Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-25
EUGENE GERMAIN SHOWS WHY VOTERS
SHOULD UNITE TO ELECT BRYAN
Demonstrates Corruption That Has Arisen
from Continued Republican Tenure
of Office and the Iniquities of
Special Privilege Tariffs
ny EUGENE GERMAN

from legislation which they are deeply
interested in, and which they have
been able to accomplish under the
domination of congress and senate
comprising among its members many
of their paid attorneys and salaried
employees. and dictated and controlled
by the master hands of a Cannon
AT the present time tariff regulations
exist to suit their every fancy, and
they feel safe in an organization or
"Stand Patters'' which Is pledged not
to amend laws now existing for their
financial advantage and personal ag-
grandizement. They can see nothing
but disaster to their interests in a
change in the policies of the govern
ment. In SO far as tariff changes and
monetary improvements are concerned
they desire to be left severely alone.
These people are not patriots. They
are mercenaries, and the general good
of the countless thousands Of God
fearing, country-loving people is moth
ing to them and has no place in their
plan of existence. The accumulation
of wealth is their one great desire,
and as they are acquiring this by vtr-
tue of congressional regulations which
permit of enormous profits to the few
without regard to the advantages to
the many. this to them Is the easiest
and safest method to pursue. Should
a Democratic congress be elected and
assume office, following out the prin-
cIples OF the platform adopted In Dem
ver, the plans of these people must,
perforce, be shattered completely. And
the trusts and grasping corporations
will be forced to submit to decent
consideration of the rights of others.
Too Long In Power
The continuance In power of one po-
litical party for an uncertain period
tends to an abuse of the authority CIV
en- 1t. All great reforms in the conduct
Of our government have been accom-
plished by the representatives of politi-
cal parties assuming authority after
having been out Of power a consider
able length of time. The quaint aphor-
ism, "a new broom sweeps clean," Is
ever true. A clerk in your office or
mine, or an employe in your yards or
factories or stores. may be suspended
for an infraction of your rules. Notice
how close he hews to the line when he
Is permitted to return to work! Once
let him think hs has what is denomin-
ated a "cinch" on his job, and 1t is
problematical whether he will amount
to anything or not. He breaks your
rules at his own sweet will, and If you
question his acts he threatens, cajoles
or lies. So it is with political parties
in power. They grow callous to the
will of the people. They become con-
firmed in their own narrow ideas and
always forget that as the results of a
united intelligent study by all the peo-
pie have come the greatest accomplish
ments in the advancement OF our ma
ton. That is pure Democratic doc
trine. Hence we should, for the benefit
OF all. have change now and then in
our federal administration.
I would not have my friends misun-
derstand me. / do not believe in a
shifting Kaleidoscope turning OF the
wheel of control once day, once a
month or once a. year. / do maintain,
however, that no one set of people, such
as is comprised within the Republican
party, can always be right and can
always, with a continuity Of power,