Arizona republican., 1915-09-01
Sovereigns and Such

In view of the remarks of Elihu Root before the New York constitutional convention Monday, may speak of the republican party a thing without hope. His denunciaton of "bossism" in York. merely of present date, but the prevailing system during the forty years he has been public life, will be Hopefully by republicans everywhere for everywhere they been similarly afflicted, and the whole people have been similarly afflicted-in every state, in every county. and in every city-sometmes in the name of republicanism and sometimes the of democracy.
 The bosses have always been officeholders. More often they have not been. They have created mayors and governors These officers have been puppets The heads of states nicipaltes have not represented the people, but certain powerful private citizens. of which,AIr. speaks individual government"
 In most states there has been some one silent group of powerful enough to destroy any governor United States senator. however useful and loyal the people, and put his place loyal only to the individual government"
 Congress and state legislatures have generally been pOwerless to the people, who suppose themselves to be the government. Russian duma is powerless benefit the to whom was given a sop. No government earth has been autocratic as the American government, which have foolishIy believed to be the most democratic and the most free. Our individual rulers must have chucked immensely when they have heard prating the American sovereign" Nothing has appeared our individual rulers humorous than that high-sounding doggere, 
 The ballots fall as silently
 As snownakes drop upon the sod.
 And the peoples will
 As lghtnings the will Cod
 It has been a great joke. The declaration of the three Jailors of Tooey street. We, the people of England was less ridiculous The three tailors were represented at least by themselves. The American sovereign" has been represented by body.
 Now and then the >sovercigns" have revolred and exchanged of bosses for another and then have put in another
 The bosses. whether they called theAselv5ses republicans democrats. used their individual ernments for the benefit of powerful financial. mercial industrial interests, and thus we Lad the invisible government behind the individual government.
 The individual government having longer conducted in the (notice, in the name. onlyp of the republican party than of the democratic party, republican party the first feel the pun ishment when the sleepy ~soveregns" finally aroused. The party has been all but destroyed IL may pull itself together again if the advice of Nr- Root should be acted upon. but it would have hope then if the democratic party had needed She warning but it. has not done
 The sceptre merely transferred the deposed republican posses the democratic bosses There Is still individual government" hind it is the invisible government" constituted Nery much it during the so-caled repub- lican rule IL makes little difference invisible government which party is in power-what the bosses call themselves of all
 The invisible government is which is not concerned about quadrennial elections about the fickleness of the American sovereigns."