The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-20
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There " toe svaeFal disposition GA
the part eT the people &c ciamog t@E
more laws, and the rvsalt of ibis Poa
ses IN reflected In tae naashssg et
bills introduced al ssvss ss@sssa If
the state legislature, coveftas eseFs
subject frcm the lvuxgh Of led
sheet 70 regulation cf men domv@
tic affairs More taaa thousand
proposed laws we're introduced dur
tng the last session OF the state ltssis-
lAure. and il Is fortunate tor tae
people Of Texas that more tean a
thousand " these also tsiled tQ Dc
come laws.
There must be conditions prevail
ent responsible fer this clanaoT Ga
the part II the people for new laws,
and the Telegram believes teey az.
located ia the iaNity WITH which eN-
istiag laws are administered IN many
localities. Officers charged stta en-
forcement q the law negIe the da-
Ties 10 such su exteut that the anin-
formed very naturally arrive at tae
inference that there is something
radically wrong with the lawS-thst
they must be made more drastic aud
far reaching in their effect TN order
20 curb and restrain the evils affect
ing the body polite.
II is ia this Nay that the sentiment
in tavoE Of strong government is be-
ing unwittingly foStered by those
who are looking to government for
eminent interference is invited in
one quarter aud as 3 natural result
government interference invites it
self In another Men who believe IN
the complete destruction Of the
rights and privileges Of a free peo-
pie see in these existing conditions
glorious opportunities 70 forge about
the people shaekles they viii never
be able 10 shake offe and they are
doing il in such u subtle and insid-
ious manner that the victims as vet
are unaware OF their bound condi-
tor.
With the president Of the United
States openly disregardins the FEEDER
al constitution and laboring for COM
plete GENERALIZATION Of practically all
functions OF government at Wash
ington. and with state legislatures
continually overriding state consti-
buttons and snacting laws which de-
prfve the individual Of natural and
inherent rights. this tendency to-
ward the destruction OF a people
rights Is sufficient to cause great ap-
among the thinkers of the
lay.
The new laws finding their way |
Upon the statute books Of state and /
lation are as q class the most dam
ferrous ever conceived by American |
lawmakers We are getting entirely |
90 much law. We are establishing !
entirely 100 many complications, and
we are drifting rapidly TOO far away
from those glorious presidents that
have been the life and uplifting of
this nation II is time d halt was be
ing made in this direction and We
were returning TO safer mOorings,
else We will awaken one OF these
fine days 10 find all gone but blind
obedience and servile subservience
TO- the dictates Of a desporical form
Of government
Enforcement OF the. laws now
upon the statute books is the rene
dv for he situation. The people must
learn 10 compel their officers to do
the things they are now seeking to
accomplish through the enactment
OF more law. It is not more law that
We need but better enforcement Of
'he Law that has already been enact
Cd and which is ample for all ordi-
nary purposes. Worth Tele-
gram