The Glenwood post., 1912-10-26
HON. CHAS. w. WATERMAN
Republican Candidate United States Senator hort Ter

passed the senate and was temporarily
held up in the house solely because our
opponents would not permit the admin
istration to gain credit for so humane
and wise and progressive measure on
the eve of a national election. This
measure, which is certain to become a
law, will prove of infinite value to
workmen, gaining for them just com
pensation for injuries, saving them the
cost of protracted legislation, eliminat-
ing that inequality which the financial
resources of their employers too often
created, and insuring to their widows
and families measure of support.
The trust policy of this administra-
ton has been firm, consistent and eff
fective. Great corporal ;ons seeking TO
monopolize industry have been dis
solved. No discrimination has been
shown toward friend or foe. The bitter
enmity of "big business has been in
CURED on the one hand, and the con-
demnation Of those who expected these
prosecutions to destroy instead of reg
ulate business on the other, but neither
has altered the course of the admins
tration, and the ends achieved have
warranted the sacrifice of certain
popular approval During the seven
and half years preceding this admin
istration forty-four cases against trusts
were instituted. During the less than
four years of this administration TWEEN
ty- two civil suits and forty five Grim
inal indictments have been brought un-
der the antitrust law. 1t is not su"
prising that the powerful interests that
hitherto have enjoyed immunity from
prosecution should employ strenuous
and devious methods to create the i'm
preston that these prosecutions are in
effective on the one hand, and certain
I to destroy the prosperity of the nation
on the other. The fact remains that the
law is now respected and observed, and
that, whereas in the past the organiza-
ton of trusts designed to acquire mon
opolies of the industries in which they
are engaged was an almost daily oc-
currence, none has been organized dur
ing the last two years. This will dem
onstrate the source of the opposition
to my enforcement of the antitrust
law, but in the meantime wise men will
not be duped by the vituperative abuse
of those who are seeking to utilize the
dissatisfaction of the trustmakers to
further their own political ambitions.
In a limited space it is impossible 10
review all the grounds on which the
republican party bases its claim to con-
tinued confidence and retention n
power But it should not be forgotten
that it is as much the duty of a great
party to oppose policies and legislation
that would prove inimicai to the well
fare of the nation as to urge remedies
for existing evils The recall of judges
and judicial decisions is hostile to that
form of government which has made
the United States the greatest nation
in the world, which has fostered liber-
ty; promoted equality of opportunity,
and achieved prosperity beyond the
most sanguine dreams of our forefath-
ers. The recall as applied to judges
and their decisions would undermine
the Independence of the judiciary, sub
iect our judges TO political influences,
and render it futile for the poor and
the weak to look to the courts for
Justice. 1t should be our constant aim
to achieve as complete separation of
the judiciary and politics as we have
of church and state, and the institution
of the recall as applied to the iud ciary
is retrogression, not progress.
As we listen to the demagogic or to
fatuous reformers let us. not forget