Evening journal., 1912-03-02
the GOOD TIME IS MERE
BY John S. Hamilton.

The writer is not one Of those who
believes the initiative and referen-
DUN and the recall will be altogether
the palliatives the friends of these
methods expect. On the other hand
the writer does not participate in the
fears that the opponents of the
measure appear to share. Until the
Supreme Court took II upon itself to
insert the word unreasonable" 4, in
law passed by the representatives of
the people, the writer always hoped
and believed that the evils the advO-
Gates of the initiative and referendum
and the recall hoped to cure or alle-
viate would by the ordinary processes
Of evolution pass away and there
would be no real need OF direct leg
islation. The moment the Supreme
Court did usurp this power however,
Il indicated to the writer at least.
that the time had arrived when some
Of the high and mighty" in this
country had reached an eminence
where it was necessary to remind
them that they came from the earth
and it was mistake for them eth
er to forget or ignore this fact.
The real difficulty it would appear
in this country can, of course, as in
all governmental affairs, be traced di-
rectly to the people. They have ap-
parently practically Abandoned any
effort of government and turned the
duty of governing over to the law
yers. These latter not only make the
laws but they also interpret the laws
Now there is compelling force in the
contention that the law should be
held sacred. Neither is it difficult
for a layman TO understand what
President Taft meant when he recent
ly said in an address that he asso-
ciated in his mind the reverence
which he had for judges with the rev
erence which he had for the judg-
meut which we would meet hereat-
ter. II is always dangerous, how
ever, to give men too much liberty,
and this is what was done when the
law making and Interpreting power
was turned over to the legal profess
sion.
There has perhaps been more cant
about liberty than anything else not
excepting religion Some one said
| that the greatest things have the
least liberty the most Insignificant
things the most We remember it was
Seneca who said we are born sub
| iects and to obey God is perfect lib
erty. Some of our leading citizens
| have forgotten Il II they ever knew
IT, There is no such thing as liberty
in the sense the ordinary man un-
derstauds H. What men hone to Sc
cure from what they call liberty can
only be obtained from knowing and
chewing the laws of the Creator who
Is all and I'm all No man IS at lib
erty to exploit his fellows No man
has the right TO take from another
man what the latter works for with
out giving a fair return and no man
can discover in human experience
ANYTHING that would indicate that the
price Is not always demanded and
required il such is taken
The confusion and turmoil at thi;
time Is due to the fact that men have
been taking from their fellows wha'
did not belong to the taker and q
readiustment is demanded. This had
to come somewhere and what is now
proposed appears to be the best the
people are capable of at this time Il
il were not the initiative. referendum
and the recall it would have beer
something else and possibly some
thing worse. Things for the day are
out of Joint. The burden bearer has
stopped and looked around him ant
saws: Here I'm bearing my own loaG
and this other fellows also. It's to'
much: there must be fairer dis
tribution. ,
The encouraging thing about It l
how reasonable he appears Here
is all in a lump. The road has to bI
travelled and all must go. If the bag
gage train stops so must the da'
coaches and the emigrant trains. Al
army cannot move faster than IL
slowest WAGON and the race will e
forward with no more speed than il
burden bearers. 1t may be true tina
the burden bearers depend upon tn
others to do their thinking for then
but at this time the thinkers appea
to be considering only themselve
and then il must also be remembers
that these burdens contain the abso
Lutte requisites of human existence
If the huvdens halt the race canno
advance. AT present It is the heavie
burden bearers who promise to max
the trouble: tomorrow there will b
an awakening of those who have bee
getting OIL easier ana the laltef WI
see the necessity of assuming
faiier share Of the burden at leas
Then men will remember the hewe
, and the carrier and his rights.
} Then forward Will go the arm
| again with flags flying and hearts r.
Q jlic;ng and all will look back an
wonder at the injustice and foolisl
10 ness of it. Do not be impatien
/ Smile at the alarmist AS a rule 1
is a loafer or a shirker who does II,
want to carry his share of the loa
There is no room for despondenc
& There is no place for pessim'sI
Things only needed the proper in
pulse and It has been given Don't
S impatient The good time is no lon
er coming, it is here.
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