Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-11
ATTACKS ROOSEVELT
IN SENATE SPEECH

ATTACKS ROOSEVELT
IN SENATE SPEECH
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ments among men, were advocated
with some show of reason and pru'
dence.
"A new Richmond, however, has
rushed upon the political field. The
real, consistent, faithful leader OF
radical political thought whose cour'
age, consistency and faithfulness we
all admired. even If we did not accept
the doctrines advocated, became Ill
and exhausted The banner he was
faithfully and bravely carrying was
| dropping. E
Attacks Roosevelt as Ignorant.
This new Richmond rushed upon
! the political scene, threw his hat into
the ring, and shouted to the wavering
hosts to follow him in the highways
of progress and victory. Hoping to
reap where others had sown, ne
sought to pluck the fruit OF victory
, to his own bosom. Having worked and
won with the despised standpatters,
and not being practiced in the prin-
ciples OF modern political progress, he,
with the recklessness of ignorance and
the rashness of the new convert, Is
appealing to all that is base. selfish
and unjust in the apparent hope OF
gratifying an Unsuitable ambition.
I'm his campaign for place and
power he seems to have forgotten the
honors bestowed upon him by his
party and by the people OF the
country He seems to be unmindful OF
the dignity and department OF one who
filled the most exalted position in the
gift of man. We respect and tolerate
the actions and utterances Of the ordi'
nary politician, but 1t is shock to
our people to see their idol seeking
place and power by appealing to pas
sions, prejudices and hatreds and
whose most powerful argument is de-
nunciation Of the motives and honesty
Of those who oppose him. He would
substitute the biased, warped and in
famed opinions of the multitude for
the Judgment of those acting in a
judicial capacity based on sworn evil
dence, weighed and balanced by those
rules and principles which have
been brought forth from the crucible
of time to insure Justice to the poor
and the rich, the weak and the
strong"
Touches on lorimer Case.
Senator Jones said he did not pro-
pose to discuss the judicial recall, but
would notice only the latest sugges.
ton advanced for the guidance Of
those acting in a judicial capacity. He
then quoted at some length from Col.
Roosevelt's comment upon the Lorimer
case in his speech Of March 80 at De-
troit wherein the former president
charged that Senators Dillingham;,
Gamble and Jones were reactionaries
because they recommended that Lori
mer be permitted to retain his seat.
Senator Jones said:
"This argument may have, caught
the fancy Of those who listened with
out grasping the full significance OF
the statements made; but no PROPOSE
ton was ever advanced by the widest
anarchist more subversive of the prin-
ciples Of human Justice, or human
rights and good government than the
principal suggestion contained in this
statement"
Senator Jones argued at length that
the constituents of the senators man,
ed would want them to vote on the
Lorimer case according to their own
consciences. He said he did not be-
lieve there could be found within his
state one who is such reactfonary as
to approve "the rule of judicial con-
duct practiced by Pontius Plate. II
Mr.. Roosevelt made the suggestion
seriously, it is shocking. II he made
it ignorantly it is pitable If he made
it to secure votes, it is despicable.
Recall Doctrine Extreme.
"You will note that this is not a
suggestion that the judges should de-
eide a case according to their judg-
ment of the law and the evidence and
then to allow the people to pass upon
it. 1t goes farther than that. 1t sug-
guests that the people shall make the
decision, that the Judge shall disregard
the law and the evidence and try to
ascertain what he thinks the people
desire to be done in the case and then
act in accordance with what he be-
lieyes is their Judgment. This prop
osition is SO extreme, so shocking. so
contrary to all principles Of enlighten-
ed JURISPRUDENCE 81 duIdSOAlSIIC w
the basic principles Of judicial action
that have been brought forth in the
crucible Of time for the protection Of
life, liberty and property that can
not conceive of the state of mind or
the purpose that prompted its utter
ance. leave this mystery for the
people themselves to solve. ~
"If this rule is to be followed then
the Judges must instruct iuries that
they are not to decide the cases upon
the law and the evidence submitted
to them but they must endeavor to
find out what the public sentiment is
with reference to the matter at issue
and decide it in accordance with that.
Judges. instead of instructing the
Jury as to what the law is, should try
to tell them what the public senti-
ment is"
Senator Jones said he had wondered
few weeks ago why 1t was that at
torneys would not allow Col. Roosevelt
to act as juror. He added: Il IN
derstand now"