The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-30
TEDDY IS AFTER
SUPREME COURT
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negative power OF not permitting the
abuse ITO, 10 be a remedied BY n tiye , to four
OF New York unconstitutional because,
l9rsooth. Goth That NAT men must not be deprived
6roiam, 6t Their 6Hrty to work under nn
themselves powerless TO make the remot-
est attempt to provide n remedy for
wrong which undoubtedly existed, and
tion to act. In effect. It reduced to i'm
potence the only body which did have
power. so that in this case the decision,
although nomnally against state rights.
was really against popular rights, against
the democratic principle OF government
by the people under the forms OF law.
Expects a Reversal.
If such devislons as these two indi-
Gated the courts permanent attitude.
there would be real and grave cause for
alarm, for such decisions, II consistently
TEN or popular government l am, how
ever. convinced. both from the incon-
sistency OF these decisions with the tenor
OF other decisions. and Furthermore from
the very fact that they are In such flag
grant and direct contradiction TO the
spirit and needs OF the times, that sooner
piicltly reversed. I mention them mere
ly to illustrate the need OF having truly
national system OF government under
which the people can deal effectively with
all problems. meeting those that affect
the people as whole by affirmative fed
eral action. and those that affect merely
the people of one locality by affirmative
state action; am a most earnest and
convinced believer in exercising the
power Of the nation where that power
alone can be really effective, yet I am
that the power of the state be made ef-
fective where il affords the best means
OF tsoSi anirming I1g popular rights Above all'
q llSCnS-
slons. 1t shall appear that neither the
state nor the nation has power and
scrupulous indiyiduals are left free to
riot at Will, without the possibility OF
checking or controlling them in the in
terest of public welfare.
Not "Butting In
Three or four gentlemen expressed the
hope that ! would speak TO you about
some OF your own troubles To relieve
the obvious nervousness Of the assembly,
wish to say l Will not do II. one rea
son being that each of those who ad-
dressed me entertained views radically
different from the others as TO what I
should say.
l want now, as man recently con-
nected with the national government to
call attention TO the great need that there
should be more coherent work in the
future than in the past between the
state and national governments. We
have what ! think is. on the whole with
all its shortcomings and imperrections,
the most satisfactory form of govern
ment that has yet been devised by man.
But the construction of laws by the
courts. and governmental action. legis-
lativc and executive, has not kept pace
with the industrial development OF the
nation.
Times have changed. You did not need
to take care of the rights OF the farm
laborer In former times II he did not
like conditions he met. he would move
on on and take take up farm himself Now
are slightly different than they were be
fore. Unfortunately, the courts. instead
OF recognizing the new conditions, have
Jagged behind,
Two Kinds Of Enemies.
The worst enemy Of wise conservation
to prevent wrongs from being remedied
because the wrongs have existed for so
long d time. And, on the other hand,
the worst enemy of true progress Is the
demagoguc or the visionary. who. in the
name OF progress, leads the people TO
make such q blunder which will result
In reaction Distrust the demagogue and
the mere visionary just as you distrust
the others who hide behind conserva
ton
Be progressive. great democracy has
got 10 be progressive or IL Will soon cease
to be either democracy or great But
remember that no matter what your en-
thusiasm may be, Ii you make rapid
progress in the wrong direction, you will
along.
II I were asked TO name the three
greatest dangers 10 American institu-
tions l should name lawlcssness yio-
lence and rncndacity. You cannot toll
crate I'm your ranks the corrupt You
think he would be honest to your class
and If -ou are Indifferent whether he
is honesty toward other people. you can
make up your mind absolutely that he
will destroy you II he gets chance: You
cannot afford not to have man honest
,,t-l
The man who can only the corrup-
ton of a rich man is a pretty poor citi-
zen. War against corruption and war
against lawlessness and Violence
Would Turn on Light.
do not like thief but I like liar
need TO have corruption unflinchingly ex-
posed. the very fact that We need to
have 4 man shown up, II he has acted
Improperly, emphasizes the wrong done
another OF corruption. IT is not only an
injury TO the man; 1t is an injury to the
body polite, because after while. when
accusations are continually and sweep
ingly made, they will soon be disregarded
by people who hear them. So they Will
come to believe there is something bad
about the decent man and that there is
not very much bad about the crooked
man.
Although ] despise a crooked public
servant though ] wish to see him pun
law my scorn and contempt for him
are no greater than for the man who. by
mendacity and through SANDER attacks
the character of an honest man just as
ne attacks the character of a dishonest
man Such one. II unchecked would
pull down the temple and bury us all
in the ruins.
Rap at the. Press,
I speak to the man who writes in the
daily press. (Applause) / will go with
you to the last point in condemning
the man who in the public press writes
an untruth II you will go with me TO
the last point in demanding equal con-
demnation of the legislator who acts
crookedly. I speak OF the men who write
In the public press and the magazines.
speak OF the politician. Judge men
not by the class TO which they belong,
but by their conduct as individual citi-
zcns. The only man. who, think. is a
honest public official. is the, wise and
honest man OF the press. and the only
man who. l think. is a little more con-
tcmptibIe than the dishonest public Of
fetal is the untruthful and dishonest
man OF the public press.
! ask you to stand by the Official VINO
is honest / ask you TO stand by the
newspaper man, magazine writer. who
liz truthful and who exposes corruption.
ask you to stand against the official
who is dishonest, and his equally base
lt.. fol -Etx