Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-03-08

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substitute the will Of the official for
the laws of the people, and that is
tyranny. No state can be hurt by
opp sing grating: to do otherwise
is to connive at it. There is no
secret remedy known for evils Of
this character. They cannot be cured
by hiding them. The disgrace is
not in their correction. but in sub
mission to them with supine in
Inference.
1t is we'll for a state to display
its virtues and not parade it's
faults, but it should not be for.
gotten that the highest civic
virtue is in the overthrow of civic
depravity. Grafters whether in
st Louis, Philadelphia. San Frncisco
or Pitsburg. always endeavor to
have it appear that fight against
them is SANDER against the city
in which they operate. Criminal
wealth when assailed always tries
to hide behind the skirts of leg It'll
mate business, and RI aims that
business is being attacked. Ac-
cording to their argument grafters
should never b e assaulted lest some
assume that all in the city are
grafters; and lawlessness in bust
ness should not he fought lest it be
suspected Il at all business is
lawlcss.
In the work before you there is
no use for the sword, but there is a
stern demand for that courage
shown by Americans on so many
battlefields. The spirit they ex-
hibited as soldiers of war, we
should show as soldiers of peace in
the Eoblest work to which the
patriot can be called, the supreme
and sublime effort to bring q
little nearer day by day the time
when brotherhood and charity shall
rule instead of avarice and greed a;
when special privilege in every
form shall be Destroyer and equal
rights to all enthroned as the
ruling principle of public. and the
guiding principle of private life. ,
The most conspicuous fault Of
national state and municipal govern.
mont in the United States today is
that they are governments by
the few and not by the people.
There has been improvement ir
the last few years. but there
remains mu oh to be done in the
direction of better things.
There is too much aggressive
selfishness and avarice and to little
aggressive patriotism. If the
patriotism could be made as
aggressive as the rottenness the
problem of good government every,
where would be solved by the
people taking the government in
their own hands. If corruption i.
10 be eradicatcd the people alone
can do it. What is needed is more
of the kind of patriotism thai
fights for city, state and countr,
every day; the kind of patriotism
that will go into battles of peace
as readily as into ba tiles of war.
If a government anywhere
neglects the people it is because
the people first neglect the govern
ment. The law abiding people
are in the majority. and there is
hardly a community in the country
Of which this cannot be said. They
are usually quiet though while the
lawless are so vociferous as tc
deceive many as to their number. A
majority of the people are honest
and want good government, but
do not as a rule. work for it, while
the minority are perniciously
active all the time. The lawlesi
stand on the street ard talk fol
their side, while the law abiding
are timid and unobtrusive. A
dozen law breakers can make more
noise than five hundred Law
abiding citizens, but they do not
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