The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-06
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that he won't go out and sell out your
welfare to the monied interests. The
latter has always been the most popu-
lar with the great majority of the
politicians. Indirect democracy in
capitalism is just about as good for
the monied interests as is Imperialism
when it is properly set up in the favor
of and controlled by capital. When
the political machinery is owned by
the big interests they oil and direct
it in the direction they want it to
go. You put in the operators of this
political machine. That is true in
some instances, but the candidates
that you vote for are hand picked by
the big monied interests. You have
the privilege to vote for one out of
two candidates on the Republican
ticket, both put there by the machine
OF the Republican convention con-
trolled by the powers-that-be And
the same is true of the Democrat ma
chine. The only time it ever varies is
when small group of progressives
can't stand the rottenness any longer
and force in candidate in one or the
other of the two major parties or
both.
Democracy is a good word and |
have no quarrel with it as a word or
what it could be made to do under
honest, intelligent handling and as
pure democracy. But indirect democ-
racy is as pliable as putty and is
only used as word by the big in
terests for the purpose of propaganda.
And only in such terms as, 1--WE must
protect Finland with the lives of the
common man to retain world democ-
racy," or 1--WE must help England ian
nation) to squash an up
rising in India, to preserve democracy
as they India) is a heather country
and it is for the good of the people
that England is stealing their wheat
and wool that they need for food and
clothes" Even in the major problems
under indirect democracy such as war,
do you get an opportunity to decide
by vote whether or not you will go
and act as back stop for the bullets
from some machine gun? We know
that we didn't and if any one would
ask us we would tell them damn quick
that they were crazy, that we never
voted for war. But the kept press
and the lackeys of the big interests
will argue the point with you and tell
you of course you did, at the last
election you voted for it INDIRECT
LY. There might not have been any
war in sight on the horizon when you
went to the polls to vote and war per-
haps was the last thing in the world
that you would have thought of at the
time you were casting your vote. but
perhaps you did just the same because
your vote sent a man to congress that
was going to decide by his vote that
you were going to war whether you
liked it or not. He knew perhaps
when he started his campaign that
the monied interests were going to
ask him to vote yes" on a war bill
to help England to retain imperial
ism, that the people of this country
would be forced to pull the English
chestnuts out of the fire under the
guise of democracy if he voted Yes"
it is war, direct relief, WPA
or what not that is vital to the lives
or welfare of the people it lays in the
palm of the hand of those indirect
Their honesty to the people
decide your life. They decide what
percent of the worlds necessities you
shall receive. Indirect democracy
gives the powers-that-be the right to
use the word democracy" in the vilest
kind of propaganda. 1t gives the big
interests the opportunity to throw in
he face of the people at all times
md on every question, whether the
people are satisfied or not, that the
people of this country have "democ-
'acy" and it is sacred, but they (the
zig interests) don't say indirect de-
nocracy" which can be made so pill
lble that it will reach over and kiss
They just say "democ-
acy."
Amendments adopted by the last
legislature provided streamlining aids