The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-09-03
A CANDID OPINION
OF A REPUBLICAN JUDGE
Judge c. c. Goodwin, of Utah,
Formerly Editor of the Salt
Lake Tribune, A
STAUNCH REPUBLICAN PAPER SCORCHEs
The Putocrats and GIaddens the Hearts of
the ProIetanats With thu Following Letter
Over h!s own Signature.

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Unless present signs, fail, we do not
believe that either the party the repub-
lican or the democratic party will elect
more than one president.
'There are strong men in every state
who have exhausted their thought on
how to stop the domination of wealth
and its mighty aggregation in few
hands and have decided that the only
way to rescue the country and prevent
its further falling under the dictation of
few wealthy men or firms and thus es-
tablish an aristoracy Of wealth is to so
adjust matters that money will be
mere convenience and cease to be a
controlling force.
"These men are now moving in
every state, and the increase in single
year in the socialist vote is so significant
that it points to social and political
revolution in the very near future.
'Suppose there should come govern
ment which should decide that the
railroads of the country should be
owned by the government, should APP
praise them and pay for them in gov
ment bonds, and then provide for
sinking fund which would in a few
years take up the bonds, that then one
and another of the public utilities of
the country should likewise be absorbed
and finally decide that the land, like
the water, should be free to all men,
proceed to levy taxes accordingly, is it
would be value less for any purpose of
gain through its use? II IA man had
million or ten or a hundred mil
lions of dollars how could he invest it
in any way to give him an income from
it?
"Well, it requires vote of only 81
per cent of the people to bring this
about, and ebert men in every state are
working to this end.
"Again, the laborers of the country
were never in such state of unrest be-
fore and thousands of them could easily
be induced to vote with party whose
logan would be Down with the rich,
and which would insist that as all men
are equal under theory of our govern
mcnt, so the poor mans boy should not
be handicapped in his cradle, before he
can walk and made at least practi
cal subject of child in the carved era
die next door where wealth is building
up the most offensive aristocracy in the
world, that ariStocracy that claims SOW
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ereignty because it has bought it for
money. The title will not be disputed
specially, but the effort will be to 50 al
Just things, that the power of money
will be broken and the children will
emerge from their cradles on a perfect
equality. OF course, no end of argu-
ments against this can be framed, no
end of dangers pointed out if such
radical changes are tried, but suppose
tlat II per cent will not listen to the
arguments, will not grow timid on the
prospect of danger and vote for the
change?
"The signs now point to such cul-
minaton before two more presi-
Dental elections can be held on
the old lines and issues.
This is so apparent that the belief
that there will be social and political
and industrial revolution in the very
near future has become a conviction in
thousands and hundreds of thousands
of mind, in our country, and convictions
of that kind cannot spring up spontan-
aouSlv all over the country without a
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