Arizona republican., 1919-03-31
MT. BurIeson's Latest

MT. Bureson's Latest
 Our well meaning postmaster general, resolute to the point of obstnacy and of suspected obtuse- ness is not further popularizing the prnc/e of gov erument ownership so that will probably hear it mentioned only with scorn in the half century. The increase in telegraph rates which MT Burleson finds to be necessary, must be further proof piled upon that which the railroad administration has af- forded of the incompetence of the government any rate a government under a democratic adminstra- ton. to manage successfully any great enterprise.
 There has long been a popular impression in this country-and refer to it rot in partisan spirit, but something of which the democrats themselves have often heard that progress cannot be made by the country under national democratic administra- that it is not function of the democratic party to construct or forward that it is the motive power but the brake which must sometimes be applied, and in certain emergencies. is more useful than the engine.
 The country was beginning to run wild in 1910-12 and might have gone to destruction but for the clappng on of the brake better that it should be halted than destroyed that it should for a time he doomed to purgatoria existence than that it be sent rretrievaby hell Thus sec in the demo- cratic victory 1912 the hand of providence for the republican party had given proof that it could repair itself while running. Thus far the processes providence were plain. But providence became in- scrutabe providence frequently is when it ord cred of the democratic regime in 1916 the beginning of a period so pregnant with events Those who more tenacious students of the mysteries of providence may find in the second election of MT Wilson, that the republican penance was not complete; else that ordered in the events shortly follow, the country to be brought into d of solidarity in the something that many believe could not have been attained if the democratic party had become the party of opposition We have seen with what reluctance the foremost democratic states men were brought to the support of even their own administration. They were dragged in by the loyal republican leaders. Either both of these theories may be applied to the solution of the mystery 1916
 We are clearer ground We perceive the necessity of going forward again and MT Burlesou has convinced us that We cannot under na- tional democratic administration In what he does is of course. seen the will of his chief only the instrument but his is the hand which driven the latest nail into the democratic coffin and unless re- strained he will henceforth be the chief contributor republican victory, unanimous except perhaps for a small dissent the southern states Of course it is possible that the republicans will commit come serious blunder within the two years in which case the country would be in a serious and perpexed sit uation But may believe that a party made wise by eight years of penance will walk warily
 The country began to turn against the national
  the Adamson law became effective but they had no opportunity to give expression to their changing sent ment until last November The Adamson law was a bid for the vote of organized labor so has been in very large the conduct the railroads resulting in greatly increased rates and deeriorating service and has this latest order of Burlesons increasing the telegraph rates by 20 per cent
 As a political move aside from the morality of it. it is a foolish There power in this country voting infinitely greater than that of organized labor than that of the republican party or the democratic party. It is made up of many millions of people whose conduct at the polls will swayed not by the of party by the performances of the party in power These millions embracing the great population of the middle west always in state of fux win recall the old railroad rates which they re- garded excessive and will compare them with the greatly increased rates which the government has found necessary to impose. These voters will remem- Der that it not long that was popuiary un- derstood that the telegraph rates an aggravated form of robbery. And yet the government has found necessary to increase them by twenty per cent
 It is not, perhaps, the amount of these increases the additional burden that they throw upon the peo pie, though in the aggregate that will amount to b- lion of dollars annually. that greatly affects the people as the fact that they establish the incompe- tence of the present administration to manage these great properties as skillfuly economically as lad been done before
 The taking over of the railroads was at the time apparently excusable though the management has been failure nothing can be offered for the talk ing of the telegraph telephone lines that will be regarded excusatory the failure of the gov ernment management of them. The absorption of the cables after the must be regarded as worse than inaccessible.