The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-02

1922 is preciselt the same -, The
issue upon which the procressives
| 90 Wisconsin n the ninetee gained
the support Of the people and later
carried tlcir pr0Eraumc--like q
flaminb torcA--to the other states
| OF the union.
'.hc issue IS simply the old a.
vision between those public men
and classes OF citizens who would
preserve equal opportunity and IN
dividual freedom under the ccnstltp-
| tion for the masses Of the people
an dthose who would pervert the
government and dse the taxing
power. the tariff system. federal
regu''ti, OF railroad ta.os ald the
natural resources OF the country to
enrich certain favored .torests.
RCaCtionary Game Plain.
mo man OF ordinary Intelligence
can st 'dy the campaigns being
wagcd In different sections of the
country without recognizing the
game OF the reactiouary .orccs
with d.aL~Ical cunning the re-
actiOnarios cndeavur to hide their
real purposes from the public view.
II would not do. II g.C'us, TO az
their case suuarcly 10 the people.
Wherever possible wr-0 part!cu-
larly reactiouai too q, the special
interests must defend particularly
obnoxious record before hia conr'i-
tuents the powerful forces behind
him obtain a j. ter OF endorsement
from rm7 pscudo-prosressive at
Washington who Is willing to prostl-
tute himself for that purpose. This
subterfuge was unsuccesstully tried
in Illinois and Iowa, and It Is being
tried now in Michi an. 1t Will a.s-
fail there.
But the chief reliance OF the rc.
act aries is the cry Of 'radicalsn
raised against every pr. gre I'VE
candidate who by his record IN pub
lie life has demonstrated that no
cannct be bought, intimiduted OF
cajolcd.
In Iowa the reactlonaries fought
Colonel Brookhart as a radical lie
urged the repeal Of the Esch-cum-
mi. law lust as he opposed its en-
actment in 1920. lie declared ior
an excess profits tax TO ay for
soldier bonus and championed Ice
speech, free press and free assem-
hlage and other fundamcutaly
democratic principles which, up un-
I'll the present decade, had ne. ,r
been seriously questioned In Amcri-
ca. Yes, they called Colonel Brook
hart "A radical but he won over the
forces OF reaction which are VI
i'm forth Dakota in a frantic eff
fort TO save the political me OF
Senator Porter j. McCumber, cNS r.
man Of tho senate finance commit
tee. who is undertaking to 'iend
the present iniquitous tariff bin.
Denounced as Radicals.
"McCumber's opponents are bcing
as radicals His friends
are pointing to him as the eXemplar
OF conservative statemanship. Ills
are attacking his woe Tor
the Esch- -Cummius law I'D FOR
they are f."dinS
fault with his efforts 20 shift the
tax burden from large TO small m
comes. That is the measure OF
their 'radlcalism.'
In Massachusetts,, In Michigan,
IN Minnesota-w wherever senator
who has faithfully served the spe-
,ial interests must face an out
ragged people this year-his reco
for connivance in the milking of lie
public through railroad rate guar"
mites, monopoly tariff rates and re-
peal OF taxes on swollen profits ana
Incomes is defended, and hls op-
ponents are pilloried as radicals
seeking the disruption = the gov
ernmcnt
But the real Issues OF 1922 can
not be downed at the whim of re-
dictionary candidates to whom they
nave become embarrassing. Upon
.hese issues. wherever they are hon
,stly and fairly presented TO the
American people, progressive ANIL
iates Of the farmer, the worker, the
legitimate business man and tho
great mass of consumers, will be
.rInmphantlY eleCted 70 office"