Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-23
CommendS People for Their
Progressive Policies and De-
clareS They Approximate His
Ideal of Popular Rule,
RECALL OF JUDGES
MEETS HIS APPROVAL
No Other Alternative to Secure
Justice and Fair Dealing in
View of Long Reign Of Cor
poration Rule, He Says,

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lBy Morning Journal special Leased wlrel
Los Angeles. Cal, March 22.--Coi-
one Theodore Roosevelt today
aroused an audience of 1000 Califor-
mans at Temple auditorium to a high
pitch Of enthusiasm and called forth
from them thunderous rounds of APP
plause by his emphatic and unquali-
fled declarations on four propositions.
He commended the people OF Cali.
fornia for their progressive govern
ment, saying that 1t approximated his
governmental ideal; he endorsed :
the proposed constitutional amend
ment providing for the recall of the
judiciary of California on the ground
there was no other alternative TO as
sure Justice and fair dealing by the
| courts. from the standpoint OF the
| people In view Of conditions existing
In the state. he denounced the Unit
| cd States senate Tor It's vote In the
seating of Senator Lorimer and de-
clared that the California state as
sembly In voting a criticism OF the
United States senate for It's retention
Of Lorlmer, had shown itself more
! sensitive TO the honor of the United
states than the United States senate
| ITSELF: he strongly endorsed the
move for o shorter ballot, which he
said was move Of first Importance
In the interest of popular government
and in closing he warned the people
| of the state that they were bearing
grave responsibilities In leading the
movo for greater popular government.
Land earnestly enjoined them to use
their power with wisdom and discre-
ton
Colonel Roosevelt declared that
Senator Lorimer was retained In the
seat by the votes of the senator's who
already had been repudlated by the
people and whose terms Of office were
about to expire
The presidents attack on the
senate and his implied criticism OF
the courts Of Calrfornla--wh which he In
! dcatcd In his language as iusttying
the use of the recall Of judges In Cali
fornla. were received by the audience
with vigorous evidences of approval.
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke in part as fol-
lows;
II am more than glad to be in Call
fornla az this time for ! feel that
California has come mighty near to
realizing my governmental ideas And
| have not come to teach so much as
to learn.
'To be here In the city that Mayor
| Alexander Is administering. and to be
In the state that Is being administered
BY Governor johnson. is necessarily
an inspiration for any man who be-
lieves in justice and fair play,
achieved by genuine popular rule.
"Your circumstances here In CALI
fornia were peculiar. For over gem
Grafton YOU had been corporation-rid-
den; your political destiny had been
largely decided by great corpora
ton and It's allied corporations; the
codes were peculiar and therefore in
this state there was necd-a vital
need--of remedies which might not
have been necessary under other con-
dtlons In other communities.
II congratulate the present leglsla-
ture upon the extraordinary amount
of admirable constructive work which
It has done,
II cannot at the moment recall any
other legislature or any other state
which has so great sum OF substan-
tial constructive legislative achieve
ments TO its credit as your legislature
Referring to the seating of United
states Senator 1orimer, Colonel
Roosevelt said:
II call your attention to two or
three queer features connected with
the L0rimor vote In the United states
senate. and first of all, as an Ameri-
can citizen, desrous Of seeing the
honor of the United States senate up
held, wish to thank the legislature
Of California Tor having shown itself
more sensitive to the honor of the
United states senate than the United
states senate itself was.
n wish to call your attention TO
| two or three other facts. Mr.. Lori-
mer STAYS In the United states senate
| because the senators who are no
longer senators-when they had but
| As hours more to serve-~said he could
continue after they had left. A ma
| iorlty OF the present colleagues OF
Mr.. Lorlmer who voted FOR or against
| him that dav, voted against him. He
was kept In his seat by the senator's
whom the people had decided they
no longer wished TO see In the senate
Of the United states.
"And again. the statement was
made In debating the proposed
amendment to provide for the election
Of United states senators by popular
vote. that we would destroy the char
aeter Of the United States senate II
we altered the present method OF
electlns senator's. Good
"Now | will call your attention to
/ two facts In the vote or the sena-
tors who voted against ana defeated