Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-12-06
The Preaching OF Glass Distinction IL
Severely Condemned.


corporations and trade unions there
Is one matter more important to re-
member than aught else. and that is
the infinite harm done by preachers OF
mere discomfort. These are the men
who seek to excite a violent class
hatred against all men of wealth.
They seek to turn wise and proper
movements for the better control of
corporations and for doing away with
the abuses connected with wealth. into
campaign OF hysterical excitement
and falsehood In which the aim is to
/ infiame to madness the brutal passions
! of mankind. The sinister demagogs
| and foolish Missionaries who are always
eager to undertake such a campaign OF
destruction sometimes seek to associ-
ate themselves with those working for
genuine reform in governmental and
social methods, and sometimes mas
querade as such reformers In reality
they are the worst enemies OF the
/ cause they profess to advocate. just as
/ the purveyors Of sensational Islander
! in newspaper and magazine are the
worst enemies of all men who are en-
gagged in an honest effort to better
what is bad in our social and govern
mental conditions To preach hatred
of the rich man as such. to carry on
campaign of Islander and invective
against him. to seek to mislead and
infiame to madness honest men whose
! lives are hard and who have not the
kind OF mental training which Will
permit them to appreciate tn" danger
/ in the doctrines prcaChcd-all this is
to commit crime against the body
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principle and tradition Of American
national life. Moreover. while such
preaching and such agitation may give
/ livelihood and a certain uOtOriety to
some of those who take part I'm it, and
may result in temporary political
success OF others, in the long run every
] such movement will either fail or else
will provoke a violent reaction. which
will itself result not merely in undoing
the mischief wrought by the demagog
and the agitator. but also i'm undoing
the good that the honest TefpTmeT.
the true upholder OF popular rights.
has painfully and laboriously achieved.
munities where the demagog and the
agitatOr bear full sway. because in
such communities all moral bands be-
come loosened. and hysteria and sem
sationalism replace the spirit of sound
judgment and fair dealing as between
man and man. In sheer revolt against
the squalid anarchy thus produced
men are sure in the end to turn to-
ward any leader who can restore order.
and then their relief at being free
from the intolerable burdens Of class
hatred. violence and demagogy is such
that they cannot for some time be
aroused to Indignation against mis-
permit a new growth OF the very
abuses which were in part responsible
for the original outbreak The one
a resoiute and fearless. but sane and
cool-headed advance along the path
marked out last year by this very con-
RTeSS. IneTe must DG "A stern REFUSAL
to be misled into following either that
base creature who appeals and panders
to the lowest instincts and pa ssions in
against their fellows. or that other
creature. equally base but no baser,
who in spirit OF greed, or 60 accu-
% orane or ses sSs TO e.po re ss 9%s
Americans with callous disregard to
their welfare Of soul and body. The
man who debauches others In order to
obtain "A HIGH nff1Ca nhc a. OWL
equality of corruption with the man !
who debauches others for financial
profit; and when hatred is sown the
s svilp ""''" springs up ca" only De
Duty OF the People.
The plain people who think-the |
mechanics; farmers merchants work
whom American traditions are dear, |
who love their country and try to act |
decently by their neishbors. owe il 10 |
themselves to remember that the most |
damaging blow that can be given pop |
ular government is to elect an un- |
worthy and sinister agitator on a |
Whenever such an issue is raised in !
this country nothing can be gained BY !
fiuching from IT, for in such case dem |
ocracy Is itself on trial. popular self /
government under republican forms s !
itself on trial The triumph of the /
mob Is Just as evil thing as the tri- |
umph Of the plutocracS ana to have |
escaped one danger aNailS nothing |
whatever il we sucuumb to the other. /
In the end the honest man. whether rich |
or poor who earns his own living and |
tries to deal justly by his fellows. has /
as much to fear from the insincere !
and unworthy dcma COG. promising .
much and performing nothing. or else ,
performing nothing but evil. who |
would set on the mob to plumber the /
rich, as from the crafty corruptionist. |
who. for his own ends would permit /
the common people to he exploited by .
the very wealthy. IT we ever let this ,
government fall into the hands of men
Of either Of these two classes. we shall
show ourselves false to Americas past.
Moreover. the demagog and corrup-
ZIONIST often work hand in hand. There
are at this moment wealthy reaction
aries Of such obtuse morality that they
regard the public servant who prose-
cutes them when they violate the law.
ur who seeks to make them bear their
proper share of the public burdens. as
being even more Objectionable than
the violent agitator who hounds on
the mob to plumber the rich, There is
nothing to choose between such "A re-
dictionary and such an agitator; funda-
mentally they are alike In their selfish
disregard of the rights OF others; and
il Is natural that they should join in
opposition to any movement of which
the aim Is fearlessly to do exact and
even justice to all
Railroad Employees Hours.
/ call your attention TO the need OF
passing the bill limiting the number
of hours of employment OF railroad
employees. The measure Is very
moderate one and l can conceive Of no
serious objection to it, Indeed, so far
as 1t Is I'm our power. il should be our
aim steadily to reduce the number of
hours of labor, with as goal the
general introduction of an eight hour
day There are industries in which
ii is not possible that the hours of
labor should be reduced: just as there
are communities not far enough adj
vanced for such movement to be for
their good or If in the tropics, so sit
uated that here Is no analogy between
their needs and ours in this matter.
on the isthmus of Panama, for in
stance. the conditions are in every way
80 different from what they are here
that an eight-hour day would be abb
surd: Just as IL Is absurd, 50 far as the
isthmus is concerned where white la
Dor cannot he employed, TO bother as
TO whether the necessary work is done
by alien black men or by alien yellow
men. But the wageworkers OF the
United States are of so high a grade
that alike from the merely industrial
standpoint and from the civic stand
point ii should be our object to do
what we can in the direction OF Secur-
inc the gpnarnl ObRe of an eight