Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-09
TAFT REPLIES
TO ROOSEVELT
Toledo Speech Riddles the
Recall Propaganda.

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Toledo, March Dangerously re-
polling the ~faliacies Of the Roosevelt
propaganda for the recall of Judges
and the more recently-promulgated
recall OF Judicial decisions, President
Taft last night made complete and
effective reply to the coionePs key
note speech at Columbus. Though
he did not dignity that speech or it's
speaker by directly naming either,
he referred freely to some of the
policies that were enuneiated by the
former president before the Ohio
constitutional convention and In a
manner calculated to refute the
theories these advanced.
The Presidents speech was as
follows:
In the last year or two we have
heard much Of radical methods Of
| changing the judiciary system II we
would properly consider these propos
| ais and stand on solid and safe ground
we must re-examine the fundamental
principles Of stable popular govern
ment. The history Of the world seems
to show that our form Of government
Is more enduring and satisfactory than
any other. We began ns a small I'm
| lon OF thirteen states strung along the
Atlantic coast Of 100000 of people.
| and under the same constitution we
have enlarged to be a world power OF
| forty-eight sovereign states bound into
| one Of more than 100000 of people
and with a humane guardianship of
10000, 600 more-nine In the Pacific and
| one In the Atlantic. We have fought.
beginning wAh the Revolution, four
foreign wars, and we have survived a
civil wal Of the greatest proportions
recorded In history and have united
the battling sections by an indissoluble
tie. From our body polite W. have
excised the ANGER Of slavery, the only
thing protected by the constitution
which was inconsistent with that lib
erty, the preservation of which was
Lue uidiu puAposS u cSeaDltShh6 Lit
Union. We have increased our busi-
ness and productive activities In every
direction, we have expanded the de
velopment OF our natural resources to
have maintained sacred those inalicn
able rights Of man, the right OF liberty,
the right OF private property and the
right to the pursuit OF happiness.
Voters Themselves Representatives.
For these reasons we believe In pop
ular government. Government Is a
human fundamentally to secure the
greatest good to the greatest number
and the greatest happiness to the In
dividual. Experience, and especially
the growth Of popular government In
our OWN history, has shown that In
the long run every class of the people,
and by that / mean those similarly
situated, are better able to secure at
to their welfare than any 9th
or class, however altruistsc the latter
class may be. OF course this assumes
that the members OF the class have
reasonable intelligence and capacity
for knowing their own rights and In
terest; hence 1t follows that the best
government, In the tense OF the gov
eminent most certain to provide for
and protect the rights and govern
mental needs OF every class. Is that
one In which every class has a voice.
In recognition Of this, the tendency
from earliest times In u history has
been the enlargement OF the electorate
to include In the ultimate source of
governmental power as many as posi-
BILE Of those governed. But even to-
day the electorate Is not more in num-
Der than one-fourth OF the total mum
Der of those who are citizens OF the
nation and are the people for whom,
the government Is maintained and
whose rights and happiness the gov
eminent is intended to secure. More
than this, government by unanimous
vote Of the electorate Is impossible,
and therefore the majority of the cleo
torate must rule. We find. therefore,
that government by the people ls.. I'M
der our present system. government
by a majority Of one-fourth OF those
whose rights and happiness are to be
affected by the course and conduct OF
the government. This Is the nearest
to a government by the whole people
we have ever had.
Woman Suffrage Coming.
Woman's suffrage will change this.
and 1t Is doubtless coming as 500 as
the electorate a be certain that most
women desire It and will assume its
burden and responsibility. But even
then the electorate viii only be part
of the whole people. In other words.
the electorate ia q representative gov
erning body for the whole people for
which the government waz established
aud the controlling majority of the
electorate is q body still less numers
Gus. 1t to thus apparent that ours is
q government of all the people by a
representative part OF the people. Now,
the object of government is net only
to secure the greatest good to- the
| greatest number, but also to do this as
near as may be by securing the rights
| Of each Individual in his liberty. prop
| erty and pursuit OF happiness: hence