The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-03

ment of the community. to help In
| rying tho general load. We keep count
less men from being good citizens by the
conditions OF life with which we surround
them. We need comprehensive work.
| mems compensation acts. both state and
National laws TO regulate child labor and
| the work OF women and especially wa
need In our common schools not merely
education in book-iearning but also prss-
teal training for daily life aud work. We
need TO enforce better sanitary conditions
for our workers. and to extend the use
| OF safety appliances in industry and COM
merce both within and between the
states. Also. friends. in the interest OF
the worhdngmen himself we need to set
our faces like flint against mob violence
Just as against corporate greed: against
violence and injustice and iawlessness by
| wage-workers just ns much as against
| lawless cunning and greed and selfish ar
rogance OF employers
| National efficiency has many factors.
| IL Is n necessary result OF the principle
| OF conservation widely applied In the
! end II will determine our failure sue
cess as Nation. National efficiency has
to do not only with natural resources and
| with men. II is equally concerned with
institutions. The state must be made ef-
| ficient for the work which concerns only
| the people OF the state: and the Nation
for that which concerns all the people.
| There must remain no neutral ground to
| serve as n refuge for lawbreakers, and
wealth. who can hire the culpine legal
cunning which Will teach them how to
avoid both jurisdictions II is misfor-
| tune when the National legislature fails
to do It's duty in providing National
/ remedy. so that the only National activ-
ity is the purely negative activity Of tho
| judiciary in forbiddiug the state to ex-
ercise power in the premises.
Calls for Broad NatIonaIism.
I do not ask for oyer-centrallzation,
but do ask that we work In a spirit of
broad and far-reaching Nationalism when
| we work for what concerns our people as
whole. We all Americans. Our
| common interests are as broad as the
| continent. I speak to you here in Kan
sas exactly l would speak in New
| York Georgia. for the most vital prob
| lens those which affect all alike.
| The National government belongs to the
| whole American people. and where the
| whole American people are interested,
| that interest can be guarded effectively
only by the National government. The
| betterment which seek must be ac-
complished. believe. mainly through the
National government.
The American people are right In de-
manding that new Nationalism without
| which cannot hope to deal with new
problems. The new Nationalism puts the
| National need before sectional per-
| sonal advantage. 1t is impatient of the
utter confusion that results from local
| legislatures attempting 10 treat Ndtlondl
| issues as local issues. 1t Is still more i'm
| patient OF the Impotence which springs
| from the over-division OF government
| powers. the impotence which makes II
possible for local selfshness or for legal
cunning, hired by wealthy special Inter-
| ests to bring National activities to
| deadlock. This new Nationalism regards
the executive power as the steward OF the
public welfare. 1t demands of the tudici-
airy that II shall be interested primarily
In btl rather than in DrODer-
| ty. just 1t demands that the represen-
| tative body shall represent all the people
rather than any one class or section OF
| the people.
1 believe in shaping the ends of gov
ernment to protect property as well as
human welfare. Normally. and in the
long run. the ends are the same, but
whenever the alternative must be faced
| 1 am for and not for property. 1
| am far from Understanding the impor-
| tance of dividends, but I rank dividends
| below human character. know well
| that the reformers must not bring upon
| the people economic ruin. or the reforms
| themselves will go down in the ruin.
| But we must be ready to face temporary
| disaster whether or not brought on by
| those who will against us to tho
knife. Those who oppose all reform viii
| do well to remember that ruin in Its
| worst form is inevitable II our National
| life brings us nothing better than swoi-
| len fortunes for the few and the triumph
| IN DOIn pOuuCs pusiHtsS VI a sciNie
and selfish materialism.
Honesty In Public Servants.
If our political institutions were perfect.
| they would absolutely prevent the polite
al domination of money in any part of
| our affairs We need to make our polt-
| ical representatives more quickly and sem
sitivey responsive to the people whose
servants they are. More direct action by
the people in their own affairs under
proper safeguards is vitality necessary.
| The direct primary is a step in this direc-
/ ton II II is associated with corrupt
practises act effective to prevent the ad-
| vantage of the man willing recklessly and
unscrupulously to spend money over his
| more honest competitor. 1t is particular
| ly important that all moneys received or
| expended for campaign purposes should
| be publicly accounted for not only after
election but before election as well. Po-
| litical action must be made simpler, cas-
| Ter. and freer from confusion for every
citizen believe that the prompt re-
moval of unfaithful or incompetent pub
lie servants should be made easy and
| sure in whatever way experience shall
| show to be most expedient in any given
class of cases
One of the fundamental necessities in
n representative government such as ours
| is to make certain that the men to whom
the people delegate their power shall
serve the people by whom they are elect
ed. and not the special interests. L be-
lieve that every National officer, elected
or appointed. should be forbidden to per-
| form any service receive any COM
pensation directly or indirectly from in
| ter-state corporations; and similar pro-
vision could not fail to be useful within
the states.
The object of government is the well
fare of the people The material progress
| and prosperity of a nation are desirable
chiefly so far they lead to the moral
| and material welfare of all good citizens
Just in proportion as the average man
| and woman are honest. capable of sound
Judgment and high ideals active In pub
lie affairs-but first of all sound in their
home life, and the father and mother of
| healthx children-tust far and far