The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-20
THE MAN ON HORSE BACK.

Everyone accepts that President Wilson will be nominated to succeed himself by the democrats; not so much because he is President Will son but because it is believed that ho carries more weight with electors than any otber man in the party. AS a matter of hard feet Wilaon'S more recent policies have hed mere of q republican than a democratic cast of thought and 1t has resulted in the peculiar condition svcIoping in the House that whereas tGe Presidents policy was opposed by the demo- cratic leader, it was supported with considerable vehcmcnc2 by republi- can leader Mann. But Wilson is con- sidered a vote gettcr and the man who gets the votes and wins tEe DC sition and enables the democrats to further oEiCy tho sweets of office, Is the man to be nominated quite re- gardloas of policies.
 With the republican party which is not like most of the democrats, stand ing on it's hea6, but seeing cloarl, enough what is to the interest ot the party of privilege and big inter csts, the presidential nomination 'e more serious matter than the spells of office.
 Never in the history of any coun- try will Top Capitalism have so much that needs attention. These are days when men of millions are talking not alone of military and naval preparedness but also of busi- ross preparedness. They have nc idle ideas about business super-orga- a.53tion. and they want to be aided by the government with methods that arc thorough and efficient in that super-organizGtion.
 It is intended th?t the entire life of the nation will be organized ettl' cient1y completely and absolutely along tho lines of commercial supre- macy. The entire social fabric is to be ovcrhauled and that portion of il which does not lond itself to this business upcr-organization is to be cast aside and destroyed.
 Little mAxms about independent business operations and competition being the life or trade, little plati- tudes about equal rights for all ana special privileges for none, arc to be all of them destroyed and tho coun- try developed along linN5 of such business prudence as the interests or an industrial absolutism will die tate.
 Wilson with his perfuctory me. thods and his academic conceptions is quite useless for Big Business in this regard It is true that lately, as at Manhattan Club dinners and before United States Chamber or Commerce receptions, he has delibo- rately catered to the interests of Big Business. But his methods are an tique and too high flown to be prac- tical, his alliances are of an imposs- ible order and with q membership in a capitalist party half of whom are standing on their reads and see everything upside down, Wilson 1s clearly out of the question, as the party of which he is a member is out of question as far as Big Business is concerned.
 It is very obvious that change too has come over Big Business. Bis Business formerly relied upon the machine and the boss end the lobby to the great opportunity of tho muck rakeTs and Investigating committees, But Big Business has rightly enough come to the conclusion that such methods are antiquated. They had to buy the machine, to salary the boss and to use the lobby with vast sums of money They had to do ali these things much against their will as men pay out without receiving in their estimation a quid pro quo. The capitalists idea of quid pro quo is a return of 1000 for an in- vestment on 100.
 With bosses and machines and Hobbies they got concessions ana franchises and land acts and power sites They in turn allowed the hos and the machine to enjoy the fruits of. office. If they failed to come