The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-27
EDWARDS
BUDGET
THE ELECTIONS SHOW
TREND TOWARDS STATE
SOCIALISM
SENATOR MORGAN'S PLAN
Is President ROOSeyeltShOw-
ing Rate Weaknessl

Special to Daily Leader.
Washington, p. c., Nov. 27.-
rhe results Of the recent elections
show the growing disposition toward
state socialism. II is the swing Of
the pendulum Of popular opinion to the
extreuse. rs rebound from the despot-
ism Of the money power which has
grown despotic under the control and
fostering care OF the republican party.
such menace to the liberties Of the
people and to the perpetuity Of the
republic has this seemed that the peo-
pie have forcibly registered their pro-
test at the polls Il would seem on the
surface as 81 this was an uprising 20
keep the power 10 deal with the evils in
the hands of the people where IL be-
longs But it is not socialism as So
cialists know it, because socialists de-
mand that the Federal government
shan take control Of an wealth and Of
the entire business Of production, and
give the population a new deal In every
thing.
In Ohio, for instance where the
triumph OF democracy was complete
and unexpected, peculiar phase Of
the election is that seemingly IL is AZ
the same time an endorsement Of Presi-
dent Roosevelys scheme for the regula-
tion OF railroad rates That color has
been given TO It because Senator Fora
ker opposed 1t. and therefore, the agita-
tors for rate regulation have clnimed
that this election was a rebuke to
Senator Foraker. But on the other
hand Secretary Taft who endorsed the
presidents position i'm this matter led
the attack on Boss Cox, and unques-
tionably did more than any one, or pos
Isibly more than any hundred men, to
bring about his defeat This makes "a
queer mix-ap from political stand
point and leaves the groper for straws
very much IN the dark
Does the democratic victory IN Ohio
mean declaration in favor OF state
socialism such as was the election OF
Mayor punne in Chicago; and the cast
ing OF an enormous vote for Hearst in
New York? That's a tough problem TO
figure out and make it hitch with the
railroad rate Legislation idea. Unless the
people are ready TO take over the rail-
roads bodily and have the government
run them, they viii get o Bureaucracy
OF the worst kind instead OF socialism,
lif Roosevelt's scheme is carried through
BY the aid Of democratic votes.
II the democratic party follows .he
leadership Of senator Morgan It viii
help to establish IN Washington bu-
roau whose political power viii be abb
solutely unlimited; tribunal that viii
not only FIX railroad rates but will fix
them in such way that it will make
or break any community whose politi-
cal help It may neea to the carrying
out any OF It's political schemes. The
bossism that was downed the past
week an over the country irrespective
of party. win be as nothing compared to
the bosslsm that Roosevelt proposes
from this political rate making oomais-
sion that he Is so insistent upon.
The evils that they can correct are
az the worst but trivial, for the country
has prospered with their existence.
Those evils that we may fly to in such
an untried scheme as the establishment
Of this bureau, with its thousands Of
employees and its inconceivable powers
for good or evil to state or community.
would be worse than any political boss