Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-04-10
DOES NOT NEED
ANY MORE POWER
What This Country Needs IS Dis
tribution of Privileges in Such
Manner That All Citizens May
Have Equal Opportunity
Plea for State Rights.

shiloh Battlefield Tenn, April 10.
Governor John \. Johnson Of Min
nesota, was the principal speaker to-
day at the dedication ceremonies Of
q monument erected by the citizens
Of Minnesota to the soldiers from
that state who died in the Civil war.
The monument was unveiled amid
imposing services, a great crowd at
tending In his speech Governor
johnson said In part:
zone hundred and thirty-two years
ago the great contest of humanity
was transferred from the old world
to the new and here, because of the
isolation of this country. because of
the high character of the men who
espoused the cause of liberty, and be-
cause of the signal victory achieved
| by them in that struggle, an oppor-
tunity was afforded to crystalline into
written law the aspirations of the pa
| triots of all the ages. The men who
built the foundation of this govern
ment were those who had submitted
to the supreme test of patriotism, for
| for those who inspired the constitu-
| ton of the United states We're the
same who had pledged their lives.
| their properties and their sacred hon
ors t. the cause of independence.
| shall We not today consecrate our
selves for the further perpetuation
of the principles of American liberty,
ana constitutional form of govern
ment. purchased at the cost of the
blood of patriots? In this hour when
there seems to be a disposition to de-
part from the establishment forms,
when there seems to be a desire upon
the part of those in authority to
abide in central bureaucracy, rath-
er than in a representative democ-
| racy-it becomes YOU and me to pro-
| test against any departure whatsn-
ever from the government which
came to US from the constitutional
convention of 1897, and those amend
ments which have been made to it by
specific will of the people.
Life For the Future.
"Our concern is not of the past,
nor wholly with the present. but
much with the future If the destiny
OF the republic is in the hands of the
American of today, then it becomes
him to be guided and governed only
by patriotic impulse and a desire TO do
that which will most largely con-
tribute to the permanency Of Re
publican institutions Advancing our
civilization SO that we will not by
recognizing the false claims of selfish
interests. and forgetting the American
maxim that our object should be to
attain the greatest good for the
greatest number, incur the penalty
which other peoples have paid, rather
let US hold over in mind that those
who framed our government believed
in the equality of the people and
that the chief aim Of government is
to maintain that equality.
Under our system of government
.ha nation has reached a material
development hitherto unknown. The
people have prOspered beyond the
dreams Of those who lived century
ago. But with the development Of the
country and changes in economic
conditions, and particularly with the
growth of great private corporations
performing many Of the functions of
the government, has come the neces-
sity for the exercise of strict govern
mental control. and a rigid enforce
ment Of all the laws enacted To re-
strain the rich and powerful from en-
croachiug upon the natural and lega.
rights OF the poor and weak.
Constitution is sufficient
3 THE marvellous foresight of the
fathers of this country in framina
the constitution Of the United state,
is shown by the fact that IN spite OF
all the changes which have occurred
Iin industrial ana economic conditions
I'm spite Of the unexpected expansion
of the country. the constitution has
been found sufficiently flexible Z.
meet every emerGeu,r which has arIs-
en-. Let us remember this for IN,
, danger of today is that the American
7 people may bee lule5 into a false se,
. curty and yielding u the demands
Of selfish interests permit the break
+ ing down Of constitutional provisions
under which the American people
have attained this wonderful degree
of material prosperity and have yet
maintained the individual liberty o.
the citizen.
IF then. our whole system .
changed have we not only retarieU
the progress Of the republic but have
We not gone back "a century towar.
e. centralized form Of government
which Is not t. the advantage Of IN,