Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-01
"A Bold, Aggressive and Designing
Executive Could Destroy Eff
cheney Of Legislature.
CHANGES IN CONSTITUTION.
If ANY Necessity for Them They
Should be Made in accordance
With its Provisions.

Toledo, o.. Sept. 1.-The two main at
fractions of the G. a. r. encampment
today we're The dedication Of the Fort
Megis monument and the civic parade.
In the parade 5000 members of the
local organizations marched while the
veterans whose pradc will take place
tomorrow, looked on approvingly.
The most significant of the days ex-
ercises occurred at the village of Per-
lNsburg, j. miles from Toledo, where
n great granite shaft, 81 feet in height.
was dedicated III honor of the dead OF
Ohio. Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Viz
GINA, who fell in the battle around
Fort Meigs during the war OF 1Sl2-i3.
1t was at Fort Megs that Gen. Will
liam Henry Harrison checked the
British advances under Proctor after
the general had profited by Gen. Hull's
surrender of Detroit
The credit for the erection of the
monument belongs to the Mauniee VAL
ley Pioneer and Historical society,
which worked for years TO collect the
necessary funds.
Several thousand veterans and other
visitors We're present when D. II. Hol-
lenbeck, president OF the historical So
ciety, called the assembage to order
Gov. Harris OF Ohio. made an intro
ductory address reviewing the chroni-
cles Of the historic spot Other speak
ers We're Senator Foraker, Gov. Wilson
Of Kentucky; Lieut.. Coy. Marphey of,
Pennsylvania and Mai. Robert Hunter
of Richmond. Va.
SENATOR FoRAKER'ss SPEECH.
When Cen Harrison fought here
there were but 1s states in our Union,
now there are As. Then we had less
than 10.0Oo,o00 of populations: now We
J., ,y.1, ~t,l1
on the Atlantic: now we face both
oceans. Then our industries We're few
in number and restricted in character;
now they are multitudinous and ex-
! banded. Then we had only simple and
primitive conditions; now the most
highly developed and complicated
| known to modern civilization.
But grea ter than the expanse Of our
! domain greater than the multiplication
of our wealth, greater than any power
that has come to us, greater than any
glory we have achieved. greater than
any Of our physical accomplishments.
has been the Improvement of our peo-
pie intellectually. morally and in ali
that makes for good citizenship.
There never was a.Ctime when they
! stood less i'll need sofEstatutory atFaIgalt
! jackets, or when they less deserved
| to be discredited in their own estima-
! ton and before the world by official
l
| AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
"A government under which the peo-
| pie can accomplish such wonderful sue
cess at home and exert such Influences
| abroad cannot be too thoroughly stud
| led or too carefully guarded. Prac-
! tically all the greatest publicists agree
| that the most vital feature of the gen.
eral plan of our government is found
| IN the distribution Of Its powers among
three separate, independent and CO.
| ordinate departments.
| 1T is fundamental that neither shall
encroach upon the other. The legis-
lative shall not, without constitutional
authority, take from or add to the
| powers of the judiciary nor shall the
| judiciary annul or embarraSs the law
! fully enacted will of the Legislative.
Working in harmony as their official
| duties require. the result Is near per-
| lection as human imperfection will al
| low
we can only speculate as to the dis
appointing consequences that would
| ensue II they should work at cross
| purposes, for to the credit of these two
| departments, neither has ever wilfully
| infringed upon or denied the powers of
the other. Through all the years that
have passed, they have been so true to
| the purpose, of their creation that they
| have carefully respected and jealously
| guarded. each the rights OF the other.
EXECUTIVE POWER
But worse than legislative and ju-
dicial discord would be an invasion of
either of the other departments by tho
executive. All the powers of that de-
partnhent are consolidated in single
individual. He is the commander-in-
chief of the army and the navy. He
has in his own hands all the tremen-
dous power of public patronage. He
not only has under his control and sub
ject to his will. so far as their tenure
is concerned, thousands of office hold
ers. but he has even more immediately
under his command, q constantly in
| creaSing army OF more, at the present
time than 5000 special agents. inspect
ors and secret service men, whose high
| est law is his bidding
Under a bold, aggressive. unscrup-
| ulous and designing executive this
| power of appointment and these arm
les of appointeeS could be so exer-
| cised and directed as to DESTROY the
independence and impair the useful
ness land efficiency OF both the othe-
| departments.
Such an abuse of power would be
violation of the Constitution, which
| If long acquiesced in. might event
ually work its overthrow.
| Such practises are of such serious
| character that they are not likely often
70 oCtuI. pul rueFcIlIieIeSS, We SnOEiU
! be ever watchfui to rebuke them
when they do occur. lest in them we
find our undoing. Open and ayowed
enemies are not always the most
dangerous.
TOO frequently subtle influences
undermine and thwart human endeav-
or before they are recognized. This
is particularly true in governmental
| experience.
''All the teachings Of history pro-
| claim that there is no safety except
| where there is eternal vigilance. II
| there should come necessity for
changes In our organized law, let us
make them in accordance with its
| provisions, having the requisite pa
| thence and patriotism therefor and
ever remembering and believing that
| what Washington and his associates
| framed, and Lincoln and his ascot.
| ates, with the help of that grand old
Union army, perfected, is good enough
| for You and me, and for all who are
! coming after
HANDICAP TRAP SHOOT.