EDITORIAL COMMENT
Editorials by B. O. Flower-The Blight of Wall-Street High Finance-The Proposed Tax on
Wall-Street Gambling-Great Gamblers Who Play with Stacked Cards-The Nation-Wide Blight
of America's Monte Carlo-Wall-Street Gambling Worse Than That of the Louisiana Lottery-
How Wall Street Imperils the Legitimate Business of the Nation-The New York World on
Taxing the Gamblers-The Federal Constitution and the Maintenance of Popular Government
The Church and the Social Problems of the Hour-Justice Brewer on the Initiative and Ref-
erendum as a Safeguard Against Despotism and Mob-Rule-The Plunder of the Postal Depart-
ment by the Railways, Our Greatest National Scandal-The Pitiable Plight of the Treasury
Department, with No Statesman at Its Head in the Hour of National Peril-How Crafty Mr.
Cortelyou was Caught in the Act-Mr. Watson's Exposure of the Confiscatory Plea of the Rail-
ways-Mr. Bryan and the Corporation-Owned Press-Mr. Langdon on the Present Struggle
Between Democracy and Graft-Finland's Radical Prohibition Legislation-The Case of Bernarr
Macfadden-A Protest Against Corporal Punishment-Progressive Farmers, Editorial by George
H. Shibley-Initiative and Referendum News, by Ralph Albertson-The Southern Pacific Turn-
Down-A. F. of L. for Direct-Legislation-For Michigan's Constitution-A Connecticut Ref-
erendum-The Wilmington League Active-Progress of People's Rule in Oregon-Mr. Hobson
on Switzerland-New Jersey Takes a Step-A Corporation Invokes the Referendum-Reform
Progress for Arkansas-Miscellaneous Items-Public-Ownership News, by Bruno Beckhard-
Union of Canadian Municipalities-League of American Municipalities-Municipal Markets-
Municipal Land Owning-Swedish Cities-Postal Reform-Toronto, Canada-Mobile, Ala-
bama-Pasadena, California-Salt Lake City, Utah-Berlin's Gas Works-New York's Ferries-
Scranton, Pennsylvania-Seattle, Washington-A Departmental Departure-Denver, Colo-
rado-Ashland, Wisconsin-Dubuque's "Failure"-Proportional Representation News, by
Robert Tyson-The Oregon Initiative-The French Situation-Austria-Germany-Aus-
tralia-News of Industrial Coöperation, by Hazel Hammond Albertson-Sargent, Minnesota-
Aurelia, Iowa-A Coöperating Family-Richards, Iowa-Cincinnati Tobacco Factory-Selma,
California-Charles City, Iowa-Coöperative University Courses-Attleboro Jewelry Association
-Superior Stevedore Association-Coöperative Amusement-Cornell Society-Persian Coöper-
ative Association-An English Garden City-Sydney, Australia,....
Editorials by B. O. Flower-John Graham Brooks on the Renaissance of Democracy_and
Civic Righteousness in the Far West-One of the Foremost Sociological Authorities on Root
Causes of Civic Corruption and the Overthrow of Representative Government-Master Sources
of Corruption of Government and Plunder of the People-Typical Examples of the Corruption
of Government and Enslavement of Industry by Corporate Wealth-Why the People Have So
Long Borne with the Egyptian Taskmasters-How the People Fare under Private Ownership
of Public Utilities-The Substitution of Government by Corporations for Popular Rule-Direct-
Legislation Renders Possible a Truly Representative Government-San Francisco Leads the Way
-How the "Interests" Tried to Defeat Mr. Langdon, and Labor Elected Him-The Great
Importance to the Nation at Large of San Francisco's Battle-The Passing of Gerald Massey, the
Veteran Bard of Freedom-The Popular Reaction Against Extreme Centralization-The Menace
to Republican Government from Autocratic Arrogation of Power and Ultra-Centralization-
A Democratic Method of Restoring the Government to the People-The Unrepublican, Reac-
tionary and Autocratic Method of Dealing with Admitted Abuses-The Hamiltonian Reaction-
ary Centralizing Movement Would Make the Plutocracy Invincible-The Awakening of the
People Promises a Democratic Republican Renaissance-A Great American Daily on the Renais-
sance of Popular Sovereignty-Republican Presidential Possibilities and What They Repre-
sent-The Treasury Department, Wall-Street Banking Interests and the People-Selecting a
Representative of a Privileged Class to Guard the People's Interests from the Aggressions of
That Class-The Selection of the Most Popular Wall-Street Campaign Collector to Head the
Treasury Department-Professor Parsons Exposes the Latest National Treasury Scandal-
The Hebrew Mayor of Rome-Initiative and Referendum News, by Ralph Albertson-Oregon
Aroused-Oklahoma in Congress-Michigan Constitutional Convention-The Newark Ref-
erendums-In Ohio-San Francisco in Line-Notes-Proportional Representation News, by
Robert Tyson-Officers of the League-New Cuban Electoral Law-Work in Michigan-
Summary of Recent Progress-Australian News-Notes-Public-Ownership News, by Bruno