Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-01

WHY Utacks 0n0 tu6U1nSAtVs WIZ -
pensivs cigar. "A loe of - slsdn't -
derstand when re rad Hsfker's spesoA
how be could have made sneh N auful
biupdeF ~ to have declared tAax The oom-
mon law would be found sumcieut % 1saI
With all the trust questions which ccns
mp. Parker must have known. 6ut -
probably forgot. that. from the vssy NJ
ture Of thinxs. ron can't apply fAs CON
mon law in national court Or federal
courts derive al their power fron IL
grens can only legisiate under the Consts-
tution. ana. while ws apply general prin-
cipies IN interpreting the NV. / b in
posaibls 70 secure any anlrmative action
in the United States court. except q ths
result OF . statute law duly passsd By
Congress and approved by the President
Of the United States. a man Ike Oiney.
who has been interested In public at
fairs At Washington, would never have
made the blundef Parker made. He
seemed to have written his speech Of ac-
ceptance ~ il he were dealing entirely
In abstract questions which had been pre-
sented for settlement by his own court
His exposition Of the general principles
OF the Constitution was not bad from Z
legal standpoint. but when he came to
deal with the question Of trusts he seem
ed to have forgotten that he was respond
ing to . nomination from . national con-
vention. which had selected him to act as
President of the United States. In which
capacity he would have to execute Unit
ed States laws only, and would have alb
solutely nothing to do with the common
law This allusion Of Parker TO the
common law. as 4 means OF attacking
n haa honn xrR xfup F}ua
and amazement to the profession all over
the country. Judge Parker's decisions in
New York State have always taken high
| rank. and il was this which made the
amaxemenf all the greater. We could
not understand how IL could possibly be
that any good lawyer could have made
such q blunder. and we have been forced
to the conclusion that Judge Parker abb
sofutely forgot that he was writing on
. national topic. rhis y only an In
stance going to show the unwisdom of
taking q man on the bench for Q political
position. especially such q position as
that Of President Of the United States
EHpsrisncs Necessary.
To administer the Affairs Of the gov
ernment successfully, experience 10 just
A. necessary ~ il IL to run Q hotel or q
railroad. A lawyer in active practice Il
necessarily thrown In to . large extent
with the ordinary business Affairs Of the
country. but with = judge on the bench
It II entirely different. He deals with
matters OF abstract righs and wrong.
and all hia training goes to remove him
from business problems- In point Of
fact. the successful judge In . court Of
last resort should be ~ far removed
from the influences Of daily life a. po~si-
bic. The ideal judge Ii . legal machine.
settling abstract principles of law, where
A. the ideal President il exactly the oppo-
site. He executes the laws a. he finds
them. suggests new ones to meet new
conditions. and acts ~ the personal rep
resentativs Of the people who make the
lava II II not his business to interpret.
but to do. and the things which make
man good judge make him . bad Preai-
dent. and vice versa. Parker would new
er have made that awful blundsr II be
had had sny recent experience In Con
zress or in an executive position at
Washington, whore he would have bean
in touch with current opinion on this
subject don't wonder that Roose-
welt picked him up on this. and. IN my
opinion. the Presidents paragraph about
the common law a. applied to the federal
control Of trusts ia a most luminous ex-
position of the powers and the Limitations
OF the federal government But rs GER
tainiy . knockout blow for Parker"
The Tari0 Issus.
II was glad to see" said q suecessful
looking man. who explained later on that
he was 4 manufacturer In northern Yer
mont, II was glad to see that the Presi-
dent made such = point of the tarin
hsA ~ II fV~
trade theories up our way about ten
years ago. which We viii never forget.
We are 90 near the Canadian border
that We get the worst Of every reduction
in the tariff rufes. We have 70 enter
into competition with the cheap labor
Of Canada. When the Wilson tariff bill
went into operation. jnst ten years ago.
it shut up my factory inside Of six
months, and tell ron. gentlemen,
didn't open again until after Mckinley
was elected and the DinEiey tariff law
went into operation. II was Q time Of
panic, ~ you know, Thousands OF labor
ing men were glad to work for any
wages, and yet. At the same time, could
not run my factory and compete with the
Canadians, who flooded our part Of the
country with goods made by the cheapest
labor. such as I could not secure even
In those tmcs Of starvation. There are
some places far in the inferior where
freight rates protect them from foreign
composition In times Of fres. trade. but
those Of 10 who ars near the border are
the first to feel this competition. got
Il In the neck tan years ago. and got II
good and hard. IL there weren't any
other Issue between the two parties, !
would vote for Roosevelt. because he and
the Republicans generally stand for the
protection Of American manufactures
against the competition Of the cheap la-
Dor. mot only Of Canada. but Of the
world 1t large. We ali believe In rsci-
procity which II reciprocal. and not In
free trade under the Guise ef reciprocity.
Roosevelt's story OF the Disastrous effects