The Marshall republican., 1912-02-23
COL, ROOSEVELT
SPEAKS PLAINLY
Speech at Columbus Shows
His Policy Clearly.

liesday:
"The opposition which / per-
sonally have encountered from b
business has in every case aris,
not because did not give a square
deal, but becals, I did"
"Big business" in tn, pas. hIi
been res oonsible for much o, the
special privilege which ms. h
uns- -aringly cut out of or nation
al iife."
IL believe I'm the e'ectioi o.
Ufiited States senators by direct
vote"
II believe in the initiative and
the referendum, which should be
used not to destroy rel resentative
government, but to correct Il when
ever 1t beeomes misrepresentation
~ believe in providing for di-
rect nominations by the people
including therein direct preferep-
tial primaries for the elestio, o
delegates to the natio1ll nomi-
natlny cOnNentiOnS
at Is nonsense to say that i'm
peachment meets the difficulty
In actual practice We have found
that impeachment does not work,
that unfit judges stay OF the
bench in spite OF IL. A quicker, a
more summary, remedy Is needed
"We progressives believe that the
people have the right, the power
and the duty to protect them
,e.vcs and their own welflrec that
human rights are supreme over all
other rights; that wealth shoul'
De the servant, not the master, OF
he people. We believe that un-
'ess representative government
does absolutely represent the peo-
1le 1t is not representative gov
ernment at all
ut WAS Lincoln who appealed to
the peop.e against the judges
when the judges went wrong, who
advocated and secured what was
practically the recall OF the Dred
Scott decision, and who treated
the Constitution as living force
'or righteousness. We stand for
applying the Constitution to the
ssues OF today as Lincoln applied
IL to the issues OF his day"
"The vision OF framing any
particular law for the bettermen'
Of social and industrial conditions
S a proper subject OF debate but
The power OF the people TO enact
the law should not BE- subject to
debate.n
"The only prosperity worth hav-
ing is that which affects the mass
OF the people. We are bound to
strive for the fair distribution o.
prosperity. But IL behooves us to
remember that there Is no use In
devising methods for tn, proper
distribution Of prosperity unless
the prosperity Is there to distri-
butte"
Following Senator LaFo.lett., a
number OF practical workers and
thinkers In Wisconsin have turned
that state into an experimental Ia
boratory OF wise governmental nc.
ton in aid OF so sial and industria
justice"
"The crook In pubic life is no
ordinarily the man whom the peo
pie themselves elect directly to a
highly important and responsible
position
VI agree with every great jurist
from Marshal downwards, when
say that every Judge is bound
to consider two separate elements
in his decision of a case, one the
terms OF the law, an1 ths other
the conditions OF actual life to
which the law is to be applied"
"Many eminent lawyers believe,
and sometimes assert, that the
American people are not fitted
for popular government AMI that
II is necessary to keep the ju-
dietary independent of the ma
iority or OF al the people"
take absolute issue with all those
who hold such a position"
+ These foolish and iniquitous
decisions have almost always
been rendered at the expense OF
the weak; they have almost al
ways been the means OF putting
a stop to the effort to remove
burdens from wage-workers.n
mo Anarchist orator, ravine
against the Constitution, ever
framed an indictment OF II &C
severe as these worthy and we'll
meaning Judges must be held te
have framed II their reasoning
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