The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-04-06
ROOSEVELT ASEEfN N
BY A DEMOCRAT
Albert S. J. Owens, Former Dem ocraiic
States Attorney OF Baltimore, In
The Baltimore Evening Sun

Roosevelt is undoubtedly the one dis
turning element in the calculations Of
the bosses of the Republican party today.
The reason is nobody really knows how
much greater than on the surface appears
is the public demand, irrespective of
political opinion for the hero of San
Juan Hill and the African exp orer who
successfully conducted the greatest Sa-
fari that ever went through Central
Africa. The manysided and constant in
tellectual and physical activities of Mr..
Roosevelt undoubtedly commend his can
didacy to a large number OF active ener-
getic American citi ems and he appeals
to them above any other candidate for the
Republican nomination.
Roosevelt has out-Bryaned Bryan, out
LaFoletted La Toilette, and has in every
proposition considered to be progressive,
except one. progressed further than any
political ext 'orer. And he has this in his
favor, that while always an extremist,
he has generally gotten the desired re-
suit. He is not afflicted with somnabu-
hsm. He Is not an advertiser by nature
but when the time comes to show his
goods, he generally has them in stock.
USlNG THAT WHILE Rf1lNoCEhOUS
AS AN EXAMPLE.
when he aid that in his African trip
he intended to kill white rhinocerous
and bring his skin home many gentle
men went so far as to assert that there
was no such thing as white rhinocer-
os, and some said there never had been
any such thing. The fact was that what
10 pak To rhi
was supposed to be extinct, because none
had ever been seen for many years, the
last seen-a small herd-were migrating
southerly. Roosevelt found them, and a
specimen skin is now in the Smithsonian
So the people know that while there may
be differences of opinion as to the advis-
ability of nominating Roosevelt, he is a
power neither to be laughed at nor
trited with, nor misrepresented He
loves to fight, knows how to fight, and
thoroughly understands the manly art of
self-defense.
NOT PROGRESSIVE ON RECALL OF
DECISIONS.
The one sub. ect in which he is really
not progressive, although the proposition
has been misunderstood and is harshly
criticised, is his advocacy of the recall
of judicial decisions. What Mr.. Roose-
welt said as to that is this.
But there is one kind of recall in
which | very earnestly believe and the
immediate adoption of which urge.
There are sound reasons for being eau
tious about the recall of a good judge
who has rendered an unwise and i'm
no matter how valuable and not emitting
Washington, or Lir coin, or Marshall, at
times makes mistakes. Therefore we
should be cautious about recalling the
judge, and sc should be cautious about
Interfering in any way with the judge IN
decisions aich he makes in the ordinary
course as batween individuals. But when
a judge decides a Constitutional question
when he decides whGr che people as a
whole can or cannot do the people should
have the right to recall that decision IL
they think it wrong"
Now, what does this mean? Simply
that when a decision Of a court, the Su-
preme Court of the United States on a
Federal Constitutional question, or the
highest court of STAT on a State Con-
stitutional question, is wrong, according
to punlic view, that the people shall have
the right in an orderly gay and at an
election to register their dsapproval of
that decision and then In the manner
provided by the Constitution change that
instrument to suit their view. 1t can
mean nothing else, because there is no
other wal to work it out.
PLAN Is AS OLD AS The HILLS.
This proposition is as old as the hills,
1t is inherent in the structure of gov
eminent based upon popular sovereignty;
1t is the only way that people can set
aside the old they have outgrown, and
establish the new that changed conditions
demand 1t is announced in the Declara-
ton of independence as the fundamental
basis OF human government in the follow
ing languages
That whenever any form of govern
ment becomes destructive OF these ends
Chat is securing the unaienable rights
of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi-
nessl, it is right OF the people to alter
or abolish it.
And Article V of the Constitution of
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