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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1922)
v-tgftr a DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD I l,y'i tF I (Extracts from an address by Representative Philip Pitt Campbell of Kansas in the House.) It. SPEAKER, governments do not spring up; tliey nre created. They do not endure; they may be perpetu ated. Is .history n picture gallery con taining few originals und ninny copies? Do the people of former periods set the example for the peo ple of periods that follow? Is there a destiny that shapes our ends? An Independent and free people mny bo original, make and follow their own plans, and determine their own des tiny. This hour Is full of Interest to those who nre concerned with ques tions nffectlng the welfare of the people and the future of the republic. So it is not my purpose todoy to attempt to ex tend the fame or add to the renown of Washing ton. Ills fame Is secure even to the earth's remot est bounds ; his renown will grow as the centuries unfold the scroll of the ages. While men care for wisdom and honor and patriotism and npprectffte the achievements of those who have served man kind, Washington will have n place in the minds nnd hearts of men in all countries and in all ases. (Applause.) I shall therefore take occasion on this anniversary of his birth to note the government established by the fathers, the achievements made under it by the American people and Its benefits to mnnklnil, nnd at the same time consider the de partures that have been made from its funda mental principles and purposes that endanger Its perpetuity. It Is safe to say that the creation and adoption of the Constitution of the United States mark the world's greatest achievement In the art of self govouiment. The fathers under the leadership of Washington undertook the delicate and dlfllcult task of creating a government with such endur ing principles as would make it susceptible of be ing perpetuated. It was provided that each citizen who lived under It should for all time be the politi cal equal of every other citizen and thnt every mnn Should have the opportunity of obtaining Indlvldu fll reward for Individual effort. The government created was of the people, by the people, und for the people. Its purposes and powers are simple, plain, nnd direct. It offers protection to the citi zen in his right to life, liberty, property, and In the pursuit of ids happiness. The powers granted are enumerated with such other powers as may natur ully bo implied from the written instrument. These powers Impose upon the government cre ated the duty of dealing with nntlonnl and International questions affecting the life, the char acter, and the honor of the republic nnd its people In their national nnd international relntions. The right and duty of dealing with such questions as affect the individual citizen are left to the states nnd the smaller political subdivisions. Under this division of political authority and duty the people of the United States hnvc through a hundred nnd ihlrty years enjoyed the freest and best govern ment In all the world. Under the simple guaran ties of government thnt make the Individual secure In his natural rights the American citizen lias been developed. He Is self-reliant, resourceful, cour ageous, Inventive, ambitious, patriotic, and appre ciative of his heritage of freedom. There runs through his veins the best blood of every people north ot the Mediterranean sea. From the days of the fathers every generation has offered and freely given life nnd property for the maintenance of the honor, the preservation of the integrity, nnd the advancement of the glory of the republic. It is ours. We must preserve it. We must not lmr pose duties upon it thnt it ennnot perform. ,'Vo '' must not nsk the exercise of functions for which It was not crented. We must not Indulge In the hope of things from It thnt It cannot give. We. must not Invite disappointments In the operntloMrs, of Its activities. It is enough that it shall always f JPJoieet yessorM - MiEmKa ph wbbbbbbbbbw a " T m jvukwrmt " vu. janaHawniian-fy'ViatmKXri'Xv'vatnr jivbmi l sJtu- jtJ i wBhBUKBBkBEs i&&&$JgA$ Hir?St -0m-iWmmmK mgMmtmmmmvm:: m :.i . wKLz&wm WWmmmmMWm' kf?MfiiM kA'WtimmsMMw& ARE PLAYING PART Creatures of the Wild Use Ad vertising Tactics. n Love Making and the Warding Off of Enemies, Employment of Publicity Is Common. Thnt creatures of the wild know tho value of advertising Just as well as do lllllllnH liftf.... In Ih.IIhhIiiiI ! ntt.a tt.llt Iiiiiiiiuii ui'iugja ia iiiuivuii'ii ii oiim iiiiih niny be seen by any one who goes into mo country. Often this advertising mny be Just a ' dodge on the part of the insect or anl- mat to avoid the attentions of another i creature who has designs upon him ns a delectable dinner morsel. This peculiarity of nature Is notice able in regard to tho butterfly, which la an Ingenious little publicity tnerchnnt. Certain kinds of buttcrllles have nox ious qualities which are not to tho lik ing of birds, but there are other species which nre Just the reverse. Tho latter consequently assume tho. colorings of tho former and so, by advertising their undeslrnblllty as food, mnnage to pre serve their lives, says nn English writer. Tho same tactics nre adopted by bee tles, but it Is from bird and anlmnl life that we get tho best examples. Certain kinds of snipe, for Instance, set up a pe culiar shriek as soon ns they catch sight of n shooting party, and this Is A SWEET LITTLE BABY BOY Makes a Bright Spot in Every Home. A Comfort in Years to Come Pork Rapids, Minnesota.1! have taken your medicine Lydia E. Pink- nam a vogotaDio uompound wnen i was a eirl for pains and beforo and after my marriage. I now havo a sweet littlo baby boy and will send you his picture if you wish to publish it My sisters also tako your modicino and find it a great help, and I recom mend it tothosowho Buffer beforo their babies aro born." Mrs. Wm. Johnson, Box 165, Park Rapids, Minn. To marry and arrivo at middle ag without children is a groat disappoint ment to many women. Think of tho joy and comfort other women have in their children us thoy grow older. Lydln K Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound has helped to bring great happi ness to many families by restoring wo men to health. Often tho childless home is duo to a run down condition of tho wife, which may bo helped by Lydia i. nnicnnm s vegetanio uompound. it ,nf ,.tn iw i..!.. nlifn-ttcn,! t.ir i brought health and happiness into the kept up tin II tlej haxe advertised far hom of MnJ John50 Wny not to tiiiu wtuu nun me i.Miiiii'ia mu un vnu j vour8 7 Washington is stirred to action thT. vigilant eye of the government nnd Its innum erable functionaries. If the price of one article goes up, let the government take charge of tho seller; if tho price of another goes down, let tho government take clrarge of the buyer. And thus the carnlvnl of government activities goes mer rily on. Government control is the remedy for every ill, nnd government regulation tho source of every good. Tho people pay all tho expenses. In some In stances they pay it all through the government at Washington. In the case of other activities they pay half through the government nt Washington nnd the other half through the governments of the states. But the people pay all the expenses of this complicated machinery of government, that hns its agents looking over the shoulders of every busi ness man and directing affairs of every citizen. The fathers embodied with rare wisdom those elements of strength and endurance which were essential if the government wns to be perpetuated through the ages. They avoided with the fore sight of statesmen the things thnt lead to disap pointment nnd discontent among the people. Tho fathers studied the experience of mankind In self government. They studied the lessons and profited by tho teachings of history. They sought nnd found the cuuses of failure by other peoples In the experiment of self-government. They did not wander Into the realms of fancy. They were cre ating a government for human beings whose na ture has remained the snme through all the cen turies of time. They knew thnt the things thnt In other ages had invited criticism, provoked dis content, and resulted in disappointment and revo lution would lead to the same end In future ages. They therefore created a government adapted to the nature of man, a simple government of laws to be enacted and enforced by the chosen representa tives of u free people. The purpose of tho govern ment was to protect them In their natural rights. 2ttZ&2&SttZ4Z&?-JZPS' Nothing escapes were to be made only by the states, and the lesser offer protection to nil that man holds dear 'afiil ' and to enable them to meet tiieir national ami simil oontlnuo to afford opportunities to the.-In-eIlf international duties and obligations. Its powers "-- -- -- -- 'Innin dividual citizen to obtain rewards according to His"; individual ambitions and efforts. Tills leads me to call attention to the Important duties of this hour that require us to take our bear ing and to ascertain how far we have already been beguiled to depart from It nnd divert nnd multiply the activities of the government in matters foreign to Its original purposes, nnd to contemplate the effects of such depnrture on the life of the govern ment nnd on tho opportunity of the Individual citi zen. It would bo difficult to enumerate all the de partments, bureaus, and commissions of tiie govern ment at Washington thnt have been created to ex ercise bureaucratic authority and paternal guardl nnshlp over thopeople in every part of tho re public. Thero Is no activity, business, social, or Uomestic condition that is not the object of their supervision, their solicitude, or their authority. Over GOO.OOO clvlllnn employees make up the army that oversees and directs the affairs of the peoplo and assumes guardianship over them. Govern ment agents and inspectors, exercising every va riety of authority, aro found' on every Pullmnn out of nnd into Washington. Government reports on every subject from adenoids to rat traps fill tho files of ofllces that cover acres of floor space In Washington. The mahogany and qunrtor-suwed oak ofllce furniture already installed has cost many millions of dollars, nnd more Is being purchnsed. If a yearling dies of blackleg on n farm In Kansas, the government at Washington nets on tke case. If a hog dies of the- cholera In u hog lot m Iowa, tho government at Washington hikes charge. If a weevil bores through u boll of cot ton on a pluntatlon In Texas, the government at were limited. The fathers did not contemplate at any time under the Constitution they gave us a government by men. It was not in the scheme of the fathers that nt any time tho people should he beguiled into using the government nt Washington for supervising or directing their purely personal, lo cal, ami domestic affairs. They knew that In a government of freo peoplo no man is big enough or wise enough or good enough to command an-. other, his political equal, in what he may or may not do. It Is fundamental that a freo people may not be expected long to endure the annoyances, tho vexations, tho arbitrary regulations, the restric tions, or the disappointments thnt are Incident to government by men acting as the functionaries of u centrnl authority, directing the affairs of and exercising police powers over tho people In tho remotest parts of their territorial limits. Even the assurances of government bureaus that tho authority exercised over the liberty of the citi zens is for his own good will not long beguile tho citizen Into a surrender of ids right to live under a government of lnws enacted by bis authority and consent thnt merely protect him from injury by others and protect others from injury by him. Thero Is no word in tho discussion by the fath ers of the powers and duties of the government they hnvc handed down to us that leads to tho belief that It was contemplated In their plan that the head of any department or the chief of any bureau or the agent of any commission should at uny tlmo make restrictions or arbitrary regula tions affecting the life, liberty, property, or tho pursuit of happiness of tho citizen. Such restric tions upon the individual us wero contemplated political subdivisions having Immediate Jurisdic tion, nnd then only by the plain terms of statutes enacted by the representatives of tho people. The rapidly growing and alarming tendency today Is toward n centralization of all authority and power Incident to government In Washington. We. have already Ignored the admonition of tho fathers ; we have defied the laws of human nature, which havo never changed; wo have overlooked the lessons of history. All these have admonished us that only governments of simple laws can prop-, erly serve or long endure In a country of free peo ple. We hnvc already been led by the delusion that government bureaus, exercising bureaucratic authority and police power, not authorized by tho terms or Implied by the provisions of the Con stitution, are better for tho peoplo than n govern ment of plain statutes. Wo havo been lured by the promise thnt government agents would lend the citizen by the hand into green pastures, be side still waters, into elyslan Ileitis, then on Into the millennium. Already the citizen looks about him nnd finds himself In the midst of a fool's paradise, entirely surrounded by government bu reaus. So many of the numerous bureaus of the government are exercising bureaucratic au thority and police power that they meet the citizen everywhere he turns In his fields, in Ills mills, in his mines, in his shops, in his factories, In his places of business, grent and smnll every where substituting tho will and Judgment of a government agent for tho will nnd Judgment of tho individual citizen. No mutter In what direction the cltlzfiii may turn, lo, the agent of the govern ment Is thero to forbid or to command. Insteud of remnlnlng his protector, the government bus become his gunrdlnn. There aro many mntters that require moro thnn Individual attention, mntters in which co-operation Is not only desirable but necessary. In all such matters the smaller political subdivisions and tho states should bo resorted to. In that way tho portion of the public directly concerned nre able to observe and Intelligently determine whether those they have employed to do tho particular things they require are 'rendering a service .that Justifies the continuance of tho activity and tho expense Involved In carrying It on. It Is a pro found truth that that government Is best that governs least. The government of tho United States Is of so great national and lntematlonl lmportnnco to our people even unto the remotest township und ham let of the republic that its place In their affections should not he imperiled, nor should It be mndo tho object of common criticism for failure to do for the citizen what tho citizen alone can do for him self. A solemn responsibility und u great duty Immediately confront us here. Wo are tho chosen representatives of tho Amurlcnn people, sworn to protect and defend tho Constitution against nil en emies, foreign and domestic. It Is time to begin tho process of reestablishing a government of laws under the Constitution. It Is time to limit tho activities and reduce tho expenses of government at Washington. (Applause.) The process of elim inating every element of weakness with which tho government hns been burdened and which now make it tho object of criticism should be gradual but persistent, until wo enn again look upon It as tho simple government of lnws, given us by tho fathers for the purposo of guaranteeing life, lib erty, property, and the pursuit of happiness of tho peoplo, with the hope that our. children nnd their children from generation to generation muy havo In tho centuries as they como and go tho snmo guaranties and tho sumo opportunities flint we und our ancestors huvo enjoyed under tho Con stitution of the United States. (Applause.) lookout Wild sheep, al jo, aro clever In this re spect. They need only to see one of their number at attention, with head up and ears pricked forward, to becomu suspicious and ready for flight. Again, when deer register the presence of a foe. they send a signal to every member of the band to bo cautious. The wild bellow of the lion Is often ' uttered not because ho Is angered and ready to light. He knows that to keep away his foes ho has but to remind them of his power, and he tloes so by proclaiming his strength far and wjde. With Just the snme object does tho rattlesnake shako Its castanets. The sound of them reaches the ears of his . foes and, awed with the dreadful warn- ' Ing of the snake's latent power, thoy rapidly dlsappenr. But It Is at tho mating season In, the wild that the full power of publicity Is brought yi bear. Thero Is a general llauntliyj of color and parade of strength, with the object of proving to a possible mate how much more desir able than his rival each one Is. This competition for favor Is particu larly outstanding In bird llfo, nnd tho display of colors and ornaments to catch the female ee is carried to per fection. Tho great peacock, while conscious of his beauty, at tho same tlmo Is aware that his rival may be Just ns beautiful, nnd to oust him from favor he tidies himself up and, ns It were, puts on his Sunday best. Birds of paradise wave their wonder ful silky plumes, nnd tho humming-bird with great skill flashes his gems nmonj the flowers, making a perfect color scheme. Other birds, less fortunate In the matter of color, find the power of song a great factor In gaining favor; so these songsters chant their sweetest melodies or chirrup und whistle as best they can. Even the lumbering alligator knows how to ndvertlse, and, In senrchlng for u bride, does his best to stage a light so that the lady of his choice may seo him come forth tho victor I The same applies, writes Ernest In- gcrsoll, In "Tho Wit of the Wild," to lions nnd tigers, und even the monkey, so If you see nny of those fellows vnlnly Htruttlng about ut a zoo, don't laugh. They know what they aro doing I Granddaddy of Kangaroo? A footprint made by nn nnlmnl be llevod by scliwitlsts to bo tho grand father of tho ktongnroo has Just been found In an ancient lagoon in tho Hastings (England) district. Tho animal wktcli mndo the imprint, many thousands it years ago, Is called by experts tho Igunnodon, one of tho Slop Laxatives Which Only Aggravate Constipation Nujol $3 a lubricant not a medicine or laxative so cannot gripe. "When you nre constipat ed, there is not enough lubricant produced by your syBtcm to keep tho food waste soft. 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