The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-06

An attorney Of Chicago II. T.. Atwood
b,s rpblishcd n little hook called Lack
:, he Rcuubllc" Some of the leading
husircss men 0f this country have poem
50 ,o3Iv impressed by this book mat
,hcv .rc nuhlisning extracts. or ou!inS
!. =, NbI:lcsalc and sending il out TO men
,vrn make on mon This littlc hook ~
s,udy If tho Golden Mean ana our c"n-
,titut,on ms tho atnriard form or gov
crrmont. II takes the position tha' l"
, sorlc countries the n"niuium SWINGS l"
,rn ono extreme named "Autocrac''
and then. n littln later. 10 another OK
,rcnc called 'MohoCrnCy." In between
lbs tho Golden Mean. named IN" rnnuO-
rr Tho republic means that ono nun
dr,d millions Of rropl" (of whom "Ifh'!
r,fl'lna~ are children and women. ana OF
vhI,h five of tho twenty million m"h
arc essentially ilItcratn) real'z" thH'
,hcy arc too busy I" study Tor th"m-
solves questions Of finan - tariff gov
,rr-,cnt md foreign relations, and there
fro select experts to act for them.
rho rrnuhlic is Representatives gov
crrr,rnI nv tho choice Of all IN" f""P"
,hrnuCh n fAw mon who give themselves
y, dav and hy night IL pr>blcms that IN"
,,,,ii,,rr arc unable to study by reason 81
No. fact that they ar" earning NOR Nv
,r,, in tho minc and forest tho factory
and field.
When y man has 4 pain in his r'Sh'
,,Ic h.. docs not rai - mass m""'tnr
and nut tho question I" n rt". SaE'AE
.,ll those in that arc in favor Of haVinH
,,v arrcndiy cut out. ra:s" IN" r'EA'
i,na, NEGATIVE tho sar" sign. he
..n!s Gov ~ expert called tho surgeon.
Isaac Newton Was I'm expert an mat!'r-
,roti-. Ar,cT 30 years IF comnata'lonN'
leo found that tho earth moved ar"nh'-
tho sun. What II some men had calico
= meeting md said I" tho mnI'l'"o''
..,Il those who want TO havc H." Garth
..,,vo nrouuI ~ Jun say AVE. 'h"S''
vnn ,rc opposed to Newton and want N"
,rn t" move around the c"r'h say
'Nn' ."
ono vote by Isaac Newton weighs more
than, all tho votes NJ tho rest Of INC
human r.,,r that have not studied tn"
problem.
rho man who has tho last fact IN the
,.,.c alone has tho right not decide.
I'm Germany III" pendulum swung to-
ward aurrrracy and government by IN"
kaiser During tho last ten years ou:
Government has h"cn swinging towald
noho>rnrv and away from Washington.
Hamilton and Lincoln TIL" result is that
- harlni wax banded ia our voters laSf
November that Was SIN f"ct Icnc anG
CONTAINED tho names Of 3%A candidates.
Instead Of government by representa-
tiycs. W" haI los commissions appointed.
and had to raise several billions Of taxes
for their support. SiNtE-two thouSan'!
u~w laws wcr" passed, compiled IN OIL
Volumes "r d"t islnnG.
II" pendulum that swung in Germany
trwnri auIn"raCv il swinging toward
,rul,ncrncy. with tho result that Sc'cral
thn,ISnnh ri"t"rs went into tn" state
canitol If Winnipeg and th" leaders Of
thu. mob ordered III" leaders Of the gov
'ium'uI /" resign. and thor argument
WAS force. The tImc his com" for 'h"
American p"upl" In return tn tho faith
.u' ih"lr fathers and IN" mddl" ground
named "'rE" R'puhIIc" with IFS repro
s"nratIv" g"NcrTncnt. That return
would Iuv"lv" tn" discharE" Of NOR"
rhHn hundred commissions. save tho poo
nj" several billions Of dollars Of taxes.
avoid the scyIla 81 nutocracy on the ono
hand. and IN" charybdis Of mohocracy
on the other. The solution Of our prob
lcm today is in the return In The rCpuh-
lie of Washington and Hamilton, OF
Webster and Lincoln.