Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-07-10
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seemed to be semi-official statements
from the White House that the pres
ident was so intent upon his policies
that if congress adjourned without
enaeting them into law ne would cali
an extra session. Congress did ad-
journ leaving unpassed most of his
favored measures and the extra ses-
sion was never called. If the play
results in Republican votes it will
have accomplished its purpose. II
the president desired to have this
| Legislation the Democrats were ready
to join in its passage. The Demo
cratic leader of the House, authorized
by all ais party associates, repeatedly
loffered the entire Democratic
strength in support of these meas
ures. The Republicans have less
than sixty majority in the House.
| If thirty of them had joined the Dem
ocrats all of these measures would
have passed there and gone to Re
publican senate. So far as THE
House is concerned less than one
seventh of the Republicans were need
| ed to change these recommendations
into law. The Republican support
was not forthcoming.
l FEDERAL OSui pat!SHs
| President Roosevelt has constant
| " clamored for more law and has
frequently disregarded laws already
lon the statute books. He has some
times arrogated to himself to say
what laws should be enforced and
what should not He has exercised
the unauthorized privilege of decid'
Il ing against whom the laws should be
enforced and who should be immune
| from prosecution. He insisted on the
punishment of certain railroads and
| of certain men for giving and re-
Iceiviug rebates and then ordered the
Idiscontinuance of the case against
lone of his cabinet officers who had
confessed that as an official of the
railroad he gave rebates to COM
Ipany in which he was a stakeholder
land an official. And this man re-
Imained in the cabinet until he left
Iwith the presidents recommendation
= for a more lucrative position as the
head of a great corporation. In deed
by his defence of legal limitations
land the safeguards of the constitu-
! ton. he has done more to inculcate
lcOntampt of law than all the mobs
that have claimed victims for their
/ violence in all the states. The presi-
dent is upon an eminence. If he Vi
olateS the law now everyone knows
lit. If he does not himself respect
it to the full extent, he robs it of the
reverence that might be willingly be-
slowed by others. In this same over
bearing spirit he has placed and kept
in office men who were not appointed
by and with the advice and consent
Of the senate. He has influenced or
Eattempted to influence courts and
Ijuries in the administration of public
ljustice, not only by deciding who
ishould and who should not be prose
lcuted, but by making known his per
sonal feelings or sympathies between
the prosecution and the accused. He
lhas scolded judges for their inter
Ipretation of the law.
He has cried out for more power
on the part of the federal government
at the expense of the powers re-
lserved to the states. In his speech at
Harrisburg in October, 1906, he told
of easy methods for increasing the
power of the federal government.
The method provided in the constitu-
ton was too cumbersome, slow and
uncertain for him.
Representative institutions must be
preserved Our federal government
of delegated and limited powers must
be maintained in all of its reserve
powers and in its integrity and au-
tonomy forever. Therein is the safe
ty of the union and the states-one
indissoluble and the other indestruct-
able.
Let us confidently hope that the
time will never be ripe for the change
of the constitution by executive ac-
tons and by judicial interpreta-
tons" If such a time should come
then a government of law will perish
from the earth and a government OF
caprice will be created on the ruins
of one established by a written con
stitution.
Democratic Duty.
: We know there is a brighter pros
meet. If the love of country and lib
erty is still strong in the hearts OF
the American people; if an oath tc
, support the constitution Is now con
, Isidered by them as binding; if the
= lpeople are in earnest in their protests
lagainst the rule of insolent wealth
: the unauthorized and baleful infiu
! ience Of corporations and the exac
: ition of the trusts: if the manliness o
? the fathers has been transmitted Il
! the sons, the fourth of next Marcel
! viii mark the advent Of the gladsom'
. Hight of Democracy and the begin
!. lining of the return to constitutions
government honestly and economical
lly administered.
q To the banner we raise here we IN
I vite to repair and citizens of on
4 common country who revere the nc
( bier traditions. of the past and VIII
( deplore the grave alterations of tn
( present.
Let US see to IT that this standar
! shall once again float over a govern
ment resting secure on lasting four
dationc
n Mr.. Chairman, delegates and fello'
Il countrymen, the time and the occi
II sion in our national affairs impose
II duty we cannot, IL We would, eyad'
ii We must go out from this hall wit
ii one heart and a determination to- pu
Is our loved ship of state on an eve
II keel. That keel has been too lon
beating the air. We must bring
II down into the deep abiding waters
III the constitution.
ii
II PAINE WEBER & co. ON COPE