The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-04
w. ]. BRYAN CHAMPION
OF LAW AND ORDER
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ton to pilfering the books,
1T had been asked" continued Mr.
Cochran. why don't the president prose-
cute these gentlemen" but he said he
noticed 1T was always propounded by
those who, if they thought there was
any idea OF prosecution would not en-
gage in public discussion on the hastings
and in the newspapers. but would be
quietly seeking steamship tickets to for
eign lands.
He did not believe the president yet had
exhausted all his powers. but he said:
Message Inspired.
Il do say this message shows ne appre-
cates his duty"
Loud Republican applause followed this
remark. The message was, Mr.. Cochran
declared, an inspired proclamation to the
American people
Mr. Cochran discussed the judiciary of
the country and said he had noticed in
his own state federal and state judges
leaving the bench to accept professional
employment by. corporations. It was no
wonder. he said, that the public con-
science should be alarmed. He declared
that justice was the foundation of pros
perity. 1t was, he said, only the ragged
the rotten and the corrupt that had rea-
son to fear the light of publicity or the
word of Justice
May the light never be obscured." ne
exclaimed, ''and may the sword never be
sheathed.
Mr. Cochran referred further to Presi-
dent Roosevelt as crusader, "the only
one the Republicans had bJs he said the
president was disqualified. His nomina-
ton by you or us would be personal dis
honor" The president had renowned the
field of politics and had taken a noble
position before the civilized world
Bryan the Democratic Crusader.
Never before in the history of the coun-
try, he said, had a president still in Of
flee been the object of the bitterest at
tacks. hated as no hatred ever before was
treasured against a public officer; yet
able, while still in office, to practically
fix the conditions upon which the par
ties will contend.
Thunderous applause greeted this re-
mark and one which followed. that there
was "a Democratic crusader In Mr..
Bryan" He did not think Speaker Can
| Secretary Taft. Referring to Mr.. Bryan,
Mr.. Cochran said:
I'VE have a crusader as to whom there
! is some doubt as to whether he IS not
| too strenuous I opposed him In the past,
/ might still oppose him, but believe
| this message has outlined the conditions
under which he becomes the fOreordained
champion of law and order"
Preference for Big Thieves.
The applause which this utterance evok-
ed among the Democrats was so great
| that it was some time before Mr.. Cock
ran could proceed. Continuing, and still
referring to Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. Cochran said
that if he declared himself the champion
indirectly embodied in the presidents mes
sage, IF he represents the determine
! ton to prosecute malefactors for their
| crimes and if a rigorous enforcement of
| the law should result in congesting the
criminal courts then the plunderers OF
millions Will be given precedence in the
pathway to prison over the pilferers or
pennies.
Hepburn's Weak Reply.
| Mr. Hepburn of Iowa declared that the
/ Democrats had shown great versatility In
| the debate of today. One, he said spoke
on unseemly terms of the president; an
other said he could not tell whether the
message was by Mr.. Roosevelt or by his
own political idea. This message, said
Mr. Hepburn, is received in some sec
/ tons of the country with violent con-
domination. This condemnation comes
fro mthe organs of the very men, ana
those only, whom the president of the
/ United States has seen fit to denounce as
| the malefactOrs, the great malefactors or
! the age. and that is the only source from
which it has come except fro mthe gen
tIeman from Ohio, referring to Mr.. For
| aker.
The president. Mr.. Hepburn declared
had done nothing TO unsettle conGltions
by his own acts. He had simply called at
| tention to the misdeeds of those male
! factors. THE president, he SAID. Is
| neither a bull nor a bear The stock
gamblers he said. have done more than
any other class to bring on this disas-
ter, to bring into disrepute the value OF
/ our securities. .
In everything the president has done,
continued Mr.. Hepburn, the American
| people stand behind him. In every recon-
| Tnendation of this message the Amerl-
can people stand behind him.
Will Congress Act.
| Continued applause on the Republican
| side. quickly followed in all parts of the
house. interrupted the speaker for some
minutes And they demand, he went
| on when quiet was restored, that the
/ legislation the president stands for shall
be given in order that these recommend
atoms may be made effective through the
courts Some may say there will be moth
| ing done by this congress. | do not be-
| lieve it. l assert that the American peo-
! pie are earnest in so clothing the hands
| of the executive power that he may be
| able to accomplish the reforms advocated
/ in this message, and if any man stands
| in the way ne will simply be run over.
| Again a wave of uproarious applause
| swept over the house
| Mr. Hepburn said the Democratic party
| is making a departure in advocating the
| course of the president, and had opposed
j national legislation in many cases on
/ the ground that there was no constitu-
/ tional power for it.
Difficulties in the Way.
Some men," said Mr.. Hepburn. com
! plain that the president had put larger