The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-20
WAYS OF The FATHERS BEST
INDERW BOD tDI fSES Sfitk-
JNG TO COSSTITI TROY.
Tclis Iathoiir CLUBS Guests Ihat It's sal"
to Trust Congress to carry out the
Heal Wishes oT the People wicker
sham Talks on Equal opportunity.

to do and have to bc told; Oscar W
Underwood, leader of the majority ~ the
House of Representatives. said maj inc
beet way was to have true representative
government and no referendum Aitor-
nev- General Wickcrsham. who took a
little different point Of view. said thai In"
whole thing wa matter Of equal opp"r-
/ tunity If only ther" was an cnt To special
) privilege then no on" need worry about
! the people
, It was the first dinner tiu- season OF
! the Catholic CMh There were 81" OF 30
members al the dinner which wa h''d
I IN the banquet room of th' cluh a l3o
! Wet Fit,y-niuth street
With President Michael } Muldnern ai
the head table were Mgr Mooney Mgr.
Brauu Mgr Hayes. Justic" Edward f.
Mccall and Frank $ Cannon. Elsewhere
were Morgan j O'Brien, Justlc" DowI'hg'
Justice GicErrich, Representative" t"rh"7'
Judge Muuucru, Justice Gav"gan'
Judge Mayo. Rcpresentutly" l'amlli'
John q O'kccfe. Representative fat'en'
Col Louis u Comfy, Prank T. cum
mon, Representatives TOWNSEND James
Butler, Joseph H. Carroll, Representative
Conry John H. Crimmlu- Michael '.
DuImmOud Joseph : Au"rhaCh, tdwHIu
u. Farrell james T.. GaiIncy, De \. !"
Goodman. Frank j. Goodwin John y.
lIcuuobrrry Willie Hoppe, the billiard
player Isaac Hopper, BRAN G. Hughes
the Joker. John {. Mccall Patrick )
, McGowuu. James l.. March. John !.
Martin. Francis L. Mnton. George Nc
Donald, John + O'Rourke, Henry Rad
/ / lN.t
nan and Thomas +. Smith
Mr. Underwood had waited ju town s'nc'
/ last saturday. SAID Nlr Mulpueen, IN order
10 be present at tn" dinner When M
turn came to speak the diners got I" lheiI
feet and chcored him
Nlr Underwood said that h" dIdn
, intend to speak On polI' cal matters lie
, wished rather To avoid them. though lheN
. lev IN profusion close to his, h@nd. III
q did however. make unc"Mphm'n'afN
reference to the theory of IN" referendum
:, asserting that II was suhvrrsIve Of IN
4 whoin manner of government to whlci
the people of the United states ar" ac'us
9 toned
. MIR Underwood 60, down 10 bushes
- after he had sketched III some detail tn
, origins of representative government
- and the guarantees to liberty embodied
II in the Constitution. He has no lmpiIC,
l.ilsf il she rule of mulurl'l"- UuChcCko'
by c1ustitufional limitations. often TIN
rul" rt-Iit~ IN the loss Of irdlNlduh. liberty
" 1T l. now PROPOSED hv some he Wen
: on. "'nat we shall IN part abandon IN
= ropr"-en'ttIV" government enacted H.
= our kcvulut iOnary fathers and adop
II a system that i'll the end would cStah!.-
p "A direct democracy, when IN" ultlmat
- power 10 make laws would ~" place"
,s directly in the hand, Of all the peppl
and the independent judiciary intend"
to protect the constitutional Guarantc
Of ind viduul liberty would bcCom" sui
N Sorvient t. the will ot the majOrlt
ii through political compuision.
~ Mr. Underwood Sllt that MS eNper
euce as legislator led him to the Convi,
ton that congress viii always respon
TO the mature sentiments OF the peopl,
!. He spoke Of the record Ot recent Cor
crosses in passing legislation wante
IN by the peopl" the Panama Cana
for railroad rates pure foods ana lrrlg.
n ton The response might not b" "a nwl
a. under the referendum plan, hut II W
'' more permanent He has little falt
- in petitions. thinking that HlEuatur'
M do not reveal the true sentiments OF Il
se people. He went on
:, If there are evils in our govcrumei
= as il exists to-day il j. not in its organ
NJ form Il IL due TO the failure Of tho
n IN Office TO honestly. fairly and Just
al perform the duties imposed upon ther
The remedy j. plain and the way Is clca
T., The people should drive from the pItc
80 Of power and responsibility the unfal' hf
ed servant and elect those who will be fat
h tul and true TO the trust imposed upC
them.
a. You tell me that the people cam
- elect honest and faithful servants. u
B" you that the masses OF the people are I
1 : ,,,.4Fv gt IA 70
er measures, and are far more likely
10 select an honest man than an hone
measure.
In the interval between the speech
at- the members of the club drank st&ndi
ial lioasts TO Archbishop Farley and TO Pre-
ly, dent TAFT. \ reference which Mr., Cndt
,st wood made 20 the administration of y
t. Cleveland was enough also TO bring o
- d half minute of cheering for him.
lal Mr.. WlCker-nam, who was down +
IN speech on equality of opportunity sd
au- that when the fronts of Fifth aVen
n houses We're snOrn away nobody RAISED
shout Of injury 10 business, even thou
'ah II was rough on those who lost IN
mt. house fronts With Fifth avenue as
not starter, Mr. WicHersham told how
must bend 10 the law, no matter what I
r,o individual disQuatude resulting from I
-, impartial administration of the statut
'eu ! he upshot would be that all would
bed more prosperous in the end.
islt There Is but one power under G
the system Of government" he said, "wh
.i,h il adequate to protect the individu
,' citizen from the unfair competition
wv great associations clothed by the Sta'
.;.l with corporate form and authority
I,itH engage in business on huge scale. II
ing is the power vested in the Federal Go
? /. II ernment by the Constitution to reguli
oe commerce among the States and W
Is foreign nations.
'he The States cant regulate in the nat,
p of things, Mr. Wickersham went on,
dit the nation must act to enforce equal
~ Of opportunity.
the Freedom of trade and commerce dc
va va not mean freedom to destroy Compe
'he tors by unfair Methods" he went
IA We cannot continue nation Of free II
hc- if the right of any man 10 pursue
'ul chosen livelihood IL held At the will a
Aer- pleasure OF any other man or group
re- incn. | do not mean for one moment
oit minimize the tremendous advantage
'"ut the country of cooperative effort, wheu
son IL be IN matters Of religion or phili
thropv or business, but when CoOperat
- associations III whatever form, beCO
so extensive and 40 powerful rs TO sec,
| to their members power winch Is
may at win hC used to destroy the Ri
r of the individual citizen TO engage
l. | trade and commerce on the sam" ter
hcI as every Otn"r citizen, tnen II ~ the a.
,f the l,IITTurpuf Law restrain