The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-17
'0uoteS From Abraham LincoIn and William
Taft in Support Of His Attitude===Former
President Talks on the New Nationai=
isn===lSsues a Challenge

prove before this audience that II
cannot be possible that he (the chief
Justice understood the law better
than Theodore Roosevelt"
Now, gentlemen. / have made one
change in the above quotation. Tho
last words were not Theodore Roose-
Velt,' the last words were Abraham
Lincoln and this attack made nearly
So years ago. against Abe Lincoln, is
precisely and exactly the kind of at
tack made upon me at this moment.
Abe Lincoln felt, and professed
throughout his life, the same pro-
found respect for the supreme court
that OF course ! feel and that | have
again and again In public speeches
and messages as President Of the
United States expressed An upright
Judge Is a higher and better public
servant than any other man can pos.
sIby be and II Ia a cause OF pride 10
every American citizen that our su.
promo court is the most influential,
judicial tribunal In the entire world.
| have quoted Abe Lincoln, let me
quote him again
I'VE believe IN obedience to, and
respect for. the judicial department
of government We think Its decisions
on cons sututional questions, when full
ly settled shall control
Il agree absolutely with the sen.
tence Of Abe Lincoln, not the less be-
cause | also believe in what Lincoln
said Immediately afterward,
But we think this decision erron-
cous and Ne shall do what we can TO
have II overruled
Nor do ! have TO go only to the
statement OF the past for preccdents.
The president OF the United States.
Mr.. Taft has served his country hon.
orably and uprightly In many posi-
tions-as judge, as governor OF the
Philippines, as secretary OF war, and
now as PTesldent-for to him and th9
congress acting with him, we owe the
creation of a tarifI commission; the
adoption OF maximum tariff law treat
les with foreign powers, the proper
treatment of the Philippines under
the tariff, the increase in the eff
cheney OF the interstate commerce
law, the beginning of a national le2is-
lative program. providing for the eX.
ercise OF the taxing power In conncc-
terstate business. Il postal savings
bank bill. the constitution OF n com
mission to report a remedy for over
capitalization In connection with the
Issue OF stocks and bonds. but few
of his services are more deserving OF
record than what he said in this mat
ter of criticism Of the judiciary.
Speaking as United States circuit
Judge fifteen years ago. he said.
The opportunity freely and public
ly to crltlcise judicial action is Of
vastly more importance 10 the body
polite than the immunity OF courts
and judges from unjust aspersioDs
and attacks. Nothing tends more TO
render judges careful in their de
cisions and anxious to do exact JUS
tlce than the consciousness that every
act OF theirs Is 10 he submitted to
the intelligent scrutiny and candid
criticism of their fellow men. In the
case OF Judges having life tenure.
indeed, their very independence makes
the right freely to comment on their
decisions of greater Importance be-
cause II is the only practicable and
available instrument in the hands of
free people to keep such judges
alive to the reasonable demands OF
| those they serve
Dropping the personal pronoun, the
| colonel took up an exposition Of what
we who work for the new national
ism believe He reiterated his be
lief in government by party. his recog-
| milton Of the necessity of corpora
tons I'm business accompanied by the
elevation of the worklngman by
unions but all these agencies, he
was convinced, must be under control
Of the whole people The one Vital
/ and essential matter In all public
life was honesty. All good citizens
must join in warning on the crook.
whether giver or taker OF bribcs. as
| a traitor TO democracy.
The address closed with the only
| words that could be construed as hay-
! Ing any bearing on the immediate poll.
| tical situation within the Republican
| party In this statc-a dissertation on
| popular sclf-control and party leader.
ship. a distinction between the boss
and the leader.
1T is necessary and desirable" said
| the colonel. that there should be
leaders, but II is unnecessary and un
desirable that there should be bosses
The leader leads the people; the boss
drives the people. The leader gets
hold by open appeal to the reason and
conscience of his followers, the boss
keeps his hold by manipulation. by
| intrigue, by secret aud furtlve appeal
To many forms OF eelrinterest and
sometimes to very base forms.
Progress there must be. but It