Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-11

IlBllJo huu pEA'AiOBSS AAAAy NSSOANSN
them by the constitutions of our state
and our nation. Nothing more is
needed. Our constitutions are suffici-
emit. We want nothing not assured us
by the laws and the practices of the
fathers That all this can be attained
slowly and gradually, and with the
full consent of the majority of our peo-
pie l am firmly convinced. But patti
ence is necessary. He who cries out
for justice must do no injustice. The
rights of all must be firmly maintained.
Nor can we advance by so much as a
single step beyond the thought OF that
very large majority, that practical
unanimity of feeling which makes for
us that vastest force in all the world,
public opinion. The agitator, the
propagandist, the reformer is right in
addressing himself to the people in adj
vocacy of truth, and yet in the enforce
ment of even truth upon others, under
the forms of law, he must patiently
wait until a practical unanimity of
feeling is produced among the people
he would control, for this control,
which he is so often anxious to assume
is not for him to exercise, for here the
people are themselves the source and
the executors of power. If, as has
sometimes been the case, law is pushed
in advance Of this general public APP
proval, great harm is done, and the
cause sought to be furthered is injured
beyond immediate repair. Let the peo-
pie of Washington, through their elect
ted representatives, advance too far, let
them go beyond this very general pub
lie approval, which must support all
valid law, and the cause of reform will
have received a fatal thrust in the
house of It's friends and the hopes of
humanity be thrust back for a further
period of waiting; of waiting for that
time when men shall possess the wis
dom of prudence as well as the zeal of
propagandists. Let it not be said of us
that by unwise and hasty action we
have put back the hands upon that dial
which marks the progress of man to-
ward better and brighter day. Let
us not deceive ourselves or lose our
heads in the presence of victory, we
can only put into execution and effect
such laws as will be supported by that
very large majority which will produce
that substantial unanimity of feeling
absolutely essential to the full observ-
ance of law in community where "All
political power is inherent in the peo'
pie and governments derive their just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned, and are esta blished to protect
and maintain individual rights" in
Guiding, of course, the rights of those
individuals temporarily in the minor
| ity. Let the work of education pro-
coed.
A HOME FOR EVERY FAMILY.
1t is true that there yet remains to
be stated another grand and most i'm
portant right of man. But one ques-
ton, however can be settled at time.
Other and great questions will yet be
left for decision after mans fundamen-
tai right to the earth is recovered.
Progress ceases not short of the great
white throne. Now, we who are of the
earth desire the earth. We claim our
inheritance from Nature, the common
mother of us all. A home for every
family and IL Job for every man is
our demanded For here has been
stated the fundamental and basic pro-
position upon which rests the whole
superstructure of freedom. This gain
ed, men will be able to maintain an in
| dependent existence; having foothold
upon the ground with the firm-set
earth under their feet the future will
be secure. For not only arc those bene
fitted who avail themselves of natural
opportunities to obtain living, but
the labor market being relieved of the
immense downward pressure exerted by
the unemployed, wages would nccess-
arily rise. With the rise of wages
would come increased ability to pur-
chase and a larger demand for the pro-
ducts of labor. Business would in
crease and universal commercial pros
perity result
Judge Tanner, of Washington is re-
ported as saying: "You may say and
say it forcibly as your type can express
it, that am not going to stand with