728 THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION. 



The party of the people is the party that serves their 

 interest. There is no party of the people, yet the people 

 have constituted the authorities and clothed them with 

 power. U I don't indorse the action of my party, but I 

 hate the other party, and choose the least of two evils," is 

 a common expression. A compromise with the devil! The 

 same principle would have made the Apostles either Phari- 

 sees or Saducees; Jews or Gentiles. There would have 

 been no Christian religion. A thing is either right or it is 

 wrong. There is no half-way ground. The policy of the two 

 political parties is agakist the interests of the masses. If we 

 act and vote with a party whose policy is wrong, we indorse 

 that policy. As long as the people continue to do this there 

 will be no change in the policy of either party. There 

 will be no reform. Under the existing methods a man 

 who is not in sympathy with the policy of his party stands 

 no show of election to any position of trust. The highest 

 reward is held out to the most unscrupulous rascal who is 

 ready to do anything for his party's sake; no conscience to 

 check him; no care for the rights of the people. IJe is a 

 good Democrat or a good Republican. That is sufficient. 

 It covers up a multitude of sins. If the honest, conservative 

 portion of the party protest, they are soundly thumped to 

 bring them back into the traces. If they don't come they 

 are read out of the party; called ''mugwumps," "traitors," 

 and every other vile epithet to be thought of. 



Directly after the war, John A. Logan started out to 

 defend the people against the financial schemes of Wall 

 street, which have wrought ruin to so many homes and 

 industries over the land. But his words fell on deaf ears. 

 The people deified the Republican party. His eloquence 

 was like sounding brass to the masses. They gave no heed 

 to his warnings, nor seemed to care for the calamities which 

 he predicted. He saw he was sowing seed on stony ground 

 and on sandy barrens, where no harvest could be expected, 



