Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-02-16

those who are concerned with Ques-
fiOns affecting the welfare of the people and the
culture OF the republic.
30 It fs not my purpose today to attempt to ex.
tend the fame or add to the renOwn of Washing
sOn HIS fame Is secure even to the earth's remot-
est bounds; his renOwn will grow as the centuries
unfold the scroll Of the ages. While men care for
wisdom and honor and patriotism and appreciate
the achievements of those who have served man.
kind. Washington will have place in the minds
and hearts OF men In all countries and In ai ages
(Appiailse.) shall therefore take occasion on this
anniversary of his birth to note the government
established by the fathers the achievements rnde
under 1t by the American people and its benefits
TO mankind and ut the same time consider the de-
partures that have been made from Its funda-
mental principles and purposes that endanger its
perpetulty.
1t is safe to say that the creation and adoption
Of the Constitution of the United States mnrk the
worlds greatest achievement In the art of self.
government The fathers under the leadership of
Washington undertook the delicate and difficult
TASK OF creating a government with such eniur-.
Ing principles as would make 1t susceptible Of be-
bng perpetuated. 1t was provided that each citizen
who lived under 1t should for nll time be the pot
cal equal of every other citizen and that every man
should have the opportunity of obtaining individu.
81 reward for individual effort. The government
created was of the people. by the people. and for
the people. Its purposes and powers smple
plain, and direct. 1t offers protection to the cIt
sen 10 hls right to lfe liberty property. and in the
enumerated with such other powers 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
scter. and the honor Of the republic and Its people
tn their national and international relations. The
right and duty Of dealing with such questions Us
affect the individual citizen left to the states
and the smaller political subdivisions. Under this
division Of political authority and duty the people
Init Ctnfno hox,
thirty years enjoyed the freest and best govern
nnent In all the world. Under the simple g,laran.
ties OF government that make the Individual secure
In his natural rights the American citizen has been
developed. He Is self-relant. resourceful. cour-
age0us, 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 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. 1t
Is ours. We must preserve it. We must not i'm.
pose duties upon 1t that II 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 1t that 1t cannot give. We
must not invite dIsappnintments In the operation
of it's activities 1t is enough that 1t shal 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 take our bear-
ing and to ascertain how far we have already been
bcguiied 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 the life of the govern
sent and the opportunity of the individual clti-
zen.
II would be difficult to enumerate all the de.
partments, bureaus and commissions of the govern
ment at Washington that have been created to ex.
srcise bureaucratic authority and paternaI guardi
anship over the people in every part Of the re-
public. There Is activity, business social, or
domestic condition that is not the object Of their
supervision. their socitude. their authority
Over 100000 civilian employees make up the army
that oversees and directs the affairs of the people
and assumes guardianship over them. Govern
paent agents and inspectors, exercising every va
rtsty Of authority, are found every Pullman
out Of and into Washington Government reports
on every subject from adenods to rat traps fill the
oles Of offices that cover acres Of floor space in
washington The mahogany and Quarter-sawed
nok once furniture already installed has cost many
nailiions Of dollars, and more is being purchased
O yeariing dies of backleg ON a farm In
Kansas the government at Washington acts on
he case. II hog dies Of the cholera In hog lot
n lows. the government at WASHINGTON takes
Shasos. II weevil bores through q boil of cot
- A 4 plantation In Texas the government NJ