The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-06
VOX POPUl


long suffering world is awakened.
Law was originally intended for the
protection Of the people.
1t was never intended in America
for the persecution of the people.
Had there been no persecution OF
the people in Europe and the British
Isles there would have been no Pill
grim Fathers and no United States.
Freedom from persecution is the cause
and the backbone of the United States.
There has been a big scrap in Eu-
rope to put autocracy where it be-
longs, on the scrap heap. That little
job has been done. But that is just
by way of start. Little tin kaisers
abound.
Hiding behind some little tin law
they have dug out from the ash can,
some measly puritanical law Of an OBJ
solete long ago, they wrap themselves
in cloak Of contemplate piety and
pop up like jack in the box to assert
dominion over the people.
Why For the good Of the people?
To make the people happy? To lead
the people to God? To persuade the
people to be good? To help to i'm
prove the people? To be constructive
and make the world a pleasant place
to live in Not on your life!
Little tin kaisers have but one am
bition in their little tin heads: To
shine. shine, shine. Now real piety.
real religion, real goodness is always
constructive. The little tin kind is al
ways destructive. Shall and shan't
and must and can't are it's favorite
words. Words Of compulsion and
threat, Of authority and superiority. of
mastery self assertion and braga-
docio, like the swashbuckler and pi-
rate and bandit of bygone days.
And so with these cranky old laws
OF bygone days, hell fire will get us
if We don't watch out! Dare to sell
a postage stamp or soda water on
Sunday and you can tell it to the
judge. And, and, and, someone will
pocket fee. So here's how to get
rich. Make all the laws you can.
Every time you make a law you in
vent a new crime. If you can't make
new law. dig one out of the ash
can-any old law will do-then set
traps. Isn't it grand Isn't it noble
and inspiring! Anr don't we all stand
around and admire and love and take
off our hats and bow before the mas
sive intellect which is so clever, so
burned clever!
Bosh, Nonsense, To the dung
heap with it! This is the result and
effect of the Fee System. Cut It
down. Root it out. 1t is wrong.
wrong. wrong. And the American Of
today wants what is right. right. rightf
If there is a stupid old law in the
way, an excuse for plumber. sweep 1t
away. There are too many laws. full
OF flaws. Machinery OF twenty years
ago is obsolete today. An automobile
Of the vintage Of 1900 would be laugh
ed at now So would Noah's ark. Mark
Twain once gave a lecture on Water
He talked about something else for
an hour and a half, then drank glass
of water and announced that he had
kept his promise.
Sundays editorial on Bayview park
hits the nail on the head. It is our
real City park, and the only day we
can use it in the fun glory of sun
shine is Sunday. We have some clean.
sincere, right-minded and public spir-
tied lawyers in this beautiful. healthy.
superblv situated city OF Pensaco1a
who will see to this little matter for
us. A public substitution for ont
Of pocket expenses and the free gift
Of their mastery OF the law for the
benefit Of their city will lift us out
of this muck and mire. What do we
want? Freedom to battle and have ra-
tional reasonable, sensible out-of-