The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-30

seeking IN accomplish its cherished mr.
pposition pi ~, td~resS tbSn ways is in no different
10 their purpose in open contempt Of the
| iunoah1enfal law under which we live?
Eulogy of Roosevelt.
l., Splonel Roosevelt. speaking at Co.
@ @.ampus, said The first requisite to
iisb Ine es,nollshment Is of justice is the estab-
inc man, public official or private citi1
@ zen. VINO rails TO realize this fact" No
S"u,,oer n,er' Is or more statesmanlike announce
Ups IL must not be applied alone to
| me man hard pressed in the struggle
,pnss ,pp existence listen crowded TO the limit by
cr the highest and most powerful II roust
apply not only to the statutes passed
| LOT the punishment OF the lowly but to
| those whose business il Is to protect the
whole framework OF the government nm
der which we live
orsas IN ms S,n message TO the governors con-
sress Colonel Roosevelt said: "In mat
te's mat relate only to the people with
IN the state. Of course. the state is 10
De SOVEREIGN and should have power to
| a.,, act; the matter is such that the state
itssh cannot act, then 1 wish on be-
nan OF the state that the national gov
eminent should net" No one can pos
slbiy find fault with this rule. We ask
for Its faithful application and there viii
pc, no possible controversy between the
! national government and the western
states. We take as much pride in our
"hlch 1T may and should exercise as do
any other people in this country.
Stands for State Rights.
II is said by those who have a sinis-
ter motive for misrepresentatio ton that the
states are incapable of doing that part
poses upon them; that In order that we
out In the west be shielded from mo-
nopoly we must be deprived OF our rights
/ as states, our self-eoverning capacity as
lVDOCrltn
out the beam out of thine own eye; and
then shalt thou see clearly to cast out
Which sovereignty has dIssipated our
natural resources Which sovereignty
has decided away tho peoples heritage
with shameless profligacy to the great
that has permitted and still permits
great corporations TO hold millions Of
acres which under their grant they long
ago forfeited and which the people should
now enjoy but for the powerful influ-
ence OF corporations in Washington?
What sovereignty is it whose bureaus are
those corporations? What monopoly has
the national government put out of busi-
ness7 What antitrust law has 1t en-
forced7 What trust maenate is now In
jail? Before tho natioralists covet pow
ars which do not belong TO them in the
name Of the people, let them exercise
in their behalf powers which they clearly
possess, II there are any monopoies in
this country ready to prey upon the
western states by whose connivancc are
they there2 Why does not the national
government destroy them? VIII IT des-
| troy them when 1t has more power when
| II refuses TO exercise the powers II mas!
| We think the real safety against cor
pornte control and monopoly In THIS
country rests with the common people.
the self-governing citizens. who express
themselves through the local govern
mcnt.
Attitude of the West
tho punsf believes In
! serva;lon but ii believes that the great
cause can be worked out with due re-
gard to the provisions OF the constitution:
| 1t believes In the elf-governing capaclly
OF the people rather than IN the govern
| Ing capacity OF bureaus, We believe IN
| laws instead OF rules and regulations
responsible under our theory OF govern.
| ment We believe that the people IN
| their respective states are loyal, lutelD-
| gent and patriotic and will do their snare
| in this cause II those at Washington VIII
do theirs We expect the national GOV
crnncnt 10 use unhesitatingly and iuIly
| expect the law hiding and patriotic men
! TO assist the states in holding ana eNel :
csng all the powers which oelohe 10
Chief Justice Marshall the man who
did more than any other man TO give
strength and power to the national GOV
ernment said; "No political dreamer was
| ever wild enough to think OF DreaklnS
down the lines which separate the states
and OF compounding the American peoo,,
pie into one common mass. ine @ @ov'I
| fsderalist had little conception OF tnc
! dream capacity Of some OF our modern
| statesmen.
! Lincoln. who gave his life in the cause
| Of national unity. said: ITO malniaip
| inviolate the rights Of the states. to or
der and control under the constitution
their own affairs by their own Judgment
! exclusively Is essential for the preserva-
ton Of that balance of power on which
; our institutions rest. ,
Justice Harlan. the venerable juTis'
whose character Is commensurete ~ org
which ne has greatly honored. said a
national government for national aHalta
and state government for state analrs Is
the foundation rock upon which our IN
stitutlons rest and any serious departure
| from that principle would bring disaster
upon the American government -
We take our position with those states-
men. jurists and. patriots. and announce
10 the conservati tionists Of the country
that we are ready 20 begin work, ready
for action, ready for legislation