El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-06

ncan- He made himself so popular with
the people Of the state, however. that
they gave him. in 1919, a, solid Demo-
cratic legislature 1t was then that he
took a stand against Tom Taggart,
Democratic boss of the state, on the
question Of choosing a United States
senatOr-Won out. His candidate, John
". Kern, who had been Bryan's run
ming mate in 1908, was endorsed by the
democratic state convention and later
elected senator from Indiana
Some Of the more important pieces Of
legislation enacted during his second
term were.
Ratification of the income tax
amendment through the federal cOnsti-
tuition a. resolution for the Douular
election of United States senators, a
corrupt practice and campaign con-
10 l ,ll2l, pup4llclIy statute; an employ
ers uaDlI1ry law on liberal lines abOl-
ishing WOrkmen's waiver and the fell
low servant rule, a bill authorizing rail-
road commissions to fix rates, child Ia
Dor laws, cold storage limitations,
Standardization of weights and meas
ures, sanitary inspection of school
houses, industrial inspection for safety
OF factories, mines, and railroads, a law
making block signals obligatory on all
steam and electric railways, and a bill
for making uniform the accounting Of
all public offices in the state.
Considered Presidential Timber.
As early as June, 1911, there was talk
Of naming the HOOsier state governor
for president on the Democratic nation
assumed the proportions Of a nation
wide boom, 1t gathered great strength
In MarShalfs own state, and 30 Indiana
delegates went to Baltimore instructed
for him as the first and only choice
for the presidential nomination.
In the course Of many speeches Mar
shall has made clear his attitude on
most OF the great questions OF the day.
The general progressive views, how
ever, do not carry him to the point OF
favOring the recall of judges or ju-
~ asrmm = -sr Il -
convention which endorsed him for
president last March, he said:
Lincoln held it to be the inalien-
able right Of an unsuccessful Htigant
to go down to the tavern and cusS the
court 1t is the theory Of Roosevelt
that 1t is the right Of the unsuccess-
ful Iugant to go down TO the tavern
and OTerTule the court Bitterness Of
spirit and indignation at what I deem
70 be judicial injustice seize me. Even
now, am chatlng under what / con-
ceive to be the unwarranted interior
ence OF courts with my prerogat1Ves.
But my sober judgment, looking to the
permanent good Of the people, cOmpels
me TO insist that the courts must re-
main free and untrammeled, that we
must first seek relief through the rem
edy we now have and patiently abide
the reversal Of judicial injustice. I'm
til the provisions Of our present con-
stitutiOn with reference to officials are
tried, and until graver evils arise than
have thus far arisen there is but slight
demand for the initiative, referendum
and recall"
More recently, at Fort Wayne in
speech before the Indiana Editorial as
ISOLATION, on How May constitutional
Government Endure2" he stated his po-
sitiOn with great clearness on the gen
eral proposition Of representative gov
eminent.
Defends the Government.
Notwithstanding our boast, our gov
eminent is not Of and by and for the
people" said he. Yet I make bold to
say that it is still q representative
democracy. Public speakers and the
public press have been giving voice for
20 years to the fact that this is not a
Peoples government with laws to pre-
serve the equality of mankind and 10
give each citizen his opportunity for
honest success. Tt has been heralded
and shouted that the bosses are in con-
troll from ocean to ocean, that their