The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-09-24
QUOTES TAFT IN
SUPPORT OF CRIT
ICISM OF COURTS
Roosevelt Has Nothing to
Retract and Amplifies His
Doctrines Of the New Ma
tionalism.
CONTAMINATION FOR
ADMINISTRATION

a Evrnrnse, ~ IL sept sn'-'oniihR
into a stronghold Of the opposition,
ex.President Roosevelt today boldly
challenged the opponents of his polit'
ical doctrines to come out in the open
and fight II they dared. He prophesied
that IL they did they would be beaten.
The former President also gave warm
commendation of President Taft as
public Official and expressed his approx
al of a number Of the accomplishments
of the Taft administration. Colonel
Roosevelt did not endorse the admins.
tration as n whole. What he did have
TO say, however, placed him on record
for the hrst time in regard to many
Of the more important features of IL,
breaking the silence which he had main
tanned, steadfastly on the subject, ex
cept for his few brief references TO his
successor made while he was on his
trip.
He also defended his recent criticism
Of two decisions Of the United States
supreme court, made in speech in
Denver and quoted the words of vii.
liam II. Taft, written when he was a
Judge, TO support his contention that
the people have the right to criticise
decisions Of the courts.
Mr.. Roosevslts Speech
"The uew nationalism," he saiu,
"means aothing but an application to
new conditions OF certain old and fun.
dAmental moralities. IL means an invi-
ta.ion 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. -
To his critics he put this issue:
"Is any party willing to take the
other side OF the proposition of which
compliant is madei
"If so il would he good thing 10
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 iustif.
cation Of his attacks on the supreme
court of the United States. He chose
two. arsuments--one that in his criti.
cisms he had merely echoed the mi.
nority opinions of the court itself, the
other that he had Industrious 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,
what said in reference TO late de-
cisions Of the supreme court. One de-
csion was made IN the knight sugar
case, in which, according to the dis
ssnting opinion of justice Harlan, the
court placed the public, so far as ma
tional power is concerned( the only
power which could be effective) entirely
at the mercy of the combinations which
arbitrary control the prices of articles
purchased to be transported from one
state into another state.
"I merely took the view in which the
learned. justice had taken in his dis
senting opinion. Those who criticis'
mo are also criticising justice of The
supreme court, Mr.. harlan. DO m,
critics take the position that the peo
pie shall not be able to control the nc
tivities and management Of these grea
corporations doing IN interstate bust
ness. II so, let them frankly avov
their position. II not, let them ceas
their criticism
The other case mentioned was on
prohibiting New York state to regulat
hours of work in bake shops; and, again
the speaker said, had based his criti
cism on a dissenting opinion within tn
court itself.
"Eifty.three years ago." he sal
abraham Lincoln was assailed for hi
repeated criticism Of the supreme cour
In the 'Dred Scott case