Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-09-26
New Jersey Governor Wants
Initiative and Referendum
Adopted by States and Quick
Way to Dust Certain Officers.
CALIFORNIA POLITICS
AFFORD EXAMPLE
Many Instances Have Occur.
red, Says Democratic Candi-
date, Of Flagrant Injustice on
Bench Controlled by Interests

tBy Ms'o|ns sos'a.l 1 sDss'a' ses:sa s w,rs.l
,Governor Woodrow Wilson admitted
ly went further today toward defin-
ling his ideas Of progressive principles
than he has thus far since he became
n nominee.
In a speech that was received with
enthusiasm at Hartford, and another
at New Haven tonight, the governor
explained that he favored the initia-
tive and the referendum as well as
the recall of administrative officers,
but that ne was opposed to the recall
of the judiciary.
The democratic nominee illustrated
some of the points in his speech by
references to political conditions on
the Pacific coast. He said later that
these references to California did not
contemplate the presence in Hartford
and New Haven today of Governor
johnson, of California.
III didn't believe that to be pro-
sressive was to preserve the essentials
OF our institutions, |. for one. could
not be progressive" said Governor
Wilson In his Hartford speech.
Discussing the Initiative and refer
endum Governor Wilson said:
''It Is the last word that makes most
men shrink. Let no man deceive him.
self by the fallacy that anybody pro-
poses to substitute direct legislation
by the people or direct reference OF
laws voted In the legislature to the
vote of the people. for representative
government.
3 ''The Initiative is a means of recap
turing the seat of Legislative authority
Nh behalf of the people themselves.
The referendum Is a means VI seeing
to II that unreprescntativc measures
are not put upon the statute books.
but are checked by being submitted
20 the vote of the people. When you.
come TO the recall, the principle Is.
that If an administrative officer Is
corrupt, or so unwse as TO ne doing
things that are Mkely to lead to MI
sorts Of mischief in the future, It VIII
be possible by u sedate and slow pro-
cess prescribed by law. to get rid OF
that officer before the end of his
term.
Il don't see how any man, who isl
In the traditions OF Ameri-
can affairs. can find any valid ob-
lection to the recall OF administrative
officers.
> 1T Is another matter when 1t comes
to the judiciary. |. myself. have never /
been in favor of the recall OF judges. !
Not that some judges haven't deserv-
ed to be recallcd--that isn't the
point. But because that Is treating the
symptoms instead OF the disease.
s.The disease lies deeper and some
times II Is very. very virulent and very
Gentlemen. there have
been courts in the United states that
were controlled by private interests.
There have been supreme courts In
our states at which men without priv
lege could not get justice. There
nave been corrupt judges; there nave
,cen controlled Judges. There nave
been Judges who acted as other mems
servants and not as the servants oi
he public. And there can be no moral
objection to removing such men from
public service.
"If-mark you. | say. fat one
ime the Southern Pacific railroad
,wned the supreme court of the state
II California, what was the troupie'
Would you remedy II by recaIiing ihe
Judges of the supreme court OF 'ah-
ornia? Not so long AS the southerh
,acifIc railroad could substitute
,thers for them. You wouldn't be cut
ing deep enough. Where you want 10
% IL to the seat of authority. Where
ION want to go Ia to the process by
vhich these Judges were picked out. le
"And when you get there, you lead c
o the moral of the whole OF inns dis-
usslor because the moral of II all is
hat the people Of the United s'a'es
ave suspected until their suspicious
ave been justified by all sorts OF uh-
nswerable evidence that in place al r
or place. We have been controlled ny c
riyatc understandings and by the c
neciaI interests and that influences q
hat were improper II not corrupt b
ave determined everything from thc e
,akine OF laws 10 the sdministrationl n
+ justice. ~.
"They have suspected that the .
o,,h.r, Pacific railroad owned the II
upreme court of that great and peau'
ful state: because of that We nave Il
,,d. We are going to the heart Oh 4
,is matter and dislodge those men
.bo have been controlling our al Id
airs. II
eThis thing that grows like can N
or in our vitals must be cut OUT G
,ouvh I grant you IL must he cut G.
'ith the skill and the knowledge an" 4
10 tenderness of the surgeon VINO Il
i'll not disturb the vital tissues 10 o
hich this ugly thing IL attached p
Continuing tonight along the lines ts
progressive principles, Governor III