The representative., 1900-09-06

what makes for their peace as they have
lost all senses for the common law:
''Thou shalt not kill, steal, falsify nor
covet," which must apply to nations as
we'll as individuals, and which, If right
ly expOunded, would Of itself limit the
| greed of the one as well as the other;
| for only the nation or Individual who
will not do these things carries out the
| law of love to God and man. Have
they not. therefore, all become blind or
| leaders of the blind who must sooner or
later fall into the ditch of revolution,
| the leveling up and the leveling down Of
| the obnoxious extremes-poverty and
| wealth-GOd's ultimate means, when all
other refom has failed, of bringing back
| human society to its natural equilibrium.
| and the inherent equality that He in
tended should exist between man and
man. For since no man can heap up a
mountain OF wealth without causing de-
preston or poverty and want all about
him, man is as much in duty bound to
avoid the unnecessary accumulation of
individual wealth as he is in duty bound
to avoid starvation or degrading pow
erty; and the moment that any man
| perceives himself to be wiser and
stronger than another, that moment he
puts himself under moral obligation to
help the weaker and not by his superior
powers to crush him; and since God is
| the Common Father of all mankind,
every member of human society should
willingly submit to be governed by laws
consistent with the Fatherhood of God
| and the brotherhood of man. and not,
as now, to laws in opposition to them
For the first characteristic trait of
liberty" says st. Augustine, "is the
commission of crime That is,
Cease to do evil; learn to do WE'LL"
But you know fully as we'll as do, that
business and high-toned politics, even
under the guise of s.o-called Christian
ity, do not care one fig for Gods stand
ard of morality, that can alone govern
man and their material interests for
Righteousness by the all-pervading law
the law of proper limitation-that
makes for truth and justice, for the
FatherhCod of God and the brother
hood of man.
Any official position, therefore, busi-
ness or profession, however high in hui
man estimation, that does not help di-
rectly or indirectly to prevent crime
and to properly feed, clothe, shelter and
educate man. but robs them of the same
for the base purpose of enriching itself
at the expense and misery of the many,
Is nothing less per sc than a physical,
moral and intellectual poverty, produc-
Ing curse upon earth. awaiting in due
time the justice of Gods unerring re-
tribution.
Yours for truth and justice,
MONSSINI.
The Hypocrite Party and It's Press
Bureau.
q. L. K.)
When we read some of the news items
and editorial mouthings of the Bryanite
press of the country, we feel like read
Ing an open lecture to the whole Demo-
cratic press bureau Lies and half
truths are industriously circulated as
facts. to mislead and prejudice the un-
wary voter. Reformers continually find
their cause misrepresented in the pluto
cratic dailies of the country. Only by
reading antl-DemOcratic and anti-Re-
publican newspapers can one know the
truth of what is going on in. politics.
The vital issues are carefully kept from
view and the real meaning of certain
movements kept sealed book. Pluto
cracy is afraid of the Peoples party and
sidized press agents are certainly adopts
in spreading half-truths and palable
falsehoods, built on an item of fact for
the cornerstone
The best example of this kind Of
gazettering is found in the fake news
item from Lincoln, Nebraska, anent
Mr. Barker's supposed ineligibility for
the presidency.
The dispatch was fathered by the
wish and hope that a flaw might be
Ill IL was D01uO-
cracy's CD last straw for their drown
ing man (Bryan). AS man, as a citi-
zen, as a statesman Barkers superior
is not in America. His record in priv
ate and public life is pure. What else
could the news" gatherers for the
pluto Democratic press do but circulate
an innocent item like it did? Innocent
because it is all fake in the construc-
tion they put on the known fact that
Wharton Barker, years ago, was made
knight of st. Stanislaus by the czar of
Russia
Had the reporter "just looked little
up" the constitution of the United
States, he might have saved his paper
the expense of telegraphing the sen
sation."
Any reader of the Representative can
turn to Art. I, Sec. 8, PIP. of the ma
tional constitution. It is gratifying to
note that the Philadelphia Record, edi-
torially, has taken the correct view Of
this matter. 1t said:
cit Is gratifying to learn that Whar-
ton Barker will not have to resign his
title as Knight of St. Stanislaus in Or
der to serve as president of the United
CfofAu Ac Mr. RorLor not