Gunnison news-champion., 1908-09-11

ear and peace. To- Weoefe - L.
1 u.sea States coessitstsoa Uers ~ no
respect greater thaa " tAss. TAai
they SeEe sosh s1onG the s<ers Asd
sosdess ~ the S0Slds Sssssst sea GOV
srnins nsoseHess- CoHssdceed - aa
isolstsa tact. ths Eea~rAl constissts>za
y Q com promise u sssAeula Esascolsso
and WeiGhsy coosers stisa- ESARiaed
a. . product u sAs dAys psecsasas
the famous nesolstioa.
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linbs HUsSos~d.
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sAe 00siA - 1ree,"
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so0e prsssaa-Aav ADssicana. vAS ese
sccust0aseA ~ tsso AlssasA>s haou
toe - - u1esA oGaasrva9ive. - seol
~ sAat oeassssd ~ ~ s10a. ha0a
toa sAvccstaaG Desely tAs Papslsr
e,sctioa q sAs hDOer heSse - C0n-
Gress, Wss . 00ge esseokially DeDO-
cratic 1iGuss thAa b thaa cttissa vAs
today GhrtDks tro0 tAe trial u direct
primary nORiaott0a. ~ evsa, " - ex-
psriReaoAl cay. - the taittative cd
EefsreoaWR. Vet - this n0e h oact .
very noAesaas staseasest. la Aner-
tca. u 17sS. while tAs NOW t0Osdt
ate VrecsAeo1s a . hbsrty b0staG sort.
outsiAe - tAo ekperieocs q H. colo
uies thsOosaves. vese tAooe q EAG
laAd they wes0 tied ~ wtth nu0ssoss
complexities Il awtecrattc ftcttOa and
AHkressi0a. The BsOst taspirtnG prsce-
aeats for popular self aosern0eat theR
A. -
In historic Greece. ThOoe preceAeots
lay buried ~ - aatisuity II tve thou
oaRd years: they had rubed bit lin
itsA area, either Oe space " time;
They we're allied With aRA N sense
founded On the deplOrable practice Of
human slavery; they persisted N their
pride. and bore with them to the tomb
oil save the glory II mind, spirit and
tneHtinSuishable traAiti0a.
To-day. In contrast, We boast . con
tiaeatal bseadth q repSbltcea ME; q
nattea apssoA In liberty cd power
:f0a 0as - the other q The WOrid's
ereotest Ueas: aluGot half . hundred
sovereign states sniteA - Q sssereiGH
natioaality; and behinl ~ the accoa-
plishsA tact a 90 hseArel - twe.-
ty years a coastitsttoaal ssM1Overn-
neat
Ossssa evtmssy Gspsssms~sA
rveaty q thess years have fOl-
lDvel . notabls revolt against the
pxrcAase cd tAsft q 0sneral eIec-
ttsos. TAaa revelt begAa With the M
tsoAucttoo N Massachusetts N 1858,
aa1 has tncluAel saaCe tAs practical
ualvssuai aAOpttoa e tAs Australian
ssssse bollst; - thSs~gA el0est ten
= tAsos tveoty vsass ~ eall saly
~ - to rsslD - have bssa per
01tAsd to measure tAs results q the
teial. either under state laws or par
" rules. a direct primary nOmina-
tteoo In such cO0nonwealths ~ Min
Dseota, OregOa. Illinois. Wisconsin.
Alabama. Arkansas. Georgia, Ken
tncky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South
CaroliAa, Tennessee. Texas. Virginia,
ed more receatly Oklahoma, Kansas.
Iowa. Missouri and Washington.
Wtthio . few years-as part, NO doubt.
Il The same general trend of life and
tAoaght-mOre than thirty state Legis-
lAturss with solemn fOrnality have
expreseed themselves affirmativeiy in
behalf q the electtoa Of United States
senators by direct vote of the people;
oad within the bounds q the consti-
tuition, the people of Iowa, Oregon and
Eansas have recently undertaken. and
- people Of Wisconsin soon will en-
aeavor to impress IL advance their
choice for United States senators on
the respective state Legislatures On
which tAe formal selection is legally
imposed. TIE popular selfassertion
tAus revealed recalls with force that
historic sequence of events through
which the people Of the United States
have swept aside. except In name. the
Coastitution's Electoral College, and
have taken to themselves. N al save
form. The right of direct popular elec-
tioa e the President of the republic
And the end 10 not yet. II 10 apparent
list the river Of eVualising human
life and opportunity. rising fron the
Middle Ages with the discovery Of
America, draws ever nearer the uni
versal Oceaa Of self governing democ-
focy.
oseiseseessy Nessits.
But what have been the results Of
The direct primary nomination expert
meat? Remembering always that any
popular Law 10 oaly A opportunity.
and that its mere letter will kill, an
less the spirit Of The people keep It
alive, remembering also the resist
asce q the corruption and intrigue
attempted to Be shorl BY the direct
prinary syyten-we should Dot be
surprised ut bitter criticism, and even
1t TIE occasional failure q laws Grip
psed By adroit political hostility. Ad-
verse criticism there has. In fact, been,
but n II doubtful vhsther any signal
failure has yet received the record Of
eeoeral consent. The Conservative
New York Nation has testified TO the
satisfnction with which direct phi
nary elections have boen hailed in
MinnesotA. the earliest state IN this
field q experiment. Oregon writer's
empress 10 Aoubt q the value snA dis
crfniaaGiae operation q their system; !;
Washington's recent trial. watched
With anxiety, has been sanctioned With
entAus3os0- Governor. noW Senator
La Follefte. IN his special message OF