Gunnison news-champion., 1909-06-25


sssss. .aa great lHay-trIal esrpoEs
ts-..s~ Eas s...essI.ed slll- aes.siog-
n~uf Ne~ aufsss Wess iarced ug,sa
the -sste=. al4 nsW iarEas af de-pos-
.su sesusrs % be isFeea lPuz tae
T~us BY fEe-e uFS@uiz-fs0as g
sssustry Bai the E-eog,ie h-v,
take ssep- O. qse. thIs snfiasEs
@na - rs-aIu cautr,4 q; tue polltl-
CO. E-4rtIc- - aF..as af gz.ll4c
etsEsas J. = evident that Il the
asturSl eyaluisan e the Vollflcal
p~ssy teal- q = Haa a-partIzan char
scteT. winch - .ynSn0moSs h The
ex~liasl0H q the prsncsple. q a
parry Father than sss B&me. u also
tesSs tnsar5 the SEPARATION ct Stale
and usiioa.l issues.
In FecsFstulasiol then. the pollt.-
cal party. a. . natural seq ssace of .
rep1 bl,csn form Of 9oSernnent. v
- organ ID pubic opsnsou- This
exsSs legal orHssixsfioa perfosms .
vssy lmPor;Ant soserHsneHtal fssc-
ssoa, which . not provided fos i,
tks eonst.tstson of The I n,ssd Ssasss
siz, the co-osdinsfloa of the three
,sArr~ndeut departneats Of govern
oeut In order 10 sccompl,sh the
fsactlou At most be stronS in itself.
ssd make public officials which IL
elects responsible to IT. But. since
lss tela of operation lies in the Fed
eral mon. which 10 made up cf a
nsmber # republics states
brought together under the Federal
Ceyernmsnt, and since party iuflu-
eaee shosld he limited TO govern
mental powers which are enforced
by the officers which IT places in
Office. there should be separate PARTY
organization In each state. uninfia-
enced by the national party. Under
present conditions. however. While
each It the Great parties has sspa-
rate party orgsnIzaiian far the natian
and each Il the several states. still
national issues very materially IN
haence state issues through The
medium Of the party.
Influences which effect. through
The party. fusion Of state and
national issues are ~. Indirect
election of the President. Nice-Pres-
ident and United States Senators;
=. district representation based
upon population which prohibits
the states from breaking away from
the dual party system and rigid
party responsibility: 49, exclusive
reliance upon indirect representa-
tion IN most Of the states; d. geo
graphical distrihat,1n of industries.
and finally the ignorance Of the
voters.
The results are the sacrifice of the
individual : righ. to express his will
freely. an! the inability of the state
TO secure desired Legislation. Such
= condition undermine. the very
principles Of democracy, since local
government in the Uniled States Is
generally more important to the in
iIvidual than the national govern
ment. and tie right to express his
viii freely Is one Of the most sacred
rlghts of the citizen Of a free. repre-
sentative government.
Some Of the mos; obvious remedies
for this fusion Of state and national
lssaes are: Il, the abolition of in
direct election OF the President.
Nice-President and United States
>enstors, A. this method is an OBJ
ssacle to the free expression to the
viii OF the people when parties ea-
ercise the functions which thev do
today, q, proportional representa-
ton which will take away the ob-
struction TO the development Of the
group system for which there is
tendency in every state: t3l, direct
Legislation which will give the peo-
pie an opportunity TO secure needed
Legislation independent OF their rep
rerentativee; certain measures
which will provide for limited
control ct the political parties in the
varioss states; and. 81, government
regulation of party tuaneierinS.
Separation of state and national
issues are favored by the natural
evolution of the political party.
which tends toward a non-partizan