Arizona republican., 1912-08-07

|Of course, on certain points, but these
 are the differences which one corpor-
 atiOn lawyer has with another cor
 poratiOn lawyer when acting for diff
 ferent corporations. They come to-
 gether at once as against common
 enemy when the dominion of both is
 threatened by the supremacy of the
 people of the United States. *
 If this country is really to go forward
 along a path of social and economic
 justice, there must be a new party of
 nation wide and non sectional princi-
 ciples, a party where the titular na-
 tional chiefs and the real state lead CTS shall be in genuine accord, a party
 in whose cOunsels the people shall be supreme. a party that shall represent
 in the nation and the several states alike the same cause. the cause of human rights and of governmental efficiency" The reassertiOn of the
 states rights doctrine of the demo.
 cratic party cripples and forecloses any real or genuine relief to the peo
 pie. It reduces their promises to hope
 less and empty phrases. Ths mission and spirit of this progressive move ment will thrill the republic from end to end.
 The Right of the People to Rule 'The actions of the Chicago con- vention, and to an only less degree of the Baltimore convention, have shown in striking fashion how little the peo- pie do rule under our present condi- tions" In order to assure this pop ular rule MT. Roosevelt urged the adoption of presidential primaries. popular election of senators. the short ballot, an efficient corrupt practices act, qualified use of the initiative, ref erendum and recall The recall should 1 be applied to administrative officers. | Mir Roosevelt asserts that the adop- l tion of these new methods of political administration is not antagonistlc to representative government. An l de- | sire to do by securing more direct control of the governmental agents and representatives of the people is to give the people chance to make their representatives really represent them whenever the government becomes misrepresentative instead of represen- tative I have not come to this way | of thinking from closed study or as a matter of theory; I have been forced l to it by a long experience with the actual conditions of our political life The Courts and the People
 1 Under this head MT Roosevelt very strongly emphasizes the necessity of the sovereign people preserving a check on every branch of public ser vice Under this head MT. Roosevelt reiterates his now well-knoWn views regarding the courts The American people and not the courts are to de l termine their own fundamental poll- cies." This does not mean that the people are to interfere in cases which i involve merely questions of justice De- tween individuals except that means should be devised for making it easier than at present to get rid of an in- | competent judge" But when a jul 1 dicial decision involves an nterpre- tation of what the people mean by the constitutions which they have framet and laws passed by the people are nuIlified because the courts say those
 laws are contrary to the peoples VII
 as expressed in their constitution
 there must be a reference to the peo
 ple of the public effect of such de cisions under forms securing full de
 liberation" to the end that the peo
 ple may rectify this alleged defect II
 their constitution by a popular VOL
 having all the force of a constltutloHd
 amendment. Our purpose IS not U
 impugn the courts, but to emanclpat them from a position whenever the!
 stand finally in the way of socla iustice am well aWar' that every upholder of privilege, ever.
 hired agent or beneficiary of the spe cial interests, including many well
 meaning parlor reformers. will de nome all this as socialism or anar tchv'-the same terms they used Tn LII
 past in denouncing the movements U control the railways and to contro the public utilities As matter
 fact. the propositions I make constl tute neither anarchy nor socialism but. on the contrary, a corrective TO socialism and an antidOte to anarchy' Constructive Control of the Trusts
 In addition to punishment for Wron doing bv the trusts, the imperative de : mand is effective and complete regu ,lation The views of President Va
 Hise. of the University of Wisconsin ; in his scientific work on trust regula r ton are in harmony with the pro
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 ..,The present conditions of bushes lcannot be accepted as satisfactory ' The reason for this is explained, l Mir. Roosevelts opinion, by the fac t that those dealing with subject hay s attempted to divide into two camp c eacFis unwise as the other" One cam e has fixed it's attention only on tn | need for prosperity prosperity to th = big men on top, trusting to their mer n cv to let something leak through l. the mass of their countrymen beloV d which. in effect, means that thei s should be no attempt to regulate IT n ferocious scramble in which gree = and cunning reap the largest rewards s The other camp has so fixed it's al O tention upon the injustices of the dlS . tribution of prosperity, emitting a l. consideration of having something