Arizona republican., 1911-11-16

methods of thought, that is all. Some
democrats are such splendid fellows
that the only thing wrong with them
is their politics; while some republic
republican feels ashamed to belong
to the same party. But that the
democratic rank and file is willing to
consent to the sort of bombastic
leadership with which it is burdened
is one of the puzzles that probably
never will be solved
But about this charge of demaSoSy
1t is the easiest thing i'm the world
to prove.
For instance, is there a single
economic absurdity the democratic
leaders and candidates haven't adopt
ed or wouldn't adopt if they thought
such action meant a few votes? Is
there an ism" to which they are
a stranger? Have they ever lost
a chance to appeal to prejudice when
that seemed the polite thing to do?
And if that isn't demagogy, what is
it?
One democratic candidate recently
declared for the abolition of the su-
preme court: and he is man who
calls himself a lawyer,
Another has denounced the trial of
the McNamaras. so it is said, as an
outrage.
Some want the popular election of
presidents of the United States; some
want the short ballot; some want the
single tax; others declare for the
abolition of the senate; others de-
mand judicial reform; they all want
regulation of some sort; a good many
think they favor government owner
shin of one thing and another; and
they're all for the ''peepul' with the
biggest wood type p that can be
found outside the hell-boX.
II there is any economic ism
i'm heaven above or in the earth be-
meath or i'm the waters under the
earth that some of these people
haven't demanded it's because they
didn't happen to think of it. And
of course they are not to be blamed
for their intellectual limitations.
But the ne plus ultra of demagogy
is attained when the Arizona demo-
cracv approaches special privilege"
and big business" If you want
to see a combination of nightmares,
emotional insanity. and hydrophobia
i'm good working order. just mention
big business" or special privilege"
to the average democratic leader
and Won will have your wish fulfilled
instanter.
And every one Of those fellows has
strained after special privilege until
he has neurasthenia in its worst
stage.
II is true there is such a thing as
special privilege and it would be
\ sorry old world if there were not.
It's not such a terrible thing when
YOU come to think of it.
The man who is trained in the
Craces OF social life has a privilege
that the boor and the braggart do
not possess.
The scholar and student who can
live and move in the world Of books.
possess a special privilege that ig-
norance cannot even understand.
The man who emancipates his
mind from the chains of supersti-
ton is the beneficiary Of special
privilege.
The man who by industry and fru-
ralitv amasses a competence is the
recipient Of special privilege.
Honest men enjoy privileges that
convicts do not have. They enjoy
privileges that no dishonest man can
enjoy
This talk about special privilege
*. for the most part, born OF envy
and malice and greed. If some man
through dishonesty enjoys special
privilege il would be much more to
the credit of a real man to dispos-
sess him than to try to make politi-
cal capital out of that fact.
Such denunciation is both pue-
rile and cowardly; and it is INDUCED
in for the most part by people who
are either too stupid or too lazy to
think for themselves. 1t is INDUCED
in by people who take their mental
pabulum from such exalted authori-
ties as Lincoln Steffens and Miss
Tarbell
Now. what about big business?
Where are you going to draw the
line? How large must business
lie before il becomes dishonest? II
a million dollar business is dishonest,
lent the neauut roaSter'S business