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The Commoner.
VOLUME "'NUMBER 1
whip by tho city of Chicago by a
majority of 142,000 as against 28,000.
In April, 1004, thoy doclarod for tho
adoption of tlio Muollor law, which la
u law enabling clticB of tho state to
own strcot car systonis, by a voto of
122,000 to 50,000. Again In April, 1905,
thoy declared emphatically against
tho extension of the franchises to
tho present companies by a voto of
152,000' to 50,000. At tho same time
thoy oloctod a mayor upon a platform
which declared for municipal owner
ship at tho earliest possible date. And
yot, although this olection occurred in
April, 1005, tho will of tho pcoplo is
still sot at (lofliinco by tho tremon
dous Influences that aro behind these
traction companies and othor utility
corporations.
. "Tho companies, which procured the
passage of tho infamous Allen and
Ilumphroy bills by wholesale bribery
nnd corruption, aro still exerting their
malign influences against the carry
ing out of tho will of tho people. By
lufluoncos known only to themselves,
thoy have succeeded in getting almost
two-thirds of the city council to voto
in contempt and defiance of tho pub
lic dcinund.
"Tho commlttoo on local transpor
tation, backed up by almost two
UiJnJtf of tlio city council, havo boon
Induatrloualy ongugod for tho past
two or thrco months in framing ordi
nances oxtondlng tho franchises of
tho present companies for tho next
twenty yours. Tho alderman who aro
ongagod In this work seem to havo
behind thorn all tho capitalistic influ
onco of tho city. Thoy havo amassed
bohind thorn nearly all tho newspa
pers of tho city, and all tho influences
of banking and financial circles. Their
loadors in tho council aro the wol
como guosts of tho swell clubs of tho
city and every influence that com
bined and intrenchbd capital can
oxort is boing vigorously asserted
against tho carrying out of tho will
of the peoplo.
"In response to tho popular man
dalo I havo sent messago after mes
sugo to tho city council, calling its
attention o tho voto of tho people
and asking it to give heed to the
popular voico as oxpressod at tho
polls. All such messages have been
treated with contumely and "disdain.
JBlo Chicago papers, I might say, havo
a standing headline, which becomes
usoful every Tuesday morning after
tho council meeting of Monday night.
It roads in big, black lottors: 'The
Mayor Snubbed Again."
I npproclato now, as I appreciated
when I became a candidate for mayor,
tho tremendous opposition that would
bo exerted in tho city of Chicago
against tho municipalization of tho
street cars of that city.
The public utility cornorations nf
Chicago, including tho traction com
panies, tho tunnel companies, the gas
companies, tho electric light com
panies, and tho tolophono companies
of tho city aro stocked and hnnfinri fm
jlgout $395,000,000, $170,000,000 of this
ixouiQiyu"UB uBtiruguio uomg bonus,
tho remaining $225,000,000 being
stocks.! Thero aro 2,000,000 peoplo in
the cltlY of Chicago. Dividing this
$225,000.000 worth of stocks among
these tVo million people would give
$112.50 worth of stock to each man,
woman (ud child in tho city. If this
same proportion wore carried out
among two SO.000,000 of the United
States, thre would be at least $9,
000,0tiO000, worth of stocks now held
by stocKhQUers of public utility cor
porations hl tho United States. If
this movement winsas it will win
in tho city of Chicago, it will win
throughout tho United States, and
that moans tho extinguishment of this
$9,000,000,000 worth of stocks from
tho stock markets of this country.
"Is It to bo wondered at that tho
traction companies and other public
utility corporations would meet in
convention, as they recently did in
Philadelphia, and pledge themselves
to oppose with all the forces at their
disposal tho spread of the municipal
ownership sentiment throughout tho
United States?
"Is it to be wondered at that, after
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three tremendous public votes in the
city of Chicago, wo And these power
ful and malign influences still exert
ing themselves in every possible way
to prevent the realization of the peo
ple's demand in this city? Every in
dividual and corporation In the United
States holding stock or watered secur
ities in the traction companies, in the
gas companies, In the electric light
companies, and in the telephone com
panies and other public utility cor
porations is interested in making this
a life and death struggle in Chicago
for the preservation of their properties."
Editorials by Commoner Readers
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J. W. Walker, Atchison, Kans. I
enclose you a draft for $3 for three
new subscribers and two renewals. I
do not know how I could spend the
above amount for a better cause, as
I am making the subscribers a Christ
mas gift, except tho renewal to my
self. The parties I am sending them
to are all republicans and if there
over was a time when democratic
principles are needed it is now. I
wish The Commoner would reply to
Henry Walterson's interview in Wash
ington a short time ago in which he
alludes to a northern, southern, east
ern and a western democracy to get
together. There is only one democ
racy and that Ib the true and honest
kind, which has no limitations either
in extent or location in our country
and no one man In no one section of
our country has any license of- any
other soctions in regard to its
offlcacy or application. I wish The
Commoner would ask the people of
our country this question who are
so loud in their praise of Presi
dent Roosevelt: Why is it that
in all his time in office as police
commissioner in New York, assistant
secretary of the navy, governor of New
York, vice president, colonel in the
army and president of the United
States that in all these years of ser
vice and in the head council of his
party that ho never before until re
cently found any fault or condemned
Matt Quay's famous machine in Penn
sylvania, Mark Hanna's famous raid
of 1896 and 1900, the George Cox ma
chine in Cincinnati and many others
we could mention? Had it not been for
those powers and forces at tho time
when McKinley, Hobart and Roose
velt's election hung In tho balance they
would never have landed in the White
House. In my humble opinion few
great political leaders are any greater
timu uic organization that creates
them. Mr. Roosevelt hum in iQff
to the people of his country a day or
two before the last election, "If the
charges of Judge Parker were true
then Mr. Cortelyou and myself are
two of the most infamous men In the
country." I for one am willing to
take him at his own word and sub
mit the recent evidence disclosed in
the life insurance investigations in
h 1, the pePle- pbc sen
timent that forces a public official to
the right is a good thing, but the high-
vtL dSalAto d, right bGcause is
right and the only way there is for
an honest official to follow.
H. W. "Rnrcrov TWinif -cit. t
havo been in active service during
i r?IBUi tixcent tne last elec
tion in Ohio had no voto. But I
contemplate making this my home for
some time so Test assured that my
efforts and Influence -shall bo given In
wa f f0;?emDcratic Principled We
nrl n 1896 and 1900' but ly events
prove we were right. "Restore con
fldence was the great campaign cr?
Revelations of recent date are show
iaJl8 ?? blst ''conndenTe
Ha Tn, ' ; U, 1U i,my- l aa't be
lieve the American people so stunld
ns to allow the same band of sharks
?u,r?rat, ,th,f r game- l street
an,d ts J11, ,n?s have,, made their
millions, but the working man's
credit is eaten up in one month
if thrown out of employment, or in
other words, the American people
are only four weeks from the "soup
houses." In the last four years I
have travelled considerable in nine
states, and the conditions aro about
the same everywhere. It is true that
the laborer has -had plenty of work,
(so did the slave,) but his returns
have not kept on far with the in
creased price of living and common
sense should convince any fair-minded
person that the millions fleeced from
the pockets of the people as proven
oy i nomas w. bawson, represents
their profit produced by their labor
and the plunder Wall street has se
cured is the direct fruits of the pro
tection given them by the republican
party. Even the men who have con
tributed thousands to the republican
campaign fund are today confessed
criminals, but we don't see any of
them behind prison bars. President
Roosevelt has struck a few popular
chords by advocating democratic prin
ciples, but it is a ten to one shot
that his string will break before ho
reaches the code. I enclose primary
pledge and wish The Commoner con
tinued success in its efforts.
Thomas F. Monahan, Washington,
C- The political, economic and
social evils that menace not only the
perpetuity of free institutions but
the progress of civilization itself, can
not be abolished unless the people
who are the repositories of ultimate
political power, learn first the cause
of and then the remedy for these
evils. Tho mno fin,, p i ...
lleged few Is stronger than the arm
of the whole people, because the
former know how to use their power
while the latter do not.. It is not the
trusts, nor mononolies. Tinr nm.nm.n-
tions, nor capital, nor national banks
nor unjust taxation, that really rob
and oppress the people, it is their own
economic ignorance. It is this ignor
ance that causes political division and
discord among those who are in full
accord in ultimate purpose. Every
voter in the country is conscious of
some great wrong In the distribution
or wealth and power but as to the
cause and the remedy there is con
lan,d confusion. To bring into
political unity those who feel the
wrong, but who do. not apprehend the
real cause, and. the trua remedy, Is the
important work of every person, who
would improve the condition of the
people and elevate humanity from its
SK'jf? ,To brlnS about this
:;;Xa:1 Z:lllT l P,urPse, we must
a wvn X l-""ueuL un,a Promote discus
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