Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-25


promises In relation thereto. ana cited
d number OF treaties. which he said
had been officially pigeonholed, as proof
OF his contentious As a windup TO this
part of his subject, he said
mo one, / say should be entrusted
with the great powers Of tho executive
of this great nation, nor can safely De-
but one who has high regard for con-
stitutlonal limitations, Not long ago
the first American numerous paper pub
lished very serious cartoon. | sup
pose YOU would call IT, II Is worthy or
better name, u one could thing ot IT,
on the one page stands the present eX.
ecutiye standing with the sword Of war
held alott and the Constitution under
hs feet On the other poge stands AL
ton b. Parker with the Conftltutlon
held aloft and the sword under hts feet.
The question for you 90 decide, or one
Of them at least, Is which Of these men
you viii entrust with the power of the
executive
THE PANAMA CASE
Nj. Roberts then reviewed az length
the Panama question, saying In parts
There was passed by Congress In June,
1909, what was called the Spo0ner act
which authorized the president % nego-
tlate terms OF treaty with The South
American republic Of Columbia for the
passage through her territory Of ur In
ter ocean canal lie was TO negotiate
a treaty providing f0r ,ract VI land
not TO exceed 10 miles I'm width from the
center line Of the canal Tor which he
was authorized 10 pay $4,000 00Q Fall
Ing to negotiate a treaty with Colombia
after a reasonable length OF Tine that
ls II he failed. he WAS then 60 turn his
attention TO Nicaragua, and !t pos
sible make a treaty with that govern
ment for a canal across the slhmus.
which the speaker said he did not do.
Mr.. Roberts then continued In detail
ed argument calculated TO show that
there had been violation OF cOnstitu-
tional law and morality on our part In
the Panama uprising, that we had
"lOrded" ourselves over a weaker ma"
tlOn that our course would have been
wholly different had the country we
dealt with been as strong as our own.
81 want to put this question 10 you
now. Suppose instead OF dealing with
the weak and lmpotent country Of Co
lombla we had been treating with the
British empire, would the Republican
administration have followed the same
line OF policy as II did with Colombia?
Cheers and cries Of NO. No, j think
not Well then, u you think not what
must be the opinion OF the nations Of
the great government Of the United
States2 Can II be that we have one
policy OF conduct when dealing With a
weak and lmpotent nation and another
when we deal with nations Of equal pow
err with us? Are we to aud Il over
weak nations and stand In respectful
awe Of those who are our equals In
power What do you call that lndivld-
ual act where man Of great physical
strength is found browbeating and per-
haps physically opposing poor weak
mulings who stand In respectful awe?
What do you name II? Cry from the
hall--'A cowardly bullyO
Mr.. Roberts-"l thank YOU for saying
that, because II relieves me, perhaps,
think | would have been guilty Of
speaking against dlgnltarles, had
used such words, and | dlsclaim that
my friends, But now, whatever less
may be said OF the president Of the
United States this may be said OF him.
that he Is man who has the courage
OF his convictions. And II Is quite
possible that, being strenuous by ma
ture he cannot help It, | do not know
that he deserves any particular credit
for Il. 1t Is simply constitutional con-
dillon with him, he is strenuous as we'll
as courageous and II Ia Just possible
that In some lofty strenuous moment,
when the passion Is hard upon him, that
he might treat Great Britain or even
Germany IN the same manner Then
what comes? Give me word War!
Don't you know what that is, what IL
would mean, II such conduct had been
offered towards any great European
nation Would they act as Colombia
acts? Cries OF Not muh.D Not much,
no. / thank you for that word, too.
Now | VIII say this, that the eyes OF
all the nations OF the earth are upon
this affair and had Colombia declared
war against the United States in that
Issue. what would have been the con-
sequences2 Were / a Colombian as
am an American, | would coyer my
head with sackcloth and ashes that my
country was so impotent that II would
not strike one blow in defense OF its
national honor
LOCAL CANDIDATES.
Mr. Roberts at this point said he
wanted TO say word on local condl-
lions and candidates as we'll as ma
tional. and proceeded TO pronounce long
and eloquent eulogies upon Messrs
Moyle and Narlan, the Democratic nom
inees for governor and supreme court
Justice, respectively. Concerning the
first named he said they We're school
mates together In the state university
He had watched his friends upward
course from his boyhood days lie re-
membered when he was struggling to
acquire an education after school hours
by working with sturdy blows over
granite blocks on some OF our public
buildings and II seemed TO him that
some Of the sturdy qualities Of the
granite were worked into the constltu-
ton Of the Democratic nominee. So
that when Mr. Moyle tells the people OF
this state that II he Is elected COVER
nor he will be the governor Of all
classes OF people, and the interests OF
all viii be safeguarded by him: ID
should be known I'm advance that he
had the ability and honesty Of purpose
to cristalze that promise into realiza-
ton.
PRAISES JUDGE VARIAN.
Mr., Roberts then said that for the
highest judicial tribunal of our state
the Democrats had nominated a gentle.
man Of extraordinary ability and prob
ity, gentleman with whom the speak
er first became acquainted while they
were both members Of the Constitutions
al convention Here Mr., Roberts said:
~ wish to say that the people Of this
state owe TO Mr.. Varian the fact thar
the Constitution Of our state prohibits
the use Of the credit Of the state I'm aid