Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-09


~ chamber. during and foIlcwins
the able and eloquent speech IN favor
OF the Utah man. by Senator Bevcrlu9e
OF Indiana. The speaker was occasioh-
ally. In fact frequently applaudeu 10
tho echo. What he SAID may best pc
tord ny IA perusal al his address rs COLI
tanned in the Congressional Reroru OIL
Feb. "a. It's fun text is hs follows
The senate having under conslder-
ntion the following resolution rercIteu
by MIR. Burrows, from The comllll.eeo
ON privileges and elections, on june -
1906,
'.HesoIycd That Reed snoot Is not
entitled 10 d seat IN the senate as
senator from tho state of Titan -
Mr.. Beveridge said:
Mr.. President: one thing rs dearer
than llfe,-the approval OF ones OWL
conscfence A second tning is Nearly
as precious--the good opinion OF one
re,lov. rnen. Riches. power. and pirth
are worse than worthless without repue
tation. .r =
No wrong is blacker than the rum pt
reputation of man or woman MI'peo ny
can Justify the damnation Of a man py
his countrymen upon error. And, where
liberty rslgns. truth VIII Sltldlcate Inc
wronged one in the enc.
This ~ the fact, even though millions,
mdsipforned, clamor against man
Only the other day as history goes lle
world heheld n nation that has led most
nj fine charges for freedom In modern
,,n,es demanding, almost with single
voice fine worse than death OF one
falsely accused. out Of Frances 49,
600 600 one man cried out for justice
But. for the hour, the misguided mill
lions worked their WILL and Dreytus
euaulets of honor We're torn from his
shoulders. his sword was broken and
amid roars of hatred, he was marched
TO Disgrace.
Rut Justice was not permanently de-
feated. Justice Is never permanently
defeated anywhere. Justice finally
won for Dreyfus In France and only.
yesterday, as history runs, that
was restored amid the huzzas of the ma
ton which, unwittlngly, had wronged
him,
THE CHARGES AGAINST THE Ac-
CUSED.
Is not this something like the stua-
lion in America today preyfus was
charged with treaspn; and this man is
charged with treason--and worse. He
Is charged with treason before this high
court--tor, in cases like this, the senate
is n court, nothing but a court, the
highest court this world has ever
known.
And he is charged with infamy as
well as treason. before the American
people. before the bar OF public opir-
lon he has been tried on the charge of
the vllest of otfenses,
And because the American people
have beer made TO believe this infamy,
they have petitioned this court for
Judgment against the guiltless. This
fact is important, for who can say what
has been the influence on the members
of this court OF that clanior which has
assailed us, a clamor as erroneous AS
that which sent the loyal French Jew to
Devils Islapd2
THE FRIGHT OF PETITION"
Mr.. President. believe in the right
Of petition. 1t Is higher Than a consti-
tlltional right--it is institutional. It
reigns wherever reigns our race In the
broad and generic and not In the mar
row and partisan sense, | am Demo-
crat to the bone. With all my soul I
believe that ''the voice of the people IL
the voice OF God"--the final and int
formed voice of the people, not their
first gusts OF passion; the Instructed
wisdom of the common mind not It's
error in famed demands. And in mat
tiers OF legislation. unless 1t involves
violation of CONSCIENCE. / shall always
obey the last word OF the people. based
on TN cir knowledge of all the facts. but
never their first word ii based on their
knowledge of none of the facts.
But the right of petition Is not TO the
courts. What would the most violent
friend of litigant think Of a judge
that would listen to his appeal or the
appeals OF thousands? He would de-
spise him for deciding his way. And
why? Because the court hears the evil
denoc and has taken oath to decide on
that evidence and the law, and OH Moth
Ing else Justice Is pictured as blind
blind 10 prejudice, blind To passion,
blind to ignorance, blind to interest
Justice sees only the evidence and the
law. That is the only distinction he
tween the judgments OF courts of llD-
erty ON the one hand and the edlcts of
tyrants or the DEGREES OF mobs on the
other hand And, in a case like this,
this senate Is q court--the highest court
beneath that eternal tribunal which
sits not only on the deeds, but on the
consclences and most secret thoughts
of men
SENATOR HoAR'S OPINION.
And yet this case has been tried be-
fore the country on one issue-that of
iiifamy; and before this court on an
pther-that of treason. On our oaths,
as Judges OF this supremest of earthly
tribunals we must try the second ON
our responsibilities as public men let
MS examine the first. Aud on this l can
not but recall the letter written by that
noble American. a member of this conn
mlttee. shortly before his death, to
minister who had been his lifelong
friend and had written this splendid
statesman to condemn this man, In
answer 10 that letter, Senator iioar, OF
blessed memory, wrote:
You have been my friend; but II |
were on the bench ! would send you TO
SAIL And yet ] am sitting as judge
OF higher court than Massachusetts
ever knew,
Yet the demand for blood has been
made on ns--court though we are,
sworn judges though we be
MIR. President what II this wrong
done the senator from Utah. which has
poured this shower OF petitions upon
this court and brought this food of let
tiers 10 nearly every member of it---llot
every member because out OF lndana's
nearly 3.0O0,00D people but few have
written me on this subject although my
correspondence with my constituents Is
enormous. l ann prouder Of that evil
dence OF faith and trust In nae of lndt-
anas people than I am OF the place Ina
this body which they have given me-
ana proud that they know that not all
the letters that could be written IN q
hundred years nor all the petitions that
could be gathered by any propaganda.
even as active a propaganda as the one
that Is seekingsto destroy this man and