Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-06-07 | Page 4 | Governor Dern Opposes Order

GOVERNOR DERN OPPOSES ORDER In his reply to the New ew York World asking him what be he thinks of Pr President Coolidge's order em em- empowering empowering powering the appointment of state city and county officials as prohibition prohibition tion officers Governor Dern of will vill be supported by the people of ot the state The governor says I 1 regard the presidents president's order as the longest step ever taken to I ward Invasion of powers Po ers of ot states and other political subdivisions and toward centralization of ot power po In federal government If 11 I such an Invasion is tolerated In la this in instance stance the precedent is establish establish- established established ed cd for subsequent encroachments without restraint with the result that tb-at local self government must become seriously Impaired it If not destroyed It is my opinion that each state should resist such arbi arbitrary usurpation of power to the end that some semblance of ot self government self self- government as contemplated by our constitution may be pre pre- preserved served lour No good purpose would b be served by merging the police pow pow- powers ers era of ot city state and nation The responsibility would be so divided as a to allow every branch of the pOlice power to blame the other fellow for tor lack of The city would point to the fed federal eral authorities and they In turn would plead the poor quality of the men under them As Governor Dern says the worst feature Is the tendency to displace local self government self self- government and center all power In Washington