The Republican journal., 1903-08-20
-r,sT,s sEMI-cENTENNIAL.
.r,>l,ED FROM PAGE TWO.

~
;s to treat our government,
lifpIiiIr tbe constitution, as something
-s'ld'I ipfallible for all time, never
.tea ' IA change, and that any sugges-
lls Shange of form or new inter
d o. 70 suit new conditions is look
~, As almost reasonable.
aF0Ih NE spirit of sociological inquiry
81, ,medifying this conception of the
~ al purpose of government. The
.'.F IN 5ecoming real to our practical
and action that people do not
'as he government, but the govern
.y,sts for the people. AS was said
o. ,-,mers of our constitution, but
!.F real to the practical thinking
..t1ay government is created by
'. '[n,p and for their service. 1t is
r he expression of the collective
a2 .ut of the people as to how they
Z .grn to live in relation to others
Y. !. y, The good of all be served. 1t is
' IMITATION of the composite con-
els' Of the people who institute it
GU ,,nnosp it in order to make it more
,,@ in carrying out what ought to
os defining their duties and rela-
CIV t nTrescribing how far the liberty of
u ,5,dual must be restricted for
5t of society as a whole. The
the law does not act in his in
Y, capacity, nor has he the slight
...rrspt to use his official position
w. AVN advantage or his particular
u, ,s friends. He is the agent of
ME and the laws and ordinances
.or.orate organization only de-
.r4 peoples will and guide him to
,,rs-5re, when a city is incorporat-
=. not a mere act of legislation,
~, m reality a formulation of a
a., ,v,tpm of living together in a
..r- community. 1t simply organ
-ai.t Was already in existence, the
.r.-oi relational life, and it should
to change in accord with new
Inns and progressive thought.
~ tndamental idea of the real
....t tne corporate organization of
~r.aitv as fast as it becomes prac-
=. -9e thought of people is effect
NJ ming conditions of life
.vn-iuc civilization along the
ruanent improvement. Fifty
-.u now the buying up of a city
reckless and indiScriminate
.r1 Of valuable franchises to
donations and appointment
.n the sole qualification of a
- rul will be an impossibility.
-... the common sense of the
,.. Iu must became the fact. Upon
.Jen spirit of inquiry is
aIs is the mission of the
OF science, sociology, which
dressing itself upon society
o. ployement of private indl-
the lettering OF domestic
ulucatiou. industrial order,
rauent, Improvement of the
-..-e and awakening the higher
Unu motives.
...mg more practically real the
-. very individual adds to the
tl character of the commu-
Inc mars and distigures ac-
rgte las connections, his conluct
ar Thus the obligations to the
r tp are being forced into the
... ii every individual soul, de
avg NJ, serious attention, giving
M color to his thoughts, his
u4d ms purposes, which are OF
.nani to the people as a whole,
.4l--ral, mental, and moral vel
safety and happiness. This
.- earv bedrock of strength upon
uiicipal life must rest if it
prosper.
.t4a + we may no more fittingly
a. tAis semi-centennial anniver-
go. pay a finer tribute to the past,
ecognition of this rich herl-
INFLATED wisdom wrought out
Htuful men and women and
r-sej to us, and be inspired to
Lest thought and life energies
I'd. rs nigh ideals issue into prac-
.ay i'll the half-century that is
wing.
ag destined end and way
.st that each tomorrow
nj further than to-day"