The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-07

from tho tcnets OF poolallsm. from
unrcstricted bureaucracy. from I'M
munity Of legislative acts to judicial
review, from the partnership ut labor
and capital, from the Rod terror of
Rus5ia To the insidious and appeal
ing league OF nations, waS not do
crupit with antiquity centuries be
fore tho inspired GcuOau dlsrOvorcd
and boqucathed his name t. this
land.
Tho protsS thos fira, herald and
guardian OF liberty applNudod th'
Moxlcanization of our Cpnstitutiuu
by Suspension OF its provisions dur
ing war and we forget that the
right of free speech and tho right
to tho writ of habcaa corpus are
valuable only to those who are Ia
need OF their protection and desire
their benefits. II IN only when we
desire To express thoughts not In ar-
cord wdth the majority. thoughts in
opposition 10 those IN authority. that
free speech is of value To ua or Ia
tho nation. II IN not when free, We
walk the streets erect, that We need
the benefit OF habc,ls corpus, hut
when Gagged behind shut prison bars.
IL In not IN ordinary times of peace
THAI either will DO curtailed OF de
nlod. Denial comca only In times of
war. or under great strcss OF popu-
lar passion. under tho guise of pa
triotism. In dcfcusc of tho public
welfare. the defeat OF the common
enemy. So denial ever comes and Is
excused. The excuses OF war. nrCcs-
sity. is now, aa ever. made to justify
subvorBlon of the constitution and
the denial OF Individual rights.
The constitution. however, was
fashioned for war as well as pcoce,
and Is all sufficient for both pur-
poses, except to somo successor to
Washington with "A hungcring for
autocratic power. whose sycophants
desire him to ape and stand o-cqual
with Eastern despots
- How Governments Fail.
Whether we believe in prohibition
or do not believe. whether We he
hcye in woman suffrage or do not
so believe, n we are honest with our
selves. we must admit that they are
purely questions Of state policy to
DO determined by each state itself,
and that 20 impose them on uuwill-
ing states as amendments TO the
federal constitution, Ia a pcrversion
of tho constitution and IS contrary
to tho fundamental principles ~ our
federated republic. II We can impose
such things on unwilling states, what
can we not impose? What limit Is
there TO imposition under the glisc
of constitutional amendment We
must also recognize that II IL 10y
removal Of the saving limitations Of
correct constitutional provisions up
ON tho tyranny OF unhridl"d legis
latures. that representative govern
Inent IN destroyed, and the era OF
unre'tIsLnod democracy dnuuEurated
and eSstablishcd, and direct action 10y
inflamod and temporary m1iuritieS
instituted for the orderly processes
OF representative government
/ know not how IL may hc with
You, but asI for me, | would az sOson
btr1ke from my couutrv's flag, some
star that CLEANS I'm It's ayuro field
AZ 10 nulNfy or strike from that
counuy's constitution one basic prin
ciplo that guards the liberty OF the
citizen and preserves tho equality
and Independence of the states az
members OF this federated republic
President Wilson iu ono OF his
lmpoINnE phrases. recently pro
claimed that "T'ho peoples OF the
world are awake. and tho peoples
OF the world are In tho saddle rrt.
y7lte Counsscls or statesmen cannot
now and hereafter determine" th,