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all into temptation and 10 be led astray by


Ivy they will often do things they would
shrink from doing as individuals.
We live as an organized protest against
the ma jorities that defy the rule Of Justice.
One other great fundamental principle
they based themselves upon. and that was
that there is only one way In which man
can cont rol his own tendencies to err and
that is by the enforcement upon himself
Of declared principles Of right conduct.
For that imposition Of rules OF conduct
that formerly came from a monarch our
fathers substituted the Imposition OF rules
Of right conduct by the people upon them
selves. They put the declarations OF prin-
ciple into our organic laws in colonies. in
States and in the nation and we call them
constitutional limitations.
There is prejudice in some minds against
the discussion OF constitutional limitations
because lawyers become dry and tedious
and narrow and technical in discussing them
but they are the declaration OF those princi.
piles OF eternal justice upon which civiliza-
tion rests set up by the people for their own
guidance. They are n covenant between
arbitrary and overwhelming power and the
weakness Of tn individual.
JUDGES PEOPLES GUARDS.
These limitations cansot he enforced e1-
cept by having some ons who shall say
whether a particular action that they design
to restrain does violate them or not. and.
90 that may be determined. our fathers
established tho judicial system.
Now. II you undertake to say to a Judge
that. ~ he decides against the popular will
that finds itself restrained by tho declaration
of one OF these principles OF conduct under
the Constitution. he shall he recalled. you
make a coward OF him ,applause, II ia not
In human nature that Judges shall hold the
scales just as evenly when they know that
by making an unpopular decision they
themselves will'be he sacrifices
1t will introduce ths rule OF rowa rdce in
place OF the rule OF courage. II will intro
duce the rule OF time serving In place OF the
rule Of fearless Justice. 1t will introduce
The rule OF the force OF the great body OF tho
people. instead OF the rule which protects
the weak individual against all the people
tapplausel.
Whoever rejects the order of a multi
tude. acting within the restraints Of the
eternal principles declared in our Con
ettution. flies of necessity to anarchy
or despotism and whoever breaks down
the restraints OF these eternal principles
upon tho ma iority flies ot necessity TO
ANARCHY or despotism All these other
matters are of little consequence for this
ia tho fundam mental principle This is
the decisive question II ia along this
line that the progress Of our country has
won its way
70 fN1S OFT PERIL or CHANGE
You may change 1t: you may depart
from this old standard of justice. You
will not see the difference at once but the
paths will surely and steadily he divertins:
one pathway is the pathway OF the decline
and fall OF nations and II leads OF necessity
to anarchy The other pathway is the
glorious pathway upon which our country.
Iasing its action upon the everlasting prin-
ciples of divine law. has proceeded on It's
majestic course. leading the world In win
ming for all mankind. rich and poor. high
and low. the inestimable privilege Of liberty
with order preserved by Justice.
Ex-Speaker Wadsworth spoke next
on the attack in the platform on tho initia-
tive referendum and recall He said in
part
That time has gone by when thou ghtful
men can afford to regard with amused toler-
ance the efforts constantly expended toward
destroying the structure OF government
erected on this continent in 1883. So sue
cessfully have the enemies Of a representa-
tive democracy appealed TO the imAgina-
ton Of the people. so swiftly have they
progressed toward radical change. that
we already witness the virtual overthrow OF
the old form in many of our e ON monw eal tbs
and it's threatened destruction in all OF
them After the capture of the states
which is confidently predicted will come a
mighty assault upon the Federal Govern
ment.
ATTACK ALREADY BEGUS
In fact the Fedora judiciary and the Fed
eral Legislature have already been singled
out for radical change if We are to take
eeriously some proposals voiced upon the
public platform or contained in pending
bills and resolutions
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protection for the rights of the minority and
TO repose absolute and instantaneous power
In the majority. regardless of the constantly
shifting elements of which il is composed.
ana. strange 70 say. 'he proponents OF these
eonene' W p'"'e ''s'a"'"HeonS power anu
en''!e .on''oehoe ~ 'ne mass pase 'hrir
,oh'eh,.o,, upon 'he "ss"i"p' ION 'ha' me
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ne io"iua. 'oEs o' our government are
'dio III me Pr'nclpie '.ha' people can bes'
govern 'he'hSel'es pF s''er''nS rom 'heir
'i'us representatives VINO shai ac, TOT mem
nhu pr"' '"e ,espohSlpi'',y III we proad
'sn' W u"s ~ nv ,'',e nay" our Peop'e
n.h ,n unauae " '.oi''IoI 'ne'r oes'i,l'es hiuer
n'e ss.'en'' ~" eA'."'',e V, 'ee'sa,ure
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