Show enemies of native land are eight or ten pronouns unc ed candidates for the offices office ot of pies ident of the united states there aie more than as many more who aie praying that the lightning will strike in their immediate neighbor hood bood the shibboleth of nearly everyone ei ery one of them is in substance that hia bi code must be adopted un ats til it is the poor of the land are but the prey of the gratteri grat in ad the rule among them is to preach a I 1 doctrine which in its nak nal edness assumes that il it a man or company is rich he be must ob tamed that w balth dishonestly must hive have taken it is a corrupt way from the poor most of these candidates assume that the conits the last refuge of a trusting people are so many of them corrupt that the law sl st be changed so 0 o that the peo may judge whether they probably pio bably are corl apt or not and be given the power PON er to ineat the judges at will this has been going on fort for a long time wile during the past si alx lx years the statement ement has been repeatedly al most constantly dinned into the the people s ears cars that di dishonesty honest among all officials nation state tate and catl cit is the rule not the except im n the natural result is becoming more and ind more manifest daily courts are no longer revered as they formerly were employees are no longer as faithful as a rule as they formerly were crime and gen eibl lawlessness are inci incie easing aing as never was seen before fieldi fiendish b crimes of all grades an art ie cited e every very morning the needed bisci pline is 13 passing away awai and the loy alta of the people to the f I 1 ee goi ern merit of their country is apparently growing less and less evely day thele is quick impatience it at forni form of le ie no matter how nece daiy it may be the situation in mexico fills us eiith v ith contempt and we point to the fairing factions there is to a people incapable oi of self goi government but have we very much right to assume 01 er them how far are we removed from a like erit how long can a race of demagogues go around and tell a people daily that they are ire being op pres e i and I 1 lobbed by the rich men and rich combines oi of the country until some leader will ri ne rie e up tip an in I 1 chioe the mexican plan to get what bat he will call ustice alen wl en 11 in truth it will be revenue only that he will strike for even though he be will have no ope one to blame san save e him elf and that will be for a misspent mi spent life 1 9 A and nd it if under the reading our free government is ever overthrown the inscription over it its remains if hon estly written will read ill e this died trim too many blessings and from poison distilled horn the gall of partisan demig agues and demagogic p artisan newspapers goodwin s weekly |