The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-07-20

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triton" exert their benign and regen-
erative power to rid us of ignorance
and egotlsm and class hatred and at
least modify in some degree the ten
dency toward somewhat exasperat-
ing "holier than thou" attitude. which
fear, is growing upon some of the
disciples of my honored friend, though
he remains, God be praised. wholly
unspoiled by any such unfortunate
tendency himself.
But, Mr.. President, in spite OF all
the distinguished Senator from Ore
gon has said, certain of the unregen-
crate seem to regard the composite
citizen" as being somewhat oversatur-
ated with the irresponsible idealism OF
the Oregon school OF government by
ballot At least one has confessed to
feeling of skepticism respecting
even his bodily existence, in spite of
the fact that the honorable senator
has privately assured him that this
child of his creative genius Is actu.
ally in our midst, albeit so spiritually
refined and so delicately illumined by
the influence of the modern uplift
that only the sensl vtieeye of the
faithful may behold him, or the hand
of the faithful touch him. To the un.
regenerate he reveals himself only
to the ear as a voice crying in the
wilderness" proclaiming the wicked
ness and folly of the entire order of
things established.
When the fullness of the new dis
pensation shall be upon us, 1t will be
made clear that any scheme of things
which has endured for period ex.
ceeding six months and which has
only the poor merit OF having worked
fairly well in practice Is inherently
worthless as guide to the conduct
of advanced people. In short, the
composite citizen" holds to the doc.
trine that mere experience is an ass
and that common sense is outlawed
by the statute of limitations. Legisla.
lures are to be swallowed up in the
initiative and referendum, courts
obliterated by the recall, political
parties juggled out of existence by
the direct primary, and upon their
ruins will rise the recently organized
Progressive League-which, by the
way, just now seems to be progress
ing after the manner of a woman get.
ting off car, with it's back to the
front-as the supreme guide, philoso-
pher, and friend of the composite
citizen" whose offices its members
will continue to joyously fill and
whose salaries they will continue to
to cheerfully draw Then indeed, will
the political millennium be in sight.
Every social and political evil will
be eradicated by the simple but ef-
fective expedient OF voting 1t out of
existence.
All the operations of government
lawmaking, law constituting, law ex-
ecuting-will be merged in the one
supreme, all embracing function Of
ballotting. We may confidently look
forward to that halcyon era when
there will be primary elections to
nominate candidates for office, pre-
primary elections to designate per-
sons to become candidates for nom
ination. and undergraduates to
frame an eligible list from which to
select preprimary candidates to run
the gauntlet of the primary itself. TO
the end that only the good and vir' |
tuous may compete for the final suf.
frages of the people. Having selected |
our candidates by this sitting and re.
sitting and reresifting series of pri-
mary elections, we will have elections, |
elections to determine who OF these
irreproachable persons shall become
our officials, and then recall elections |
to get rid of them II we think on re.