Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-27

nor do the courts of any other country
except ours. And ours have the right
to do so on fundamental or constitu-
tional provisions for the safety of lib
erty and property, which are not pc
culiar to this country at all, but are to
be found In all systems of governments
and jurisprudence. No such meaning
was ever given to these safeguards of
property and liberty until by the
Judges IN this country. 1t Is judge
made law pure aud simple"
Issues Admit No Compounds.
But the attacks are not confined to
misrepresentation of his utterances
only. The epithet is hurled. MI.
Roosevelt is q man "of im~perious ambi-
TONS" says the snug Mr.. Philander Q.
Knox. and is prompted by whims,
vaniies and mysterious antipathies."
Maybe not so mysterious to the people
as to men of the Knox stamp. Anoth-
er distinguished gentleman of the same
type has had something to say In this
line. Mr.. Root, In his best admonitory
style, with furrowed brow and melting
sadness, is talking about government
by whim and impulse-not such bad
things, after all, If the within is right
eous and the impulse patriotic. There
is not much within or impulse about
Root and Knox. For so many years
their bias has run with their retainers
that 10Y they are unable to climb out
Of the deep and smooth worn grooves.
When one thinks Of Root, politically
millstoned by the character Of the
clients he has served too well; whose
abilities the people concede, without
admiring, although they fear them; i'm
penetrable, cunning; who never did and
never will receive any dignity or mark
of confidence at the peoples hands
which is the result Of their free express
sion and who can transmit to his de-
s%cendants no testimonial of his life so
fragrant or precious as the expression
Of his friend Roosevelt's esteem at a
time when he was so fortunate as TO
possess 1t; when one thinks OF Knox,
who but for the signature Of Roosevelt
to his commission of appointment
would still be the suspected little look
sharp Of the greatest tariff beneficiary
among our people and who fought
Roosevelt's effort to make the anti
trust law more definite and specific,
signing as a member of the senate COM
mittee on the judiciary the report that
the Sherman law is clear, comprehen-
sive, certain and highly remedial, Gov
ering the field Of federal Jurisdiction
and in every respect a model law;
when one thinks Of Stimson, who but
for Mr.. Roosevelt would still be the
humdrum lawyer man of writs ana
capiases and not concerned with the
government Of insular possessions or
the mobilization Of armies; when me
thinks Of others who have been held
up in times Of failure and of danger,
who have been lifted to honors beyond
their ambitions and their deserts, by
virtue of his friendship and his sup
port, who In this great and single
handed fght he is making for the peo-
pie still sulk in hiding, afraid to open
ly oppose and more afraid to play the
role Of loyalty, we realize how rare a
thing a mar is after all.
The significance of this great strug-
gle is not understood by all. To some
men of restricted vision it seems only
a contest of rival ambitions. It's deep
underlying forces, it's tremendous I'M
port to the people, its relation to the
future well being Of the nation, are
but dimly apprehended by some. The
contest will not urn on carping criti-
cisms or acrimonious exchanges be-
tween overheated partisans. These is
cues are vital. They are all embrac-
ing. They do not admit Of ~paltering
or compromise. The call Of duty Is
ringing. The demand Of the hour Is
for a man Of convictions, who has
mastered the lessons Of our history,
who knows that this government is a
government Of the people, who has no
distrust of them, but an unwavering
confidence In their right and in their
destiny and who VIII fight.
That man is Theodore Roosevelt!