New-York tribune., 1908-09-29
GOV. HUGHES ON BRYAN
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and responsibility, being in the honor of its
distinction the possibilities Of its influence the
variety of its obligations unrivalled among the
great offices on the face of the earth
The speaker argued that the election of Bryan
would mean business disaster and depression.
On the other hand. he said. the election of Taft
meant a continuation of the Roosevelt policies
which. he said, have for seven years kept the
United States in the path of prosperity, and
he declared his belief that the people of this
country are pleased with the Roosevelt ad-
n1inistration that they will vote for the man for
President who stands for the same ideals.
From Indianapolis the Governors train
went to Anderson. where he made fve-min-
ute rear-platform speech to a cheering crowd
giving in strong, clear-cut sentences which
fairly poured from his lips a summary OF his
longer address, always hammering home the
Bryan fallacies, and contrasting with that
method and record the sanity and ability Of
Taft This was repeated at Marion, Wabash
Warsaw and Goshen.
The meeting here was held az the Auditorium
the largest hall in town. It was jannned nearly
two hours before Governor Hughes got there.
and an overflow meeting was held in a tent two
blocks away.
THE PEOPLE DO RULE"
After paying tribute to the President, the
ernor Hughes Immediately took up a discussion
of the campaign issues and for nearly two
hours held the close attention OF the audience
In answer to the question of Mr.. Bryan, Shall
the people ruler Governor Hughes said:
The people have ruled and they have never
had representative ruler that stood so high in
public esteem and justified himself well
a representative of the people present
President, Theodore Roosevelt.
Speaking of the United States Supreme Court.
he said:
We have three branches Of our government
executive, judicial and legislative-and each
one of these is of great Importance. We should
not attempt to distinguish between them and
TO show which one may be regarded as more
important than the other; but certainly the
Supreme Court, with its power not only to de-
eide important private questions brought before
Il but with its ultimate voice in the construc
ton and Interpretation of the laws with its
final power Of deciding whether or not laws
transcend constitutional power Of the body en-
acting them. that tribunal is the most august
on earth and a tribunal which be de-
pended upon for absolute inpartiality of judg
ment is Of the most important concern to the
American people
Now, in the course of the next few years. in
the course of very short time according TO
probabilities of human life there will be four
vacancies on that bench. There are nine Judges.
There will be four vacancies very shortly and
II is not impossible even improba BILE that
there will be still others during the adminis-
Catfon Of the next President. The character of
the next President his judgment, his oppor-
tunity for properly choosing wisely in connec-
ton with the filing Of those vaancies is OF the
most serious import the future policy OF this
country and the course of its DEVELOPMENT
In Judge Taft have man of wide ac-
quaintance with the bar; OF large experience
upon the bench, and most sympathetic man
A man who is progressive a man who looks for
ward and not backward, man of keen intel
lect He was recognized as one of the strongest
judges upon the federal bench when he sat
there, and lawyers and litigants alike testified
TO his prominence as a judge. The American
people must delegate to its President the choice
OF these Judges of our court of last resort True
the judges nominations are confirmed by the
Senate but the President has appointing power.
II you looked from Maine to California YOU
would find none better qualified to make that
selection, with a finer respect for the bench and
better knowledge of the men equipped to fill
those places; we could not have better dele
gate TO perform that important duty than Will
lam Howard Taft