The Washington times., 1912-04-09

the United states and hailed every
where for more than a century as the
greatest political hdvance made by
modern nen7 All this advance, all this
proeress, MI this sucscssful seeking
after liberty un,lcr Jaw. has. II seems,
suddenly beCone fossilized, cdt of date:
and a phasa OF the rule of the dead
hand
III this vehement denunelation OF our
government and of our courts is on,'-
half true: then the Republican party
giEe to. the people of this country for
having three times defeated so FAR
siehted a man as Mr.. Bryan for the
The process of Impeachment is at
hand for the removal of the corrupt
or unjust Judge, II such there be- the
recall. be II remembered, Is aimed at
-the courageous and high-minded judge
who defends the peoples will from the
attacks of the peoples feeling and the
peoples passion. II has been well said
that 'savages do not like an Independent
and upright judiciary; they want the
Judge to decide their way, and II he
does not, they want to behead him.
Must Be At War.
with all this the Republican party
always and everywhere a party dedi-
Gated to the advancement of human
liberty and to the broadening Of human
war This is no time for the ordinary
platitudes OF party complacency. We
are not yet ready to substitute govern
ment by men OF presumably good in
tentions for government by law. This
contest within the party, and this Pres
idential election, may decide whether
our Government Is to be Republican or
Cossack. Are the Republicans of New
York for constitutional government or
against It: Are they prepared to mann
tain and to advance the old historic
party of Lincoln, or are they ready TO
cast its principles and its convictions to
the winds In order to make a new and
revolutionary one? We owe IL TO our
traditions, we owe it to ourselves, we
owe It TO the people of the United
States, to make the fight vigorously and
in the open for the preservation OF the
Government founded by the Constitu-
ton and for the development OF our
political life along and within the lines
and limitations there established. This
Is the one and only path OF enlight-
ened and constructive statesmansnlp.
"Pious and oracular aphorisms are
the stock in trade of the political patent
medicine man whose pursuit of a
higher office is so compelling that ne
cannot find time TO attend to the duues
of the office which he already holds. The
not paa' seem likely to commend him suf.
ficiently TO a larger and more Import.
ant constituency. Neither the Senate
of the United States nor the governor
ship of sovereign State offers aae.
auate scope for his activities and his
genius. He must hurry OF. while PUBIC
business waits. in order that he may
sound his own praises and reclte hls
own phrases to the open-mouthec
thousands who assempie 10 Bree' Se
great a man.
"The supreme issue in this campaign
| is the preservation of representative In.
| stitutions and the maintenance or ar
| independent judiciary. No other pontl
| the maintenance of the form of govern
ment under which we nve.- II Is IDLE u
| saw that the novel proposals now made
| relate only to action by the States e ane
not to action by the United states. Iht
| temperament and the spirit that bring
| them forward in the several states
| would easily find some plausible excuse
| to bring them forward in the nation I
| they were to be given the slightest en-
| couragement. 1t will be well for Us
| tberefore, to spend a little less time ir
discussing the political Who's VINO,
| and considerably more time In clear
| ing up our convictions as to the politica
Whats What
| Speech Falls Flat.
| DR.. Buffers speech fell fiat. Th'
| crowd laughed with him, but II wal
languid and could not beb aroused.
j The first real applause came at tn
4 mention Of the name, Of Mckinley. 1
lasted forty seconds. The convention
/ had little more than polite interest TO
/ Buffers most rabid attacks on the pro
/ eressiye policies of Roosevelt. Tn
| speech, an open attack on all those Wh
dare to believe with Roosevelt. social
| lists and semi-socialists, DR.. Butle
sneeringly called them, evidently wa
| not appreciated.