Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-22
COLONEL WOULD CURB JUDGE
Roosevelt Speaks on Conservation of
Womanhood and Childhood.
ONLY oNE-HALF OF PROGRAM
Former President Says Control of
Judiciary should lie Exercised
More Cautiously Than in
.... Case Of Legislator.

! NEW YORK. oct. H.-Lrho judiciary o.
the United States must be brought under
tho control and made nnswerable to the
well thought-out Judgment Of the people
Is the opinion OF Theodore Roosevelt,
who spoke last night on "The Conserva-
ton Of Womanhood and Childhood" be-
fore the Civic forum
This control. in Mr.. Rooseveit's judy
ment should he exercised more eau
! iiously and in different fashion than the
/ control by people over the legislator and
tho executive. but the control must be
there"
Control Of Judges, Mr.. Roosevelt said.
was but half-althouRh by far the more
important part-of a program which
should be carried out for proper con-
servation OF manhood, womanhood and
childhood. The first half of the program,
he said, consisted In placing upon the
state book OF nation and states legislation
TO remedy existing defects.
The former president spoke at length
OF what he termed crying abuses con-
nected with child labor"
FsvOra ChiIdren's bureau.
Mr.. Roosevelt advocated enactment by
congress Of the bill providing for a
bureau to be known as the chlldren's
bureau and to gather classify and dis
tribute accurate information on all sub
jects relating TO the welfare Of children.
He urged working women 10 organize aa
workingmen are now organized and de-
clared that New York should put stop
to manufacturing in tenement houses.
4. Experience In the last twenty-fl five years.
the speaker declared, has shown that
while the people may be aroused to sound
and high thinking and their legislative
and executive officers try to carry out
their purpose. yet their whole movement
for good may come to naught. because
certain judges..certain courts are stepped
IN some outworn lpolitlcnl or social
philosophy and totally misapprehend their
relations 70 the people and to the public
needs" F"I
He continued:
Il am entirely aware that. no matter
how carefully guard what l have e
say no matter how cautiously and ex
aetly state the bald facts and truths
that we shall all recognize. what say
assuredly win be misrepresented by Ger.
tain persons with a deliberate view OF
misleading honest and conservative citl,
Gems into the belief that 1 am advooat.
ing something radical and revolutionary
and destructive OF our governmental sys
tenn, and that l am making an attack
on the judges. But / feel that II Is my
highest duty to speak plainly on this sub
ject 80 vital 20 our welfare.
High Regard for Judiciary.
II have the very highest regard, tn,
highest respect and admiration for Tn,
Judiciary. l believe the courts have rem
dered our people inealculable service
criticize the decision OF judges only b,
adopting as my own the language use,
about these same decisions by tho high
est judges in the land; but. for instance
the present chief Justice of the Unite,
States, Mr.. Justice White, by Mr.. Justic
Holmes. by that great and upright serv
ant of tho people, the lamented Chic
Justice Harlan, by the supreme court o
the state OF Iowa and the supreme eour
} OF the state OF Washington. have neve
taken position In advance OF that take
by Abraham Lincoln.
! Il most emphatically believe that W
/ have been wise in giving great power I
our judges but also most firmly bellev
! that like any other power this power ca
be abused, and that II Ia power fror
; which the people have merely temperate
parted. and not one which they have per
manently ailenated"