The Raymer enterprise., 1922-02-16

.'o''' a"e''ihg the welture OF the people and the
future OF the republic
SO 1t Is not nv Durpose today IN o,,.,r, IN nv
tend the fame or add to the renown Of Washing.
ton His fame Is secure even to the earth's remot.
EST hounds; his renown will grow as the centuries
unfold the scroll OF the ages While men cnre for
wisdom and honor and patriotism and appreciate
the achievements OF those who have served man.
KIND Washington will have place In the minds
ana hearts OF men In all countries and In all ages
lhpp'huseJ shall therefore take occasion on this
anniversary OF his birth to note the government
es'hpiished by the fathers, the achievements made
under 1t by the American people and Its benefits
TO mankind. and at the same time consider the de-
partlres that have been made from Its funda-
mental principles and purposes that endanger It's
perpctuity. ~.
IL Is safe to say that the creation and adoption
OF the Constitution Of the United States mark the
"o''as greatest achievement In the art of self
government Inc fathers under the leadership OF
washington undertook the delicate and difficult
task OF creating Il government with such endur.
ing principles as would make It susceptible OF be.
Ing perpetuated. 1t provided that each citizen
who lived under II should for all time be the politi
cal equal OF every other citizen and that every man
should have the opportunity Of obtaining lndivdu.
al reward for individual effort The government
created vas of the people. by the people and for
the people. Its purposes and powers are simple
pam, ana direct 1t offers protection to the clti-
zen In his right to lIfe liberty property md In the
pursuit OF his happiness The powers granted are
enumerated with such other powers as may natur-
ally be implied from the written instrument.
These powers Impose upon the government Gre
ated the duty Of dealing with national and
International questions affecting the life the char
acter ana the honor OF the republic and Its people
n fhnI nt.f,nI
right and duty of dealing with such questions as
ahect the individual citizen are left to the states
and the smaller political subdivisions Under this
division OF political authority and duty the peopIe
OF the United States have through hundred and
thirty years enjoyed the freest and best govern
ment In all the world. Under the simple puaron
Ties OF government that make the individual secure
In his natural rights the American citizen has been
developed. He Is sclfrelant resourcefu cour
ageous, Inventive, ambitious, patriotic and appre
ciative Of his heritage Of freedom There rans
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 md property for the maintenance
OF the honor, the preservation of the integrity and
the advancement Of the glory Of the republic 1t
Is ours. We must preserve 1t. We must not i'm.
pose duties upon 1t that 1t cannot perform We
1t was not created, We must not indulge In the
hope Of things from 1t that II cannot give We
must not invite dlsappolntments In the operation
of Its activities, 1t is enough that It shall always
offer protection to all that man holds dear and
shall continue to afford opportunities TO the in.
dyidual 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 We have already been
begutied to depart from II and divert and muItiply
the activities Of the government In matters foreign
to Its original purposes and to contemplate the
effects OF such departure on the life of the govern
ment and on the opportunity Of the Individual ctl.
zen
IL would be difficult to enumeratc all the de-
partinents bureaus, and commissions Of the govern.
inent nj washington that have been created to ex.
ercise bureaucratic authority and paternal guardi.
anship over the people in every part Of the re-
public. There Is no activity, business, social or
domestic condition that is not the object of their
supervision. their solicitude, or their authority
Over $4,000 civilian employees make up the army
that oversees and directs the affairs of the people
and assumes guardianship over them Govern.
ment agents and inspectors, exercising every Va.
rety OF authority. are found on every Pullman
out OF and Into Washington. Government reports
every subject from adenoids to rat traps iii the
dies Of Offices that cover acres OF floor space in
Washington. The mahogany and quarter.sawed
oak Office furniture already Installed has cost many
millions Of dollars and more Is being purchased.
II yearling dies Of blackleg on farm In
Kansas the government at Washington acts on
the case. Ha hog dies Of the cholera In a hog lot
IN Iowa. the government at Washington takes
charge. II a weevil b0res through boll Of cot.