La Junta tribune., 1912-06-15
sxal, the pendau'ry OF formulas above
lae real needs OF human life

sxalt the pendau,ry OF formulas above
tae real necta OF human life,
Mr.. Taft's position is the position
! that has been held from the beginning
/ OF our government, although not al
Ways SO openly held by large mum
/ Der Of reputable aud honorable men,
! who. down al bottom. distrust popu'
I lar government. aud when they must
accept II, accept I, with reluctance
{ and hedge around It With every spe-
/ cies OF restriction and check and bal
ance so as TO make the power OF the
/ people as limited and as ineffective ls
I rossib'e Mr. TAFT fairly defines the
Z issue when be says that our govern
mcnt IL and should be a government
Of all the people By representative
part Of the people This Is an excel
lent and moderate description Of an
ollgarchy II defines our government
as government Of all OF the people
by a few OF the people
- am not speaking jokiugly nor do
| mean to be unjust, for / repeat that
many honorable and weilmeanIng
men Of high character take this view
and have taken It from the time OF
the formation Of the nation. Essen
TALLY this view Is that the consutu'
tlon is sraigh,.incket to be used
for the control Of an unruly patient
tile people Now. hold that this
view Is not only false but mischiey'
Gus. that our constitutions are lnsru'
mcnts designed TO secure justice by
securing the d.llberat. but effective
expression Of the popular aill that
the checks and balances are valuable
as far and only so far as they accom-
plish that deliberatlOn. and that Il Is
warped and unworthy and improper
construction Of our form OF govern.
ment TO see In II only a means OF
thwarting the popular will and OF pre-
venting Justice
The Real Trouble.
MIR Taft says that every class
should have voice In the govern.
ment That seems 10 me a very ssri-
Gus misronrepti0n Of the American
political situation The real trouble
with us is that some classes have bad
too much voice one Of the most i'm.
portant OF all the lessons to BE- taught
and 10 be learned f. that man
should vote not as representative OF
a class. but merely as good citizen.
"Mr Taft agnin and again. In quo
fatlons have given and elsewhere
through his speech, expresses bis dis.
belief In the people when they vote at
the polls IN one sentence he says that
the proposition gives powerful effect
10 the momoHtary impulse OF "a major
ity OF an electorate and prepares the
wuy Tor the possible exercise Of the
Erossest tyranny Elsewhere he
speaks Of tho feyorIsh uncertainty
and unstable determination OF the
laws b. temporary and changing ma
ioriii.s and again he says that the
system propose would result In sus-
pension or application OF constitution
al guarantees according to popular
whim. which would destroy. all pos
sible consistency In constitutional in
terpretation should much like to
know the exact distinction that Is 10
b. made between what Mr. Taft calls
the ntful Impulse OF a temporary ma.
jority' when applied To question
such as that raise and any other
question Remember that under my
proposal TO review rule OF decision
by popular vote amending or con.
strung TO that extent the constitu.
tlon. would certainly tab. at least two
years from the time Of the election
Of the legislature which passed the
act
Then Becomes . "Wnim."
In one OF Mr. Tsits speeches he
speaks OF tn. voice OF the people as
coming next to tn. yoic. OF God Ap-
psr.ntly then. tn. decision OF the
peopl. abou, the presidency after
four months dclibcration. Is to b.
treated as next TO the voice OF God.
but II after Two years OF sober thought
they dscid. tha, women and children
shall b. protected In industry. or men
Iiois'teu lIhW ehtssNlNr Uourb VI Ia
Dor under unhyxi.nic conditions. OF
workers compensated when they lose
life or limb In the service OF others
then their decision forth with becomes
'~him' and f-verish' and unstable
and an exercise OF the grossest tyrsn
ny and the laying OF the AZ to ths
foot OF IN. tree Of freedom
"Tha, Is the old. old. doctrine which
has been acted upon for Thousands ol
yesrs abroad and which here In Amer
lea ha. been acted upon sometime,
openly sometimes secretly. for fort,
Year, BY many men In public and pri
vn'e life. and ! Am sorry TO say b.
many judges. . doctrine which has II
fact tended to create Q bulvavk To-
privilege. . buivark unjustiy protect
Ing special Interests agains, the right
OF the people - . whole This doc