The Dolores star., 1922-02-17


INK independent and free people may be
Y IFiSl original make and follow their own
J " plans, and determine their own des-
~ tiny. This hour is full of interest to
those who are concerned with Qucs-
tons affecting the welfare OF the people and the
future of the republic
=" IL Is not my purpose today to attempt to cx-
TEND the fame add to the renown of Washing
ton his fame Is secure to the earth's rcmot.
EST hounds; his renown will grow as the centuries
unfold the scroll Of the ages. While men care for
wisdom and honor and patriotism and appreciate
uie achievements Of those who have served man
N'nu washington VIII have place in the minds
and hearts of men in all countries and in all ages
(Applause) shall therefore take occasion on this
anniversary Of his birth 10 note the government
's'hpIlSled by the fathers. the achievements made
under 1t by the American people and its benefits
1" mankind, and nt the same time consider the de-
partureS that have been made from its fuuda-
perpetuity.
II is safe to say TINT the creation and adoption
vi 'ht constitution of the United States mark the
worlds greatest achievement in the art of self
government. The fathers under the leadership of
Washington undertook the delicate and difficul,
ush or creating Il government with such endur-
ing principles as would make II susceptible of be-
ing p'rpetuhted. 1t was provided that each citizen
who lived under II should for all time be the poIit
cal equal OF every other citizen that every man
should have the opportunity Of obtaining individu
III reward for individual effort The government
created VAS of the people, by the people. and for
the people. Its purposes and powers are simple
plain, and direct. 1t offers protection to the cit
zen in his right TO life. liberty property and in the
pursuit of his happiness. The powers granted are
enumerated with such other powers as NAV natlIr
ally be implied from the written instrument
lhese powers impose upon the government Gre
ated the duty of dealing with national and
international questions affecting the life the char
acter, and the honor of the republic and its people
IN ,l'e'r national and International relations. The
right ana duty of dealing with such questions as
hitect the individual citizen are left the states
and the smaller political subdivisions Under this
DIVISION OF political authority and duty the people
or the United States have through hundred and
thirty years enjoyed the freest and best govern
ment In all the world. Under the simple puarnn-
ties Of government that make the Individual securp
In his natural rights the American citizen has been
developed. He is self-reliant resourceful, cour-
hgeous, inventive, ambitious, patriotic. and appre-
ctntive of his heritage of freedom There runs
through his veins the best blood of every people
north of the Mediterranean sea. From the days
OF the fathers every generation has offered and
freely given life and property for the maintenance
of the honor, the preservation of the integrity and
the advancement Of the glory of the republic. II
is ours. We must preserve it. We not i'm
pose duties upon it that 1t cannot perform. We
must not ask the exercise of functions for which
II was not created. We must indulge In the
hope of things from ii that 1t cannot give We
must not invite disappontments in the operation
of its activities. 1t is enough that it shall always
offer protection to all that holds dear and
shall continue to afford opportunities to the in
dividual citizen TO obtain rewards according to his
individual ambitions and efforts.
This leads me to call attention to the important
duties of this hour that require to take our bear
ing and to ascertain how far have already been
besuiled 10 depart from II and divert and multply
the activities Of the government in matters foreign
10 its original purposes, and to contemplate the
effects of such departure the life of the govern
ment and the opportunity of the Individual clti-
zen.
II would be difficult enumerate NIL the de-
partments. bureaus, and commissions OF the govern
ment at Washington that have been created to OK
ercise bureaucratic authority and paternal glardi
public. There is activity, business social ar
domestic condition that is the object of their
supervision. their socitude, or their authoritv
over 100000 civilian employees make up the army
that oversees and directs the affairs of the peope
and assumes guardianship them. Govern.
ment agents and inspectors. exercising every VA.
riety of authority, found every Pullman
out of and into Washington. Government reports
on every subject from adenoids to traps fill the
files OF offices that cover of floor space I'm
Washington. The mahogany and quarter-sawed
oak office furniture already Installed has cost many
millions OF dollars, and more Is being purchased
II II year'ing dies Of blhckleg on a farm in
kansas, the government Washington nets on
the case If hog dies of the cholera in n hog lot
IN Iowa, the government Washington mikes
charee Ii n weevil bores through a boil of cot.
Ton on plantation in Texas the government nj