The Nome daily nugget., 1912-03-08

hey were limited ,o four popnd. and ad to pay at the rate of sixteen cent. per pound.
 enatro Thomas c Pis,t was for years in the United states senate fo. no other purpose. so We arc informed. than to look after the interest of the United States ENprc~s Company. and h, was to deal out the Knockout drops [" every bill reaching or introduced in the United states senate having about it the least cdor of parcels post In fact. fl we have been cor rcctly informed Tom Platt never needed a second crack" at a bill tJ Kill it off for keeps. tap" on It's head from the special representative Of the express companies put all such bills So far out of commission not one of them was ever known To have been resurrected during the time he was member of the upper house.
 But the days of such men as Platt. Depew. AldrIch and many others we could mention have come and gone. They belong not to the present era. they have run their political course. and in looking back over some of their handiwork. lt is n wonder they were allowed to carry on their work of tgl, N,. s,st IS they did. Ten ar perhaps fifteen years hence such men would last about as long in congress as the pro. verbal snowfall In the birthstone re- zion.
 During the past eight years the peo- pie have been shaking nff the drowsl- ness that has held them bound hand and foot. the scales have been falllng from their eyes, and instead of sec ing through a glass darkly they are receiving direct and correct. instead If distorted rays of light. They have commenced to realize that while they nave been sleeping al the switch. the trains loaded down with all their pos aessions have slipped past and gotten ~o far beyond them. lt Is hard work .o catch up with their own.
 The people have not reused them elves any too soon. nearly everything belonging to them that was not nailed down has been stolen the presto change. has been complete and IL will require heroic measures 10 get back part of what has been lost through sheer neglect The captians of in- dustry will no longer stalk through 'he halls of congress. there by direct purchase of their seat. sent to the law making body 10 stlfe any and all ue1 sures promulgated for the good Of tho common people. and 10 boost along all acts to make the corporations richer. the custom in force during ;he past generation.
 The peopI once aroused are like a tidal wave they sweep everything be- fore them. and in the next few years this on rushing flood will surge through all the political channels. in the country City. county. state and national law making bodies will feel he effects of Us mighty force. and when it's fury is spent we can ex- pect 10 witness-stranded high and dry-the useless derelicts. that tt one time represented the captains of in- dustry or members of iegisiations. who in the past did business on every other standard than that Of the Gold on Rule
 So in granting 10 the people the parcel post tho members of the law making body are commencing 10 real ize a day of reckoning Is coming. that try as they may its postponement Ia of short duration and if they are 10 save anything from the wreck they must trim their sails accordingly and get as far away from E0 lea shore as time Will permit before the storm breaks
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