The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-04

ae ne sdpONSs 10 the ptH OI LHS eAcei-
lent lecture given at the Grand theatre
Sunday night by Dean Bruce OF the
university law school OF Grand Forks
on the subject Of Democracy and the
Law.
Dean Bruce is Almost interesting
speaker and gave a talk which will
give all who heard him H much better
understanding of the law of this coun-
try. its originaand5the process~of evo-
luton which is necessary before any
great reforms can be enacted. They
learned that It is up to them to make
the law or to change 1t in any way
to meet present conditions. .e
Prior to the lecture the orchestra
gave a short concert The house was
comfortably filled and all seemed
greatly pleased with the lecture In
every respect and certainly could not
but have been benefited by it. =
Dean Bruce opened his lectu e by a
definition of the law in which he said
law was applied political science.
Law can never be Of a. higher or
lower form than the people governed, p,
said the speaker, land, there is no
place In the world where there is such
a chance for the, development of the.
law to near ideal than in this coun-'
try.
This land is made up af all kinds of
people. People from every. land.
i There must be new kind of patriot
/ ism that, which is humane-and while
we thould reverence the land, the nag
and the goy' the greatest pa
triotismr is tlEaf fhich reverences the
1 rights of Others and works for that
end in the making OF the law.
| THE development OF the law has
been exceedingly slow: 1t has been
far Behind the sciences, art and liter
ature in its evolution. 1t first made
It's appearance as class legislation and
strange to say all law has developed
by this method. Take for instance our
jury system. 1t developed from the
trial by battle. If there was a, eontro-
versy in England in the last ages, the
| matter was resorted to arms and the
victor was the innocent party. This
was among the mobiles. AS the sheriff
who made the summonses twas a,
country gentleman and It was noticed
that some hardships were worked by
the trial sby battle, the jury system
was adopted and the country gentle
man sheriff summoned a jury which
4 would protect the upper class in the
suit. .
ITO be candid with you, I cannot
sing My Country, 'Tis of Thee, for it
is impossible for the foreign born man
to sing Land Where NY Fathers Died,
because his fathers did not die here.
II 4 should look up the records would
find that my, Wifes fa.hers drove my
fathers down Bunker Hill. Especially
In this state where 40 per cent Of the
4 population is foreign born they cannot
sing Of the rocks and rills" without
thinking Of the mountains and streams
of1 AZ or MaX.fgssYa ~ ks s1suv j -
i The ideal law was taught by, the
Lowly Carpenter OF Bethlehem. 1t
i was he who taught the law, that is
human and personal and real. He
i taught that. the Sabbath was made for
man and not man for the Sabbath and
when he prayed he said, "Our Father :
the father of the rich, the poor and
the slave, And He prophesied that
some day the meek would inherit the
earth. He taught the fatherhood OF
God and the brotherhood of man and
the best laws are those which recog-
!; nize these facts. 1t is In our laws.
Dean Bruce told of the evolution oi
our law, from the Magnn Carta under
the Good King John. but said at the
time that this great charter was grant.
! ed 75 per cent of the people of Eng
, land were in servitude. He also tole
of the horrors OF the women and chile
labor In the mines and mills of Eng.
land at the later date where d large
per cent of the children were idiots
and none were physically perfect.
"At the time OF the Boer war ii
South Africa" said Dean Bruce, stn,
! British government tried to raise 800,
. 900 soldiers but could not becaus,
, there were not 100000 able bodied mer
in the country and this fact is trace.
able to the horrors OF the mines ant
mills in the country not so man,
! years ago.
.As said before the evolution d
the law has been very slow. And w,
must remember that when We wan
] any change in legislation that III Il tn,
i Ip6ople that win make tiiis change
j Thsre Is d political reform rioyemen
conaiItg but we must remember tina
VIC can never get any reforms unit
i they are sused in the hearts ant
J minds or the people. If there are ii,
7 charges II Is because no sound eco
lnomfc foundation has been reached.