The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-18

and better public servant than any
other man can possibly be, and IL ls
a cause of pride to every American clt.
izen that our supreme court is the most
influential judicial tribunal in the en-
tire world, / have quoted Abe Lincoln;
let me quote him again.
Takes Lincoln's View.
"'We believe in obedience to and
respect for the judicial department OF
government. We think its decisions ON
constitutional questions, whom fully set
tied. shall control
~ agree absolutely with this sen.
tence of Abe Lincoln. not the less be-
cause / also believe in what Lincoln
said immediately afterward
80 But we think this decision er-
| roneous. and we shall do what we can
TO have it overruled.
"Nor do | have to go only to the
statement Of the past for precedents.
The president of the United States, Mt.
| Taft, has served his country honorably
and uprightly in many posltions-as
Judge, as governor Of the Philippines,
as secretary of war, and now as presl'
| dent-for to him and the congress act.
| ing with him, we owe the creation of
tariff commission; the adoption of
maximum and minimum tariff law
| treaties with foreign powers; the prop
cr treatment of the Philippines under
the tariff; the increase in the ef-
ficicney of the interstate commerce
law; the beginning of a national legis
lative programme, providing for the eX-
ercise of the taxing power in connec-
| tion with the corporations dong an In
| terstate business; postal savings bank
bill; the constitution of commission to
| report remedy for over-capitnlization
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 matter of criticism OF the
| ludiciaryf
And Then Quotes Taft.
Speaking as a United States circuit
Judge fifteen years ago, he said:
"The opportunity freely and public
| lv to criticise judicial action is of vast
| ~ more Importance to the body polite
than the immunity of courts and Judges
| from unjust aspcr5ions and attacks.
Nothing tends more to render judges
| careful in their decisions and anxious to
do exact Justice than the consciousness
| that every act of theirs is, to be sub
mitted to the intelligent scrutiny and
candid criticism of their fellow men.
In the case of Judges having a life
tenure, indeed. their very independence
makes the right freely to comment on
because 1T is the only practicable and
available instrument In the hands of
a 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 nation
ahsm y believe. He reiterated his be-
lief in government by party, his recog-
| Of
IN business, accompanied by the eleva
hon OF the worklngmen by unions, but
all these agencies, he was convinced,
must be under the 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 oribes, as traitor to democracy.
Down to Local Issues.
The address closed with the only
words that could be construed as hav-
ing any bearing on the immediate po.
litical situation within the Republican
party IN this state-a dissertation on
popular self-control and party leader.
ship, distinction between the boss
and the leader
1t is necessary and desirable, - said
the colonel, ''that there should be
leaders, but it is unnecessary and nn-
desirable that there should be bosses.
The leader leads the people; the boss
drives the people. The leader gets his
hold by open appeal to the reason and
conscience of his followers; the boss
Keeps his hold by manipulation, by
intrigue, by secret and furtive appeal
to many forms of self-interest and
sometimes to very base forms.
Progress there must be. but it must
De wise. sober and moderate If it We're
to be permanent. Prosperity must be
preserved, for material well being was
a great food; but it was only founda
tlon for lofty national life. raised III
accordance with the doctrine that
righteousness exalteth a nation''
After Colonel Roosevelt had finished
speaking Mr.. Hendricks stepped up to
him.
The colonel and the leader Of the or.
ganlzation shook hands cordially.
~ was never in better fighting trim
in my life the colonel told him, with
Il smile.
The meeting of Colonel Roosevelt and
Mr.. Woodruff occupied only a few
seconds. The men shook hands and
sad they were glad to see each other,
and then Mr.. Woodruff walked on
The, colonel stayed at the fair
grounds for an hour to watch the au-
tomobile races and an airship FLIGHT
He saw Ralph De Palma drive his ear
mile In faster time than anyone else
had ever travelled in an automobile
around a circular track, and later
shook hands with De Palma and con.
graduated him.
He will return to New York tomor.
row.
DECLARES THAT TEDDY
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