The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-02-23

those who are concerned with cues
IONS affecting the welfare of the people and the
future of the republic.
" 0 Il IS not my purpose today to attempt to ex.
tend the fame or add to the renown of Washing
ton. Els fame is secure even to the earth's remot-
est bounds his renown will grow as the centuries
un1oid the scroll of the ages. While men cure for
Wlsuonl and honor and patriotism and appreciate
the acnleFernents of those who have served man.
klnd, washington will have a place in the minds
ana hearts of men in all countries and in all ages.
tAppiause.) I shall therefore take occasion on this
anniversary Of his birth to note the government
established by the fathers, the achievements made
uhuer IL by the American people and it's benefits
10 mankind, and at the same time consider the de-
partures that have been made from it's funda-
mentai principles and purposes that endanger its
perpetuity.
IL Is safe to say that the creation and adoption
oI the constitution of the United States mark the
Worids greatest achievement In the art of self.
government. The fathers under the leadership of
washington undertook the delicate and difficult
TASK or creating a government with such endur-
.he principles as would make it susceptible of be-
ing perpetuated. 1t was provided that each citizen
VINO lived under it should for all time be the poljti-
cal equal OF every other citizen and that every man
should have the opportunity Of obtaining individu-
al reward for individual effort. The government
created was of the people, by the people, and for
the people. Its purposes and powers are simple,
plain, and direct. 1t offers protection to the citi-
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 may natur-
ally be implied from the written instrument.
1hese 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
IN thelf national and international relations. The
right and duty of dealing with such a~nnestions az
uH9CI the individual citiypn p loft %o ~. .4-4--
and the smaller political subdivisions. Under this
division of political authority and duty the people
OF the United States have through a hundred and
thirty years enjoyed the freest and best govern
ment in all the world. Under the simple guaran-
Ties OF government that make the individual secure
In MS natural rights the American citizen has been
developed. He Is self-reliant, resourceful. cour-
ageous, inventive, ambitious, patriotic, and appre-
ciative of his heritage of freedom. There runs
through his veins the best blood of every people
north of the Mediterranean sea. From the DAVIS
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. It
Is ours. We must preserve it. We must not i'm
pose duties upon it that 1t cannot perform. We
must not ask the exercise of functions for which
it was not created. We must not indulge in the
hope of things from It that it cannot give. We
must not invite disappointment in the operation
w lo Afitl ~ - CAOuSA ludL j SUdu ALWAYS
offer protection to all that man 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 us to take our bear
ing and to ascertain how far we have already been
beguiied to depart from 1t and divert and multiply
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 citi-
zen. @s .~&*
It would be difficult to enumerate all, the de-
partments, bureaus, and commissions Of the govern.
ment at Washington that have been created to en-
ercise bureaucratic authority and paternal euardi-
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 solicftude, or their authority.
Over 100000 civilian employees make ND the army
that oversees and directs the affairs OF the people
and assumes guardianship over them. Govern.
ment agents and inspectors. exercising every va
riety of authority. are found on every Pullman
on every subject from adenoids to rat traps fll the
files Of Offices that cover acres of floor space In
Washington. The mahogany and quarter awed
oak office furniture already installed has cost many
millions Of dollars, and more is being purchased.
Ii q yearling dies on blackleg on a farm in
Kansas, the government ait Washington acts on
the case. II a hog dies cf the cholera in a hog lot
In Iowa, the government at Washington takes
charge. IL a weevil bores through a boil OF cot
ton on a plantation I'm Texas. the government at