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who will puMicly applaud such riiarisai-
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U IivjTify- , . tt.p inHUKinco official who lias boon do-
Tl"' '" ,' .i .ii,,..- tlm funds of widows and orphans. And.
in "",a''"'" 'I i.irrilk wore the men who, in 181)0 and 15)00,
h.' j rt marw, ;is champion of (ho widows and
;,'n' s!"'""!l?V while Ih.-v wore -li.mlii.js they were contributing
r!,li;l,K ' ! nid orphans to huy immunity from tho law
i!i- i'"""'.v '" . - .i t.ifM thov controlled.
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u . i : .1.,,," Tin. Phar sees have had their day
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, ... .... thov nre (-(ill founded 1V the great
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l'-r al"""' "" a it iwbleneo eon Id not, sparo them
T, ,, .,1, I subhuman vieiousness ami justice, seemed to
iw'fi'i lm "" , ,, , .,1 ,1 Jmnmi he ore I IK) world.
V should 00 ... .
I Jniiiio thev soian iind Into and
In M"' ' "' '". ,' , .. f.o. Ihw ,fm." hi. 1 hem ow.
lit,, f veil lOlllldS, Pill n ll-lll.n-nn r,--
rovidci which ! ; , . .
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BATTLE 13 AGAINST THE "SYSTEM"
i charge f Rockefeller white-wash bureau arc not,
, . ...... ,i: ;,. ,;.,ti. ,n mid tmieeful diplomacy winch-
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:: ;;,Mt,,h:1.,H,n.c such an nHt,K.,.aiic inst.tutmn ho art of
,inviK wl,it. u:;iHli r. qu.i.-H no IHUO genius aim , .
V , T.. ,1,it,.w!isli linoii t io one to he wlnlo-
ii'i't;ikcn I'.v i. i.m"- " ' , . . i (i.
u.,J,l hv liiicki if.ilH shi.vvH poor tUHlfi and (iocs not mn ,,,.,
" . , . 1111. 1 ....I l.ii..rl Hill
!,;,,,, ,m. A flood liniHii hiioiiki oe .i-i. h
Vw kimw huw to mix wl.itcwaHl. arif-'ht, particularly wluUwash ot
t,, ji,..,irv kind. Ah a rcHiilt there is nincn injii(iici.ii wmww -
i,,,, il,,,) ,,, mnv be distinguished Irom inud-lingii.g.
Tl. Iiirll.di.y party at tho JiocKelelier nonie was nui, u .....i
il... work done hv'tl.o chief whitewashcr, Mr. Uacon, was dn
iilnllv criKli'. The iiook written by Marcus M. lirowu in defense
., .. ' i ii.:.. . An uttiif.V iiniv be
o! Kot-kcIt'lH-r was loo paipanio in n. mu);. ...,..v,. ....v
...1,1 J.iJ.i.,., h,I uviimlibni'liliiiiT. a la Miss larboll and Mr. hawson,
but a ilcf.-iiM' must be a clever jiarry. A literary defense lnusl bo
lh an art ll.at conceals all art Tho little stories going
L ,,f it,,. ,, o.irmrr lmw IovhIiIc. charitable? and generous
11 r. Korkel'eller is, are much more effective than this bulky and
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iii,hwackiiin hook. Hie birthday party otten serves an
urmc, but some bad mistakes have been made at birthday parties.
Ilrr.nl, tctniivh of Calilec, in a mad moment at his birthday party
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Mvnrc a terrible oath that made him a murderer ami minicneu im
uiiwicii' ; until his dying day.
ft I l J D 11 1 1. 1 . --.1 1 1 , i fl ir A 1 in
ill istakes of the HockcTollcr Olireau nave mm emiuj
t" ii desire tn "pile it on." Not satisfied with tho delicate pasteis
ii. the inatriiiiics and newspapers, tho book and tho birthday party,
iU'ciia sol nbniii tlm work of frft.t.iny cortifieateB of character
from tin' rich friends of Mr. Rockefeller. How much more con-
vinciiif; would have been tho testimony of the stable boy, the butler,
tlio iillice n,y or the humble book-keepr.
Tlie cardinal error, however, seems to have been in misunder
tadiiij; the initure of tho attack on Mr. Rockefeller. Tho defend
ers awmiie that the assailants havo been calling Mr. Rockefeller a
.iwr, a thief, cold blooded tyrant and a hater of his fellow men.
Tbev have undertaken, therefore, to prove him a kindly, generous
and k.yahle old nun. Perhaps Mr. Rockefeller may have inferred
jl'H Ids assiihmts meant to call him these hard and cruel names,
1,111 a matter of fuel nearly all tho attacks havo been directed
awinsi his hn.j,,,, methods. The principal attacks were made by
Mj TarUdl and by Thomas W. Lawson. In her lwn.k Miss Tar-
lirtidui-es evidoni-i. !. iliui.rodil' klntwlnr.l (Yi lmsiliess methods
""'i Hi hi" ani.d.
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'frenzied finance" Mr. I.awson proclaims it
e ln.se and destrnv the "vntein."
Iulv the 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 x -1 1 I tlm tivcO.iii InO tliorn lion' iti ('Xl'll.SeS
'I"- man al i, ibt re are no excuses for the system. Man may
-d n-triv bv his piissi,m ,,,,,1 he not wholly bad, but what lie
'", i- had in ,! r : , t 1 1 1 1 1 lio ..I laii!iu Pil.itu i-ti huw no
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i-1 Man he turned over to the ruthless .Tudean mob,
'''! -in, bnt he had U'gniled hiinsilf into the Islief
! i f"i' the best interests of those unruly provinces
bad uiveii him to rule. He fondly imagined
! liet ited his action, and lie blinded his eyes P
i. 1 re-isnn fur tlm u i'iiiiii 1ik ili.l vi-n fear that
I bv a dissatisfied i ntjM ror.
, "f ei.urse, tn eundt iiui a bad svstetn wilhout
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at the same lime condemning, although not in eipial measure, tho
man behind the system. Rockefeller happens to bo (he chief figiiro
in a syslem of finance which ihrives by special privileges and unjust
discriminations Hindi as are hateful to the spirit, and anl agonistic,
to the principles of our Institutions. J localise of the position be has
occupied the battle against an unholy syslem has raged about him
with incessant fury. I!ul the people are not seeking in destroy Rocke
feller, nor even to place him behind prison bars. If he died lo
inorrovv the syslem would still exist, and until the wyslem is de
stroyed the battle will go on lo the hitler end.
JUDGE LETTON'8 MISTAKE
Judge Lelloii has at length surrendered his passes, according to
a number of republican pipers. While tho state ollicials were hiii
rendering their passes without hypocritical proteose Mr. Lotion
allowed I he impression to prevail that he was not a pass user, but iho
Populist convention removed tho mask from his face. Defenders
of Mr. Lotton now say that judicial digpity prevented him from
making a public announcement of the fact that lie had surrendered
his passes. Mr. Lelton would do well not lo assume too much
judicial dignity until he is elected. The people demand candor and
straightforwardness in their candidates and are learning from revela
tions in "frenzied finance'" that there has been too much pious pre
tense and dignity of one kind or another used to conceal fraud and
corruption.
Defenders of the life insurance contributions to iho republican
campaign fund are saying that the ollicials who made the contri
butions were prompted by sincere motives and wished to save the
nalion from ruin. If that be iho case why hold any nalmnal elec
tions? Why not put up the presidency for sale to the highest bid
der? Those who are eager to save the nalion and the business inter
ests of the country, more parlicnlarly the business interests, can then
buy the presidency and avoid the cheap hypocrisy that now al lends
Iho barter ami sale for that high office.
The older MeCurdy and his precocious boys found rich picking
in the controlof the Mutual Life. McCall and his boys looted tho
. .New York Life, while llydo the elder and junior held up iho
Mquitahlo for tainted millions. Evidently these gentlemen thought
that tho word mutual applied only lo insurance officials and their
families,
General Joso Miguel Gomez has'como all the way from Cuba
to tell us that tho party in power is corrupting tho ballot and he, asks
the United Sl'ales to interfere. Gomez must be a traitor. Think pi
an American asking a foreign country to interfere because air elec
tions are bought by the trusts, railways and insurance ofltcials.
The rich and powerful life insurance lobby was defeated in
Nebraska by the railway lobby, a local institution of which the state
is justly proud. It is to bo hoped, however, that in the present
contest between tho railway lobby and the people the result will bo
reversed.
The corporation whip has been cracked and David 15. Hill and
Richard Gluey have come out against railway regulation by tho
government. All the old-time myrmidons of the money power aro
remaining true to (heir colors.
Those who say that trusts are a natural evolution and cannot
no destroyed forgot" that the trusts have Is-en created by special privi
leges and discriminations and can Is; destroyed by (lie withdrawal
of these favors.
Pat, Crowe failed to contribute a portion of the kidnapping
prize to the republican campaign fund, and he must, therefore,
stand (rial.
Those who seek to regulate the tru-M are wasting ainuuit n-n.
Tht trusts must ln destroyed or they will continue to regulate the
gdveinnietit.
The republican national committee whs pr.d. iblv trying to eh an
up the policy holders "as clean as a huond's l.xiih."
The in-mey power prefer Rockefeller enj.tc.J of education to
government control of railways.
