The Washington herald., 1907-04-11
FORAKER LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN IN OHIO

that battalion fired a gun. I do not be-
/ lleve any testimony can be secured that
VIII refute anything that has been es-
tablished.
Omcers Change Opinion.
I am not alone in this belief. All the
officers OF that command, who. at the be-
ginning were by circumstantiai evidence
made TO believe some Of their men
had been participators in the shooting,
are now or the opinion-and have so tes-
| tified~that all we're innocent
| But however ali this may be, the
men have had a hearing They have
/ been Permitted 10 state their defense;
and whether that defense prevail or not,
| II has been demonstrated that this Is d
government OF law, government where
the rights of citizens. no matter how
humble they may be shall be protected
by the law, ana under the law. and not a
government under which, by autocratic
and arbitrary orders and DEGREES. men
may be dishonored and stripped of the
most valuable rights. II there be any
place IN the United States where these
sentiments should be indorsed more heart
iiy than another it is here. ia Ohio; in
5ne State that gave to the nations gall
axy Of great men such defenders and ad-
vocates of human rights as Joshua r.
Giddings. Benjamin +. Wade. Salmon z.
Chase, John Sherman, and William Ne
Kinley.
But running through all this conten-
tion there is found another broad and i'm
poriant question. What is the Office OF a
Senator? Is he a mere agent 10 register
the viii OF somebody else, or is he sup
posed TO have opinions OF his own, with
liberty to stand for them IN debate and
when he votes?
If he be a mere agent. why have We
always tried 70 select for this great Of
fice men of ability and high character?
Anybody could follow somebody eise.
And why. II a Senator have no liberty OF
action. should he be held accountable
for the record he makes, and. If there is
10 be no difference OF opinion. why have
any discussion-or. in fact, why have
any Senate or House?
Accountable TO People.
II have always understood and believed
that the representatives Of the people
are accountable only TO the people that
they are not properly subject TO any other
influence. For that reason I stand ever
ready to render to my constituents an
account of my stewardship. II is their
right to have it-it is my duty TO give it;
and II they are dissatisfied they have a
remedy for that dissatisfaction in their
own hands. They can select another.
But while conceding the right of ev-
erybody else 20 differ with me, ] deny
the right Of anybody, except nay constit-
never held any Office except by election.
have always been proud of the conf
dence IN me so frequently manifested by
the intelligent people Of this great COM
monwealth am always ready TO abide
their judgement I would not avoid or
evade it If could
Therefore, it is that propose 10 car
ny my cause directly 90 them whenever
issues may arise In which ] am interest
ed, II they agree with me. ] shall be
reIoiced 81 not, ] shall be satisfied. Fut
while / viii thus submit my cause 70 the
people and abide their Judgment. ] viii
not submit TO the dictation or threats or
menaces OF any kind OF any boss. big
or little, inside the State or outside Of IT,
Neither viii / acquiesce without protest
in what I do not approve. no matter by
whom IL may be proposed.
''In all this I profess nothing new ]
am simply one Of the old school. who do
not think one department should be al
lowed TO swallow up the other depart
ments Of government. or that the Con-
sutuuon should be amended except by
the people. and In the way It provides.
Favors Dual system.
4 believe in our dual system OF gov
ernment. one State and the other ma
tional. one TO deal with local affairs. the
other with those that are national and
International ] believe that, as the bust
ness Of the government and the duties
OF the government multiply il will be-
come more and more strlkingly manifest
that our fathers were wise in providing
such a system, and that instead of talk
ing about the obliteration of State lines.
we should nov more than ever be care
ful to preserve 20 the States their proper
rights and functions. just as We have al
ways been Jealous 10 protect the Federal
government in the exercise OF all the
powers delegated to 1t, either expressly
or by implication.
Il believe also that our fathers were
wise when they created ;hree depart
arate. independent, and coordinate. and
that the rights of each should be jeal-
ously protected against infringement by
either Of the others.
In truth. this provision Is the crown
ing glory Of our whole scheme of govern
ment.
"Montesquieu said, in writing OF this
general idea:
There would be an end Of crerythine. were the
same man. the ssme body. whether Of the nobles
or the people, 20 exercise these three powers that
of enacting laws that n executing the public Tes3
iutloas- and q tring the causes Of individuals.
"All great jurists and publieists in dis
cussing this feature Of our government
have employed similar language.
This provision is of such vital charac- |
ter ana has such direct relation 10 the
public welfare and the rights and liber- /
lies Of individual citizens. that no public /
clamor, 40 alleged eSigency, no party
no personal advantage of
any kind can justify or excuse any man. |
who, in the discharge Of a public duty, /
disregards or violates il.
Proud of the Constitution.
we have every reason to be proud of /
the Constitution that George Washington /
and his associates made, as It has been I
perfected by Abraham Lincoln and the
heroic men of his day and generation.
For more than a hundred years it has
stood the test of every emergency /
through which we have passed. We have /
lived under it happily. and have grown |
great. prosperous. ana powerful. Il is no /
longer an experiment. 1t has been tri- /
umphantly vindiCated.
We can be proud also OF the honor /
and integrity of the business men of this /