New-York tribune., 1912-03-19


does not do Justice to the American people
or their history. and holds us w W 1t n
world at large in light which uoc3b uoco3biSc
do ts iuStiCe Certainly, there ls ho''i,ihe ~
a., tho growth of this country from 'ne
sdoption OF the Constitution untll no" t,b9t
within the last twenty or thlrly Seatt91 NJ
;justifes any attack upon our, ~ ~ 'foinda-
coverulnent or any sapping OF the l9umu1 lie,
.tions that have stood so firmly anu "Ge
which our whole popular ciNll"a''O"
.heen reared. .,t,, is Tho at
tack upon our judiciary and TN ,PioPpoaa a.
by judicial recall, or recall OF J9on,aa Jonce and
cisions TO destroy It's ln9epenuot,of ~ GOV
thus TO take away from me a. Itbai tRere
eminent the keystone. ! deny thd' the
&C. in the decisions Of the courts y, 'mF
character Of the judges, or the adj
litigation. that which justihes SUI, SUI ~ the
raiinnoyation. ! am not unmihului VI AZ AZ
,,scessity for judicial reform, put to. luSo of of
pends not upon changing the chdr"Jf,e nro.
the Judges but upon the cnSanSfa and
ced,lre the expedition OF JunEih, ,,io!i,,tiou
tbe reduction Of the expense OF hilsoi q,
one can easily discover lSuuFuri3t ,en
modern politics 10 eNalt ap"no !mnetitution
what Is called popular VIII as u nJ n,i
we're a higher law To which we NJ is,rCre
admit allegiance by Obeylng H. duu ,,iG;,,,al
or transsress statutory and consll'u'''''''
limitations.
No Perverson of Constitution
Tho President here quoted Western
Governor whom he did not name "h'
had declared whatever is right rs con
stitutional," and who had taken L'n-
coins words, the life of this nation -
greater than any Constitution, TO sus-
tain his view. Mr.. Taft said:
II is impossible to escape, the meaning nf
such a view, and that is that the pam
construction Of the Constitution IS TO De ap,,Io
yeTted because il ~ thought that the people
al present would prefer not to he subJect 10
the limitation contained i'm the Constitution
lawfully adopted. The quoted words ol I'm.
coin have here no application. II is no'
true that whatever is right Is conStuu,
tioral" unless the declaration of the rlShI
Is contained i'm the Constitution or IS hot
Forbidden by it. The popular VIII 10 ne 81, FL
fectiVe and controlling with courts must pe
embodied in statutory enactment or cor
stitutional law II is not LETT 10 lhe eAeCu, @
tive Of state or nation. or 10 INC luuSS VI VI
the bench whether state or federdL 10
decide what is right when there is law oe-
ciartng what is right on the statute BOOK;
The law is the guide Of the Judge ano tne
.to whether the law is good or not ms - ~
government OF law, not or cnaliSiIS
cconomic and political theories OF IudlciaI
ar o,eCutiye officers when those theories
are Inv conflict with the express letter OF the
law Suggestions Of that sort are danSet-
Cus because they put the snip OF s''tr, sc,,,, ",
sea Of troubles without q ruoner. - ~
destroy that respect Tor CohslSu.eJ5 w.
authority that is essential to weh-ordereo
liberty Tho strength of the government
and the strength Of the judiciary must Se IsSI
ultimately on the confidence oil the Peop''
IN their integrity
at the conclusion Of the state House
speech the President took luncheon with
the Pilgrim Publicity Association.
The President next motorcd out 10
South Boston, where for more than TWO
hours he listened to the cheering of thou
lands Of Bostonians saw thousands oil
American flags waved in his honor ana
viewed one Of the largest parades ever
arranged i'm honor of Ircland's patron
saint and Evacuation Day. Afterward
the President met the officers OF the TAFT
League of Massachusetts
President Praises the Irish.
In his address TO the Charitable Irish
Society tonight the President praised
the Irish for their adaptabilty in becom-
ing Americans. and added a word about
the evident belief of that race in the
stability of American institutions, say
ing:
The thing Of which | wish TO speak to-
night however is the well known fact that
socialism and anarchy have found no lodge
ment among Irishmen. They DeleNe IN
constituted authority; they beheVe IN tue
institutions of modern society; they believe
in upholding our national and our state
governments: they believe in the preserVa-
ton of the checks and balances or our con-
stitutional structure. Not from them do we
hear proposals 10 change the fundamental
law. 10 take away the independence OF the
judiciary or To minimize in any way the
jn0uence and power of constituted author
uv. They welcome progress; they are en-
terprising and active TO furthe prosperity.
They are not full of diatribes against the
existing order
The President spent the night in d
Boston hotel. Tomorrow he leaves hero
for New Hampshire. with engagements
at Nashua, Concord and Manchester