Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-24
He Charges That Presidents
Scheme is "a Government of
the People, for the People by
the Bosses. "
ALLEGES REACTIONARlES
DlSTRUST PEOPLE
Explains Position on Recall of
judicial Decisions Not to
Mean Reversal in Cases Be-
tween Private Parties,

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tBy Morning Journal special Leased wire.I
4 Portland. Me, March 23.--The most
| direct criticism Vet leveled at Presi-
dent Taft by his predecessor in office.
was contained liz "A speech delivered
! here tonight by Colonel Roosevelt
| The colonel spent twelve hours In
| Portland and received cordial well
| come. He was the chief guest at 4
| luncheon and dinner, shook hands
steadily for two hours in the after
noon, attended a conference of Maine
politicians and tonight spoke for an
hour before crowd which filled the
Armory auditorium.
| Colonel Roosevelt repeated the
statement which he made in his New
York speech on Wednesday night, that
President Taft had declared in favor
of government by representative
part of the people"
| "ln its actual workings" he said
"the presidents scheme would be a
government of the people. for the
people, by the BOSSES
| Colonel Roosevelt named senator
| Penrose, OF Pennsylvania, Senator
Gallinger. OF New Hampshire; William
Barnes Jr., of New York; Congress
man Mckinley, the presidents cam
paign manager and Congressman
Tawney, OF Minnesota, representing
the chief political adherents OF the
president" and said that they were
I praclsely the men, who. under the
presidents theory, would be, as they
to certain degree already are, the
representative part of the people
which governs the rest OF the people
and which does not really represent
them at ALL but misrepresents.
The collapse of the speakers plat
form IN the auditorium created some
excitement, although Colonel Roose-
welt was unnjured.
The platform. which was elevated
about three feet from the floor, was
occupied by about thirty persons. As
Colonel Roosevelt assembled Ii on
entering the hall. II gave away with
a crash. The middle portion sank to
the floor. Colonel Roosevelt quickly
stepped to the front of the structure
which did not give way and waved his
hand at the crowd. A chair was
placed on the edge of the platform
and during the remainder Of the even
ing Colonel Roosevelt remained
placidly at the very front of the weak
cned stage.
When Walter II. Brown. president
of the Roosevelt committee In Maine,
introduced the colonel, there was an
outburst of handclapplng. Colonel
Roosovelts opening remarks, in which
he referred to the collapse of the
platform brought laugh from his
hearers.
The platform won't break down.
In the end the servants of the people
VIII have to stand on that platform or
the American democracy will be q.
confessed failure"
Col. Frederick Hale. Frank l.. Ding
ley, brother of the late congressman,
Nelson Dingley, ana a number or
other leaders In the Roosevelt move
ment in Maine, brought TO Colonel
Roosevelt today reports of the hight
in all parts of the state.
Colonel Roosevelt, in his speech.
quoted Abraham Lincoln 10 prove thns
the presidents theory of government
meant government by "a combination
of political and financial privileges.
The president OF the United States
has. in number of recent speeches.
ably and correctly stated the issue be-
tween him and us said Mr.. Roose-
welt. we stand for the right of the
people 10 rule. and we stand for this
as a real and living fact. and not as a
Juggling formula ingeniously devised
so as not to ind expression I'm fact.
In "A recent speech. the president
para phrased Lincoln's great statement
that This Is a government of the
people, for the people. and by the
people, proposing as substitute that
that this is government of the
people, for the people by a represent
alive part cor class) of the people.
1T is dangerous work for any man
10 try To improve on I.incoln's doc
irines Of popular sovereignty and pop
ular right. OF course everybody.
v neither believer In despotism or in
democracy. agrees that there must be
government of the people. In the
next place. even the ruling classes Ia a
iespotism. always publicly state their
government ~ for the people. The
point of difference between the b.
levers In genuine democracy ana
genuine popular rule and those who
lishe lieve in such genuine popular
-ule and believe in government by
ninorities. comes In connection with
.incolns third proposition. that the
government should be by the people.
Those who believe In government
,r rule by a part of the people by .
minority of the people. by priv
legged class or caste. over the rest OF
he people. have always insisted under
very form OF minority government
rom aristOcracy to plutocracy. that
hey were really representing the
,eople. but that thea knew how 70
epresent the people and how 10 gov
'rn them a great deal better than the
'eople did themselves
In actual practice the presidents
heory Of government Of the people
means simply government bx the
'ossck This Il what government -