The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-09-28

dlif ecu utitNt uIbu hANh hAS
criticisms were based. had no
existence except in the muddled
mind of the critic. Under the
circumstances then, it would seem
o. br imprudent, with this usurper
aud critic at the helm to dispense
with the forms aud usuages of a
Congress
So grave a subject as this really
requires more serious treatment.
| have likeued This babbling of
The sycophauts of this admluis.
tratiOn about 1.-THE Issue is RuoSe
Welt at every recurring period
when voters are called upon TO
record their judgment at the bal
lot box to the cackliDg OF geese ;
but the thoughtful citizen will
perceive therein, as | have inti
mated, something to make tine
iudlciOuS grieve as well as TO
cause the uuthinking to laugh.
What would be the natural, in
elItsble consequences of this
bhud, headlong following of a
popular idol" recommended by
these shameless parasites What
would be- the upshOt of This abject
spirit of hero worship, which
they. with the fureheadS of brass,
have the assurance To commend
to the proud, high-splrited, sell
conferred, independent thinking
American peuplei \ spirit al
ways aud everywhere inlmical to
liberty. aud on that account
always and every here to be
promptly rebuked by the people,
but in a popular government con
sttuting the most deadly of per
ilNi And not only III its effects
is it the most deadly Of perilS
III republic but IN spite Of every
precautlon OF he judicious states
mau, a peril 10 which popular
governments peculiarly are prone.
No lesson is more sOlemuly en-
forced by the accOrdant judgment
OF all history than this.
Now, without regard to parti-
san considerations or personal
Partially and prejudice what is
at this present time, the most i'm
pUrtant, the most eXIgent duty
Of true patriotSf To my mind
this duty is plain enough 1t is
to elect House OF Representa-
tiyeS that will represent them,
the people aud not usurpian Tx
ecutive whose minIOns and boot
llcks tall the people that they
must bllndly follow a man who
asks and demands House OF
Representatives. that will do his
bidding and follow blindly his
lpse dixit. Will these patriots
be in a majority The first, the
cOnclusl' proof, will be furnished
10y the results of the ball0ting at
the pending election for mem bers
OF the House of Representatives
on November eth. Unless | griev.
0usly mistake the present temper
OF the great mass of American
ireemen they intend to apply the
sovereign remedy next November
All matters of difference Will
their despoilers, who so long have
lnSlduously interpoSed between
them and their government car
not be adjusted at that election.
But, | believe that the most i'm
portant One-the one put Squarely
In issue 10y the funkies of the
present administratiOn-will be
| have a belief amounting to Z
conviction that from the verdict
which will then be recorded, ht
who runs may read that thu
American people regard the Con
grees OF the United States a,
their Congress; and that the,
hold it responsible to them an(
to them alone, That upon til,
manner in which it discharge
the sacred trust by them contidet
to it, they, and they alone, ar,
to pronounce Judgment. Tha
any Judgment or judgments no
in full accord with their own ar,
"trhes light as air." and not t
be taken into account no matte
by whom given. The American
people desire their Chief Execu
tive TO cOntine himself within hi
constitutional province and au
th~rity and not to be constantly
meddling and lobbying with dis
tlnct and co ordinate department
OF their government on the insult
ing plea that unless he is thus un
constitutiOnally supreme, tina
department will prove so recrean
to its duty to its master, thu
T people, az to possibly necessitat'
the (tO his shrinking modesty
diStateful) of a reelection il
order that the spiritless aud help
less people may obtain the jus
laws that they are demanding
but which have been denied t
their ignorance and feebleness.
In short. gentlemen of thu