Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-12

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Mr.. COnine Has Taken Time to Load. But
Makes Center Shot.
IELM, Wach May s, 1905.
ED. STANDARD:
In your issue OF April 81, l find an.
other article from Mr.. Grant which
demands some attention. | should
have answered it sooner, but was too
much occupied with other matters.
Now, friend Grant, you and are
both on the down hill side of life, and
we shall soon have to give place to
coming generations. just as past gener-
atoms had to give place to us. in &C.
cordance with an memorable law of
Nature. Nothing strange about it for
death is just as natural life. L, is the
duty Of every man to make the best of
this life, and one OF the necessary es.
sentials in securing our happiness and
comfort Is good government, and as
every man is an integral part of a
republican form of government it is
not only his right but his duty to post
himself on political affairs go that he
may vote intelligen.ly. No man will
vote against his best interests il he
knows better. Eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty" and for that rea.
son the Socialists are doing a good
work in educating the people as to
conditions. but have little faith in
their remedy for, as / understand it,
they propose complete revolution
which ought not TO be tolerated except
in extreme cases.
Our forefathers laid the foundation
OF the best government the world has
ever known, in accordance with the
greatest declaration Of principles that
ever emanated from the brain of man,
on the broad ground that every man is
born with certain " inalienable rights
among which are lie, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" and one OF the
greatest blessings conferred was relig.
ious tolerance. A man does not have
to subscribe to any religious creed or
dogma to be a good citizen, as in the
heartless past, and that is one reason
for our great advancement and pros.
perity. 1t is natural for men to differ
and have little patience with the
mao who will abuse another for not
seeing as he does. In the past, every
one had to believe as the priest or
preacher did or be ostracised, or per.
haps tortured on the rack; so you see
we are progressing aud have progressed
without Socialism. But 10 our sub
ject. 1t seems 10 me you try to make
a distinction without a difference by
asserting that competition and .
competitive system are two different
things" 1t strikes me your power OF
discernment is remarkably acute.
While all competition is not the result
OF o system, still the competitive
stem tolerates all kinds OF competition
not inconsistent with justice and NOR.
ality. Now my only object in writing
my first article, to which you replied,
was to try to show up the inconsis.
tency OF the Socialists in putting the
Democratic party on the same level
with the Republican party, for the one
is almost the antithesis Of the other,
for in many respects the Democrats
are socialistic. Bryan has advocated
government control Of public utilities
in every campaign. and every good
Democrat denounces the trusts and
the tariff, the mother of trusts. So
does every good Democrat denounce
the Republican Philippine policy be.
cause it conflicts with the declaration
OF independence and smacks strongly
of imperialism. You say. failed TO
to present any facts in support of my
affirmation that the want of competi.
ton is the cause OF existing evils"
Why man, the facts are legion. Ia
there any competition with the Stand.
ard oil trust, or the steel trust, or the
beef trustf Is there any competition
in anything that monopolistic greed
has succeeded in Rrasping? Competi-
ton is simply stifled by restricted
socialism, and our only hope is TO get
back to first principles. Monopoly
never could have attained such grasp
On the wealth created by the people
under the administration of such q
man as Billy Bryan, for Democracy
has always advocated "equal rights
for all and special privileges for none"
No. friend Grant, We don't need a
revolution; our government is good
enough If the principles ale carried
out apd those principles tolerate COM
potion. Your great mistake is in con.
founding private with public utilities
Your undertaking is too ponderous for
the present aye. You can't hope to
succeed in this generation, so you'd
better vote where you can do the most
good. The Democratic party is the
party of the people and the people
are catching on.
Yours respectfully,
| L C. Coz