The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-06-10
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction n
Europe Follow the Great
World War;
ANALYSIS OF SOVIET RULE
Cold Reasoning Easily Proves Failacy
on Which the Idea is Based
p~emaeoSism Its Foundation
Stone.
Article XXI.
Rx A coMEREoRp.

1enIue Q6S frequently UpSSlSeO u08t
representative government is a fail
ure. He has insisted that the demo
cratic form of government Is de
bauched and destroyed by the political
machine: that political corruption ve-
toes the will OF the people. II Lenine
Is right in this conclusion, then the
bolshevik government in Russia offers
just from three to i've times as much
chance for political corruption as our
own form OF government. II 1t is dan
1ercuS for the American people to
enrus, their business 10 an agent
directly responsible TO them. how
much more dangerous must it be to
turn over the public business to Il
men appointed by a central executive
committee, the members Of which
have been appointed by an All-Russian
congress. which AIlRussian congress
Is elected by soviets for whom the
people did not vote? 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 50 elected
would pick an executive committee Of
90. snd this committee would elect
given the supreme power OF the tate,
both legislative and executive power.
the right ro make Laws, and the a
thority TO enforce the laws.
Democracy Or Autoeraey7
Al down through history two the
cries Of government have been at war.
One Is that the majority shall rule
the other. that the minority shall rule.
The people struggling for freedom
have tarrled 70. the former; the few
seeking special privileges have fought
for the latter. The first is democrat
ic, the second surocrsdc. No compro-
mise is possible: there is no middle
ground These two ancagonis-ic ideas
have nothing in coUmcn; like parallel
lines, they can never meet in their
cacUre they are separate and apart
The government OF the late kaiser of
Germany. the government of Nicholas,
the su-oc-ar Of Russia. were founded
on the idea thar the minority shall
rule. History shows rhs. minority
rule has always ens,aved the major
tcy. Tie rule OF a minority over q
uaio-t? means SLAYER! for the many.
L. is human navure. The principle
alwa!s worEs the same result Il Il
is g political meeting and the minor
!ry runs It, the result IS g machine
and g boss. When it is a nation. you
have g bureaucracy and q dictator. de-
irving his power not from the consent
II the governed. but from the bay
onecs Of the army. There may De room
for honest differences Of opinion be-
tween honest men o. many questions,
but there is not any ro-,cl FOR differ.
ence OF opinion among honest free
men N the proposition tia: minority
rule is a nac
IN Article III Of the bolshevk COZ
]srirtrion We End inconrroverr;ble evi-
dence that the government Of soviet
Russia is built on the ty-anr's stone.
minority rule. Section . reads:
The Ail-Rcssian congress is coz
posed o: Representatives OF ci-! soT-
cts in the ratio OF one d~ele2ace FOR
ever: 5000 voters, and Of represent.
suves OF che soviers OF the provinces in
the ra-to OF cne delegate 70. every
1900 Inhabitants
Discrimination Against Peasants.
No explanation is given fo. basine
the representation in congress from
the cities on the number ot voters,
while the representation in co1gress
from the provinces is based % rhe
lumber @: Inhabitants. The words are
lot Synonyms. a voter is an inhabir-
L OF certain age and possessing ce1.
tain qualifications. An inhab!tan- i
anyone who lives il the province, rs
eardless OF age or qualifications. l!
the word ~inhabiranr is given the SAME
meaning that the word voter is given,
then ii is apparent that the conSrilu.
tion unjuzcly discrin:nases aea.ns,
the poor peasant AS they have hsd
10 general elections in Russia. il Is
impossible TO give the official consrruc
ten OF these Two words. Ii the wore
jlhabitanr means any man. woman O.
child living in the province, the dis
elimination against the poor peas
ants is just as obvious. although i
does not go TO the same Length. =:
en- illustration, if We read This in,
portanr provision OF the constitution
giving to the word ~inhabicant TIE sam.
meaning as ve give 70 the word voter
then We see that the voters Of tn,
city have n congressman Cor ever,
$500, while the poor peasants
have one Congressman for every la5
U0. II we construe the word vote
to mean the qualified legal voter, an,
the word inhabitant 10 mean any hu
man being living in the provinces, W
learn tina, the people OF the city hav
one congressman for every $3.50
voters, while the people Of the pr,
fnces have q congressman for ever
622,5OO voters. l reach this es.:lnat
IN the following manner: L. tie Ent.e