The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-04-10

The wichita Beacon puts the same
Interpretation on the recent elections /
as that pointed out In The Leader as
con as the returns were in. There
can be no doubt but thar the municipal
elections this spring show a distinct
movement. Back to she People The
fact is certainly encouraging and lends
new hope for the future progress of
American institutions along the lines
laid down by Jefferson. The following
is what the Beacon has to say:
Back TO the People"
Back to the people" said Mr. Bryan
in an address a few days ago. And the
echo came at the ballot box on Tues
day last when significant victories were
won in many cities by the Democratic
party. The election Of Judge Dunno as
mayor of Chicago means a great deal
to the country at large. The victor
went before the people on the platform
of immediate municipal ownership Of
public utilities. This means. first Of
all that the great street railway sy2-
tenn of Chicago is TO be turned over
to the city ut the earliest moment pos
sible and that the people are to solve
for themselves the problem Of trans
portation.
Chicago win be the center Of attrac-
ton curing the next few years for all
progressive cites Advocates Of re-
form in the conduct Of municipalities
will carefully note the progress of the
largest cities Of America and the world,
model transportation system
It Is certain that there will be vio-
lent opposition on the part of corpora
tions to the plan which Mayor-elect
Dunno is pledged to carry into effect.
The injunction win be resorted TO and
the-e will be appeals to the feO raj
courts to prevent the contamination OF
the wishes Of the people. But these
obstructions will be met and the city
will triumph in the end though the IN
auguration Of the new plan will de-
mand and enormous expenditure Of
money The results, however, viii
compensate for the outlay, as the city
will reap the profits that now flow into
the Golfers Of private corporations.
Perhaps the most significant feature
Of the Chicago contest was that the
Republicans, realizing that the demand
for municipal ownership had to be met,
promised the people 10 eyentuaiis give
them what they desired. AS a result.
the fight resolved itself into a question
of time and the reliability of promises.
The people decided. by an enormous
plurality, that they wanted municipal
ownership at once ard they wanted it
at the hands Of the party that stands
for progress. Hence Judge Dunnes
triumphant election
In St. Louis Democracy scored a vic
tory and the administration Of Rolla
Wells. the worlds fair mayor, was in
dorsed
Colorado furnished another signih.
cant lesson Of the trend back to the
people" That state has recently
passed through an ordeal almost un
paralelled in the history Of state poll
tics After vain attempts TO maintain
the gubernator.al chair for Peabody
the czar who ordered the union miners
driven out Of the Cripple Creek dis
trict, the office was stolen for Lieut.
Governor Mcdonald, Republican, Alva
Adams, rightfully elected governor OF
the state, withdrew after making for
NAL protest at the outrage, preferrine
to forego the honor and smoluments OF
Office in the interest Of peace.
On Tuesday the people had the first
opportunity since last November o.
Registering their viii Did they indorst
Peabodyism? No. the results indicate
that all municipalities Of importance
We're visited by Democratic landslides.
The party Of Alya Adams wen at the
polls. No municipal election was held
in Denver, but in Leadyille, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo, the Democrats
won sweeping victories. Leadville
scored its first Democratic success in
twenty years and the other two towns
mentioned also are normally Republl-
can.
I These straws show which way the
wind is blowing The results where
ever fundamental issues We're involved
and the election was not merely Of
/ local significance indicate clearly that
MIR Bryan Is r'ght In his assertion that
the tendency Of the time is; Back to
the people"