Arizona republican., 1910-07-31

ally Being in this position. being a champion of that which IS republican think clearly. see clearly. and act clearly.
 You with your broad minded re .ligion, would you incorporate into your creed law against card play ing. or hunting? You have not done so. Broad mindedly you have left those things for the individual to de eide for himself Nor are these things of fundamental importance in your creed. They are not evils in themselves. They become evils only when abused. It is the abuse of them that disturbs the religious foundation.
 You with your republican religion, your simple fundamental modern creed, your wisdom in leaving the in dividua as far as possible to himself, you now desire to engraft prohibition of liquor on our civil creed-our re publican law. fundamental guide civ lilly. Liquor is not an evil in itself You concede that when you permit It for sacramental purposes. But in the abuse of liquor is evil. The author of this letter does not use liquor. nor does he believe in the use thereof But this is his personal belief. sup plementing his fundamental creed. Is it republican spirit to seek to pro hibit our neighbor forever from doing a thing which is not inherently evil. a thing which he may not abuse, thing which is superficial and not fundamental?
 "a Gaf Q rule. Then let the majority rule the present But let it be in such form that what is now the law of the ma iority may not be that of the minor ity in the future. Let us instead put those things in our civil creed which we all believe in and in which we shall always believe, republican form of government, a free govern ment Let our laws be as few as possible that we may enjoy all our natural rights to the fullest extent Let our natural customs and usages be preserved to us for guidance In our daily conduct, to be changed as change necessitates. not as prior generation dictated.
 Make no more laws than are neccs-
 
 bition is necessary. Grant that it is so. Will it also be necessary? Should not those to come have some voice in the matter? Is it not matter which might be more wisely left to our legislature whose very purpose is to make and repeal laws for the present need as from time to time the necessity develops in the light of our fundamental civil creed? Those who personally believe in prohibition will practice prohibition. If the ma iority now believe in prohibition, then they control the legislature, and may pass laws as they see fit. When those believing in prohibition cease to be the majority. then their belief should not prevail. and the majority. the new ruling power, should be left to follow the republican form of government. Beware of the petty jealouSies and greed of the original colonies, Let simplicity make our state as impreg nable as is our nation.
 When the time comes for the creat- ing of ourselves into a state, sov ereign. let us create a sovereign's creed. Let us remember that this is always to be a republican form of government; that our creed is tO be simple and basic: that it is always to keep us a free and unhampered peo pie; that the majority rule; that our people will grow and progress and their social condition will change; that the future should judge by the then existing conditions: that we should not thrust upon the future anything but the assurance of a pres ervation of their natural liberties; that in our creed we should guard against only those evils which are permanent, fundamental. and inner ent: that our legislature can guard against local and transitOry vrongs; and. lastly. that house divided against itself shall fall.
 Respectfully.
 w. J. GALBRAITH.