The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-25
ny PROF ALBION W. SMALL.
OF the University ~ Chfrarn

ny PROF ALBION w. SMALL.
of the University % Chicago.
Copyright 1894. BY the Newspaper
Enterprise Association
Americans will never be ia hettei
mood than al this moment 10 read
the signs Of the times. Tho cam.
paign was not very exciting except
In spots Since Il Is over. and thl
best and the worst are known. win
ners and losers are better able e
look facts In the face than thel
we're while the fight was on. 81
than they viii be when they hesir
To line up FOR tho next struggle
Now. II cyeC Wo may see things "A
they are. and take long looks
ahead.
can neither admire nor Initiate
the men who talked a. though II
would make no difference whether
Roosevelt or Parker was elected A
We look back upon n. We wonder
that 80 weak a eaHa could havs
been presented tn the people They
were virtually invited 10 dismiss
public servants who had been tried
aud found capable. merely % make
places for others whose ability could
only b. taken on trust.
40 the same time there Is small
doubt that. n opportunity offered.
thousands Of votes east Tor Rooae.
Welt a. well As thousands against
him. would be ehsrfuily thrown
tomorrow In favor 81 more or ieHa
radical experiments leaning toward
socialism. THE VOTERS SAW
THAT No GREAT CHANGE ~
SYSTEM or N POLICY. A.
FECTING TIE THINGS THAT
INTEREST THEM MOST. COULD
nE EXPECTED FROM EITHER
OF THE LEADING PARTIES
They showed plain common sense
In prcfcrrinE that the present uya.
tenn and the policy should b. adj
miuiaterrd by men whose compe-
tsnce was known
BUT TIE LIVE ISSUES CAN
NOT ALWAYS re SIDE TRACK
En-. THE QUESTION WHICH IS
SURELY SHAPING ITSELF FOR
DECISION Is NOT WHO SHALL
RUN THE PRESENT SYSTEM
or GOVERNMENT. hit WHETH-
Err THE PRESENT SYSTEM
SHALL nE run At ALI. There
are men who hold that the slightest
changes IN the principles u cur
social system are Impossible There
are other men Who are equally sure
that democracy IL bound soon %
revulutiunlrs itH present iuatituz
tons We need not Discuss the
merits % these conflicting beliefs.
Our prcsfnt business IL % reroE-
nize their existence and 60 see what
they mean.
THE RELIEF IS GROWING
THAT BUSINESS Is a SYSTEM
or PRIVILEGE ASD THAT nrst-
NESS RUNS THE GOVERNMENT.
The Eist 81 privilege ia a coddllug
% the few at the expense ~ the
many. WHEREVER THE IDEA
THAT PRIVILEGE EXISTS Has
SEIZED THE MINDS or THE
MANY. REPEAL or THE PRIV
uEGE HAS BEEN MERELY A
QUESTION Or TIME Debs. Wat
sorr Hearst and Bryan are not gen
orally supposed 70 be made Of quite
The same moral stuff They are
credited with different brands OF
sincerity and zeal. They stand FOE
ideas that differ IN detail without
splitting hairs about these particu-
lars. we rnaysafely regard this quar-
tet ~ leaders rs a sign ~ n single
strong and growing popular bent
Underneath all the unmatched
planis In their platforms Is the rad
zeal idea that corporations are get.
ting stronger than the people. Their
argument Is that when the people
get their eyes open. therc viii be
only one issue. namely. shall the
country be ruled BY n party Of the
corporations or By a party Of the
pnuple7"
Whether successful campaign
can be fought on the distinct Issue.
the people against the corpora
lions remains to be seen. That
material for popular agitation exists
Is notorious. The only room for In
telllgent doubt Is about the qnea-
tons: "will the enemies % corpora