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" FwsTWp-'rrfn-'-vtrv -i ?? If" "riwir-r- jwjrwTTJ",ww' hrwim "'t T' - The Commoner. 11 SEPTEMBER IS, 1910 il the They People Rule Why Don't Get What They Want? D. L. Thompson, Tacoma, Wash. It is their own fault that they do not rule. They possess the power. The majority, however, support the "rob ber tariff" and have deliberately kept the republican party in control tL -so many yeaTS. The majority turned down that great democrat, Tom L. Johnson, protected the graft ers of San Francisco, and threw down THE COMMONER'S Clubbing List the bravo man who undertook to purify San Francisco politics. Tho majority elected Taft to office, and it gets just what it wants. John James, Wintorsot, Iowa. Eternal vigilanco is tho price of lib erty. Wo have lost our rights as freemen through lack of vigilanco. Get busy and win it back in 1912. J. H. Redington, Redington, Ariz. Because they aro subject to bo many restrictions and checks. There aro only two parties to chooso from, and both are open to graft, from a petty justice of tho peace to a United States senator. protatlon of tho constitution which, as history records, was framed as a compromise with tho aristocrats who wore loyal to tho British crown and who strongly objected to the pooplo ruling themselves. So they provided for tho American house of lords, elected in Wall Street and ratified by tho differont stnto legislatures. Tho only way they can rule is by abolish ing tho United States senato and electing tho president and the fed oral judges by direct vote, togethor with tho adoption of tho initiative and referendum and recall and tho abolition of the present despotic mil itary laws. tho conscienco which shall look upon tho public grafter as a moro danger ous enemy to public safety than any other class of criminals. 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B. Coe, Wyandot, Okla. Bo cause the federal courts of this coun try have deprived the people of legis lation that was enacted for tho bene fit of tho common people. Review tho actions of the' federal courts for tho last twenty years and see what they have 'done. Note particularly the decisions on two-cent faro and guaranteed banks. Robert M. McKee, Greenville, Tenn. Senator Owen's inquiry, with its point blank pertinence, pierces deeply into general public conditions. A comprehensive answer, briefly stated, would run something like the sententlousness of the question itself, viz., The people don't dutifully see to the running of tho machine. Prank Carroll, Crelghton, Nob. They do not rulo for tho samo reason that made P. T. Barnum say that tho Americans, moro than any other peo ple on earth, love to bo humbugged. Arthur Callaghan, Northwestern, Calif. Because a largo number "of voters take very littlo interest in their government. Joe Buio, Illllsboro, Texas. Tho reason tho people do not get what they want is on account of tho greed, graft and trusts. J. W. Whitney, Malvern, Kan. Tho very fact that tho people do not got what they want Is proof Hufllclont that they do not rulo. Tho impor tant thing is to find somo way where by tho pooplo may rulo. In tho first placo they must bo in corn pi o to con trol of their government, and to ac complish this wo must elect United States senators by direct voto, also federal judges and postmasters. Wo must havo tho lnitlntlvo and rofor ondum and tho right of recall; then in my opinion tho pcoplo will got what they want. Ralph Rogers, Veronia, Oro. Ono word answers tho question. It is ignorance. Russell F. Collins, Spokane, Wash. Because tho special interests havo volunteered to bear tho expense of elections and the people have con sented. Tho peoplo's money alono Bhould defray tho expenses of nom inations and elections. Tho remedy lies in an aroused public conscience Virgil L. Ponland, Orango, Calif. They do not rulo and nover will rulo if tho tendency to concentrate tho wealth of this country into a few handB is to bo continued. Tho peo plo's government has drifted away from thorn moro rapidly during tho last twolvo years than at any other time in tho history of this country. There has never been a p6r!od in tho history of our country when tho need or a true jouorsonian party was greater than it is today. Jules LaForost, Thlbodaux, La. As a matter of fact tho pcoplo do not rulo, and they do not rulo because this Is a purely representative gov ernment and population has in creased to a point whore tho nat ural law of self-preservation make it impossible for representative to bo honest. As conditions now are the pcoplo themselves havo no power to enact any law, nor under any clr- William C. Findlcy, Butler, Ponn. .because uiey imica iu mu wicu songs of officeholders and politicians. If the people did their own thinking they could easily discriminate; and having done so, they would vote for their own interests. Jesse T. Brillhart, Omaha, Neb. The people do not rule since wo havo had a packed supreme court and an American house of lords (senate) and they never will until we elect the supreme court judges, the presi dent and tho senato by direct vote of the people and make our national law-makers more responsivo to need ed reforms. La Follette's Fight for Better Railroad Rates J. Granville Heaps, Streat, Md. Tho people do not rule because they do not want to rule; or wo might say, because it is impossible for a master to be less learned than his servants and still remain the master. Wo have a majority of dollared voters, i. e., men who do not vote for principle but who are Influenced by someone who has selfish motives. Levi Cochran, Eflle, Minn. Be cause the trusts rule, and until the people change their way of voting, they never will rulo. L. L. Kantz, Fayetteville, Ark. Tho people don't get what they want. First, because the powerful Interests of the country are controlled by the men who do not beliovo in democ racy at all, and they could never be brought to trust the plain people, of whom this nation is mostly composed. H. K. Stephens, Winslow, W. Va. Because the masses aro divided. That gives the trusts a chance to bribe enough of the people to control this government. If the people ever do rule they will have to como together and vote for men who stand for tho public interests. L. J. Raymond, Jackson, Miss. They never did rule and they never can rule under the present inter- Based on a correct physical valuation of the actual property of tho rail road corporations, rather than tho prcsont oasis of watered stocks and bonds, has forced tho attention of tho thinking voters of tho United States to the Importance of this problem. 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