Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-14
BOSSES AND BOLSHEVlSM
ARE RELATED IN AMERICA
An Old Curse That Helps a New One.
Ward Politics and the Social
Unrest You Hear About

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b,o,..l :, hr-;ro,- or o,,+ If + That
snr+ ~ +biro cot, vo,, nowhere rc~rn9-
ro,+I,. ArJ ,.c+ tboro is ono -oyorful
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tbo old shor,s and tho old nro+onsas tho
o,d thc socdv n,etitndps by
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c,2;,.r. L,.,- of o,l Thov arc tho nrofos-
Sio1ar nni;+icfars Thcv have learned
rothing new And oddlv enough. they
arc the men who like hest to lecture
others on the duties Of the hour.
Humanity is determined to get q new
start N life. But the cynicism and the
cvasiors, the jobbery and brides and
''gcNt!cmen's agreements" the sordid
code Of the ward bosses, which in the
past have d"haSed and confused the
processes OF government IN the Chlteo
states, seem to have undergone no
change. Habits OF thought IN Washmg-
ton and in the state legislatures are
altogether too suggestive OF the squaIor
and tutllty OF ward No!lticS.
1t is rot in Philadelphia alone that in
st!tut;ons Of government supposed to be
sacred are twisted and distorted and
noI;t;cs or5 +bo+ rirhts If cftizerehin for
,rb;cb noirI;rns If mon rocentIv died are
Iarphpd at bv iIIitorates and tinhorns,
-oo,1rd,.o1- ond briherc and cecond-s+orv
MAN who haven't the decencv to gat ont
rrcr, rrdor cover and take the chances
+bot ore familiar to onv scIf-resnnctinp
brrglar
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9.lI' p.:,;,o ;,.4oIIiaooa of 49, ,,,a,Id
II has Mr. Todpe as spokesman. There
! Tor,r,any in New Yorl, San Fran
.o;soo bo. Cbarohar If Commerce in
,oI;+ics and Fickart and +bo Mooney
ceeo
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Ie''G ptI.e. men ~ w. ""'..'le to''' w. 'rI
aeicos otber,yise we nav vet sno tbo
rnM+inoor nortician nronnrIv Indicted as
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e,a.o,,s onor,,, of oro.ovi7od oovorn,,,or+
It ia because of the lassitude of ordi-
nary voters who permit the political ma
chinerv of America to remain in the
hands of men whose code is the code of
ward leaders that we have come to day
when various groups of men think moth
ing of establishing themselves in a solid
organization to talk and think as if they
were citizens of an independent state,
with interests separate and apart from
the rest of the country
Thi, is,,,+'a n1easart snec+ac,a The
.oilr,od mon are not the only ones who
t-..o I.'. ', -.o,,;aad - Gov our con+en,nIo+ior
Ta,anaao,,ar ttS,.o n.o oro rsod 70 bei,a nrderod
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aOTLt' 49, ;ns4;+,+;or of Cor,ress i+se1f ;s
a-l.'is ~ - +ho roopohorsbi, oIao+ad
Ia ~. w. ordow. of hossos Which ie resnon.
" w. az to, ~ w., r,,Iob of tbo confnsed onipior
atot atot ~, hoIns toward econon,ic rncor.
tanty IN the Oh'teo states
Congress should have been aware of
the towering problems that were certain
to follow the war. 1t wasn't. Perhaps
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