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Show Warren Fosters Paper. VOL. 4. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 1898 j CANT AND HYPOCRACY. We despise cant and hypocracy when ever and where ever found. We despise it in the church, but no more than in civil government The biggest batch of that kind of stuff is on tapis at this particular time. Either right or wrong there is at this time no good feeling existing between this country and Spain. One of the nations big warships was blown 10 atoms a few days ago at Havana. Whether Spain had anything to do with it or not, is not known and probably never will be. Whether it had or not matters little, the facts remain that it is perfectly natural that Spain would rejoice over the matter; at least we fail to see wherein Spain should feel so badly over the disaster as she claims to. Last Sunday the preachers and priests of Spain had a great deal to say in sympathy for the disaster. This is hypocracy of the first water. And one to read the diplomatic slush that is going on, would be led to believe that Spain loves America much more than she does herself. We refuse to believe it. But not only so. The United States is acting the fool in the same way. A few days ago one of Spains warships paid the United States a frendly visit", and at this writing is harbored in New York bay, where the powers that be are wasting much powder in fireing salutes of welcome, and thousands of dead-beaunder United States pay are putlots of style, and disgusting the world ting on with courtesies. The average man wonders why this Spanish ship is here at this, or any other time. If the tLing was built and manned for the purpose of killing men, why not confine its actions to that use? Tne powers are awfully afraid that some body will do something desperate to the Spanish ship, and those in charge are equally scared lest something of the kind is done. It fairly bristles with guns, loaded no' doubt for destruction if the occasion should arise. The United States navy is prepared to do the same sort of work on a moments notice; and yet they are professing great friendship the one for the other.' Oh such cant, such hypocracy! One can see just such foolish things done almost any day in a western saloon, where a lot of drunken cow-bohave congregated. Oh the brag and bluster! They become great friends for the time, they vow eternal love for each other, and tell how they would lay down their lives for their friends, while th& facts are that no such friendship exists at all. They are each as afraid of the other as they are of death itself. How they do display their guns! How each would like to get the "drop" on the other. How arittous etch one is to make a record as a bully!" This is disgusting to the average ts ys citizen. But tell us it you can why all this cant and hypocritical pretense between warships of different nations is not the same thing exactly only to a greater degree? Some in New years ago there was a naval display York harbor, in which all the nations took and part. They brought out their big ships CleveGrover their big guns, and they had land come down and see the show. How actions rethey did spread it on. Their minded one of little boys with fighting cocks. It was a childish performance all the way through. Hypocracy was under it all, and over it all. The proper thing to have done at that time was for all these nations to have gotten together and agreed last one of the among themselves to sink the barbarism. ships. They are only relics of war which rests is The very foundation upon that might makes right, an idea long ago We have no exploded and repudiated. nor with the patience with such foolishness, fools who advocate it. If warships are necfor the purpose of essary let them be used this hypocritical cant fighting and siop all staid at home where had If the "Maine" she ought to have been she would not have been blown up It was out making a preThere was no tended "friendly visit" knew it, friendship in it. The United States a was pretense, only and Spain knew it It have States United the and a lie. If Spain war a but and nothing settle, to troubles and prowill settle it. let them get together ceed to blow each others brains out, as they claim they want, and stop their foolishness and do away with their hypocritical friendly visits." It makes us weary. non-sensic- YVhile speaking of warships we shoitijd not forget that the Maine was one of those ships that Andrew Carnegie built It is one of those ships in which he put his Mow-hol- e plates, by which means he managed to steal $250,000. It should not be forgotten either that when the traitorous old thief was caught at it that.Grover Cleveland remitted one-haof it to him, and expressed sore regrets, not that Caret gie had done so, but because he was so unfortunate as to get caught Carnegie intended to make $250,000 by making an lf unsafe ship, which would have been just one thousand dollars apiece for each of the 250 soldiers and sailors killed by the disaster. By Cleveland cutting the fine in two he only realized $500 apiece for them. At one time in Rome men were butchered to make a Roman holiday. In this country we butcher men to make millionaires. If Andrew Carnegie, and his friend and partner in perfidy, Grover Cleveland, had both been on the ship and had gone down with it there would have been no tears shed around the editorial sanctum of the Living Issues. Instead of being taken up and hung for conspiracy against the government as Carnegie ought to be, we warrant that he will be awarded the job of rebuilding the ship, when he will be able to steal a few million more. We have not seen what is called the Loud but if it be of the character described in our exchanges, it surely ought to be defeated. It is aimed at the country press, and the country press should make itself heard against it One of our exchanges speaking of this bill says; "If made a law it will simply destroy the weekly press. It prohibits the sending out of sample copies; gives any postmaster where a paper is published the right to investigate the books of the newspaper, and pending his investigation up the issue and prevent it from 'goingli&!o the mail, and many other similar features which , absolutely destroy the independence, liberty and benefits of the weekly press, denying its rights under the postal laws of the United States. After it is passed plutoc-rac- y will be found in'the saddle, booted and spurred to ride weekly editors to perdition, where they so much desire to see them. Under existing conditions the weekly press is the only bulwark which the money power has not succeeded in debauching. If the Loud bill is passed this barrier will be destroyed." Ogden Commonwealth. bill, the expression "Oh if we only had a Washington, or an Adams, or a Jefferson to lead the people out of their present awful condition!" Well, suppose we had, do you think the people would follow such a leader? Not much. It is not leaders that we need so much as it is common sense on the part of the people. We warrant that if old Jefferson himselt should be reincarnated tomorrow Jthat he would be vilified, and traduced, and that by many who claim to be his worshipping followers. v Whenthe people get ready to leave the present Egypt a Moses will be found just In the nick of time, never fear. There are better and wiser statesmen today than Jefferson ever was. Not better at heart possibly, but they enjoy an advantage in the way of j experience that Jefferson never had. Our opinionisthat Jefferson, or even' Jesus, would find a rocky road to travel should they come back to us. Frequently we hear Congress is rampant over' a desire to "free" Cuba. If war should be declared with Spain where will the congressmen be when the guns begin to roar? As far in the rear as they can get, heroically drawing their salaries. Where will the Cuban masses be when "freed?" They will be subjected to a new set of exploiters and will soon discover that a change of government does not mean a change of condition. New Charter, San Francisco, Calf, The Jeffersonian tell the truth when it says: "Preachers, bankers and merchants are, as a rule, the poorest posted men on economic subjects in the whole country. They are a bright intelligent class of men, and in their own line, are fit to be consulted, but when it comes to questions of state, they are most woefully ignorant of the commonest principles of economic law." Successor to THE INTER-MOUNTAI- V u?- - i ADVOCATE. N NO. 7.; 1 WHAT IS GOVERNMENT FIAT? number la on the label containing ICS A yourtWname, yon bad better Knew mighty quick, ae that ii the number of the next Webster defines fiat as "Let it be done uaue. No paper will be sent for a longer time than paid a decree; a command to do something." A; for, nor on credit, except by peeltl arrangement. fiat of government, is a decree of government. TOO AWFUL TO THINK OF. As the overment is the people, then a government fiat, is the peoples fiat. Hence a If the farmers should strike, and all over the earth government fiat is a demand, a decree, from The plow should be still, and no harvest the people. The government is only the should grow, medium through which decrees of the people Wed have to subsist on the fish of the sea; are promulgated. But what we should do without bread I don't know. The government performs all its functions 1 through appointed agencies. These agencies But oh! if the landlords should everywhere are given power by fiat to represent the strike! Could a greater calamity ever be sent? people. awful condition the world would an What The people in a community want a be in Some one must be postmaster. He Without any landlords to pocket the rent I must be empowered to represent the governS. Brazier. ment and to do business for the government So the government selects some person and MISTER KERR. It stamps him places its fiat upon him. A good joke is told on Mr. Kennenth postmaster. He knows no more nor less than Kerr, the popular reporter for the Tribune. before; he is no younger and but little older; Mr. Kerr is a typical southerner, and is the physically he is no weaker or stouter; yet very embodiment of politeness and southern he possesses power that he did not possess, gentility. Some time ago business called him and a power that others do not possess. He to the extreme southern part of the city to inis now by fiat empowered to handle and dis- terview some gentleman on some important tribute the mails, to sell and cancel stamps. topic. After a long search in the dark he When this power is taken from him by law finally located his man, who owing to the and another appointed in his stead, he loses lateness of the hour had retired for the night. none of his weight, age, color or physical Mr. Kerr wrapped at the door, when a gruff power, but all the powers that were given him voice from within enquired "Whoses there?" by law are taken from him and are now en- "Mistah Kerr." "Well who is it? "Mistah joyed by his successor. Men are born but Kerr." "Well, if you have missed a car, wait for the next one. Why in the deuce do postmasters are made. A county has certain governmental func- you come waking me up about it?" tions to preform. The people by their votes The meanest thing that can be truthfully select a certain man to perform these functions. He as officer is called a sheriff. This said of McKinley is that he is doing no better than Grover Cleveland. Outlook. sheriff after being duly qualified, enters upon No, the meanest thing ihat can be truththe discharge of his duties. He now can said cf McKinley is that he is doing a arrest offenders of the law, sell property un- fully blamed sight worse than Cleveland. He has der execution and do any and all things that Clevelands heart all right but lacks his a sheriffs duly ..demands ofx him. Noone Cleveland belonged to that class of else can do this. But why can this man do courage. venal blackguards, on whose face and neck, what other men cannot? Is it because he is neck more particularly, was written "Dont more able physically? Or because he has care-a-- d which he didnt . McKinley more sense or education? Not at all. It is aims to be decent,- Cleveland didn'r. because the government has put its fiat upon Cleveland tried to cover up nothing, while him. It is because the people have set him McKinley tries to cover up all, but is eterapart to do that specific work. on it. The only thing Another function of government is to fur- nally tailing down, first class about McKinley is that he is a first nish a circulating medium called money. It class failure. takes a piece of gold, or silver, or paper and places its fiat upon it. It sets it apart to do First we build a ship that no gun can that pacific work; no other piece of gold, shoot through. Next we make a gun that silver or paper can do the work, for the rea- can shoot any ship that can be son that the government has not given it that built Nextthrough we build a ship that no gun can power. As soon as the government with- shoot Next, we make a gun that draws that power from it, it goes back to its can through. shoot through any ship that can be built former condition and has no more power to Next, we build a ship that no gun can shoot act for the people than does the deposed through.- Next we make a gun that can postmaster. There is a class of people who shoot through any ship that can be built. insist that the material out of which the And next, Oh well it is the same old story. money is made ought to be worth as much without the government fiat upon it as it is One reason, in fact the only reason why with it. people know so little of political questions, is A metal cannot serve two purposes at that under the present system it would avail once. So long as it is used for money it can- them but little. Make it so that each man not be used for filling rotten teeth any more would have a right to cast his vote for or then you can use gold filled teeth for money. agaist all laws passed by congress or legisMaking it into money and setting it apart for lature before such become operative, and you that specific purpose destroys its utility for will find the people taking interest in them. all other purposes so long as it is so used. We should hate to be a Chinaman in A sheriff may have been a very successful and have long faced men and women school teacher before his selection for sheriff, China, who couldnt make a living at home, come but as he cannot fill the office of sheriff and from foreign lands to tell us everything we teach school both at the same time, his did was wrong; that our ancestors had all ability to teach school does him no good so gone to hell and that we would go there toe, long as he is sheriff. Nor does the fact that unless we accept ' their teachings. Atchinson he is capable of earning as good a salary at Globe. (Kan) school teaching as he is earning as sheriff make him any better as an officer. The only, question for the people to settle is which is best: Unite the anti g There are two things that give e corforces and thwart their nefarious ends, poration and bond thieves the jim jams every and thus delay the day of final settlement, or time they think of them: One is the idea of turn the gang lose to do their worst, and having our mail carried at actual cost, and thus bring the climax at once? The end will the other is the $345,000,000 of debt, repre- be the same in either case. sented by the greenbacks, on which the peoHow free traders wiggle to keep from ple are paying no interest. The Loud bill is giving protection and the present adminisintended to destroy the one and Goldbugism tration credit for the prosperity which they the other. If either succeed a few hanging are powerless to prevent coming. Ogder bees in which congressmen would be the cen- Press. ter of attraction would be in order. There is No one, from looking over the columns of no use of "monkeying" longer with these the Press, would suspect that prosperity had chaps. "Shoot the first man who attempts to struck it or its editor. destroy 6ur postoffice system" ought to be A vote for the Loud bill is a vote to turn the order of the day backed up by the people. the postoffice department over to the express for and both New Issues Time the Living companies. That is the real aim. There are in it for congressmen. millions for one year $1.75. post-offic- e. . ' all-rou- nd - gold-gamblin- |