The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-10

Co fulfil his promise TO Shirley and find
what his rather could do TO help Judge
RosSmore. He had talked about the
ease with several men the previous
evening at the club and the general
impression seemed to be that. guilty
or innocent. the judge would be driven
OF the bench. The interests had
forced the matter as a party issue.
and the Republicans being i'm control
in the Senate the outcome could hard
ly be I'm doubt He had learned also
OF the other misfortune which had
betallen Judge ROssmore and lie I'M
derstood now the reason for Shirleys
grave face ON the dock and her little
hb about Summering on Long Island.
The news had been a shock TO him,
for. apart from the fact that the judge
was Shirleys father. he admired him
immensely as a man. OF his perfect
innocence there could. of course. be
no question. these charges OF bribery
had simply been trumpet up by his
enemies 10 get him off the bench. That
was very evident. The interests
feared him and so had sacrificed him
without pity. and as Jefferson walked
along Central Park. past the rows OF
superb palaces which face its eastern
wall. he wondered in which particular
mansion had been Matched this wicked.
Ubiquitous plot against wholly
blameless American citizen. Here he
thought, were the citadels Of the plu-
tOCratS, Americas ariStOCracy of
money, the strongholds of her Coal.
Railroad. OIL. Gas. and Ice barons.
the castles OF her monarchs of Steel
Copper. and Finance Each of these
milliOn-dOllar residences he Wondered
was filed from cellar TO roof with
costly furnishings. masterpieces of
painting and sculptor. priceless art
treasures OF all kinds purchased I'm
every corner Of the globe with the gold
nlched from a Trust-riddeu people.
For every stone IN those marble halls
a human being, other than the owner,
had been sold into bondage. for each
OF these magnificent edifices. which
the plutocrat put up IN his pride to O.
cupy it two months in the year ten
thousand American men. women. and
children had starved and sOrrOwed.
Europe. thought jefferson as he
STROBE quickly along, pointed with
envy TO Americas unparalleled pros
perity, spoke with bated breath OF her
great fortunes. Rather should they
say her gigantic rObberies. her colossal
frauds! As a nation we were not proud
OF our multimillionaircS. How many
OF them would bear the searchlight or
investigation? Would his own father
How many millions could one man
make by honest methods? America
was enjoying unprecedented prosper
ity, not because Of her millionaires
but IN spite OF them. The United
States owed its high rank IN the fam
ily OF nations 10 the cOuntry's vast
natural resources. its inexhaustible
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dustrial and mechanical genius OF
It's people. Il was the plain American
citizen who had made the greatness
Of America. not the miliOnaires who.
forming q class by themselves Of un-
scrupulous capitalists. had created an
arrogant Oligarchy which sought 10
rule the country by Corrupting the leg
stature and the judiciary. The plu-
tocrats-these were the leeches, the
sores IN the body polite. An organ
lied band Of robbers. they had sue
Ceeded I'm dominating legislation and
in securing control of every branch Of
the nations industry. crushing merCi-
leSSly and illegally all competition
They were the Money Power. and
such menace were they to the wei
fare Of the people that IL had been
estimated. twenty men i'm America had
IL in their power By reason of the vast
wealth which they controlled. TO come
together. and within tWeHty-fOur hours
arrive at an understanding by which
every wheel OF trade and commerce
would be stopped from revolving
every avenue OF trade blocked. and
every electric key struck dumb. Those
twenty men could paralyze the whole
country. for they controlled the cir
culatiOn of the currency and could
create a panic whenever they might
choose. II was the righteousness and
Unsuitable greed of these plutocrats
that had forced the tOiieTS to combine
Tor Self-prOteCtlOn. resulting in the or
gan!zatlen OF the labor union which fin
TIME became almost Is tVranniCal and
uurea sonable as the bosses. And the
breach between capital on the one
hand and labor on the other. was
widening daily. masters and servants
SuarlinE over wages and hours the
quarrel ever Increasing in bitterness
and acrimOny. until one day the eN-
IRENE limit of patience would be
reached and Industrial strikes would
give place TO bloody violence.
T.. ~ tn D al
careless of the significant signs Of the
times and the growing irritation and
resentment Of the people. continued
their illegal practices. scofinG at put
Tie opinion. swapping their fingers AZ
the law. even going so far in their
iusolence as to mock and jibe at the
President of the United States. Feel
ing secure i'm long immunity and actu-
ally protected in their wronSdoinG by
the COuTtS-the legal machinery by its
very elabOTateneSs defeating the ends
Of juStice-the Trust kings impudently
defied the country and tried to Impose
their own will upon the people His
tory had thus repeated itself. The
armed feudalism OF the middle ages
had been succeeded in twentieth cen
fury America by the tyranny of CAPT
tai.
Yet. ruufinated the young artist as
he neared the Ryder residence. the
American people had but themselves
10 blame for their present tEralldom.
Forty years before Abraham Lincoln
had warned the country when at the
close of the war he saw thar the race
for wealth was already making meE
and women mOney-mad. In 1864 he
wrote these words:
Yes. we may congratulate ourselves
that this cruel war is nearing it's close
II has cost a vast amount Of treasure
and blood. The best blood Of the
flower of American youth has been
freely offered upon our cOuutry's altar
that the nation might live. il has
been. indeed. a trying hour for the re-
public but I see in the near future a
crisis approaching that unnerVes me
and causes me TO tremble 1Or the safety
of my country. As a result Of the war.
corporations have been enthroned and
an era Of corruption i'm high places
viii follow. and the money power of
the country viii endeavOr to prOlOng
it's reign by working upon the preiu-
diCcs Of the people until all the wealth
is aggregated in a few hands and the
republic is destroyed"
Truly prophetic these solemn words
were today Forgetting the austere
simplicity Of their fOrebearS. "A love
of show and ostentation had become
the ruling passion of the American
people Money. Money Money, was
today the only standard. the only god,
The whole nation frenzied with a wild
lust for wealth no matter how ac-
VuiTcd. had taCity acGuiesced in all
sorts of turpitude. every description Of
moral depravity and SO had fallen an
easy victim to the band of CapitaliStiC
adventures who now virtually ruled