Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-26

trolled judges There have been judges
who acted as other mems servants and
not as the servants of the public. And
there can be no moral objection to re-
moving such men from public service.
"Ah! There have been some shameful
chapters in that story. Think of it, the
reason you applauded just now, that you
feel, as | feel, that the judiciary process
is the last ultimate safeguard of the
things that we want to hold stable in
this country, but suppose that that safe
guard is corrupted, suppose that it does
not guard my interests and yours, but
guards merely. the interests of a very
small group of individuals, and
that, whenever your interests clash with
theirs, yours will have to give way,
though you represent 80 per cent. OF
your fellow citizens and they only 70
per cent Then. where is your safe
guard and what is it safeguarding, 1
would like to know. The great processes
of equitable thought must control the
judiciary as they control every other in
strument of government. But there are
ways and ways of controlling it. If
mark you, | say fiat one time the
Southern Pacific Railroad owned the SUI
preme court of the state of California,
what was the trouble? Would you RENE
dy it by recalling the judges of the SUI
preme court of California? Not so long
as the Southern Pacific Railroad could
substitute others. for them. You woul1
not be cutting deep enough.
THE people have suspected thas
the Southern Pacific owned the su-
9 nd -
tiful state that stretches her fair
acres up and down the coast OF the
Pacific and because of that they have
said We are going to go to the heart
of this matter and disiodge these men
who have been controlling our af-
fairs This thing that grows like
a canker in our yitals must be cut
out; though | grant you it must be
cut out with the skill and the knowl-
edge and the tenderness of the sur
geon, who will not disturb the vital
tissues to which this ugly thing i
attached"
In his address here, tonight, Gov.
Wilson paid high tribute to the poll
tician aggressiveness of Senator Id
Toilette and declared himself closely
akin to Progressives of his type ana
those who arose in Iowa in opposi-
ton to the protective tariff. The
Governor incidentally made reply t.
some of the declarations in President
Taft's interview in the New York
Evening World. today.
Il yield to no man." said Gov. VIII
son. in personal admiration of our
present distinguished President.
would be incapable of personal
criticism of him because | am not
criticizing him in my thoughts, much
less in my speech.
THE President said, the other daF
that if the Democratic party was II.
power there would come a series 81
rainy days for those engaged in the
Industries of the country. | recall the
time. when he condemned the sched-
ule X under which the wool monopoly
fiourishes, and | want to ask him l.
he doesn't think that rainy days came
long ago TO the poor mill hands III
Lawrence, Mass. What kind of days
are those that are enjoyed by some
of the employees of the overshadew-
ing steel monopoly, who have to work
seven days in the week, II hours eV
cry one of the seven, and can't, Wheh
the So weary days have passed ana
a year is told, find their bills paid or
their little families properly sustain
ed? Are they waiting for RAIN"
The Governor also referred to Col
Roosevelt.
Does anybody dream for mo-
ment," said the Governor, that
there can be third party majority
in either of the houses that are to be
elected on the fifth of November!
Does anybody think that it would be
wise to have so extremely active
gentleman, 50 extremely aggressive
and versatile a gentleman, who is
now leading the third party, put alone
in Washington-an understudy 10
Providence?"
Gov. Wilson spoke of the New
Idea" Republicans in New Jersey, ana
the group of men in Iowa, who Be
gan to shake the faith of the West
in time honored traditions of the Re-
publican party" - b
"Then there arose." continued the
Governor, that sturdy little giant III
Wisconsin,, who is now such an ln6
domitable, unconquerable champion
of progressive ideas all along the line.
| mean Senator La Toilette. Men
who seek expediency rather than pur-
suit principle took him up for lit
lie I'D and pretended to follow him and
then rejected him-not because he
was not the genuine champion OF
their principles, but because they
apparently saw their interest lie in
another direction. l do not believe
there are many chapters of personal
history in the records of parties in
this country more difficult to recon-
ellie with people of honor than that.
| feel myself close kin to those men
who have been fighting the battle OF
Progressive Democracy; for no mat
ter what label they bear, We are oil
one principle"
The theatre where the Democratic
candidate spoke was damned to the
doors and a big crowd was turned
away outside. Gov. Baldwin intro
duced the Presidential nominee in u
speech of compliment and was round
" cheered himself. Gov. Wilson, early
tomorrow, will continue his New
England trip.
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