New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-21

tive of the character of the Pilgrim Fathers
and their influence. In closing he said;
The way to questions is by zT hod1
have been our stay and salvation in all our ttIai
great and small while at the same tune we
them by laws and constitutional aIfeiq M ~
cope with conditions. One of the Oldest o.
the Maya0Wer principle is that at the 1o0 6p
dation of every government there shall be an or
ganic law adopted by all the people which cahH annoy
be overrdden by any less authority and to WHICH WHICH
be subjected. In that organic and Fundamental law
9p6 wb5 b% beev sman liberty rested
and by which they felt sure that popular rights
the rgidity of the traditional Spartan code by the
method of deliberate anendmgnt and by gl Sn
hands ample tiexibility has been obtained I me-
both slow and difficult. for they wished that or
ga9ic law to stand as barrier against tne paSs a
it certain that there should always be time to ap-
to the Quiet resides Of the People in the long
cool evenings when there is an hour for thought
I believe we shall meet and solve the new prob,
the only intel1igent Conservatism: but we must
face them all feaTSesSy and shrink from s
born of stagnation and reaction will come in these
ADVANCE. but from disregard Of the old land
marks from an impatience with the Institutions
Therefore would 1 say hold fast to that which
find the doctrine of the Mayfower that there shall
law must cross. and which the courts alone can
finally interpret and which all men. from the
The little company Of the iayfower. pathetic in
t ba6 re a aRa 3 as be61s and the
these many years The work they wF0pght has has
for the heritage Of kings: But that which h was vas
organic law embodied in the compact a concep-
ton full Of wisdom and patience. prefiguTing a
to go hand in hand. In whatever We change or
reyerence for law and for the constitution higher
than all states or statutes which has been the
Of our Republic
MR. LovERING's SPEECH
Congressman Lowering the closing
speaker. He said in part:
It is far from my purpose to sound a false or
Company. but If what T have to say shall strike
minor key let it DO Remembered that the truest
On occasion Ike this II is but natural TO fall
into , reminiscent mood and 70 compare the past
popular to set every advantage down to the credit
While there is sufficient reverence in hearts
to bring US 10 this honored spot and 10 move US
TO raise a monument to commemorate the work OF
those hardy Christian pioneers who framed that
designed to govern a people yet dc we SoLnplai-
dencs as being a monument to our superior intel
ligence and to all OF those virtues that contribute
70 Is 9 this @ G sGGa ana IS ss s BEING Perfect
~ true 20 them ana 70 ourselves: tnink NOT
with US? Alas! We are in too many respects a
nation Of law breakers What are all the laws
in the world If they be not obeyed?
busy stopping the crevices keep out crime.
the window to keep out the weather
What with federal and state legislation we have
I applied 10 the Department. Of Justice to learn
was told that il was Impossible 10 estimate them
We have multiplied our lawyers until they are
falling over one another in their strife for bust
ness. Congress is great law factory to turn out
new new ststutes and to repair broken and %ornout
and each other In the number Of laws that they
EVASIONS OF THE LAW
Laws, Laws, Laws. Every way we turn we
are by laws. And while all this law making
is going on the greatest legal talent in the coun-
to evads the law. Their efforts are to get round
TO secure obedience TO the law The late Sidney
Bartiett said to a Client: You want me 70 show
There IS more ability employed to break the laws
to disparage the 517 lawyers in the senate and
House of Representatives. numbering 40 members.
useful members IN Congress- but is IL the fact
that have much legislation. too many laws.
them? certain it is we have too little power 10
enforce them. Justice is tardy. or cometh not at
Is there a nation on earth where justice is so
Too much legislation cheapens the law.
Too much Hesitation attenuates and inpairs the
would diminish crime.
While we have three times the population we had
fifty years thousandfoId laws. and a
hundred times lawyers. we have no more
courts, few more Judges, and but few prose-
cutting and executive officers to enforce the law
What wonder that crime stalks abroad by day and
night? What wonder that there were more than a
hundred thousand homicides in the last ten years |
and that they increasing each What
wonder that gigantic corporations employ their
enormous wealth and the highest legal talent 10
strain the laws TO their utmost? What wonder that
Ill gotten fortunes menace the liberties OF the
people?
CONFIDENCE AND CRIMINALS
What shall be said OF the morals of a business
community when il practically demands assurance
that criminals shall not be arraigned. and when
the assurance that criminal will be Dr,sa- |
cuted gives confidence In stock market values?
What sHaI be said OF men who exult IN the I'M |
What shall be said of whose greed for gain |
has so bunted their conSciences that they have |
their liberties? NA0'A |
II the monument whose foundation we ara law
ing to-day shall stand for nothing else IL Will Ger
tainly remind us and future generations that re
spect for the law and the rights of others Is the
cornerstone or civil government.
IL Is Wen that we should come here to-day and i
of men had no thought Of the law but TO observe |
1t, that there were times when fear of the law |
went hand In hand with respect for the law that |
there were times when success did not condone
crime.
| do not wish to be understood as making p,
wholesale condemnation The people I'm the main
science, and when the people aroused thew are
as true as steel to Vindicate the right. ",
spite OF ali the rascals inside and outside the pen
tertiary. we do not despair of a great and happy
future for this glorious Republic.
Orleans Mass Aug. 20-The Mayffower with |
the President board. passed Orleans at 7:4O
p. m.