Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-03-28


Roosevelt's forceful campaign speech.
delivered in Carnegie Hall. New York,
Wednesday evening. is given below:
The great fundamental issue now
before the republican party and be-
fore our people can be stated briefly.
1t is, are the american people fit 70
govern themselves, to rule them.
selves, to control themselves?
believe they are. My opponents
do not believe in the right OF the
people TO rule believe that the ma
tority of the plain people in the Unit
ed States will. do, day in and day
out, make fe mistakes in govern.
ing themselves than any similar class
or body OF men. no matter what their
training, will make in trying to govern
them. | believe again that the Amer
lean people as whole, are capable Of
self contrs-l and OF learning by their
mistakes Our opponents pay lip 10y
atty to this doctrine, but they show
their real beliefs by the way in which
they champion every device TO make
the nominal rule OF the people sham
have scant patience with this talk
of the tyranny OF the ma Ority. When.
ever there is tyranny OF the majority
/ shall protest against il with all my
heart and soul. But we are today
suffering from the tyranny of the mi
nOrities. 1t is d small minority that
is grabbing our coal deposits, our
water powers and cur harbor fronts
A small minority is fattening on the
sale of adulterated foods and drugs.
II is a small minority that lies behind
monopolies and trusts. 1t is a small
minority that stands behind the pres
ent law of master and servant, the
sweatshops ana the whole calendar OF
social and industrial injustice. 1t is
a small minority that is today using
our convention system to defeat the
will OF a majority OF the people in the
choice Of delegates to the Chicago
convention
My opponents charge that two
things in my program are wrong be
cause they intruds into the sanctuary
OF the judiciary.
The first is the recall of judges and
the second the review by the people
of judicial decisions on certain excep-
tional questions. l have said again
and again that l do not advocate the
recall of judges in all states and in all
communities. The integrity of our
judges, from Marshall to White and
Holmes-and to Cullen and many 9TH
ers in our state-is a fine page OF
American history. Butt say it So
berly-democracy has right to APP
proach the sanctuary of the courts
when special interest has corruptly
found sanctuary, and this is exactly
what has happened in some Of the
states where the recall OF the judges
is a living issue. Is it not equally
plain tina, the question whether a Civ
en- social policy is for the public good
is not OF a judicial nature, but should
be settled by the legislature or in the
final instance, by the people then
selves?
The president OF the United ST;
Mr.. Taft, devoted most OF a rece.
speech to criticise some of this pro-.
osition. He says that lit is utterly
without merit or utility and, instead
OF being in the interest of all the pc
pie and OF the stability of poDul
government, is sowing the seeds
confusion and tyranny BY this
of course meant the tyranny Of T.
majority--that is the tyrann" C I
American people as "
He also says that ~'y ~.n>rsa
(which as he rightly see i r'prel
a proposal 10 give -" poop rea
instead of only nominal chan p l.
.construe and amend state Legislation
with reasonable rapldity) would mako
such amendment and Interpretation
depend on the feVer 80. UnC9rini!
and unstable determ .nG,icAs OF sue.
,cessive votes on different laws b.
temporary and changing nAjorries.
md that 1T laws the Az az the foot
of the Tree OF "eii ortere. .ceelom
and subjects tho guarantees Of lite.
liberty and prosperity without remedy,
to the ttGul Impulse OF d temporar
ma turily of an electorate
9iijs criticism il really les frit
icisla OF my PROPOSE tla. p = Ism
of al popular government .. 'hol
ly untcunGed. Unless !, IS '0ltte1 on
the belief that the peur a5o iuudd-
mentally unrustwortnv his is the
question that pre- - submit TO
the people How g." ~ prevailing
morality or Pre- La. opinion
be better and mo- .'-e.'s ascar.
tanned than by veto go. 'ecple?
The people mus. ~-fei thar
the court what th0i- >c-4!'ty aud
their own opinio~ ;Hat you
here. YOU and otf--- 49, 70" ,o- the
people be giv-r - "hauc" - s,ate
your own vlen- - iUe ice arc o.buC
morality ana N. 1T nj eh'y - and
have yov. "'eC~ announced f" you
by we'll meantng rdherents . ~"'~orn
PHILOSOPHERS who ex9N - $50" ntrT
OF formulas ohove TO 81 eos Of
human l:ie
Mr.. Taft's osiIon = position
that has been HnIf ( 'ssio".
of on gov-rr~14r' 80 no
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