The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-03-12

that the new tariff measure was the
best ever enacted in the nation.
That declaration was SO foreign to
his promises during the campaign
but recently closed and so directly
contrary to what he had said should
be done, that the country stood aston
ished. Had he told the people that he
felt compelled to accept the measure
because he felt that it was a measure
a little better than the old one, yet
not what he expected and not what
had been promised, the people might
have felt like forgiving him, however
much they might have felt like CON
demning Cannon and Aldrich and the
other members OF congress who sur
rendered their principles and their
| manhood to bow down to their die
tates But he accepted full responsi-
bility for the measure and not only
defended it, but took occasion to COM
pliment and commend the very men
who were responsible for the defeat
of the will of the people in the mat
ter
We thought but we weren't certain
that the people realized that it is
straigh CONTEST now between the peo-
pie and the special protected inter-
ests. We knew that in Idaho, for in
stance, the wool interests, the lead
trust, the lumber syndicate and the
sugar trust would all stand solidly
together to prevent interference with
the graft of the steel trust, the oil
trust, the harvester trust. and all the
other trusts and protected interests,
simply for the reason that everybody
knows that so soon as a reduction is
made in the special protection or
privilege that any one or more of
them enjoys, just as soon will it be-
come necessary to make a reduction
in the special advantage given to the
others by law
The contest now on in this state
will determine whether these four
great special interests are greater
and more powerful in this state than
the people who are not interested in
those concerns, or whether the peo-
pie are big enough to control public
affairs in their own interests.
OF course, back of the lead trust,
the timber syndicate, the wool COM
bine and the sugar trust, will be
found the railroads, for those great
corporations have not yet learned
that they can and must do business
purely upon business principles De-
handing and seeking special privi-
leges for themselves, they naturally
form an alliance with other interests
that seek and demand special privi-
leges denied the common run of peo-
pie and individuals. Still further
back OF these will be found the 'smal-
Ter fry" who receive some SMALL ad-
vantage and who imagine it is the
sun of prosperity shining every time
they bask in the smile of one of these
greater gods of "Big Business"
we HISS our guess II tnere are not
some rude shocks and tremendous
surprises in store for all these people
in the coming election All that we
are afraid Of is that the shock is go
ing to. be so great that it will really
affect business conditions and the
prosperity of the country for a num-
Der of wears IF this should result
nobody will be to blame, however, but
the people who have brought it upon
themselves by pursuing policy of
celebrating snubbing and ignoring
the masses of the people, who are now
ready for revolt unless we are mista-
ken.--Capital News.