The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-04-21
JASPER. INDIANA. FRIDAY. APRIL q. 1905

intelligence will permit himself
TO doubt. 1t has been splendidly
successful in some Of the greater
cities of Europe, where condi-
tions are exactly similar The
principle is sound practical and
founded upon fundamental prin-
ciples Of popular government.
Public ownership removes the
motive for misuse of public utili-
ties. as when motive goes, the
evil viii 90. As long as selfish
ness and greed get the chance to
CRAFTY themselves at the public
expense Just so long will they do
it. And nowhere on earth has
there ever been a strikewhen the
principle Of government owner
ship was in operation. Public
ownership will do for the rail
roads what it does for the postof-
flee. the police department and
the fire department.
The Republican and corporate
antagonists of this movement are
already sounding the false alarm
that it will cost 800, 100000 TO
buy the Chicago street railways
and $50, 900, 600 to re-quip tn EN-.
Judge Dunno put that sta te-
ment to rest the morning after
his election by showing that un-
der the necessity of buying only
the tangible properties, the cost
would not be more than 5000
600 for everything.
Moreover, it may be set down
that Judge Dunno. the new Dem
ocratic municipal ownership may
or Of Chicago, is a man Of lror
will. great civic courage, balanced
Judgment and a long and ample
experience in great affairs. liz
will summon to counsel and con
struction the great experts o
Glasgow. Scotland, in which thii
great principle was born, anC
where for twenty years 1t ha
been in nobly successful opera
tlon. and he will consecrate L
the experiment all the brains. in
dustry. purpose and determine
ton of a man who feels that h
is living and acting for the lead
ing and enlightenment and bene
fit of millions of his fellow-coun
trymen, living or yet unborn
He lives in an age OF grea
achievement among a people 0
world famous and resistless enel
gy. and his friends and thousand
of his followers do not permi
themselves TO doubt for me
ment that municipal ownershi
of public utilities will be as cor
spicious and benifcent a success
in Chicago as it has long been !
the worlds model city of Gla.
gov.
The people the great body .
the people are to be congratuls
ted upon the inauguration of a
experiment i'm which their inter
ests are so vital. and they are II
vited now to see it succeed an
to help il TO national applicatio
along wise. firm, and yet detinit
lines.
The peoples case has receive
a mighty and an irresistible in
petus from the Democracy of Oh
ca 20.
One other thingin this momel
tous campaign is significant an
worthy of note as an index
the spirit and temper of the pc,
| pie toward the economic prot
| lens of the time.
| Scared into comprehension b
| the clear presentation of Demo
| cratic publcists and by the rest
| lutte attitude of the people towar
| the issue. and stung by the ms,
| lent Indifference of the stree
| car magnates. the Republican
| Of Chicago. eager for success
| and pandering to the populs
| wave, were forced to adopt SON
sort of platform favorable to Il
| municipal reform.
| But they did it sohalf-hearte,
| ". so uncertainty. so unsatisfa
torially. and with evident insil
cerity, that the voters of Chicag
| laughed them to scorn. The
were not going to take an
chances with any half-heartC
advocacy Of the principle
| which they had come to beliey
/ They were not going to trust Il
execution of a vital reform
| milk-and-water enthusiasts or
| umid conservatives who we
II likely to kin it with temporizir
and delay. They took the par
that was definite and positiv
I II