Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-18
CONTROL BY THE
GOVERNMENT
Knox Graduate Defines Necessity OF Federal Supervision Able Grafton
Takes Slap Officials at Washington Whose Hands Are lied by the
Corporations


Of Robert Mather, who throughout
his address supported the trusts and
the capitalistlc interests. Mr. Glis-
son handled his ubject. Hamilton
ian Principles in Federal Supremacy"
in an able manner, portion of which !
is published below:
ITO students of history, the evolu-
tlUn of popular government is famil-
lar. The Capitalization of the Ro-
man, the popular assemblies of the
German. the Patriarchial rule of the
Saxon, blending onto one compact
whole, gave the world the English
monarchy. 1t is not surprising, that
springing from a nation builded on
the blended principles of countless
centuries, America should separate
herself from the mother country and
establish a democratic form of gov
ernment.
"At the close of the revolution
two mighty forces struggled for SUI
premacy. Individualism combatted
nationalism. The climax OF lndivld-
uallsm Is reached in the articles of
confederation. They embodied
government that could not govern,
"a congress that could legislate but
not enforce, nation without nation
ality. Here was great people,
bound together by single cord
that Of common blood! Time has
demonstrated beyond dispute that
true nationality can never exist with
out the cooperation OF sovereign
people, laboring toward a common
end, under the guiding power of
wise and stable constitution. In IT'S
America looked out on future
darkness, illuminated only by light
ming flashes of anarchy.
Power Usurped.
Foolish passions ruled assem-
blies; reckless power was usurped by
the states, anarchistic tendencies
gathered power, nothing was secure.
Despised at home and ridiculei
abroad, the federacy was tottering
to its fall. Out of the hearts of a
stricken people. above the clamor OF
the crowd, came the cry, Give us
order, despotism Is better than an
archy." II was the crisis of our his.
tory! A critical moment in a ma
tion's affairs, brings out the genius
of the hour. Jefferson, Madison, and
John Adams may have been more
popular, but Alexander Hamilton,
the unfiinchlng, and uanswerable
champion OF nationalism, was the
centripetal force of the hour. In
the convention called at Philadelphia
In 1878, he laid deep the foundations
! OF democracy. Marshalling to the
view of his contemporaries, the eX-
ample of ancient democracies, ne
proved that a government directly
by the people, and directly OF the
people, could not endure. BY MS
matchless power of convincing he
turned a federal minority into con-
stitutlonal majority. and a govern
ment cognizant of conditions, repu-
dating theories and the idle faneies
OF Utopian dreams.
"The constitution was adopted but
there remained the problem OF In
terpretation. Out of the stormy days
of the federacy had sprung two great
political schemes OF parties. the
one led by Alexander Hamilton, the
other by Thomas Jefferson. The
first stood for broad and liberal con-
struction of the constitution, the sec
ond for a strict and narrow one.
Hamilton advocated the national
unit. and Jefferson state sovereign
'ty. The succeeding years have wit
messed the triumph OF Hamilton S
policy. Not until the minds OF
American citizens had been purgea
with a baptism of blood, did they
lrealize that the doctrine OF states
rights was no more. Not until the
emblem of federal union had been
carried from Atlanta to the sea- did
they acknowledge the ultimate tri-
lumph of federal supremacy Yet TO-
day united as we are in a matchiess
union, the conflict between Hamilton
ian and Jenersonian principles goes
on. Down through the years their
partisans have struggled; this strug-
gle is on today. as 1t will be In some
form or other to the end OF time
Prosperity Has It's Evils.
"In the policy mapped out by the
great Jefferson, are seeds OF evii.
Seeds, which under the warm sun OF
prosperity spring up in rank WeeaS