The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-29

tire American system OF government
Tor. BY and OF the people. violently
antaSontze this proposal. They be-
ieVe and sometimes assert that the
American people are not fitted for
popular government. and that Il Is
necessary to keep the judiciary in
dependent OF the majority or OF All
the people Quoting President Taft !:
that there must be no appeal to the
people from the decision OF a court
in any csc. and that. therefore. the
judges are to be established as SOW
ereign rulers over the people.
Il take absolute issue with sill
those who hold sucn a position.
regard II as complete negation OF
our whole system OF government: and
N IL became the dominant position
in this country. Il would mean the
absolute upsetting OF both the RICH te
and the rule of the people. The only
tena6le excuse for such a position is
the frank ayowal that the people
lack sufficient intelligence and mo-
raltty to be ut to govern themselves. 70
That such q position shows incon-
sistency was the comment OF Colonel
Roosevelt Tho people are inteili-
gent enough to mako a ConstItutIo1
and not Intelligent enough to inter
pref It; they are competent to choose
onctals but Incompetent TO hold them
responsible for the way they exercise
their pSwers. under such a view, he
said.
II DO not say the people are inf,I,,-
BILE" he added. but do say that our
whole history shows that the Ameri-
can people are more often sound In
their decisions than Is the case with
any of the governmental bodies to
Nnom. Tor their convenience they
AaVe delegated portions Of their
powor."
Colonel Roosevelt urged tho recall
OF specific decisions as being even
more necessary than the recall of the
Judges themselves. He cited as an In
Nov York State Supreme Court re-
Casea eayne0t st damages to the
ptststiR fer injuries received because
~ tochnicaiity.
MANY sf the Judges OF that court
L knew personally" he said. "and for
then have q profound regard. Eves
Tor as sasra1t = decision as this I
weuid not vote for their recall. But
the people should have the right to re-
call the decision itself. There are
taousanos OF IVeSes In this country:
thousands OF cases such as this come
up every year. As long as Justice q
keDt thus tntrouched by any court. /
Wtfi protest a. strongly as In me lies
against such action"
OO1UABUG o. Special Thee
eoro Roosevelt came here today from
New York to address the Ohio STATE
constitutional Convention and re-
oe1vcd an enthusiastic reception.
large crowd was at the station whom
the eK-President arrived at 10 O'Clock.
ana he was cheored as he entered 4
closed automobile.
Colonel Roosevelt was escorted
through the streets to his headQuar-
ters during his stay here.
humorous politicians OF local ana
state importance and some Of eveR
national Prominence had preceded
the colonel here. hopins to confer
field.
1t was more than half expected that
colonel Roosevelt's trip might be
turned into an event of political sig
hihcance as regards the possibility Of
his being a candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination
movement was on foot IL was
reported. to start a Roosevelt STAN
pede at the end of his address. with
speeches by political leaders calling
upon Colonel Roosevelt to declare his
candidacy.