Show GREAT WEALTH I MENACES Dangers of Special Privilege I Outlined by B H Rob I erts at University I SPHERE OF GOVERNMENT PRESS TAJ ES LEAD IN BRING BRINGING I NG ING ABOUT REFORMS Brigham il H gave all an address at the university lust evening on n th the Sphere of Political Th The wa under the tho auspices ot of the Political Science league Free people have to do o the most dif thing In the is to gO gov ern em themselves said Mr Roberts It People are uro free the they must be thoughtful thought ul to appreciate their liberty I ask you ou to remember thIs great groat underlying prin which relates to the politics of our country and state The source of political power Is settled In the first paragraph ot of the work the Declaration of AU men are arc created equal This outlines for us UR the purpose or of gov that is to protect Ufo life to guar liberty and insure happiness The he Best Government r 1 shall hold that the best government Is that which governs least Let us have a Jefferson says A and frugal rugal gO gov which shall shull restrain men from Injuring one another hichi shall leave thorn free to re regulate the pursuits of their own Industry and Improvements and amI shall not take from rain tb the mouth or of labor the bread brend that it has earned There lh re is no quarrel l b between govern 1 I and liberty the former Is the shield and protector of the latter rhe natural progress of things Is for liberty to yield und and government t ground In ever every tato and every nation there has hia been tillS or of liberty on 00 hand authority on the other When we think what has been accomplished pushed in the power lOWer Of the government we shudder to think what might have 1 happened If those jurists had worked in the interest of the government and not the IntErest o of the people Dang Dangar r of Great Wealth There Is a L gr great at danger In the InherIt ancco of wealth by Individuals Rome b bt her decline when nil all the wealth was centered among a few fow IndivIduals That we the tho people of the United States are ure menaced b by this there Is no question It corrupts the legislature and the tho national congrESS We Ve are face to face with this perplex It fly The evils can easily b be checked b by returning to the fundamental principles ot of government and that great American doe doc trine of at giving no privileges The Tho public press has brought more re fOrms than any of o states or nations It has chastised great corpora thorn that have plundered the tho people It lifts driven men who might have stood against the world to exile by bringing to bear benr the condemnation of a vIrtuous peo people pie It if you ou enact lu laws s to prevent men from getting special privileges to prot protect ct men against tacit each other and to protect happiness s YOU hue have what I eon con r Ul tie proper propel und and right sphere ot of go gov government |