Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-09-08

science of government. If citizens would
 only be on their guard against the be- | ginnings of evils, It would be very easy
 to apply necessary remedies. but in the
 struggle for existence the voters are of
 ten indifferent to the application of an erroneous principle until repeated ap-
 plications establish a custom, and in time a custom crystallizes into law. It behooves us, as lovers of our country
 and as the friends of liberty, to insist upon the independence of the different departments of our government and up-
 on the maintenance of the rights which
 have been shown by experience to be
 essential to freedom and self f-govern-
 ment. The jury system must be pre-
 served, and We cannot hope to preserve | it if, for any reason or under any pre-
 text, we permit any citizen to be de
 nied the protection which it furnishes. According to the Declaration of Inde- pendencc, governments are instituted
 among men to secure to them the en- joyment of their inalienable rights.
 Among these inalienable rights, three
 are specifically enumeratedZlife, liber-
 ty and the pursuit of happiness. The
 second and third, however. are really
 parts of the first, for life means nothing
 to the individual if it is confined to
 mere animal existence. Man is dstin- guished from the brute in that the lat
 ter merely eats and sleeps and dies.
 while man is endowed by the Creator
 with infinite possibilities. Liberty is
 necessary for the realization of man 's
 possibilities. His conscience must be
 left free that he may fix for himself
 the relation between himself and his God. His mind must be left free that
 he may devise a plan for himself, for
 his family and for his fellows. His
 speech must be free that he may give
 to the world the results of his investiga. tions and present to others the ideal which he is trying to realize in his work. His pen must be free that he may scat ter seed thoughts to the uttermost parts of the earth and leave to posteriy record of his work. He finds in gov
 ernment the cheapest, as well as the surest, protection of this liberty, to be, to think, to speak, to act.
 We have the best government on the earth. It gives the largest liberty, the greatest hope and the most encourage. ment to the citizens, and yet, even in this country, it is always necessary to be on the watch to keep the instrumen- talities of government free from being turned to private gain.
 One of the great problems of the day IS to secure an equitable distribution of the proceeds of toll. The material wealth of the country is largely joint product.
 The labor question, therefore, as it presents itself at this time. is chiefly a quetsion of distribution, and the legis lation asked for is legislation which will secure to each that to which his ser vices entitle him. As legislation is SC cured through the ballot every one should use the ballot to obtain the leg islatiOn necessary. The democratic plar form presents the ideal toward which the democratic party is striving, namely. justice in the distribution of rewards. The democratic party proclaims thatI each individual should receive from so eiety reward for his toll cOmmensur. ate with his contribution to the welfare of society, aud unless some other party | can do the work better. the democratic i party ought to have the support of all, 1 whether they belong to the wage-earn- | ing class or occupy positions in which | they direct the efforts of others. If an officer in the industrial army were sure that his children and his children s chil- | dren would inherit his position he might ! feel possibly indifferent as to those ua- der his command, but the children of | those who, today, work for wages, may employ the children of those who. in this i generation are employers. This uncer tainty as to future generations, as well ! as our sense of justice, should lead us to make the government as nearly per feet as possible for a good government | is the best legacy that parent can leave to his child. Riches may take wings of the morning and fly away, but government is permanent, and we can. not serve posterity better than by con. tributing to the perfection of the gov ernment, that each child born into the world may feel that it has here an OF portunity for the most complete devel- ! opment, and a chance to secure through service, the largest possible happiness and honor.