Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-29
New York Governor Delivers
Vigorous Address in South
Bend, Ind.
SAYS THE PEOPLE DO RULE
Governor Answers Bryan's Question
and the Peerless One is Given a Wig
orous Scoring = Bryan Lacking in
Needed Experience Discusses SUI
prone Court.

South Bend, Ind. Sept. 29.-Governo
Charles q. Hughes, of New York, OPP
ened the political campaign in South
Bend last might, speaking to one OF
the largest crowds ever assembled at
the Auditorium. After the hall had
been packed from pit to dome the
police ordered the doors closed and
thousands were turned away.
Governor Hughes arrived shortly
before s o'clock from Indianapolis,
where he had previously spoken. He
was escorted to the hail by a troop
of horsemen and ward marching clubs.
AS he stepped to the stage he was
greeted with wild demonstration, in
which the 5000 persons in the hall
kept time to the music of bands by
waving American flags and with cheers
for Taft. Roosevelt and Hughes.
After paying tribute to the president.
Mr. Taft, and the other candidates.
Governor Hughes Immediately took up
the discussion of campaign issues. In
answer to the question of Bryan:
Shall the people rule?" Governor
Hughes said:
1.-The people have ruled, and they
never have had a representative ruler
that stood so high in public esteem,
and justified himself SO well as rep
resentatlve of the people. as our pres
ent president. Mr.. Roosevelt"
Discusses the Supreme Court.
lie also took up the new issue of
the supreme court. He said:
1--WE have three branches Of our
executive, judicial and
legislative and each one OF these Is OF
great Importance. We should not at
tempt ito distinguish between them and
to show which may be regarded as
more important than the other; but
certainly the supreme court, with its
power not only to decide Important
private questions brought before 1T. but
with its ultimate voice in construc-
ton and Interpretation of laws. with ITS
final power of deciding whether or not
laws transcend constitutional power OF
the body enacting them, that tribunal
as the most august on earth and as
tribunal which can be depended upon
for absolute impan-tiality of judgment,
is of most important concern to the
American people.
'Now, in the course Of the next few
years: in the course of short time,
according to probabilities of human
life there will be four vacancies upon
that bench There are nine judges.
The character of tie next president, ms
Judgment of men, his opportunity for
choosing wisely in connec-
ton with the filling of those vacancies
is of most serious import ito the future
policy of this country and the course
of its development.
"Now. in Mr.. Taft we have man of
wide acquaintance with the bar, OIL
large experience upon the bench, ana
a most sympathetic man. man VINO
is progressive, a man who looks for
ward and not backward, a man of keen
intellect. 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 q judge. American peo-
pie must delegate to the president the
choice of these judges of our court oil
last resort True, the judges nominal
lions are confirmed by the senate, but
the president has appointing powers.
If YOU look from Maine to California
YOU would find none better qualified to
make that selection, with finer re-
spect for the bench, and better .knoWl-
edge of the men equipped to fill those
places, I'VE could not have a better del
egate to perform that important duty
than William Howard Taft.
Bryan Without eNeded Experience.
eve have several proposals before us
which we may examine. Bryan can not
ask to be elected president upon the
service that he has rendered the Amer
lean, people. He can not point, as can
Mr.. Taft, a record of achievement in
any line of public office. That has not
been his opportunity. 1t is true. we
have had men who have been called to
great responsibilities without prior ex-
perience who have discharged those
RESPONSIBILITIES with great credit. But
the fact remains, that MI. Bryan i'll his
request for suffrages of the people
must necessarily depend, not upon SER
vice in office, not upon approved quail
ifications thru experience and training.
but upon the proposals that he makes,
the policies he puts forward with re-
gard to Legislative reforms.
eve may then examine. those poll
cies as the final test of the question,
whether or not his candidacy should be
SUPPORTED. Some of the questions that
are presented are not questions which
might be regarded as essential to ma
tional campaign.
For example, he suggests it would
be well to have direct vote for sena-
tors. But that can be accomplished only
thru constitutional amendments.
Twelve states in the negative, would