The Arvada enterprise., 1920-06-10
PROBLEMS FACING
STRICKEN WORLD
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction h
Europe Follow the Great
World War;
ANALYSIS OF SOVIET RULE
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Lenine has frequently observed that
representative government 10 q fall
ure. He has insisted that the demo-
cratic form Of government 10 d.
bauched and destroyed BY the political
machine; that political corruption "
tees the will Of the people. II Lenins
is right In this conclusion, then the
bolshevik government In Russia offers
just from three to I'VE times ~ much
chance for political corruption ~ our
own form Of government. II 1t 10 dan
gerous for the American people to
entrust their business to IN agent
whom they directly elect and who u
directly responsible to them, how
much more dangerous must 1t b to
turn over the public business to II
men appointed BY q central executive
committee. the members Of which
have been appointed BY an All-Russian
congress. which All-Russian congress
IL elected by soviets for whom the
people did not votei Applying this
plan to our own government, our con-
gress would be elected by the state
legislatures and the aldermen Of the
cities. then this congress 30 elected
would pick an executive committee Of
200. and this committee would elect
II commissioners to whom would be
given the supreme power Of the state,
both legislative and executive power,
the right to make laws. and the au-
thority to enforce the laws.
Democracy q Avteeraeyi
All down through history two the
cries Of government have been at war.
One Ii that the majority shalt rule
the other, that the minority shall rule.
The people struggling for freedom
have battled for the former; the few
seeking special privileges have fought
for the latter. The nrst IL democrat.
ic, the second autocratic. No compro.
mise 10 possible; there ID no middle
ground. These two antagonistic ideas
have nothing In common; like parallel
lines, they can never meet. In their
nature they are separate and apart.
The government Of the late kaiser Of
Germany, the government Of Nicholas.
the autocrat Of Russia, were founded
on the idea that the minority shall
rule. History shows that minority
rule has always enslaved the major
ity. The rule Of . minority over q
majority means slavery for the many.
It is human nature. The principle
always works the same result. II II
IL political meeting and the minor
ity runs It. the result 10 q machine
and boss. When It II 4 nation. you
have bureaucracy and dictator. de-
irving his power not from the consent
Of the governed. but from the bay
onets Of the army. There may be room
for honest differences Of opinion BE-
tween honest men on many questions,
hut there 10 not any room for differ.
ence Of opinion among honest free
men on the proposition that minority
sule 10 menace.
In Article III Of the boishevik con.
stitution We and incontrovertible evi-
dence that the government Of soviet
Russia 10 built on the tyrant's stone.
minority rule. Section 26 reads:
The All.Russian congress Is COM
posed Of representatives. Of city sovi.
cts In the ratio Of one delegate for
every 1900 voters. and Of represent.
atives ol'the soviets Of the provinces iu
the ratio Of one delegate for every
l25.O00 Inhabitants"
Disseminated Against Peasants.
No explanation 10 given for basins
the representation In congress from
the cities On the number Of voters,
while the representation In congress
from the provinces 10 based On the
number Of Inhabitants. The words are
not synonyms. q voter u On lnhabit.
ant Of certain age and possessing Ger.
tain qualifications. An inhabitant II
anyone who lives ln the province. re.
garlless Of age Or qualifications. II
the ord inhabltant 10 given the same
meaning that the word voter 10 given.
then II Ia apparent that the constitu.
tion unjustly discriminates against
the poor peasant" A they have had
no general elections In Russia. Il In
impossible to give the OlFicial cOnstruc.
tion OF these two words. II the word
inhabitant means any man. woman or
child living ln the province. the dis.
crinination against the poor peas
ants" IA just ~ obvious. although II
does not 60 to the same length. A.
nm Illustration. II We read this I'm.
portant provision Of the constitution
giving to the word inhabItant the snms
meaning M we give 10 the word voter,
then We see that the voters Of the
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