The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-03-01

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al my own state. the state u New
York declared unconstitutional the
workmeus oampcnsa,iuu act In their
decision llo Judges admitted lh'
wrong and the suffering caused BY inc
practices against which the law was
aimed. They admitted that other CIV
iiizcd nations had abolished these
wrours and practices But they TOOK
tho .ruund that the Constitution OF
IA. Iritsi States. instead OF being an
instrument ~ secure justice, had been
lrgsuiOusI, devised absolutely to pre-
vent Justice They Insisted that tn"
clause IN th. Constitution which for
bndc the taking uf property without
due process Of Law forbade the ehort
which had bcen made iu the la" 10
distribute among all the partners IN
an enterprise the effects OF the In
turtles 10 HE OF limb OF Il wage work
ar. IN other words, they insisted that
the Constitution had permanently
cured our people with Impotence TO
right wrong. aud had porpetuated a
cruel luluuity. for cruel iuiquity Is not
TOO harsh % term 20 use Ia describing
the INV NAIih. ia NV '''"' w 49,
accident. binds the whole burden OF
Gripping disaster on the shoulders
least able To- bear II the shoulders OF
the crippled man himself or the dead
mans helpless wife and children. NO
anarchist orator. rayiig against tho
Constitution. ever framed an indlct'
ment 10 IL $50 severe 49, these worthy
and well.mosuiuR Judges must he held
to have framed Or heir reasoning bo
accepted az true Bu'. " "A matter
Of fact. their reasoning was unsound.
and was 49, ]repugu8nt To Every SOUND
defender OF The Constitution as 10
every believer Ia Justice and right
eousness. Ia effect. their decision
va that We could not remedy these
wrongs unless we amended IN" 'oh'
stitutlOu mot the constitution OF the
state. bun the Constitution of the ma
tionD by saying that properly could be
taken without due process Of law II
seems Incredible that any one should
DO willing 10 take such q POSITION u
Is a position that mas been condemned
over and over again by the Nisest and
mo far-seoinP cOuIr- IN It's essence
II was reversed boy the decision OF
state courts Iu state, Ike Washington
and Iowa. and By me supreme court
Of the nation In n case but a te"
weeks old
According 10 one Of the highest
Judges then and now on the Supreme
coUr, OF tho nation. We had lived for a
hundred years under a Constitution
..k4.E -.rn.Nft.I d. W4ftnU.l infnInA
tax. unit. suddenly by one vote the
Supreme court reversed It's previous
decisions for q century. AMI said that
for a century we had been living under
= wrong Interpretation Of he Constitu-
ton chat is. under a wrong Constitu'
tom. and therefore In effect estab-
llshed a new Constitution which We
are now luburiously trying 10 amend
SO az TO get Il back 10 the Constitu-
ton that Tor a hundred wears every.
body, including the Supreme court,
thought Il 10 he When | was presi.
dent. We passed "a National Workmen's
Compensation act. Under 1t a rail-
way man named Howard, / think, waA
killed IN Tennessee, and his widow
sued for damages Congress had
done all e could 10 provide the right.
but the court stepped In and decneed
that congress had failed. Throe Of tho
judges took the extreme positiCn that
there was no way IN which congress
could secure the helpless widow n
children against suffering. and that
the mans blood and the blood OF all
similar men when spilled should for.
.,.r 80. glAtN a, tuty F,H t,tuHlga
This seems a strong statement, but
~ Is far less strong than the actual
facts and | have dinculty in making
the statement with any degree OF
modification. The nine Justices OF the
Supreme court on this question split
into five fragments. One man. ex-
Justice Moody In his opinion stated
the case In It's hroRdest way and de-
nnnde justice for Howard, on
grounds that would have meant that
In all similar cases thereafter justice
and not Injustice should b" done. Yst
the court. by a majority OF one, de-
cided ~ do not for one moment be-
lieve The cuurt would now decide. and
not only perpetuated a ~lamentable In.
justice In M" case or the man himself,
but sct a stapdard OF injustice for all
similar cases. Here again ask you
not TO mink Of the mere legal formal
ism, but 10 think OF the great i'm.
mutahle principles OF Justice. the
great immutable principles OF righ,
and wrong, and 10 ponder what IL
means 20 men dependent for their live
lihood, and 10 the m and chil.
dren dependent upon these men. when
the courts OF the land deny them the
Justice 90 which they are en,itled.
Now gentlemen, In closing. aud In
thanking YOU Tor your courtesy, let mo
add one word. Keep oiearly In view
what are the fundamental snds Of
government. | hope that not only
you and but all our people may ever
remember that while good laws are