Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-19

~ MM origin in selhshness. and every man
AGSN w is selfish to a certain degree. every act
N11@ "a performed must determine the motive
~ W. kK that inspired it.
1AM Government is Institution estab-
VN4, mn lished by man, having TOR its object
NT~LM1fA prescribed rules Of conduct; and you
N WI will find all governments when formed
started of with the best rules OF conduct possible accord
ing to the intelligence Of the makers. Mono from
the Greek; meaning one" hence the word monarchy =
one man government This form OF governmet will last
lust as long as the OF mankind remain ignorant
for in the last analysis Of monarchy vii find it found
ed IN ignorance. The vicious assumption that man is
superior and therefore immune all avs that have do
with the affairs OF men, cannot be accounted tor any
other ground than dense ignorance When the student OF
history traces out the for the origin OF monarchy he
will find the cause imbedded in religious superstionr
when the lowering clouds of anatcsm cast their shadows
filled with ghosts and witches the infant world and
man sought safety from food and storm. devils and hell
under the protection of the divine right OF the king.
The doctrine Of divine right OF kings is slowly but
passing away and exists only in scattered remnants
like fleeing clouds alter the storm is broken
The word progress stands representative OF
definite or concrete fact and refers the nher
ent nature of mans capacity OF expanding and developing
from lower to a higher state in lie. When you set
about learn the character or nature OF the inherent ele-
ments of man, by which he is endowed with the to
construct and reconstruct, you will hnd them all 10 be
purely natural to-wit Every wants square deal
and naturally hates to be bossed i'll treated robbed
He wants equal chance in the ot lie. 1t rankes
in him to have to submit what he feels is wrong He
do as he peases in choosing his work, and he
wants to be paid what that work worth. Above all
, things he wants mate that will be companion his
SOUL and piece Of land where he and his mate Gre
home and rear their young Missionaries and doc
nares who ignore these elemental facts about human
nature build their systems sand,
Monarchy is in violation OF every elemental tact in
human nature. When oreathers formed this Repub-
lie monarchy reeed and staggered and now the MEDIEVAL
paralytc harot totters the brink OF the The
thirst for POWER still remains and nhumany to man
still remains to remind the children OF progress that while
the old harot Monarchy is sick death, her sons
still hold over under the title OF Monopoly thus proving
that mono one power perturbs the government and
robs the under but another Stop reader
and think moment You not asked to endorse or
respect monarchy No SIR we have progressed, you
know and have arrived at and passed the captains OF
finance and entered the OF commercalsm and stop
to wave the flag Of monopoly the larder OF the
and shout prosperity paciy and console the vctmzed
,
The Havemeyer crowd Of capitalists who punched
together in a corporation known the sugar trust
essed to stealing twelve hundred thousand dollars from
the government by false weights in paying custom-house
duties t., confession established the fact that these rich
and po. men thieves But they returned the
money tney had stolen, and nobody even speaks OF
criminal prosecution.
Thomas F. Ryan and several other wealthy criminals
confessed to robbng the Metropolitan Securities Compa-
ny of S692000 and to avoid the annoyance Of facing
civil suit they returned the loot Any GRIN al
ton None S&
What pity it was that the fellow that picked the
mans pocket did not have the change he could have
wiped out his crime by involuntary act of restitution
OF course we all opposed TO monarchy. Mono =
one. 9es, sir; just cornered the wheat market
and forced one every loaf Of bread the
nation Of eighty million people. Think Of it! Any arrest
made ? None no law to reach the case. What a paV
the poor fellow that stole the bread feed his hungry
children did have the change make restitution and
avoid going 10 jail. -
OF course man is a selfish anmaI-7some more ~
some less-and as matter of fact monopoly organized
greed and de6es the law of the less selfish. What
among you would make rope TO break his neck
What monopoly would make law destroy its business?
And pray tell me- if this class make the law, why do the
voters complain about monopoists being immune TO the
law
We are all opposed anarchy; are all opposed to
monopoly; we are all opposed to wage slavery;
all opposed to class legislation and don't forget it.
except on election day. On election day, the
must remember that money and brains make the PLATFORM
take the nomination. and all poor morals do is to
look WISE take cur medicine and say You bet and vote
er straight and enjoy the liberty Of living in
that eoures no brains be country where the
party managers furnish the brains and the voter the votes
Grand country; you bet.
What fools we mortals be
John James Ingals:E Many years ago heard dis
tinqushed American orator deliver lecture upon the
Evidence of immortality outside the Brie In the stress