The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-12
CONGRESSMAN CHARLEY CARTER
MADE SPEECH At COAlGATE

time being govern, providing their ad.
minIstratiou is characterized by Jus.
t.ce honesty, fairness and cousidcra.
ton.
"GoycrumcnC is part of the d,-
vine scheme of the Almighty in his
creation of the world. This principle
was recognized by the Saviour when
the IIprodians questioned him as to
whether or not It wa lawful 20 pay
tribuatn 10 Caesar by this question
they sought TO cusnare Jesus i'm his
own words II he admitted the obli.
CATION he would arous. the iudigua.
tiou Of the Jews. who deemed &C uu.
lawful TO pay tribute to q gentle and
an idolltrous ruler. II ON the other
hand. he denied the obligation. he
would incurc the vcng, auco OF Rome.
ilo made this memoraDiu and historic
reply which completely sllanccd his
advorsarics:
Render unto Caesar the things
which are Coesars and unto God the
things which are Gods
"Thc apostles echoed the voice OF
their Master whom they proclaimed
Oh, doctrine. Render therefore .o an
their dues. tribute to whom tribute,
lis due custom 20 whom cu,'om g..
due, fear to whom fear ,s due and
honor to whom honor is duo
In fact the people of 10, Holy Wi,
are richly frausht with expressions
of the divinity Of government and the
passage.
There is no authority but from
God. has contributed more cnccually
to the stability of the tltiou and 20
the best order of society than all the
standing armies and uay.ps iu crca.
tiou. Il enables obedience To stated
authority by rcprcsnuriug 90. not as
au act of ~cvility to m1n but as am
ACT of homage 10 God o. sheds 20
halo around the lightouu, rulers and
magistrates by holding them mp 10
Us as representatives of tine Divine
Being II invests an legitimate law
with divine sanction. hy u appeal 40
our cunscicnccs
"lf the Apostles and tho primitive
Christians had SO much reverence for
their government and their civil mag.
isra'cs. I'm whose election they Ger.
liuIy had no voice, and ir they would
so conscicutiously observe the laws
of the Roman empire. which often IN.
ilictod ON them odious pains and dis.
comforts, how much more respect
should The American citizen entertain
for his Institutions since he actively
participates and takes part in the elcc.
tlon of all civil officers. with what
alacrity should he fulfill laws, pro-
viding those laws be framed for his
peace and protection, and for the wei
fare Of his commonwealth.
The system of government which
obtains in the United States is terse.
ly described in that well known sen.
tence:
Government of the people. for
the people, and by the people Which
may be paragraphed thus: a govern.
ment IN which the people are ruled
by the representatives OF their own
choice. and for the ben fit of the peo-
pie themselvos.
Now. these are the basic principles
on which the government Of the Am
erican republic is founded These
are the ideas that absorbed In the
minds of our forefathcrs when, out
Of the multifarious chaotic and di.
verse colonies the great republic Of
the United States was org nized.
These are the principles and Gus.
toms which should prevail, which did
prevail, and which viii prevail so
long as our two legislative bodies,
namely. the senate and house OF rep
rcsCntativcs of the United States, are
permitted to consider matters I'm Dc.
Lucrative manner. So long as the
ideas and measures of congressman
and senators are given deliberatiyc
consideration, and so long as these
representatives are permitted to real
ly represent their constituents. But
under the present system there has
been built up, what is known as a
machine in the house of representa-
tiycs and a machine in the senate OF
the United States, by which no mat
ter is given any deliberatiyo con<'d
Grafton which does not meet with the
sanction and approval of the men al
the helm of these political machines
In the senate, which IS the smaller
body in numbers, this deliheratior
and confederation rs prevented by
manipulation Of the leaders by favor.
IA machine senators and by what {,