Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-09
POLITICAL M~LL/ONA/RES.

whether published in Montana or else
where, newspapers that are owned b.
multi-millionaires quite naturally stan,
They are inclined to the view that at
tempts are made to arouse prejudice:
against such men, merely because the,
are rich. In this they mistake. 1t is no
the possession Of wealth that invite:
criticism. but the manner of its acquire.
ment. The man who becomes a multi.
millionaire through mining investments
for instance. nature yielding her g~raciou:
bounties into his outstretched hand. at.
tains wealth through no injustice tc
others. His gain represents no loss on
the part of other human beings. who
though less lucky. do not suffer from his
increase. To the financial successes OF
such an one no legitimate %prejudices
attach.
But the millions that are wrung from
the toiling masses, through unholy COM
binations of capital for speculative pur-
I~N'' = tNSAH 0iAoAiiNA IaG VI llic CdSS-
, Human energy and ability is incapable
of converting a man into a multi-million-
are through the ordinary lines of legiti-
mate business speculation. as'the affairs
OF the world are now adjusted. Great
wealth acquired in this way means a
corresponding loss or tie part of the
producers who represent the sources from
which it is drawn. This principle is so
we'll understood that the masses of the
people lave a right to feel that the multi
millionaire. who has reaped golden har-
circumscribed and crippled the efforts of
others. is an enemy to society, in that
he has ridden rough-shod over the less
fortunate individuals who nave stood in
his pathway to afiuence and power.
Thus, while the bonanza mining king
may have done no n a wrong. in wrest-
ing from nature her golden gifts Of pre-
cious metals. it is clear that the tyrant
who has builded himself up on the suffer-
ings and self-sacrifice of others, through
purely speculative lines of work, is en-
titled to no respect from those who, like
Abou Ben Adhem. love their felIow-men.
When one of the latter type of multi
millionaires enters the political arena,
with his aristocratic tendencies keyed
to a point of utter Indifference to the
of the common herd" it is time
for a protest to go UP from one end Of
experience he is totally untitled to grasp
the sceptre of political power. He is in
touch with the masses only through his
iron heel.
Such a man is John r. Mclean, the
democratic nominee for governor of Ohio
the man whose election is to be fol-
lowed by the proffer of the vice presi-
dency next year at the hands Of his
party. Representing all that is cold and
clammy on the so-called higher planes of
social life, belonging to the public-be
damned class of men, Mclean is a man
who looks upon the common people as
cattle, to be rounded up and disposed of
at SO much per head. That idea he will
carry into politics; and he was nomi-
mated to serve notice an the multi-mil-
lionaires of his type that while the de-
mocracy breaches the simplicity of
Thomas jefferson it is anxious to be in
touch with every barrel that can be
sighted within the horizon of political
life.
The election of Mclean in Ohio would
be the triumph of a trust king-the SUBJ
%jugation Of the people to the dictation of
wealth. May heaven preserve the people
from the fateful day when a multi-mil-
l~ionaire can be elected to an Office of re-
sponsibility and power, on no higher
grounds than that he is the possessor of
unlimited wealth, and is willing to pur-
chase political preferment from the beg
gars and sycophants who wallow in the
mud at his feet.
The recent democratic candidate for
mayo Of Cleveland, Ohio, Mr.. A.. H.
Weed, expresses his opinion of John r.
Mclean as follows: There is nothing
left for the loyal democrats to do but to
vote for Judge Nash or Mayor Jones of
Toledo, or remain ava from the polls"
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