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LUC STRIKE CIGARETTE No cigarette has the same delicious flavor as Lucky Strike. Beoausie Lucky Strike is the toasted cigarette. WHAT IS A REPUBLIC? By H. J. Snyder *any of us Ameriacdm grow to a ripe old age with delusions concerning th0 theory back of the American gov ernment. We nearly all read newspapers, and the misint-rpretations of our govern. ment that are voiced by individuals quoted in the public press are almost of daily occurrence. Also I might mention thit I believe that the names used by our political parties (Republican and Democrat) have indirectly had something to do with the resulting confusion. The man who votes the Republican ticket does not necessary have in mind perpetuating the basic tfndas s.utals of a Republic any more than! the man who votes the Democratki ticket is committed to the specific principles upon which a Democracy could be maintained. I write from the standpo&nt of love for my country and a jealous desire not only to preserve its institutions but also that the basic theories per taining to the same shall be more elearly understood. I profoundly believe after a careful study of various forms of government, that our Republic is not only the best form of government the wit) of man ever devised, but that the} theories behind that government have besa Oce of the chief reasons for our nation l1 grandeur and power and our well being as individuals. I shall offer no apology for giving the reasons for the beliefs above ex pressed, and at the same time I will r.t forth what I consider to be some t Sthe distinguishing eharacteristics j of a Republic. Common Misunderstanding Whatever may have been the forms Sof government in the past, they have now been largely supplanted by limit ed monarchies and republics. Since the IDuropean war the form of absolute e eonarchry exists only in a few small nations. The limited or oonstiuttional I monarhy stil survives, though ai a lessened number of countries. ,: ere is a growing tendercy through ""ut the world to discard monarchy in faipr of one of the more popular rnma of government. : Fore the purpose, it is unnecessary to del at length with monarchical systems. It will be enough to point - ::t that governments of that type ;are likely to represent hereditary in mt~ and aristopratte privilege. It It is of the very greatest importance -At this e i to distinguish between a de eray because the common mis tnadbrstanding of these two terms has e >late ehused much confusion in gpub afe ftairs. 4 well known 'writer (Bluutschll) , ~a lat e-rror-by no means an un .. of confounding the two Hfe says (Encyclopedia of lFt fener Vol., 1, p. 765) that i chas btBh produced "the Siemocracy in the form ea sentative republic." tl s were a mere confusion of t it lght be an unimportant mat ; though I submit that it ~is imposed~ to, Imagine nay two ideas Which . poene ato, .acb .tber . ,dids( in thedsw'4 and "''republic." S~Y Weause of our increasing ten to carry this muddle4 "state of saIto the operatioes of our at, and to substitute a dem for the republic 'aiich our established, that" eds me to . tnadet betwen a democracy a 'isublic it not less plain than . between niglht and day or be "black sad white! iE1 athe essence of a democracy the people rule directly. i~s il.ei essence of a republic tht t people rule through representas !·-··-~ Attempts at Democracy e nearest approach to a demo tn ancient times was afforded reece, but it represented only a minority of the people-the ma 'belg slaves. One of the most aehf~bements of this actual I jcy was the putting of 'Sc . the greatest philosopher of t.is S to death. *t modern times the democnat ic e "has been applied in a limlt .rV in the Swiss canas. 1ehape the Russain so1ets fpr 'a + hibited most strikingly the '.and rvsults of ln attempt t" a democrec-y. The 7or.. uI -tctories voted tienIselve~b oldlcrs in the treuehes esgtab-I t Ch!ldren ia n the school voted rebel lion against tieir teachers. Sailors aboard ships Voted to ignore the or dors of their captains. The authority of parents over their children was put aside in a like way. The confu sIon that resulted from this atempt at Simon-paro democracy lef to des potism by Lenine and Trotsky as the remedy. Practically all authorities agree that' a pure democracy is not feasible in any country having a wide area and large population. Public Judgment. While the constitution of the Uni ted States, .whb:h is th3 great charter of our free republic, does carefully enumerate and eafeguard the rights of the people, and grants to all citi zens of requisite tipualtticatious-. the right to vote for president and' mem bers of congress, it confers no auth-i ority upon the people to eacst legfsla-1 tion, to intetpret the Iawsior to en force them. These duties are-etpress ly conferred ,upon the legislative, ex I ecutive and litdiclal officers. In other grds, in a regi b c tha people delegate these `important mat ters to agents, which the - ople choose either directly or indirectly. In my opinion the most conspicu ous advantage of the republilan form of government is that by a fairly open competition for' the honors of pull:id service, combined with the sober de: lTberation which *he secret individual ballot affords, the beet men are more likely to be ebo en for office.. Muchf more so than if they were selected ino open xmzss meetings!. When it comes to the enactment of laws, with the many complications involved, the sober exercise of the popular' judgment, even through the 'ballot box, is impossible. The pro posal to pubmit the decisions tf Scourts to the. publa a judgmgpt .is an even more startling innovation. It is we1l known that we h Ye at tempted in many statce the expedient of legislating at the ballot box, and as a result it is generally recognized that we have enacted in recent years a mass of ill-digested laws, many of them repregenting merely some tran sitory. phase of the public mild. From 1909 to 1913, partly under the uxige -of the direct legislation idea we have enacted 62,000 new laws, in terpreted by 65,000 court `dedislons, contained in 631 volumes of reports. As we read history we see that a multiplicity of laws, difficult of popu lar understanding, have been a fre quent source ,f naionatl langr -and even of national downfall. One of the. secrets of great basi ness success is to choose careful men of ability and integrity for given du ties ancd then to allow them full scope In working out their problems. i This same principle is fundamental in a republiean form of government. We select the best men in the com munity (and I know full well that if sometimes other kinds of men are selected the fault is ours alone), and then give them our confidence. I This is the way men work best in ( private enterprise, and it is the same with public servants. They ;I1 wel- i come constructive suggestions, but ( will act unwisely under the implied ti coercion of clamorous majorities. Management A republic works in much, the,;same fashion as a business corpotation. The latter is managed by officers ap pointed by the' board of directors, who are chosen by the shareholders. So in a republic thb legislatures, don gress and the executive elected be the people appoint the managers. The F-~tTeholders' cannot themselvei ' di rectly manage the bus!iness of the corporation, and endless confusion and hopeless : ineffieten cy woultd re sult if they atempted to do so: Who would wish to ride on a train oierat ed according to the complex an&ivar ious whims of the many shareho iers of the road, rather than by thdefi nite rules established by the p ly appointed offirers and aeecut iby skilled subordinates? And if in prtvateuea.e.priseg nla ti e hands of a ceore ' ttleliited pisn 3i of owners. mass -nmanagemptttsl utterly destructive of the orderly a duct-o - b asines, itow mei nO a trte-4ot- a etMtdr natlonu the voters, intensely absor*be gi .ey are in their own affairs, run 'intb the millions ? ed our constitution, conscious of the solemn duties imposed upon them, avoided the one extreme of an arria tocracy where privileged classes alone could rule, end also the other extremo where an irresponsible .maess put tnp effcrt the fleei nkeiu s and paseions of the .oitr. ` ey? t only avoided each of these dangerous extremes, but guided by the light of ancient and modern experience they deliberately established a representa tive republic, which ensured liberty to all, not only by the precepts set ~p but by the - prohibition6 ordaineL to prevent oppression of the minority y the majority. The Constitution Interpreted Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, priei dent of Columbia University, i-w, York, gives a clear definifion of the underlying principle of our govern ment. "The making of the American conetitution was a : sttg dou - achfeveati o -iei aw tbrou reading ,. throgh eifleeten 'through .Isight .ad thro practicl & per en.', had fu ly grasped tbe s.-"nfi,'axce of the huge task to which they devot plished that 'task ia g way thbat the, civilized world. Those . ;a built a representative republic;-. they knew the history of - other forms of 'government; they knew what had happened in Greece, in Rome, in Venice and in Florence they knew what had happened in the making of the modern na tions that occupied the continent of 1'urope. Knowing all this, they deliberately, after the most elaborate debate and discussion both of principles and details, produced the result with which we are so-famll.iar., This govern ment was founded by meii whose minds were fixed upon the prob lems involved in the creation of ,political institutions. They were thinking of liberty, of representa tive government of protection against tyranny had spollation, and of ways and means by which public opinion might in orderly fashion, express itself in' statute laws, in Judicial judgments and in executive acts. The task of the founders was a political task, and with what almost superhaman wis dom, foresight and skill they ac complished it, it recorded history. It ti a noteworthy and singular characteristic ef our American government that the constitution provides a means for protecting individual liberty from invasion by the powers of government it self as well as from invasion 'by others more powerful and less scrupulous than ourselves. The principles underlying our civil and political liberty are indelibly written into the constitution of the United States, and the na tion's courts are instituted for their protet.tion. Not only is the general govern Editor Jos. A. Gil of the Gall, Eu nice, arrived on the afternoon trait Monday,. returning home yesterday While in Opelousas Mr. Gil gave this office a pleasant call. W. Ed. Burgess, formerly superin. tendent of the Qpelousas electric light plant and now a resident of New Or leans, spent Sunday here attlnding to business. St. Landry's three delegates to the constitutional convention, G. L. Du pre, W. J. Sandoz and L. L. Per rault, left the first of the week for Baton Rouge for the opening of the meeting. Judge B. H. Pavy of the district "ourt was a recent visitor to New Or leans. i~R. and Mrs. Clyde Burgin of near Crowley arrived Friday to visit Mrs. Burgin's father, Mr. A. Veltin. Civil Engineer Ed. Durlo went to New O-leans last week to attend to business affairs. Harry F. Magoon, connected with the state highway department and temporarily located in Opelousas was called to Alexandria Saturday to at tend to department affairs. Guy A. Jackson, Jr., of near Ope lousas made a brief trip to Lake Charles last Saturday. Frank S. Rober), civil engineer, formerly of Opelousas but now of Crowley, was in this city lass Sat urday. L. P. B4tias, Crowley restauranter, spent Saturday here visiting relatives and friends. E. K. Eastham, Who is managing a new mercantile establishment in New Orleans, spent the week-end here with his family, returning to the Crescent City Sunday night. Miss Bessie Ardoin, who has been attending the Academy of, the Holy Angels in Net Orleans, is now at home for several weeks on account of a sore arm caused by vaccination. }LAW'tLL NEWS N6TES :Mr. A. J. Pentenpt made a flying trip to Opelouas Saturday. Mrs. J. A. Andrepont and children of Praiie Ronde spent Saturday and Suday 'as the guests of Mr. C. N. Bertrand. Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Bertrtand and Ifttle daughter, ýLeonie, spent Sunday in Prairie Ronde as the guests of his father, Mr. Theo Bertrand. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Dardean visited tives in Opelouaos Saturd sy. Yi.r. And Mrs,. A. ELatIeur and chil dren visited Opelousas Saturday. i:.ss Pauline 'Andrepdnt and Miss Dorothy Lanclos were shopping in Op .ol@ruas Baturtay. MKr. and Mrs. C. N. Bertrand and baby,. Curtis, visited friends Ope Among those of Lawtell who wit lssed Kaiser's victory over Head light, at Andrepont's race track at Prarie Ronde, were: Robert and Dr. en MeVIelland, Nolton and.. Eugene 'relean,-Jake, Oliver and Jesse B:hz. i Mr. and 'Mrs. Dlalas Pitre and Mr. and Mrs. Alcin F.ntenot. Mbias Bertha Prud'homme of Prairie Ronde visited her mother here last Sunday. WHICH SHALL I CHOOSE? By Roberta Young "What p-'ofe alon shall I embrace?" Is a natural que.y foomn boys iand girls when they begi: to seriouily -tontemnplate tl'e stato of life for which they ire fitted. Th:s is an easily an we red question. for there are only two real vocations, and the.y are as ,idel;. dif.erent-s as bacteria and i whales. Yet, though tithey are so idly diss~it-zr, we sea them gaoin, seing : 4i cr nl ate4 b ttween, aocordj One man wishes fame and riches first of all. He works to attain that ehid-for .ire selfishness--and ,what ever he accomplishes, be it ever so noble in appearance, is tarnished by the grime of that intention. Self is his god-self inspires him to do or not to do; self Is the only purpose of his existence, and -all his work in life is in vain because his talents were not used for the end for which they were given him by his creator. He may be the foremost in religious movements; he may be paramount In patriotic. works, but his is simply be cause his idol, self, fears to lose some of the esteem of others if it does not sanction these. Another man wants to serve God. country and fellowman. He em .braces a certain vocation because lie believes he can best accomplish that! end by it. He'may receive remunera tion, or his life may be a series of failures. But, be that as it may, he does the best he can-ahd that is as much as any creature evef did or ev er will do. We must not, however, infer from this that he does not de sire fame, wealth and success. But is that wrong? No, cetainly not! The god pf nature implanted in his crea tures sa desire for the admiration of their fellows; and he has placed con ditions so in the twentieth century that a man without money is a bird without wings. J The land on which a tenat subsists is thee property of the landlord, but the tenant always retains part of the harvest. So, after we have paid our toll to dod, country and fellowman,.! our share of the harvest our talents have gathered will remain, and the man who considered self first wil not get one ounce more than the one who placed self last for though a tenant may not want to pay his rent, he is obliged to pay it anyway, after all. , These, then, are the two vocations of life--selfishness and generosity and we boys and girls of today, with out youthful eyes turned eagerly fu tureward, must decide which we shall embrace. Both wili welcome recruits. American youth, which shall we choose? nATCH EARLY FOR BEST POULTRY RESULT; SHatching early is an essential fea Sture'in successful poultry raising, ac { cording to Harley L. Williams, poul try specialist in the state university extension division. After selecting the best birds to breed from, the best eggs should be selected from them for hatching, he says. To have healthy vigorous chicks select eggs that are uniform in size, ehape and color. "Dust the hen with some gold in sect powder a day or so before setting her as this will help to prevent thriv ing lice on the chicks," says Mr. Wil aiams. "See that the setting hens have plenty of feed and water each rt For Torpid Liver t "Black-Draught is in my opinion, the best hliver medicine on the market," ' states Mrs. R. H. White side of Keota, Okla: She" Sipntinues: "lid a pain id my chest after eating tight, uncomfortable feel ing-and this was very disagreeable and brought on headache. I was con stipated and knew it was indigestion and inactive liver. Iegn the use of Black-Draught, night and morning, and it sure is siend d and, cerainl y Thoeford's BLAC K DR AUG H T For over seventy years this •purely, vegetable preparation has been found beneficial by thou sands of persons suffer ing from effects of a tor pid, or slow-acting liver. Idigestion, biliousness, colic, coated tongue, diz ziness, constipation, bit ter taste, sleeplessness, lack of energy, pain in back, puffiness under the eyes--any or all of these symptoms often indicate that there is something the matter with ycur liver. You can't be too careful about the medi cine you take. Be sure that the name, "Thed ford's Black-Draught," is on the packae. At all druggists. the Genuine. fil The Ri ght Price: Price may e a very important consider ation to you; it often is. But you can't - wear "price." wWear and style is what you buy clothes for; you can't have either without good qual.ty. In Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes we're giving you the best quality. Because of the long service, and satisfaction you get--these clothes cost less by the. year than any other; if you don't get satis faefion, your money back. You don't have to be lieve us; ask the fellow who has worn 'em. WINSBERG'S "The Quality Shop" day. Oorn is a good heat producing food for the setting hen. In changing a hen from the nest to the one where she is to set, don't put the eggs'to be hatched ender her for a day or two, until she beconies accustomed to the nest. Locate the nest in a quiet, dark: place where the .hen will net be die sturbshed. "A convenient size for tj nest is fifteen inches sqttare. In making the nest place two or three inches of moist soil in the bottom to provide moist ure. Then place straw, hay, excel; sior or pine needles, shaping the nest circular and slightly deeper in the center. If ,the nest is too shallow, the eggs may roll out, and if too deep may also cause the hen to break the eggs by jumpingfi on themp. If eggs are broken in the, Iest, remove them and wipe the soiled ones with a wdinm damp cloth, and place fresh atraw in the nest." Club News from St. Landry Ever'y local organised agiculturill f-elub. in the parish elected two mem bers as an exeutive committee to rep res-n-t their club il the parish organ ization wh Ih met: February 28, to make out their parish club prograix for work. . Tieheeeting was caled- & ra by Alfred A. Mon dza, cout:y a -i who called on thl following visitors present for short talk on club work: Superintendent W. B. Prescott and W. C. Abbott, state club leader. After singing one:aS, theyc:!lugsh.O , ast selubly eiect'd the fvllojg u4fio Johnn.e I}1, chairman; Gertie Peck, vice chairman;, Cecil Chachere, seete tary-treasurer. . . The s cklls haig orgaiized . gri cultural clubs were represenrte, by the following: Eunice, members absent; Port Bar re,. nemPers abseit; Melville, Aetm hers absent; Washington, LouIse Montgomery, AlvinI Boudreaux; Grand Prairie, Ben Laf.eur, Pearl Lafieur; Sunset, Gertie Peck, Antoine Court veile; South Belleve, 'Robert Mtills; Opelousas, Cecil Chdochere, Johnnie Haas, Leonville, Laurence iMistric, Herman Coles. The following 'programU-was decide upoll: Parish rally to be held April 30 in Opelousas;: every local club to have stork judging teams, both bo=s and girls; parish to ha e contest. to deteir. mine best team iv parish; best team I to befsent to state mieeting;, St. lra-w dry to ,have a pariah club fair; every' clnbh't. pay their pro rata of fuumxei in the parish organization; Every club to halve a- picnic during 'he summer; parish to hare clubl en'ampment a!.so dl!urin summer. ..-. Re,.3:uion offered: That "his trar ish organization heArtlily ..nloases tha move now on foot to makn no ai car. load Of hogs raised by club members to be included in th. . rainloa to be. made up from the state noxt fall. Miss Lida Bowell, iome demonstra tion agent, recently appointed to this parish, outlined her work for the year and although she has been in the par •ish only a short time has famlllarized herself with conditions of home dem onstration work and has her clubs working" along to the entire satisfac r*de Meaa eby &W" AT do you nsider f " e price for good clothe is? ; Yo u cranbu and mgho o sit hee 4fo to-all wool; r r to mas. ure by Born." A wd we will sh9 yoA hundreds of desirable weaves at other prices, too; some lower and some higher. * 9 At any price you choose to pay, Born Tailoring offers the ost generous value possible. en . -monriey back if you are not pleased with the style, fit and wear, FELIX HACHERE . ~ I ', 7 tion or those interested in cusb _ After the assembly had complt its business, they adjourned to a ucious spred prepared by Mrs. A. e Mendosa, Miss Therees Mendosa Miss Della Roberts, Masters ton Dupre and Bea Mendosa, an members of the Opel osae club.