Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-04-18

power is vested and then only after
the fullest discussion and widest pub
licity.
Under the benefcent government -
established the nation has prospereA>
and the people are happy. One great
cloud came upon the nation in the
form of an awful civil war, in whicE
two sections of the country were In
conflict with each other. The heroes
who rest here gave their lives that
this nation might be maintained as Il
came from our forefathers. On another
battlefield of that war, Abraham Linz
coin said: 1T is for us, the living, :,
rather, to be dedicated to the I'M
finished work they have thus far so
nobly carried on. 1t is rather for us
to. be here dedicated to the great task
remaining before us; that from these
honored dead we take Increased devo-
tion for that cause for which they here
gave the last>full measure of devotion;
that we highly resolve that these dead
shall not have died in vain;. that the
nation shall, under God; have a new
birth of freedom, and that the govern
ment of the people, by the people, for
the people, shall not perish from the
earth"
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 Amer
ican of to-day, then it becomes him to
be guided and governed only by patri-
otic impulse and the desire to do that
which will most largely contribute to
the perman lcy of republican institu.
t1ons. Advancing our civilization so
that we will not, by recognizing the
raise 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 people
nave paid, rather let us hold ever in
mind that those who framed our gov
ernment believed in the equality of
the people and that the chief aim Of
government is to maintain that
equality.
|. Under our system of government
the nation has reached a material de-
VelopmeDt hitherto unknown. The
people have prospered beyond the
dreams Of those who lived a century
ago. But with the DEVELOPMENT OF the
country and changes in economic con-
dltlons, and particularly with the
growth or great private corporations,
performing. many of the functions of
government, has come the necessity
Tor the exercise of strict governmental
control, and rigid enforcement of all
Jhe laws enacted to restrain the rich
ana powerful from encroaching upon
the natural and legal rights of the
poor and weak ..
=, The cons :tution of the ancient re.
public Of Rome. which for 500 ears
nag nag recognized the, voice of the Dc ople
as supreme, was expanded by e1 ecu
tive Interpretation and contracted by
executive administration, until Rome
mad so completely outerown it's demo
cratic conditions as to become only
a tragedy and a tradition Let lis i'm
plore the aid of Him on high to pre-.
serve us from the errors which ruined
home, by the avoidance of which
America may travel on to that destiny
and realize that fulfillment which will
men OF all ages yet to come. 81.
Our government is divided into
three separate and distinct co-ordi-
nate branches: the legislative, the
executive and the judicial Danger
WILL surely come to this republic when
any OF these departments of govern
ment attempt in the slightest degree
to llSllrD tho fII1cfiopo ~ tbo otba.
And while now and then 1t may be
that a court Of the land, in constituting
the constitution, may nullify a section
OF 1t. have the faith to feel that the peo-
pie Of the country will rise above the
fallibility Of judicial tribunals and
assert and preserve their own rights.
Our duty It not to criticise the execu.
tive, the legislature or the judiciary.
Very recently there has come from
the highest judicial tribunal in the
land decision Of vital interest and
concern to the American people. be-