The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-10-16
NOT So EASILY D0PED
PLUTOCRATIC newspapers UNABLE TO AGAIN
FOOL THE PEOPLE

Former Congressman Robert Baker points
open letter advocating the election of Bryan the fact be
coming well known that the great newspapers of the country have
the domination the predatory Mr. Baker
says
In Of the large part the daily paper has the life of the
people knowledge of this control OF the press by the
Captains Industry might we'll doubt whether the
Bryan could against this tremendous hostile
orcea force eepess alert openly attacking appng
and mining but always used destroy such seriously asa I'M
just economic conditions.
But even from this viewpoint situation without hope
multiplicity succession events have shown the
Die how the press is prostitted to the service privilege The
fragrant examples of this debauchery Of intellect being compelled o
their readers and continue their financial masters
publish drawn from unwilling witnesses which shows what
VIM Marion Reey the brilliant editor and successful publisher OF
the St Louis Mirror his address the Missouri Press
Association apy The Myth Of Free Press In Mr. Rec
dys Judgment per of the editorial writers of today
intellectual and sympathetic revolt against present day conduon
yet they prostitute their talents peate and extend industrial
How far this shocking intellectual debasement has gone, Mr.
Reedy indicates
1T my firm belief that for the capitalists the
head the great daily the who write the news
and the editorials all the newspapers the United States
they feel them TOR space OF three days there would De e
revolution America would put that of France to shame
why nave dWell Oh tls le1aHSe " - -" e"" ~ 49,, Pt Ss
cal situation today 1t IS the one factor giving strength to the att
candidacy he is pulled through will be because have not
fully grasped how resourceu nnerful and dominating is the
putocraic control of the press
Were not for the rnaserfu forces be
swept aside when the peoples wrath aroused there would be no
hope of Bryans election. This shown when GodenRue
tones was candidate Governor OF Ohio With to
port he received in the city OF Cleveland than the
Republicans and Democrats combined Bryan support 1896
among big daes practically nil and ms strength with the
masses was great million dollar corruption fund and
an ORGANIZED campaign OF industrial required de
him. and this despite the utter wreckng OF the party wrought
bv the president wrecage complete that none OF his fol
lowers would seek the nomination.
The which make for Bryans success are the natural
forces which if they had full would sweep hm into power
with would make the Roosevelt Landslide seem mar
row margin They recognition that something IS wrong that
the aggessons predatory wealth must be resanedte laws
enforced Success showed this feeling to be widespread in its
poll subscribers learn whether they favored let up IN thd
fight against the conditions exposed during the past four years
With practically unanmy the thousand who responded de
cared for continuance The sopistres OF Sunshine Give Us
Rest and Opmstic leagues with their forcepump and gas
Aaon efforts prosperity being unavaing with these men
Evidently the OF the puocrac press are not as easily
doped as OF yore They thinking for themselves apparently
determined fight against corporate aggression shall go on
and that monopoly control of production and exchange the eec
no Of producer and consumer and the grapng OF enormously ya
liable privileges by the purchase Of Boards OF Aldermen State leg
siatires, and Congresses shall cease
The people Idaho will elect ame H. Brady governor
He has no reputation than that Of political ckster bent
He is a