Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-13

and centralization as ike a game of foot ball. in which the government may be car ried this way or that way, according as it is in the hands of one side or the other. the ultimate goals being at opposite ends of the field. In nonarchies the fight for self government is often made for some particular reform without avowing the final purpose and without discussing fundamental principles. and so in repub lies those who attempt to restrict the power of the people often if not always make their fight under some mask. In this country opposition 10 the rule of the people usually takes the form of the ad vocscy Of legislation, which removes au- thority from a point near 10 the people to some point more remote from them. This tendency 10 remove authority from the locality to a center farther away may be described as centralization. If the DTtacioles UDp1 which self .-overnrsnt can deal effectively and efficiently with interstate comseTce. but 10 control inter state commerce it is not necessary that it should create corporations that can over ride state laws. The Democratic nation al platform of ls1o proposed a national remedy for the trusts entirely consistent with the preservation Of state remedies IL suggested a license System-the license to permit a corporation to do business outside of the state of its origin upon compliance with the conditions of the licensc, but the license would not permit it to do business in any other state ex- cept upon compliance with the conditions provided by the state. In other words it would De such a license as is now granted for the sale of liquor. When a federal license is issued faE the safe Of liquor it does not carry with it any i'm muuify from the laws of the state in which the license lives The same reason Ing has been applied to the insurance question and 70 all other questions which Involve remedial legislation
 NO adrocate Of cent-alization should be permitted 10 Impair tR power Of the va rlous states over business done within their borders under the pretense that ir IS necessary 10 transfer the power to the national capital and no Democrat should opposn necessary federal legislation when the powers of the several states are prop erly EsfeEuarted II is possible to pre- serve in fuu force the power of both the federal government snd The state gov eTument It is only necessary that the legitimate functt0Es of the two govern Denrs shall De clearly recognized and their spherss duly rsspsct-s have men ti0Hed only the question Cf insurance and fEe trust question. but there are many E1b7ects which involve the issue between Democracy and centrzliTarfon. Tt is mai ursl that the Deuocrztic party should advocate the election 0f senators by a di- rect vote 0f the people. for tkis reform would remove a barrier erected between the people and their representatives fu the seusts- This pr0yiEicn of the oOnztf- tEtto1 vas a compr0nliss bstUsen those who trusted the people and those Eho EIiil co1bfs1 the capacity Of ths people for self government There is TO longer reason for d0lbt and sxpsrie1ces show tkat the Czlted States senate kss become Ire b1lTarz Of corporate Eztsresta It cannot bs bro-sht into sy-pzthefic touch with -1s people until the method Of e1sc- ta11 is % changed as to Ezxs the men bsrs Of tE senate rszporszbie directly Co the peoEis
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