La Junta tribune., 1912-06-15
Arguments OF the President
Torn TO Tatters.
TO RULE IS PEOPLES Right
Colonel Declares His Confidence In
Plain peopie-Should Have Power
20 Redress Own Wrongs-
Shows Up Irconsis'encies
OF His Opponents.

ident Roosevelt delivered an address
last night In Carnegie ball before an
enthusiastic and demonslratiye audi
ence. He refuted with characteristic
yigot and logic the arguments made
against his Columbus speech by Pres
ident Taft and others He said
The great fundamental issue is nov
before the Republican party and be
fore our people can be stated briefly
II is. Are the American people NJ 10
govern themselves. to rule them
selves. to control themselves be
lieve they are My opponents do not,
believe In the right OF the people 10
rule believe that the majority OF
the plain people OF the United States
will day In and day out, make fewer
mistakes in governing themselves
than any smaller class or body o'
men. no matter what their training
will make In trying TO govern them
] believe again that the American
people are as whole capable Of sell
control and of learning by their mis-
takes our opponents pay hp loyalty
to this doctrine but they show 'he'r
real beliefs by the way IN which they
champion eSery device 10 make M"
nominal rule Of tho people ashamed
have scaut patience with this talk
OF tho tyranny Of the majority When
ever there De- the tyranny e' The ma
iorlty I shall protest against u with
all my heart and soul Hgf We are
today suffering from tho tyranny OF
the mluorltios o. m small minority
that ia grabbing our coal deposits.
our water POWERS and Our harhor
fronts N small minority E"guinr
on rhe snlo of afH''r-are1 foods and
drugs o. De- "a -ml. minority ,aal I.ra
behind mur8nU.Ier and trusts N. De-
n small minority that stands behind .
the present law of master and scr
want. the Fwolfshurs aHd tho whole .
calendar Of serial and industrial in.
Justice n is small minority hat rs /
today using our convention system to
ht the rill Of the majority Of the peo.
pie in tho choice Of delegates 10 the
Chicago convention
Is the Peoples Right,
MY opponents charge that two
things In my program are wrong be
cause they lutrude into the sanctuary
OF the judiciary The first Is the re.
call Of Judges and the second the re
view by the rcopl. Of judicial deci.
sions on certain constitutional ques.
tons have said again and nEaln
that do not advocate the recall Of
Judges In all state. and In all commu.
mites The integrity Of our judges
from Marshall 10 white and Holmes
and 10 Cullen and many others In
our own staie-ls = fine page Of Amer
team history, But say It soberly-
democracy has right to approach
the sanctuary Of the courts when a
special interest has corruptly found
sanctuary there, aud this Is exactly
what has happened In som. Of the
states where the recall OF Judges Is n
living issue IL II not equally plain
that the question whether given
social policy Is for the public good
I. not Of a judicial mature. bu, should
be settled by the legislature. or In
the final Instance by the people
themselves,
The presidcn, OF the United States.
Mr. TAFT devoted most of a recent
speech TO criticism of this proposi.
ton he says ,hs, II is utterly with.
out meri, or utility. and instead Of
being In the interest Of all the people
and of the stability OF popular gov.
eminent. 10 sowing tho s.-ds OF con.
fusion and tyranny ny this h. OF
course. means the tyranny OF the ma.
jority. that Is, 'hs tyranny ~ the
American people as whole lie
also says ,hs, my proposal (which, ~
he rightly ss~s. 10 merely a proposal
10 give the people . real instead OF
oaiy . nominal chance 10 construs
and amend = state constitution with
reasonable rspldityl would make such
amendment and Interpretation De
pend on the fe,crish. uncertain and
unstable determination Of successive
votes on different laws by Temporary
and changing majoriti... and that II
veil ordered freedom and sub bjects
tAe guarantees Of life. liberty and
property withou, remedy TO the f,iu
impulse Of = temporary majority Of %
electorate
10 Wholly UnfevNesd.
This criticism 10 really iess q crit
cts0 os my proposal than . cri,icisu
o. oil popular sovernm~nt II II
vAealy uafounded. unless II 10 found
- - the belief that The people sr,
fuo1aoestally un'rustwotthy. rhis
y tAs esession that propose 10 Sub
lit - The peoDls. How eas ~ prs
val1aG merahty - . psepoedsraaet
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assestaiael thaa by . vote ef The peo
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t1ao the coust vhat their ows moral
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