Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-18

Amen" shouted a man in the
crowd.
That's sound--Amen That's good
doctrine" the colonel said.
What | have to say is TO take
away any excuse from those who
misrepresent my words. II is not for
me to explain 1t is for them.
The colonel slightly modified his
definition of new nationalism to-
day ,Ie called 1t "the efficient APP
plication to new conditions of certain
old-time and fundamental moral
tiles" The word efficient he in
serted today
He then proceeded with q defense
OF his attitude. an exposition of new
nationalism'' and a repetition of his
declaration of wer on crooks and
bosses.
Colonel Roosevelt spoke in part as
follows;
Mr.. Rooscyeits Speech.
THE new nationalism.' he said
means nothing but an application to
new conditions of certain old and fun
damental moralities. 1t means an in
vitation to meet the new problems Of
the present day in precisely the spirit
in which Lincoln and the men of his
day met their new problems. y
TO his critics he put this issue
rs any party willing To take the
other side of the proposition OF which
complaint is made 2
"If so it would be good thing to
have the issue before the people, for
in the end the people would most GER
tainly decide in favor of the principles
embodied in the new nationalism, be-
cause otherwise this country could not
continue'to be true republic, true
democracy"
The speaker followed with a justl-
fication OF his attacks on the supreme
court of the United States. lie chose
two arguments--one that in his critt-
cisms 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 tart
from whose utterances fifteen years
ago in favor OF public criticism OF II"
the courts he quoted.
Take for instance he continued,
what | said in reference to late de-
csions Of the supreme court One de-
cision was made in the knight sugar
case. in which, according t. the dis
senting opinion Of Justice Harlan, .iie
court placed the public so lar as IA
tiOnal power is concerned the only
power which could be effccfivel en-
tirely at the mercy Of the com pima
tions which arbitrarily control the
prices of articles purchased 70 be
from one state into an
other state
II merely took the view which tic
learned Justice had taken in his dis
frhnCq who efftlG4Sp
me are also eriticsing a justice Of the
supreme court. Mr.. Harlan. % my
critics take the position that the pen-
ple shall not be able to control the ac-
Iiyities and management of these greal
doing a ninterstate ausl-
mess. If so, let them frankly aNoW
their position. If not, let them cease
their criticism"
The other ease mentioned was one
prohibiting New York state 9 reF]-
late hours of work IN bake shops.
and, again, the speaker said, had
based his criticism on a dissenting
opinion within the court itself.
''Fffty-three years ago he said,
Abraham Lincoln was assailed Tor
his repeated criticism Of the supreme
eourt in the 'Dred Scott case
"As regards this decision, he an
nounced. not once, but again and
again, that he held ii to be not mere
" the right. but the duty of citi- !
Gems who felt that judicial decisions
were erroneous and damaging, Loyalty
10 abide BY the decisions as long as
they stood but to try hard to secure
heir reversal; his language on one |
occasion being as follows: we do not |
propose to disturb the rights of prop |
artv thus settled. We propose SO re- !
sisting the decision as to have il re- !
versed If we can and a new judicial
rule established upon the subject
He repeated this statement in !
slightly different language in speech |
after speech. Moreover, he used very !
strong language about the decision
far stronger than ! dream of using or |
Lhat it would be proper to use about |
The decisions with which I now deal |
But his view as to his right and duty |
to call attention to an erroneous de-
3ision which vitality affected the |
rights of the people was, | think, en-
.irely sound. At any rate, II nave |
erred in commenting is ! have com |
mented upon the decisions in ques-
ion ! err in company with Abraham !
lincoln The criticism of me is per-
bapS well summed up in the toliOW-
ing speech of an eminent public man.
He makes war on the decisions OF /
he supreme court. 4 WISH ~ SOY " |
YOU, fellow citizens, that | have no !
war to make on that decision or any
,ther ever rendered by the supreme /
,ourt am content to take that de-
1ision as il stands delivered by the |
highest judicial tribunal on earth, |
established by the constitu-
ion of the United States for that pur-
pose, and hence that decision becomes I
he law of the land, bisding on you,
IN me aud on every other good citi-
zen. whether we like IL or not Hence |
do not choose to go into an argu-
nent TO prove before this audience |
whether or not he CHE chief justice) |
the law better than Theo-
lore Roosevelt.
"NoN, gentleman, I have made one
.hange i'm the above quotation. The
ast words were not Theodore Roose-
telt.' The last words We're 'Ahra-
lam Lincoln. and this attack made
nearly fifty-three years, aso against
lincoln is precisely and exactly the
,ipd of attack made upon me at the
moment. Abraham Lincoln felt and
,rofessed throughout his life the same
,rofound respect for the supreme
.ourt that. of course. 7 feel, and that
have again and again, IN pubic
peeches and in messages. as president
II the United States expressed. An
ruright Judge is a higher and better
,ublic servant than any other man
an possibly be, and IL is a cause oi
ride to every American citizen that
.ur supreme court j. the most intlu-