The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-12-08
The Preaching Of Glass Distinction II
Severely Condemned.

tai, with the questions Affecting both
corporations and trade unions, there
is one matter more important to re-
member than aught else. and that Is
the infinite harm lone by preachers OF
mere discomfort. These are the men
who seek 10 excite a violent class
hatred against all men Of wealth.
They seek to turn wise and proper
movements for the better control q
corporations and for doing ava with
the abuses connected with wealth, into
a campaign of hysterical excitement
and falsekood In which the aim is to
indame to madness the brutal passions
OF mankind, The sinister demaEoSs
and foolish Missionaries who are always
age to undertake such a campaign OF
destruction sometimes seek to associ-
ate themselves with those working for
a genuine reform in governmental and
social methods. and sometimes mas
querade as such reformers. In reality
they are the worst enemies OF the
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 SCOTLAND govern
mental conditions. To preach hatred
of the rich man as such. to carry on a
campaign of SANDER n 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 the danger
in the doctrines preached-all this Is
to commit a crime against the body
polite and to be false to every worthy
principle and tradition of American
national life. Moreover, while such
preaching and such agitation may give
a livelihood and a certain notoriety to
some OF those who take part in 1t. n
may result in temporary political
success of others, in the long run every
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will provoke a violent reaction. which
will itself result not merely in undoing
the mischief wrought by the demagog
and the agitator, but also in undoing
the good that the honest reformer,
the true upholder of popular rights,
las painfully and laboriously achieved.
Corruption Is never so rife as in COM
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-
war 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
hat they cannot for some time be
aroused to indignation against mis-
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permit q new growth OF the very
abuses which were In part responsible
for the original outbreak. The n
hope for success for our people lies in
---@s~sO anu tuattvss, UuJ sane and
cool-headed advance along the path
marked out last year by this very con-
gross. There must be a stern refusal
to be misled into following either that
base creature who appeals and panders
to the lowest Instincts and passions in
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against their fellows, or that other
creature, equally base but no baser,
who in q spirit of greed, or to accu-
mulate or add to an already huge
Americans with callous disregard to
their welfare of soul and body. The
man who debauches others In order to
obtain a high office stands on an evil
equality of corruption with the TAI
who ~dsbauohes others for financial
profit; n when hatred Is sown the
crop which springs up car only be
Duty Of The People.
The plain people who think-the
mechanics, farmers, merchants, work.
ers with head or hand. the men to
whom American traditions are dear.
who love their country INK try to act
deeentsy by their ~neighbors. owe 1t to
themselves to remember that the most
damaging blow that can be given pop
htA AONGIHhlGnt 10 " 0IOGN an un-
worthy and sinister agltator on a
platform OF violence and hypocrisy.
Whenever such an Issue is raised in
this country nothing can be gained by
MnckinR from Il, for in such case dem
ocracy 10 itself on trial, popular self
government under republican forms is
LtnOh on trial. The triumph Of the
mob IL Just as evil a thing as the tri-
uRph Of the plutocracy, and TO have
escaped one danger avails nothing
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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 ~inslncere
much and performing nothing. or else
performing nothing but evil, who
would set on the mob to plumber the
rich, as from the crafty oorruptlonist
who, for his own ends, would permit
the common people to be exploited by
the very wealthy. II we ever let this
government fall into the hands Of men
OF either OF these two classes, we shall
show ourselves false 10 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 servan who prose.
cutos them when they violate the law
or who seeks to make them bear theil
proper share OF the public burdens, a,
being even more Objectionable thar
the violent agitator who hounds OF
the mob to plumber the rich. There Il
nothing to choose between such a re
dictionary and such an aRitator; funda,
mentally they are alike In their selhsl
disregard of the rights OF others; an,
1t is natural that they should Join II
opposition TO any movement of which
the aim is fearlessly to do exact an,
even Justice to all.
Railroad Employees' Hours.
I call your attention to the need o
passing the bill limiting the numbe
Of hours of employment of railroa,
employees, The measure is a yer,
moderate one and l can conceive of n
serious objection to II. Indeed. so IA
as II is in our power, 1t should be on
aim steadily to reduce the number o
hours of labor, with as a goal tn
general introduction Of an eight-hou
day. There are industries in whic.
IL is not possible that the hours o
labor should be reduced; just az Their
are communities not far enough ad
vanced for such a movement TO be 70
their good. or. IL In the tropics, so sit
uated that here Is no analogy betwee'
their needs and ours in this matter
On the isthmus Of Panama, for in
stance the conditions are in every wa
so different from what they are her
surd; Just as II Is absurd, so far as Tn
isthmus is concerned, where white la
Dor cannot be employed, to bother q
TO whether the necessary work is don
by alien black men or by alien yellol
men. But the wageworkers of tn
United States are Of so high a grad
that alike from the merely industris
point II should be our object to d
what we can in the direction OF gecuy