The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-09-22
JUNIOR AUXILIARY.
Lessons for the Young in the Science
of Government.


Beginning with next Sunday, Sep
TENDER "a, the Junior Auxiliary will
meet at $50 p. m. in Richards hall,
1884 o street. After the Juniors les
son the meeting will be thrown open
to adults of both sexes, for the dis
cussion of economics, social and polit-
ical questions. Everybody cordially
invited to take an active part.
Following is the lesson for the Aux
Hilary for next Sunday. Keep your
eyes on this department for further
lessons, as they will appear from week
to week:
Government.
i. Government in the general sense
is the supreme authority OF a collec-
tivity, or body compact, whether civil,
religious, social or otherwise.
2. But in this lesson we will study
it merely from the standpoint of civil
authority except in such cases where
its functions are extended beyond
civil authority.
5. Aristotle, who was perhaps the
first philosopher who thoroughly anal
lied and classified governments, di-
vided them into three fundamental
forms, namely monarchy, aristocracy
and democracy.
A. Most writer's and political science,
even many modern writer's, have con-
tinued to accept this classification,
only some few recent writer's have at
tempted to change it.
5. But I have not been able to dis
cover that they made any improve
ment, as all, as near as 1 can discover,
continued the three form classified
ton, merely substituting new forms
in place of the old ones.
6. The classification, however, is err
roneous inasmuch as neither mon
archy nor aristocracy can be con-
sidered fundamental forms.
Z. There are but two fundamental
forms and they are autocracy and de-
mocracy, or, in other words, a self
constituted authority and a chosen
authority.
s. An aristocracy, whether mon
archial or otherwise, is invariably an
autocracy, as it is a Self-constituted
authority of the few over the many.
9. A monorachy may be autocratic
II &c.
the people of any given territory may
be forced to accept the authority of
single ruler, or they may directly or
indirectly choose such government.
10. The so-called monarchies of
Europe are not monarchies in the
strict sense of the term, as all of
them are composed of various branch
es separate from the royal executive.
IL. Most-yest, nearl all-of them
have at least one branch of the gov
eminent which is democratic, and the
powers of all the other branches are
limited. They are therefore called
limited monarchies.
-. But even the so-called absolute
monarchies-such as Russia, for ex-
ample-have various branches of gov
eminent. However all autocratic,
hence even they are not monarchial
but autocratic governments.
13. Plutocracy is a hidden govern
ment-a government underneath the
surface-a government that seems to
be one thing but in reality is some
thing altogether different. 1t is com
monty applied to the domination of
wealth.
IA theocracy is a government
supposedly instituted and directed by
Gcd. Nearly all oriental governments
| were such at one time and no doubt
| prehistoric governments everywhere
were more or less such.
We've gathered here once more
AS we have done before
| To pledge anew
| That we will ever be
| Champions of liberty,
Justice and equity,
| Faithful and true.
And while we stand and sing
Forming an endless ring
Tho only few
Clashing each others hand
! We hope to always stand
| A little Junior band -
Faithful and true.
The Reason
"Why do you call your servant girl
Dove'?"