Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-10-29

serve the cause Of conservation by
challenging the plain rights of the
states or by slaudering a whole peo-
pie. Do these mon expect to succeed
by bidding defiance TO the fundament- /
al law of the land? L maintain with /
out hesitancy that the mob in the /
streets of Columbus, Ohio. bidding de- .
fiance to all law and seeking to ac- !
complish its cherished purpose in /
lawless ways is in no different posi- /
ton than those who would move on /
to their purpose in open contempt Of I
the fundamental law under which we
live.
Law and Order First.
Colonel Roosevelt speaking i'm Co /
lumbus, said: 1.-The first requisite to
the establishment of Justice is the es-
adjustment of law and order and woe
to the man, public official or private
citizen. who fails to realize this fact"
No souuder or more statesmanlike an
nouncement could fail i'm these days
from human lips. But il covers all,
the highest and the lowest 1t 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, it must
apply not only to the statutes passed
for the punishment of the lowly but
to those whose business il Is to pro-
eminent under which we live.
In his message to the governors
congress Colonel Roosevelt said; In
matters that relate only TO the people
Wlthln 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 1
wish on behalf of the state that the
national government should act" No
one can possibly find fault with this
RUE. we ask Tor It's faithful apph-
cation ana there VIII be no possible
controversy between the national gov
eminent and the western states. We
take as much pride in our national
government ana IN the powers which
IL may ana should exercise as do any
olher people IN TINS country.
West Is Not Guilty
1t is said by those who have a sim
lister motive for misrepresentation
that the western states are incapable
of doing that part of the work which
the constitution imposes upon them
that in order that we out i'm the west
be shielded from monopolv we must
be deprived of our rights as states
our self governing capacity as a peo-
pie. "Thou hypocrite. first cast out
the beam out of thine own eve: and
| then shalt thou see clearly to cast
| out the mote out Of thy brothers
| cye." Which soVereignty has dissi-
/ DdAtu our natural resources. w men
! sovereignty has decided away the peo-
pies heritage with shameless pro-
figacy to the great corporations q?
Which sovereignty is it that has per-
mitted and still permits great corpo-
ratiOns to hold millions of acres which
under their grant they long ago for
feited and which the people should
now enjoy but for the powerful in
luence of corporations in Washing
ton? What sovereignty is it whose
bureaus are controlled by favortism
extended by those corporations? What
monopoly has the national govern
ment put out of business? What an
THRUST law has it enforced? What
trust magnate is now in jail? Before
the nationalists cOvet powers which
do not belong to them, in the name of
the people let them exercise in their
behalf powers which they clearly pos
sess. If there are any monopolies in
this country ready to prey upon the
western states. by whose connivance
are they here? Why does not the ma
tional government destroy them? VIII
it destroy them when it has more
power when it refuses to exercise the
powers it has? We think the real
safety against corporate control and
monopoly in this country rests at last
with the common people, the self
governing citizens who express them
selves through the local government
Self Governing Capacity of People.
Mr.. Chairman, the west believes in
conservation but it believes that the
great cause can be worked out with q
due regard to the provisions of the
constitution. 1t believes in the self
governing capacity of the people
rather than in the governing capacity
of bureaus. We believe in laws in.
stead of rules and regulations mad,
by no one and for whom no one is re
sponsible under our theory of govern
ment. We believe that the people il
their respective states are loyal, in
tellgent and patriotic and will d,
their share in this cause if those a
Washington will do theirs. We ex
poet the national government to us,
unhesitatingly and fully all the power
which belong to it and we expect tn,
law-abiding and patriotic men to as
sist the states in holding and eXercis
ing all the powers which belong t,
them.
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