The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-09
Trouble is Not with the
Judges But with Court
Procedure.
BUSY cfilcA 60 DsA <
Chief E xecutiYe on the Jump
from the Time Of His
Arrival.

CHICAGO. Mar s.-President
Tafts program in Chicago today
called for unusual activity On his
arrival he was driven to a hotel
where he breakfasted and later held
q public reception After this he
was to 90 to the Union club for
luncheon and a short speech ana
later in the afternoon ne had an
ranged to address Jewish residents
in lwestside theater, later going
to the Chicago Press Club for a
short address bis most important
appointment Is for this evening,
when he viii address the Swedish
american Republican League, COM
memorating the fiftieth anniversary
Of the battle of the Monitor ana
the Merrlmac. He will return in
Chicago until tomorrow night.
In his speech last night at Toledo
Mr.. Taft answered Colonel Roose-
yelt's Columbus speech. He spoke
~ sAv4t4loWs'
Z: 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,
els ana stand on solid and safe ground
NE must re.examine the fundamental
principles of stable popular govern.
nent. The history OF the world seems
to show that our form Of government
Is more enduring aud satisfactory Than
any other we began as u small Tn
ion Of thirteen states strung along the
Atlantic coast Of 9iOOo.0OO Of people.
and under the same constitution We
have enlarged to be world power OF
forty.eisht sovereign states bound intuI
one Of more than 100000 of people
and with a humane guardianship Of
100000 morc-ninc In the Pacific and
one in the. Atlantic. We have fought.
beginning with the Revolution. four
foreign wars, and we have survived
civil war Of the greatest proportions
recorded in history and have united
the battling sections by an inG!ssoIub!e
tic. From our body polite we have
excised the cancer of slavery, the Only
thing protected by the constitution
which was Inconsistent with that lib.
erty, the preservation of which was
the mnin purpose of establishing tho
Union. We have increased our bust.
ness and productive activities in every
direction, we have expanded the de.
velopment of our natural resources to
be continent wide. and ali the time we
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 Al
human instrumentallty to secure the
greatest good to the greatest number
and the greatest happiness to the in.
dtYidual. 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 I mean those similarly
situated, are better able to secure at.
attention to their welfare than any 9TH
er class, however altruistic 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.
tercst; hence It follows thal tie best
government. In the sense of TIE gov
ornmrut most certain TO provide for