Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-29

ment in the hand of Almighty God to
destroy the greatest political oligarchy
that ever cursed q nation.
Il am glad that Roosevelt has ham
gang with his big stick, and am glad
that If by any fatality Mr.. Taft is
elected to succeed him, Taft is pledged
to carry out the Roosevelt policies. But
1 wonder how, when Mr.. Roosevelt is
far away In the wilds of Africa hunt-
ing big game, or in the Orient making
salaams to mandarinss OF IN EurOpe
with princes, or when far
away from telephone or telegraph COM
how is Mr.. Taft to know
what Mr.. Roosevelt's policies are?
aThat Mr.. Taft is honest and sincere
1 do not doubt. That he intends to fol-
low in the footsteps Of Roosevelt as lar
as the imprints of those footsteps are
visible do not doubt; but the Roose-
welt policies are Kaleidoscope, liable TO
change with every passing breeze, ana
a fat, easy-going man cannot pack MS
300 pounds of oleaginous matter over
the trail blazed by an athlete ike
Roosevelt.
At believe Mr.. Bryan, with his splen-
did physique and athletic tralnlhs'
would give us better results
Wearing the Collar
"walter Scott in 'Ivanhoe' draws a
nicture of a swineherd, an ignorant,
british man, clad in skins, with un-
washed hands, feet and face, chaln
about his neck, from which hung over
his breast a copper plate with the in
scription. Il am the born thrall of Ced-
ric the Saxon most pitiable sight
human slavery in its most abject form,
but not more to be pitied or condemned
than the slavery of many OF our pup
lie men. who voluntarily wear collars
designating their servitude to Standard
Oil, the steel trust, the meat trust, tne
Southern Pacific, the Northern Paclnc'
Morgan, Ryan, Rockefeller, Hartman
and all the gang of financial buc-
cancers who today have their hands at
the throat of the republic.
"Can you blame these magnates that
they have taken advantage of condl-
tions that exist only through the su-
pineness and apathy of the proletarlat
to appropriate to themselves the wealth
of a continent as rapidly as 1t is deVel-
oped?
by careless neighbors, they think that
II is their divine right to appropriate
TO their own use the wealth of great
'The wealth created through the in
dustry of our producing classes; for
every farmer, mechanic, artisan, small
trader and laborer contributes to their
i'll gotten gains.
"They take advantage of bad laws
and through their representatives In
your legislatures, both state and ma
tfonal, pass laws in their interest; they
debauch legislatures and courts to an
extent that 1t is impossible to convict
them or their minions of any crime,
however fragrant.
"Ruef and Schmitz cannot be pun
ished, though everyone knows they are
thieves, because the higher up thieves
will not allow it. This is Republican
California and, in Democratic Missouri
the same condition exists; there the
Democratic thieves prosecuted and con-
victed by Folk in the lower courts were
by the higher court
Thankful for a Grosscup
To-day Mr.. Rockefeller is congratu-
Iating himself that there is no punish
ment for Standard Oil-that Grosscup
has overruled a Lands.
1.-The greatness, grandeur and glory |
Of any country rests upon the patriot
Ism, industry and intelligence of the
common people. Lincoln said the AL
mighty loved the common people, for ne |
made so many of them.
1.-THE happiness of the middle and la |
boring classes is the granite founda-
ton upon which true national great
ness is built. The farmer tilling his
maternal acres, where every tree has
a. memory, every field is part of the
family history, the mechanic, the arti-
san, the iaborer, all intelligent, self
reliant, frugal and industrious, consti-
tute the brain and life blood Of Amert- |
lea. They are as much part and par |
eel of our country as the eternal hills
that overlook our verdant plains.
when our flag is assailed these are
they who rally to it's defense, while |
our millionaires, breathing the prayer |
Of honest Jack Falstaff, May the good |
Lord keep hot lead out of my belly HE |
themselves to peaceful lands to clip |
their coupons, or at home contract to
feed our soldiers on embalmed beef and
rotten canned goods.
Where Nations Safety LIes
mo less are the common people the
national ark of safety in times Of peace.
Long suffering, patient and patriotic,
no rnonarchs can hold them when op-
preston seeks to enslave them, and
when aroused to correct abuses and in
their hands hold the scepter of SOW
ereignty they will come as the storms
come when the forests are rended, come
as the waves come when the navies are
to upnold the dignity OF Ia
Dor and perpetuate the glory of Ameri-
can institutions.
at think in the past we have had too
much of party and too little of inde-
pendent thought and action, and think
the best omen of the present time Is a
on the part of the electors
to place in office Independent, honest
reliable men,
"I hail with delight your organiza-
ton which, as understand, is intended
to free the Democratic party of boss
rule and rotten politics, and also the
effort of patriotic Republicans to liber-
ate their party from the shackles Of
Southern Pacific rule.
"While I am a Democrat. I believe
that civic duties are paramount to par
ty allegiance, and 1 will never vote to
place any corrupt corporation tool In
office if I know 1t.
st would like to see more La Follettes
and Cores in the senate, no matter un-
der what party flag they sail. These
are my kind of Democrats, and with
pen, voice and vote 1 am always ready
to help them"
~ EnU -InrR Mann EAn