The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-23
In Maiden Speech New York
Congressman Flags New
Theory
POINTS OUT DANGERS
TO FOLLOW INNOVATION
Lying Litigants, CuIpabIe
Confederates of Criminals,
and Corporate Cormor-
ants All to be Feared

wASHINGToN, May ga bitter
: call OF judges as a blow which would
strike from the splendid structure
OF free government the arch upon
which it has come TO rest with un-
shaken confidence" was made in the
House to-day by Representative Mar
tin w. Littleton tDemocraU, Of New
York. 1t was Littleton's maiden speech
as q congressman and received close
attention. He spoke with his desk
piled high with formida bic looking
documents.
IL part he said
The seasoned and staid traditions
OF impeachment are to be- translated
| into Il trial by tumult. The orderly
processes Of regulated justice are TO
be converted into sporadic assaults
i born or hate and disappointment.
| The dtgnif1ed minister of the estab-
| lished laws, en.obled by the gran
/ deur Of his lofty station and disci-
pinned by the pressure of a sober re-
| sponsibiiity. IS 10 be degraded by the
| impending threat and distracted by
the uncertainty of d precarious ten
ure.
The misguided or malignant pas
| aons Of an unimpoTtant fragment
/ OF the community may recklessly ac-
/ euse the most stainless judge aud by
/ IL groundless charge put suspicion in
/ the place Of confidence and distrust in
! the place of faith.
I Lying Litigant's idbei.
The lying litigant, batfed In his
nendaeiaus effort to subsldize the
court to make secure his fabricated
cause, lays his INSCRIPTIONS hand
upon this ruthless weapon to strike
from public esteem the upright Judge.
| The culpable confederates OF the
convicted criminal audacious In thai
freedom which has fooled detection
and angefed at the thought that tar
dy justice has oTertaken one of their
mem hers. can assemble and foment
the necessary and irresponsible frac-
ton to put on trial the conservator
OF public honors, The corporate ban
dit. marauding through the legitimate
fields of honest commerce and finally
condemned by the firm hand OF ar
incorruptfble court can turn Its pas
sive chagrin into active revenge and
summon sufficient OF its dependents
I To WRITE a recall
Ecformer's Righteous Zeal Feared.
The retorner whose righteous zeal
ana Nn baianced JuoxmoHt makes MIN
al once the most attractive and most
dangerous OF men. with tind the courts
archaic and too rigid bound 10 serve
the elastic purpose Of his pretentions
| program and his honest wrath Will
stir up the souls of hts faithful fol-
lowers to issue a recall In the name
Of all political virtue
THE boss who in the flush OF full
I success sits In the shadow OF throne
and who even In defeat still reigns
a mighty ruler III the empire of in
trigue, wifi touch the mysterious
sources Of his unjust powers with def
end secret sign, and swar1ns Of satraps
viii rise In mockery OF the voice
Of an outraged community to indie,
the fearless Judge,
Daring Dcmagogue's Devious Dotngs
The daring demagugue whose
eager era catches the first sound OF
discomfort and whose strident voice
sweils II into volume OF profess
against oppression, whose whole plat
form IL the appropriated grievances
OF the community. VIII make OF tht
recall recurring opportunity To pu
himself infiexibie adjustment with tn,
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