Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1913-08-15

j Row w. Merritt 1912 graduate Of tbe ol
- rno is now employed by the Standard Oil comnon,,
| nm headquarters at Valera, Venezuela
Hal Dios y Federacion Viva al Ren,hl;a.
From the Caracanlan to the nhabitant Of the lowest
pueblo III 'enezua glowing pride is expressed
gsm~E \ The republic. 10 where you Will in this fantas
~ ae always IN every nook and corner of the do
. MAN. will you meet with the likeness Of the Craa+
NV III BOLIVAR the George Washington of Venezuala s.,
IAN nrst president and father OF republic Go whara
YOU will, you can not escape the intense patriotism
III mat the enezuelan shows for the repnbIic t
ever the republic S the thing Looked at with tho
,ab III eyes of foreigner, wonders why when the
30 story Of it's present day politics become known The
tob answer lies farther Blackjack among the fathers
yers the grandfathers and the great grandfathers of
q these mpetuous people, Tor even now as of old they
love the boom Oh the cannon, the rumble of the rifle
o the crack Oh Inc pistol shot, and whatever may
come to them as result oil these things theirs by
right OF conquest by right OF might. The conquer
l OF lakes what he DESIRES and the remaining popuace
looks and smiles, and forthwith pats HIM on
al I'm the back.
d&E Ii the Venezoano says SO, it must be So This
RN Rb republic First it Las constitution (Which is
10 seldom eff the shelf it has national representa-
i've body known a congress (Which does as it is
s Old by the presden) it has president (who ever
always is securely the job it has state gov
ass enmens the election of whose officers according
4 " the constitution, should be by the state egs
lalures IN question; it has districts and municipal
mh mes under Inc control according to the constitu
500 uon of the voting power of the citizen So says the
+ constitution.
. republic this must be, for, specifically at
- least it has the essential requirements. But looking
4 askance at the 'shelved" constitution and at the
Va AZ time gancing squarely the republic we find
Ia Sc e0lal1 aba
- PRESIDENT by the president and for the president
For the constitution is surely laid aside perman-
emily and securely-buried beneath the scheming
desires Of relentless politicians, and we'll rolled by
the wheels of of the most perfect steam-rollers
now known to representative governments" What
matters the constitution, what matters the govern
h ment what matters everything, if the pot Of gold be
/ found at the base of the political rainbow? This
JIG truly is little world revolving political axis
made of desire for gold Gold must the official
Ia have and gold they will secure the hows why's and
wherefores shelved alongside the crippled constitu
or ton
The president of the republic is the big figure in
u the nation the colossal giyer of commands that must
vn executed-or the bastie for the failure. There
sa constitution, but the president supplants it
there treasurer of the republic but the funds are
J always at the beck and call of the president There
are generals galore (for man to step up the ladder
gh here must be general there is no other way, yet
the president commands the army. He has cabinet
advisers, yet he tells the cabinet what to advise
There are elective officers by the score IN state, dis
HI rct and municipality, yet directly or indirectly,
I'LL these officers elected" by the president No
ana patronage cards dealt from the hand OF the
PRESIDENT and he has the deck stacked All busl-
" ness enterprises at his mercy; he controls the
- telegraph and telephone systems; he is the govern
nent; he is the republic
- just how does this come about2 What is this sys-
em whereby figure dominates an entire people
OF three Millions under the OF representative
All goVernmentQ How is this house builded with the
Mt egsatlve judicial and executive props all firmly
planted in presidential solY Naturally we might
= start at the bottom, taking first the municipality
and, step by step, carry the illustration upwards to
le browning features of the republic. Here, how
ever, to make the narrative meet the conditions, we
must unnaturally begin at the top, the president,
aad trace the government down to the elective
0lncers, the choice( y of the people.
Each male Venezuelan, twenty-one-years OF age,
uas the right to vote, according to the law But II
ae president so guides the ship of state that the
''zen doesn't receive his right OF suffrage what
an the insignificant law do about itY
FIRST there is congress of two houses Each
ate OF which there are thirteen sends each year to
afacas two senator's and three representatives