Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-10-26 | Page 5 | Why Politics Affects Your Home

Why Politics Affects j I ' Your Home H I MAUD WOOD PARK f (Chairman National Lecue of Women Voters) 4 , . e aH I ni r: it. mt UORJ fifteen thOUaand statutes Is tho yearly record of the stato leglsla-tur leglsla-tur s. Vhat part have you played In put-tlnc put-tlnc the.-e laws iinn the Mates' books ? What voice have you had In the selection se-lection of the 7 37 men who made these laws? The federal government, powerful land complex, with its absolute decree I in foreign affairs, nnd Its ten regular j departments and supplementary bureaus, bu-reaus, boards and councils at home, la not nearly so determining a factor In the governed life of the cltlicn as Is the state. The federal government was designed de-signed to be the agent of the stats acting together. The men who originated orig-inated our national government thought of the l.'nlon as n partnership partner-ship of self-governing units. A thai I lime the state existed with unlimited ' power. They specifically limited it for I common national utility. I The state may act in .nv way not J forbidden by the constitution, the f d-; d-; eral governmf nt may act onl by grant of constitution. Hence the Imper 'once of the right men as your stat , of 'Ice-holders and representative i II 1 States legislatures, receiving their 1 pow, r from the people, men nr.t MTQ men alike, make the bulk of thai le- Islalioi which Is commonly ca'Ied gov. J ernmen! They cnaet laws protecting lj life and property (Including divorce and marriage laws): laws promoting the c -mmon welfare. ha ing to 00 j with trade, industry, roads, health, M eharil'. . ideation. tae ."n perons H and property '''-eptlng the income jl I tax), banks. Insurance, agriculture and conservation. if The price you pay for public ntlll- ' ties such as gas, electricity, streetcar transportation nnd telephone service i ' is frequently fixed by the state. Qg r, ccpt where the constitution Is In- ill aLI fringed upon, the stato is tho chief I ' high court of the land. H How many luvs do you need each j H 'year to make you a good citizen? i Fewer laws, thoughtfully enacted, 1 rightly admlnlsterf d, faithfully ml- t hi l to are better than the mas of loose legislation that now obstructs Lei quality rather than quantity be 1 the watchword of the new voter. H