Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-02

as representative. as last as, they. be-
ecomeA due?n IN the two Years during
which Colonel Dom Ochiitree Win adorn
the south wing. of the Capitol his SALARY
az a9d allowances would pay nearlyOthe
The question i one 81 great at'' impor-
lance Ito the eloqieht gentleman from
Texas, and of lconsi derable'iIintefest to
the public generally---N,K Saa.oI
~. .-rela eT7 z->T.ss- F7H-rT .sk l,trss
Reform Must lust Commence At the Head.
l,la Some ofer friends are disturbed by
our. disclosures of the,menstrous genor-
mites in the consolidation of power in
the hands Of The President, But we
lssay. that there should be no disguises
IN matters of moment deeply Affecting
the most sacred rights oflithe people.
That the President has become "a mon
arch of vast powers, has been proven. is
undeniable. It IS said. however. that
the people have become lhabituated to
| this uene-man ,power---this nionarchy;
and that reformia this regardisimprac-
ticable. Never despair, of the Republic
is our motto. The people are right,
and win set'thfngs right when they have
q chances. isl,Ri Tfs112 r'ot.1s'i 'as''
., But remember. Nv ASKING on is not,the
place for ,reforms 70 start, O, The Capital
! ifourishes best on high. salaries, exalted
honors, and prihcely ernoluments. Here
everything is 1naer the surveillance of
power Reforms must start among The
people, in, the !. States, They aretour
masters a yet, though, they may be so but
rev years 70 come ,:s Let Lett the l good and
gethera communicate-with each otl1erin
the different State Legislatures, and
start the ball among the people. 81 It,will
p5.alt is argued, that the literature Of the
country. the schoollbo books, and 'eatly
training of the people arei in favor6f
bs Ssos ss So the fs ira nsof
tApubiitaR gosefnment. The war Of the
Revolution twas fought against mon
archn jThe, pcopleraFe against il. 1.-THE
Literature of,l,the sieountry rand early
training Of the people have been against
IT The people have not been AWARE
have Hot As'tet realized the fact that q
dangsronsJ and eovershadowing mon
arch has been growing'itp, here to'de-
stroy the States and enslave thepeople.
When they come to a due sense of this,
popular comm otionS will wake up the
country like the shock of an earthquake.
Our people are in favor of free Gov
ernment,71 And they believe that free
government is, a government of the
pe6pie-a democratic representative re-
,public.'s And when they find out that
the PRESIDENT has become a monarch Of
vast powers, they will depose him. and
make the, Executive branch of the Gov
ernIhent Representative as, well as the
1egislative and judicial.
4 The vital principle of n republic is
that misrepresentation And as a sim
gle, ruler, although electiveyby the peoI
| PIE, is actually monarch, he is.as Ncer-
and capidityia are certain tt reign in the
human slleartl .phe people. should Be
re- resented i'm the Bkecutive bfanchas
well as in the legislative and iadiciaia
| Representation by an Executive Cellp-
oil OF three; five. seven or nine, tax en-,
from distinct and different Sections OF
the sceuntry,, wolIld be- sufficient ifThisl
Would liheralize our Governments, maj es
llt republican in form, and do away with
| kitchen cabinets, rings. bosses and ire,
! sponsible tcabals . Behind the throne,
| greater than , the throne itseff:"q TIE
members of the Il Executive Courcilt
| should be co-ordinates-equaiin author
| ity, and decide all questions by a vote of
a, majority, of which public recordh
| should be kept. us.,,. ..,, 4,,8usn n! a
The a-gument OF the monarchist. is.
I that one man must govern 'er ,aecsss;-
! tate. Two or more would differ would
| quarrel. and 7wouldi never agreesabout'
anything. Therefore, the. world musts
| ever be governed by, the one man, pow-
| err. If this were true, then the Ie9isla- /,
tive branch, land also tlie'D jtidiciaf
branch, should be governed by one man
The principle is the same in either rass.l
If difference of opinion, can be read.,
lily settled by vote Of the majority in
the one branch. It can be equally SO in
teitherslofa the Others 8 Congress has its
ildittepeDcess and semetimes boistero,is
Yrangles, butt readily settles all dq,es-.
] tons by a vote under their rules. The
Judges of the Supreme Court have their
ldiaerencesf0f opinion, but;S after con-
/ slIltation. settles' them all with dignity
and deccrum By a vote of the majorI'
.ltys And 70 say, that J. an n Executive
Spuncil cou' not DO the same would be
absurd arid fallacioiis. The history of
the world isagainst The argument Of the !
! monarehistsaoA AM the republics Of the
ancient world had o,pluraI executives
teonsuis 70 adniihiyter The , eseeutiye
4 power And Switzerland, the model
jEpepublic gofdtfIe n1odern world. has 4
4 Chief Executive Council of seven, which
has successfully admi nistered' their ex-.
ecirtive power for over i've hundred and
Y seventy years: The " executive power
tin Great inshas! Been ii reality ADJ
ministeEedy and nostssfficiently BIZ the
oantns ministry, composed lofotweiies
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