Show foundation OF government the christian statesman advances the idea in common with most all national reform associations that the jeffersonian theory of government is dead there is no power the journal asserts but of god and hence it reasons that all government must necessarily be by him the eov R C WYLIE a great national reform worker has an article in the same paper in which ho advances the doctrine that the government is by the people his article is in the form of a catechism in which he says question what is llis origin of that authority possessed by the it 10 enact and enforce law answer atie authority possessed by the government to enact enforce law is derived directly from the people this seems to us sound doctrine and in keeping with the theory of the american government the declaration cl of independence asserts that governments are for the purpose of securing human rights and that they derive their just powers from the consent of the governed that is from the people this being true the moro the people govern themselves the nearer the true govern mont can be secured and of course the bet er a people is the better must be the government of that people the most happny results are derived in all cases where a people are allowed to govern themselves form their own government and make their own laws by this we mean of course the will of the majority must bo considered the will of the p ople hence it is a violation ot american liberty of the just rights of man for laws to be enacted that give a minority control as in utah it is undermining der mining the theory of government and though technicalities of thelow aro taken advantage of to win elections and rob the people of their offices where there is not an actual majority as in case of the salt lake county election such practice resounds redounds red greatly to the discredit of a party and 13 bound to give a corrupt rule |