, 1923-02-04

that different climatic conditons
would breed n rear people of such
different desires and necessities of
If that provision of our constitution
were to be respected and enforced
then n tax in the aggregate that calls
for s12, 900, 900. 900 from a total pro
duction of spendable 50, OoO. oOO, 900 "a
not only recklessly extravagant, but
grossly confiscatory.
Divorce State and Federal Duties.
1 would not alone stop by reducing
the government payroll and material
and supply account at Washington
and in tho states and In the munich.
palities but 1 would earnestly hope
thai the efforts SO apparent at Wash
ington to usurp all local authority
and broaden and extend federal gov.
eminent activity to the point Of large
ly or completely d!splacing local ad-
ministrative functions should ease.
There is not q district in this broad
lar of hrs where today you will
fail to witness the activities of the
United States marshals and deputy
marshals anG federal court officers
crossing purposes with state sheriffs.
deputy sheriffs and state courts III
the scramble for enforcement of laws
which should be left to federal au.
thority, If We are q monarchy, or to
state authorities. IL we are u republic.
This dual system must all be main.
tained by the same taxpayers, either
by direct or indirect taxation. and by
reason Of the dual system you have a
maximum of public expense with a
minimum of efficient work. Our fed.
eral constitution never contemplated
that state authority should be dupli,
Gated and put in competition with
federal authority. One is sufficient.
One would do the work, anc one is
enough to pay for. When the people
have fixed the limit of cost of gov,
eminent in the aggregate, national,
state and municipal. so as to reduce
the, amount of taxation to a sum well
within the value of annual production
you will have laid the best part of the
firm foundation Indispensable to the
return of prosperity. You can safely
contemplate that this is indlspens.
able to our future welfare and the
comfort of our home. Hungry men,
hungry women and hungry children
can constitute the units indis-
pensable to the support of loyal and
efficient government.
constitutional Government Lacking,
We have sept for years on the
rights of our people to AVE consti
tutional government, constitutionally
conducted. and year by year the in
creasing density of our population
anc greater needs of u people cal
our attention to the best thing thai
We can do. First, read the constI
tuition of the United States. Having
done so. demand its strict observance
A learned writer on constitutions
law says: Government in the Unitet
States has been distinguished by tn,
care that has been exercised in com
hitting the legislative. executive, an,
judicial functions &c separate depart
ments. and in forbidding any en-
~croachment by one department on an
other in exercise of the authority 81
delegated. 1t was declared essentia
to civil liberty and it was writer into
the constitution of the new American
states. where 1t was first practically
applied"
This basis for our government hat
its purpose and was an essential pro
vision IN op,- ,oyarDp,npt pF tho nao
pie and by the people. But how dc
we account for the fact that. after
laying such a foundation to livt
throughout the age as the foundation
rock wherein was built the govern
ment of the land of liberty, the de
tails for maintaining these severa
departments were not in harmony
with the basic declarations them
selves.
Federal Judges Should be Elected.
Years ago when in Oklahoma we
were advocating the direct election Of
| Unlted States senators by popular
vote, and oklahoma, with others
through its legislative department ap
pealed to congress to do this, anC
then also we were appealing for the
additional provision which we still nd
vocate. making the judicial depart
ment of our government equal and in
dependent, and now a short time age
we were gratified to notice in the
Hearst publications the broad head
lines declaring for the principle LET
the judges OF our FEDERAL courts be
elected by the people" I say we were
gratified to see this. because we real