The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-18
TEDDY EMPHATIC
In CHALLENGE
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any excuse from those who misrepre-
sent my words, 1t is not for mo to
explain. II is for them.
The colonel slightly modified his
definition of "new nationalism' to-
day. He called 1t "'the efficient appl-
cation to new conditions Of certain
old time and fundamental moralities. -
The word "efficient' he inserted to-
day,
He then proceeded with defense
of his attitude. an exposition of "new
nationallsm - and repetition of his
declaration of war on crooks and
bosses.
Roosevelt's Address
Colonel Roosevelt spoke in part as
follows.
"The new nationalism," he reiter-
ated, "means nothing but an applca.
ton to new conditions of certain old
and fundamental moralities. 1t means
an invitation to meet the new prob
lens of the present day in precisely
the spirit in which Lincoln and the
men of his day met their new prob
lens, -
To his critics he put this issue: els
any party willing to take the other
side of the propositions of which com
plaint is made? If so, it would be a
good thing to have the issue before the
people for IN the end the people would
most certainly decide IN favor of the
principles embodied in the new nation
talism, because otherwise this country
could not continue to be true repub
lie, a truo Democracy
The speaker followed this with a
justification of his attacks on tho su-
preme court of the United States, He
chose two arguments-one, that In his
criticisms he had merely echoed the mi
nority opinions of the court itself, the
other that he had illustrious precedent
the example of Abraham Lincoln.
who, he said, had been far more out
spoken than he himself had ever been
and the example OF President Taft,
from whose utterances fifteen years
ago in favor of public criticism of the
courts he quoted.
"Take for instance he continued
l"what | said in reference to late de.
cisions of the supreme court One de
cision was in the Knight Sugar case,
in which, according to the dissenting
opinion of Justice Harlan, the court
placed the public, so far as national
power is concerned (the only power
which could be cffective) entirely at
the mercy of the combinations which
arbitrarily control the prices of articles
purchased to be transported from one
state into another
With Dissenting Justice.
"I merely took the view which the
learned Justice had taken in his dis
sentipg opinion, Those who criticise
me are also criticising a Justice of the
supreme court, Mr. Harlan. So my
critics take the position that the peo-
pie shall not be able to control the
activities and Management of these
great monopolistic corporations doing
nm interstate business7 If so, let them
frankly avow their position. If not,
let them cease their criticism
The other case mentioned was one
prohibiting New York state to regu~
late hours of work in bakeshops; and
again the speaker said, he had based
his criticism on a dissenting opinion
within the court itself.
"Fifty-three years ago. he con-
tinued. "Abraham Lincoln was assailed
for his repeated criticisms of the su.
preme court in the 'Dred Scott case
not once, but again and again, that he
held it TO be not merely the right. bur
the duty of citizens who felt that ju-
dicial decisions were erroneous and
damaging, loyalty to abide by the de-
cisions as long as they stood, but to
try hard to secure their reversal, his
language on one occasion being as fol-
lows: I'VE do not propose to disturb
the rights of property thus settled. We
propose SO resisting the decisions as to
have the question reopened if we can.
mud a new judicial rule established upon
the subject
"He repeated this statement in
slightly differing language in speech
after speech, Moreover, he used very
strong language about the decision
far stronger than l dream of using or
that it would be proper to use about
the decisions with which / now deal.
But his view as to his right and duty
to call attention to an erroneous dicis~
ion which vitally affected the rights of
tie people was, l think, entirely sound.
At any rate, if l have erred, in com.
mcnting as L have commented upon the
decisions IN question / err in company
with Abraham Lincoln. The criticism
of me is perhaps we'll summed up in
the following speech of an eminent
public man:
Denies Fighting Court.
He makes war on the decisions of
the supreme court I wish to say to
you. fellow citizens, that [ have no
war to make on that decision or any
other ever rendered by the supreme
court. l am content to take that decis-
ion as it stands, delivered by the high.
ost judicial tribunal on earth, a tribun.
; al established by the constitution of
, the United States for that purpose and
hence that decision becomes the law of
!. the land. binding on you, on me and
on every other good citizen, whether
ve like it or not. Hence I do not
choose to 70 into an argument to prove
before this audience whether or not he
(thc chief justice) understood the law
better than Theodore Roosevelt
"Now, gentlemen, l have made one
change IN the above quotation The
last words were not Theodore Roose.
welt, the last words were abraham
Lincoln, and this attack made nearly
90 years ago, AGAINST Abe Lincoln, is
precisely and exactly the kind of at
J tack made upon me at the moment.
Abe Lincoln felt and protested through
! ont his life the same profound respect
for the supreme court that of course
feel. and thnt / have again and again
; in public speeches and messages as
presidenr of the United States ex-