The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-12-08

effort to get them to cast their votes
In response TO au appeal to class
hatred have emphasized their sound
patriotism and Awcri.uuism The
whole country has cause to feel pride
In this attitude of sturdy iudepcud-
cucc. IN this uuyomuruwi-ng insist.
once upon acting simply as good citi.
2cus. as good Americans. without re-
yard to fancicd aud improper class In.
tercst> Such an attitude is an object
lesson TN good citizenship 10 the en-
tire nation
But the extreme rcactionarics. the
persons who blind themselves to the
wrongs now and then committed hy
the courts ON lahoring mon. should
also think seriously as to what such
movement as this portcuds The
Judges who have shown themselves
able and willing effectively to check
the dishonest activity Of the very rich
man who works lniluity Iy the mis-.
management uf corporations. who
have shown themselves alert 10 do
Justice to the wagcworl,cr and sym
pathetic with the needs of the mass
the tenement houses. the man VITO
practices dangerous trade. the man
who is crushed 10y excessive hours W
labor. feel that their needs are under.
stood 10y the courts these Judges nro
the real hulwark ~ the courts: these
judges. the judges uf the stamp of
the president elect. who have been
fearless In opposing labor when It has
gone wrong but fearless also I'm hold
ing TO strict account corporations that
work iniquity, and 'arsichtcd In see.
Ing that the workingman gets his
rights. are the men Of all others 10
whom we owe II that the appeal for
such violent ana mistaken legislation
has fallen ON deaf ears, that the agi.
tation for Its passage proved To be
without substantial basis. The courts
are jeopardcd primarily 10y the action
OF these federal and state judges who
show inability or unwilllngness TO put
stop To the wrougdoing of very rich
men under modern Industrial condl.
tions and inability or unwillingness ~
give relief To- men OF small means or
wageworkers who are crushed down
by these modern Industrial conditions.
who, in other words, fail to under.
stand and apply the needed remedies
/ for the new wrongs produced by the
new and highly complex social and
Industrial civilization which has
grown up I'm the last half century.
The rapid changes in our social and
| Industrial life which have attended
/ this rapid growth have made It neces
sary that In applying TO concrete cases
the great rule of right laid down IN
our constitution there should be full
understanding and appreciation of the
new conditions to which the rules are
! to be applied. What would have been
an infringement upon liberty half a
century ago may be the necessary safe
guard of liberty today. What would
have been an injury To property then
may be necessary To the enjoyment Of
J property now. Every judicial decision
Involves two terms-one an interpreta.
tion Of the law, the other the under
ctandlng OF the facts To which IL is to
be applied. The great mass of our ju.
dicial officers are. believe. alive To
.
materially affect the performance Of
their judicial duties. our judicial sys-
TEN Is sound and effective at core. and
1t remains and must ever be main.
talned ns the safeguard Of those prin.
ciples of liberty and justice which
stand at the foundation OF American
Institutions. for, rs Burke finely said,
when liberty and justice are separated
neither Is safe. There are, however,
some members OF the judicial body
who have Jagged behind I'm their un.
Outstanding Of these great and vital
changes IN the body polite, whose
minds have never been opened 10 the
new applications OF the old principles
made necessary by the new conditions
Judges Of this stamp do lasting harm
10y their decisions, because they CON
vince poor men In need OF protection
That the courts Of the land are pro
foundly ignorant of and out Of SYN
pathy with heir needs and profoundly I
Indifferent or hostile To any proposed
remedy To such men 1t seems II cruel |
mocHery 10 have any court decide /
against them on the ground that it de F.
SIrcS 10 preserve liberty In purely |
technical form by Withholding liberty |.
In any real and constructive sense. IL
Is desirable that the legislative body /
should possess and. wherever neces. I.
sary, exercise the power 10 determine .
whether IN given case employers /
ana employees are not ON an equal /
footing, so that the necessities OF the /
latter compel them 10 submit 10 such |
eXactionS as To hours and conditions
or labor rs unduly to tax their .
strength, and only mischief can result /
when such determination is upset on !
the ground that there must he no lin '
terfcrcnce with the liberty to con .
tract often a merely academic NIB. /
erty," the exercise ~ which is the ne
gation ~ real liberty
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