Show Public Opinion Government I The Time advocates ad of the public opinion form orm of government do not hot go o quite so far as to contend that congress or the tIme thele le legislature Or the cl city council counci should be he entirely influenced in Its Is action acton by bythe bythe the time expression of or public opinion butIn butin but In each each instance the governing body is really realy expected to act net In accordance I with wih the opinion thus hums expressed ed What a state sale of oC confusion we wo should be Ito In If for 01 or our OUI representative government we weere were ere to substitute this government by public opinion Questions would be decided deci ed not on their heir merits not in accordance with wih facts but by the son son- n n- n the tho passions and the prejudices pr pre pr indices of or people who have havo no actual knowledge of tho the Issues In Involved Un Un- n- n tIer der del a trul truly representative form of government go gov gov- there thero Is not a great deal of or danger that tho the representatives of the people will wI be he ignorant as Lo to t the time peoples people's pea peo pe pies ples wishes The representative of or a award award award ward or of oC a a. legislative district or 01 ofa ofa of ofa a a congressional district knows pretty nearly how his constituents feel on questions that are ar n agitating the tile public pub lie lic Ic mind mimI and he takes this popular feeling Into account in deciding upon his course of action acton But nut ho Ito does nol not I let this sentiment wholly determine how he should vote vote He lie le first of all al if I he Is a conscientious and intelligent representative makes a study of each question queston as it arises s knows knovs its Is pros and ant cons cuns and arrives b by a logical process process process pro pro- cess of oC reasoning at what he believes beHoves to be he a correct decision When hen we substitute for a government go of or this kind a n government of oC called so-called so-caled so public opinion manufactured by hy petition petton and kindred devices we shall have hav laws bused based busel entirely on prejudice Instead of or oron on Justice and atHI common sense |