The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05

! winch NC handle curse Yes 'u inc
present, and each Of as con hest.
show his devotion to his own state.
nv making evident his paramount De
votion to that Union which includes.
an rho states The study of the
great deeds Of Tho past rs of chief.
avail In SO Tar as a. II incites us TO-.
grapple resolutely and effectively
with tho problems Of tho present
/ We are now menaccd by foreign war.
Our Union is firmly established BuJ
each generation has its special and
serious difficulties, and we OF This
generation have to struggle with the
evils springing from the very ma
terial success ot~'which ,SS''j aAt-- Be-
proud from the very growth and
prosperity Of which, with Justice va
boast The extraordinary Industrial
changes of the past century have
produced totally new see OF condi-
lions, under which new evils flour.
ish; and for these new evils new
remedies must be devised
Some of these evils can be crap
pied 18th by private effort only; ror
We narer can afford TO forget that
in the last analysis tho chief factor
in personal success and indeed in
national greatness, must he the stur-
dy, self-reiant character of the in
diyidual citizen. But many Of these
evils are Of such n nature that no
private effort can avail against them
These evils, therefore must be Crap
pied with by governmental action
In some cases this governmental ac-
ton must he exercised by the several
States individually, In yet others
it has become increasingly evident
that no efficient State action is pos
sible, and that we need thru EXocu-
tive action, thru legislation, and
thru judicial Interpretation and con-
structiou Of law, to increase the pow
err Of the Federal Government
If we fail thus TO increase it, we
show our impotence and leave at the
mercy of those ingenious legal advls-
ers af the holders of vast cooperate
} wealth, who, in the performance of
what they regard as their duty and
to serve the ends of their clients,
; invoke the law at one time for the
confounding Of their rivals, and at
another time strive for the nulifica-
, ton of the law. in order that they
, themselves may be left free to work
their unbridled will on these same
, rivals, o. OIL those who labor for
them, or on the general public. In
!, the exercise OF their profession and
] In the service Of their clients these
= astute lawyers strive to prevent the
p passage Of efficient laws and strive
/ to secure judicial determination oil
those that pass which shall emascu.
/, late them. They 40 rot invoke the
+ Constitution in order to compel the
: due Observance Of law alike by rich
= and poor, by great and small on the
: contrary, they are ceaselesly on the
: watch to cry out that the Constitu
, ton is violated whenever any effor
+ is made to invoke the aid Of the Ma
e tional Government. whether for tho
2 efficient regulation Of railroads, fol
| the efficient supervision Of g,cd. cor
+, porations, or for efficiently securing
e obedience to such law as the ia
A tional eight-hour law and similar so
/ called labor statues
= The doctrine they preach woulC
make the Constitution merely The
= shield of incompetence aud the ex
/ cuse for government paralysis
J. they treat it as a justification To-
S refusing to attempt the remedy .
q evil. instead Of as the source OF vita