The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-04-24
Why Will You Do Like You Are
Going to Do?
THE NEW YORK HERALD
SAYS NEsRAsKAN'S GoVERNMEN
TAI OWNERSHIP PLANKS
WILL RUM THE coUN-
TRY.

William Jenn ngs Bryan is going 10 1
destroy the Democratic party, Next 4
csnize the government. realize the /
dreams of Napoleon and acuialize the (
principles Of Voltaire and lot Of
other bad things, in his effort 10 thrust l
governmental owner hip OF public util- /
ities on the {, nntry
Following is the World ed torial, /
clipped from its issue of last Friday;
There can be no doubt of the deter
minaticn Of William Jennings Bryan
ito destroy the Democratic party ana
erect a party OF state socialism on the
ruins Of the hist ric structure built by
Jefferson
/ THIS mach was established at the
troquois Club dinner in Chicago and
by subsequent statements made By MIR
organs political friends
In the Bryan scheme Of things the
/ Dem cratic party must favor muniei
eal ownership OF telephone, lighting
land street railway systems; State own
ership Of all local railroads " Thin
each State, including presumably in
llerurban electric lines. and national
Ownership at trunk lines and tele.
graphs. with this must logically come
national ownership of long distance
telephone lines: Of all railroads which
are not wholly with 4 a ingle State
Iof American steamship lines on all
nayigable rivers. On the great labes
and on the high seas: ;of all mines.
If all eil refinaries, and OF all other
! public utilities the use Of which ID not
confined to the territorial limits Of a
city or a single State.
Mr. Bryan is promoting the most co
I icssal cheme OF GENERALIZATION thai
Twas ever devised to smother the vital
principles Of a true republic. A con
stititi nal monarchy similar to that 81
Great Britain would not involve sucn
Euhversion Of democratic institut cns
And this propaganda of triple statt
socialism II iauntily Instituted In tht
name Of Thomas jefferson, the great
] ast of all opponents OF generalization
I and paternaIism The British troops
. never wrought such devastation Il
!. Tefferson's plantation as the Bryan tei
! are trying to bring upon his poiitiea
i principles.
I Justification can sometimes be founi
Z Ger municipal ownership OF certain
4 public utilities. Cities generally hav'
1. aken out Of the hands Of private COZ
I n-ra.ions the business Of supplyin
q water Many cities have engaged j
public lighting as q choice Of evil:
N Where an offensive and defensive all
u ance between corrupt Tammany pol
II ticians and an outlaw gas trust Oh
N presses the people, there is much il
. Iced To be said in favor Of the city
,e tearing up the expired franchises am
t distributing gas as it distributes vi
in ter
ap But as an established fundament;
such rules ana regulations as tn
ev cal utilities would eventually mea
"a State control. Cities are mere ere
ss tHre Of the state and are subbiect
or such rules and reguiat ans All Il
ct State may choose to make. State co
-rol of these utilities plus State ow
mt rahip OF steam and electric railwa,
rae ana lnterurban telephone lines won
Tor mean the creation Of political n
nd shine that probably could never
,yerthr wn
The railroads d the United Stat
Employ mere than 1900 900 person
Ia all nearly 100000 per ons mn
TIA tn the emnIoy Of tho various pr
fic service corporations Of the coF
" ry 100000 more prospect We Off
galGers In TIC Bryan scheme q ]
'o.) ersonian Democracy,
Everybody knows the power vie
We "a til national politics by the let
lest carriers and in city politics by the
ir lice ana fremen Everybody kno
he power OF more than 100000 b
toner's in feieral elections. Add
he public servants now On the 7
70 pil all employees Of treat railwa
oi ntarurban railways, gas compan
)Wn Electric light companies teleph,
companies and steam railways, G
the business of government would
Of completely in the hands Of Office h'
bar rs. With the employees combined
shth continually higher wages, shcr
arfv hours ana greater privileges the 81
government in the end would rem
n the control Of the polt cal mach
icoh that made the mo LIBERAL con.essi
lpei ID these employees, Indeed. the
lrch ployes themselves would be the
chine and administer the governm
for their personal profit.
cT' Add national socialism to munic
NOW and state socialism and the Next
ization of the Uniied States W,
be an accomplished fact With
lttea federal office holders In control
hent trunk lines. telegraphs, steam
and mines, they would have pract
Inv all the industries Of the countr
their mercy The producer and
shipper wchld DE in the power Of
o re- efTicc holder The nati nal poll
eayy machine would have o communiI
cally interest with the state mach mes,
IN 10 all Of them would be welded IN
aches harmonious whole To complete
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