Evening journal., 1907-01-19

spond for the House Of Representatives
city father to respond for the cit,
Council the head Of a great corporation
to respond for industrial enterprises. anc
what could be more appropriate than tina.
man who in spite of various strenuous
efforts finds himself plunged into the
depths Of privote life, should be reoulree
TO respond for the ciuzen7 Such an on
am I, irretrievably classed as a mere
citizen, and have the spirit to speak N
with holiness for the class to which
belong.
Let us now venture to be plain Wit
one another Governor and senators, legls
lators and councilmen. corporations an
boards Of trade. tell you one and al
that you are merely servants. In the Las
analysis that is ell you are; you are bu
parts OF the public SERVICE and you ar
fit for your respective parts just in pro
portion as you obey your masters vii
and do your work TO his advantage and
liking This language in plain and bare
and bold, yet 1 use it not to give Of
tense but to set forth with precision your
true status. I want to be thus precise 81
that / may contrast with sharpness your
servile situation with the cit zen's truf
place in our scheme OF public affairs Ire
citizen is no servant. In the American
scheme Of life the citizen is king. In every
nation and for that matter in every hu
man society, earthly sovereignty mus
reside somewhere. In this land of our
sovereignty Is not in corporations o.
boards of trade. not in city councils o.
general assemblies. not in governors O
presidents-not in all Of them combined
Kingahip. in our land and with us. is u
the citizen. It is not only so in theory;
is also so in fact. And whatever persol
or power contests the point is boun
soner or later to be humbied in the dus
before his king.
Il have this to say In behalf Of H..
citizen in his exercise Of sovereign powe
that he makes the best king the wor
has ever known. This is far from claim
ing that we have found that the averag
citizen is perfectly fitted to hold sway
His mistakes, his imperfectlons, his cor
ruptons, his selishness and his short
sightedness are obvious enough. But with
all of his faults the American c.t'zsn a.
the best king the world has ever known
q
and are to-day a pretty bad lot. The
American citizen upon his throne rules
better, more wisely and more decenty
than any other agency which exercise
supreme and sovereign power. Under his
rule the public service has been admin.
istered by cleaner, ADLER and more patri-
otic men than elsewhere obtain. Take our
line OF presidents as an example. TIE
presidents of the United States have no
all been great men. ans they have al
been more or less criticised in their day
and generation; bus the poorest and mean
est OF them has been, in all Of the ele
ments which go to make true and nob'e
manhood. superior to the best emperor OF
king who has been on any European
throne IN the last one hundred anc
eighteen years. Those who doubt this arc
simply not Informed concerning the real
character Of the kings.
Under the sway Of the citizen the state
has been Supported most abundantly and
most cheerfully. II any charge o. thie
hoad is 10 be brought against king citizen
Il cannot be a charge Of niggardliness It
were easier to attack him on the Other
flank and to accuse him Of filling TIL
treasure house OF the State too full an
Of wasting his substance by extravs-
gance in government.
''Irnder his sway art, literature ana edu-
cation have been supported with a lber
ality never known before Hospitals and
colleges are endowed and there Is free
school for every child; and such Is his
spirit that this free school has neither
thought nor suggestion Of charity about
It, It is a free school which the pupils
proudly enter and proudly remember.
Under his sway the churches OF all Dc.
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