The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-05

faro now going on for the establishment
Of the Monarchial pr1nciplss amongst
the governments Of the earth. with the
moaarchists the end justices tAe
means" and the advocates Of monarchy
In the future ~ in. the past do not scru-
pie to resort to any kind of misrepre-
sentation or fraud to accomplish their
purpose. For years they have been At
tempting to establish monarchfai prin-
ciples in the highest school and uni
versities, and have not hesitated to sum-
marily dismiss presidents and profes-
sors who In the interest OF trust and
Justice antagonized the dogmas of
monarchy. OF late there seems to be
q combined movement on the part OF
university officials In sympathy with the
principles OF monarchy to attack by
Misrepresentation the great political
documents that have SO long been the
bulwark OF republicanism, and the gems
of the great poets who have striven to
exalt the condition Of the poor. We
have just had two notable instances in
Colorado.
A Mr.. Richard, associate OF the Royal
School Of Mines OF London. at the late
commencement exercises of the State
University Of Boulder. thus attacks the
dfar3 orofi 0F
1T Is the doctrine of believe
that l warn you against. Veractity of
thought and action are not only incul-
Gated by the pulpit and the school room
but they are the foundation of any
sound philosophy of daily life. Two
and two will not make five. Whatever
way you may twist the figures. Permit
me to quote two examples of unsubstan-
tial theorems which are rampant in our
own community. The first theorem to
which direct your attention is the doc
trine that all men are born equal =
The magniloquent declaration that all
men are born free and equal was
made at time when George Washing
ton himself was the owner of many
slaves. Were they created free and
equal? In these later days the idea of
the natural equality of man has become
the stepping stone to several theories III
political economy which has lead no
society,"
Here is bad, bold and dishonest at
tempt to destroy the great document Of
Jefferson by a criminal falsehood, for
it is not to be supposed that Professor
Richard did not know we'll that the
declaration of independence does not
declare that "all men are born free and
equal" The words are: Cali men are
born equal and endowed by their
Creator with the inalienable right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness"
Jefferson did not attempt to deny the
vast inequality of conditions which ex-
listed among the children of men. He
insisted upon the equality of rights
which underlied humanity, and his po-
sition is impregnable and must and does
compose the foundation stone of every
republic. But here is wicked, false
and necessarily corrupt attempt on the
part Of a highly educated European
professor to destroy the influences of
that document for freedom as in itself
4 lie. and he brands all reform organiza-
tons based upon the principle of equal
ity in human rights, as leading no.
where save to the disorganization of
society"
It Is a part Of q deliberate attempt
by the advocates Of monarchy to de-
bauch the schools, as they have the
churches. against the rights of man.
The second instance is an attack by
President Baker of the State University
on the same occasion, upon Markham's
Man With the Hoe," one of the few
great poetical gems of modern times,
calling attention to the woes of the COM
mon people and charging home to the
proper source the cause of the evil.
The attack Of President Baker is SINH
larly mean, contemplate and lying as
was the attack Of Professor Richard on
the Declaration of Independence. Presi-
dent Baker assumes without any suf-
ficient authority and in contradiction
to the entire scope and meaning of
Markham's poem: That the poet meant
to denounce honest labor! and Presi-
dent Baker proceeds to indulge in num-
erous platitudes such as " No useful la
Dor even loosened and let down the
brutal Jaw or 'slanted back the brow
or blew out the light within the
BRAIN" That is no doubt true, but it
was not useful and we'll paid labor Of
which the poet was speaking. Presl-
dent Baker says, Without the hoe the
human race would be chimpanzees, saw
ages, tramps and criminals"
That depends, Mr.. President Baker.
There ia no "intrinsic" virtue In the
hoe. In African slavery In the United
States the negroes had tho hoe in
abundance In the culture Of cotton, but
that did not save many Of them from
being reduced to the condition of
"chimpanzees and savages."
It Is unpaid and unjust labor which
produces the evils the poet Markham de-
nonncea and President Baker s,ausf hava