El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-27
His Masters Voice
BY BERNARD :. RODEY.

/ THE most dangerous men in any
L state are the wise. wen paid
agents Of the Big Interests They
camp at the state capitol during every
session Of every assembly. watch for
Z the psychological moment. and XIII
or put through the legislation they do
not want, or that their masters desire.
In our recent assembly I went TO
Santa Fe and watched the doings Of
our own flock Of agents" OF that
kind. Dickens's Uriah Heap does not
do full justice TO the type They did
not want woman suffrage. and so they
caused the Reputation Of the Repub-
lican state platform, and killed IT,
They did not want a direct primary
law. and so they caused q Reputation
Of the Bernalillo county Republican
platform. and made even its own
author LAY down" on the splendid
bill for that purpose he took so much
pains 10 prepare and introduce They
did want a "Bolshevikf bill" and took
advantage of the psychological mo-
meut and secured the passage Of a bill
that never was equaled IN the history
OF a free people, for the suppression
OF free thought, free speech and free
assembly.
Wait until it is printed as a part Of
our law and the people see it, Its
equal does not exist. and never has
existed in any cZaruom or tyranny on
this earthi Talk OF the celebrated
Hawkins bill OF yorei Why, IL was
Christmas carol compared to the
present so-called "BOlsheTilli bill"
that the members OF the whole assem-
bly, were afraid TO vote against. for
fear OF being charged with bOlshe-
vilzi-ism themselves
He was wise man who said, Don't
trouble yourself 20 shoot a mad dog;
just give him a bad name, and then
everybody else viii shoot at him.
without trouble to YOU
They are wise, these agents Of the
Big Interests in New Mexico In the
assembly just closed. they also worked
the old gag OF retaining the tonnage
tax law Joker" by securing the ap-
pointment Of a commission TO look
into the matter and recommend
proper legislation. which means two
years more Of gigantic tax-dodging
by their masters
After seeing how the recent assem-
bly, worked, returned mental thanks
20 the proprietors OF the music box
ad- for a very apt smile. Some off,
cials and some sO-called legislators
are so well described by the picture
showing the fox-terrier pup. cooking
listening for 'his masters voice"
which he generally manages 10 hear
pretty distinctly around Santa Fe.
I never knew until recently where
our celebrated tonnage-taL law with
the Joker" in il, was copied from.
Some months ago. Prof Louis Levine
OF the University OF Montana took
occasion TO look into the mining tax
law Of that state Of mineral wealth.
and was utterly astonished at finding
a law similar TO ours there. He wrote
book about IL, and was about TO
publish IL as a university bulletin
Whew. What is thisr' said the cop
per mining maEnates. and they imme-
diately commanded the president OF
the univ ersity TO stop him from doing
so. The president promptly did, and
then Professor Levine published it at
his own expense He is now on the
carpet before the masters voice"
regents for characterization, and viii
be removed for presuminE 20 show up
the taX-dodging OF the great corpora
lions.
Jno. F. GroeBeI. contractor. Phi. 1852
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