The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-11-13
The Wave of Radicalism.

/ When Judge Dunno was elected Mayor
lof Chicago last April on the issue d
municipal Socialism, who would have Be,
lieved that seven months later William
r. Hearst could come whiting $500
votes Of being elected Mayor 81 New
York ON the same issues
| But it is not merely in New York and
Chicago that the spirit Of radicalism i
rampant.
| Tom i. johnson il reelected Mayor
Iof Cleveland by an increased majority.
llohnson's platform called for threescent
| fares and state law permitting Cleye.
hand to own and operate street rail-
ways.
Grand Whitlock, the protege Of Gold.
Rule" Jones, the former Socialisfic MAY.
.or Of Toledo, carried all but two OF the
wards in the city and was elected Mayor
by q majority Of nearly 5000 over the
conservative candidate.
Schmitz, the labor Mayor Of san Franz
|eisco, was reelected IN spite Of the fns-
ion Of the Democratic and Republican
organizations against him.
John Is Moran, Boston LAWYER. aqi-
tator, was elected District Attorney OF
Suffolk County, although both organiza.
tions and all the newspapers were
against him.
The overthrow Of Boss Cox iii Cincinnati
was the result largely Of public indigna.
ton over the relations between the pub.
lic7serviee corporations aud the Cox ma
chine.
Weaver's victory in Philadelphia
would not have been possible without
support from the same radical elements
that voted for Hearst in New York and
elected Dunno in Chicago.
Two OF the most active opponents in
the Senatet OF President Roosevelt's
scheme Of government rate-maEing are
badly discredited BY the election. For
aker was whipped in Ohio and Gormon
was beaten in Maryland
The Wall Street journal explains IN
two lines its theory of the Hearst vote
in New York;
Cause: The insurance scandals
Effect pa 600 votes for Hearst.
Mayor Dunno Of Chicago says The re-
suit here lis wonderful proof OF the
widespread sentiment that municipal
ownership OF public utilities must soon
be adopted
Gov. Hoch Of Kansas, at dinner to
Senator Warner of Missouri Wednesday
night, lifted his voice in solemn warning
to the whole country:
| want to say TO YOU, not as IN alarm
list but as slight contributor to the
American awakening, that unless we
find some effectual remedy for the con
troll Of the great trusts and corporations
in the interestslof all the people, tidal
wave of Socialism will sweep over the
country one of these days that will do
damage.
Gov. Hoch is not exaggerating the
facts. They are so plain that nd human
being of ordinary intelligence should mis-
take their meaning. A great wave Of
discomfort is sweeping over the country
which is manfesting itself in the form
Of Socialistic remedies for political ana
economic evils The great corporations
are largely responsible for the radicalism
that Is rampant everywhere.
The real leaders in this movement are !
not the organs and the Hearsts and the |
DUNES and the Johnsons and the |
Shcnitzes, but the Rockefellers, the Ar
mours, the Morgans, the Swifts, the
Ryans, the Yerkeses, the McCurdys, the |
the Hydes, the Perkinses and /
the Harrimans, with their Murphys,
Coxes, Durhams and Pen.
roses.
Ten years ago Pingree was denounced
IS an Anarchist. Today pingree's pro-
yramme would be regarded as mild and /
Where is the thing going
o end New York World.