The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-05-30

United States Representative
continue to be elected for tw
years. But the HABIT of rotation
IN office is decreasing; the nabi
l of continuous reelection Of tn,
same representative for success
slve terms, if he proves trust
worthy, is increasing.
The provisions in the consti
tuition limiting the power of con
gress remain unchanged; but the
4 decisions of the courts. and still
more the practice of the people
nave enormously increased both
the functions and the power OF
the national government. That
government now promotes agri-
culture, commerce, manufactures
education, public improvements
and has both promoted and reg
uiated transportation. 1t is no
longer a mere protective associa-
ton. Its supreme sovereignty
Is no longer questioned. The
right of a state to nullify its
laws, vigorously affirmed in 1882.
or to withdraw from the Union.
claimed at the point of the bay
onet in 1861, is no longer main
tanned.
These political changes have
been accompanied with two others
equally significant.
Our educational system has
been greatly developed. The
public school has been extended
to cover the whole country and
opened to welcome all races and
all classes. Industrial education
has been initiated and is being
rapidly developed.
Voluntary congresses unknown
to our fathers have sprung ND.
There is scarcely single public
lnterest--financial, legal, CONNER
ligious, or political-that has not
Its congress. In these congresses
bankers, lawyers, merchants, man
ufacturers, workingmen. educa-
tors, religious teachers, civic re-
formers, meet, discuss with ex-
pert knowledge these interests.
The debates are no longer confin-
ed to congress; they go on
throughout the entire country
among the people.
simultaneously with this polit-
zeal development has gone on an |
industrial development. While |
politically the country has been
growing more democratic, indus
trlally it has been growing more
autocratic. Industry, which
hundred years ago was individual
lstic, has become organized. The
factory has taken the place of
the hand loom and the spinning
wheel; the railway has taken the
place of the stage-coach. Not
4 few of these industries have
become monopolies-some by a
Natural process, some by skillful-
y devised combinations. They
ire all under the direction of
captains of industry And the
workers., who meet their employ ,
RS on equal terms at the ballot l
'ox, resent the idea that they can
ave nothing to say respecting {
he terms and conditions of their c
Employment in the mill, the mine.
he factory, and the railway. 9
ience the labor unions, which de '
land not merely better wages
nd better conditions. but also a t
hare in the control and in the e
roflts of their industry. This b
what they mean by a recogni- p
ION of the union o
There is a large and influen-
al body of American citizens C
'ho think this progress of dem I
cracy has gone far enough, if b
OF too far. They are alarmed p
present conditions and future C
respects. They wish to return
the counsels of the fathers; to f,
store the checks and balances il
the olden time; or at least to p
low no further relaxation of Il
lose checks. ii
There are few who do not
'lieve in self-government. They al
,ree with Sir Henry Maine that 81
is predestined failure. They pl
rec with recent French writ Ii,
Gustave LIE Bon, that the of
ovid sis only impressed nv ex- oy