The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-08

CNoHy CAHOOAAAB bErAD VI AuA@AASuh VAAAoA'
ship. The lessons of paternRlism ought to
be learned and the better lesson taught,
that while the people should pstriotiOally
and cheerfully support their gOvernment,itS
functions do not include the support Of tho
people.
The acceptance Of this principle leads to
refusal Of bounties and subsidies whlch
burden the labor and thrift of portion Of
our citizens, to aid ill-advised or languish-
ing enterprises, in which they have no con-
Germ. Il leads also TO challenge Of wild
and reckless pension expenditure, which
overleaps the bounds Of grateful HeCogni-
ton Of patriotic service and prostitutes to
vicious uses the peoples prompt and gener-
GUS impulses to aid those disabled in their
country's defense.
Every thoughtful American must realize
the Importance Of checking at its beginning
any tendency in public or private station to
regard frugality and economy as virtues
which we may safely outgrow. The tolera-
tion Of this idea results in the waste Of
the peoples money by their chosen
servants and encourages rrofigaCy and OK
trsvagance in the home life of our country
men.
Under our scheme Of government, waste
of public money is crime against the citi-
zen; and the contempt Of our people for
economy and frugslitY in their personal
affairs deplorsbly saps the strength and
sturdiness Of our national character.
It is a plain dictate of honesty and good
government that public expenditures should
be limited by public necessity, and that this
should be measured by the rules Of strict
economy, and il is equally clear that fru-
gality among the peoplei is the best guaranty
of oontented and strong support Of free
institutions.
One mode Of the misappropriation of
public funds is avoided when appointments
to Office instead of being the reward Of
partisan activity, are awarded to those
whose efficiency promises fair return Of
work for their compensation paid TO them.
To secure the fitness and compensation of
appointeeS to Office, and to remove from
political action the demoralizing madness
for spoils, civil service reform has found
place in our public policy and laws.
The benefits already gained through this
instrumsntality, and the further usefulness
it promises, entitle it to the hearty support
and encouragement of all who desire to see
our public service well performed, or who
hope for the elevation of political sentiment
and the publication Of political methods.
The existence Of immense aggregations
of kindred enterprises and combinations of
business interests, formed for purpose of
limiting the production and fixing
prices, is inconsistent with the fair
field which ought to be open to every
independent activity. Legitimate strife
in business should not be superseded by any
forced concession to the demands of COM
binations shat have the power to destroy,
nor should the people to be served lose the
benefit Of oheapness which usually results
from wholesale competition.
These aggregations and combinations fre-
quently constitute oonspirscies against the
interests of the people, and in all their
phases they are unnatural and opposed TO
our American sense Of fairness. To the ex-
tent that they can be reached and restrained
by federal power, the general government
should relieve our citizens from their inter
ference and eXsctions.
Loyalty to the principles upon which our
government rests positively demands that
the equality before the law which it guar
antees TO every citizen should be justly and
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