Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-31

with new problems The new nation.
alism puts the national nend before
sectional or personal advantage. II
is impatient of the utter confusion
that results from local legislatures at
tempting TO treat national issues as
local issues, II ~ still more impa-
tient OF the impotence which springs
from the over-diVision OF government
powers the impotence which makes IL
possible for local sclhshness or for
legal cunning. hired by wealthy spe-
cial interests. to bring national activi-
ties TO a deadlock This new nation
alism regards the executive power as
the steward OF the public welfare. II
| demands OF the judiciary that IL shall
be interested primarily In human well
fare rather than In property, Just as 1.
demands that the representative body
| shall represent all the people, rather
than any ono class or section OF the
| people.
III our political institutions wore per-
| rect. they would absolutely prevent
the political domination OF money in
any part Of our affairs. We need 10
make our political representatives
more quickly and sensitively respon-
siNe to the people whose servants
thcy are. More direct action by thu,
people In their own affairs under
proper safeguards Is vitality necessary.
The direct primary Is step in this
NiAtNtNNli u u ~ dSNUNldtfu WIN "a coz
fupt practiscs act effective 20 prevent
the advantage OF the man willing
recklessly and unscrupulously to spenu
money over his more honest compct-
itor. IL Is particularly important that
all moneys received or expended for
campaign purposes should be publicly
accounted for not only after election
but before lection as well. Political
action must be made simpler easier
and frcer from confusion for every
citizen. | believe that the prompt re-
moval OF 'unfaithful or incompetent
public servants Should be made easy
and sure in whatever way experience
shall show to be most cxpedient in
any given class of cases
one OF the fundamental necessities
In a representative government such
as ours is to make certain that the
men 10 whom the people delegate their
power shall serve the people by
whom they are elected. and not tho
special interests | believe that every
national officer, elected or appointed.
should be forbidden to perform any
service or receive any compensation
directly or Indirectly from Interstate |
corporations: and n similar provision |
could not fail to be useful within the |
states.
OBJECT OF GOVERNMENT.
The object Of government is the |
welfare OF the people. The material
progress AMI prosperity of a nation
are desirable chiefly so far as they /
lead - 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 public af-
fairs-but first OF all sound I'm their /
home life, and the father and mother
OF healthy children-Just so far and
no farther we may count our civiliza-
lion a success We must have--I be-
lieve We have already--a genuine and
permanent moral awakening without |
which no wisdom OF legislation or adj
ministration really means anything; |
and, on the other hand, we must try |
TO secure the social and economic leg
islation without which any improve
ment due to purely moral agitation Is |
necessarily evanescent What we need
II good citizens Good citizenship |
means progress; and therefore all
good citizens should stand for progress,
and must be progressive.