Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-30

A FORK
racy Il direct chosen to control state
Affairs, while democracy Is direct con-
troll BY the people. direct management
of the state through the ballot. The
Republican administration between
the years Of 1901 and 1912 Is to blame
as well; a the war for the present
conditions The expense of the gov
eminent were than doubled dur
ing that time. but do not think that
lam preaching party politics, for !
am not" Mr.. Atwood declared.
Neither party has a program or CON
victions"
Know Constitution.
I hope to get bankers here to re-
solve to go back to their communities
stitution. Just before the time of the
constitution a picture Of Bolshevism
like to that Of the present day gov
eminent in Russia could be found. A
republic vas the cure for which the
constitutional assembly, sought and at
the time in which they draw up the
standard they had no intention of APP
proving the election of men to ONES
who went around the country bring
Of. government. The assembly dis
cussed and weighed the worth of the
different democracies Of time before
they established our republic, based
on representation.
Baseball Is q great game in our ma
tional republic. The umpire is the au-
thortty and makes all decisions, by
which the players abide. II any UNI
ptre makes too man. rrors another
one is called in to take his place. To
make baseball safe for democracy,
posing a man in, the bleachers dis
agrees with the umpire, jumps UP,
and asks that the decision be left to
the vote of the people in the grand
stand. Such a ballot would take more
time than the game itself, to say moth
ing of the expense. which would be
more than the gate receipts Of the
game. If such a program was carried
out, baseball would be dead in thirty
days. Yet in the last few years that
is the way in which the people Of the
United States have been hitting the
government. Or, again, to make the
profession Of medicine safe for de-
mocracy: Surprising a certain person
took sick, a petition would be sent out
among the people to obtain the opin-
ion Of the populace in regard to what
should be done with the patient. "A
doctor would be called in, but instead
of being able to prescribe what was
best for the patient he would have to
prescribe according to the dictates OF
the people, even though he knew such
prescription to be serious for the sick
party. Such is the condition that men
in public Office today are in. That is
what the people Of the country are
doing with those in charge Of our gov
eminent.
The first 100 years after the writing
of the constitution were the greatest
in history. None of the things bother
ing the country today rel in evil
dence then. Are we proving un-
worthy of our heritage?
No Class Distinction.
No thought Of classes was shown
when the assembly at Philadelphia
1873 years ago drew up the basis for
U government, yet class distinction
Is being stressed today. It was
brought out in the session Of your as
ISOLATION to a certain extent this
morning. The idea seems to be in
Yet there is no distinction to be found
between the members of any ~so-called
classes and members Of the masses.
And everything that has held class
consciousness has failed.
Through the establishment of a de.
partment Of commerce and labor the
breach between the employer and the
employe has been widened. The
recognition of two different classes
was made through such a department;
an indication shown that the inter.
o3fa NJ tho arnnlnvor orA Tho o~nn14v
were antagonistc. A division Of the
department of agricultural with the
farmer on n side and the hired mar
on the other on such a basis would be
as plausible. We are ignoring oul
heritage and putting in new ideas
that are old. that have tried in other
countries and in other times to fail
There is n thought that I want tc
leave with you.
People today go around saying that
there are two sides to every ques-
manner when they hear something
with which they do not agree. A
Echairman at a meeting at which ]
spoke, made a statement to that effect
and 1 asked the privilege to put ques-
tionse to him, such as these. Is ice
cold? Does cat spell cat? Does the
law of gravitation work? And YET
e are TWO SIDES to every question
Marked Charge.
The writing of the constitution die
for government what the clock die
for time. the digits for calculation
the scale. for music, and the like. 1t il
the biggest thing outside of the work
of Christ hat the world, has evel
known. Ten men of this association
today by holding to such a belief car
do more good for the country thar
by enlisting ten thousand soldiers in
the time of war.
There vas just one man 1873 years
ago who had a real conception Of the
importance of the constitution and
that man raj William Pitt, prime
minister of England. Pitt entered
tho position of prime minister wher
he was "a years old. He was a states.
man Of ability, holding England
steady through the French revolu.
ton. A great many mel in public to
day follow. the mob and hold nothing
steady. North Dakota has some suct
men. VIM. Pitt when he read the con
stttution exclaimed that it would b
the wonder and admiration Of all PEG.
pies and the model Of all future gov.
ernments.
When we think of the way in which
the constitution came, we can better
appreciate it. The men who wrote i
did all they could to put something
into the government and not to TAX,
what they could out of it, which seem.
to be the modern tendency. The,
worked day and night, with nc kicl
for irregular hours or excessive work
for five weeks without writing a sen
tence. They made a thorough study
Of the governments of the world and
had heated discussions concerning