The Washington times., 1909-05-21
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South that ] would do the best 1 could
10 wipe out the feeling that the Central
Government at Washington was gov
eminent alien to the Southland. and I
pointed out that the only way by which
the Executive could cure that feeling
was, In so far as in him las, to put into
office men in whom the community at
large, without regard TO party, would
nave the highest confidence. Now 1 am
trying to do that, and / am going to
appoint Republicans and I am going to
appoint Democrats, striving In each case
TO get man who will commend him
sell 10 the community in which he lives.
Wholly Misunderstood.
1t is suggested that it is an insult to
the Republicans Of a district to appoint
a Democrat a judge. because it may be
inferred that there is 40 Republican
worthy of the appointment: and l un-
derstand that there are some men in
the Democratic party who are willing
10 make that Inference as strong as
possible. But 1 venture to say that
when the whole account is added up
mat spirit viii have disappeared, and
the Democrats who seek TO utter it viii
mo that Il Is not such a popular
method or attacking the Republican Ad-
mlnistTation, afiS-s all
I plead 10 my Republican friends as
FlndlcauOn and justification for my
course, the course Of az orthodox a Re-
publican as ever filed the Executive
3nair, and man than whom there
never was President who did so much
TO maintain the standard of the Federal
judiciary as Benjamin Harrison, for he
deemed II his duty to put one Democrat
on the supreme Bench and two in cir
cult courts of appeal The Federal iu-
dietary, my dear friends, to my mind is
the strongest bulwark that We have in
all this country TO protect ultimately
our institutions of civil liberty and those
of the things in the Federal Constitu-
ton that we must love and must hug to
cur bosom If we are to continue this
civilization
Selection of Men.
And. therefore. there IS no more
sacred duty that the Executive has than
IN the selection Of men whose appoint
ment and service On the bench viii
strengthen it With all the people at
large. Ordinary considerations of polit-
icaI partisanship have much less appli-
cation TO the appointment Of Judges
than they have TO other and temporary
Il think not that we are at a point
where there is to be political revolution
in the South. 1 never had such a dream.
But believe we are on the eve of such
a condition in the South that there shall
be complete tolerance OF opinion and
that there shall grow into respectable
POWER an opposition in each State which
shall tend TO the betterment of the gov
eminent as II exists Ia the State which
shall give US occasionally, as YOU have
already given us in North Carolina, a
Republican in a crowd of Democrats, in
order that we may have represented in
The Congress at Washington YOUR views
without regard TO some past issue, with
out regard to the ghost of an issue that
really ought not to influence YOU in
Enforcing these particular economic
aiews that you really entertain.
7 hone you viii forgive me for an
apparent reference to political cOndi-
fions when / am really only extending
10 YOU the right hand of fellowship as
Americans. explaining possibly by in
ference some OF the difficulties of con-
Quoting this Government as its Chief
Executive.