The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-10
GETTING READY


The interests are ready for he
"husking of the grain"
Tley have taken advantage of the |
peOpleg desire 10 have lower tariffs |
and more revenues, and accordingly |
fixed up a schedule TO suit their own |
interests This is made possible by /
the subserviency of the senate That /
body his an organization which works |
harmonlOpsy against the people and |
for the betterment of those who seek |
10 profit without offering anything in |
return II is a fact of common motor |
ietv that millions have been spent for |
Legislation in The past. and no one |
spends SO much from a purely philan- !
thropic 81 iendpOint Not of en-, either. |
was il considered good policy for the |
money 10 b directly expended But
the placing of legislative agents
Rhere II would be easy to throw mon
ey opportunities was 1irec ed with in
genuity ana a cunning that Il requlr
ed years TO expose The unfortunate
Burton. who was verdant enough to
take 3 fec from a get-rich-quick con
eern, was but a sacrifice: the chances
being favorable to his never having
belonged o the real inside senate com
hne
The old staff Of people betrayers IS
fast thinning. It may require another
decade to get rid of all of them, for
We all understand men In state leg
islatures seldom fall dead because of
haste in performing simple duties
ana until the ime of popular selection
snd election OF United States sen
ators We may expect a sprlnkling OF
trtsa senator's. They are seldom loud
of voice or free OF speech; in fact
some of them make no pretense of
sbiltv-smply cast ballot In the in
terest of the trust combine
However even as the combination
OF financial pirates are getting ready
TO sha-e alike over the last betrayal
of the people, So too are the people
getting ready for the gr5M change
the change which will relegate to pri-
yate life md oblivion not a few of as
useless barnacles as ever infested
legislative body or betrayed an hon
orsble constituency
The dawn of brighter era may be
seen without supernatural power or
sight New men OF intellect and fix
ed integrity of purpose are illuminat-
ing the pathway. These men are of
all faiths belong to IN order which
believes Justice is ever right, that
freedom Is more than a mere term,
and that whatsoever benefits the ma
lority Eiust and shall be law.
The bell wethers of the old regime
make noises like distress. and prlte
IN columns ptostituled for their aid
of the radicalism of the present But
reforms never go backward, intelli-
gence grasps that which is good and
righteousness never retreats from a
point gained. The change will be
rked with many an imaginary
statesman stripped s Of all right for
place, and now and then a party state
organization NAV be smashed by an
eager and robust sentiment for the
common good But such marks the in
PRODUCTION o. the closing in of any
epoch, and the new epoch Is az hand.
pntt ana Depew felt the lash long
before lhey were ready to retire, and
are now Of only nasty memory, though
Depew Is still drawing pay for sery-
ices never rendered Pliley Tall
farieO. Tillman, Daniels-thos who
for small bo-e local objects sought 10
misleal. will 90 with those who were
grea' sinners: not, perhaps, and let
Us hope because Of their being par
ties TO the great injuries. but because
they stopped at the spring Of Expedi-
ency long enough to be overtlken by
the public wrath
So the Getting Ready season is
confined % no one faction. All hast
en along. fer the cyclone of politics all
foresee car not be avoided The sen
ate fortress Of mona-chial ideas. must
be made living part of American
legislative life. To sweep from the
pres Mt Iositions of power those who
erred anl wronged the people is 4
task for a Titan but there are I'll ans
already or the task assigned, ami the
thunder Of their c9nnon were heard
central states of wealth hurled their
central states Of wealth buried their
defiance at he old regime and an
nounced they would stand or fall for
their Ca,sA
In mary of the states the new align
ment xfl seem strdnse Rolling eye
lids olH7 of'aHtA way ri vision and
donnlne Aae robes dfls@if esteem win
not save The o1 guard OF the senate
The people have heard The people
we.e of one mind as TO the tariff in
the last election. Mr. Bryan's position
was not in doubt, and President Taft
took his position out Of the doubt
list when he spoke so forcibly. plain.
ly and earnestly in fayor of lower tar
iff duties
No man could have won that con
test on protection platform. Th9t IS
generally conceded No one doubted
the sta ement OF Mr. TAFT and no
one wishes TO doubt him now But