Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-09-04 | Page 13 | Danger Signs

Wi t Danger Dang l Signs f. f f I fis 1 tg t- t g is m much in the speech of former SenJ Senator Sen- Sen J ator atO Charles h S. S Th Thomas m s of oJ Colorado ol rad b before ore J merican rhe Bar as association association- to commend it to I Ir tt of every very serious ser ou minded linde i individual dual t r interested in i 1 the the- r restoration sto ati n ri of go gas ern u J f efficiency i e Y Mr Thomas d directs attention to nu- nu u- u gov government t. t ills which sooner or lat later r must Ml sl be cured if II it the count country y is to fo continue to tow w an and f prosper in the ways of freedom First rs on on On- th the list of criticisms rit i is the riot of of w st which h has s long afflicted the country There bo J p partisan c coloring lorin to this tendency It is neither Democratic npr nor R Republican and comes comesS S alike 1 fk A from n i-n each When they are elevated to the thea a of government And while no particular a party a y is is' is T responsible for the tendency y partisan ambition m ti n alone encourages the riot of waste I- I with Jt w which c the people are re afflicted Party leadership leader leader leader- ship fo today gives much attention to plans for t of power and too little to what S t g government ve f. f ac actually needs The result is th the cr creation cration alion of institutions and departments the s service vi e of which h is mainly in the interest of of- i t r Senator Thomas also sounded a a warning jg against the tendency toward partial enforcement f the the- laws of the land partiality marks the beginning b gi of sf de decay ay and disintegration in the fhe republican form of government There may be justification for complaint against laws lays laws W do Jl do not reflect majority views but t there here ere San n b be 1 no j justification for rebellion against any law vt which has been een given the sanction pc of this tills government Responsibility is is' divided between crank reformers and the indifference of th the aver aver- avera average a age g Where the full powers of government gov gov- r erit are exercised i in a a republic there t can a n be few ew unpopular laws and hence few laws that merit erit partial enforcement That however is the Ithe th only cure we cannot hope to escape by byl l fusing to obey the laws laws which do do- donot not meet with jr our approval 5 If Lwe we distinguish between n laws Jaws we cannot fail 0 distinguish to ii t n ish bel between een offenses and eventually r find md ourselves punishing one man for Ja a 1 we condone in m another Influence will t command greater respect than justice and and when when Y reach that stage we lose all that this tills government gov gov- i ent sought to accomplish jc J r J lor S