THE WEALTH MAKERS.
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THE
WEALTH MAKERS.
Now Series of
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BY
Th Wealth Makers Publishing Company,
uao M 8 tract, Lincoln. Neb.
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4 cbe of honor, 1 too good prize
ro tempt my hasty kw4W eo wrong
Unto a fellow man.rfls life hath woe
- sufficient, wrought by man's atantc foe;
4.4 wbotast nath a heart would dre prolong
Or Kid a sorrow to a strlckan soul
ThAt aeeka ft healing balm to make It wholef
Hy bosom own me dtomj "
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PEOPLE'S PABTT STATE 00NVEN-
TIOH.
Uvuots, Neb., May 18, im.
The People'! Independent elector of the
Mate of Nebraska are hereby requested to
elect and send delegates from their renpectlv
counties to meet In convention at the city Of
Grand Island, eb., on Wednesday, August
15, at 10 o'clock a. in., for the purpose of nomi
nating candidates for th following state offl
eers, viz: Governor, lieutenant governor sec
retary Of nun, treasurer, auditor, attorney
general, commlMlener of public lands and
buildings and superintendent of public In
struction. The basis of representation will be one dele
gate at large from each county In the state and
one additional delegate for each one hundred
votes, or major fraction thereof, cant In 1K93
(or Hon. Silas A. Hoioomb for judge of the su
preme court, which gives the following voUi
by counties:
Adams. 12' Johnson 7
Antelope..... 10' Kearney 10
Banner S: Keith
ui.in i lvHval'aha 4
Boone II Kimball 8
llnr HHtm 6KBOX . 9
llnwck n
llrnwa.... 4
Lincoln 12
HuffalO SO
Hurt 0
UuUur 1
Loiran ,
Loup..
viaiHson 10
McPberaon S
Uiish II
Cedar 6
Chase..' f
Cherry , 0
Cheyeue 6
Merrick 7
.iance 8
Nomaha H
Nuckolls n
ijlay... i
la. .
Otoe .... 12
01
Pawnee 7
Perkins ......
Photos 12
Cuming f
Cuntar
Daxota S
puree, ., o
Dawes 7
Dawson 13
P.atw 10
rtlk i-
Dunel
Iled Willow H
Dixon 7
lilcharvaun
Mock
sviflee m
outrlas
Hatlne.
Dundy. W
nrnv
Fillmore !
Franklin
Frontli r 91
aiini!er 14
ScotU Blufl 8
toward .... 11
Furnas... II
Sheridan 10
Uag Ml
tiarlleld.
im 3
ht.rmiui ...
Gosper H
Stamen.,
lirant 2
Ureeley 8
ihayer......
Thnrniw ...... .. .... 1
Mall , 8
Hamiltou , IS
Harlan 9
Hayns 3
i hnraton
Vally 8
asnington
Wayne
Hitchcock
WebHter.
heeler.,
York
i
Holt 131
Hooker ... 1
Howard
JefTerxcm.
Total .
We would recommend that no proslea be al
lowed, but that the delegates present cast the
full rote to which their respective counties are
entitled,
J. A. EDOBRTOK, . D. CtlM DBtViB,
Socretary. Cualrman
People Indejiendent Party Con
eresslonal Convention,
The Teople's Independent party convention
flf the eUth oonKreationa district of the state
of Nebraska, Is hwtcj called to meet at
Broken How, Ncfs., August 13, mi, at 8 o'clock
p m , for the purpose of placing In noratn
tlon ene candidal lot congress (or the bUUi
eongreHHloaal dlstrlot of Nubranka, and for the
traoiiactiou of such other bumutss ad mar
properly coma before the comention. T!i
baU t repreuUtion will bu one doU'aie
tor m-M county at lar, and one Ut each HJ0
vtv or mJir fraction there f ft lor
SHaa A. flolcoutb for supreme Jnitue In 1
Tlw sevarai couittlea will N etiMtlnd to rep e
senUtion as follow ;
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aum4 but that dvl(M prwent rt the full
tiitaul tklr tHlw rouuUiw.
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(UxtlMlWimiit will J(Jf Ue
jwtpU ol lltKk, Uroe, and K) I'aha
cuaU4 July Zi. A central j-otot ti
ji to b iKsUfWd coBveoUat fur lb
fxopla ol U thrta euuat'ei 10 tuea? and
whlla Wearer rtMuWtU lutocrat tha
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TEE IBDUSTKIAL E0CI1L WAE.
The papers for some dsji past have
contain maps of the seat of war at
Bull's Hill, Colorado, showing the for
tifications, and the report! hare in
formed us of the deatu-dealin? guns
and Bpirit of the military miners. A
wt! between the sheriff's deputies
and the hundreds of miners who were j
In fortified possesion and tupplied
with great quantities of powder and
dynamite, was declared imminent.
Blood on both sides has been shed. A
number have alao been killed In the
coke regions. Conflicts between bod
ies of the striking coal miners and
mine-owners and non-striking workmen
and the railroads continue to cxrcur in
a number of the states. There are at
leant 200,000 now engaged in the coal
strike and about 40,000 more are out of
work in consequence. The millions
who have boon out of work and reduced
to absolute destitution and dependence
during the last twelve month, are re
ceiving no attention from congress. No
money can be obtained except by pay
ing usury for It. No labor at all can
be obtained by millions. No labor can
be obtained by the vast majority of
others at work.iexcept on inequitable
(net profit) terms. Peepalr and agony
Is the portion of those In enforced Idle
ness at the bottom. Overwork and
crushing csre is the burden of the
working millions. But how about those
at the top?
A New York paper1 reports "the week
In socletr." "Society" is anotaer
world where they have all the fruits of
toll supplied by others. It is a world
of princely consumers who live in lux
ury and do nothing but feast and dress
and play and pursue pleasure. It Is the
world that bears with constant crush
ing weight upon the shoulders of the
workers, whom it despises and has no
thought for.exoept now and then when
the foundations tremble a little. Then
their only thought is, that the wealth
makers mast be kept down by the laws
and hired soldiers of the wealth takers.
This is the way the wealth takers live:
la the last week all the world has
been either on a coach top inhaling
sweet brce.es or hieing oft to Tuxedo,
Hempstead or the country cm w. rne
Country Club at West Chester, which
lust bow in tne perfection 01 iuj
spring time beauty the green of the
foliage and the ricn deep vernure 01
the turl coming out in tne mostaceiuea
contrast has been gay with four-ln-
hands, and broakfast and lunebpon par
ties have been the order of the day
Besides the reeular trips of the public
coach Tempest, many men have taken
tbelr coacnes out, ana tne lawns ana
the clubhouse have been a common
meeting ground for friends and ac
quaintances
The names of some of the proud
drones who thus pursue pleamro and
produce nothing were added to the
above paragraph to please their utter'
ly selfish, shameless vanity, bat we
care not to print them. The next par
agraph we quote entire, afl follows:
Next Saturday the usual parade of
the New York Coachlnir Club will take
lace, and If the day should be nne all
ashlonable New York will put on Its
holiday erarb and turn out to see the
show. Two or three new teams, one
recently imported, are, it is said, to ap
pear for the first time. The coaches
will cutter in their spick and span
coats of paint and varniah, and the
members and tbelr friends will shine
bravely in thoir coats ot the latest Lon
don make, while the ladles In their
gowns ol many colors, with their laps
full of the brightest and sweetest smell
ing spring flowers, will give the crown
tng touch of beauty to the Boenel
The following paragraph is also of
Interest. Drouths do not affect the
harvests of the people It mentions,
The 1osbc9 of others are their gain.
They exact tribute of the workers, and
use those thrown out of work to force
wages and prioes to or nearly to the
starvation line:
The number of Americans, and more
especially of New lorker?, in JiOndon
at present, Js surprising, Tne prescn
ta'lons at the recent drawing rooms,
which are generally limited to four,
have in most cast s exceeded that nura
her. Mrs. Van HenBnelaer Cruger,
Mlas Woodward, Mrs. Urad ley-Marti u
aod several other;, whose names are
not sj well known on thlH side, hav
been duly presented and received
Before the end of Juno there will te
auveral mora names added to Us lift
Every stoamer that goes over adds to
tno already largo American population
aui.md, and the foreign oaukers say
tary never have Issued so many letters
o! credit as at present Bom of thou
who willed within the lat four day
were Me. acd Mrs. (Woolius Vander-
bllt, Mr. and Mrs Klbrldr T. Gerry
ttte Mi-t Uerry, Mr. and Mrs, (i-oryo
It. Malm, Mrs. W, litre ay l'r ns,
Wtlium C. Whitney, Ml l'au Ine
Whitney, Mrs. Herman Olrieli, MM
Virginia Fair, Mr. and Mrs. SuMihiro
Wnltuey. Mist Whitney, Mr and Mi,
Klard S WilUfg, MIm Willing, Mrs
Hoorv Clews, Mls l;ilr Clews, Mrs
I'icrrt Lorlllartl, Mrs, Hmjtoa Ives,
the MkMoa Ivt. and Mrs. 11. Jtulbrook
CurlU.
Hi't The p rlod of bVinfsj drprrs-
l
lon, of lack tf mptoyrueut for thirty
per vat of our chl-em. ha -had nof
feet en foreign travul. The million
sir vli mako money faster on the
Mark rrldaysaod during panic periods
than at '-vter Urn. The past UeWe
months hate been to the titurtra, who
a always beat 11 W'U ly falling prices,
a !( gatderleg goM harvest.
And ao tho ttrif draws on, IM
Ihuidi-rbolu art lording, Tba dep
uawa ara thief. O, ttmfvh uf
God, aaW!
Till Omaha ik i.-t week ntil ft
slick ftaanclcrlsf schem ty whlvb
Mnowla boaJ brokers bav bora dUpo
lag f ceun'y beads to tho Biftto Uuafd
of EducatlMial I and aad fundi tl
a premium In ready cash amounting In
all the transactions to many thousands
of dollars. No labor was necessary ex
cept the labor of scheming. No capital
was consumed, except a trifle In the
shspo of pen, ink, and paper. No (ser
vice was given for the thousands of dol
lars of state funds privately pocketed.
Whether this robbery shall be found to
be legal or Illegal it Is one of the crimes
against society and one ol tne sins
against Heaven which will yet be pun
ished. These bond brokers are now
called successful financiers, and the
mammon wershipers of the world hon
or them. But In the future they will
be as dishonored as are felons now.
WHAT IS 0EBI8TIAKin?
It Is not being a church member and
praj leg and preaching and teaching, or
paying for theee. It Is not words, but
olrit. It Is not money, but labor. It
Is not charity, but love. It Is not gene
rosity, but justice, It Is not Sunday
service, but week day, everyday, cease
less service. It is not serving God, but
serving our fellowmen who need our
wisdom, our strength, our love. It Is
not laying up treasure upon earth and
charging usury for it of those who keep
the moth and rust from destroying it.
Tnat man Is not a Christian who says
bis fellowmen shall bo forced to pay him
rent for the privilege of entering Into
Cod's natural presence and love. That
man is not a Christian who lives by the
sweat of others. That man is not a Chris
tian who demands more hours of labor
or more labor product than he gives.
he rich cannot be Christians while
either forcing or permitting others to
be poor and needy. The comfortable
cannot be Christians while they sllow
others to be miserable. The citizen
who does not strenuously oppose
monopoly privileges and class laws is
not a Christian. The man who. doe
not Buffer while ethers are compelled to
Suffer Is not a Christian. The man
whose love is not all-embracing is not a
Christian.
Is there any Christianity (love) in the
market place? It seems to be shut out
of the world of business. The selfish
anarchistic idea prevails that our in
terests are divided and that we most
and should struggle with each other
for gain and place and power to com'
mand service. There are no Christians
there are none who refuse to gain by
others' toil, or none who think it is
worth more to serve than to be served
Christianity is voluntary socla'lsm.
'Bear ye one another's burdens, and so
fulfill the lsw of Christ." The strong,
the wle to plan, the clear of judg
ment to measure values, must not ado
to. but take from, the heavy burdens
of the weak. There is no division In
God's universe and kingdom. He made
the earth for all. His love reaches us
through the earth. Whoever therefore
asks rent for the earth asks rent for God,
and sells Him for a price. The same is
true of those who monopolize and stll
any part of whatGod provides, viz , the
and, the air, the sunlight, the forces of
steam and . electricity, ' the common
stores of coal and ell and iron and other
minerals, the Inspirations of invention,
the labor economies of capital, of ma
chlnery, of applied economic wisdom,
and the rarer Individual endowments.
The principle of Christianity is sacri
flee, service, ministration, mdnstrlal
organization. The problem of Chris
tianity Is that organization and appli'
cation of all individual gifts, mental and
nhvslcal endowments, which will in
olnt labor with G id (natural energies
produce for the equal benefit of all the
greatest sum of good things, blessings
enjoyments. Christianity Is labor, and
labor Is love's revelation, love human
and divine. Free labor shares with
God the joy of creation, discovers God's
heart In natural wealth production, and
is the natural moans by which God
conveys (or would convey) nimsen
through each of us to others, through
all to each. That which is not Chris
tlanitv Is anarch V. and leads to U own
destruction.
0YEBTUR0W THE UbUREES-
The extremity of the poor Is the usur
er' opportunity lo oppress. Tho pro-
letafiun clans, who must uhq mony
laud and capital in order to live, mu
Ufcor for starvation wagoe when sUrva
tlen stares them In the face.
The farmers of Nebraska hare already
suffortd serious los by drouth, an! a
short period mur of dry weather will
leave them for th first tlmo In twenty
years with almost nothing to harvoat
The result wU! bo, the few who havo
tuoflv In the bank, or li aned out to
their neighbor, will oall.lt la and con
iu mo their accumulations during the
year la which tary must wait for
another harvest. But those wbo have
a.) surplus and wbo are out of dt bt will
gt down ou their ko and submit to
the usurers' terms for a loan, a loan
forcing an itrwt irop which dru h
aad grasohoprera, II U and flame,
death aod judgment never destroy,
And tboae who ar already under mnrt
gag (Nebratka farms now have M
UOO.OOO of mortgag debt, and tio.lani,
a 0 worth ot wheat aad cora and eihr
product ar talUdtor yearly to pay
tb latemt, croit or a crop) must. It
the farm is worth enough Id sevura tt,
lor a Wgt murtgseo acr,
Tb who can burrow ao u.om 'atone
nt4t pull up and pull out to regions
that bar harvest W gather aad aeek
work
Kar Ut us wnaUUr what at?srMo
i
: t would make to the farmers of Ne- (
braska if they could borrow money of
the government without Interest, pay
ing only a small fee to cover coet of
examining and caring for securities.
In the first place they would all
along have been saving the 10,000,000
a year (clear loss) to meet mortgage
interest demands. This saved would in
from ten to fourteen years have paid off
each and every mortgage. Then when
once in twenty years or so crops failed
the farmers could borrow of the gov
ernment without interest enough money
to live on f6r a year; and so be saved all
fear, all anxiety and suffering. It Is
not debt but usury that is eating us up
and reducing us to dependence and
slavery.
The debt that does not draw legal in
terest, that dm not grow of itself, is not
dangerous to liberty.
Possibly the prospective loss of badly
needed crops Is necessary to wake up
more of the voters of Nebraska to de
mand and vote or legislation which
will effectually take them out of the
hands of monopolists and usurers.
A NEW POLiriOAL VISION.
I'rof. George D. Herron is to deliver
tho commencement oration at the State
University next week, June 13th, and
his subject is to be, "A New Political
Vision."
Our readers already know what we
think of this man. We believe him to
be the great moral teacher of the age,
a man in whom dwells more of the
Christ spirit, more wisdom, more love,
more law, more knowledge of human
needs and duties, more of the present
message of God to men, than has been
received by any other. Prof. Herron
fills the chair of Applied Christianity
In Iowa College. But his addresses and
published lectures have also command
ed the attention of both the false and
true leaders of Christendom.
He is preaching "the gospel to the
poor," to the rich also, a gospel which
has not been distinctly heard for many
centuries. 1 He Is attacking the respect
able selfishness, the individualism, tbe
highest wisdom of the business world,
which the church believes in and all
are ruled by, and is showing what the
law of love requires. He is burling
white hot moral convictions, burning
divine truths, at the consciences of men,
and is calling together all lovers of
righteousness, all who will make ser
vice Instead of gain tbelr choice.
Prof. Herron recognizes ene law which
s to direct and organize men and be the
sum and substance f all the laws of
states and nations. He sees that our
present statutes which fence the earth
and sustain monopolists are eatanic,
that they enable certain selfish men to
shut their fellowmen away from God
and charge rent or profits for admis
sion to bis presence and benefits. He
sees that equal natural rights are being
trampled on, not only by the Individu
ally cunning, clear-headed and selfish,
but by the monopoly enthroned. Audhe
sees In the political uprising In tho west
a force that is making for righteousness.
It Is concerning the new political move
ment thnt he will speak here, with tbe
object to show that God is in it, calling
authoritatively for justice, and uniting
the hearts of the people to defend and
help one another. He will 6how not
only what is the uniting force of the
movement, but whut it Is the beginning
of, what it will lead to. He will speak
notsimDlvta the young men ot the
State University and the other hun
dreds who can crowd within the hear
log of his voice, but. to the American
nation and In the moat critical period of
its history.
TEE INDIANA CONVENTION.
The Ponulists of Indiana held their
state convention May 31 uilh2,952 dele
gates in attendance. The party Is grow
lng and rapiuly, remember. The con
vention was as full of enthusiasm as its
numbers would naturally make It. It
adopted a preamble and platform of
great length and nominated a ticket
with President C A. Iloblnson of tho
National Farmers Mutual Benefit Ass
elation at the head, as ondldate for
secretary of state. Mr. Byiblnson Is the
best possible man to bead tho ticket,
the leader ot the organic 4 faer, a
man ( fioo abilities, most wldslj known
anl vory popular.
Th Omaha platform was endorsed.
Th Initiative and referendum aad pro-
portl- nl representation by means of in
amendment to tht state convention,
w.re demanded. "Tho rtgot to vote Is
Inherent In citizenship Irrespective of
sex," wa declared. An Inheritance tax
was called for. Thol'quor traftlc was
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recognu-a u .im ng-ei., uw too
Initiative and referendum consldr-'d
thaben means by which to deal lth
tt Shorter hour In mines and fac
tories wero demanded. And a demand
was maJ that cities t empowered to
asauiua otauertblp aod control ot putllo
waUir, transportation and lighting
pUnU. ''No fusion" was the universal
cry.
tbe mix YlH QU8T103-
As lb time of balding the sts'e and
local conventions draws near It become
neoary to call atU ntion to the n-cd
of havleg unsmlruhed, Incorruptible
men for our standard barer, Cfcaao
Wis thn first and most Irnportaut
qualification which our candidate must
noas Tbe nun wao nas
town tire t-
d bv tas pcot'la to saakt) or excul
laws for them and who accepts gifts
from their oppressors, lacks character,
lacks honesty. Possibly here and there
a man in our ranks has ridden on a rail
road pass without realizing that U was
given as a bribe, as a favor to be' re
turned; but such thoughtlessness and
mental density are Inexcusable in any
of our leaders.
The furnishing of passes Is the chief
means by which the corporations con
trol primaries and conventions and
legislatures. Passes are not given be
cause the railroads Intend to cany
passengers for nothing. They are not,
as Judge Hubbard observed ' recently,
doing a charity business. The man
who accepts their favors Is at their
mercy if he faiU to do their bidding.
They have the power to expose him,
and will not fall to do it, if he has fail
ed to guard their interests and later
secures a nomination for office. No
man who has been riding on a railroad
pass can be safely chosen to lead us In
the comlBg campaign. Fac similes of
his bribe will be flashed In the faces of
the voters before election day, unless
he makes terms with the corporations,
which would be worse yet lor our cause.
We must have clean men to lead us, and
we can choose from any number of men
whose reputation Is without a shadow
or a stain, Let this important matter
be borne in mind when delegates a-
instructed aod in convention.
THE PLOTS OF TEE BANKERS.
Representative Springer of Illinois
has introduced a banking bill into the
House which is probably the pet meas
ure of the bankers. It would provide
that state, county and municipal bonds
be made the basis on which, to issue a
favored class bank note currency which
shall be made a legal tender, but pledge
redemption in coin. , It is merely aa
extension or variation of the present
debt (bond) basis currency.
Now notice, first, such a bill is an ad
mission that there is not enough gold
and silver to furnish a money supply.
But the agreement to pay gold and
silver, dollar for dollar, when the gold
and silver is not retained to meet the
obligation, aad when, even if it were
retained, the paper exceeds it in vol-J
umes, is an agreement to do an impos
sible thing. If then it Is universally
admitted that more money is needed
than gold, or gold and silver, will pro
vide, and the people's bonds for a cer
tain amount of property are the secur
ity proposed, what earthly reason is
there why all property owners should
not be allowed to issue currency, or be
provided with legal tender notes on
their ample security? Why Is not the
real estate of farmers as good a money
basis as the municipal, county or stato
bonds of bondholders?
But, you see, If the government should
allow each and every man to make use
of his ample credit without having to
buy credit of the bankers, It would
effectually and forever destroy the
usury business, the enormous drain ot in
terest would be saved by the wealth pro
ducersand the Shylock class would be
compelled to produce as well as others.
The Springer bill is planned to per
petuate the money monopoly.
The national debt must all be paid, if
not refunded, before 1!07, and some
thing must be done, the bankers see, to
retain control of the currency.
The old banks propose either state
banks of issue or national banks, and a
currency based on the people's debts,
which debts are based on the people's
property. And this currency, costing
the usurers not over a cent on the dol'
lar, the people can only get b contract
ing and furnishing security to pay
heavy Interest for.
The People's party proposes that
money be issued by the gcr eral govern
ment upon good security direct to all
the people, Instead of to the Shylock
fraternity. And so Issued we should
not see the money periodically drawn
In Interest paj menis Into the vaults of
the bankers, and the measureless suffer
ing of the unemployed, moneyless, des
tliuto million!;.
The fight Is on between tho people
and the money power.
Tub News of June 1 Is Indebted to
our political columns for a halt column
of news Items regarding political can
olclates. It Is of course very Interest
ing ntattor, but more Interesting at first
hand. When served up second band It
would be worth whll to Indicate where
Ucamefiom, eh, Dubblaa?
THE PERILS Of U8URT
Watchman, what of the night It I
a time of danger, ot grave apprebeolon
of serlout aiarsn to those who see most
wlttaly and clearly.
This I th situation. Times have
been r rowing steadily wort for ten or
eleven months. l."t winter a tonth
part of tho population ot the elite, o!
the vlas. to. that had alway twea
self (upporling, wer la aboluU starv
log destitution. Theae figutv give
frronrvatlv aod rellal!. Chicago
had ou lessthaa 1U.Q0O who had to be
f-d. and other eltUt aad factories and
mining town alike proportion. Th
number out ot employment bar la
ml aim then. A ouaiwr of
million mora worker art now out ot
work throng the atrlk of tb coal
mlnirl. who demand lUlnif
I). and DfauVrt njUd tbtj
Itaatlon two e ago and !?!sM
that the next five or six months were
rayless and would be worse than ihe
past. Idleness, lack of earnings, re
duces demand for goods. Reduction ol
income and fear of want are every .
month increasing among the middle
class the number who econom ize, and
are forcing economies to ba nvVe and
more rigid. In consequence more are
each month being thrown out of work
and wages are being reduced to or be
low the living limit.
And as economics increase demand tov
labor lessens, prices fall, and the ten
dency Is for bad times to make
worse times, and for worse times to
make still worse times, till tbe increas
ing strain continued becomes unendur
able. Hitherto in our periods of busi
ness depression the explosion point of
suffering has not been reached. Fam
ines in other countries or bountiful crop
In our own have given a basis for a re
newal of industry and we have weather
ed the storm. But let there come a
great crop failure this year and the
stratu will be too terrible.
The poor are now forming armies.
Let a great food famine come, ani
where there are now tens there would
be thousands, where thero are thous
ands there would be millions wbo would
march where the provisions of tho rich
would be stored, and the law , of the
land would be swept aside by the law of
self-preservation.
God grant that tbe peril in view may
be providentially averted. It cannot be
averted by legislation, for tbe monev "
power and tho corporations control
Congress. If averted this time it Is
simply a delayed danger, which in the
next period of financial depression will
again threaten us with revolution and
ruin.
Tub Populists of Illinois held an en
thusiastic state convention the 29th
ult., nominated a state ticket, endorsed
the Omaha platform as the second Dec-
aration of Independence; endorsed tbe
ndustrial and political platform of the
federation of Labor (plank 10 excepted)
adopted at its last annual meeting; de
nounced tho license system of dealing'
with the liquor traffic, which makes It
one of the most corrupt monopolies and
political menace, and demanded
whenever a majority of the people pe
titioned for its sale that such 6ale of
'quors shall be conducted by the state ?
without profit.
Think what it means to have a wife
and children and no money to meet
rent, no work to obtain money, no goods
to pawn and no prospect butstsrvatlou.
or separation and pauperism. When Id
such condition one naturally gets doc-'
perate and say's, what is the law that
we should die or be degraded under if
Lawmakers, have a care. The strain
increases. The suffering is fearful.
Tub Populists of California have held
a rousing state convention. The asso
ciated press gave us no Idea of it, but
we have got the news by freight. Tbe
convention was full of religion and It
was good to be there. Thomas V. Ca
tor, the Populist orator of San Fraueis-
co, made a great speech.
A storm Is coming, a storm of wrath
despair and violence. It yon want the
country Baved get into the People'
party and devote all your energies to
recruiting its ranks. It is only by
quick growth and swift justice that tbe
Impending destruction can ba averted.
Chairman Taubeneck is out with a
letter earnestly rtquesttng losal com
mittees, Legions, Leagues and People s
party clubs to begin at once to arrange
for celebrating the eecond anniversary
of the Second Declaration of Indepen
dence on the Fourth of July, 1814.
Gen Kelly and his Industrial navy
have left St. Louis, no has addressed
enormous gatnerings mere, ana ai
Q ilncy, 111. He will lead his men U
Washington, and grass or no grass they
will be heard from.
After being chairman of the Demo
cratic central committeo for five year,
1'eU r II. Smith ot Massilloa, Ohio, ha
corao out In support of J. 8. Coxaj , tbe
Ceimiweal leader, fr Congrea
A local branch of the American In
stitute ot Christina Sociology wad orga
nized in Halting last wwk, l'fottidect
tllngland o! Uast'.ng Collegt boinc
made Its principal.
(Ut cut the Initiative aui r;-.fitv ti
ll u in, and oe ua teattor the protcMior,
polltli'lam, ,
TBE JUNE tUQiZlNES
Bcrlbner' Msiin for June i a
beautlfuUv lUutirawd lnt resting am
b.r. Its lletii n Is urnlhr4 b Mrs
Uurn'tt. Grforv'e W. CabUaod Wllluu
Henry Bishop, Other teWtrtwUng ami
vatuabl article are MMlUo ani
MeiwothUtoric). by Juaa Heard, Jr.;
TontW, by.N.H haaUr; Tho Llgbl
house, I'bUfp UUbort Uaroorloa, Ac
Tbe ltsvlsw of K lew for Ju gltws
u The Proves of th World, Curroai
HisUmv CarWalum. A lUoorv! ot Cur
ffnl Kvento an arUl by the wdlfcf on
Tbe Nation Nt I.ltrary at Vahiajr
ton, pap, r Consittutlosal tioret
Hale fur CtU, ta papvt oa picture
and palaurs, and a rvtbtw ot IraJtat
utteic tar Us month.
Th Artea (or June I a very Ult
nutnlMf coa'alalcr olttba oighnwl