Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-04
CATCH|NGU Up WITH
COL. ROOSEVELT
Taft Trying to Have Supreme
Court Decision Recalled.
CHEF JUSTICE WITH HIM
Monograph Case Gives sp:eIaI Point
to Columbus speech-Administra.
ton Wants Congress 70 Over.
throw Courts Action.

throw Courts Action.
On February 21 Colonel Roosevelt
delivered before the constitutional
convention OF Ohio an Grafton on "A
Charter Of Democracy" in which he
denounced the doctrine of the infallt-
bility Of the courts as a grave danger
inenacfns American institutions. and
advocated a simplifed method for the
recall OF court decisions by the people.
At once he was assailed by the repre-
sentattves OF Zig Business and OF
Monopoly as an advocate Of virtual
anarchy and a living threat against
the safety Of property.
or course. at the time he was speak
ing more particularly OF state courts.
but IN less than three wseks-on
March II, TO DO exact--tho Supreme
Court Of the United States handed
down a decision. coupled with the dis
sent OF three members. including that
OF the chief Justice. y,ndicating Col.
oncl RooseveIt's attitude IN every par
ttcular. Tho Supreme Court caught
up with Roosevelt. And the severe
comments drawn upon himself from
the advocates Of special privilege
ought now, In all Justice. to be passed
on to the Supreme Court and espe-
:ialiy TO Chief Justice White. For II
ever a human being voiced q demand
for the recall q . decision Of the
courts, Chief Justice White did SO in
his dissenting eptnioa.
rhe cSss IN poinA
The esse VA nat N Sidney Harry
At q, " the A n MT eomn.nv Tba
Dick ov,el IN. natsnt on a
rotary miueos>uA II so,d one NJ
the machines IN Ssi.s ch1s+ipa a
ckou. Of New YeS> undsr q stinu,a.
ron ,het ~ - .eencu o.nay and
other suppl,e. - vtth ths Invention
pary. The HA~-~omoanv so,d M,ss
skou ,nk n, en~rer,,m>~>nh +b,>
was not Dick - and The Dick com.
pany sned ~ 0Unsy company and
Miss Stou for tnog1n9sm0t Of the pat
ant or the n~1fDsaUropA. On March II,
with only seven asUberS Of the
United States 90VrVme Court sitting.
four OF them. ooaot1eut1nS . majority.
dsched tho can and held that when
the Henry cornpaay seA the non.Dck
INK to Miss Skok AAd sAs used n. this
constituted an ADfr4AOsmsnt OF the
retent.
In a ciseentfn4 opfajoa. n which he
to'ned BY Ju.ttsss Hughes and
Lamar. Chief Justice White denounced
th,e extraordinary optoion In the most
biting language. 0tsdaS that the Pat
eDt d'd rot cover the 1nh IN any way,
re dem9ncrd that tie legislative de-
partlDCnt Of the government amend
the low so as 10 mAHo II impossible
'or y p~rc"ec"nt established BY the
cnc'aion TO Re naintA10ed; and then
We ci'"a s"r" Of tNs weird and rdicu-
lous len"ths - which his decision, II
. wtr" mcir'a'rcd. would reasonably
Lead.
Views az chisf "Jvst!ee.
"Ur".r this decision IL IA now the
IL w." Grole,rd the chief Justice. "that !
1ncn a rHta. 700 sells an engine. that |
h-s a r'ra, ~ ling under tAs pa.ent
avs al. cc,l or electrical energy used
70 VG!" vac TnaCotRD. or ven Sne |
',br'cprts plcrloyod In III. opsrstton.
'rrle y rn.ented esrpsntsrs plnpa.
TIE rover now epfsss 10 confue the
.c,rren,er buying u TO the use Of
irrhrr sawed from treeS, crown On
he ,sph ~ partfsular person or
saved IN p ray1jcu,s, mill. The owner
GA r~o,or,.d cooking device ear now
L,L 80 h,,,. 80 4. l., ou..,ao.