The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-01-03
BY ]. B. BENTLEY

he system OF government Jlldt liz
people are living under is not a sys
tenn of chance by any means, but is ;
well planned system of exploitation o
the people. The land grants tina
were handed out by the monied pow
ers of the old countries to their repre-
ing system and the control of money,
the controlling of labor through the
monetary system so as to abolish
owned slaves, which were an expense
to the owners in slack seasons; the
coming of the Machine Age; the steal
| ing of the railroads that the American
/ public had built and paid for a dozen
times, not alone through Transports
ton fees but by loans and subsidies
made by congress to the railroads; the
| rightaway steal of land of every other
section and later the script system
allowing the railroads to exchange
worthless sections of land for valu-
of the United States of government
owned land the forming of the Fed
eral Reserve Banking system to con-
troll all money under one head; clos
ing small individual banks to bring
the hayward dollars under control;
forming of the Constitution by the
propertied interests with the view to
the protection of private property but
with not scratch Of the pen for the
protection of the common man. This
was rejected by the colonies and JEFF
ferson was called back from France
where he had been sent on a mission
so that he would be out of the way.
On Jefferson's return he wrote the
peoples Bill of Rights and attached
it to the Constitution which made it
possible for the colonies to accept
From that time down to the present
the peoples Bill of Rights has been
prostituted by the lackeys of the mon
led interests in congress, the supreme
courts, or wherever it has been neces-
sary to trample the people farther
into the mud to further the interests
of the powers-that-be.
"In the Gilbert case from Mime
sofa, the Supreme Court held outright
crime. In that case, the speaker had
simply stated that the people had no
voice, really, in the selection of any
Of their officers, but that they were
selected for them that voting was no
particular remedy for any of the evils
Of which we complain, because the
and the platform were pre-
pared in advance by big business in
Lerests; and that people could vote or
not vote, just as they chose, it max
ing no difference in the result.
"The indictment in that case
charged that Gilbert in time of war
Used the following language in pub /
We are going over to Europe to make |
he world safe for democracy, but | |
ell you we had better make America |
afe for democracy first. You say,
What is the matter with our democ-
acy?" I'll tell you what is the mat
er with it: Have you had anything to
ay as to who should be President?
lave you had anything to say as who
hould be Governor of this state?
lave you had anything to say as to
whether we would go into this war?
vou know you have not. If this is
UGH good democracy, for Heavens
axe why should we not vote on con-
cription of man? We were STAN
eded into this war by newspaper rot
, pull England's chestnuts out of the
ire for her. / tell you if they con-
cripted wealth like they have con-
cTipted men, this war would not last
yer forty-eight hours.
at was for expressing these opin- {
ms that he was sent to Jail for three ,
ears and fined five hundred dollars.
what has become of the Bill of i
lights guaranteeing Freedom of +
peech'?" (Sen Pettigrew, Imperial
PIP. 182-183.) :
In the past it has always been an T
asy matter to convict defenders of 8
lie common people in direct violation i
the Bill of Rights. But when it
'mes to passing labor laws let's see
hat Senator Pettigrew has to say.
moved the immediate consideration :
the bill and l stated in the Senate !
lat l had been a member of that :
'dy for IL years and that during the !;
me no labor bill had passed both ;
ouses and become a law. - Qbid, =
104.)
The two major political parties have 4
'ver been anything since their for q
alton but defenders of and workers =
r the big interests. 1t doesn't make
whit of difference to the powers
at-be if it's the republican or demo- 4
attic party that's in control The