local matters" In
plain language, this means that the
have hand In the eiestion Of
all municipal. state and government
ofiioisia. You and l know the reason
why, and 10 prssagas no good for the fu-
ture OF the country. On the battlefield
OF Gettysburg the immortal Lincoln i'm
plored his fellow conntrymen TO resolve
anew THAT government Of the, ,peopls, by
the people and for the people should not
perish from the earth" A very different
form OF government is icing rapidly es-
tablished in this country at the present
hour, and IL ie the duty Of the patriots of
1879 to resolve "thnt governments Of the
corporations, by the corporations and for
the corporations shall be strangied In Its
BIRTH"
Among intelligent people today It is no
secret that the press Is the paid mouth
piece Of organized oapital--I mean, of
course. in the treatment OF questions
where the interests cf the public conflict
with the selfish interests of capital. /
say this, yielding to no man IN my ap-
probation of the enterprise of our great
metropolitan newspapers, and with
cheerful recognition of their priceless
value as educators Of the people. Almost
from necessity it Is that they sell their
columns to him who will pay the highest
price. doubt II there Is any class of
citizens upon whom ths tyranny of cspi.
tai descends with more crushing force
than upon tho men who conduct our
newspapers. They are compelled to
stilie their convictions and conceal their
thoughts, and there Is no slavery SO gall
Ing as slavery OF the intellect and con-
science.
Am right In assuming that tho un-
bridled operation OF trusts In this coun.
try is robbiBg lahUrers of their wages,
business and professional men
from their shops and offices, corruptIng
he fountains OF political lie, undermine
Ing the freedom OF the rTess creating an
atmosphere of seryillty in the school,
roomsR II so, then we make no mistake
In counting the modern trust among the
republics unconquered foes. and in de-
cIaring that the right method OF dealing
with such gigantic evil Is one of our
unsolred problems.
Blind, indeed, is the man who sees no
peril to the republic in the race antagon-
ism which exists today IL the Southern
states. The questions involved aro ditfi-
cult aud delicate, and as yet no progress
has been made in their solution. Theo
retlcally the Civil war raised to the plane
OF free citizenship 4,000 600 black slaves;
1t merely changed the form OF
domination which their white masters
were allowed to exercise over them At
the close OF the war, the champions OF
human liberty, led by Charles Sumner,
did their best to secure ali the blessings
of freed ON for the enfancihsed race, and
guarantees Of absolute equality before
he Las aw.0
stitution and accepted by the Southern
states. These guarantees have been null
lifieu by shameless methods, and In many
parts of the South the oolored man who
asserts his constitutional rights places his
life in jeopardy.
have neither the time nor the dispo- |
sition to portray the dastardly outrages |
lately perpetrated upon colored citizens |
suspected of crime. Search the bloodiest |
annals OF barbarism, aud you will find |
no crimes more tnhumRn and revolving |
than the recent lynchiugs in the South. |
All these brutal occurrences took place in |
the country that Is sending its armies |
ten thousand miles across the seas to /
teach other colored men lessons OF stable, |
orderly government, and to shower upon /
them, against their viii, the blessings OF /
Christian civilization
The Eo.called "Southera Reutlemeu,n
who speedily organize themselves into a
zAOD w ~ bCu 0foTy ulttk IDun WuQ Is l
even suspected of assaulting a white /
woman, should remember that very |
many of these black men had white |
fathers, and the mixed blood flowing In |
the veins of the despiged race is the result |
OF crimes against womanhcod fully as
heinous and disgusting as those oom.
planned of today. When the balance ia |
tinaily strurk by the Supreme Judge of |
the universe. we shall know whether the |
" bite man or the black man Of the South |
has been the greater offender against tine |
OF woman.
l can think of only one way to solve |
the race problem in this country, and slay |
the cruel foe OF the republic that stalks |
today through the cities and villages of
the South. It must be done, IL at oil, by
A rigid adherence in all political matters |
to the provisions OF the Constitution and |
the principles of the Declaration of Inde- |
pendence; by consistent application of
The teachings of Christianity to the sonial |
and industrial life OF the time, i believe |
the race problem will be practically |
solved when the negro Ia given ample op-
portunitie6 for education, when he Is |
airly remuperated for his labor, when |
he Is allowed to exercise his political |
rights, when he is treated as a man and |
brother. IL 1t Is impossible for the |
American people to deal with him in this |
way, then the sooner he Is banished from |
the land the better both for him and US,
The repulsive feature of another Inn |
placable foe of the republic, yea, OF hu- |
Is seen In the spirit OF militia |
rism that mas had such q wonderful |
revival In this country during the last |
few years. Many CT our>public men, in |
particular, seem to have an intense Itch |
Ing for war. They do not care much as
to what country Is pitted against us, and |
are indifferent as to the nature Of the |
grievance which Is made the cause of |
hostilities. They simply yearn for fight |
One OF the most Isigniticeuu features of |
she case is found In the fact that these !
men who are willing to plunge the country |
INTO war do not intend to do any of the |
lighting or brave any of the hardships |
themselves. They purpose to remain |
At safe distance. seated in the halls of |
legislation or In the offices OF the 'syeliow |
and calmly comm snt upon /
the scenes of carnage which their folly |
has incited.
At this moment thousands of human /
beings are slowly perishing Of starvation /
In Russia, and the governments declares |
ltsslf powerless to give relief. At the |
same time Russia Is expending $500, co.,
COO annually on her army and navy. In |
Italy people ore living in caves and dying /