The San Francisco call., 1906-10-05

+ favor in the contest for Independence
4 II was again on Pennsylvania's soil. at
Gettysburg, that the tide turned in
the civil war In the composftion Of
her people, moreover, Pennsylvania has
epltomized the composition of our
Dnloni Tor here many old world races
have mingled their blood to make thai
new type, the American. Finally. in
an branches of the public service in
peace and m war, the native or adopted
eitizens OF Pennsylvania have attained
the highest emfnence.
ASKS DEVOTION FOR UNION.
1 do not, however, come here TODAY
TO speak only of the past. and stiff
less TO appeal merely TO State pride. We
can snow that the past is with us a
we handle ourselves in the present
and each of US can best show his deyo-
ION 70 MS own State by making evil
dent his paramount devotion 10 thar
Snlon which includes all the States.
Jhe study of the great deeds of the
past is of chief avail in SO far as if
lReltes nc US 10 grapple resolutely and
eHectlVely with the problems of the
present. We are not now menaced by
Iorelgn war. Our Union is firmly es-
IaDnsheo. But each generation has
Its special and serious difficulties: and
we OF this generation have to struggIe
with evils springing from the very ma
serlal success OF which we are so proud
from the very growth and prosperity
Of which. with Justice. we boast The
extraordinary Industrial changes of the
5ast nan century have produced a total
( ~ new set of conditions. under which
new evils flourish; and for these new
4 evils new remedies must be devised.
some of these evils can he erappIed
Win Dy private effort only; for we
never can afford TO forget that In the
last analysis the chief factor In per
SonSl success, and indeed in naffonaI
SEeatness, must be the sturdy, self
reifant character OF the Individual cifi-
zen. But many OF these evils are OF
such nature that no private effort can
aNail against them. These evils. there
lore must be grappIed with by govern
mental action. In some cases this
governmental action must be exercised
Dy the several States individuality In
YET others Ii has become fncreasfp.-Ix- =
evident that no efficient state acfIon IL
possible. and that we need. thru execu-
tive action, thru legislation and thru
Jnoiclal Interpretation and construction
OF law, TO Increase the power of the
Federal Government.
GRILLS CORPORATION LAWYERS
If we fail thus to increase it. VIC show
oar impotence and leave ourselves at
The mercy OF those ingenious legal od-
Nibers OF the holders of vast corDorafa
Nealtn, who, in the performance of
what they regard their duty. and TO
serve the ends of their clients invoke
the law at one time for the c0nfouud-
lag OF their rivals, and at another time
strive for the notification of the law
In order that they themseIves may he
ieft free to work their unbridled will
on these same rivals. or ON fhose who
labor for them, on the general puh-
lie.
In the exercise of their profession
ana IN the service of their clients these
aetute lawyers strive 20 prevent the
passage of efficient laws and strive 10
secure judicial determinations of those
that pass which shall emasculate them
Ihey DO not invoke the Constitution in
order to compel the due Observance Of
law alike by rich and poor by great and
small; on the contrary, they are cease
lessly on the watch to cry out thar the
Constitution is violated Whenever anv
effort is made to invoke the aid of the
National Government, whether for the
tions or for efficiently securing obedi-
ence 10 such a law as the national
elgnt-hour law and similar so-called
labor statutes"
The doctrine they preach would make
the Constitution merely the shield of
incompetence and the excuse for gov
ernmental paralysis; they treat it Sas a
justification for refusing to attempf
the remedy of evil instead of as the
source OF vital power necessary for the
existence of mighty and ever growing
Strong nationalist tho I am. and firm
tho my belief is that there must be a
wide extension of the power of the Ma
uonal Government to deal with uues-
tions of this kind, I freely admit mat
as regards many matters of frst-rate
importance we must rely purely upon
the states Tor the betterment of pres
ent conditions. The several States
must do their duty or our citizenship
can never be put on a proper plane.
Therefore l most heartily congratulate e
the people of the State of Penn sylvania
on what its Legislature, upon what its
government. has accomplished durin r
this present year. It is a remarkable
record Of achievement.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF STATE.
Thru your Legislature you have abol-
ished passes; you have placed the Of
fees Of the Secretary of the Common-
wealth and the Insurance Commission
er upon an honorable and honest basis
of salary only by abolishing the fee sys-
tenn; you have past law compelling
the officers and employees of great
cities TO attend TO the duties for which
they are paid by all the taxpayers and
to refrain from using the power con-
ferred by their offices TO influence po-
litical campaigns; you have prohibited
the solicitation or receiving of political
assessments by city employees; you have
by law protected the State treasury
from depreciation and conserved the
public moneys for use only in the pub-
lie interest; you have by a law for the
protection of the elective franchise
made tampering with the ballot boxes
and the casting of Illegal votes so diff
ficult as ia all probability to be nm
profitable: you have provided a primary
election law which guarantees to the
voters free expression in the selection
of candidates for office; you have by
law regulated and improved the civil