Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-02-16

were to be made only by the stutes and the lesser
political subdivisions having immediate jurisdic-
tion and then only by the plain terms Of statutes
enacted by the representatives Of the people, The
rapidly growing and alarming tendency today Is
toward Capitalization Of all authority and power
incident to government In Washington.
We have already ignored the admontion Of the
fathers; we have defied the laws of human nature.
which have never changed; we have overlooked
the lessons Of history. All these have admonished
US that only governments Of simple laws can prop
erly serve or long endure In country Of free peo
pie. We have already been led by the deluslOn
that government bureaus. exercising bureaucratic
authority and police power not authorized by the
terms or implied by the provisions Of the Con-
sttutiOn, are better for the people than a govern
ment Of plain statutes. We have been lured by
the promise that government agents would lead
the citizen by the hand into green pastures, be-
Side still waters, into elyslan fields, then on into
the millennium. Already the citizen looks abGut
him and finds himself in the midst of fools
paradise entirely surrounded by government bli-
reaus. So many Of the numerous bureaus of
the government exercising bureaucratic au-
thority and police power that they meet the
citizen everywhere he turns-in his fields, In his
mills. In his mines, in his shops, in his factories
In his places of business, great and sInall-every-
where substituting the will and judgment of
government agent for the Will and Judgment of the
Individual citizen. No matter in what direction
the citizen may turn 10, the agent of the govern
ment Is there to forbid or to command. Instead
of remaining his protector the government has
become his guardian.
There are many matters that require more tban
individual attention. matters I'm which co.operaton
Is not only desirable but necessary, In ul such
matters the smaller political subdivisions and the
states should be resorted to. In that way the
portion Of the public directly concerned are able
to observe and inteiligently determine whether
those they have employed to do the particular
things they require are rendering a service that
5ustifes the continuance of the activity and the
expense involved In carrying 1t on. 1t Is u pro
found truth that that government is hest tb,t
governs least.
The government Of the United States 10 10
great national and internationI imnortonoo o.. ~ ."
people even unto the remotest township and h
let or the republic that its place in their
shouid not be imperiled, nor should If be nal
the OBJECT OF common criticism for failure to d co.
@ .iie c',%en "hat the citizen alone can do for him
sei1. solemn responsibility and praot ,.
Immediately confront us here We are Tho a," 'S
representatives of the American peope s,vor,, ..
protect ana defend the Constitution apoinst ou ~
emles, foreign and domestic 1t is time 70 hor,.,
the process OF reestablishng government NJ ,on..
under the Constitution. 1t is time to l,mi. t.s
"etivities ana reduce the expenses Of government
at washington. (Applause.) The process -, a,,...
mating every element of weakness with ,vhi., a.
government has been burdened and which NV. .o
make 1t the object of criticism should ba oro,'s,
but persistent until we can again look ,,non :.
as the simple government Of laws given us h1 ~
1athers Tor the purpose Of guaranteeing life IN.
cry, prope,ty, ana the pursuit of happiness Of the
people, with the hope that our children ond ..a, .e
children from generation to generation man ". tel
IN the centuries as they come and 20 the sor,s
guarantees and the same opportunities thot -
una our ancestors have enjoyed under tho ~.
s''ut'on OF the United States. tApplause.)