The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-10-31
As They Come Under the Wires.

rs uSy NOIIIC OIluCI tnS V"CS
The American pc pie are watchlns
with bated breath the Republican ant
Democratic candidates for the presi
dency as they come down the lone
stretch and under the wires. 1t has
been a remarkable contest. We are
NJ alarmiSt, but to our mind, the
election Of Taft means a revolution a,
no distant day in this country. The
people of the United States will not
much longer submit to the rule OF
organized wealth. However much it
may cause the blush Of shame to come
t., the cheek of the honest citizenship
Of this country, it is needless to deny
| the fact that the dollar Is getting to
be more and more the determining
factor in all the affairs OF the nation.
The great force Of what Solomon
stated when he said that 1.-THE love
Of money is the root Of all evil" is
dawning upon that class Of our people
who are still imbued with the spirit
OF our forefathers and regard as most
sacred in life the love Of home and
family and who will not barter their
souls, their talents and their energies,
to increase dividends, to swell bank
accounts and to water stccA". That
mar is to be pitied that makes the
accumulation Of wealth the Alpha and
Omega of bis daily meditatioDs. Such
a spirit is repugnans to the natural
trend of the American life. We hon.
eStly believe that if Taft and Bryan
we're to make the a C for the chief
magiStracy OF this country upon
their W merits and that Of their
party platforms, free from the cor
rupting Influence of the great money
kings, that Bryan would beat Taft
two million votes. But to say that
we feel confident Of Rryan'S election,
we can not because we know the in
sidiOus power of money and some
thing of The herculean efforts of the
great manufacting concerns to brow
beat their employees into supporting
Taft under the threat OF their being
thrown out Of employment. Is it fair
to a laboring man, q upon whose
daily toll the food aud clothing for
a good wife and dear little children
depend, to tell him that he Will be
most probably thrown out Of employ
ment il the Republican ticket is not
elected? Can the laboring man cast
a free and untrammeled ballOG under
such conditions? The continuance OF
present methods in the finances OF
our country, means more riches Tor
the rich and more and more a state Of
serfdom for the masses. 1t would be
a pity for this great government OF
ours to be stranded upon greed for
gold. We say r%everently, that we
imagine that the very citadels OF
heaven would put on mourning for a
people who would permit the few who,
through government favoritism, have
amassed more than three fourths
of the wealth of the country, assume
the role of political and financial dicta-
tors. Not until the stars shoot from
their silvery sockets and the moon
hides the sun from Jul view, will we
believe that the spirit Of the true
American is dead and that he will
tamely submit to the present status
OF affairs in the United States. II
those who have been putting up their
thousands of dollars to perpetuate the
power Of the money kings in the past
decade In national ELECTIONS succeed
AGAIN this time, the people will Ind