The Idaho recorder., 1922-02-17

washington is stirred To action. Nothing escapes
the vigilant eye Of the government and Its innum-
cradle functionaries II the price OF article
goes up. let the government take charge Of the
seller IL the price of another goes down, let the
government take charge of the buyer. And thus
the carnival of government activities goes mer-
riiy on Government control Is the remedy for
every Ill, and government regulation the source
Of every good.
The people pay all the expenses In some in
stances they pay II all through the government at
Washington. In the of other activities they
pay haf through the government at Washington
and the other half through the governments of the
states But the people pay all the expenses OF this
complicated machinery of government, that has
It's agents looking the shoulders of every bust
ness man and directing affairs of every citizen.
The fathers embedded with rare wisdom those
elements of strength and endurance which were
essential II the government was to be perpetuated
through the ages They avoided with the fore
sight of statesmen the things that lead to disap-
pointmeut and discomfort among the people. The
fathers studied the experience of mankind In self
government. They studied the lessons and profited
by the teachings OF history. They sought and
found the of failure by other peoples In the
experiment of selfgovernment. They did not
wander into the realms of fancy. They were ere
ating government for human beings whose na-
ture has remained the same through all the GEN.
turtles of time They knew that the things that
In other ages had invited criticism. provoked dts
content, and resulted In disappointment and revo-
luton would lead to the same end In future ages
They therefore created n government adapted To
the nature of man. simple government of laws to
be enacted and enforced by the chosen representa-
tives of a free people. The purpose of the govern
ment was to protect them In their natural rights
and To enable them to meet their national and
international duties and obligations. Its powers
were limited.
The fathers did not contemplate at any time
under the Constitution they gave us government
by men, 1t was not In the scheme of the fathers
that ut any time the people should be beguiled
into using the government at Washington for
supervising directing their purely personal. To-
cal and domestic affairs. They knew that In n
government of free people no man Is big enough
ar wise enough or good enough To command an
other, his political equal, in what he may or may
not do. II Is fundamental that free people may
not be expected long endure the annoyances' the
yexatlons the arbitrary regulations, the restric
tons or the disappontn,ents that are incident to
government by men acting as the functonartes OF
a central authority, directing the affairs OF anu
exercising police powers over the people In the
remotest parts Of their territorial limits, Even
the assurances of government bureaus that the
authority exercised over the liberty OF the eiti'
gems is for his own good win not long heguile the
citizen into a surrender Of his right to live under
a government Of laws enacted by his authority and
consent that merely protect hlm from injury by
others and protect others from injury by him.
There h no word In the discussion by the fifth.
ers of the powers and duties of the government
they have handed down tn us that leads To the
belief that II was contemplated In their plan that
the head of any department the chief of any
bureau the agent OF any commission should al
any time make restrictions or arbitrary regula,
tions Affecting the life, liberty. property or the
pursuit of happiness of the citizen Such restric.
tions upon the individual as were contemplated