The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-11-02

brother
"McAdoo's mouthniece." he answered
shortly, shifting uneasily in his seat.
AS he stood on the platform waiting
for the applause to subside. Eiaul Rem
ington thrilled with the knowledge
that his moment had come-a moment
such as comes but once in lifetime
and TO but few men.
And before him sat the woman of his
dreams
He raised his hand. and the applause
ceased. There was an instant's hush.
81 am not here to upbraid"-
The tragedy that had come into her
young life had left Eleanor Gilbert but
one relic of her girlhood. a passionate
love of music As the first words fell
from Paul's lips she felt a thrill. For
time. giving no heed to the sense Of
his words. she listened with the must
clans trained ear to the wonderful
voice. deep yet resonant and flexible,
under perfect control. carrying faint
ly minor quality. Gradually the spell
Of the orator took hold upon her.
when the American republic was
founded the triumph of democracy
was believed complete But eternal
vigilance is the price Of liberty. And
we-almost TO our undoing-have
slept" In simple vet vivid words Paul
went on TO describe the commercial.
Industrial and political evils that have
taken root among us
"Yet these evils" he declared. -per-
nicious as their immediate effects.
might be endured were it not that
they threaten the existence of our vital
institution. popular government. Time
was. perhaps. when our industrial
kings were content to build within the
pale of the law. But industrial condi-
lions and methods changed The ma
chinery of the aw-government-ha
become the creature of corporate
wealth"
At this point in his speech Paul cast
aside restraint and poured forth tor
rent of invective against corporate
greed and its servants. At the conclu-
sion of his climax not sound could be
heard in the theater His audience sat
wrapped in an omnous silence.
what do these things mean?" Paul
continued. "Of late a new word has
come into use among us, plutocracyI
Government by wealth. for wealth-by
the very nature of the lust that gives
1t birth. ever constituencies. pitiless,
ever unutterably selfish. an enemy to
the equal brotherhood of men!"
In plain. unmincing terms Paul out
lined the political history of the state.
In it the forces Of pIutOcracy were
most strongly intrenchcd. For gen
era ton. until the time when John
Dunmeade had dared to set his face
against the powers of corruption. it
had lain PROSTATE. unprotesting, under
the heel of a great railway monopoly.
This monopoly, abetted by the steel in
terests OF the city, had robbed the
greatest state of the Union of its virtue
and independence. One man. by grace
Of his control of the railway system, !
had dictated the choice OF officers and !
their official policy. Bosses might |
come and bosses might go. but one and |
all they owed allegiance 10 the one /
master 400 miles away. whose wrath |
was more TO be feared by the political.
~ ambitious than the anger Of God. !
In return for their allegiance the bosses
had been permitted to pillage the city /
ut will
But" cried Paul passionately. there /
was n man IN our midst. bred in their
school. who saw their power and de-
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