The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-03-02
THE SAME OLD
STORY WILL Be
REPEATED NOW
"GfvE THE CALF ROPE
ENOUGH AND 1T WILL
BE SURE TO HANG
ITSELF"
SO WITH DEMOCRATS
Legislature making Itself So Obnox
ious as to Force its Retire
ment-Marshall Dictation
Will Help.
SO WITH DEMOCRATS

indianapolis special: Leave the
Democrats to themselves, give them
power and they will make themselves
SO obnoxious as to force their own re
tirement Out of Office; the average
Democrat talks nonpartisanship and
independence, early and late. TON
Marshall went into the governors CT.
flee on cry of nonpartisanship, coup.
led with bitter attacks on the social ed
dictatorial one-man policies of tie
Hanly administration. Marshall IN
f1ated himself on the assertion that he
would never, no never under any cir
cumstances, monkey with the legisla-
tive buzz-saw or stick his nose in the
whirling machinery of the judiciary
department The executive depart.
ment was to be his only playground,
according to the campaign tale. The
people listened and a. lot of the people
were fooled by the non-partisanship
plea.
The People Still Amazed.
Not since the civil war period, when
the iron-souled Morton served the
Union in emergencies by using all his
power, has there been such an exhibit
tioh Ut attempted usurpation as Tom
Marshall is putting through at this
time Marshall has. marked himself
as the one Indiana governor. who, be
ing In the frog class, tried to take in
enough Ozone to rank himself with the
elephant In size. The Little Giant"
Is at the point of, politically bursting,
this minute.
The people have not yet recovered
from their amazement over the Demo
cratic governors remarkable attempt
to give the state new constitution of
his own devising.
Heads are still wagging over the
brazen proposition that Democratic
legislative caucus, working the pOiiti-
cal within of modestly aspiring gov
ernor, shall adopt a constitution I'm a
two-hour discussion; and shove the
same into the Christmas hosiery o. a
commonwealth, whether or no. The
thing would not be nearly so mon
strous IL the new constitution passed
muster. But. surprising as it may
seem, the MARSHALL constitution ID as
full Of human error as most any other
one-man production Of q similar kind.
ander Hamilton. He is not even q
Tom Jefferson, when 1t comes to draw
ing up organic law. His constitution
bags at the knees. IT. is run down at
the heel. It.sags hopefessly, andithere
are places where it sqpints most fear,
fully.
Shows Folly of the Whole Game.
For instance, the experimental gov
pulsory compensation act, TO force the
workman to accept settlement for i'm
turies received at labor, ua a basis to'
be decided by a. special labor. court
The law would compel the emp wee
to pay the laboring man what tie 81
Dor court set. In the same remark ss'
constitution the governor sets out
the right of trial by jury shah oonti
inviolate. This is according to- the
federal constitution, which cannot he
altered in a state. The folly on the
whole Marshall game is we'll shown in
this conflict Within his own prsposed
constitution.
In order to get anywhere. with his
constitution as card for national pub.
Lefty and possible presidential promo
ton, the Democratic, governor should
have constructed something that
| would stand scrutiny. II IS said the
| governor worked on this proposed con
stitution during his last snmmer vaca
ton, and that he has put In some worl
on It since that time. Off and on. wher
he was not busy schemfng to remove
some high-grade Republican from 4
state job to make room for the politi
clans who flock with Steve Fleming IL
hungry horde.
APretense and Sham.
Well, the governor might well hav'
put In still additional time on his pro
posed constitution. 1t did not requir
to be studied by the Democratic eau
Gus. That caucus. not being chosel
with any regard for constitution MAX
| ing, and having its mind on othe
things-namely. ripper bills and tn
creation of new jobs for more Demo
crats-was sure to accept without dis
cussion or consideration most any oil
thing the governor put up as a polit
cal expedient. But it is sad fact tina
Just any old thing will not do whe
It comes to passing public test.
i Somebody gave 1T out that tn
Democratic governor had provided /
his proposed constitution somethin
IKE the Oregon plan to enable the pei
l pie to obtain the primary. the recall
the initiative and the referendum
Jonathan Bourne. the Interpreter {
The Oregon plan, declares tbs Marsha
scheme Is so set about with. dificultie
- to make the adoption Of the Orego
r plan practically impossible In Indians
bourne denouncee the Marshall const