Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11

mAANAANHs
Now you cannot have a decent popular
government unless that majority can con-
quer itself; that lie. unless that majority
exercises the self-restraint that men with
great power ought to exercise. And why?
/ am not going into the various parts OF the
world, but ] can call your attention-if II
was not that l am In a responsible position
with respect to foreign countries, and l
have got to speak with care-I could call
your attention to a good many instances
where those who are In favor Of popular
government and who. u I may use the
explanation, pull the tail feathers out OF
the eagle in d~eifying liberty and apostro-
phizing everything that we think dear, and
yet just as soon as they become a majority
they think that gives them the right to
control the minority absolutely, and II the
minority show any disposition to question
it, they send them to Jail.
where IL II n Misnomer.
What Is the effect OF that? They say
this is popular ruIe; this is the rule Of the
majority. So what does the minority do7
Why the minority says, we will take TO
the woods and they do take to the woods.
And so we have that system that alternates
between an election and a revolution, II
you call that popular government.
Now VIII is It that It works that way?
It is because the majority and the minority
do not govern themselves and do not exer-
else that self-restraint without which popu-
lar government is absolutely impossible.
And that 10 the application of the text that
comes home to me in thinking and dealing
with these countries that are struggling for
popular government. A minority that is
beaten In the election cannot stand the
defeat. It has to go to the woods. They
are not good losers and the majority are
not good winners,
Popular government is a most difficult
thing to establish. We have had to ham
mer It out in 1000 years Of Anglo-saxon
suffering, controversy and contest. And
now 1t rests in the commonsense and the
self-restrafnt Of the American people. 1t
rests In the knowledge Of the many hat It
has got to keep within the checks of the
law and the constitution II the government
Is to be preserved.
And It must rest in the view of the
minority that II is much more important
tina the government should be sustained
than that the minority should for the time
being have control Of or a voice in the
government. 1t rests In the knowledge
Of the majority that the rights Of the
minority and the individuals OF that mi
nority are exactly as sacred ss the rights
and the willis of the individuals OF the
majority.
The people rule-there Is no doubt about
that-but they rule according to law and
under the constitution and they voluntarily
and willingly placed the constitution and
that form and method Of expression upon
themselves In order that they might act
with elaboration and with the checks that
were sure to secure moderate, clear
headed, we'll thought out policies, and
therefore when the American people voted
that constitution and now that they are
maintaining Il ana supporting 1t, as 1 hope
they always will, they are governing them,
selves and ara more to be credited than
he that taketh a city"
Los Angeles I'm Readiness.
Los ANGELES, Cal, oct. 1O.-Los An
geles is in readiness tonigh to receive
President Taft when he arrives on his spe.
cial train at 7;45 tomorrow morning.
When the train bearing the presidential
party arrives at River station, the first
Los Angeles stop, 1t will DO met by a
committee, headed by Mayor Alexander
who Will escort the president direct &c
greeting to the president will be extended
at Arcade station.
The automobile parade through the clty'i
streets, the welcome by the school chill,
dren, the laying Of the cornerstone of q
new high school by the president, will
follow.
President Taft will spend the night al
the home Of his sister, Mrs. w. A. Ed.
wards, after attending a banquet in hi.
honor In Shrine auditorium, where 400 GOV,
ers will be laid.
Leaving Los Angeles about Q O'CLOCK
Tuesday morning by special trolley, th'
president will visit the National Soldiers
home at Sawtelle and address the vet
Grams there Thence the party will pro
coed to Pasadena, where a luncheon Is Il
be given by the Pasadena Board Of Trade
The party will next go through the grea'
orange belt OF Riverside and San Der
nardino counties, making stops at tn,
principal towns and concluding with a din.
ner at Riverside. Tuesday night the presl
dent will resume his journey eastward
entering Arizona by way Of Yuma.
The trip to San Pedro harbor was de
signed to give, the president a chance a
a further outiag and to make It posslbl
for him to familiarize himself with tn
great projects there, on which the fed
eral government has already spent sew
eGal nllllofs. me preSldenIs s. party VII
be taken over the harbor in launches an,
sfterward be driven in automobiles I
the site Of the proposed Qualifications 0
the bay.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ. Oct. 10Th
stops President Taft will make in the tw
southwestern territories, where he will b
from "Wednesday morning until FrIda
night of this week. WIN be too short I
allow Of any elaborate entertainment, bu
Phoenix. AriE,, and Albuquerque, N. NJ
whore he win make brief stops Wednesda
and Friday, have completed plans to max
the presidents stay as pleasant as POT
sible, All of Thursday win be spent &
Grand Canon.
Special trains have been arranged Il
and great crowds win hear the presiden
especially at Albuquerque, where the Al
nuaI New Mexican fair is in progress.
The president win be welcomed at Pho,
ntx by 3 reception committee, headed b
Governor Sloan OF Arizona and MayC
Adams OF Phoenix.
No stops win be made between Pre-
colt and Grand Canon, the president a
irving at the canon rim at . o'clock Thur
day morning. Luncheon will be serve
In the open air on the rim.
The presidential party will return alOr