The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-07-21
HAVE WE ABOLISHED BOSSISM :

with hOssism slogan Ike sWee
morsel under their tongues, reall}
against bossism? Is consistency
part of the political creed of those
gentlemen who are perpetuaily de
handing in savage tones that the
people shall ruler
We are moved TO ask these ques-
tions, because of the attitude OF
some democrats on the senatorial
contest within their party One
candidate who has recently with
drawn because he could not get the
support of certain democratic lead
ers. launches TRADE against them,
I'm which he says he is through with
the trimmers and bosses. He says
this after campaign of six months
In which his slogan was Down
with Bossism," Let the People
rule" Has he been fcoling the
people? Was he not trying to get
some one to deliver to him? Wa
he really against bossism or was he
just against the bosses who were
against him?
Some years ago the State of Hin
ois at the behest of certain politica
reformers. who wanted the peopl'
to rule Cor who pretended that the
did } adopted a primary law. Tn
der that law candidates for Unite
States senator must go to the vot
ers of their party direct, for nom
ination. At the last session of tb
general assembly, the State of hin
oils at the instigation of the sam
class of men, adopted the dire
election method oi elccting Unite
States senator's. So that we no
have q system of both nominatin
and clecting that permits the peopl
TO rule, on that question And
the face of this fact the public
witness to the further fact that Ger
tain candidates and certain faction
alists are hurrying to Washingto
and importuning a high officij
who is not elnn-a- resident IL
State, to tell the Democrats Of I,liG
dis for whom they must vote fC
nominee for United States Senator
And these candidates and these fac
tionalists are all strong in thei
pronunciamentos that 1.-The peopl
shall rule"
And that is the advertised creec
of the big official to whom our In
consistent candidates are appealing
And reports are to the effect tina
he is perfectly willing to issue tn
order. Is this anti-bossism I,
this rule by the people?
The Democrat has never been 81
fearful of bossism as has some of tn
more alert scouts of the party. w
have not been in the habit of sound
ing the alarm every time there wa
cracking of twigs in the forest
While we have never grown hyster
ical over the alarm of bOssism, w
do believe in some consistenc
among men high in the councils o
party and people Somehow wha,
men run for petty Offices We expeC
little tricks. Inconsistencies an
perVersions. But when men seek
high, honorable and powerful office
we believe the people have a RICH
to expect and to exact consistency.
After having devised laws which
place responsibility directly on tn
voter, and laws that give every ma,
q right to aspire to Office al tn,
hands of these voters, why moi
show our faith in the ability of ths
people to rule? Who is the senate,
supposed to represent? Is he t.
represent the people or some par
ticular set of men? And why are
the gentlemen who demand the rul,
of the people so fearful of the sen
timents of the people? 1t is a re
markable fact that the democrati,
candidates for senator who ar,
loudest in their demands for th,
elimination Of Ibossism have mad
all of their appeals for help to
few leaders, Instead of goinj
straight to the dear people tho,
profess to love. their campaign
have been confined to efforts to ge
certain leaders outside of the stat,
to declare for them.
The people of Illinois now hav,
the right to choose their senators
Is 1t possible that the rank and fiji,
are so deficient in their knowledr,
OF affairs that outside advice is nee
essary? In the interest of part,
harmony and in order to insnr,
success, the Democrat insists tina
the democrats of Illinois settle thei
own affairs. Let us continue I,
''let the people rule. White Coun
ty Democrat.