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Show Bodies Without Souls. The doplornblo condition of the coon-try coon-try to day is wonderful, what will it be in 7 or 8 months from now if there is'nt nu Immediate chango in the condition of affairs. When tho poordcelitutomen aro out In tho cold and freezing storms of winter, without any sheltor whatever, and many of them looking for work to supiwrt their families, that aro as near and dear to them, na tho man's who possesses his millions. Cut what does tho gold bugs caro for the poor man except on election day to eccuro bis voto fur it man whom they wish to send to Congrrxs to pa.islaws favorablo to them. Tlio wifcst way Is lo look tho situation fipinrely In thu lace, and to understand tho workings of tho country, linked together to-gether as It is to-day. Hon David Davis, forrnciy Judge ol tho Supremo Court of the U. B., said "Tlio rapid growth of corporate power and tho malign influence which it oxerts hy combination on the National and Stato f.cgiel.iturcs', is a well grounded c-iuso of iihirm. A strugl is pending in tlio nenr future, between t? "s overgrown power, willi its vast tY 'callous all over the Union, nnd fe an grip on much of the olitlcal niuc.if .ry 011 tho one hand, and the people in an unorganized unorgan-ized condition on thu other, for the control con-trol of thu Government." Again lis says: "Great corporations and coueolated monopolies aro fast seizing seiz-ing the avenues of power that lead to the control of tbo Government. It Is an opciiHccrct that thoy rule States through procured legislatures and corrupted courts. This condition of tilings is truly alarming, for unless it is changed quickly and thorgnghly, free Institutions nro doomed to be subverted by an oligarchy resting upon n baBls of money undo! corporate, power." Theso gold bugs manipulate and control con-trol elections by throwing their weight into primaries, and managing conventions. conven-tions. It. R. |