The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-11
THE JUDICIARY
AlD PROGRESS
PRESIDENT FAFTts sPEEcfj AT
TOLEDO, OHIO.
ANSWER 10 GQL. ROUSEVELL

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.plsand stand on SOLD and safe gEpsialaa
ne must re-exanlhe the fund 1eutal
principles Sf tstlbIs Hqppiar geYsfni
nlent; The history etthe world seems
to SHOW TINT our form Of government
Il more enduring ind sati factory tltapt
my Other We begap, gssa sppfail ] Ilai
.lpNofstlilrtseh statesst tapgi alons t 4l,sl
Atlantic leoast OF 9 .Oeo. 900 9fqpsoplei
M under the same eeas Ion ~
haze ralargsd IN ben world Power q
ISttFele 81 rs Betll1lla iflte
aae Of more than 5000 900 qf psggle
augqwlth ashhmane guard nship 81
fa,DGg, 0eR more ttipetp the Paeife AID
one Ia lnc Atlantic, we have fought,
beginning withslthe Revolution, four
foreign wars, aadRs have survived a
civil war Of tIie gfeatest proportions
recorded in history md have united
,thebattiing sections by an-indlssoluble
tie. From our body polite we have
exclsed the cancer Of slavery, the only
thing protected blythe constitution
which was inconsistent with that lib;
erty. the preservation Of which was
tile main purpose Of establishing the
Union. We have increased our bust.
hess and productive activities in every
direction, we have expanded the de;
veIOpment Of our natural resources to
beicontiuent wide, and all the time we
have maintained sacred those mullen
able rights Of man, the right Of liberty,
the right OF private property and the
right to the pursuit Of happiness.
ysssrs ThsmpsIyssR Representatives
For these reasons ge believe in hep
ulat goteIinell bEernment \ a
human insttinie aiItS to secure the
greatest good To- ite greatest number
and The greatest happiness to tho In:
dlyldual, Experience, aud especially
the growth of popular government In
our own history. has shown that ip
the l6fg rtin5e elSss Of the people,
aid sBy stiat slmea those similarly
situated, are better able to secure at.
teptlon to their welfare than any 9th.
er class, however altrlistic the latter
class may be. OF. course this assumes
that the members Of the class AEe
reasonable Intelligence and capasfllfR
forknowIng their76wn rights and" fn-
terest; hence It follows that the best
government, in the-se Of the gov
eminent most certain to provide for
and protect the rights and governs
mcat!rl needs of every class, Is thai
onel In which every class has a voice
Ii recognition Of tllls, the tendency
from earliest times In our history has
.Bacn thr enlargement Of the electorate
to include In the ultimate source Of
governmental power as many as posi-.
bic Of those governed. But even to.
liz the electorate Is not more III mum.
I'll than !'0ric.fourtli Of the total mum;
Iitr Of those who are citizens OF the
istlnn ana are the people for whom
gilS government Is maintained and
whose rights and happiness the gov.
.:aMcnt is intended to secure. More
!Iian this. government by unanimous
VOC 0f the electorate Is impossible,
and therefore the majority Of the cleo
't6fatc nustrnle. We find, therefore,
that government by the people is, un-
lpr our present system. government
hya minority OF one-fourth Of those
whose rights and happiness are to be
effected ly The course and conduct OF
The goyeS,mcpt. This Is the nearest
Ion government By the whole people
We haye ever had
! Woman Suffrage Coming.
Waman's suffrage will change this,
and K is doubtless coming rs soon as
the electorate can be certain that most
women desire It and will assume its
burden md responsibility. But even
then the electorate will only be part
ot the whole people In other words,
10 electorate Is n representative gov:
,rnug body for the whole people for
witch the government was established
mud the controlling majority Of the
electorate is body still less Humer'
Gus 1t is thus apparent that ours is
n government Of al the people by 2
ACKNOWLEDGMENT tlic people. Now,
the ohjertso government Is not only
to secure the greatest good to the
greatest number, but also TO do this as
near as may be by securing the rights
ofcoch indiyidual'n his liberty, prop
erty and pursuit of happiness: hence
long ago recognized that thedl-
rect actfonrof n temporary majority Of
tlieexistlng electorate must he limited
by fundamental law-that is. by a con,
stitution intended TO protect the In