The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-11-04

| STATUS vi Dy sidnuerlng whole peo
ple Do these men expect to succeed
by bidding defiance to the fundame emit
al law OF the land? I maintain with
out hesitancy that the mob in tn,
streets Of Columbus, Ohio, bidding de.
nance to all law and seeking to &C.
complish its cherished purpose In
iaWless ways Is in no different posi-.
ton than those who would move or
TO their purpose in open contempt OF
live. wv
| Law and Order First.
Colonel Roosevelt speaking in Co.
lumbus, said: '"The first requisite to
| the establishment of justice is the es-
ADJUSTMENT OF law and order and woe
10 the man, public official or private
CITIZEN, who fails to realize this fact
NO sounder or more statesmanlike an
| nouncement could fall in these DAYS
from human lips. But it covers ali
the highest and the lowest. It must
not be applied alone to the man hard
pressed In the struggle for existence.
crowded to the limit by those who
control his wage, it must cover the
highest and most powerful, 1t must
apply not only to the statutes passed
for the punishment of the lowly but
to those whose business it is to pro-
tect the whole framework of the gov
eminent under which we live.
In his message to the governors
congress Colonel Roosevelt said: .Tn
matters that relate only to the people
WITHIN the state, Of course the state
IS TO be sovereign and should have
power to act. If the matter is such
That the state itself cannot act then I
wish on behalf of the state that the
natlonal government should act" No
one can possibly find fault with this
rule. We ask for it's faithful appli-
cation and there will be no possible
controversy between the national gov
eminent and the western states. We
take as much pride in our national
government and in the powers which
II may and should exercise as do any
other people in this country.
West Is Not Guilty.
1t is said by those who have a sim
lister motive for Misrepresentation
that the western states are inca
OF doing that part of the work which
the constitution imposes upon them,
that in order that we out in the west
De shielded from monopoly we must
pc deprived of our rights as states
our self governing capacity as a peoL
pie. Thou hypocrite, first cast ont
the beam out of thine own eve: and
then shalt thou see clearly to cast
out the mote out of thy brothers.
eye" Which sovereignty has dissi-
pated our natural resources? Which
sovereignty has decided away the peo-
PIES heritage with shameless pro-
1lgacy to the great corporations?
winch sovereignty is it that has per-
nitted and still permits great corpo-
'atlons to hold millions of acres which
inder their grant they long ago for
low enjoy but for the powerful in
iuence of corporations in Washing
on? What sovereignty is it whose
bureaus are controlled by favoritism
extended by those corporations What
monopoly has the national govern
nent put out Of business? What an
thrust law has it enforced? What
rust magnate is now in Jail? Before
ne natlonalists covet powers which
10 not belong to them, in the name of
ne people let them exercise in their
ehalf powers which they clearly DOS !
ess. If there are any monopolies in {
his country ready to prey upon the {
'estern states, by whose connivance !
re they here? Why does not the ma l
onal government destroy them? Will t
destroy them when it has more '
over when 1t refuses to exercise the
overs it has? We think the real
d1ety against corporate control and !
monopoly in this country rests at last !
'ltn the common people, the self !
overnlng citizens who express them ..
elves through the local government {
Self Governing Capacity of PeopIe,
Mr.. Chairman, the west believes in /,
observation but it believes that the l
reat cause can be worked out with a !
ue regard to the provisions of the =
1t believes in the self d
overnlng capacity of the people 1
lther than in the governing capacity .
bureaus. We believe in laws in :
cad of rules and regulations made "
no one and for whom no one is re- .
'onsible under our theory of govern y
ent. We believe that the people in g
leir respective states are loyal, in n
lllgent and patriotic and. will do a
leir share in this cause If those at n
ashington will do theirs. We ex- n
'ct the national government to use Ii
lhesitatingly and fully all the powers r,
hich belong to it and we expect the q
W-abiding and patriotic men to as h
st the states in holding and exercis- h
6 all the powers which belong to rs
EN-. =
Chief Justice Marshall, the man
no did more than any other man to Z,
We strength and power to the ma -
NAL government, said: "No politi-
dreamer was ever wild enough to fa
ink of breaking down the lines a,
lich separate the states and of COM TT
unding the American people into o,
9 common mass" The old Federal r
had little conception of the dream to
pacity of some of our modern states O.
IN. ~
who gave his life in the at,
use of national unity, said: ITO h;
lintain inviolate the rights of the st,
ties, to order and control under the tn
Institution their own affairs by their Gu
n Judgment exclusively is essential
the preservation of that balance ST.
power on which our institutions is
IT," To
Justice Harlan, the venerable jurist do
ose character Is commensurate in M
nifty and worth with the august trib- wi
al which he has greatly honored,
d: "A national government for SCI
tonal affairs and state government wi
state affairs is the foundation rock lllf
IN which our institutions rest and int
7 serious departure from that prin- fol
lie would bring disaster upon the the
erican system of free government ha