The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-07-29

utteranCe OF cunning pOillicioh '""
the words of man
III schoneck is innocent. the dis
trict attorney should not try to con
vice him. II he is guilty and the eVr
dence is procurable, the case SHOULD
be fought to finish at any cost. II
the district attorney feels that the man
is guilty. but that It is impossible to
procure evidence to convict, then he
will do his duty and save the taxpay-
ers much cost by dismissing the case.
II is a matter wholly in the hands OF
the district attorney. and man OF
caliber in that office would use his
own judgment in the matter
ut may seem like delicate compli-
ment to refer the matter to the peo
pie. but 1t really looks cowardly or
course, an official who has made fire.
ouent bunders which the people are
not slow to criticize may be overly
sensitive and therefore may take
such a course, thinking 1t may satisfy
the public"
Those who are so Unexpectedly APP
pealing to the people to take over the
direct management of their govern.
ment, with it's multiplicity of detail
and difficulty. the successful operation
of which demands concentration of eff
fort and thoroughness of application,
are preparing the way for future mis-
chief. They are advocating a political
creed alhring to the imagination, but
utterly impossible of successful realiz
alton, and which, II adopted, will lead
us more and more inc the domain of
the impracticable, with political chaos
or political despotism as the ultimate
result. 1t is the old contest between
idealism and stubborn, matter-of-fact
reality. 1t is the story of the philoso.
piers stone over again-the dream of
transmitting all the metals into gold
the hunt for the master key that
will open all locks, however different
in size and shape--the problem OF fit
ting square pegs into round holes -
the puzzle OF how to eat ones cake
and have 1.-THE search for the chi
mera of perpetual motion-the quest
for the mythical pot of gold at the
foot of the rainbow-and all the 9th
er impossible undertakings which
have vexed mems souls and turned
their brains and filled the lunatic asy-
lums since mankind was divided into
those who see facts and those who
see visions. Finally. this latest delu.
sion of having everybody drive the
horses and everybody ride in the
coach at the same time must share the
fate of all the others, for 1t is now
as 1t has always been, that the pursuit
of the unattainable is the most profit
less of human occupations.
Under the initiative and referendum
the people will occasionally get law
they want which the legislature will
not pass; under the recall they will
| occasionally get rid of a man who
never should have been elected: but
under the system they will in the end
get legislators that no thoughtful PEG.
pie ought to have and judges WHOM:
no free people should be satisfied
with, The Legislators will be driven to
yield their own function of delibera
| ton and their own independent judg
meht as to what is wisest and best and
become mere recording agents. The
executive officers will become less
and less self-reliant men and more
and more automatic machines. unit
some day, in the face of some grea'
Cricis, the people will awake to thu
affrighted realization that their gov
eminent is in the hands of men who
have lost the courage and the wisdom
to act upon their own responsibility a
all.
MIR. President, in the main and IL
the long run changes which come b!
the gradual and orderly processes o
evolution are better and far more en-
during than those brought about b!
the spasmodic methods of revolution
Experience is a safer guide than pre-
diction. The tree is known by ii
fruits rather than by its blossoms, 70
sometimes the fairest blooms, like tn,
fairest promises, produce no fruit a
all. The rules of government tina
have been tried, that have been round
ed into shape by years of practica
use. that have stood the strain an,
pressure from every direction, ar
not to be lightly cast aside in orde
that we may put high-sounding exper
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