Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-08-19

dress at his home in Esopus, n. y.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Com.
mittee-I have resigned the office OF Chle1
Judge of the Court of Appeals OF TINS
State In order that | may accept the re-
sponsibility that the great convention you
represent has put upon me without possi,,
BILE prejudice to the court to when ! na4
the honor to belong or to the ehlnens
members of the judiciary OF this STATE, ol
whom l may now say, as a private cllizeh'
At the very threshold of this response,
and before dealing with other subjects, L
must, In justice to myself and to relieve
my sense of gratitude, express my pLo
found appreciation of the commence re-
posed in me by the convention. adeer nom,
mating me and subsequently receiving q
communication declaring that l reearueo
the gold standard as firmly and lrreyoca-
bly, established q matter concerning Whlcn
known NV attitude so that hereafter no
man could justly say that MS support h:iu
been secured through indireetion or ms
take the convention reiteratea us at. ueeea
bearer Of the party in the present contesi;
This mark of trust and commence snal
ever esteem as the highest honor tnat
could be conferred upon me = an holi ie,
that, whatever may be the fate of the cam
paign, the future can In no degree lessen
or impair.
Praises the Platform.
The admirable platform upon which the
party appeals to the country TOT t US co IN
dence and support clearly states the prln-
ciples which were so well condensed IN tne
first inaugural address of President Jener
son, and points out with force ana dlrec-
proper application IN order to insure
needed reforms in both the legislative ana
administrative departments of the govern
ment. While unhesitating In It's promise
to correct abuses and to right wrongs
wherever they appear or however cauSeu,
to investigate the several administrative
departments Of the government, the con-
duct of whose officials has created scandals,
and to punish those who have been guilty
of a breach of their trust; to oppose the
granting Of special privileges by winch the
few may profit at the expense OF inc
many; to practice economy in the, expen,
diture of the moneys of the people, ana
to that end to return once more TO the
methods Of the founders OF the republic py
observing in disbursing the public FUNDS
the care and caution prudent ndlvidual
observes with respect to his own: still the
spirit Of the platform assures conservative
instead Of rash action; the protection OF
the innocent as we'll as the punishment OF
the guilty; the encouragement OF industry,
economy and thrift; the protection of prop.
erty and guaranty of the enforcement or
all Of mans inaiienable rights, among
which, as said in the Declaration OF lnde-
pendence, are life, liberty and the puf,
suit of happiness Liberty, as understood
In this country, means not only the right
Of freedom from actual servituGe, tmpr1s-
onment or restraint. but the right of one
to use his faculties in all lawful ways, to
live and work where he will and to pur-
sue any lawful trade or business These
essential rights of life, liberty and prop
erty are not only guaranteed to the citizen
by the constitution Of each Of the several
States, but the States are by the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States forbidden to deprive any person
of any one of them without due process OF
law.
Departments Are Limited.
Occasionally, by reason of unnecessary
or impatient agitation for reforms, or be-
cause Of limitations placed upon the de-
partments of government by the Constitu-
ton are disregarded by officials desiring to
accomplish that which to them seems good,
whether the power exists in them or not,
It becomes desirable to call attention to the
fact that the people In whom all power
resides, have seen fit through the medium
of the Constitution, to limit the govern
mental powers conferred and to say to de-
partments created by 1t: THUS far shalt
thou go and no farther
To secure the ends sought the people
have by the Constitution separated ana
distributed among the three departments
of government-the executive, legislative,
duty of those administering each depart
ment so to act as to preserve, rather than
to destroy, the potency Of the coordinate
branches of the government, and thus Sc
cure the exercise of all the powers con-
ferred by the people
Quotes Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to William
c. Jarvis, touching the perpetuity Of our
institutions, written many years a1tef ne
had retired to private life, sald: lne
three powers of our government maintain
their mutual Independence of each other 1t
may last long, but not so If either, can
assume the authority of the other. IL
must be confessed that in the course OF our
history executives have employed powers
not belonging to them: statutes have been
passed that were expressly forbidden by
-fn t1Ifn
aside as unconstitutional when 1t was off
ficult to point out the provisions said to be
offended against in their enactment. All
this has been done with good purpose,
no doubt but in disregard, nevertheless,
of the fact that ours is government of
laws, not of men, deriving its Just powers
from the consent of the governed. II we
would have our government continue DUR
ing the ages to come, for the Deneht OF
those who shall succeed US, we must ever
he on our guard against the danger Of
usurpaticn of that authority which resides
In the whole people, whether the usurpa-
ton be by officials representing one OF the
three great departments of government or
by body of men acting without com
Impatience of the restraints of law as
well as of its delays is becoming more and
more manifest from day to day Within
the last few years many Instances have
been brought to our attention where In diff
ferent parts of our beloved country sup
posed criminals have been seized and pun
a
that the constitution of each State guaran-
tees to every person within Its jurisdiction
that his life his liberty or his property
shall not be taken from him without due
process Of law.
Situation in Colorado.
In a struggle between employers and
emnloyes dynamite is said TO have been
used by the latter, resulting in the loss of
life and the destruction of property. The
perpetrators of this offense against the
: ~ o,,6 others
60 ped in the conspiracy with them, should,
SSter due trial and conviction, have had
mcted out to them the most rigorous pun
fshment known to the law. This crime,
sdded perhaps to others, led to the forma
lion of committee of citizens that, with
the support Of the military authority, de-
norris from the State, without trial, persons
NTsnected of belonging to the organization
D. which the perpetrators of the dynamite
outrages were supposed to be members In
both eases the reign of law gave way to