Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-27
Member of Upper House From
Maryland Delivers Scath-
ing Speech in Which He De-
rides Peoples Appeal.
NO MAN EASIER TO
DEFEAT HE DECLARES
Former President Now Candi-
date for Nomination Is De-
Clared a Dangerous Man;
Meanace to Government.

tny EveninE Herald A. y. Leased wireD
Washington. Feb. Reversal 81
judicial decisions by popular vote. az
proposed by ex-Presideni Roosevelt IN
his Columbus address last week, was
denounced in the senate today by
Senator Raynor Of Maryland as "tho
most dangerous eoctrine ever brought
forward by any one who has the
slightest regard for the stability OF
our institutions and whose opinion II
entitled 10 any weight or respect.
Senator Rayner declared that IN
discussing tho ex-president. who IL
again "A candidate for the Republican
nomination ior president. ne did not
speak az a partisan, because he bo-
lieged the Republicans could nom!-
nate no man who would be easier ~
dofeat
What / desire 10 call attention -
today" said the senator, rs a unsque
and original conception which he ad-
vanced upon this occasion and which
! quote literally as follows
The decision OF a state court on
constitutional queestion should be sub
ject 20 revision oy the people OF the
state.
II any considerable number OF
the people feel that the decision ia IN
defiance Of Justice, they should be
given the right BY petition to bring
before tho voters az some subsequent
election special or otherwise, as might
be decided, and after the fullest op-
bortunity for dellberation and de-
bate, the question whether or not the
judges Interpretation OF the congti-
tuition is 20 be sustained. II Il N
sustained, wen and good; II not. then
the popular verdict is 70 be accepted
as final. the decision is 10 be treated
as reversed and the construction Of
the constitution definitely decided
subject only 10 action by the supreme
court OF the United States
Mr.. President. II proposition ot
this sort had been advanced By an
ordinary agitator or by an anarchist
no attention would be paid 60 u; the
people would understand that u was
utterly meaningless and II would In
volve no actual danger 70 the repub-
lie.
People who regard this merely as
a flippant and impulslve utterance Of
a candidate for public office who In
trying 20 attract public favor. are
making q great mistake. In my ludE-
ment the ex-president has been re-
flectlng over this proposition for
years lie has been hostile 20 the
decisions Of the courts whenever they
connlcted with his own views. and
has over and over again given express
sion 10 hia opposition 10 them.
HE is possessed with a mad fancy
/ that this is and ought 20 be an execu-
tive government that the powers of
che executive ought 10 override those
OF the legislative and judicial branches
~ the punnc service.
''By ah the patronage and an the
power that he can command he would
practically force upon the country an
Interpretation of our organic law that
viii level its distinctions and Obllter-
ato lts checks and balances, He VIII
then Ia the pursuit OF hts own insa-
table ambition possess a degree of au-
tocTatic power that no president of
/ these United states has ever attained
or would have ever dared 90 exercise.
except az the risk of Impeachment"