Show -- - A Nations StsLire A Lecture Delivers) ISeioki i he Li 1’EUAKV Soceiv LoXUVELLOVV' Friday Dei ember lstli 'McDaniel rv W I The world's tlie peun'c u o not coj no They 1 y impro' emeuts by the tiucu-- j sume of cxpei icuce and by renvii of the r great titinibe s conservaiiu1 are not oHeii Inn -- ed into excesstThey a e (' sposod to de'ay the employment of d isi ii meaMi es 1'or Mu lemma-tio- n of pul lie evils Tli co'i'ciwa-t'sin i he people of msiopubbc has oacoiiiaged co moiaut pub and eapuabau lo prevea public laws to l i repe-Semtiv- e ' i l t i i 1 I’ I beset them tion A carpenter of Israel broke from the enwronment of ages of ritualism and from an iron and harsh religion and ljtrea died a broader humanily and a pirer religion and the leaven fell info the minds of men and lifted all tbehii- man uice An A ah shepherd because he offer- -' ed (oily a little belier lian tiiy had drew’ after him a mighty multitude and founded a system which after a’ melliinim is but just fading from the Binds' of men i A 1 'I'liian mnk ca'led his eei'l and (he emancipating thought fell upon the hearts of the people and Hfied tiera from the bondage of centuries ' - i of superstition Sometimes the thought comes to the multitude and moved by the common the whole people march impulse to a higher pi me Tii ' Puritans of England ealle ‘ther irre-sisiabl- I to- -' oppression armed by necessity and protected by the justice of Muir ciuse thrust Tyranny from the" throne To spirit of ‘7(i swept over the nurican colonists like a breeze from heir mountaius and witli one thought Lh iv marched to battle and to victory Like a troubling of the waters came the French people of the Revolution tumble blind insaliale but with one unconscious end and through rapine and blond and anarchy the French nation was led into the light oT constL national liberty History has aught us that the human race lias always stepped up and never down' It is true that men have sometimes seemed to lose the light and to relapso into barbarism But we must not forget to count history by epochs and not by yeais I shall not attempt to analyze the influences that constantly thrust the ra m forward I know not what mighty unseen force' there Is In us to lead us f irward I know only that the force is Shore and that through the passing centuries it has brought usti this station B it he who walked by Gali'ee he he Meccau ho the reformer of Wurt- nvg had not all the light In the age that had passed many others bad seen the beautiful vision had heard the infinite harmony had carried with them even downdnto the dark waters dt' the river of dealdi the wonderful Ideal but had not published ii Never Lhe less the ideal conquered It dwelt in the souls of men it built in the night it touched with beauty all their aspirations it formed and shaped their minds it led them ' bv i While It was to be expected from the rapid giowth of this country and the varied nature of its commercial activities that wealth should increase with wonderful iapidily’ its consociation in the hands of a few men Is hardly explainable along tlie lines of natural development and lawful increment and cannot be regarded as an uptoward feature In tlie consideration of tills question tbeie are but two inquiries that concern us First as to the effects of tle accumulation and multiplication of large foytu ties ana secqpd as tpthe method of their accumulation While I have (seemed in this statement to puttie effect before the cause thus reversing the logical order J have in reality observed the strict rule of reasoning Fqr if it shall be shown that the accumulation gpd mukipllca-tio- i of great fortunes is a blessing then the method of amjm'uiation matters up t It is clear upon slight reflection that the first gicat consideration of human exisLenco is the acquirement of happiness While happiness may be variously defined by the djfferenttsm-perament- s entitled to Us blessing-- ’ it in connection be generally this may set forth as freedom and opportunity to follow right Inclinatians This clear that the man wlipse daily toil brings him only the scanty means of bare existence leaving him neither time nor money with which to gratify his natural and laudable desire fer beneficial knowledge and necessary recreation does not possess happiness and is to that extent denied hisbirlm right It is equally clear that the concentration pf wealth reduces a large portion of the population to dependence upon thei caprice of the wealthy for employment Experience has shown that this condition has hitherto defeated the natural law of supply and demand In the domain of labor and has uo (formally reduced the laborer to the position of a menial or has by natural reaction placed him in the ranks of anarchism the most dangerous enemy wi lh which modern civilization has had' to deal With no less concern are we to view the effects of great wealth 'Upoa the ex-co- pt i Removed from the need possessors of laboring for the necessuies and comforts of life they regard as beneath them those who do Movingin s a circle which but jnst touches that of the laborer they are indifferent to his needs and unappreciative of his de-' res until one came who The first Up and onward of citizen is true tlie duty shouted it aloud and all tlio earth to the! bond binds define which heard In gladness the thought that himclearly Whenever to his fellow citizen each had cherished to himself alone any Interests operates to render him '' The ideal of perfect government has indifferent to the happiness of his felhaunted all the human race as the low citizens It Is an interest inimical shepherd of Irahn slept beside bis to the welfare of the state flocks his dreams were of law which That the possessors 'of great wealth men should hast'en to obey Tlie vison have allowed it to seperate them in led all the life of Moses If the 'e was mass of their from the interest bitterness In his death it was in the fellow citizens is great evident from the failure of the law The Greek and up growth in this land of distinction Roman empires fought their batl'es based upon the possession of wealth and expired with the ideal governone of the great evils that have afflictment leading them on The German ed the social life of the human race peasant dying in chains caught in If the accumulation of these troubled slumber a vison of tlie peace followed and was the Jesuit of to come We are still dreamers of laws of trade and comnatural the Utopias The Ideal has changed in merce we would need only to concern form has grown in beauty is still be- ourselves with the evils wbicfyflow yond us but ils substance is the same flow out of their existence But even s on pya-rniddreamer as when the Egypt's a casual surrey of the number and size questioned of tlie stars ils per- of private fortunes and the comparaf fect laws time of their accumulaIn the great lioart'of the Amciican lively short us leads tion frresistably to the con a people dwells the image of perfect elusion that something besides natural government It has led them all ihe increase must have opeiated to proway thus l'ar For it they have fought results such duce astonishing all their battles suffered toiled and is a matter of common repute It built have died The government they and moneyed men the that capitalists of is not tlie image and maintained the United Suites are without contheir souls but an approximation the- of only siderable exception concerned Dreamers have proposed various ories butlike More’s Utopia tlie very with the selfish increase of their aL nature of the people must change in ready immense holdings That they Is order to adopt licm This government have not hesilaled by what means bond to to their is a development it grew out of tlie best known to them Further de- will those whom tho people have Experience of the people and execute the laws velopment must follow the lines laid chosen to make enteied the fields of Bellhave of That they down in the past Something ward primaries to from amy’s and George's 'thought may ap- politics and have sought to conventions naiioual ply a thousand years from now when of action the control political of partiesi the people the great common law and modified —and have snccceded His vis-on- si foi-tun- 1 materially changed Because you get the 1 ' and capitalist- - increased i l 'onti'iiu r 'tr ii In That J'Tlie foimatioe ofuusN ml poois Lie pi i lueeisof curriers have been u bled to wrest enormous niid fllegoi-mat- e ' pi’olits from me people That every attempt to reform those evils lias been turned by these corporate robbers to fbeir twn adveantag It reflection dijl not suggest a remedy for the sorrowful state Into which we havo fallen then Indeed would our situation be seriojus and the end of re-- j presentatiye government vtppq the earth in sight M t As through the years we have the rpad which omaipotfince built before mou were it has happened that we tavo wandered from Hand a the da knespi tho wilderness closed roupd ps wp havo said In our hearty Repqbllcan a failure Rut always through the glpum has corn? a ray of guiding light tp lad us back to safety The elevation of the human race the triumph of reason over anarch v and the reforms of the past have been brought about through tho operation of law and through law must our present ledeinptjon be accomplished It must be lemembeiqd that a very great departure fropi lbo customs of tho past Is neither possible por necessary In np department of human activity is abstract tfioqry more than in that of government on ( I trav-elle- d dnstitu-tlousijr- pr-nicio- Difficulties must suggest their own remedies and insufficient laws their own amendment if reason based upon the experience of the past does not recommend a change then it is unsafe to contemplate- - If a proposition of government is not as demonstrable as Mathematical Corollary then an exact reasoning and Methodical peor pie should luve none of it We are confronted with a condition whi'eli briefly stated is tlm enthronement of wealth and the degradation of labor It lias been produced by the cooperation of capital in' the successful organization land 'operation of trusts and monopolies: in phe erection of a money issuing banking system in making money a political faction opposed to honesty and intelligence: iri the prostitution of Wholesome laws to unwholesome endsdn lediwing labor to a condition cif serfdom by making It depend for t he tenure of its employment upon the abso'ute wi’l and cap rice of tlie employerpin an unjust distribution of the burdensof taxation by relieving capital of Its just proportion of this expense It should be remembered in the consideration of this question that as 'an inalienable right every man is entitled lo tlie fruits of his toil In all the relations of men asaiflicientconsiderli-tio- n is the moving clause of (heir c lie who produces nothing earns nothing and simple and exact justice will give liim nothing but it is an unutterable law of human justice' that lie who toils shall have recompense and that this' reward' shall be kulflcient for his needs There may be added to this the observation which history has made patent to us that where this right Is by any power or authority long denied the necessities of men will ultimately Impel them to its restoration by whatever force may be necessary It Is a basic principle of our government upon which we havo founded our hopes of Its stability and perpetuity that for all wrongs which citizens may experience there shall be speedy and effective redress by law To take up that which is the meat of this discussion It maybe premised that certain changes are necessary in the laws not so much in the spirit as ‘ the operation keeping in mind not only the intent of the founders of the government but that the necessities of the present ere to be met The method of election of the president and United States senators has been tjie subject of nquclq discussion and iq my opinion is of farther reading importance than is generally conceded The vital essence of popular government is that the citizen shall te brought into the closest possible touch with its institutions to the end hat he shall realize clearly bis interest thorein and his relation thereto That this is not accomplished by the prosont method of election of the president and United States senators is clear to even the meanest intellect The result of comparalevely recent elections has shown that tlie elecuoial majority does not always express the will of tlie popular majority It is n hie " min ' i vv is n av i V li My renin i t Oder pn‘-- i he breaking i a election 2d Because we always lead in ADVANCING 2d LVlTHE PRICE OF PRODUCE 3d Because we are always looking after your interest as well as our own our guaranteed price list elsewhere W C 13 Or rock e change IMPROVE THE OPPORTUNITY t most strenuously to any extension of the duet t ine pf states rights adhere most strongly to Uiq present tun hod of ! fleet Hut tins eon-ta- n ng ei il is a result of m i !aw fat seeing wisdom isa peculiar feature of mir Na thiual polities that those who objei Jt j Most Goods tor tlie Least A ' Money we n ui'daniontai must suggest h arh i ’ ' OKROCJv S STORE: 1 'uj ' WhY you Should Trade at i n 1 J - excellence has boon wrunw from ideals Thee is and has been la all men imperial gondiies i Rome it was but a faint glimimv that bven startled them as invoke mr a moment through their e night of c and sin Hut it wrought in the r bouIs even in the boot moment of its passing and it made them better To Bnnte it was a passion that always and to the end fought the error that was In them and conquered Hut in all it wasan Ideal a type of better things that like a pillar of elmii 'went befoio them l Through all lie leal- - hav grimage ' '! usslol ese: tiny si ru led Mir " ee! a- - (ii in n and w anna1 ed lino1' prevalent ways the 1! Jit that u Tills investigation and discussion ivoketi! the possionoie not been without funt The people has bdter to know mire s irni im in theii wisdom ealolo' ued t lie Mine ihere broke from a ode ng lepmg eaniest one a cry of on an ad Mu e os that afflict tin in and ao seeking seething catih he ml il and their i el ii f Ttiei r eu nesl ness therein Is natswept oyer men a nighty ie forma- urally comparable to the dangers that 10r-linc- lmve not a d m ("I'gijtgmtpr great 1'itwFlevidcnt ttatr-tiKh questions which (nought stale tnajn Tes ought aiisi poKical pa lies inu existent e nor general fleet inn that even a that they aie "lu:iHy uecessaiy to a maim ily as huge icemdeil to well balanced government' Neither Mr McKinley 'mlvib be negatived by have I ft go t ten that as long ns men an adverse mil inri tv 'in the elector ill shall think political pat'i les will gout (’"liege ' out of their lilhcuuii iliflereuccs In fact it Was iicited after Hie lecent am now itssei't fact simply patent to election that a change of 7 io' votes 'Dga all men that occasionally 'In judiciously distributed among the five states of California Oregon iliVunpeiativei governments ndiana pi gam )y uecessaiy that lhe people tlMse m Kentucky a net West Virginia would It is patent to vo'v nun who obsc-ve- s Ihcr sovei'lgn nughf a nd"1 compel1 a have elected Mr Iff yau against a poputhat corpwai'i ns have been ento fundamental njrinc'plea ' lar majoVity for Mr McKinley of over throned that the ti nances on lie eon It Isa niui ter of tnnpmou knowledge tttiyuo under the com ml lie bank-m- s t When we remember that ii ul'u hat the bankets of this iiiod'dh'fate and Mier foicign associate that ils financial legislation' They luive ptlueiple of the perpetuity of republics ilie number of men in t ho kind who by s nidi legislation so cutlalled the is acquiescence in the will of the' mamake a comfortable ILniig is each year ei’nilatmg medium that it is under jority the danger or th's emumueney lehtiiveiy less 'While we may their coiti ol That in just propoition becomes apparent ve s of i'll'1 ile liafi tlie prosK o y count v it h reasonable certainty to th! iiih"etion tqiijn c ' ic b'ddi y " ol iki June 'ted and 'he the conservatism and pat mLsni 'of OI list’d' w he Atiuriean people it Is imt wise to mono) ami m"i't"ives n ill 'bamurs I HUK’iiud Buy Your Groceries the president forget ng that that doctrine was and is at the ‘ bottom of the adoption and eteni on o of that method Your and be must not Clothing It Hosiery forgotten that the plan cf jthis govern meat Is both In National and confederate and thet an in exact adjustment of power between the states and Lie nation is necessary ‘Co-o- p to governmental excellence and stability Every cition of this nation beats a of double relation to llm state and to l!igiVes tlie tuition Tlie aim of our haw should price1 be tq harmonize these iclal ions so that no conflict could arise therein It Is not easy to see lmw tins is accomplished by a law which thrusts the state between the citizwi and the na" ' tion at every general election -- ARE THE RESTIt is evident that the election of ’i the president is a concern of tlie general government in which the states as is I states should liave-me t voice that to insure to the citizen a peisonal interany- est in tlie government he should have O a direct voice in the 'election of its is Chief Magistiaie e ‘deair An amendment of Llm constitution long-run- ’ in n rl providing" for the election of the president by papular vote would moieelea1' t ly define the tclalive ion of the scares and tlie mil ion would remove i from the relations of the eilicn to Is the nation an element of dubiety and would insure lie rule ol lie ma jm ily Million No less pernicious in principle and in Cm Oil but little less in practice is the method of election of United States senators To grant to three 'hundred men tlie TJjLO a of reto senator privilege electing in all i present three million people is neither 'J ml nor sensible safe That toe senators of this nation have in the main been B mem of larige ability and honorable character does not sanet iou a system i that has been so often and so ubused Legislatures have been frequently bribed to elect senators whose only ree imin ‘ndation was immense Iveaitli orpulitieal dishonesty Men are in the senate today whom the ptofde of tbe'r states' would have overwhelmingly defeated had the’ oppoIn rtunity been afforded them '' As the nation grows blder and becomes more atlraclive to men of vvealtli legislatures will be more fiequently bribed ami tlie will of the people more often set at jVlachine naught The inadequacy of a law is fully demonstrated by one failu e and a just regard for the common weal vv II dictate its amendment Tlie election of senators by popular vote will place the best men iri ’that ofliffe and insure tlie triumph of tlie pcopleks will It will render senators more accountable to those who elected them and more regardful of their wishes It will remove from that branch of the public service men vho are kept there by the'money of corporations which control their votes A provision making the president Ineligible for reelection ismecessarv to Oil Ca)l make the public service wliat it should be Experience has proven that the men whom we have honored wuh that great office are not insusceptible to The the blandishments of ambition opportunities offered to an Incumbent of that office to facilitate his reelec-lioare loo great lo be always resisi ed This implies the prostitution of Ins great powers to unworthy ends to the manifest injury of the public service The size cf tlie store ruts Figure magnificence and splendor must give If the president were restricted to one away to tlie powerful factors quality price and promptness in serving Our term ambition cpuld offer no reason patrons Its tlie store that saves your Money Its where your money will gq for the farming out of official patron- fortiierst Its where you get the best service that you like to trade age to personal and often un wot thy is of our Dress Goods Your Shoes Straw and Felt Hats fact ‘oyerythingyou need your family at The Richfield which keeps an excellent quality Goods and the highestMarket for yourinc PRODUCE Sweet Singers of Monroe ' - The Best always the Gheapest or Shakespeare says: “Never buy thing because it is cheap it : ( “ t to you T po-i- I HE the 1 i v - 1 SINGER r not a cheap machine yet Thirteen are now use 1 t 1 Singer Company can suit itg Terms to People all conditions NELSON Local Agent Elsinore nolmi-ousl- y K- - WRIGHT Southern Utah’s Best Dealer SCREEN politi-eal'positi- DOORS Qils Paints and Oils latlp sash and brooms Panel Doors Glass and Putty W ante all lie can get see his aqd Acme 2 Cans THE GOLDEN RULE Not how big a store is but how n Big the bargains Qqrbusiness increasing Blend0 Men would be placed in official position because of their fitness in spite of the bard times The reason is we give our patrons Reliable Goods therefor and not because of their poli- We are gaining more trade ever day and if you Wish to enjoy your share of tliff tical influence Closely ttcnnoctcd with this place of the question in the unwarranted assumption of power by lecent incumbents of the presidency The p'wers and functions of the separate blanches of the government are or should be Under no circumclearly defined stances should tho executive be allowed to encroach upon the legislative or Lite legislative upon tlie executive branch of the government Above all the judiciary should bo free from in- fluence extraneous to its organization bargains Go to the little store with the big bargains TKe Golden Rule Sfore WRIGHT BLOCK |