The representative., 1900-09-06

For long time thinking people who
have large commercial interests have
felt unsafe with our present form OF
government from the fact that we are
controlled by the little cheap John poll
ticians and ward healers. Now is a
good time to do away with our obsolete
constitution and adopt form of gov
ernment that will be logical with our
new expansion ideas and will give am
pie protection to capital. A constitu-
tional monarchy is probably the most
desirable plan that we would now adopt.
Everything is ripe for the change. We
take it that the great farming interests
OF our land will readily adapt them
selves to the change. The farmer is a
great lover of law and order, and anti
monarchy is largely the expression Of
French revolutionry ideas suggested by
hot headed theorists. .''-Des Moines
Weekly Globe.
The above clipping would sound like
the vaporings of a diseased mind were
is not for the fact that it voices the sem
timents Of large majority of the
Weather classes of the country. These
people are becoming restive under a
republican form of government. They
long for titles. They would sacrifice
millions Of their ill-gotten boards for a
coat of arms and pedigree. The latter
can be built to order but the title can
only be secured through the downfall Of
free government and the establishment
Of monarchy upon it's ruins. With the
acquisition of enormous wealth will al
ways be found a desire for prestige and
power, longing for some title by
which the owner can be distinguished
from the common people. That this is
true is abundantly proven by the eager
ness with which every fortune hunting,
brainless, titled foreign nincompoop is
snatched up by the daughters of multi
millionaires who do not hesitate to pur-
chase husbands for their sapheaded
spawn for the sake of the prestige sup
posed to be involved. A title" in the
family is supposed to be a great thing
among those wealthy parvenues, and
title they will have, even If it costs a
large percentage Of the proceeds Of a
whole lifetime Of dishonesty and finan-
cfal brigandage to secure. That same
title" may belong to a spendthrift, a
1ibertine, a gambler. brigand, or an
for all they care, so Ions as it
is title, and serves to admit their half
witted and pimply daughters to some
foreign court, where they can mix with
the ill-smelling spawn Of an arrogant
and addle-pated mobility.
But aside from such contemplate
trash as these, there is another large
and powerful element at work to de-
stroy our present form OF government
and substitute monarchy in its stead.
This is the capitalistic or moneyed
interests of the country.
These people are anxious to secure a
more centralized form Of government:
one wherein the rulers will be few and
therefore more easily controlled. They
realize that the common people are
waking up to the danger Of trust dofni-
nation; that unless they can entrench
behind the bulwarks Of mon
archy the people are liable to rise up in
their power and wrath in the not very
distant future and deal with them as
they deserve. That the people are be-
coming weary of contributing their hard
towards the building up OF a
oligarchy in the East. They
realize that their limit Of scoundrellv
exploitation Of the workingman's labor
heir conscienceless cornering OF the
markets and their greedy and persistent
up of every legitimate means
II production and distribution for spec
llative purposes has been almost reach
ID and that unless some radical step Il !
AIKEN which win effectually rob the
common people Of every possible means |
II self-protection, they are liable TO
AXE decisive measures Tor Kidding