Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-08
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IN most remarkable event ranspired in San Francisco
Saturday Republican State Central Committee of California
endorsing the Progressive party and voting itself out OF
existence.
conference the Progressive party had been called and
eloquent address, notable
alike for what he said and for what he did not
The governor naturally and jusaby boastful of the
initiative and referendum and of other features which had
Incorporated into law during his administration He also gor
fed in the fact naturally and properly that his
administration had destroyed the despotsm of the Southern
Pacific railroad over the people of California.
But he must have been joking when he declared 1--WE found
state forgetfu of its citizens and crngng toward political
master; today there is political master
If Governor Johnson the political master of California
today the state had such master Commission after
mission has been created under his administration of these
endowed discretionary power goes
holding e and death control every public service
poraon the With army state employees reaching
every township California with those employees
having the corporations by the throat and the legal
range them it is of foolish talk of there being
political master
Governor Johnson had argued that it is better for the
despotc authority than to have Herrn
position the Press might thoroughly with him. for
this journal believes in the exalted of Governor Johnson
his chief subordnate when it depores fatal
weakness in the policy they have adopted.
The does believe California needs despotc
benevolent despotsm All civilization has to
present degree of prosperity the basis of law and this
journal has heated considers it most serious
abandon laws and submit by commissions
whose acts determined by their WILL instead of by law
of the arbitrary power conferred the commissions
further joke for Governor Johnson speak of the resora
ton of liberty to the people of California
But the significance of Governor ohnson silence the policy
the Progressive party dealing with trusts be
looked
There that the control of trusts will be the
chief national campaign and this greatest of
ell subjects Governor Johnson offered not one word
This oversight excused attempt the theory
that the trust question deals only with national politics. 1t is
both state national ISSUE and the opinion of
the Press suicide when the national Progressive party
Under leadership exPesdent Roosevelt Senator Beverdge
and George W. Perkins of the Harvester trust and the state
under the leadership of Governor Johnson have adopted
a policy of protecting and fortfying the trusts.
the state for instance laws passed to protect every
public service corporation from competition, except with per-
mission apowerfu railroad commission and discussing
Beverdge urged that borrow from
nnder this policy could cooperate to put
telephone system competition with existing without getting
permit Under the policy the Harvester trust would
be still further strengthened
policy state and nation which compelled
the of the socaed Progressive ranks and this
journal watched eagerly for Governor Jonson speech in the
hope might carry word of hope that the had
gone bodily to the trusts.
that word spoken and nowhere have Progressive
word against the declaration of Beverdge in
of the trusts
incredible that either in state nation the party
win on this policy of direct antagonsm individual industrial
liberty.