The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-04

10 hold that a representative can act
for for t Ine people better than they can act
much Interested in the people as they
a. q, ?, ~ themselves, and that his wisdom
- tb srsater than the combined wisdom of
proposition IS sound. Most # not f I'll ns
the evils complained of in povernToasnt
a aFe tT race t. the fact that the repre-
| ssHta1ve or the people has personal in
| terests at variance with the intaraS4s -
MS constituency. Corruption in rnInici
Pc PAL +S Seate ana FEDERAL governments is due
Dy publ1e servants, who use their posi-
IONS Tor private advantage. The peopie
5 Sn5Hlo nave an opportunity to vote on
PUBIC questions when those questions
can be submitted without too great in
Gso con and expense But the labor
sdfR man IS even Interested in the propo-
sitlon TO establish a labor bureau with
cabinet officer at its head. ) Such a
bureau would keep the executive In con-
s Sta touch with the wage earners Of
I the country, and open cne way to the
| redress Ct their present and future griev.
S1ltSS II Iapor Is given a place in the
p sefd 81, oInclal household, the man
trusted representative of the people for
Wnom he speaks, and his presence at
CAP net meetings will give to those who
toll for their daily bread, assurance thar
tnelr interests will be properly guided
WI. Gompers, the chief executive of the
r rs9era ION OF Labor has, in his cor
o
treasury, so ably presented the Iaborfne
men reasons for opposing a gold stand
e ard and a national bank currency, that
~ Is not necessary to discuss these ones
tons at this time -''' H"eS-
The laboring man has abundant reason
IN IN teas ene trusts. Mr.. Charles R. Flint
fnan year ago, in defense of the trusts
drahKy asserts that one Of the advanf
csse Of Of 1 tlceSe combinationa is that, in
use OF local strikes or fires the work
goes on elsewhere, thus preventing seriH
Gus loss: Is it possible that any wage
the 'et trusts uas i niaot to see how completely
mercy Of the employer? TIC
IMPERIALISM.
,a Inc resolutions adopted by various
TABOR organizations in oondeT1 n stor, 80
~ iiitjarlsn ana imperialism justify me in
making making a brief reference to those uues-
IONS; No class contributes more than
the the labering class, in proportion to its
q r, 11lpers, 70 the rank and file of the
army no class contributes more in nro
portlen to It's numbers to the expense of
the army, and no class Is more menaced
az T vne existence or large army. Most
" the countries In Europe which main
IAN tam large military establishments col
iect an income tax which adjusts tha
~ zen OF ;4, me government to the income
! CT the citizen. Here our federal taxes
are largely collected upon consumption
ana Whlle they are income taxes. In th,9
sense sense mat It they they must be paid cut of the
incomes OF the people yet the exactions
are olSproporttonate to the income The
taxes taxes upon consumption bear heaviest
e ep3n the poor and highest upon the rich
ana are, IN fact, graded income taxes
the per cent collected decreasinp 90 the
income increases
t, IL this MS, nation adherez tc the doctrine
enat governments derive their Just pow
ers from the consent of the governed
ana the people have an easy ana ready
means OF correcting all abuses the aoI:
ernment will not need to be suppoTfed
oy large, permanent army, for eyerv
o eIoI-anr WIN De ready to defend such a
government from attack. The ONLY do
n mes use Tor large standing army is
70 suppress by force that discomfort
" 5 should be cured by legislation.
TO support a permanent army of ion NoA
men requires approximately one half A.
! much money as is annually expended for
education In the United States. How
! Lne gentle and peaceful process of intel
lectual development than to blow them
up P,,, WIN powder and dynamite.
imperialism involves a departure from
principles which were universally ac-
cepted in this country until within two
years ago. TO know that all men ale
created equal one needs not the wisdom
OF sage or the learning of the schools
II was declared to be a self-eyident
truth; 1t was evident to those who pIedg-
ed their lives to the maintenance of the
declaration Of Independence, and 1t is
evident still to those who are not blind
ca by the glamor of wealth and the gilt
teTing promise of a colonial system If
all men are created equal and endowed
with inalienable rights. it follows as a
logical and necessary sequence that
governments were instituted for the well
f f OF all, and derive their just powers
from the consent Of the governed On
the preservation of this doctrine our
hopes depend; If it is abandoned there is
no no foundation, upon which a. government
like ours can be constructed. Do not al
low yourselves to be deceived by those
who question the capacity of this people
or that people for self-government. Ma
caulay, in his essay on John Milton.
points out the folly of attempting to pre-
pare people for self government by deny
ing them the right to participate in their
own government. He said:
Many politicians of our time are in
the habit of laying it down as a sef-evf-
dent proposition that no people ought to
be free uptil they are At to use their
freedom. The maxim Is worthy of the
fool in the old story who resolved not
to go into the water until he had learned
to swim. If men are to wait for liberty
until they become wise and good in
slavery, they may indeed walt forever"