Bisbee daily review., 1914-03-15

of w. P. McNair at the same banquet. on the subject of Citizenship" is also printed.
 ciTizENsAiP
 (By W. F. McNair)
 Pythianism and citizenship, the sub ject which has been assigned to me is a theme wrich mus. appeal to every member of our ordsr. and in dealing with it briefly. trust it may be under. stood that there is no political inter est to be served, as Republicans, Dem .ocru.s, Nrogsessiyes, Socialists and every other political organization has reprt sentation in our membership and should be equally interested in the subject.
 Apace with the high cost of living or cost of high living travels che high cost of governing as we'll as the cost oI high governing.
 Hysteria in our politics is adulter ating the product to such a degree that whie we seem 70 be getting higher tone. with all the frills and fur ibelows, 1t is merely a sham front and the real goods are not delivered at all
 Hysteria, whose symptoms finds eX- rression in the big problems of gov. ernmsnt needs check. |. obtains too wide sway and too great a play in field that IS already so top-heayy with administrative. legislative and executive bosses that co-ordina jon is utterly impossible. The highest achievement of political government IS to guarantee liberty and the pursuit of happiness to man ! kind.
 There are three fundamental insti. tutions which constitute the founda. | ton on which rests the superstruct' ure of free government as 1t is under. stood in The United States. They are the home. the church and the common schools.
 | The founders of our government be lieved they were founding a govern ment free to all men politically ani religiously. They who came in the Hayflower came 70 found religious ,freedom-not one form. not one ! church. but freedom to worship God according to the dictates of our con science.
 The sentiments of patriotism in oul country are crystallizing. Cohesion has set in. The same spirit which led the people over a century ago to re buke the insolence of foreign rul, has returned, and seems ready to re sent a second foreign interference which fin many ways is more gallinl than was ',hat of so long ago.
 Apathy Is the greatest bar to prog ressto the obhteration of evil, and tn, institution of good. 1t Is The pal which standsbetween men and truth between social chaos and modern up lift. The wopr5s great men have al ways fought it's influence and civil 'lzation moves forward only when il i overcome.
 This Is true of the individual an the mass. Apathy withholds untol millions from the achievement of goo citizenship. It Is impossible to req ize the better things until the majoi i.y have shaken their indifference
 The misery of the world is yer largely attributable to everybod
 wondering why in the name of for
 une somebody doesn't do something
 Somebody is the alias of nobod
 Something is a synonym for the iu
 possible.
 > The common sense Of the people
 the guarantee of he common welfal
 of society If all registered votei
 were compelled to vote on electit
 days unless excused owing to sic \ ness or absence from home the
 would be a full expression of the re
 Twin of the people.
 In most elections from one-third | three-fourths of the registered vote ! cast ballots. il3fIt.ti tAsit' : III Those not voting could have nla' the result decisive and settled | | further controversy.
 M Majority iulo decides all our el' 5 ton questions but tbat 1t decides n, arightfully a is doubted. Compnlso q yoIng would do away with the pr