Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-05-01 | Page 8 | Throw m out!

Throw 1 Them hem em Out What Colonel Roosevelt said or thinks of Barnes is of small moment to the people What Barnes ma may gain or lose through forcing an action for libel is of even less importance Yet the hearing of the case at Syracuse is of more importance to Americans Ameri Ameri- Americans cans than any event of recent years It makes clear that there e exists in the United States a large class chiefly of the wealthy the powerful the corporation heads and the political leaders who do not believe the people are competent competent competent compe compe- tent to govern themselves Anyone none spending even a month In Washington will discover that this thi belief is is deeply rooted among certain statesmen Baer of the Reading railroad and others have expressed the thc belief clearly The belief being sincere and deep the logical sequence is clear If the people are unfit to govern themselves those thoM who hold such belief naturally consider themselves the capable ones and the anointed who shall rule It is up to the people of the United States States' to prove themselves capable of self government and the first step should be the elimination of the self appointed gov gOY