Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-14
THE CALIFORNIA DOLLY VAN"
DENS AND THAR PONDEHOUo
PLATFORN.

P1ATFORAs r
Out Of mercy to our readers we con-
densed the platform Of the Independent
party Of California into a column or 80.
thus subtraeting about three fOurths OF
its mass of worthless vefbiage. As 81
published il, it was sbout column to"
long. A jodicious abstract Of it would
read about IS follow:
Resolved, The State Government ut
California should play the part Of
Great Father.
This remarkable power. when the In
dependents get control Of it. Is to he
used to fix the price Of gas in San Fran
cisco, the price OF n supply of water for
irrigation everywhere in the State. the
price of water in San Francisco. the
price of railroad riding and freight send
ing. etc. The reader will please supply
several dozen "etcs," in order to make
sure of conprehending the work OF
price fixing which the Independent Or
ganiz,tion has pledged its State govern
mept 10 undertake. The platform DOES
not state in precise words. W. believe.
that it is the duty Of the State" to ar
range the charges Of Chinese washermen
for doing up a shirt. collar. cuff. and
a sock, but this great political reform is
doubtless reserved for the next campaign.
What We have given is about the sum
and substance of the 'pompons words
and laundering sound" of the indie
pendent platform. The more the people.
| look at it. the mere their wonder Will
grow that a few small heads should carry
all the Independents know. or think
they know Omniscience itsrlf-fo say
nothing of Omnipotence is thrown IN
the shade by the programme Of these
persons, Independent alike OF party,
spirit, and common sense.
The policy outlined in their platform
is one which the Northwest has tried
and found wanting. 1t rests npon the
fundamental false assumption that the
cficeholders can he relied npon TO M u
age vast pecnniary interests in an un-
selfish. economical and honest wsy. This
thew could not do if th@v wonld and
would 70, If they could. Experience has
from the Roman Empire to the
American Republic. Toe later ex-
perience of the Northwest has
pro, ed it. The Changers. after some
political efforts. only the indirect and
upintentled effects of which we're good.
have eradually limited themst Ives, more
AND more, to improving their condition
bv mental. moral and social. IN contra
distinction to political, means. In pro-
portion AS they have done this. they have
thriven. Americans scarcely appreciaf'
as vet how vast the work they have TINS
accomplished has been. Their political
failures have momentarily Cbscured thtl'
material successes. The latter have
attracted great attention abroad. The
profonndesi European observer Of Am-ri
can affairs, Professor Won Hoist. OF the
University # Freiburg. whose Verfas
SING und Demokratie in den Verein
jut-u Staten ranks with Hallnm's anC
NAYS constitutional hision-s of Eng
land is now preparing II monograph ci
The Grange NOV. ment. which may br re-
lied upon to give . fair picture Of tn
astonishing improvement i'll the Wei
being Of the American farmer. due to The
non-poli;ical efforts Of the Patrons i"
Hu-bandry. But where this order hs'
tried to use State Governments rs instru
ments. it has failed. The attempt ha'
been definitely abandoned in Ohio ant
Minnesota, and practically SO in Illinoi
and WISCONSIN. 1t is plainly on 'h'
decline in Iowa. The fever tlom wbicl
they have recovered has now broken on
in California, and RACES there At present
1t j. true that California is peculiarly
State of monopoliea, and that it ha
; b. en- previously Oppressed by monopo
7 lies.
, But the way out of this trouble is h
competition. and Of supply and demand
and not State interference. 10 take fh
,.as. Of railroads: There is far more thai
enough unemployed capital in the coun
try to build another trapscontinenia
railroad whenever it will pay. and sncl
:. railroad is now being constructed by pr
waite enterprise very D.arl! on the I'm
which Tom Scott and Southern DemC
Gratis wanted to cover with money wrnn
from the public by grinding taxation
State supervision should not go beyon
the old common Law doctrine that con
mon carrier can charge only REASONABLE
Rates. When it exceeds this it doss fl
> more harm than good Chicago 1Tibun'