| Show PARTY government it is becoming more and more evident san sa tile the london daily news that representative government is in very serious danger it has been dez troIed to all 0 intents and purposes in ira italy in spain in russia and in greece both in france and germany its future cannot be regarded entirely confidently and even in this country and the united states antidemocratic anti democratic forces have hale manifestly increased and multiplied since the war there is food for serious thought in this paragraph almost e every ery month now non a new dictator hc takes over the reins in some european country first it was as italy then spain and greece then portugal and lastly poland and it is equally true that in the united states the enemies of representative government were nere never more active than at present one of the greatest dangers to representative government is the bloc system it is in the countries infected with the bloc that popular government is in the greatest danger in the united states and in great britain ain too to a lesser detent there has been more regular party go government it is our political parties partied which help san save e to us what hat N we e han have e left of representative government bc because cause representative goern government ment as designed in our constitution can only flourish through h great political politic al parties which gather into their m people from all walks of life where blocs of conflicting interests take the place of great political parties we lne are apt to get one of two to things when hen popular colern government ment crumbles the dictatorship act ator lup of tb the e autocrat like blus Muy or the dicta dict a of community as aa exemplified in ru rusia a we want neither land kind of dictatorship in states and the best va lla to present such a state of affairs is to preserve prec our representative government ern ment by keeping our two to great political parties clean and effect effective ne aery thing which aluch tends to destros party government in the united states and substitute the rule of the demagogue or the minority bloc is a menace to our system of goern government ment |
