Bisbee daily review., 1910-03-31
STILL HARPiNG ON OUR UNCLE.

Massachusetts annals by the election of the Democratic candidate in the heavily Republican Fourteenth con gressional district. declared that the time had come for voters to dis regard party lines and let the lead CTS at Washington hear the voice . Of the people"
 In the course of its remarks the |, Herald said:
 The issue to be decided is not between a Democratic and a Repub- lican vote in congress. The Republi- cans who are opposed to the pres ent control of their party in con gress through the domiantion of Aid rich and Cannon. having been de- nied the opportunity to voice their protest through the workings of the caucus and delegate convention sys- tenn. must either stultify themselves by giving formal indorsement 10 | those policies and that leadership. or vote for the nominee of the Democratic party whose platform is in direct agreement with progress i've Republicanism. well-known Re publicans have recognized the oppor- tdnity and openly indorsed Mir. Foss."
 Which causes the courier-Journal to remark
 The terms "Cannonism and Aid richism" may not have been coined with deliberate intent to deceive. but they are deceptive. Mr Aldrich and Mr Cannon do not dominate the reactionary wing of the Repub- Iican party which is, NIT. Cannon contends. the Republican party Up on the contrary they are its ser wants The dominating is done by the grafters who need crooked leg islation in their business. and whose business is to procure crook ed legislation. If Mr Cannon and Mir. Aldrich were to die tonight there might be, in the eyes of the 'dominators" a very deep damna- ton in their taking off. and those angels" of the Republican party the term being employed in the sense which it is understood by feminine stars of the baser sort in the theatrical firmament-might cry out. trumpet-tongued. or strumpet- tongued But the untimely end oi Mir. Aldrich and Mr Cannon would not mean the restoration Of repre- sentative government, which the Boston Herald, in common with many mistaken patriots, seems to think was destroyed by them
 Parties are greater than individ uals in the philosophy of the strict party man, and principles are great CT than parties in the opinion oi the more enlightened voter. Bui systems are greater than theil | agents, and upon the point there Is Hardly room for a difference oi opinion between persons of any con siderable degree of intelligence. The system which Massachusetts is fight ing-is not composed of a genia and somewhat loquacious gentleman from Illinois and a reticent but able gentleman from Rhode Island. TC swear at the operator when the tel ephone service is bad may serve tC let off steam, and avert spontaneou: combustion from internal heat. but to effect @ real reform it is neces sary to get at the officers of ths isoulless corporation which provide. an objectionable service. And wha is true of a telephone system i. doubly true of a political system
 If the approaching campaign is tc be fought on lines that will promis, real results it is about time to giv, up harping on our Uncle Joe an, get down to the bed rock of truth If neither Mir Cannon nor MT. Aid rich had been born the protectivt system would have reached its pres ent logical development withou their aid and woald have tough for the perpetuation of graft witt other ieutenants. Radical change in forms of government. at least i, modern history. are effected by re volution and not by assassination The system and not the man mus be destroyed