The independent., 1903-11-12

the wafer seems nurrledly, Out peace
fully, rushing on toward the sea. The
next day we may come to the same
point and instead of river we find
huge sand-bar and no water at all ex-
cept far away in the distance. A dam
has been constructed by unseen hands
in single night. But the Missouri
river still flows on to the sea. So 1t
is with the evolution of man. So it is
with the progress with reform. 1t may
be turned aside. 1t may be checked
ior time, but onward 1T ever goes.
Mark Hanna built dam across the
onward movement when he planned to
capture the press of the United States.
rhe rising waters pressed heavily
against it in the campaigns of 1896
and 1900. Many times 1t appeared that
1t was giving away, but 1t. held. Since
then the waters have somewhat sub
sided, but the day is coming when the
waters will press against it with un-
controllable force and the structure
will fall. The demand for informa-
tion comes from every direction.
Lulled to quietness by little relief
from republican-Cleyeland soup house
distress, the people have allowed plu-
tocracy to gain another victory and
upon the heels of that victory will
| come more extortion and robbery OF
The toiling masses. That is what plu-
tocracy fought for, and to the victor
belongs the spoils.
The result Of the elections In Ohio
and New York, not to say anything
about Iowa, shows conclusiyely that
what The Independent has been say
| ing for year or more is true, name
ly, that the democratic party could not
lie made reform party. Even Mr..
Bryan seems to abandon the hope of
| such a consummation, for he says in
| The Commoner: "The plutocratic ele-
ment of the party deserted and ever
since that time has been plotting
against the party. It threatens defeat
If its dictation is resisted and is pow
erless to give victory when the party
yields to it's demands"
That both of the old parties are now
regarded as assets of plutocracy is
shown lin everything that has been
written and said by the political lead
ers and writer's since the election.
Those parties are to be used by aggre-
gated capital to further its ends. The
trusts and millionaires are planning
to get the next president and it does
not make particle of difference to
them whether that president is a re-
publican or democrat
| 1t seems from all that can be gath
cred that an effort will be made in the
republican party to nominate Mark
Hanna or some man of his Sort If
Roosevelt secures the nomination, then
all of the Wall street millions will be
thrown to the support of the demo-
cratic party, for every one now con-
cedes that the next democratic nomi-
nee will be Wall street man.
All that means that there Is going to
be great breaking up Of party lines
in the near future. The day of BIZ
party government is nearing its end
There will be In the future In the
United States, as there has been for q
long time, more than two powerful
parties In Germany, France and to
some extent IN England.
That being the case the wisdom Of
the calling OF the Denver conference
and the action there taken becomes
apparent. The thing for popullsts now
TO do Is 10 so on with their work Of
organization In every state In the
Union. The prospect now IN that the
party will east many more votes I'm
1904 than II ever poled before. There