August 23, 1894.
THE WEALTH MAKERS.
WHO HADE THE TRAMPS?
feh-rman and Cleveland Did It.
The following hot resolutions were
passed by the American Economic Re
form Society of Washington, D. C , at
a recent meeting in protest against the
arrest of a man who has been associated
with Coxey's "Commonweal." They
were written by an ex-editor of the
North American Review, Gordon Clark,
who is the author also of "Shylock,"
which is said to be the most terrific
attack ever made on the money corrup
tionists. No Washington paper dared
to publish the resolutions.
"Charles T. McKee a member of the
American Economic Reform Society of
Washington having been arrested and
imprisoned by the authorities of Mary
land for adopting the example and
teachings of Jesus Christ who consorted
with the poor and lowly to help comfort
them, it is hereby
"T?danvA1. That we hasten to ex
press our respect for this modern dis
lple ol tne savior oi men, anu to uuuw
our abhorrence for tnose scribes, Phari
sees and hypocrites who, in the name of
law, are now crucifying humanity, and
are leading our country into anarchy
and chaos.
Under the influence of a generally sub
sidized press whose mendacious out
givings have for twenty years been con
trolled by the Anglo-American gold
trust, the people of the United States,
who imagine themselves ''intelligent"
because they can read printed false
hoods, have been rendered as ignortct
of the causes and effects of conditions
around them as if they were coolies in
China.
Not all the ills afflicting our day pro
ceed entirely from any one source. But
every body knows that when a requisite
of human life is scarce it is dear. One
thing, money represents and exchanges
all tne requisites of human life. When
money, therefore, is scarce, everything
else must be sacrificed, at any price, to
get it. This Is the chief cause, and al
most the only immediate cause, of our
hard times, prostrated industry, idleness,
poverty and crime.
For these dispensations of the devil,
three men in this country are officially
responsible. In 1865, though at the end
of a costly war, the north was prosper
ous, the people all had homes, food and
oiotning, and, as Hugh McCuUoch, then
Secretary of the Treasury, said, they
were "individually out of debt " But
this man, Hugn McCuUoch, as the tool
of Wall Street and of European holders
of American bonds, proceeded forthwith
to contract the nation 's currency and in
a frw years it was reduced more than
half Then came two million tramps. Hugh
McCuiioch made them. In 1873 the
owners of silver had the legal right of
presenting it at the mints for unlimited
-coinage. Fearing that silver money
would take the place of the paper money
destroyed by Hugh McCuUoch, the
anarchists of contraction procured the
demonetization of silver. This job was
done for them by John Sherman. It
was done by fraud, a fraud which has
been repeatedly proclaimed and ex
plained in both houses of congress and
which Senator Stewart has proved un
der Sherman's nose. The people
rebelled against "the crime of 1873,"
and laws were enacted partly re
storing silver money. In 1893 Grover
Cleveland become president. He has
been merely an appendage to McCuU
och and Sherman. The vampire
"gold-bags," using him again as their
club precipitated our last "panic" to
frighten the people into being further
robb- d Hugh McCuUoch is now mere
ly a hideous memory. But John Sher
man at.d Grover Cleveland have manu
factun d the tramps of 1894.
Charles T. McKee a native born
American of superior intelligence and
sy pathetic nature a natural philanthro
pist has abroad comprehension of what
Senator Voorbees and Secretary Carlisle
used to call this terrible and fa'al
' conspiracy." A year ago Mr McKee
started out as an economic missionary,
selling and giving away literature to
antidote the poison of the corrupted
newspapers, meeting tne people in
their distress, sharing his small gains
with them, and otherwise serving his
Lord and Master, whom the Shermans
and level anda of old sent to the cross.
In this way he came in contact with the
men of the "Commonweal," and for
feedi' g the hungry and clothing the
naked he has gone to the penitentiary.
Be it
Resoived, That we, at least, the
members of the American Enonomic
Keform Society, have infinitely more
respect for Charles T. McKee, in jail,
than for the Governor of Maryland, or
for a president of the nation who has
consummated the impoverishment of
the masses, and has virtually turned the
United States of America into re-conquered
colonies of England their whole
property and prosperity being now
measun-d against British gold.
Resolved, That we will do every
thing In our power to aid all victims of
illegal and unconstitutional arrest in
this so-called "free country," and that
we pledge ourselves anew to enlighten
the people, and thus to save our Repub
lic from despots and anarchists "
Times That Try Men's Souls.
How often we hear the statement
"These are times that try men's souls."
And how much more there Is in the
statement than we ordinarily extract
from It. Our prejudicial way of think
ing spoils a good thought in however
beautiful language it may be clothed,
and so our former way of tilling words
with meaning prevents the larger,
richer conception to occupy language
which might otherwise carry mighty,
moving, revolutionizing ideas to our
dull consciousness. How we do need
some awakening, a powerful earthquake
shocking!
Men's souls are being tried, not as we
have generally interpreted the words
of this oft quoted saying, but oft times
the men in the other crowd are being
put to the test. I mean simply this:
Instead of the poverty-stricken times
trying the mettle of the soul of the
poverty-bearer the opportunities of
these pauper-producing times are re
vealing the Bort of manhood we have in
theola?3 that controls the wealth of
world. An illustration may serve a
good purpose: Three boys of a neigh
borhood go a swimming and one boy be
yond his depth gets cramped and sig
nals for help. One of his fellows re
mains Inactive, perhaps indifferent, to
the humane demand to fly to the rescue
of his comrade In danger; the other
boy, hero-like, dashes off to the aid of
his companion, disregardful of the
danger that may be involved. Perhaps
at the risk of his life the rescuer dives
to save his sinking companion. Indeed
the manly boy doesn't "count the cost."
The other fellow, whose cowardly, un.
manly attitude is revealed in the case
has been put to the test, his soul has
been on trial, and in the weighing this
opportunity gives him he is found want
ing. So these times that call loudly,
sometimes In the utterance of actual
cries of want, for the open-hearted, al
truistic spirit to come to the rescue of
brother men prove testing times for the
souls of the money-hardened, rancor
ously selfish souls of the class who have
"ground the face of the poor" and put
human brotherhood, and, as well, the
God-fatherhood to an open shame.
The grinding, heartless railway mag
nate whose idea of justice and brother
hood is expressed in the utterance used
in connection with the daring to water
the Union Pacific stock, it's the corpora
tion's and not the people's business how
much the railroad shall be capitalized', the
corporation tool who as an attorney-at-law
sells his manhood to defend the
greedy capitalized corporation against
justice and the rights of the over-taxed
classes; the legislator who dares to mis
represent his constituency in state or
natienal legislative body; the sin-covered
bench occupant who hides his shame
beneath a robe of judicial ermine while
weighing justice in a false balance; the
preacher who steers clear of all texts in
the Holy Bible which if rihtly handled
would instruct his hearers in the ways
of economic righteousness and brotherly
love without reference to classts, all these
men's souls are being tried in God's bal
ance for testing the chemicals of which
manhood is made, and the suffering
world is beginning to notice the indica
tors and pray for the kingdom to be
fully established socially, politically and
economically; and while agonizing out
their prayers in the common atonement
the utterance "How long, oh Lord," is
a token that the time draws near when
the Almighty will come to the rescue
of the oppressed, inasmuch as tne well
nigh universal cry ("How long, oh,
Lord") is but a prophecy of the world
consciousness that the time is speedily
coming.
This is God's world for the develop
ment of the family of man and what
ever hinders God's work for His chil
dren must speedily give place as the
Conquorer comes to the rescue, whatever
hinders, we say, whether Satan in per
son, or the sons of men whose "hearts
are fully set in them to do evil" and
whose manipulation of God's wealth
produces pauperism and crime, destroy
ing men's powers, enslaving God's chil
dren. These are times when brotherhood
and justice should proceed toco-operate
with God's purpose to fully redeem the
earth and make it as the garden of the
Lord. These are times when we must
cry out against evil, and cease to pro
claim peace where there must be ever
lasting war; as Dr. Herron has said,
"They who cry 'peace' between princi
ples as unlike as the justice of God and
the infustice of materialistic society, they
betray the kingdom of God. They who
cry 'peace' between love and selfish
ness, between truth and hypocrisy are
the prophets of the Devil, however
sweet their words, and not speakers for
God."
When dollars are accredited to have
rights above the life of a man, the man
not having forfeited his right to life,
when a millionaire home is given pro
tection not accorded to the "sad cabin
on the plain," when men in kid gloves
get a helping hand not proffered the
horny-handed, needy brother, then
men are worshippers of self anl gold
and dress, and not lovers of men, and
are therefore haters or i?od and
justice.
When college presidents and pro
fessors utter the "Shiboleths" $)f oil
companies, gas producers, railway
kings, and coal barons iasteadof speak
ing the truth in righteousness in their
classes in history and political economy,
the times are bad and try the souls of such
teachers whose bribes will sink them where
bribes will not help them in judgment.
These will wake to realize that as they
have been "tools to destroy the truth,"
and not lovers of brother men, they can
not bribe God to endorse their life
through any amount of church or col
lege beneuolence in their "last will and
testament." These are times that try
manhood and we can get the conscious
ness of gold cankered men stirred to
realize their danger we may hope to
offer them the privilege of repentance
and restitution; but the chief ooncern
should be to purify the social and polit
ical state that fewer developments of
this class of unbrotherhoods may be the
fruit of civilization's growth in the days
to come.
God, give nj men! A time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and
ready hands."
We must call loudly for sterling man
hood, arouse any slumbering elements
of worth in human hearts and by true
and wise counsel show men how foolish
it is to be found fighting against God's
order. "We are his offspring" and it
Is foolishness under our common father
hood to try to establish any other order
than that of tbe solidarity of the race.
We are one. "We are brethren." We
must obey duty's call and be nobly,
helpfully altruistic. "Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself." "Go and do
thou likewise." X.
"Crucify Him."
An editorial in the Minneapolis Jour
nal, July 23, headed, "Is the Church
obsolete"? While it contains some
truths, contains also several errors, and
In one or two places such a palpable
misrepresentation of facts, that to one
at ail conversant with the real facts in
the case they need no refutation what
ever. The writer of the article states briefly
the attitude toward the church of cer
tain individuals from the different class
es of society, in which he shows that
many people do not consider that the
church, as an organization, is accom
plishing much good. He then mentions
by name Dr. Herron, Prof. Gates, and
Rev. Myron Reed, and implies that all
three are anarchists, and enemies of the
church: after which he concludes by a
defence of the church, which, taken al
together, is very good. The article has
an apparent strength due to its positive
tone; but in reality it is sadly lacking
in justice and in truth, in that it implies
that the reformers of today "would
abolish all faith and religion."
The writer may conscientiously be
lieve that he has manifested a spirit of
fairness in defining the position of the
gentlemen of Grionell, la, (Prof. Gates
and Dr. Herron), but if he will read
carefully Dr. Herron's address before
the students of Nebraska University, he
will be obliged to admit that he either
had not taken the trouble to inform
himself thoroughly as to Dr. Herron's
views, or else that for some reason best
known te himself, he has wilfully mis
represented him.
It is true the Rev. Myron Reed of
Denver, declared that Christ was an
anarchist, but to say that Dr. Herron
believes such an absurdity, is to say
that which is not true. And when the
writer attempts to convey such an idea,
he unwittingly weakens his own posi
tion, and takes his stand among those
who in Christ's time cried "crucify him."
Of the conduct of such, nothing can be
said in extenuation but "They know
not what they do."
The article does not appear to haye
been written for thoughtful and un
prejudiced persons, for the writer de
scends to sarcasm in saying "The
Christian socialism r social state which
these , illuminati propose to substitute
for what they claim an obsolete organi
zation, is to be founded according to
their own admission, on social antag
onism, which can never be a result of
Christianity." '
I ai-k for information, where do they
admit that the proposed Christian state
is to be founded on social antagonism?
And again let me ask Is Christianity
worth ady thing if it does not cause
social antagonism as long as there is a
wrong to be righted? Christ said: "I
come not to send peace but a sword;"
also, "Suppose ye that I am come to
send peace on earth? I tell you, nay,
but rather division. For from hence
forth there shall be five in one house
hold divided, three against two, and
two against three." If Prof. Gates and
Dr. Herron advocate social antagonism
of any other nature than that arising,
naturally, from the attempt of sincere
Christians to bring humanity into a
clearer comprehension of, and into har
mony with, the divine mind, I would
like to know when and where they have
advocated such ideas.
The following extracts from one of
Dr. Herron's addresses, disproves en
tirely the statements made in the article
spoken of:
"There is no likentss between the
Christian ideal, and that of the anar
chist, as Christians sometimes foolishly
and unthinkingly admit. The method
and ideal of the philosophical anarchist
and tne method and ideal of the Chris
tian political philosophy are the exact
antagonism of each other. The Chris
tian organization of the stave would be
its periection; the anarchist phiiuttophy
would be its destruction. The Chris
tian ideal would lead the people in a
political progress that would leave re
strictive restrictions with nothing to
do, so that they woulo fall into tbe
greater freedom thus achieved and die,
as the acorn dies in the earth when the
tree comes forth; the anarchist ideal
would lead the people in a descent to
the lowest political hell, where individ
ual self-will would establish the throne
of perfect despotism, and the order c"
perfect misery. Tbe difference be
tween the achievements of the Chris
tian ideal and the anarchist ideal would
be the difference between the coming of
the kingdom of heaven and the king
dom of hell on earth."
In another place he says:
"The rac3 is learning that it is not an
aggregation of individuals, but one
body, one humanity, of which all indi
viduals are members; that it is not nat
ural but violent, that these members
should strive for place and life in the
body.
"The civilization that now builds on
the assumption that men are antagon
ists and not members of one social body
is fundamentally anarchical."
Wherein a doctrine of social antagon
ism is to be found in the above, it would
be difficult for a sane man to see.
It is true that Dr. Herron arraigns
the churches. He says: "These insti
tutions stand for religion, but not for
Christ's kind of righteousness; tbey
stand for respectability and property,
but not for sacrifice and association;
they stand for benevolence, but not for
the justice of the kingdom of God." To
say this is not to say that tbe
church is not a divine institution; it is
to say that the church has lost in a
large measure the spirit of Christ, it is
to say that men have been self-seeking
rather than willing to sacrifice life for
Christ; it Is to say that men have been
puffed up in their own wisdom and have
refused to be guided by the Holy Spirit
There is no better evidence of the
spirit which animates men at the present
time, than is shown in the aforesaid
article, where the writer to carry his
point, classes honest men with anar
chists, and substitutes high-sounding
phrases for wholesome truths. It is
this spirit which Is the greatest foe of
all progress. It is to be regretted that
false impressions' are created by writers
who take such a superficial view of
things, and carelessly and sometimes
designedly make statements that are
essentially untrue. "Beh Barton."
Kind Criticism.
Editor Wealth Makers.
My desire for a harmonious and plea
sant meeting at Grand Island, and my
greater desire for the suocess of the
ticket there to be nominated, is my only
excuse for asking at this time, a little
Bpaoe in your columns. "Words fitly
spoken " are said to be "like apples of
gold in pictures of silver," and I would
that I, and all of us, could fully realize
the force, as well as the beauty, of the
figure. I have no word of censure, and
but little of criticism to utter upon the
tone of our press, or of our people,
bearing upon the campaign upon which
we are just entering. It is generally
healthy and all is meant well, but
apparently small things sometimes have
a wonderful effect, much more than, at
the time, is thought of or Intended. I
know, and admire, the deep earnestness
everywhere visible, of all our people, in
the work in which we are engaged, that
of the emancipation of the industrial
classes, of this state and country, from
the bondage of industrial slavery. But
at all times, and in all our utterances,
let us not forget that, as a party, we are
still young, and comparatively weak,
and that if we are ever to come into
power, where, and when, alone we shall
be able to accomplish our high purposes
we will have to do it by missionary
means. Let us therefore, at all times,
and under all circumstances, be ready
and willing to exercise, toward others,
who are aot of us, but who are inclined
to us, a missionary spirit. But 1 am no
hand to speak in parables and, while I
may often be wrong, I never want to be
misunderstood. I see occasionally, in
your most excellent, and ably edited
paper, as well as elsewhere, words that,
howeyer honestly expressed, had, in my
judgment, better have been left unsaid
I know they are honest utterances, and
intended for the best, but this alone
does not prevent them from doing much
mischief, and from hindering the cause
which they are intended to help. We
need, and I for one am willing to accept
the help of all honest men of both the
old parties. The free silver element of
both the Republican and Democratia
parties, is fast drifting to us. The
leaders see and realize this, and, In
order to prevent it, they are stealing
our platform upon this question. W. J.
Bryan has stood with us upon this, and
many of our demands all the time, and
he, and thousands of his Democratic
free silver friends, will, in my opinion,
work for, and vote with us this fall,
unless rudely driven away by our own
acts. And the same may be said of
many free silver Republicans. Can we
afford to say, or do anything that will
prevent them, is the question for us to
consider. I don't think we can. We
want them all, and the Populist who
thinks we won't need them in Nebraska
this fall, overestimates our strength.
But, says some one, I thought you were
a "middle of the road man." So I sen,
but I can Bee a vast difference between a
man walklBg erect in the middle of the
road, with an olive branch in each hnd,
extending them, arms length, on either
side, and, with, kind words and winning
smiles greeting the wayside r, and the
man who wobbles from side to tide,
with a club in each hand, and says, in
both words and actions, to both Demo
crats and Republicans who are aljnost
ready to tumble off the bank, and walk
the roadwith us, stand back, don't tres
pass on our right of way, this road, and
all its approaches belong exclusively to
us. No organization is built up in this
way. Recruits are what we want. They
are what we need, and they are what
we must have if we ever succeed. I
have but one further political ambition
to gratify. It is to see our party suc
cessful, and our principles crystallized
into law. Give me these, and others
may have all the honors, and emolu
ments of the offices. I have never
favored, nor do I fear any fusion at
Grand Island. Mr. Bryan, nor his
f riendg, for him, as far as I know, is not
asking any indorsement, or for aay
nomination by our convention. We are
in no danger from without. Parties
are seldom wrecked from outside in
fluences. The seeds f dissolution are
sown, and grow up, Inside the parties
themselves. If we would live and grow
let us shun tbe corrupt practices, and
methods, in our conventions, of both
the old parties. We meet to nominate
a state ticket, and to adopt a state plat
form. Let every man nominated be
selected with reference to his honesty,
and his fitness for the especial duties of
tbe office, and let him be tbe choice of
a majority, at least, of the individual
delega'es. To prevent intimidation,
and undue Influence, we have adopt d,
tor tbe general election, the Australian
ballot. I am not sure but for th tame
reasons, it will become a necessity for
nominating conventions to adopt tbe
same. Each delegate could tben fairly
express his preference . I hope and
trust, however, that each will do to
without: and I have no fears but that
we will act wisely in all matters at oir
state convention. Much is at stike, aid
let us meet and discharge our dutlts
like unselfish men. J. V. WOLFE.
Sherman a Fetich.
Eiltor Wealth Makers:
Word has been received In this county
that a party of explorers In Africa dis
covered a tribe worshiping and offering
sacrifices to quite a large idol. Upon
close examination it proved to be a fac
simile of John Sherman. By the aid of
an interpreter they undertook to solve
the mystery. The chief was found and
asked about his Idol.
That is our god, he replied. "Where
do your subjects go when they die? To
Ohio, was the reply. The mystery was
getting deeper. Tben he was asked
where he got his god. A bundle was
brought forth and wtth a great deal of
oeremony unwrapped. It proved to be
a copy of an Ohio Rspublloan news
paper with a picture of John S net man
anda history of his political career,
colored as none butan Ohio Republican
newspaper editor could write, aid a
very vivid dlscriptlon of Sherman's
million dollar palace on his farm in
Ohio. So great was the desire of the
editor to impress on the minds of his
readers that Sherman was all-wise and
powerful and the savior of his people
that these simple minded people took
him to be some supreme being and his
million dollar palace a paradise that he
had prepared for them in Ohio. The
paper had been read to them by nme
of the tribe that had been taught to
read by the missionaries. It was sent
to tht m with some missionary supplies.
It is sad to think that tbe trloe has
not reach td that high stage of civiliza
tion that a prohibitive tariff couid not
be placed on old Republican newspapers
and prevent the natives from getting
United States politics snd religion
mixed when there is such a vast differ
ence between the two subjects.
R. 8 M.
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Convention of the First Congression
al District,
LINCOLN, Neb., July 27, 1894.
The People's Independent electors of
the First Congressional District of Ne
braska, are hereby requested to elect
and send delegates from their respec
tive counties to meet in convention at
the citr of Tecumseb, Neb , on Thurs
day, August 30, at 2 o'clock p. m.. for
the purpose or nominating one candidate
for congress and for the transaction of
such other business as may property
come before the convention.
The basis of representation will be
one delegate-at-large for each county
in tbe district and one additional dele
gate for each one hundred votes, or
majority fraction thereof, cast in 1893
lor Silas A. uoicomo ior juage oi me
supreme court, which gives the follow
ing vote by counties:
Richardson 8
Pawnee... 7
Total..
We would recommend that no proxies
be allowed, hut that the delegates pres
ent cast the full vote to which their re
spectlve counties are entitled.
D. N. Johnson, Duncan Young,
Chairman- Secretary.
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There was a feeling of oppression
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a room without resting. My husband
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I now have a splendid appetite and
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