Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-04
HOUSE CLEANING

noUBTLEss the task before the
Democratic party difncuit' out
~ good Americans are not easily
daunted. The Democrats must eieah
house. The Republican party has ere
ated such a litter of dirt that cleaning
up. is necessary. The old Republican
broom won't do have heard 1t
praised until even children know by
heart every phrase that has teen used
concerning it. We need a new broom,
one that will sweep clean. Republican
fallacies are part of the litter. Does
anybody want to buy some old junk,
cheap for cash? Here is the full dinner
pail-offered at bargain price. Once
1t was bright and shining and attract
I've. 1t was one of the greatest cam
paign novelties ever invented. To many
people 1t was irresistible, vote for the
Republican party and for plenty to eat
all the year round" Alas! The dinner
pail is rusty and dented. 1t has been
empty over and over again, and it is
battered and cracked. 1t won't hold
even water any more. Take it away.
Here is a banner inscribed, Equal OPP
portunities for all. 1t was carried in
the first Mckinley campaign, and has
done duty in national and state cam
paigns ever since. But a large propor-
tion of the children of the country will
grow up with so little education that
they will be fitted only for cheap labor
ers or mill hands. Labor was necessary
to the success of the protected indus
tries that supplied the campaign funds
of the Republican party. 1t was much
more necessary to the protected indus
tries than education was to the chill
dren The protected industries uttered
no protest when they saw children lined
up before the .perintendents' offices,
waiting to apply for jobs. AS the chill
dren came in by the front door the
grown people were kicked out of the
back door. Children do the work as
we'll as you, and they are much more
docile." That was the consolation
which protesting adults received. I'VE
don't care for you. We don't look att
the question from human being stand
If children produce results equal to-
those produced by grown people, and IL
they are willing to work for a mere
fraction of the wages paid to grown
people, why not hire children to do our
work? Buy in the cheapest market, sell
in the dearest. That's business, and I'll
applies to our pay roll as well as to any
other department. What do we care
about you? What! Your own children
will have to leave school and go to work
If no one will hire you? All right. Let
'em. What are children for, anyway"
But what becomes of the banner in
scribed Equal opportunities for all''?
Do you mean to tell us that yonderI
poor little grimy waif STOPPING over his
heap of coal at the breakers has an
equal opportunity with the high school
boy? Eth, what's that? oh, you "are
not using the Equal Opportunities BAN
ner any more? You think "it suggests
socialism," so you have no more use for
it. Take it away" But haven't you
thrown away the principal articles of
your campaign stock in trade?
Perhaps you place reliance in that
opulent looking kettle called Protec-
tion to American Industries? What!
You are thinking of throwing away
that kettle and of using one of Mr.
Cleveland's old boilers insteadl What's
that? You intend to label it Moderate
tariff REFORM and go in for a 're-
vision of schedules which will keep
people talking but which won't really
do much harm to til protected?
Republican make believes, makeshifts,
adaptations, annexations, conveyances,
are not fooing anyone, will not fool
anyone. After the house cleaning, Re
publican debris will make a fine heap
before Uncle Sans Kitchen door, and
on top of the heap will sit the G. o. P.
waiting for the dump cat bell, and the
wailing Interrogation of the driver,
ANY rubbish and ra-a-ags-today?" e
Take them away!