The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-28


Y entered into the campaign. FRS
the increased production Of gold
which by enlarging the volume 0
- money so improved industrial condi
= tons, and second, the Spanish wa
which not only tended, as wars do
to raise prices, but turned the atten
m tion OF the people away from enon
50 omic questions, But the plutocrat {
: influences grew ana nour.shed viii
Republican success. New privileges
b were granted and new methods Of ex
!" ploitation invented. with the newt
able result-an awakening of the
public TO the dangers ahead. The
: "rtand-pat element in the Republican,
party was strong enough in the last
: convention TO prevent the adoption of
8 4 platform protest and The reaction
airy element in the Democratic party
was strong enough to eliminate for
the time being some of the radical
ism in the Democratic platform But
neither convention could stay the
e"owth of sentiment among the peo-
pie and as result of the Democratic
candidate believed 10 be even a
more consgrVa i've than his platform
fell 3 million ana qua to- below
/ the D2no7ra lie vote of 1900 and
the Republican candidate -balieyed
70 he more radical than his platform
IRAN some four hundred thou and
wees ahead Of his party's vote four
years ago, while the socialis party
the most radical party in the field
gained more than three hundred per
cent in its vote
/ As complete returns Of .he election
cane ii il became evident that a
great deal ofeindepandent voting was
being done While Massachusetts and /
Mime ota went strongly Republican, |
hey elected Democratic governors /
.Peabodyism was oyeEihIown in Colo 1
RADIO and Folk carried Missoari in
spite Of the fact that The electoral
vote of the state was given TO Roose-
welt a Toilette. the pioneer reform
er, was reelected governor ia Wis
consin, in spite of the opposi. ion OF
the corporate element Of his party.
and in Michigan, Rhode Island. Ne
bralka, Kansas and Wyoming. the
Democratic and fusion candidates
ran far ahead of their national tick.
cts.
No sooner was the election over,
than signs of the coming awakening
began to multiply One of the most
encouraging was the message of re
:iring Governor Durbin of Indiana. {
He pointed out the political corrup- !
ton in Indiana and called for a rem
edy Governor Adams of Colorado |
called attention to the corruption of
The franchise in his state and asked I
FOR remedial legislation /
Governor Folk Of Missouri, Cover
nor Hanley of Indiana and Governor
Meade Of Washington in their inaugu-
raj messages, called attention to the
practices Of the lobby and TO the
evil of the railroad pass,
La Toilette of Wisconsin, Folk OF !
Missouri and Dcneen of Illinois urg.
ed the pa' sage Of primary laws for ,
the purpose OF giving the voters in ,
each PARTY control over the party or.
ganization aad Governor Folk went
even farther and advised a return 10
nome rule in cities, pointing out the !
evil effect of legislation which takes !,
he control of municipal affairs out !,
II the hands of the people of the :
lily. a. 'aj 3s,
While these recommendations were
being made IN the states the presi. !.
lent signalized his election by an !,
bouncing his determination not to be
4 candidate for another term, thus !,
lutting himself in a position to act -
WITH ihdepeiIdetlce and 10 prove, HIS
Of party organizations
le recppmtnded legislation to make ;
public he campaign contributions re- y
'eiYed. and be also urged legislation
charging the scope of the interstate
,ommerca law.
In addition to this, he has put him :.
ielf on record in favor Of reduc. :
ion of the tariff where it shelters "
monopoly, and has given indications y
n an intention to proceed more Wig. !,
'rCuslv against the trusts 4
While these ,hings are going on in p
'aieial circles private individuals !.
rave been pointing ont. the excuses q
md evlrpractices of the Wall street =
Mr. Lawson, in his ar. ,
iclcs on "Frnzied Finance" in Ey- Z
'rybody's magazine. has shaken con y
idence in the honesty Of some Of the y
principal stock operators and has u
,iFcn taa public Information in regard
0 be metheda employed Mrs Boards .
ey IN the Ela. has uttered a warn =
ng note against the manner in which u
h large Insurance companies man. 81
Dulate for their own advantage. the y
Issets which they hold in trust. Miss II
'arbell has given us history of the {
Of the Standard Oil trust y
Nd Mr.. Bridge has revealed the in d
ide history of the steel trust. Court .
lvestigations have contributed to ~
ne general information upon the sub u
ect and cast suspicion upon the in VI
egrity Of some of the chief promot- u
rs. All of these disclosures tend to p'
he same raction-namely, toward e
&c publication of politics and the II
ringing of the government nearer h
ne people. Back to the people is d