The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-24

country will not work in unity and that
they will sell their votes. The wage
with about every crime except that Of
being a "bloated bond holder"
Yet what Mr.. Miller says is true to q
certain extent. We aave voters or wage
earners who will sell their votes or stay
away from the polls for certain sum.
We have wage earners who will sell their
votes for a certain cry such as free trade,
protection. full dinner pail or lS TO /.
When n man votes for a systs.sH that is
against his interests he sells his vote just
as surely as though he had been paid
to vote certain way or to stay away
from the polls.
The average wage Garner let's the po
litical leaders Of the old parties do his
thinking for him. They make up the ar
gument that Is to be used In the next
election and he accepts II as true blue.
all wool and a yard wide" The great
trouble with the voters OF this country
is that they do not use their gray matter
enough to keep II In proper condition
They allow some one else to do their
think for them usually have about as
much respect and love for them as the
average southerner has for the negro.
The Socialist party is trying TO edu-
cate the wage Garner TO think for him
self. We believe I'm evolutionary and not
in revolutionary socialism. We do not
think, as many people believe we do, that
some night we will retire, To awake In
the morning and find government owner
ohi In ft1lI ta Ia Va a
can only come by degrees The big
trusts of this country are doing great
work for the cause as they are showing
the people how 10 combine and carry on
an enormous business at the least ex-
pense.
They will keep on grinding the people
until at last the people get aroused to
the need OF government ownership OF
these trusts. IL is useless to talk OF
doing away with them. We must control
them.
There Is yet another class of workers
who will sell their votes We have some
at Washington we call senators and some
I'm every city In the country we call alder
men We also have some In Providence
that We call-well, things that wouldn't
look well in print The workers" work
the job for all there is In II. They will
sell their votes 10 any corporation that
is II who commits the greater crime, the
one who sells his vote In the voting booth
or the one who sells II at the capitol or
state house7
Now this may be hard question for
some to settle so | will try TO answer
II for you. think the wage Garner who
sells his vote Is a criminal without the
least hope OF reformation, for he will
never get enough out OF II to reform on
yAta uuhtn tnh \ hall L. Gaf
TO be the average price. Some get more.
but IL averages about that, for some will
sell as low as 800. These are bargain
counter voters. Now the senator or al
derman who sells his vote is a gentle
man or he couldn't have secured the Of
fee and ne belongs to the Goldfish
aristocracy." (who II was that orig
mated that term Is something that I
would like to know. He should be horse
whipped. II Is an insult to any good
moral codhsh.)
The senator or alderman who Is paid to
vote for certain bill is not a criminal
because he In not guilty OF selling his
vote as we usually speak OF IL. He Is not
even bribed ne is only persuaded" that
the bill IL a good thing for the people ="
lie usually gets a big price for his change
OF opinion and not paltry $500 like
the common herd" and II the bills and
knOuS are prOuuCtu inst
can reform and live a clean. honest life
when his term is UP and therefore We
should give him all the help In our power
for a man has good stuff' In him, we
say when he can reform and resist the
temptations OF his former life.
Come friends. let US stop abusing those
gentlemen In Perrys sub-station No. /
on Capitol hill. as they are workers.
They are working" the people. They
don't intend 10 let an ignorant man like
our Governor Garvin impose on you.
why. they even refuse TO consider the
names that ne places before them for
ONCE and place candidates OF their own
IN their places Citizens OF Providence.
YOU should be thankful that YOU have
men In ONCE who will not let you be i'm
posed upon BY Governor Garvin. or
course n you think Mr.. Garvin Is right.
then the only thing TO do Is TO get your
guardian out Of once az the next election
and place men there who Will do a. you
wish them to. Above all. wage earner..
do not be guilty OF selling your votes.
JOHN II. NtCKERSON.
Providence. Feb. %. 1903.