Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-09
WHAT BOSH!
sentimental ASS on COMMISSIONER
and Sentimental Communism"
-. v,nd Of Editorial Rot Calculated to In
flame and EmbI ter the
State Canvass.
Dallas News, June S.

,,.,no the anti-commissionlsts may well re-
nat they have kept clear of decisions
P., L.ve so carried away the enthusiasts for
.,;ons and policies on the line of the plenary
sl,is,iou idea, they should take care not to
: s. astray by misapprehensions of their own.
:, rot do for them to confidently assume
,be mass OF supporters Of Hogg and a
'1'' commission can be dissusded from
pen@L5s bssio BY appeals TO conservative solicit
theI g. Individual rights of property or for
tuce 'C,orDpLlon of enterprisiug and
De live uses OF capital. thoughtful citi-
PFo-u "a true, can readily understand that to
Isls' ali the railroad property ofthe state to
t1tL S5s.rary and capricious control OF state In
tas - and managers would be menace to
'Ctfer form Of corporate capital and 10 all
eve! S-apches Of business investment and in
otssL enterprise. These citizens must see
dls a.. tTery such mueasure points to the final
thA. ION ,j OF government into an engine OF COM
eo,is1,. And Of course, as lar as such citizens
nsI''- rrounGed in political doctrine
sna thew can fully realize the
ppLlsHo ", conservative arguments against
olvEr.rary commission idea which invoke con-
Ils Ptian ror rights OF private property and for
hsl e.@ ~ privaie control OF Investments and
NpsIn in private pursuits. But unHappily
taIIt"S yery arguments are calculated to spec
in5s' commend the idea in question to multi
"a! yrbo we're already prepared TO admire and
tMI,-s5 Investments to the arbitrary admins
~ - ~ state agents, not because of supreme
I'D 10 railroad corporations, but because the
Llsrrp might serve as an entering wedge OF
pg-,aesiVe communism in politics, IN legis-
~ AMI in government. Let these
~. - moi be misjudged- Az a rue they are
Issvi,riy honest in their convictions and aspira-
- Tor years they have been gradual ng in
u SSL.,tion under the teachings Of q widespread
el-.---,,rist e p-Opaganda. By the almost Grim
syII---s-Iiyeuce or indifference OF statesmen and
--L. ~ who should have stood up season.
XII rnd effectively as beacons and bulwarks OF
~; conservatism, the propaganda was
h,red 10 90 on with its work. The result is
~, Topititudes in Texas and throughout the
--r.ry have been wrought up to sentimental
S,,srEration against all forms OF aggre-
- capitsl and all instances Of great
tss,r,rnts Of private wealth. 1t is to
- NJ use 10 tell them that they are not posi-
.vsiy nOorer, but on the whole positively better
IN than we're corresponding multltuoes IN pre-
80 enochs 1t is the sense of relative poverty
W., ~ Lis them. 1t has been said that every
s-s,,sT Of human concern is finally resolved into
refrer OF personal sensation. Here 1t IS
natter Of personal sentiment regarding aIlot-
,Srts and iisparities in conditions and means
~ material enjoyment. The mpltitudes who
Ssva become indoctrinated with the ideas of
Communism have been brought To the belief that
IN The great aggTeRations of wealth are mon
Tments Of spoliation by the suherance
NJ conniyancs Of the political authority. and that
q Is only lust that this authority wherever avail
M IS they believe it To be IN Texas, for eX-
,mbie, should be employed 70 break up these
sr[rsgations and force restitution from the
,5sSiisrs II is mathematically demonstrable
,Bsttbe dispersion OF all this wealth and the
division Of ali the profits of the great pitalists
,nopg them would not better their condition on
he whole for twelve months, and that finally it
vould sink them and society in general to an
,bect and beggarly state of economic degreda-
ION But no such argument as this is likely to
succeed with men who are fired with the persun-
ion that capital has been generally robber with
he sanction and the aid OF government, and
that the only way TO redress the grievance is
ior the victims OF the robbery to seize the
machinery of government and set 1t TO the work
Of confscating directly or indirectly all obnoX-
ions accuuulations. With this persuasion en-
ihusiastic advocates Of plenary commission
very naturally esteem it most highly for its as
rect and promise as q communiZing measure. II
swain 10 tell them that it proposes q dangerous
Gggrsndizement of the powers Of government.
From their point OF view there cannot be toe
much OF such aggrandizement, provided only
That Il is directed 10 the Acknowledgement of
organized private capital and the general hui
initiation OF thoss. who are notably successful in
business or for dEy reason uncg5hmonly well
OF in this world s89ods. 81