The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-01-27
THERE IS TOO MUCH PER
SONAL GOVERNMENT.

Our torefatherS, when they established
this government. intended it to be
governmeu, of law and not of men, both
as to State and nation One of the
greatest evils OF the government of
England ana which led to the Revolu
tionary War was that it was too much
governmeut If men and not govern
ment of law.
The King had the appointment Of all
of the subordinate officials, and the rule
was that the appointees were favorites
Of The crown or dependents upon the
crown. and had to be taken care of
without regard to the rights or the vel
fare of the people, over whom they were
appointed. 1t was the intention TO es-
tabish government on which the best
interests OF the people were alone to be
considered, as the only end and object
of all government
For more than half a century this OBJ
Ject was strictly adhered to. and We pros
pered as no nation had ever prospered
before upon the face OF the earth The
same was true of the various State gov.
ernments in their SubordnateS, though
the sovereignS in their reserved powers.
The rule and the welfare Of the people
was the only consideration that controlled
the government.
From this there resulted prosperity,
happiness and entire satisfaction among
all classes Of people. Strikes we're un-
known, and lock outs were u-dreamed
of.
Trusts and combinations were never
heard Of and labor organizations were
not needed, cold storage could not have
existed TO raise the prices Of the neces-
sarieS OF life. TO Cypress the poor and
the needy. There were no Socialists.
nor anarchists, but all were not only
satisfied with their government but were
enthusiastic patriots, and Eel. and knew
that their government was the best gov
eminent that the world hal ever known
But after abou, half ceu.arv ago we
began 10 abandon the ideas OF our fore
faihers, and 20 reset back to the various
forms OF personal govew- -I;.
The government t-r hesan to te
used as an instrlmen.a ,v cut Of which
and BY which 70 make money without
regard to the rights ~. wishes. or the
welfare OF the great BODY OF The people.
We have gone on from bad to worse.
ever since until we have reached the
deplorabie eord .on uow existing. The
country from one end 10 the other. is
ramiied Uiil trusts and combinations Of
every conce.yah. kind ard character.
the sole object o. which is 20 make money
by exploiting the masses of the people.
There are all sorts Of labor oman
i1ltlons forced ilto existence in self de-
Tense against the Combinations and
trusts, which il would otherwise. and 90
now Cypress the laboring classes. is well
as the other classes do. Anarchism and
Socialism have sprung into existence.
whose avowed object and intention Is 10
abolish all government. because they saw
taa' our government is utterly unius, ard
is administered for the benefit OF the
fw privileged classes.
Patriotism is practically silenred If
not dead. Among the masses Of the
people, we never hear any more the en-
thnSiastic praises Of the government
sung as the best government under the
sun, but we do hear universal complaint
and objections 10 the government and
the administration.
Tie real trouble is that we are fast
becoming a government Of men and not
a government OF law aud Justice.
Year after year we witness a vast in
.'se in Office holders and almost
every year an increase OF salaries. There
is nor only an increase in office holders.
bl' We are also infested with countless
commissions appointed in almost every
de? ment Of the government and only
to do what the officeholders were APP
pointed to do. or they are created to tell
Office holders how to do their duty.
thus only multiplying the office holding
class ard increasing the burdens Of the
already overburdened people. Al the
last session of Congress was created a
Commerce Court TO try cases from the
Commerce Commission, notwithstanding
that We are constantly increasing the
number of United States Courts. Why
not le, he regular courts try these cases
as they try all other cases. Now the