The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-23
A PECULIAR BAND

There are some peculiar people in the country who call themselves progressive" this chat or just Pro eressive" The most peculiar of them are those who thnk that one must be constantly throwing monkey wrenches into the commercial and industrial machinery of the country in order to make 1t clear that they are not owned body and soul by the Interests" For n' stance there arc those who contend that President
 Wilson has gone over to the side og the trusts because he refuses to spend his time hurng bricks at some body These peculiar citizens believe It criminal for a man to devote his time to working out prosperity
 for his country on an equitable bassone that is fair to those oi all classes and keeps the wheels of pro eress turning They see red when things move in or derly fashion and people make money
 ln fact these folks do not to anything set ted They do not desire peace and orderly procedure They do not want to see the rules of the game 80 ar ranged that every man has play fair They do not
 want 10 see malefaetors" accept order of things and play the game" according equitable rules They
 want to be smashing someone or something all the time They want room for the full play of malice and hate They want to see their political enemies ground into he dust They want scalps rather than remedies They
 want to fight out personal differences rather than to dus thinrs SO there would be nothing to fight about In short they seem to like the old rules but not the rulers They seem to the powers that they have seen the others use and them to settle per sonal and political scores They not builders They never construct They never apply remedies that would oreven, or temper ills They simply make trouble.
 We have many of this class in the Nation and many in Alaska In the Nation for nothing that the graft has been squeezed out of the tariff that the gov ernnent has succeeded Wall street in the management of the currency that trade other commissions are making iavoritism impossible; that the government is endeavorng to secure merchant marine rural credits and other desirable things The only thing that counts is that the President quietly at work endeavorng to secure results that will eliminate the bad and preserve good making the rules so fair that capitalist and la borer can work under them. Instead he ought to be after blood he ought to be in swashbucklers uniform smashing over the country yelling q denounce liar
 undesirable citizen" He ought to be tearing up this OF that. destroying constantly destroying.
 ], is the same in Alaska Those who have been eudeavoring to secure laws and rules that would give every one fair deal in the North-laws and rules that would give the people power control their own af iairs laws and rules that would make primaries fair and elections uncheatabe and rules under which employer and employee big business and little business could work on basis of equality. and where all citi zsns could labor for progress and developmen-ge no help from the Wickersham band. Instead they are de- nounced They are denounced because they want har-
 ouios proeress along lines that would retain in dustrles and our developers Instead of aboring for orderly development. they should be shouting. Down with the trusts CT denounce." thief" "scoundrel" ~Guggenheim,"