Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-06-24
Evil Forces Still Potential


 The end is not vet. The so,..s .hi,t nave produced this brutal pery.rsion oi industry are more actively po,en,iol today than in the past. The yove,u. meht must regulate, and regulate win uh ron hand. In this and this alone can we make successful stand | against the advent of Socialism. The sniPp"r and consumer are justly sus pi'lous. They are shocked. They will know the reason why. They are sen. sitiNe, quick to feel and understand. hhd' unless we meet our responsibilities sure to strike.
 They will have no more of this stand patism and siagnation. To meet that temper of the people. which, once aroused, will sweep away maiorities iike the misis of morning, the party must give to them here today, not only m its platform but m its candidate. e guarantee of relief, if we are to have the joy of another deliveranec.
 Hut this problem IS deeper than the mere question of dollars and dividends. The spccial interests early rcrIgnizeG | that the value of ,toir securities de. pended upon the control of inc apcn. cics of government. Favorable action meant appreciation in values. uniayor. able action. depreciation. To control | the agencies they mus control the suf. frage which selects these agencies. Working in close communion. to n com. mon selfish end, as long as ten years ago they had secured control and as. simulated the public agencies in cities, m the state, and in the federal govern. mcnt iself. declare that this k trca. son against the fundamentals of free | republican government. The sole gu. arantee that this government will live lies m the collective consciousness of its people that through their ballo, they | are part of the state itself In this great truth alone is Co be found the living glory of American manhood and | citizenship. If the conviction shall ever come that free suffrage is a mock. cry you have created an indifferent and degraded citizenship a prey Co ev. cry passion aud every storm that blows A government founded on theory of equality of opportunity cannot sur vive when soeial and economic oppor | tunity have been extinguisned. We have here problem of industrial his. tolN NulfH ibbhT bfNOHu lHt ~fIUsu purpose of the hour and sees with sure perspective and clear vision the rights of generations 10 come and the future destiny of our common country.
 He Set Wisconsin Free.
 Ten years ago Wisconsin was as shackled as they are today in most of the states of the union. The interests controlled the state government com | plctcly. They were powerfully en. | trench~d. Led by the governor, two United States Senators, eight out of eleven members of congress. and n | corps of past masters in the political | game, they counted in solid rank the | state legislature, state employees, and four thousand federal employees. Their propaganda was published through the united daily press and ninety per cent of the country newspapers, largely. Their commisary was furnished from the treasury of three great railroads, the united public service interests, and wealth of the, ,statc. The recession of the populist movement made the term reformcr or radical an obnoxious stig' ma in our conservative state. IL was n stubborn soil in which to plant seeds of reform and promised a harvest of bitterness and disappointment. None but a man of iron soul, none but man of heroic purpose, would have dared to contemplate the contes, against such odds. Bu, Providence had furnished us the man. \ man who saw clearly and was not afraid
 You know something of the furious warfare which has gone forward Tn Wisconsin during those years. II was n noly war in the people 's cause. Year | after year, riding the saddle by night and by day. his sword was never sheathed. When the way was dark he kept the fires lighted upon the hilis; wien the people wearied his strong arm was about them.
 Rebold the harvestl In Wisconsin we nave a real primary law, truth Hives. and the people rule. In Wiseon' sin our railroads pay their equitable share of the public burdens. We inau- yurated, in the Prudential anu fqui.a' blc Life suits, the first rebellion agaihs' the insurance abuses in this country We have complete civil serNiee l"w and the spoils system has NahiSheu' We regulate our railroads and our pup llic service corporations completely m 1atters of rates and service; We have outliyed the legislative lobby. We | have abolished the bribery of free masses. We determine the selection oi nur Tinted states senators by popular | vote. We have entered upon the con Il servotion of our mines, and our Tor .sts. and our water powers. Not property or personal right has been "n'
 ustly invaded or coniscated.
 The Genius of Lafollette.
 But over and above all this, ne nus builded his genius and his personality into every "beam and pillar of onr yoyernment and the flag IS brighter m
 Wisconsin. These reforms are the Ia' bor of his hands. We point to the m9s' nerfect system of constructive iegisih' ,ion written on the hooks Of any sia'e in the union. The Wisconsin idea
 inc restoration of the government to the people-is today m uplifting ioree n | uuder every commonwealth in th's re- public. . ,;,. and his