The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-07
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From the Old War-Horse of
Iowa

don't know" "The Democratic par
ty is chaotic; the Republican party
is becoming SO; the Populist party
is dead, and we are all at sea-
/ write-if we are all at sea-
thank God we are in an open boat,
with strong oars in lock, and a null
titude of willing hands to help row
the boat somewhere, or anywhere, so
as we row with a set purpose to land
somewhere or anywhere, rather than
float with the tide as it comes and
goes, with no land in sight.
Either I am purblind as to exist
ing facts and the powers that be that
are fearfully antagonistic to the gen
eral welfare of all the actual pro-
ducers of wealth within our nation,
or the general business interests of
our entire peoples are on the crest of
the most terrific business volcano
this nation of business ever wit
messed. I predict that within less
than a half dozen years a business
panic will strike in the stock market
and send (now) strong men to the
wall of bankruptcy. The money
lending interests have the specula-
tive and productive interests in their
wicked grasp at the present time, and
when comes the fateful hour, no
mercy will be shown, except that
which will contribute to accomplish
ing the devilish purposes of the shy
locks of the world, the money-lend-
ers. One difficulty l perceive is, so
many teachers in the field of needed
reforms, who are disagreeing with
others who allege that they are abb
solutely right, and all others abso-
lutely wrong. I have myself blushed
until my cheeks were red hot; and
all because | had to apologize for
some laundering statement made by
prominent members of the reform
forces.
We ought to have code of facts,
and statements, based on code Of
facts that every writer and speaker
could and would tie to, and speak to,
and write to, and about, so critically
correct that no apology or excuse
need be required, or offered.
At the close of the 48th Congress
I held up for nearly an hour the
joint resolution to bestow on Mrs.
Grant very large pension, as it's last
closing act; and was moved thereto
by the fact that General Grant had
already received from the Govern
ment very large sums of money; and
the further fact that while he was
President he signed the Salary Grab
Steal Bill with one dip of his pen,
and with the very next dip of his pen
he vetoed the measure to equalize
the pay and bounty to the United
States soldiers. The history of the
leadership of the Republican party
from 1865 to the present date is
loaded with rotten, corrupt, villain
Gus deeds.
If you could get before the intelli-
gent voters of the country a glazing
array of the awful facts in chrome
logical order, SO that there could be
no reasonable dispute as to the &C
stual facts, then go before the
voters in the entire country with
such an array of facts in book form,
with proofs irrefragable, it seems to
me that the voters from high to low
could be SO awakened that an exodus
from the Republican political party
would take place that would astonish
the most sanguine of the G. o. P.
Can this array of facts be gath
cred and put in book form? May
God Almighty help the people who
do not seem to know enough to help
themselves. L. H. WELLER.
Nashua, Iowa.
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