The Washington herald., 1921-02-07
COUNTRY RULED
BY INDIVIDUALS,
SAYSCAMPBELL
NOtables at Traffic Din.
ner Hqlr Kansas Rep
resentative.

Government in the United States
is today a government of man
rather than a government Of funda-
mental laws, was the declaration
made by Representative Phillip p.
Campbell. of Kansas. in an address
before the fifteenth annual dinner
of the Washington Traffic Club at
the Raleigh Saturday night.
I'VE cannot slowly become q
Soviet. governed by a few. bureaus
in Washington and long retain the
high position which we now hold
among the nations of the world,
he declared.
The next century will test the
governments do not perpetuate
the wisdom, patriotism and COM
mon sense of the people. We have
seen this borne out recently as two
great nations. nations who were
amqhg the leaders. crumbled. To-
day the Cars whole family is
slain and the Kaiser is in exile.
Permanence Aim.
The fathers sought to establish
in this country a government that
would be perpetual. They studied
the conditions thoroughly and the
government which they set up was
practically perfect. They made 1t
possible for an Individual to attain
individual reward for individual at
tainment. There were no paternal
restrictions. Through this policy
those things which have made this
country the greatest in all the
world were made possible.
"Of late we are departing from
this policy. An individual may no
longer live on his ambitions. In
dividual reward for individual at
tainments is no longer possible. fhe
individual is now led by 125 bureaus
in Washington, who forbid the
doing of this or that by their edlcts
issued from the National Capltal'
The individual now hnds himself In
a FOOLS paradise.
1--WE are in a new era and the
question which confronts us is VIII
we get back to the old Constitution
in this era or will we get tarther
away from it?
ParmaIee Optimistic.
A1IeT ElNlHB oil O0NAAAAS ~ S+@~
and fall OF the railroad business
during the past twenty years and
pointing out that the present condl-
lions were not particularly opu-
mistic" owing to a slump in ship
ming and the fact that labor is
charged with dynamite" Julius II:
Parmalee, statislician, Bureau OF
Railway Economics, declared that
the future was more rosy and that
il would bring a better order OF
things.
Alfred P. Thorn. general counsel
of the Association OF Railway EX-
ecutives, pointed out that the re-
manning part Of the twentieth cen
tury must establish spiritual and
economic progress equal to the
physical progress which was MADE
by this country during the nine
teenth century.
Thilman Hendrick, District Com
missioner, urged an increased spirit
Of cooperation and generosity as
a means for overcoming the present
unsettled conditions.
Congress Attentive.
In speaking OF the District, Com
missioner Hendrick said: The
people OF Washington are getting
more from the House Of Represent
atives and Senate than they could
even hope for, in view OF the fact
that the residents OF the District
do not have any voice in the cleo
ton of the members of Congress.
believe that il we go to these
men with a well thought out pro-
gram we will get even more than
we are getting at present"
An outline of the clubs activi-
ties with the announcement that
not only representatives Of trans
portation companies entering Wash
ington but that trafic managers OF
the various large industries OF
Washington would be eligible as
members OF the club was made by
Odell S. Smith.
J. P. NJ. Duvall, of the B. and O.
Railroad, president OF the club
acted as POSTMASTER.
A musical program was sung by
the Musurgia Quartet, composed OF
Mrs. Ethel HoltZclaw Gawler, Mrs
William T. Reed. James X. Young
and" Edwin Callow. accompanied by
Harry Wheaton Howard at the
piano.
Those in attendance were: J. l.
Coker. A. c. Machler, F. L. Marshall
l.