Show r New N ew Forces and Safe afe i tt 7 v a Moorings 1 00 While this paper shall endeavor to play to no no party politics yet et we shall be bold enough to give from time timeto to time declarations statements or advice if they reflect reflect reflect re re- ideas of real value Last week Governor Ritchie of Maryland after announcing announcing announcing an an- himself as a candidate for nomination as as president gave the following statement viz New forces and strange tendencies have steered us far from safe moorings The time has haa come In iii our nations nation's life for a return to fundamentals and first prin prin- In no other way can you ou find n n. starting point again for sound thinking and constructive planning We Ve Began Degan with a simple and unique system of state and federal sovereignties 80 And now b by sheer federal usurpation and supine Indifference we wc have seen powers and responsibilities of the states surrendered rights and privileges of the Individual destroyed ed and the functions of local self-government self steadily and progressively weakened This paper has made this same claim In reality big men republican and Democrat have warned the people against this drift away from our fundamental conceptions of gov government It is not long since Ex- Ex President Calvin Cooledge in his message to congress used language almost the same as Governor Ritchie employs employs employs em em- ploys above Surely there is merit in this warning Evidently we weare weare weare are drifting away from state These columns columns columns col col- col- col for nearly four months have boldly made this claim We state fearlessly that all aU the public domain unless it be the forested areas should be given over overto overto overto to our state This issue is before us Disposition of the important important important im im- phases of it is imperative Nationalism at the expense o of state freedom and unity must not proceed further |