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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1904)
ii nun WWtfpiWiWI The Commoner. 12 VOLUME 4, NUMBER , -p THE MORAL ISSUE fCtoatiawei iron Pg? 2.1 ifeapty 3i rotiogatttoa of lb retslaos Jiii-i mm xJt xa all w31 ocpaaizerf wtty Juat'wetfa sas & creator of wcliii. and ike -wosftfe TriWi fee cre ates. Umitfa. la IJ59, 4&ttu&il tkat Jd 41b aaa aad tie dollar csuae iaio OMuSIri,. saaa was to be preferred U AJbe dollar.. if yw tiialk I aa radical wfrea I cwAtsaa phrtot-rscj- aad ptesad tor a 9swucrry H24 trill ratogstze ssaa 25 .15 aastar aa4 saoey 2 tke ses-raat, 14 s? jwore tae aioderatJoa of ay lfi;pKDipe ay joo4iag tbe Iagae of Csrtftrte T&S5, aot Joaa G.). He laid name irtrty years ago: "Aristocracy of feudal pjarchsaeat &2S p2ed away wfta 2 saigfety resa Sag, aad acnr Vj a aataral cwrse, we aarixe at arisionacy of ike asoBey bag. It Ss lae coarse taroaga which all Banopeaa societies are at tMs no mcat ttrarelJag AppareaiJy a ba&er cut of arfcrtocracy. Aa Infinitely baser; tbe barest yet lraowa. . . . Waat geaeroos heart caa prc&end to Itself, or he hooa-wiBlied Into beJier Ing, t&al loyally to lie raoaey-bag is a coble Uoyalty? Mammoa, crier Use geaeroas heart out of all ages aad all ooooirles, is the basest of lmowa sods, eTca of knowa devils. Is ana what glory is there that ye sboali worship bias? No glory discemable; not erea terror; at best detestabiiity III matched rrith despicability The trouble with or government tooay !s thai it Is loo math IbSo eaoed In its operations by taea whose only loyalty Is loyalty to tie money bags. Who will say tiat tils is or caa be a aobl? loyalty? Aad yet ia ibis great commercial ceaier in the very city of New York this worship of the inoae3'-bags has beea carried as far as It ha3 anywhere else In tils country, How maay prominent men have you in this city, either In lie democratic party or the republican party, who are brave enough to defy the influence of the "money-bags," or WORMS AKD CHOLEfLA The Hog's most dangerous foo knocked out Hog worms get a bog out of condi tion by weakening his digestion and causing a rough coat and a hacklae cough, which leads into uuthriftiaess and cholera, if treated witn lie Snoddy Cholera Cure soon as first symptoms appear, the trouble will stop and hogs will get thrifty. T,ir; G?' 5irsch' of the Kirch Packing Co, Z. B. Job and Ed. Leis an large hog feeders of Alton 111 had their hogs take cholera a Jew days ago, tie disease starting as out lined above. As soon as the hegs be gan to die they began giving them the Snoddy Cholera Remedy and cured them in a few davs. Tie latter two did not lose a hog after begin aing the treatment S ilr J. P Hanna, Tarkio, Mo., cured his large herd a few days age wit? this treatment, and now his fathers-law Mr D. Rankin, at same place is curing the cholera on three of hU feeding ranches with this same trea .i8 catment Is certain death to germ. It cures cholera after the dis ease has started in the her ? Any practical farmer can stop the disease and save his hogs with this remedy It is cheap and easy to use. Hun dreds of men are curing theit hoe with it all the time. SS Snoddy's booklet on Hog Cholera tells it all and is free for the 2g Every hog raiser should have it if you want It, ask for it, then you'wil fhA A,ret? m,ail free- AJdrs Lton in Rem?dy Co- DePt. 24, jai rettrkilons upon jt? Occa&Ioaal ly a jroti Is beard trora tie pa! pit aiftfPirt ii baiaeas raetiods of Wall jAzwL Lt Swaday oae of yoor EpfaKopilJaa dergyiaen said: "Who are te ijerooe mat are aeio op for tie adairatfon of the rirtag oerxtkra? They are the gambling tek broken, who, TRiti their stock -srateriag proe&Kes, their corners aad libeir derioos deals, are 7OTse than tie old feudal robbers. The clearest evidence that tie American people are aooj-siad is that they will toler ate tie robber king of gambling fi BttLoe. Thee coasdeaceleas rogues Slag the -side code of boaesty to the yrjzis, defy tie laws, rob mea of their iard earalags, aad thea try co throw a sop of their ili-goitea gains to the cierci as 'hash money. " Tils Ss harsh language, so haiih tiat I rrovOd heitate to employ iL ALd yet, is it not deserved? Occasionally a voice Is raised against some particular maaifesta tjoa of coaiHsercialism, some new evi- uriPtt oi ue oegraaauoa tnat 11 aas wrought; bat why are your leaders in rfCgloa, ia business aud in politics aot grappling with the vicious prin ciple that is responsible foi the pres ent demoralization of political Hie aamely, tie theory that government can properly be used as the means of bringing pecuaiary advantage to those who tfanirn! if "wui it 1 hzea substituted for "Is it right?" and as a consequence our legislative as semblies, city, state, and national, are becoming auct:on rooms In which governmental privileges are kaor&ed down to the Hgbest bidder. is it straage that two senators have been Indicted for selling their political ln flueace? Is it strange that govern ment officials, and members of con gress have been interesting them selves in government contracts' Is it strange tiat boodle invest ications arc bringing to light wholesale cor-n-ption in state and municipal gov ernment? Is it strange that those who use the government as a business asset employ a part of their ill-gotten gains 10 niitvhfl!t fi,Tv... 1 t ,. or further Immunity? Is it stSSe tht many obscure voters use their sun rage, the only political asset they S? tJ a sonrce of Pecuniary profit, when they see more prominent citi zens using the government foi private gam? is it wrong for the voter to sell his vote? Certainly, but he canno sell unless there is a purchaser 5 lilt TId. BO Purchaser but for rnfifthat e government has been turned from its true and legitimate channel and made the instrumen? by wbicb some eniici themselves at the expense of the rest of the people. When great corporations, which an known to be careful and 'eSnomlcal ia their expenditures, con'ribuS 1??M8,?n8 f0r the electln of certam ""-. t vu you aoubt that hey expect and will receive a return in the way of governmental favors? uJu ere he saye several evidenpPc n'r hribery and corrupUon.) s o Cne evidence that our n,rt honestly seeking to secure "Sotf the masses in 1S96 and m isooTS io found In the fact that n,,n to be funds were Inslgnificnt7n w?paIsn Paigas. althoug more & ?&m contributed thnn -.r individuals before And wSa? furSr C?tllbuted needed ofttro by the republican party with f h de porations than vou hire In e cor" enactment of legislatfL V ,promPt the protected Si tSircd b' financiers, and to f.nnd by tbe Party to 'interfere wUh thf f that of the trusts' the raPacity Ila?110 part a- 1mSM in the two siates of New York and Indiana. One trust coa triooied S175.0W. and ia all tie close sUj tbera was money to buy every porciaseableroter; and what was the remit? Tie meet plutocratic ad ministration tils country iad ever knowa. We witnessed a surrender to organized aad predatory wealth so ab ject aad h complete tiat serea years of exile from power have aot entirely removed the stain from the party. You ask why l am opposed to the re organization of the democratic party. Because I want my party to define the rights of tie people; 1 want it to be the fearles champion of their In terests; I want it to present the moral iwue involved ia public ques tions, aad to appeai to tie public conscience. It is because I love my party aad waat it to deserve tie con fidence and respsct of an awakened aad patriotic citizenship that I am aot willing to lend my influence, be it much or little, to the mortgaging of the party to the money changers, I would be giad to see those who left us in 1S95 return; and those who aie democratic ia sentiment and in tu'aed or will rclura when they un- creraiaaa me situatioa; but I verily believe that if duriag the past seven years our leaders had speat halt as mrch time reasoniag with honest re- DUblk-ailR C Thov fcQVA cnonl in 4 t. l in.C lo COncilixle mrnfinHnn ifomA. crats. our party would be very much stronger today. What we need, to 1 Kive our nsrtv assimno ,.u:li. i and substantial victory, is not conces- J,uu "L cuucniauon or compromise, but a platform so clear and strong' and candidates so democratic that the platform and candidates together will drive out of the party tie mercenarv representatives of Mammon whose actions belie the promises of tie par ty whose utterances are used to con vict the party of insinceritv and whose very presence profanes tbe temple of democracy. I beg vou re publicans as well as democrats lay- Swfc5 H. ministers, to consider hether it is not time to pitch our campaigns upon a higher plane and tkj PrinciPIes to public ques- The mam question involved in im- f-om1 h? &S" tte income Lorn the Philippine islands will eaual 'vlten?611?16 reQUired f0r a cokSS system Such a question Involves so much of mathematics that no one ca"S ure acUy the pecuniary SfiSS Si,?1?11 on 1,imself or his nenih- l?ol?rlI. for Ba- Ph of Omtw iSrtg" Z?g? m.an osn.i ..: ;B?- T1e isih- not Quite so i,n talSts aBd "Sts advantage ttrtfTfe,? "onoaiic any group ot mmaThAb6r right to dictate to , Te a moral People, and Sm $ tinis a choice between surrendering money and losing lifeu In discussing the money que:-t;ca instead of asMng merely whtter cne standard will help one class or an other, one section or another, the aim should be to adopt tiat systrai of finance whici Tvfll give us tie nearest approach to justice as between aaa and man, and this end cannot b reached by delegating this quest: a (o financiers a class which, with c a sioaal exceptions, has in all &L:ry thrown its powerful weight against reforms. It is not a question of g M or silver, these are hut incidents it is a question whether the meney changers shall control the Toluir;. of money and the national treasury. The financiers confess themselves either hostile to the welfare of tbe people, or that they lack confidence in their intelligence, when they refuse to submit to the judgment of the masses of the people the financial measures which they favor. The whole protective tariff system is built upon supposed pecuniary profit to those who Tote for iL The manufacturers are to be paid for their support with higher prices, the labor iag man with better wages, the wool growers with a more remunerative market for their wool, and the others who vote for high tariff are fed with the delusion that the money wbirh goes out of their pockets through, tariff taxation returns in some invis ible way, beariag compound interest with it A direct bounty, which our supreme court has called larceay, ua dei the form of law would be much less harmful than a protective tariff, because its evils are more easily esti mated. Instead of calculating whe ther a 42 per cent tariff will pay more iec A Ver. f ,f?I? U P3 aWar. the new P.fcr Mean wertero "oricsaai Caenesra orsofaor. Scad t-da Subscribers' Ad.irtisinf Dipartment As a real estate exchange this de partment has few equals and no su periors. Thousands of acres of ,and have changed hands because of adver tising in this department Have ycu land to sell? Tell 500.000 people about it by using this department Do you want to buy land? Say so" here. It will cost you 6 cents per word per in sertion. Address all orders to The Oommouer, Lincoln, Neb evUfa JF31! AKD ADDRESS OP casd Si aS,C, the F-a' that has a drilled dwfn nni7 ntePltcs having one fit SSL? vSol4BOSS C- (VreU 'itllsu,) Me- IMPROVED FARMS DC WASHIXGTOV W. H. Proctor, Chehalls, yashington. FnSS" WroN IMPROVED LAND StOCt fnrrn."7X"li ,, T0"" - ""rv With nivol. forrcJ?ttlreatdAlryman. All In V E. K 01 Kansas. Cheater Thoniaarwterrtlle?KJt E(5S?m'SDABiEED clJRE. FULL noneSalTe?pi.P03tlXaIa 25(X nM YOanc2?.UvnDSLL ?LD " I TNSUR- kaand KaniaV AdrtT ?ii"' e?f ana Kansas. Address L, care ot Commoner. ' bLSiS L0?- TRADE.-CBSTRAL SZ- ?tw!unc5nr,bt.1CUlaW add J' W- Breff F Qlh LANDS IN THE OIL BELT AT values. 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