Gunnison news-champion., 1909-06-11


IA y educate and cloth tk1a-
We Ind thAt every tso wear, we
siseR vote that ne saay have .
IN the ~sy of gov-rasssot 10
= vsy ~e NAY oppose os sdvscsae
y a.ailsa winch ~e thlsk uay tss-
eT 70 deter "a. In osr sssSnGis tog
b.. asod Ne are ready 10 soAe
r : political party advances ~ sss
T.aii1nm os reqs,s~d Asssl.saaa %
o. -m- We chouse and voAs tos
thai pariy ~hich neass.s nsssss our
wishes. regulreae0ts os dsmasAs ~
l'Eislstlve wsy. Tho~e csaAsdsses
ei"ated by eur votes hscouse osr
raia employees aud tkey sssasse
IolA'e iar the expres~ parpose 1t en-
srfuz into Laws. the plsAecs Goa
tanned IN their party plsatosm- lo
thly do IT, They have ~ veuoae
cases been known 10 cosse verv Rsas
i1 Sometimes as near - . Woman
can come TO raising a beard. Tke
IuiseFable failure oi the legislature
Winch convened IN Ihuses-hvt re-
Gently. to redeem lis pa,t, ptedSes
stands out 9iar,Egly Ls.fore every
y1ung man m the state today.
ID would seem To- ss thai these
Inen upon assuming office. reverse
the o.der The people instead Of
s1vernins are governed In short
they are kicked IN the region of the
d'aphragm II we re,d news
paper We are informed ON the front
psee that the L. ; is the wealth,est,
busles, and fullest Of opportunities
Of any country. Perhaps 1T is. But.
let US turn page In An obscure
corner we find the announcement
that the national de6ci; reaches
away into the millions. That there
-re more idle men than have ever
hesn known before in the history Of
the country.
The papers Also furnish us Incl
1euts Of graft, bribery, murder and
PROSTITUTION They furnish us de
tails Of the falling Of poverty etrick-
en- for stealing lew cents, aud of
releasing the rich for stealing a mil
, lion All this tends to make us
think, there is the inevitable con-
, cluslon. Wages are controlled by
the trust. The trast controls the
wages that it's profits may be greater
and the trust TO control wages sust
own and control the executive pow
ers This is easily accomplished he
corrnpting the state legislatures
} They can successfully corrupt the
} legislatures because the people have
, not the right to recall" II today
the people were vested with the tight
Of recall there would he a political
earthquake tomorrow There would
be each wedding out as has never
been seen. The stencil of uncovered
corrsption would smell 10 heaven.
The trusts or capitalists amount TO
\ measly seven per cent of our pop
1lation The remaining ninety
three per cent are owned body, soul
and britches by the seven per cent.
They own the governmental powers
and they own the utilities of produc-
tion and transportation and they
own you, because you are dependent
on those facilities Do you think
they are going to allow you to own
such a dangerous club as the right
to recall? The right of recall is the
keystone of the political structure
When the people possess it they will
} possess the government.
'Tis thus we reason, perhaps
weakly, perhaps not. You, our de-
mocratic and republican fathers are
by your votes perpetuatlng politi-
cal system under which your off
spring is given no Opportunity
} You are helping perpetuate system
that by your own party papers Is
damned on every page. You have
no control OF your officials, hence nc
control of your government. Can
you blame us for casting about Tor a
} party that can and does control its
party and public officials?
In the socialists we find that
party. They have the right of re-
call and the initiative and reieren-
DUN in practice. Their officials are
subject to party dictation, yours are
not. TheY control of their party or
. public officials is perfect, yours is a
failure The socialists offer us
equal opportunity and put in our
power the means of gaining op-
portunity You do not. The socia!
, lists would give to each man thai
. which he produced by applying
labor. You only give a part. mere