Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24

''Where doctors disagree, who shall
decide?" The cables and malls from
Europe bring us messages from emf
nef3t writer's that democracy, made
safe" by the World war, has proved
to be d. failure and also that mon
arches are outgrown.
The great historian and agnostic
fictionist. Fl. q. Wells, gives his rea.
sons. "as plentiful az huckleberries,
to prove that government OF, by ana
for the people is a CHASTITY failure The
people do not know how TO govern
He might have cited the fact That IN
the United States more tnan nan OIL
the people who are theoretically the
ultimate governing power OF the coun-
try refuse to bother with the ballot
once a wear. SO our country is ruled
by the majority of the half, or at
lea al nv those who control and dictate
Ia the maiority of less than half.
Al the same time, that famous
snanish novelist. IbaneZ, VINO IS d
voluntary exile from his native coun-
t,.,,, Iest he be in collision with ms
royal sovereign, proclains that Kings
are out of date and the whole civilized
world is drifting directly toward
republican form of government.
debate between I'll. u. Neiis anu
SENIOR IbaneZ OH inc ioc"1 w. AZ,
government would be even more 'nrlii-
ing than the coming depate ne." 49,
nr Nicholas Murray Butler ana sen
a+n,. William H. Borah on the eight
aa,th amendment and enforcement ol
law. - =. .a.oa ne die.
mute. both parties fnay be so cohVlne.
INC in their arguments, each against
th .s ntber that they will each prove
~ othey wrong. SO, Mr.. Wells may
shou, the failure of democracy by
citing the fact that a pure democrat!
eyists nowhere, but that the nearest
thinp TO it is a republic, wherein the
will of the people, theoretlcaiiE, ~
avt,ressed tor distorted) throuE u
selected representatives OF the "noie
people. .... "a. caral.ss
and Indifferent absorbed III tneii ." -; ~
nersonal affairs, have no voice ~.
.hsir co1,ntry's policies. The fact ina.
wills ia an Englishman, living III the
a,v;ronment Of a monarchy, may
. n,,ount largely for his bias towara
..Ss.ottv even in a country where tne
wig il a figurehead. Yet, there woulu
- fo,,nd very few vote-slackers III tne
I-nited states of America VINO Woulu
Mass to the humiliating charge
ti,at though they neglect to vote, they
Hereby prove the failure OF denoc'
,-acv So far as they are concerned
When we recall the firrnness OF
Congress in holding TO lts cois'i'u
tional prerogatives against any "
croa chmerlts Of the klxecutNe-~"iiie'
or by fiery Old Hickory Jacks or
"a Wilson or Roosevelt--the
dirfaref,ca between America and Eu
,.nt,s is manifest; SO say the potential
hut dormant patriots.
Therp was scarcely ripple on the
ira nouillity of constitutional govern
ment when Aaron Burr consplred u
nsI,rn mower. There was hardly q
question OF peace when. Tilden Was
t,a,;nIad TO have been legally elected
President and was urged by hotheads
to apDeal to force to seize the GOV
eminent.
X X x 4
Originally. the divine right of kings
was achieved only by force when some
chieftain Of his tribe cowed his sub
iects through being the strongest
fighter. The divine right of the PEG
ME has established the principle that
ali lust power comes from the consent
~ the governed. All notifications OF
those extremes have come from the
rise of a dictator or king and the de
cline in the vigor Of the MASSES OF
democracy, or vice versa.
While Mr. Wells is pointing to the
failure of the democratic GOV ern
mental principle. Mr.. Ibanez will cite
the evolution of the British throne
which has surrendered all political
power, not merely to Parliament, foi
that includes hereditary lords. but tc
| the House of Commons, which is elect
ed without royal dictation. by the peo
| pie, even more directly than are oul
members Of Congress, for no House
| Of Commons can live overnight IL il
goes contrary to public sentinaenti q