New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-02

what belongs TO one man, 70 eno ,Hnse
,rho ruth is my friends, both OF thvsc
who have left the Republcan p1Fy Yer
der the inspiration Of their present Ieunt
end our old opponents, the i)einoclaWIS'
nnder their candidate, are going IN AZ
Tection they do not definitely Know, 'o~
ard an end they cannot oe1hliieH on
scribe. with but one chief ana ciSar Tor Tor
iect and that Is of acquiring power III
fhcir partv by popular support through
the promise OF o change for the DS g,,,
What they clamor for Is chanse. ,not
ask for q change In government % .Sa
Tho Government may be restored 10 ", i!e
neopJc, az II this had not been peop!t9
government since the beginning Oh we
CONSTITUTION. have the fullest sympatns
with every reform In governments, unn
the expression Of the popular VIII as the
short ballot and the reduction In cleo
tive offices to make 1t possible. BUT ines
gentlemen propose TO reform the govern
due to the failure OF the people TO devote
as much time "a is necessary 10 lnelT
political duties by requiring a poiiticai
activity BY the people three times that
wiling nif to assume and thus they propose
remedies which, instead OF exciting tue
people to further Interest ana activity ~
the government, Will tire tnem INTO s uoti
an Indifference as still further TO relnahu
control of public affairs 10 a minority.
But after wo have changed all the gov
ernmental machinery so as TO permit ~
Simultaneous expression OF tho people IN
constitutional amendments, IN s.a ,hos
Votes are not bread, constitutional
amendments are not work, referenourns
do not pay rent or furnish houses recans
DO not furnish clothing, initiatives 90 ne.
supply employment or relieve lnoquai't.e,s ,
of condition or Of opportunity. we SUI
ouuht TO have set before Us the definite
plans to bring on complete equality Of OPP,
portunty and to abolish hardship ana es"
for humanity. We listen fer them IN VAN:
Instead of giving us the beneht or any
specific remedies for the hardships ana
evils of society they point out, they lol
low their urgent appeals Tor closer ,' ASA y,
attempt to cultivate tho hostility OF the
people to the courts and to represent tlat
they are in some form upholding mus
tice and are Obstructing the popular VIII
Attempts are made to take away all those
safeguards for maintaining the inoe-
pendence Of the judiciary when are so
carefully framed in our Constitution,
These attempts find expression In the
policy, on the one hand, of the recall Oh
Judges, a system under which judge
whose decision In one case may rem
porarly displease the electorate Is 10 DC
deprived at once of his ofice ny d po3Ptu,
lar vote. pernlcious system einbodied IN
the Arizona constitution and Wh,cf the
Democrats of the House and Senate re.
fused 10 condemn as the Initial policy OF
a new state. Ins same spirit IlttIliLGS
itself in the vote by Democratic Sena-
tors on the proposition, first, to abolish
the Commerce Court, and, second, 70
abolish judges by mere act OF repeal, al
though under the Constitution their terms
arc for life. on no ground except that
they did not like some OF the courts re-
cent decisions. Another form of hostility
20 the judiciary is shown In the srotGslue
proposition by the leader of former Re
publicans who have left thoir party for
recall Of decisions, so that decision on q
point OF constitutional law, having been
rendered by the highest court capable or
rendering IL, shall then be submitted 10
popular vote To determine whether II
ought 10 he sustained. Again, the Demo
cratic party In Congress ard convention
shows Its desire 20 weaken the courts 10y
forbidding tho use OF the writ 81 injunc-
ton 10 protect q lawful business against
the destructive effect OF q secondary boy
colt and by interpOsing q jury In con-
tempt proceedings brought to enforce
it, order and DEGREES. These provisions
are really class legislation designed 20
secure immunity for lawlessncss in labor
disputes on the part OF the laborers. but
operating much more widely TO paraiyze
the arm OF the court IN cases which 90
not involve labor disputes at all The hos
tility TO tho judiciary and the measures
10 take away It's power and It's independ-
ence constitute the chief definite policy
that can be fairly attributed 10 that class
OF statesmen and reformers whose alb
sorptlOn and control the Republican party
escaped at Chicago and the Democratic
party yielded TO a. Baltimore.