The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-10

and hopes among the labor hosts go tc
Jail?
I desire to bring out the contrast
sharply. And I am not forgetting that
1t Is not excuse for one fault to cite
another and that because one man
breaks the law another may not right
ly plead that fact in extenuation Of his
own lawbreaking.
A Crisis Precipitated.
Let Gompers ct. al. worry not at all.
Their sentencing will work for good
to their cause. believe l know some
al capital. and venture to assert that
the most reactionary sycophants of
wealth Eravely ponder on the crisis
they have brought on themselves. pre-
cipitated by the Wright decree
Let it be remembered that judicial
ingredient and that sometimes there is
one part legal astu.encss to several
parts u intellectual slant one way or
another.
Again. then. labor must not be a
commodity Of kind with coal. We
must come to view the laboring man
as possessing inherently right in his
industry. and the courts ~ their later
findings have placed on themselves
the pressing necessity Of discovering
| wrongdoing in high places. else will
this social revolution come crashing
along on its way with ruthless disre
gard for cherished social standards.
What commentary ON the ''construc
tive" Republican party these recent
! events! When labor comes before the
bar of justice (sic), how quickly does
the law wreak It's mighty vengeance!
When e. II. Hartman laughingly de-
| fed the antitrust law, as it is alleged
| Gdmpers ct al. did. how difficult for
| the courts to discover his wrong!
When men who work with their
/ hal ds put forth leaders to do their
bat ties. how majestic the law! When
| fof business sake plethoric other men
| isIore all laws. how impotent the ma
chinery & government!
Fifty Years Wasted.
Is 1t panic which has seized lie
estimab!e Judge Taft, who just EoT.'
| enjoys the luxury Of southern aristcc-
| racy and who has evolved complete
plan for REIMBURSEMENT of the federal
scheme of regulation Of corporations?
Theodore Roosevelt boosted that I'M
der his administration corporation con-
troll had been achieved, when along
comes his fitlus Achates with confes-
sion Of utter failure by his party, his
! president and his congress to accom-
piish the needed reform.
| And these have had the hardihood to
aver that the Democratic party is not
constructive.
| This confession, then, opens again
! the whole question of rate regulation.
! watered stocks. rebates, discrimina-
| tions pools, corporate control of poll
ties, greed for dividends and the trust
competition issue.
| Fifty years of Republican govern
mental supremacy have not sufficed tc
even make good start toward the
solution Of the problem. Shall not the
minority in the congress rightly claim
attention by the country to it's offer
lngs on this subject? Shall not 1t
profit the nation to reread the Democ-
| racy's declarations in the late cam
paign? Shall not radical Democrats
too, tell their reactionary brethren
| that this IS not the time for stand still
SO called Democrats to be given right
Of way for 1912?
Permit this citation Of fact-that
Bryan received 1900. coo more votes in
1908 than Parker had In 1904 and that
Taft had paltry 1900 more than
Roosevelt in that same year.
have heretofore noted that 1t was
obvious that a well ordered plan Is
being quietly put into operation to cap
ture the Democratic organization fol
the next national campaign. I de
sire to remind these political gentle.
men that hitherto the radical Democ.
racy. has been quite tenacious Of their
views, has not been easy prey to &c.
cret manipulators and has kept ir
mind faithfully that this contest now
being waged is one eternally central In
all great political struggles, fight be
tween those who would and have been
able to use government for their own
selfish ends and those who would re.
store government to the people.
Enlisted For . War.
Gentlemen. please keep In mind that
lack Of votes on Nov. 3 last year did
net alter the convictions Of those Bry-
an followers and that they don't care
one ar whether one man or another be
their candidate % long ~ he has thu
love of God In his heart and love Of
his fellow man dominates his political
activities. You win make better politi
cal guesses II you remember thest
basic facts.
ut was for war. not for cam
paign or a hattie" these radical Dem
ocrats enlisted.
Really I had almost forgotten the
tarinr, which in these days, like the
poor, we always have with us. We an
RECALLED with stories Of Strengthening
OF "peace pacts'' between Cannonites
and Taftites, with occasional mutter
anpa against keeping the tariff In poll