Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-02
FAos. nvsTERiA AND exTREM
ISIS

Il l. a thoGSAaa fA.hes ;azs lso
pae are growing so hysisrical Ne
have expressed iAis s=agsnett issos--
DOES a railway company offend. Ia
stead Of advocating rational measures
10 punish the comfany and Weyerr
further offeas~. there Is a demand
thar the ralIwzys shall De cortiscsset
by the government 81 shall - SUB
tecs 10 regnlstSons that wtM seriously
impair thess iressirnscse usefulness
u a srea, c~uvTsrAfson suspected 81
having employed methods that are
questionable. g q Eaulttn millionaire
sAcxr 10 have t<en 6ishoaess. there
Is a hae-and~cEy FOR death for she
esryarzsscss and destruction for gae
rich mzn.
The h. historical i~enaeucg- becoming
every day usose apparent. II. without
dosbi. an Indication as well az. 10 q
certain extent. a result; Of the feeling
rapidly gaming ground in this nation,
that ccrTnpsion and graft in puoiic
life. that dishonesty In business hfs.
that vice In private life. must ease.
Ii has. 81 course. been she history OF
great reform movements In all ma
tIons. that Ia the eagsrnsSs sogalB def
mite ends. the good has NOT been off
fersnriafet from the eyi. sad a. the
tide swept 90 10 higher ground than
had before been reached. In the back
wash has been found the ruins Of
much thar made for truth and right
eousness as well ms the crunnoled
achievements OF evil
We might. perhaps. almost have
expected the intelligent people OF
America. whose chsef-st boast has
long been In their freedom. TO have
set the world y new example in this
matter. Bur Ii Is rot 10 be That
the great majority OF people OF the
euunsry are reused / o wage ~relentsess
war unoa graft and dishonesty and
corruption wherever found is not 10
be questioned. But We behold also
4 great army ~ho propose 10 attack
the very foundations OF our govern
nseng. who wossld destroy all the
good we have achieved with the evil
that has been wrought. hoping 10
Greet ON the qglverEng ruins SOME
experimental. governmental unial
thrcuga the hopper Of which asa peo
gl4 shalt be fed And II the hopes o.
these radicals are gast. the human
grist saaas rouse cur equal in good
mess. eqnsl In intelligence. equas Ia
wealth. egzal In caga5iltsy- For i =
only when absolute mental. mora
and physical equality IL secured ira
III. disfiresions which these reform
e-s aim TO destroy can hs abolished
wfth the progress Of rhe spirit cf re
form. ever i'm this prosessefsy en-
it9hsensd rastcn. must Ed the red tAaA
az r~evnsusaua. nss IL Is questionable
IA. until ~ a secure reform wt1n
cur resorsing to revelation. We cas-
Claim to Dc truly civfsiEsd u - un
fortunately. true shss In sns neroi'
struggle that The majority Of our p+o
pss are eos making for genuine re
form i'm this nats0E- instE efforts
mast be nsiriEDsred by those hysser
teal ar5 extreme e wAo are no
willing 80 rause ON me o1wav3 marce
"a ,veserv. those ghtngs which arr
good and which have made oaE nation
the greatest on earth
The nysrsrScsis sgsrx has been TO-
,-va.s ard -ancy1rags1 By OH Of n.
ue~svav@rs The editors liz ihe RIOS
ri eases Enex better. bat they o.
"a themselves to ~ shining examples
O. the real esil the people OF I'M
ru.,nrrv are trying ~ reach. b. vi
csouslv ganderiag I o false senslraez
In order 10 make their lap~rs psopasAl
To - sensational ma nos AWAY
h. Objectionable. bus to b. false u
e~asr to be sensational ovzng 10 o
criminal
However. a great part n D ners
PAPER press has kept its iHsepend
eaee sst hoasssy. II has issc-tnira'es
besweea gocd and evil and FsctnsFs
on, the correct methods for secuE1na
reform
The magazines hare been much
worse offenders ihsn she rewsra
p- II has cone 20 . g@ss whfr
ErzrrieaTy ali the magaxtnes excep'
those q she verg hEghsss class Harp
srs. serffzsrs azs the Ce1fnry have
foznd II rtssmx 20 expb0st n fs6 SIN.
oas reUzrs 70 truth or eeeercy L. -.
Or 10 pouaiartre themselves wffh
their resers
Everyhoag : has sskea wa Re Esf
ferahM Lawsoa. wsa his statg rec
c~s ais temansss f@ noseTey aaa his
wtls sehsuaes * re1E eEe7nE
sns ersryc1s McCars kw sans as
io-g ss i t~astes Bser ant stt
fers. ~ -er azucE EEE psesf
up&a fAs sIosia14i Tafe vita her