The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-31
FORAKER RAPS
THE PRESIDENT
Ohio Senator Speaks on I'M
p0rtant Questions Result
ing from the Late War.
UPH0LDS CONSTITUTION
GOVERNMENT.
UPH0LDS CONSTITUTIONS

Stubenville Ohio, MAY 5O.-United
States Senator Foraker was the princi
pal speaker today at the memorial day
exercises at the Sailors and Soldiers
monument at the Uniou cemetery.
Senator Foraker met with an enthus-
iastic reception on his arrival. A thou
sand persons were gathered at the sta
ton, including 900 eoiered citizens. The
senator was escorted blythe Civil and
Spanish war veterans. about 500 people
listened TO his address and applaUded
frequently.
Senator Foraker spoke of the import
ant questions that came with our new
ancial protectorate over San Domingo.
the building of the Panama canal. III
the enactment of legislation to regulate
trusts and the railroads
'Out of these general subjects" said
he. there viii come still other innumer-
able questions of subordinate character.
How are they to be determined? Is
some one individual or authority to as
sumo what is right and pronounce final
Judgment by simply telling lis what to
do. Or are the different views to be
heard and their relative merits ascer-
tanned by discussion and argument?
Mere difference of opinion is not I'M
fortunate. rather the reverse. Divergent
views arouse discussion and discussion
insures intelligent conclusions.
Leaving the Beaten Path.
Senator Foraker. continuing. spoke in
part 2s follows:
THAT we must carefully. wisely and
periodically deal with public affairs, ali
viii agree; and yet it is becoming 90
everyday occurrence to hear and read
expressions of impatience. not only be-
cause somebody insists upon time for
consideration and debate. but also be
cause of constitutional restraints that
interfere with freedom of action, coupled
not infrequently with suggestions that
no harm could be done if i'm this OF that.
or the other particular case they should
be disregarded.
What We fought for was not only
that the union might be preserved and
the constitution perfected, but that the
constitution might be maintained and
every part. to the end that all might
have not only that civil and religious
liberty it guarantees. but also the benefit
OF the safeguards it provides as to all
the procedure of government.
No Department Supreme.
cit is a fundamental idea of our gov
eminent not only that we should have
ate departments, but that, save only as
the constitution provides, neither one
should have any right to coerce control
or in any manner interfere with any of
the others.
at is as much our duty to resist prac-
tees that are in disregard of such pro-
visions now. in time of peace. as il was
in greater degree, to struggle for their
preservation in time of war
We have been singuIarly fortunate in
always having a patriotic. hberty-loving
man in the White house from whom no
such danger could be apprehended but
the time may come when it will be diff
ferent. We cannot hope to always es-
cape misfortune. We must therefore
reckon against the possibilities and
among them is always the chance that
evil days may overtake us in that res
pect as they have always overtaken other
nations
1.-The average American would indig-
neatly resent any effort to improperly in
flUence him which he would recognize
as such, but would regard an assignment
of official duty of almost any character
as only a natural recognition of his abl-
ity and fitness for the public service,
for which he as man of honor should
feel duly grateful and stand ready to
repay in time
knowledge of these facts makes
towards of public men. Unless they are
in favor with the appointing power they
fear they may be out of favor with their
constituents
LAS an INSCRIPTIONS executive. if ne
should ever be so unfortunate as to have
one. this is q dangerous weapon with
which to enforce his will on not only
unwilling members of other departments
of the government but upon all who
make public sentiment
1.-THE great sprimary purpose of our
constitution is not only to give the peo-
pie in their collective capacity control
of their own affairs. but to assure every
citizen the full protection of law in en-
joyment of all the rights and privileges
of his citizenship. This is the very
spirit and essence of our institutions
These are fundamental rights of which
no man is to be deprived except by due
process of law, and the law is mereiful.