Bisbee daily review., 1911-03-21
ROOSEVELT CONDEMNS
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 measures for retiring all such judges from office. But speaking generally, and as regards most communities un der normal conditions I feel that it
 ks to our self interest, to the interest of decent citizens who want nothing but justice in its broadest and trl- est sense, not to adopt any measure which would make judges timid, which would make them fearful lest deciding rightly in some given case might arouse a storm of anger, tenn porary but fatal. You should shun every measure which would deprive judges of the rugged indifference, and straight forward courage which it Is so preeminently the interest of the community to see that they preserve Some way should be provided by which in exreme cases and after care ful deliberation 1t should be possible to remove a judge even though the circumstances would not justify his impeachment; but l think that a much wiser method than that you have devised in your constitution should be adopted. some method free from the vicious effects which the adoption Of your constitution would. l believe. tend to cause In ady event a measure fraught with such possi- bility of mischief as the recall of judges as you have provided for it, should not be adopted until by actual experiment you are driven to it as a necessary but regrettable method of doing away with some even worse evil. s~lzl
 Do remember. my friends. that the question Of the form of govern ment, though it is important is of in finitely less importance than the ques tion of he spirit in which the people support and stand for the govern ment, The initiative. referendum and recall are not in themselves ends of value, they are simply means for the achievement of an end. The con ditions under which they are exercis- ed will largely determine their value; and unless the results are good, then no matter what the theory about them may be they will stand as hay ing been found wanting. No matter what your governmental form may be, your condition will be bad if you either surrender yourself to an atti- tude of sympathy with and support of the privileged classes who endeavor to exploit the oon.nunity, or if you surrender yourself to the lead of the political quack. the extremist, the theorist, the visionary. or the sinis- ter demagogue who seeks to reach high taces by appealing to envy and malice. If you do not practice self control, you will merely show that you need to be controlled from out side; and it is especially incumbent upon you to practice self control al the very outset of your career as a State, and to recognize the fact that the safest and best representative you can have is the representative who while in the closest sympathy with and eagerly desirous to represent the people, ne1ertheless recognize5 as his paramount duty his obligation to be true to every demand that princi- pie makes upon him He can serve you best if he declines to serve you against his conscience and prefers to retire to private life rather than to do so. Over here we need all of l us to act together as Americans, and | to distrust the hyphenated American 1 in every form; whether he represents ! a nationality, a section, a creed. or i a social or business caste. We need { to war unceasingly against privilege. [ and to demand the fullest recogni- tion of the peoples rights; but we ] need also ourselves to be no less l scrupulous s,s regards the rights of others and to administer this gov l ernment in accordance with the i'm | mutable laws of honesty, justice and | fair dealing; and if we fall short in | these respects no constitutional de ! vice, no adroitness of law making !