Show reorganization reorganisation the pree present clit i is a an n age C of dicolli iconi clabes th the e tendency is not directed particularly and entirely toward religious religions opinion though 11 ll tiley they have been tile bosit conspicuous and have probably atif fuffered the lie most but also alco toward political binl and social bl bilianis ianis there lias becci an evolution of politics or the science of b government from the chaos and darkness of the past a well as 16 a religious evolution fro from fanaticism tin and 51 bigotry to unitarianism and liberality the causes which impelled alec changes tire are still with us they are still active and aggressive and ready for fresh conquests they are making themselves especially prominent at the present time and hint at stupendous oil changes in ill tile dutille fu tille many believed and still believe that a system of government overn ment well nigh perfect sprang into existence istance cs ex from the gloom and borrow orro iv of tile revolution the wonderful growth and development of alie young republic politically and industrially gave excuse to the boast that a substantial sub government had been formed wili which c h IM gave ve tile the ili highest C ile st liberty to every individual member thereof consistent with t alie lie safety of the whole that the government is one which is capable of giving tile greatest ita good to alic IV greatest number is a question tt it can call be easily shown that it is not a government of the people anil and by the lie people as its founders hoped and expect expected el it would become in ili the beginning it may have been and probably was so but the political machinery has been so BO manipulated that it is now made to serve the will of a few politicians cans who give the mass of tile a 1 choice of one of two men possibly of three men inen for a particular office and they may accept of any one of them or not just as they choose cli to say that these men who work the political machine are arc incorruptible that they cannot be bought and handled by men lien of capital who unite for tile purpose is to say ay that which is palpably untrue furthermore to eay that capital will not unite to protect itself and further its own ends is also plainly absurd politicians and capitalists an infinitesimal finites minority dictate to an all overwhelming majority who shall and who shall chall net lie be elected to office uy by the power they told they say what measures may and what shall not lie passed to say that thies thia is always the cate case would b be to take a very extreme view but to say that it is not often do done ile w when lien important interests are arc at stake otake would be more extreme protests a against ainest these methods of procedure arc numerous organizations Organization have shave repeatedly been effected with a view to establishing the of the people but they have heretofore lacked that mast necessary element clement of strength unity to make their union effectual failure lias has apparently been no discouragement one organization lift has succeeded another and profited by the causes which overthrew its preda cesor ce sor until it does docs not take a student t of economics or a statesman to tell by virtue of necessity what the result will be the time will conic come when these organizations 0 will be all powerful whatever hat ever will not bend before them break they will lie be like an all changing and overturning n existing conditions coi editions conditions exist today to day which have had no parallel in the history ol 01 of the world and must produce equally unknown results this is no pessimistic view but one which forces itself on oil the dis passionate onate ob observer berver there can call be no doubt that the immediate results will be chaotic revolutions always bring chaos and wu we may consider ourselves fortunate if the comin coming 7 revolution is the bauc cau e only of the death political and industrial afra affairs irs fortunate if we are arc not baptized in blood to cleanse us of if our fin impurities puri ties the remedy and the results agrenot arc not plain and we doubt if ono one can forecast them thein but the causes are arc easily caily seen there is r i radically wrong in a political dyste system allows a few to dominate the many and something out of place in economics when a few men in ing 0 more thin alinn one half the wealth odthe of alic country by combining can call forni form pools rusts and combines to still further increase their fabulous wraith wealth aril ard the poverty of the mass the unions and alliances which havu have been organized with a view to correct these tendencies may not lime the power to accod alii h their object but if so go they are only the forerunners of still more powerful combinations which will have the necessary strength we have considerable sympathy with the farmers alliance MIia movement and believe it a powerful I 1 auxiliary toward tov ard political reform and reorganization beor 0 animation it appears to be tile desire of very ciany many that the issues involved in ill dolid political eal and industrial movements can call be hindered and perhaps killed by tile usual manipulation incidental to politics as now understood we me take no stock in this hypothesis it y po thesis it is a fertile invention of politicians whose craft is in ill dan danger cr it lias has been said that thai revolutions never go go backward and wo lye believe that file revolutions be beun begun un by the organizations above referred to will not go 0 o down or backward but will gur surly ly if slowly march to the goal of its ambition we lve believe the 13 great political parties of the ila nation ire are doomed and can call exist only so far as the principles they embody can be en grafted into the platforms of parties which are arc or will ic be formed iy ay y the application of heat iron may be fashioned and formed into every conceivable shape and form to accomplish the design of the artisan but time all and use render the metal less strong and it finally becomes almost valueless so events may form nien men into parties and am grotesque and irregular are arc sometimes the shapes which are made to correspond to the exigencies 0 of tile time and the circumstances they too like the iron may outlive their usefulness and must bo be fused by the force of circumstance to take new anil and better fornis forms to suit existing conditions any great change is important the destined ones will be particularly so we anve do not think any change M can call bring perfection 1 but improvement may certainly bo be made the years 0 orlic next decade lei dei are arc pregnant pregnant i with w ith great events of thunder portend a coming storm let us its look and hope for the best |