The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-05
TIMES HAVE CHANGED. AS MEX LEARN
 TO FLY IN THE AIR, THEY ALSO LEARN TO THINK LEST THEY FALL.

Una, iy points the way to proprietor ship iu the wnitehouse. Caesar made such an impression upon history that the world has ever since stood in fear of such sno,her-although there have been lot Of worso people than Caesar. The pilgrim fathers undertook i'm mease hardships to get away from diuuorlal interference in their private affairs but no sooner had they set up an establishment in the distant wilder ness--which they accepted iu prefer ence-than they arrogated to them selves a like right to' interfere with everybody in their jurisdiction. The congress at Philadelphis, called to frame a constitution was made up of representatives of all parts of the couu.ry and some of them were as much afraid Of New England as they had been of old England.
 The docuaen, as accepted at last, was framed ou, Of this general distrust one Of another and goes to large lengths in safeguarding individual liberty. While there is nothing spe- e ac iu i, iorbilding g third term Mir, Washington sufficiently felt it's spirit ,o SC. ,hs prsceden, whIca no man has ye, had the hardihood to over rule-altbough we ever stand at a'ten- ton against such an one.
 But times have changed siace Caesar and since the pilgrim fathers. Rail- roads and newspapers aud the tele- graph and the telephone haze worked as great changes in the manner of thought, 10 philosophy, as in the mode oi living of the people Of the earth. It Is mighty hard to shake of Caesar even in these modern ,imes-and 1t is an excellent thing that it is so. But down ia our hearts we know that he is ghost no longer to be feared. Caesars are dying CT rather than being relu- ,or,.-aF The last Caesar has th every life scared ou: of hIm and his wife has gone mad with anxiety. His departure from the earth will staad in the ehrOu- o.ogy ol events with the familiar intrO- dlc.ion oi tue living machine. He may avail himself of that means to get away-sluce there is DO use Of his taking to the woods. But, joking ou, oft, ,he idea is ,ha, mans horizon has enlarged, as his relation to the bound ary line of his village has changed so has his nature expanded until large proportion O, humans have taken on the idea of power and strength, they no longer lean upon or stand iu fear Of the baroas.
 This wide excursion through ancient and modern concerns is suggested by glance through the returns of the elections in last even- iug's Alaskan. Here is Mr. Bryan with a splendid power of oratory which men flock to hear. Yet they are so far from being lured by it away from their mooriugs that on the day after election he says "I can't understand this defeat. twas a terrific slaughter '' He himself, you see, is about the only party really obsessed by his own power Of speech and Is alone deceived by the scenes Of which be was part.
 And here was Mir. Gompers, for many years the successful head ot| two million workers whom he has sriyeu with all his might to influence in their voting according as HE thinks. It is uousence to say they voted as they did because their employers threatened. Their em, ployers may threaten till the cows come home on any other matter. If Mir. Gompers wanted to influence them to strike against injustice or low wages it would be an easy mat. ter. They voted as their REASON suggested. Mir. Gompers concentrate. ed his efforts against old Joe Cannon but he was reelected with a big ma. iority.