Scott County kicker., 1906-09-01

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II tile examination showed "a balance
due Standard Oil We would pay that
and take over the property. II, on
the other hand, it developed that
Standard Oil had already taken more
from the people than a le9itimute in.
come and the value OF their property
We would confiscate 1t and make 1t
public property"
Isn't that simple? Isn't it just?
II you run down a thief aud catch
him with the goods on him. il there
anything wrong In taking from him
that which he has stolen and restor.
ing it to its rightful owner-wlicl,. in
this c,,se. means allof US? lean now
understand what the capitalists mean
when they accuse the Socialists ~
wanting to "divide urthe property"
The plan suggested for dealing with
Standard oil would apply to other
monopolies. Aud there would b*. a
"dividing up" (of stolen goods that
would make the pirates look sick.
Cp to date the rrvOlutiOnists are
getting decidedly the t~-t ~ the fight
ia Cuba. and unless the government
at Washington ,l'etter known as
STANDARD Oil) concludes to again 90
over and free" Cuba. Indications
are that the present government will
soon take n tumble.
A dispatch from Havana says: "A
dicouruging feature for the govern.
ment is tlleiact. generally recognized.
that outside the government employ.
es and commercial interests. no one
HAS ANY SYMPATHY FOR THE
GOVERNMENT"
That Is certainly very bad wh-u no
one has any sympathy for the gov.
ernment excepting the government
employees tthr pie.counter crowd) and
the commercial interests ,the blood.
sucking crowd.
As the revolution grow. you will
notice the capitalist press try to stir
up our sympathies and preiudices by
telling OF the terror. brutality and
anarchy OF the rebels. As a starter
here is Il sample from an alleged dis.
patch from Havana which appeared
in the Republic:
IAN attempt Wits made to a,sa>'
sinate General Emilio Nunez. govern.
or OF the Province OF Havana. 4
man had u revolver level.d at the
governor as lie was entering his
home. Another man. who was pass
ing by. saw the would.be assassin
and cried out. whereupon the COVER
nor turned and. drawing a revolver
fired over the miscr-ants head. The
latter was SO surprised that he drop
ped his revolver. H. was promptly
arrested. His identity is not known
but he is IA white man and was vel
dressed.
Now let u. analyze thi. news item
4 we'll dressed man wanted to as.as
sinate the governor OF Havana prov
ince. 1t was daylight and people
were passing. The .overn"r had hi.
back turned and the assnssin had hi'
pistol leveled at him. \ passer.by
saw this and cried out. The govern
or turned. took in the situation. drew
his pistol and fired. All this time tn
assassin was standing there with his
pistol leveled at the governor. bu
the action OF the governor 80 sur
prised him that he lost his grip OF
the pistol and dropped it.
Bring on your snak- liar
1t is evident that the ruling CLASSES
in this country do not feel safe. To-
there is Il constant demund for NOR
recruits for the army and navy. II
, quite all postottices the government
has had posted colored posters urg
ing young men to enlist. and recruit
} ing statione have been esta blished il
; the larger cities.
| Young nlen are coaxed into the ar
. my in many ways, but the number u
,lesertions would indicate that arm.
I life il not what it il cracked up to be
! 4 Young MAN named Cahoon-l be
ieve he is Il nephew OF 4, B,Cuhoou
. Of Fredericktown. was recently al
= rested at Oran.
p Another indication OF unrest amon
: our rulers is the canstant hammerin,
> for II deep waterway from the GU
to the lakes" We know that the IL
? terests that run this government ow
= the railroads. and that therefore tn
!. deep waterway is not wanted fu
T traffic. In fact. the railroads are Dc
ing everything possible to kill off a
+ river competition. The following,
Il II recent issue of tls. Republic, ma
t help us to guess wlar is up:
e An effort Ia being mnde to huy
n Charles Joseph BonapHrte, secretar
> Of the navy, address the deep waite
y ways con ventiOn to te held in tn
J. city November Is to'1 under tt
d auspices of the st. Louis BCSINES
Men League. and it is probable thu
~ q fleet OF WAR VESSELS will a
comDonv rho sacrof n ~, nm rho Nisai