The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-12
A TALK WITH TOM MARSHALL, WHO, AS
GOVERNOR, HAS ALL INDIANA GUESSING

chance to gain education. Agains
obstacles he has fought for liv
ing and has made no more. He
has never been able to own his
own home. Illness at home, en-.
forced idleness and the other usu-
al drags have held him back. His
children are compelled to leave
school and enter factory or mine
His wife has little pleasure. May
be, In the desperation Of discour-
agement, this man has gone
wrong. And so he has failed. We
judge these two men by the same
law of accomplishment, We do
not qualify our condemnation of
the failure We give him no
credit for his effort. We do not
qualify our praise of the effort
less success of the successful
eve point to that man with
pride and say: He never drinks |;
what a fine man he ISL But of
this man Keeling down the street,
We scornfully say: See that
drunkard; shame!' But we dc
no consider that whisky may be
repulsive to the first man; the
smell of it makes him i'll. That
was SO of his father and his
grandfather. OF course he does
not drink. And the drunken fell
low may have been born with his
evil appetite. There is no drunk
ard who has not made a greater
resistance against the drink evil
each time that he has become in
toxicated, than the man to whom
whisky is repulsive has made in
his whole lifetime. Shall we Judge
them by the same rule?
"Our churches are losing power
and influence. They are becom.
ing depopulated. Politics have
fnfringed upon their function. II
the state is to govern morals, car
the church survive? And If we
are going to preach at people, the
week through, trying to compel
each man to live as we think he
ought to, will he go to church on
Sunday to hear more of it?
"A dangerous condition has
arisen of late years in our country
We find that laws are frequently
not impartially enforced. Men OF
the more successful sort are able
to evade law. Unsuccessful men
cannot evade it, for money is the
agent OF evasion. have the great
est respect for our government
and its arch, the courts. 1 would
say that l can conceive of nc
greater peril than a popular dis
trust Of courts. AS a lawyer. ]
have seen a good deal of the
courts. ] do not like to admit it
but 1t Is true that there is consid.
Ierable dissatisfaction with the
conduct of our courts, and am
one of the dissatisfied. will not
speak more specifically.
When / first began to practice
law clients would come to me
state their case and ask, Am i
tright?' Nowadays the only ques-
ton they ask is Can VIM
E IF we are to avoid revolution
Iof some sort in this country oul
courts must hew close to the line
Iof justice, and upon them much
depends.
Our life Is moving rapidly. We
iare SO fiercely engaged In the com
,merciaf strife that we have come
to look upon those who cry for thu
rights OF man, and against the In
Equities of special interests as oul
enemies. There IL wise and {
foolish wealth; also wise and
foolish poverty. That wealth Il
wise which Is honestly gained
THAT wealth Is foolish that carries
with 1t fear Of justice and equity
That poverty IL sco.ish which hal
been brought by idlsness or disso
Iuteness: that poverty IL Wis
lTh|sh Gag I's crust Without tssl