Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-03
A TANGLED WEB.

we are frank in stating that our
Representative form OF government is
a failure
.The Tribune Citizen Is a real
champion Of representative govern
ment II opposes delegated govern
ment.'
"The modern champion OF repre-
sentative government does not be-
lieve in representative government"
To while away an idle hour we un-
dertook to dissect the foregoing from
The Evening Anarchist, having been
assured by some alleged friend that
there was q meaning concealed there
in II q careful study WAS made of
IT, We must admit, however, that our
efforts have resulted In nothing less
than depressins failure. The An
archiss Is indubitably In favor Of di-
rect government, We have been as
aurcd Of this many. many times. The
startling discovery has been made
that the constitution Of the United
states Is an %egrcgious mistake, and
that some forty odd states have been
%jangiing IN errors chains for any
where from twenty-five to q hundred
and twenty-five years, blindly beliov-
ing In representative government.
We start. then. with the premise
that the evening paper is In favor Of
direct government Comparing this
TO the statement quoted above, we
further find that II ~ IN favor Of d.
rect and representative government.
This complicntes the situation, but
the plot becomes %hopeiessiy thick
when we so further and find that
THE champion OF representative gov
m does not believe In represcn-
tatiye government,
The conclusion follows. that being
a champion OF representative govern
ment. the Evening Anarchist Is not
in favor Of representative govern
ln'HAl OF 'lht ~ NANNNhtihb "'ii'Nifi''e
which it doesn't believe. Reasoning
from this, we, then. 10y a simple pro-
cess OF logic. ascertain that also be-
Ing a champion of direct government,
the Evening Anarchist does not be-
lieve IN direct government.
This gives the general result that
the evening organ is a champion of
several different kinds Of government,
but believes in none, Quod Frat
dem%onstrandum-
It Is an anarchist. Being an am
archist. 1t Is in favor of no govern
ment. No government is government
by no one. Tho evening paper being
mo- u we make tho final grand and
ultimate conclusion hat the evening
paper is ga favor of government by IL.
self.
This may not be perfectly clear. buI
IL is the best we can do.
The Las Vegas Optic thinks n ma.
a glimmoring and says.
The Tribune Citizen IS a rca
champion ot representative govern
ment IL opposes delegated govern
ment.
This IS O. paragraph that we have
taken from the organ OF "a certain
wing of the New Mexico democracy
To one who has followed with fairil
dose attention the editorial RyrationI
80 H.- HNan....L.- H.am..m.HH. -H.m.
the above paragraph contains botl
humor and tragedy. II is humorous
because of the perfect nuiyete will
which r. hsaFeaka and illustrates tni
warped vision of the FERGUSON ele
ment % ls somewhat tragic hecaus'
% shows plainly that the very LEADER
Of the movement for direct LEGISLATION
do not really know what they or
striving FOR. And that makes then
exceedingly dangerous
II b. Go Dee deeply regretted that
New Mexico newspaper that haa at
tempted Go play tho part of "a Nose
and lead the down-troddcu people 81
New MezIoo out of thc wilderness 81
political corruption ana into ~
promised land uf the initiative. th
referendum. the direct primary 1890
the recall into that political have
whoTe the American form of cansufu
tlonal government WHn come to "a
end and primitive mob rule wil p
in the aslendaut-it ls to it roFrtttr
that such "a paper cannot ~diatlnEuls
rnrrerrnfatiKe aHd delegated govern
meut from The direct brand. Whe
such ls fhe case there is cerfnln'
DANGER ahead "a that ulufr and ID