The Washington herald., 1910-09-28
ROOSEVELT WINS
The GUARDIANSHIP
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sport in holding up the courts and the
judges TO the scorn OF the mob, while
he. standing on the head OF the barrel.
shouting that honest judges Of the su-
preme Court are fossilized, and that the
judges OF our New York Court OF Appeals
eraftily decide important cases.
But, Mr. Chairman this is not a new
symptom; 1t is an old disease. This
apostle OF derrlnger practice while he
was President abused Judge Humphrey,
OF the United States Court. a gentleman
and an honest man. for rendering a de-
cision which was made according 10 the
law. and which 10 this day Is unreversed.
when the United States appellate
court reversed Judge Lands this same
shooter, not from the head OF a barrel,
but from the White House, sanctifed
by Abraham Lincoln, told the people of
the United States that the judges had
been guilty of miscarrying justice.
Workingmen of the United States, do
you recall that when Haywood and
Meyer were on trial for their lives. this
same shooter with all the power of the
President OF the United States, sought 10
influence the jury by holding up these
leaders OF labor as undesirable citizens?
Men may under the spell Of a first
intoxication speak words that in their
sober moments they regret. but when a
man offends. and again offends. and keeps
on offending, he must be considered an
habttual slanderer. Lincoln and I, Taft
and I, both did the same thing. cries the
shooter. II should have been Bryan and
/. Hearst and /, and then while the mob
on the streets were besmearing the
ermine. the shooter. waving the gun and
shouting Follow me. boys" should have
had laid on his shoulder the hand OF the
people Of his country while they solemnly
said: BE sane. be careful. or leave the
country
a French king Gnce said. I am the
state. No sane man may ever say, I
am the United States
THE homes OF the country are not yet
deserted for the railroad station. The
lungs IF the country are not It's brains
Men who few months ago believed now
disbelieve. men who worshiped then now
execrate; and throughout the country the
business men as such are facing panic.
and as lovers OF their rights and liber-
ties are fearing revolution. From Caesar
20 Napoleon. from Napoleon TO the Ameri-
can Jack Cade.
When given power 10 shoot the trusts
he drew a line between the good effects
and the bad ones.
The steel and sugar trusts were the
good ones. Those which would not help
along the shooters political schemes were
the bad ones. AS now those who cry.
'Vive lie Roi" are good Republicans, and
those who are putting patriotism above
all else and, therefore. will not join the
cry. are bad Republicans.
While under the table I touch Cox's
feet. l cannot with Lorimer sit down to
eat. Fellow-citizens of New York. has
the correspondence with Hartman passed
from your minds? While the firm was
Roosevelt & Hartman and not Roosevelt
g. Lincoln. the shooter and railroad man
were engaged in a joint plan 10 get
money. and in writing the senior men,
Der Of the frm assured Hartman that
they were both practical men and had
better keep the partnership under cover.
Hartman supplied his share Of the capt.
tai, and now l wish 10 protect his mem
DRY. He was not a practical man, but a
confding and 'ery mrck duped cOme-on."