The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-07

there have arisen cases of politicians
who not only do not represent tho peo-
pie, but who make their bread and
butter by thwarting the wishes of the
people. This Is true of the bosses OF
both political parties In my own state
of New York; and II IL just as true
OF the bosses OF one or the other po-
litical party IN great many states of
the union. The power OF the people
must be made supreme within the
several party organizations.
In the contest which eliminated six
weeks ago In this city speedily found
that my chance was at a minimum In
any state where ! could not get an
expression of the people themselves In
the primaries found that If could
appeal to the rank and file of the re-
publican voters. I could generally win,
whereas. IL I had to appeal to the po-
litical caste--which includes the most
noisy defenders Of the old system-f
generally lost. Moveover, I found. as
a matter Of fact, not as a matter of
theory. that these politicians habitual-
" and unhesitatingly resort to every
species Of mean swindling and cheat
ing In order to carry their point. IL
is because of the general recognition
of this fact that the words politics and
politicians have grown to have SIN
lister meaning throughout this coun-
try. The bosses and their agents In
the national republican convention ut
T,h,cnwn ,reate5 noilticnl theft as n
iagi.t,nota nniitic., ,vennon II is in
.,,r,,n,i,a IA cn,nnara fhc voies OF states
"har., ,here ,vare onen prInarIes and
tha vo,as n stnte. where there were
',n, r., ilI,noi. pannavlvnnin and
Ohio we had direct primaries, and the
Taft machine was beaten two to one.
pa,,aa,, ara bord.rinv nm these states
,.a,. W,chivan Indiana and Ken
,uckv In these states we could no,
net direct primaries, and the poiti-
clans elected two delegates to our one.
In the first three states the contests
were absolutely open, absolutely hon
est. The rank and file expressed their
wishes, and there was no taint of
! fraud about what they did, In the
other three states the contest was
marked by every species of fraud and
violence ON the part Of our opponents,
| and half the Taft delegates in the Chi
| ca 20 convention from these states had
tainted titles. The entire Wall street
press at this moment Is vigorously on
gagged In denouncing the direct pri
| mary system and upholding the old
are are ar o'u do,nw @ hecanse they know thai
tne BOSSES an" 'ne powe'a W., nsn ~, speu,a' ~"
,,,n,, ,.s,an, ,hat ,hav
u,r Wv NJ .a,,, INA f,,a of ,he
n"Ne viii ,,r..ss ,ha,n.s,,,ns ~, a.
people can @ nap' eos .,' s e., ~ No. ..
III thi.aso way iInuu upo" ~ .'''. :,
ahc 1in OF the repu"',.an ',. "a.
was optaIhsu "hE py ue.,""'.s
rank anu l'ie y, ,h. pniS ,.,,,'
rlsht 10 express lh,i' ."oi. "'u su ...
irauduieht ACTION uoes no' p',u s'"
sie hphest niehiper vi 'he p"r'y'
Well. what the national committee
and the fraudulent majority OF the ma
tional convention did at Chicago In
misrepresenting the people has been
done again and again In congress,
perhaps especially In the senate and
| In the state Legislature. Again and
again laws demanded by the people
| have been refused to the people be-
cause the representatives OF the peo-
ple misrepresentd thm Now my pro-
| posal Is merely that We shall give To
| the people the power to he used not
! wantonly but only In exceptional cases.
+, themselves to see to 1t that the gov
| ernmental action taken I'm their name
Ia really the action that they desire.
The People and the Courts.
|
The American people, ana not the
courts, are to detaSmins their own
fundamental policies. The people
should have power to deal with the
effect of the acts OF all their govern
mental agencies. This must be ex-
tended 10 INCLUDE the effects OF judi
cial acts as well as the acts OF the
executive and legislative representa-
tives of the people Where the judge
merely does justice az between man
and man. not dealing with constitu-
tional questions. then the interest OF
the public Is only to see that lie IL q
wise and upright Judge. Means should
be devised for making 1t easier than at
present to get rid of an incompetent
| Judge: means should be devised by the
bar and the bench acting In conjunc-
tion with the various Legislative bodies
to make justice far more expeditions
and more certain than at present. The
stick In the-bark legalism. the legal
ism that subordinates equity to techni-
| calities. should be recognized as a
potent enemy OF justice. But this IL
not the matter OF most concern ut the
moment. Our prime concern Is that In
dealing with the fundamental law OF
the land. In assuing finally to inter-
pret II. and therefore finally to make
II, the acts of the courts should be sub
ject to and not above the final con-
| troll of the people AS "A whole l deny