New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-11

is found another broad and important ques-
ton. What is the office of Senator? Is he a
mere agent to register the will of somebody
else' or Is he supposed to have opinions OF his
own with liberty to stand for them in debate
If he be mere agent, why have we always
trled TO select for this great office men of ability
ana hlgh character? Anybody could follow
somebody else And why, if Il Senator have no
nDerty or action. should he be held accountable
Tor the record he makes. and if there is 10 be
no olHerence OF opinion, why have any discus
sion. or, in fact, why have any Senate or House?
nave always understood and believed that
tne representatives of the people are account
able only TO the people; that they are not prop
erIy SUBJECT to any other influence. For that
reason 1 stand ever ready to render to my con-
stituents an account of my stewardship. 1t Is
their right to have TIT is my duty to give it.
and II they are dissatisfied they have remedy
They select another.
But while conceding the right of everybody
else to differ from me. deny the right Of any
OoOy except my constituents to call me 70 ac-
count. l have never held any office except by
election have always been proud Of the con-
hdence In me frequently manifested by the
intelligent people Of this great commonwealth.
l am always ready to abide their Judgment. I
would not avoid or evade 1t If 7 could. There
fore. IL IS that propose tC carry my cause d.
rectly TO them whenever issues may arise in
which ] am interested. If they agree with
me, shall be rejOiced II not shall be sat-
ished But while l will thus submit my cause
TO the people and abide their judgment. will
not submit to the dictatOn or threats or men,
aces of any kind of boss. big or little. inside the
state or outside of it, Neither win acquiesce
without protest in what / do not approve,
matter by whom It may be proposed. In all this
profess nothing new. I am simply OF the
old school, who does not think one department
should be allowed to swallow up the other de-
ton should be amended except by the people and
In the way II provides.
BELIEVES IN DUAL SYSTEM.
believe in our dual system OF government
one state and the other national; to deal
with local affairs. the other with those that are
national and international. / believe that as
the business Of government and the duties OF
the government multiply u win become mora
and more strikinely manifest that our fathers
were wise In providing such system and that
instead Of talking about the obiiteration of
state lines we should now more than ever Se
careful 10 preserve TO the states their proper
rights and functions. just as we have always
been Jealous to protect the federal government
in the exercise OF all the powers delegated 20
It, either expressly by Implication.
believe also that our fathers were wise when
they created three departments OF government
and made them separate independent and CO.
ordinate, and that the rights OF each should be
jealously protected against infringement by
either Of the others
In truth this provision IS the crnwning glory
Of whole scheme Of government.
Nontesquisu said IN writing OF this general
idea:
same man. or tho same BODY whether OF the mobiles
or the psope 70 exercise these three powers, that
resolutions and Of trying tho Of individuals
Al great jurists and pubcists In discussing
this feature OF our government have employed
similar language.
This provision Is OF such vital character and
has such direct relation 20 the public welfare
and the rights and liberties OF Individual citi-
Zers that no public Clamor. alleged exigenCy
party considerations, no personal ADVANTAGE
OF any kind can justify or excuse any man who.
in the discharge Of q public duty consciously
disregards or violates It.
We have every reason to be proud Of the Con-
stitut!on that George Washington and his as
sociates made. as II has been perfected by Abra-
ham Lincoln and the heroic men of his day and
generation.
Fer more than hundred years it has stood
the test OF every emergency through which we
have passed We have lived under II happily,
and have grown great. prosperous and power
full 1t is no longer experiment. 1t has been
triumphantly vtndicated
BUSINESS NEEDS LIBERTY"
We can be proud also of the honor and in
tegrity OF the business men OF this country
What they most need to-day Is not so much an
increased surveillance and guardianship Of law
as that liberty OF action and trust and conf
dence in protection under the law which they
have always heretofore enjoyed
Bad men and bad corporations and trusts
there are and always have been and always viii
be. but there is also law for their prevention
and punishment. and with respect to all such
let the law take its course.
We enjoying the most unexampIed
prosperity we have ever known. That 1t Is a
sound and genuine prosperity is evidenced by
the fact that the recent panics and heavy losses
in stocks and securities have not caused the
failure of single banking or mercantile house
in the whole country.
This is a high tribute to our business men. 1t
shows that they have wrought well not only for
themselves, but also for their country and their
countrymen In the presence of this fact Il
may be confidently said they do not need any
moral regeneration They already on the
highest plane the business men OF this or any
other country have ever occupied.
congratulate you. gentlemen OF the Canton
Board OF Trade. that you are a part of this
great class that you are contributors TO their
achievements and sharers In their accomplish
ments. I cannot do better than exhort you TO
profit by the teachings Of this experience
We have the greatest country in the world
the best government any people ever enjoyed
and the richest rewards for all who strive 20
secure them.
AS It has been in the past. so It will be In the
future If we are only content with our lot and
faithful to our own duties and interests