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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-06-13

life-for the square deal to labor as
well as to c9p'a' but above a, for
the rights Of the American citizen
that he may BE- proud of the land
that gave him brthl
You will not be content with the
problems Of the present, but win
look to the future. You will rotr The
ever increasing burden OF the sup
port Of Tho woaklng. the puuuer AID
the criminal burden which r'u5
with double force on the strong and
vigorous. You viii take measures to
correct this cvil--to eliminate their
multiplication. You may even incur
added burdeus I'm this generation
that the generation to follow may be
freed of this handicap.
You will search out the forces
that are sapping the life and man.
hood of this generation and the gem
orntions to come. Racial pei ous
must be eliminated that cur nation
may grow These and many others
are the problems Of the generation.
which all forces looking toward hui
man progress, regardless of their
special line, must combine TO meet.
They are problems OF society and
humanity, and their solution will be
the Legacy OF this generation to the
race to come.
This day is well named Commence.
ment. 1t is the beginning and the
end. 1t is the day of many pleasant
associations. the breaking of many
ties Of friendship, the end OF much
in tasks and drudEery. II is the end
OF the happiest and most carefree
period of your life. lIut It is the be-
ginning OF more important things.
You have to n large extent been
guided and directed through your
college course; You have teamed on
the wisdom and experience VI 9TH
crs. 1t is the beginning Of RESPONSE
bility and independent activity. IL
IL an abrupt transition. AS one who
has long been accustomed to the
darkness you are dazzled by the
sunshine of opportunity. You will
not see clearly. At first you will be
inclined to crawl back to the shad-
nws. Gradually your eyes will be-
come stronger. your vision clearer.
You will see the mountains rise be-
fore you. You will heed their cali.
Your first question will be where Is
opportunity? Your second question
which opportunity? The, first may be
partially answered for you; the sec
cnd you must answer for Yourself.
Your talents, your nature, your train
ing, your ambitions, and your visions
are 80 diverse, so infinite in variety
and degree that you and you only
must decide. Others may decide for
you for a time. but that only post
pones the inevitable. Your life Is
your own. You alone must answer
for what you make II.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .
and justice shall prevail, and not to
annul them.
You will see to 1t that the srncta.
Gle. Of the people Of Utah enacting
through their representatives In SEES
sion after session of our legislature,
laws for the drainage and rsclnma'
ton of vast areas of the richest land
in the state only to have them anr,ul
ed by the courts, will not be repeat
ed, The will Of the people has been
proclaimed again and again, the pro
eress OF the state has been hamper
ed, farms have been ruined. homes
abandoned, grave injustice has been
done to thousands because some sell
fish individuals hiding rascaliiy and
corruption behind a1speciots plea Of
liberty and justice have BEEN able
to influence the courts to recognize
techniealitiss instead ct PRINCIPLES
instead Of Justice.
You will cite to them the example
OF our financial system, which from
a small and uncertain beginning
grew and enlarged until 1t became
a monopoliziDg tyrant, breathing
forth threats OF panic and destruc'
ton whenever its will was opposed.
You will show them that when
strong men started to curb its mon
strous powers, to regulate its oper-
atoms, to make OF it servant and
not master OF the people, that the
cry went forth that We we're attack
ing the foundation of government,
disrupting the nation. Predictions OF
anarchy ard ruin were freely spread.
And y% Though sesrcfls IA yehr bps
passed since this reform was accom-
fplbhed. All fpsase ana fppspsrity.
tTlia bSrkaarsl tltena fsayes NY HoY tell
you that we have better system
ana fba1 natbhl wds par,ie lauch as
ihis ASdsntfY bias ieFperienesd twice
in a generation with its wave OF ruin
and sorrow, will probably never re-
turn. sl.uat F-aSa",s vs'fN S~5Fe
Just so. q 'reform OF our present lu'
dicial proceedings wiz encounter OPP
position, the same predictions of an
arcby. Vested rights yield slowly to
the populav will, but II you take NJ
the task, the reform will come and
come soon, and when 1t does, lawyer
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-06-13

and judge will unite with the people
in proclaiming its benefits.
AS lawmakers and executives. you
viii realize that political parties are
not governments, but simply vehicles
for the expression Of our ideas OF
government; that by the very nature
of things the more closely orpani2ed
the party machinery is, the more dit
hcult ii Is for the will Of the people
to find themselves.
Government BY parties requires
that there be at least two pcrtlcs
representing Two viewpoints a., a
question. These may be called III.
era' end conservative. progressive
and r2aotignary, or by any other des.
donations. But as such they must
exist. Theoretically, when the bal
nnce between these two parties is
close, Tho government should be good
and keep abreast of the best thought
of the people. Practically Just the
reverse is true. one party will CON
troll the senate, another the house.
the president may not agree with
either. with the result that legisla,
ton of all kinds is blocked. dead.
locked, and there can be 10 pro-
sress.
On studying the situation you will
see with DR.. Mead that this is in
tolerable. that no business concern.
no railroad, no organization of any
kind compelled to endure competi-
ton could survive under like form
of government. We copied from
England in the formation of our re-
public. England has since changed
her form of government, and the
younger republics have done like.
wise. In these countries today an
election places a party IN power.
That party proceeds to organize n
government harmonious in all the
branches. They were elected on a
certain issue and are pledged to its
performance. They proceed with
the government until new issue
arises. II they meet IL satisfactor-
lily, they continue. II they fail, the
issue goes to the vote Of the people
and they are sustained and go OH
or retire, and new organization
takes their place. There can be no
deadlock, and the platform promise
must be carried out.
BY comparison our present system
Of lawmaking is cumbersome and
inefficient. Six thousand laws we're
proposed in recent state legisia-
ture. Many times this number are
introduced in a national congress
Such a volume of material cannot
even be read-much less seriously
considered. We elect a governor to
preside over the destinieo OF the
state. He studies its needs. and its
opportunities. He Ia in touch with
It's revenues and it's requirements
end yet he Is denied q voice in - the
shaping of the. laws. either for the
levying or the distribution Of its rev
enues. except for the one ,check--de
structiye rather constructiye--the We
to power. .s....-UJ ....., r.rs.,--..
With the revised form of govern
ment a : minister appoints his cabin
| = -
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ct organizes his majority and with
their council and assistance makes
up the budget Of expenditures. pre-.
vides for the revenue, drafts the
laws to carry out the election prom
i9os ana present them to the repre-.
sentatives Of the people But few
laws are thus proposed at session,
and these are carefully drafted and
adequately considered The sue.
ncss or failure OF the organization
hangs on the acceptance OF i;s mea.
cures, and they must. thcrciora meet
The popular viii.
You and other daring souls will
cnlighten and arouse the people o.
the country to the possibility Of
these ard ether reforms. You wi
continue the battle until tt is rossi.
nle to have economy and efficiency
in both national and state adwinis-
irations; until our government is 80
organized that the executive part.
ments will be able TO initiate the re-.
rorms--will have the power and the
responsibility that are given 10 the
managers Of all great enterprises
You will continue the flgnt until
The tariff question Is taken out OF
politics and placed in the hands Of
a responsible commission--a commits
sion whose tenure of office will be
Tor life, whose personnel will be as
carefully chosen as the supreme
court and whose power IN It's field
will be as great.
You will continue your work until
post Offices are built only on the re.
commentator of the department
until river and harbor improvements
are recommended only by the gov
eminent cngineers-until state engi-
neers determine the building of the
roads and distribution OF bridges,
until the budget of nation and states
ore made out in advance by those
responsible for their administration
are published to the world and sub
iect to criticism before their enact
ment.
You will continue the work until
there is the same standard of hon.
esty in political and commercial life
until government service In poll
teal lines becomes a profession and
not a graft-until the pork barrel
and the log rolling politician are re-
tired-until we speak again with rev.
erence OF statesmen instead OF re-
ferring to our political leaders with
disgust--until the principles Of Clay,
Webster, and Calhoun, shall again
permeate our political life, and we
shall look to our national congress
TO rise above personal ambition. sec
tional prejudice, to the level Of the
common good-until the name OF
Tammany, Barnes, and Lorimer, and
the methods Of the corrupt politi
clans have been forgotten-until the
day Gomez -when-the name of n Judge
who stands. for the rights OF the com
mon people can be presented to con
sress and be, confirmed without the
combined, opposition OF every tool OF
the interests, 80 Be-, .....
You will stand for the, clean, the
honest, and the noble in. political
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generals Of all ages have fought
their battles with the weapons at
hand. The leaders of the future
who will be able to organize and di-
rect these powerful engines of de.
struction so that they become instead
the bulwarks Of protection of life
and liberty, the motive force Of So
cial and industrial progress, will
have solved the problem of the cen.
fury and delivered a nation from
threatened bondage.
Such a leader can only come from
those who have climbed the noun.
tain, whose inspiration has been
quickened and whose vision has been
broadened. He will have seen from
the mountain top that the pinnacles
upon which rich men stand are but
sand hills on the plain Of time; that
the real eminences-the granite
rocks-of history are founded on
achievements.
The pulse OF every Englishman
Quickens with pride at the mention
Of such names as Shakespeare and
Gladstone, while scarcely an indi.
vidual could give the name of the
richest man who lived in either OF
their generations. Bismark and
Goethe live in the hearts OF the Ger.
man people, not one Of witch could
recall the name OF the richest man
Of their, times. We speak with rev
efence> Of Washington and of Long
fellow. Who among us can say who
vsssMssrtchssfE dts yvsshIssspny
day-no one unless 1t be a student
OF finance. -
The glamour and the power Of
riches pass away with the individual
and like the sands Of the desert are
scattered and lost while achieve
ments that have benefited humanity
stand throughout the ages like the
snow capred- SUBMITS fbeckoning us
on.
When the people E OF France chose
by popular vote their greatest coun
tryman. they did not choose Napole
TON Who wrecked empires, destroyed
ana .leftgxs 0afhaof DIES
olation and misery throughont,9 Eur
,ope, tbut aathsr PASTOR Ssyhess lifs
WAS given to helping humanity, &c
saving llves-whos worked not ever
for the glory of France, but for the
Eobd { Of mankind. ' r13n W
Nebraska last year chose by jvot'
her most popular citizen to represent
the eofnmonweal,h, at the Interna
tlonal Exposition. Did she send Bry
an the, orator and, leader, whose toi
has brought him Wealth and infln
epee u No, She sent Bruner, the sci
enlist who has spent His fife III thoi'
state university servant of th'
| people,, who has helped them to pro
ltect their crops, their stock and the
Ehomes trops the ravages of pests an'
| disease&a simple kindly old maj
without wealth or power, but 1t Y
hs who lives in the hearts Of tn'
! nsopid. 50 SnIOn Glu ! \
wbsn,at the close of the last cen
btIy UaA gathering Sofi leadsrf p
| thought was asked to choose III
cpSdfma aihs & book OF the Sssntuty
was it the history OF some grea
'tariorl! Me- career of d ] !statesmsl
or a,faancier that was chosen ny
It was Darwin's. masterpiecei' ~
prsin Of Species. a.JtlF9rs Icf ~
development bfrlhe, n %,eacerf~Aight
ing the pathway of still hlgiH
reinforcement ffo hunfan vac.
And what came next? Harry
kHeecler 6stoye,ss Bpsle aroms caid'l
IA tafe~ or oppression sahd an appen
for liberty.
n Mas been so in allgages and a
generations and WIN be- go = In n
time to .come-that, he who lives e
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A.
1.-The submerged tenth, than we do
pn the exceptional tenth, and yet
he hear from many sources that ed
pcation is costing too much.
In Utah the figures are even more
striking. One year Of the increase
E1n the wheat crop since dry farming
was established would build, equip,
and maintain our higher educational
institutions. The increase in almost
any one of our crops due to scientif.
ic methods would support these in
stitutions. We have heard great
deal about the percent spent for ed.
ucation. Statistics show that this
state spent four million dollars last
year, Of which eight per cent went
for higher education. These things
you should know and use, not in the
spirit OF dissension. but in the spir-
1t of truth and Justice.
II the colleges Of America con-
tinue to turn out graduates at the
present rate during the next thirty
years, there will be an army or one
million educated and inspired work
ers in the cause OF humanity.
II the increase in numbers Is as
rapid in the next gemetxttoH sas u
has been in the pas<--one, -,he' -ntsff,-
Der will be nearly. two million before
the close of the. life work of the
class of 1916. In any event, you VIII
be numbered among, an educational
army far greater than previous his
tory has ever recorded and whose
potential power in the cause of right
and justice is greater than human
mind has yet conceived. This army
OF WORKERS permeating every walk
and occupation OF life, carrying with
them the vision OF the mountain and
Of the world beyond, VIII BE Tic
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sena'
tionalp and. international sdestinies.
Insthat Myv4qs usshoses that ever
individual .%W share san ytheI resfen
sibility of making our laws; that
each pne wiz carry that responsible
ity to the Extent Of seeihg' these laws
enforced. and, r. they do this,l they
must sSfckitab Y be- Responsible ''fo'
the gfItYs pr the 1PP people qls.5 pppd%sr tn the
The, opportunity. for The, individual
has never been SO great 'asNft Is To
day land vii, be throughout ,-yopl
seneta{ion.. rhe danger ID societ,
from the individual has never beer
so great as It is, and will be IN ths
future. Individuals N a,brtef space
of time have been ahls TO einass Yen
crmous fortunes. BY combination
these fortunes have been united into
d still greater aggregations, which
pndkS thsl Orection z nffi indiyjdnpl'
have been powerful in, their influence
en- hhfI Rational Aifel EWisely Sdirect
ed, such Aggregates of capital, may
develop sesSaices, crkae XoppUtuni
ties, and lend support to a. broat
5eanghtenedl policy 81 CsoSern
hent7 In unscpppous hrndeI thssj
SAND AsgregdtssLbf capital Smas
crush out competition, T.pesTft llbfr
~, corrupt courts, andlconfoli gov
krnments.
Theztrasss -sssd the scomsfAatsea be
come more powerful with each sue
sceding year, and they ave tths dom
mating foSesS III : industrial Hfe 30
today. To prevent their posslbilit!
Of evil without Destroying gtheir ROW
o.. cor ,eoa i,f tyoS gran -nroliep b
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himself and for the present, will
live only in the present, and ne who
lives for humanity and the future
will live in the future and his name
and his heritage will go down to the
ages to come.
When Commencement Is over and
the years have passed. when every
energy Is devoted to the tasks OF
life, when material welfare and IN.
dividual success are dominant, you
must stin remember the inspiration
Of the college, the call Of the noun
tain; that life is service and that
your vision was not for you atone,
hut for the benefit of mankind
You will go out into your special
fields OF life; YOU viii find your tasks
and take up your burden; you will
huild for humanity and for the fu-
turc; you will organizes and combine
TO aid the people-not to Cypress
them. You will find yourselves be
coming leaders of community life
and action. From your ranks will
come the lawyers and the judges.
the governors and the mayors. the
senators and the representatives, this
leaders of civic organizations. the
faculty and the trustees Of the edu'
cational institutions. From your
ranks will be chosen the presidents
OF our nation. its cabinet members
and the nations law makers.
As lawyers and judges will you
lend your influence and zeal towards
the reform of our judicial SYSTEM
You will recognize that our forefath-
ers just escaped from oppression,
were anxious to throw every safe
guard around the freedom of the
courts and the preservation: OF hut
man liberty. They did not, howev-
or, intend to build up machine
which was to become master of the
people, and they did not in,end the
very safeguards to be used to thwart
the ends Of justice and destroy lib
erty. Their spirit is reckoning to
you through the ages asking you to
use your influence to prevent the n
terminable delays, postponements, re-
trials, and reversed decisions on
petty technicalities which has
brought our judicial system into dis.
grace and made of justice a mock.
cry.
You will recognize that justice In
ten years is not Justice; that punish.
ment In ten years is not punish.
ment; that there is no justice In de-
lay; that this pernicious system has
been growing and expanding until 1t
has become intolerable and demands
reform.
You will recognize that the rich
and poor should stand before the bar
alike; that the bank cashier and the
promoter who wreck lives and for
tunes Of thousands. steal the savinkS
OF the old and infirm, should receiy
AZ least ~ much punishments IL
mother who steals the loaf of nrsa1
to, feeds hungry child. ~
You will recognize that We are ~
~ihoh hsfoourts have the power 4
day the only civilized country ~
fsnch the courts have the power e
declare a law unconstitutional AN
ssssssysEts IAEIg q s ~ Z gs ~
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'ALL OF THE
MOUNTAIN

Continued from page two)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-27
CONNEXIONS oEdW6
LOVE MEANS PAIN To A WOMAN

MEANS PAIN To A WOMAN
"A my Dayton" said Paula "she
% s n hGss ss Of %
big as box sn with ss a
enough for single bed and ehiffonier .r,. :.
imagine the leading Of
play lives in When get up to your salary and climb
and to hs os ss a taking from
The grand things spend my money on she said in voice that
One them like observed Does the
other resemble his father? -. a., u,o ,u ~ IT.,
My boys Princeton know That their fathers col
them there said
Yes very unknd sighed.
oh forgive me did not mean amt to pain YOU thin, will ever
suffer pain again. For have not to my
Paula that perhaps might time help the
everyone, Dayton that for
Earnest Layton Ttor asked hn. hut VIM 50. who has
loved tell the You innocent dear child that
dear Paula was just the same in the
big comedies when father boys
his senior COLLEGE With number of his college s ehum he
vted with party gotten up by one of the boys for
practice of supper
those but when found that the party all people,
hilarious it the hlaty Of youth and
people The however that
VIII could only think of him With
tried buy off They poisoned his mind against and finally
%o" as'slS ss 'srs n'D's' D'''"'
children they offer of larger
of but wrote them wanted father for my boys not
received viii saying sick
co Ss'1 % @ -
received y letter. he killed. in an accident in
Paula she continued earnestly don't trust any man young
you not love you
Gsf iss fss
love her bosom must after remember
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By Winona Wilcox

The role of the martyr has been
a fayorite one in the history OF
woman! 1t Is as sacrifice to her
children, her home. her social du-
ties or her health that woman has
appealed most successfully to
mans pride in his own sustaining
strength and protecting power!
But when she Is deprived of
mans support, woman undertakes
the most difficult enterprises in
the most cheerful disposition.
More than 100000 English
women are now making NUM-
lions.
In all the war countries wom-
en- are running the farms, stitch
ing the uniforms, driving motors
and carts, doing office work in
government departments, filling
vacancies in hotels, running street
cars, collecting fares, and fitting
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Martyrdom of War Adds
An Enduring Contribution
to Women's Greatness!

into any other employment which
some man dropped when he went
off to war.
And they add mans work to
their own without any parade of
martyrdom but only with the
modest hope of doing their little
bit successfully.
Just what their status is going
to be after the war is already dis
tressing foreign statesmen. Gov
ernments feel indebted to the war
woman but in the end 1t is not
probable statesmen can regulate
her industrial connections. There
can be no such thing as chivalry
in the world of economics, and 1t
is In the nature of things that the
homecoming soldier will rob the
war-woman of her important place
as wage Garner.
But there is one thing the war
woman can never lose. This is
the really exalted character which
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Closing eloquent and timely editorial the subject
Hiram johnson California elected
the Kansas City Star clarion. though
whole sympathetic
Watch him."
The advice is well meant, but unnecessary.
You might we'll tell the deniZens frozen
watch the boreais. There's nothing else
Watching Wilson like sitting a where tables
tip and bells tinke and boards
nothing is visible to the naked
Watching Hughes is like looking the frost the window
panebeautifu apparent puzzng intricate
Watching Roosevelt is like putting a cyclone a
scopic slide
But watching Hiram Johnson going to be the chief out
and indoor adventure Amer
continent for the next 20 yearsw. A. w. in California
Outlook.