New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-12
PRESIDENT HERE;
ATTACKS AC|TAT0RS
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not usual for them to take any part i'm pre-
convention campaigns They have usually
thought il neither necessary nor approx f-
ate 10 consider platforms or candidates he
fore the national convention had set fortr
the one or named the other; but CirCum-
stances have made the present pre-conveu-
ton campaign OF such q character that
both the Philadelphia and the New York
clubs have indicated In resolutions a con
vctiop on the part Of nearly all their mem
bcrS that there Is something at stake In
this campaign that should awaken the In
terest and arouse the action of all whc
believe in the principles and form of gov
eminent that are embodied In our present
Constitution and who cherish the institu-
tons preserved aud secured by that Con-
stitutiOn as essential to the maintenance
of liberty regulated by law and TO real
progress of popular government toward
greater equality of opportunity and greater
happiness Of the individual.
The necessity that there was for
arousinq our people to prevent the
abuses Of corporate privilege and power
and TO wrest from concentrated wealth
the exercise Of political control and
the success that has attended such
agitation among the people have been
taken advantage Of by persons, some OF
them sincere, some of them demagogue,,
and all o. them with an insufficient
knowledge Of tho necessity in tho main
tensnce Of liberty and progress OF our
rose changes, rather for the sake Of
change than with any definite plan OF
improving the body polite.
Because courts have not manifested az
quick perception of the advantages To he
realized from these proposed changes, and
I'm some instances have perhaps unduly
broadened constitutional restrictions TO de-
clare them invalid 1t Is proposed TO change
the whole nature of orr judicial system
and render II subject to popular review,
either by what is called the recall or the
Judges when their conduct on the bench
IL not approved by a majority Of the voting
electorate. or by recall Of decisions and
a reversal of the Judgment of the judges
whenever they declare invalid legislative
enactment which they deem TO be In VIOLA
ton Of the fundamental law.
Calls Peoples Protest Profound.
II was rot until tho sensitive nerve OF
the serious minded people Of this country
Was touched by the proposition to recall
The iudoes, or to recall their decisions,
that such people Of all classes began to
realize that impious hands were likely
TO be laid upon tho ark of tho covenant,
which is the Independence OF the Judicial
branch OF our government. profound
prot.st was hoard from all thinking peo-
pie against tho proposal.
am here tonight to express my salts
faCtiOD that tho members or tnlS CluD nave
felt n to be their duty TO express to the
public ct large their sense or the Crisis
through which our institutions are passing
and the necessity for guarding as we
wound our liberty and everything that We
hold dear in our homes and our HE against
the innovations that are so recklessly au-
vocated bv men who profess 10 be acting
in the interest OF reform and progress
They fail 10 recognize or 10 appreciate the
benefts Of our present civilization. and do
NOT seem TO understand that the progress
already made in this great country OF ours
from its small beginnings has been que "
the constitutional principles upon wnlC =
This government was framed one hundren
and twenty-five years ago ana mas peeh
maintained ever since.
In this contest for tho preservation OF
cur ancient landmarks OF government,
and for the security OF life, liberty and
property involved In the maintenance OF
an independent judiciary, we may from
time TO time suffer temporary defeat,
but those OF US, and they are most OF
US, who have an abiding taith IN inc
Judgment and good sense OF tho HmerI-
can people, may we'll have oonnoence
that in Tho end tho real benefit OF the
r,onI, will prevail, and that they will
| defend and protect those institutions
that hav. served them so long and so
we'll.
Senator Root, who followed the Presi-
dent smoke OF the Republican State Con-
vention at Rochester. from which he
had lust come. The practical unanimity
Of that convention. the Senator SAID,
demonstrated that there was something
more than machinery. something more
than mere party harmony behind IT,
and he believed that II was a great
fundamental moral question that had so
marked the convention.
Senator Root Speaks.
This nation was founded on the prih-
cipIe that principles should control I'M
nulses" said Senator Root. and you
can't have a system in which popular
ma ioritv can overrule fundamental prin-
ciples Of right
The Senator referred humorously 10
the quick denunciation that came to any
one who contended for the Constitution
I'm these days.
ITO oppose the breaking OF constitu-
tionaI rules OF right conduct Is enough
n give q man a reputation for wealth.
ba edded You can borrow money on
the strength Of saying that you peileVe
in the constitution, according to these
new preachers of the gospel OF freedom
run into license
Dr Butler also referred 10 the state
convention. Of which he was the presld-
ine officer. He said that he thought its
distinguishing characteristic was the
seriousness with which the delegates
considered the question of rebuking the
attacks which have sprung up on the
constitution and the system OF govern
ment under which we live.
Among the guests at the reception 10
tho President, in addition TO those men
,iored above as accompanying him from
tho library TO the assembly room, were
CON Of the Department OF Agriculture,
cho,. c d. Hilles. Seth Low, Judges
tIough Veeder. Moves, Holt and Mayer,
OTTO r. Barnard. william Berri Will
lam Barnes, jr., r. Lancaster Williams
Henry w. Anderson, Or. Joseph n.
Dixon and Charles P. Taft.
on the clubs reception committee, De-
s;des President Fairchild and Secretary
George II. Taylor. were J. Van Vechten
Olcott. chairman; Charles f. Rushmore'
Emory s. Lyon George F. Baker, Har-
rison X. Bird. Charles F. Broker
lanes G.. Cannon. Louis r. Cheney W.
Murray Crane. William c. Demorest,
William D. Guthrie, Frank Jay Could
lob F.. Hedges. A. Barton Hepburn
Robert \. Kenyon. DR.. George F. kunz'
Robert c. Morris Ex-Governor Franklin
Mummy of New Jersey, Ex-Governor
Benjamin b. Odell' Chairman " imam