Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-01-27
les A HOT talk
Judge BREWER ATTACKS PRESI.
Dent ROOSEVELT.
uStiCe OF Supreme Court ArraianS
President at New York Banquet.
Public Office in ReIa-
vubliC Opinion, and Aston
ne Audience.

-. Brewer. associate justice Of
ni,sd States supreme court, created
.ation by a speech delivered at
i held in New York City, No
u 90. A New York dispatch to
ashington Herald tells the story in
~:
ice Brewer spoke on "Public Office
Il, bn to Public Opinion" and sur
audience by severe criticism
I !gnment OF President Roosevelt.
Q Brewer not only reflected on
-.ident openly, but by innuendo.
ntrasted openly Roosevelt and
Brewer spoke Of mob rule. de-
ynching. and declared that the
Nst now was "full OF constltu-
ters." He spoke OF the sacred
constitution, and passed to
4 of rulers.
other things, Justice Brewer
spotism and a mob are the
tines OF government. In the
,eople have nothing to say, and
lther they have unrestrained
rue democracy occupies the
nd. The more constant and
the voice of the people, the
the approach to an ideal govern
i've and referendum make pub.
oithe quality controlling. The
.,romptly and more fully public
carry into effect such public
the more truly is government OF
the people realized.
sty legislation. if not always, is
: '-ctep backward. Many bill
.ecative veto, and in New York
gets it. If the legisla.ions were
wise the constitution would be a
=, for that attempts to confine
Nm within certain limits.
constitution is not criminal
/. is q theory of government, and
o be read in favor of anybody,
instrument whose clear words
force of vital and solemn truth,
IN the majority as we'll as the
In the light OF these general
what are the relations of public
~ public opinion?
officeholder an agent or a
10 one doubts that it is base
of trust for an officer elected
platform with q view, perhaps,
ito set principles into legisla'
;drn around, after securing his
support the opposite side.
is an implied promise in the
lof an office, and it is the idea
Government that the judgment
bcted by the people shall not
by any indirect influence
ltins Of opinion on the part Of
tative.
country we elect political
orally for short and specific
the term elected, ruling, Of
pordance with constitutional
The one selected is a ruler ,
pe impulsive, enthusiastic,
Exhibiting a spectacular and
or calm and self-poised in
~. No one doubts that
psevelt or Governor Hughes
ither one is absolute. Each
limitation. The range OF
prescribed, yet within that
most emphatically a ruler.
ent is the chief magistrate
not for his glory, but for
deed. his greatest glory
ecomplishing the most for
be generally known that
that framed the constitu-
rescribed a presidential
years with a prohibition
In the judgment of some
ON l am one, there is a
langing the seven-year
Inhibition on reelection to
year term. In the light
ink it would have been
eft the presidential term
tuAt were the provision
,w have the spectacle OF
dent playing a game OF
with the American peo.
-. Brewer intimated that
'osevelt was enough, the
gasped. The justice
and then the applause
wept through the audi
he most prolonged and
the evening. Justice
3. that a ruler should not
liar clamor, and added:
ul for him to adopt the
+ being for the law, but
ment."