The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-06-24
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction
h Europe Follow the Great
World War;
soLsHEvlks FETrER LIBERTY
Theories lsa6ars Of the Movement
Lay. Down and Put Int Practice,
Fly In The eaes ~ All Nv.
man Experience.
Article XIII.
ax FRANk coMEREoRn.

hind the times. We still cling to the
old superstition that the people
should be the sovereigns. that public
of'icials are public servants. that tho
safest plan Of government Ia that
form Of government which Is nearest
to the people. In the United States
each citizen has one vote. He has .
vote for the men who make the local
laws. the city or village ordinances:
= vote for the man who enforces the
ordinances, the mayor; a vote for the
representatives In the state legislature,
where the laws are made; for the
governor, who enforces the state laws;
vote for the congressman and sem
ators who enact the national laws and
formulate the national policies; vote
for the president, who carries out the
supreme law Of the land. While It IL
true that In the case Of the president.
we vote for electors who elect the
president, there has not been single
case wherein an elector has voted
other than he was instructed BY the
people. We come together In political
parties, present platforms. and every
citizen has q chance to register his
opinion Of men and measures. The
citizen has right to vote at primary
elections and register his choice for
the party candidates and for the dele
gates to the conventions which fosmu-
late the party platforms.
0slshsvIk Argument vnssvad.
The belshsviks point out that politi-
cal parties do not live up to their
platforms: that candidates for once
default In their promises after they
are elected: that representative de-
mocracy 10 frequently not rsprssenta-
tive Of and responsive to the people.
We knew that there 10 some truth In
this criticism, but We know that It 10
our fault. We have the power to q.
press our wants, to record our will.
We also have the power to puAisA oar
betrayal. We can recall iron oDco
recreAnt public servants: We can add
to our legislation and take over the
power to initiate laws, and compel the
rsfersnes Of legislation hack to the
people before 1t can become operative
a. law. Our public ofncials are only
our agents; We hire them. Ne pay
them: We can Ore them. disgrace them
and punish them II they fall to obey
our instructions. Such 10 our power.
II We do not use the power intellk
gently and effectively It II our fault.
Ind "a IA - ~ ss,A
possess and fail to use them. the fault
10 With %. Therefore. We do not con-
demn . system Of representative gov.
eminent because some Of the individ-
uala who make up the government are
unit and unworthy Of the rights they
enjoy.
The bolsheviks appear to favor
change 10 the method Of governing
the people. The plan they have adopt.
cd 10 based on the theory that the
people must not b trusted. but that
the oliceholders can. Bolshevism II
government from the top down. rather
than from the bottom up. They seem
to 20 ON the theory that power dele
gated through many hands will lese
it, corruption just a. running water
dess. This political theory files In the
face Of all human experience.
Oslshsvist seeker"
In our numbers W have 4 figure
which for many years has enjoyed Q
peculiar reputation; Il 10 the "jester"
Of numbers. II 10 the number 20"
1t Il known In American slang -
"skiddo0." The bolshevlks inserted In
the constitution . Joker. and oddly
enough they gave II the "sklddoo"
number. ''28." II 10 found In Article 2
q the Constitutes:
"Being guided By the interest Of the
working class % Q whole. the Rus.
sian Socialist Federal Soviet Repub.
lie deprivss all individuals and groups
Of all rights which could be utilised
By them to the detrimsnt Of the 10
cinlist revolution"
Here IL the big beware siEn 10 the
constitution. What does II mean :
what fears must come into the minds
| Of men and women In Russia when
they read this paragraph The con.
stitution depriven every one. indIvid-
ually and collectively. Of exercising
any rights he or they may have which
ere opposed to bolshevism. Did tyr.
amy ever impose u more arbitrary.
autocratic ukasei The paragraph con.
eedes that individuals and groups have
rights, and then commands the people