Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-23
AND
DEMAGOGUE
SCORED
SECRETARY BALLlNGER
HTS BACK All ACCUSERS.
His Attitude Of Strict
Observance Of law as Only
Course Consistent With
Safety Of People.


my Morning journal sneeiaI Lrnsed wirsl
WiuianTtoNn. Mass Jan. 22-De-
Tending himself Ii general terms
against the charge of being too great
"a stickler for the observance or Inc
law iu the administration II public A.
fBifs in an address delivered here To-
uisht. Secretary Butlinger struck baek
az his @aceusers Ia language as pointed
"a tiie occasion would permit
Mr.. Hnliingef placed himself square
~ on tie proposition that when the
public officer tfAnsccnds the powers
with which the constitution ana the
lave elothc him. he becomes a menace
10 popular rights and to al the safe
guards surrounding him. and do-
ciarcd that constitutional and legal
restraints are 70 GONE people neon
%Venient ana often %obnoXioiis, especially
when they obstruet the pathway to
selfish ambition
Dwelling npon the danger Of disre-
lgardtng and constitutional ana legal
featralnts Mr.. Gallinger added.
When this seductive method Of ey-
erclsing power falls into The hands of
clever politicians, the unthinlting pco-
pie flock Ia their standards with the
muck rakers' ana 'penns-a- linera' as
their press support We have been
surfeitcd for Il long tifue with TING
kind OF public mon, ana In a measure
their yagarics have been seized upon
rs the faddist and sentimentaiist for
exploitation go that ~ many public
questions the public mind Is in a fer
ment of uncertainty and alarm.
THESE persons. playing the pare OF
Don QuiXote, ia their ehipalrte nb-
lAurditv ace the visions OF great crimes
about to he visited upon the dear peo-
plr. Those who 10 o become hss-
J ~terleal over their tales of calamity and
lenlmly ask for facts, are ehurgcd with
being ia league with or accompiicos Of
There imaginary criminals.
"Agatn some pnhlic Officers make
lthe mistakc Of assuming that they
huve been commissioned by q higher
nuthority than The people, that iA. BY
lthcif oWn assumed Indispensable quail
ltles of fitness 10 govern, They usually
become political autoerats ANA do
mors mischief than good, Public SER
INnats uf this class are the least amen-
lhfi, "a the constitution or the law,
Tor they are generally harder to gcl nc
from the standpoint Of popular dis
fayor.'
Discussing the administration policy,
INC secretary said the answer must be
understood 20 imply that there can be
no policy thut does not keep within
thc law MA undertake g. administer
ft with int lligent yleor aud fidclity.
NJ. l3allinger declared boldly chat
the44 plo arc unfamiliar with the
west. because 81 4 want of knowledge
of conditions which make life ana
lproeress On the frontier possible, are
poorly qualified TO place limitations
ON Those who struggle with nature ~
me buiidine 81 homes and settlements
on the plains amd ~ the mountains
far beyond the Mississippi"
AS going to- show that tlc udministra-
lion Is striving 90 meet those condi-
lions within Tho law ANA with due re-
gard to an interests, lac said
g ~Iusoar as the constitution and
line law will permit executive actiNi'
tiea are being pursued TO secure th'
, Increase OF soil production. the prescr'
Walton ol the forests and fuel supply
the use and control Of stream flow, th'
preservation Of nationpd parks o''
monuments. historic ruins IA SEEM
lpianducr. when the federal apthorlt'
maN not properly control q super
yist this conserving 90 unr natural re
l4ources. the state governments enn, nm
lAitcr am. IL rs % matter that the peo
d. pir rnn and piIl control and regulate.