New-York tribune., 1912-03-24

10 try TO improve on Lincoln uoCth" ~
popuiar sovereignty and popular rlsht. ",
course every body whether DeHeNSI az
despotsm or i'm democracy, agrees ~
there must he government OF the pHapses peop,e
In the next place. even The ruling classeS
in a despotism always publicly state ~ IT,
their government is for the people. ur i |
point OF difference between tne Dei, ,,onu,ar
genuine democracy and genuine poPuiia. dia-
rule and those who openly or secretiS I o,S
believe in such genuine popular Iuie ai,o
believe In government by mlhor!usS, Dns. U.s.
in connection with Lncoln's third prOpoS.- /
lion. that the government should De oy tue
people. .,.,,,o,,, or r,,la
by a part Of the people. by IHno' no ,'ast ,a |i
the people b. a privileged class OF CAST
over tie rest Of the people. nave alWdHs -,
sisted under every form OF nliiiJ,i,,G ,,tGorsCy
ernmeut from aristccTacy TO piutocIbCE'
that they were really representing Ine peo
pic but that they knew now 10 lcp ~,
sent tho peOple and how TO Goye'H; IA ther
great deal better than the people oin ttTTn,,
Selves IL is on this point that We I0lo" !
Abraham Lincoln. and take dIe.t .bc |
with the President. In actual prdCu.F the
presidept's theory OF government OF NV
neonle. not BY the people, but ny IepIr
sentative part OF the people; means slnlnE
government Of the Peopie PH ,n1,b;%ation ,n1
h, tho men who represent the coHp.ua!I,,'u
~ rontics and big business. a comnniduo'.
NJ roltical and financial priFhcge iuls - ,
y.hst .,oyernmCnt OF Americans by d iePIt- |
",.,iyc mart or class of Americans ~ !
actual praCtice means. Thanks TO the NeIH /
bosses in question. thanks 10 me Iepir
sentatv,s Of political ana nnan'i'' iInr,,
Icrn and oven / am sorry 10 say. PI.- |
NORTON cf judicial officers, we nave III |
actua experience had this kind OF eoNeln- !
mcnfvhich the President upholds III n'dnn n1nn !
narts of our country. and II has not O'eH |
g satisfactorv experiment. I'm actual nta'- /
tice such a so-Called ropreSentanNe, P"rs !
Of the peoplo represents ana VIII alM"E' |
represent nothing whatever but prl\h'Se'
Attacks Taft Adhcrents.
The chief present adherents OF the Prcsi- |
dent gentlemen like senator IchroSe, son
pior C;slIineer MIR Barnes, Mr.. MckinleE' /
MT Tawnev and their associates, are pre- /
cisAiy The men who under the Pres,uohi |
theory would be, as they TO certain ,', ne
gree already are the representative part
of the people which governs the rest OF tn. me |
people-and which docs not 1eaiiE icpI'St,.'
Them at all, but msrepresehis theh; ="
short in its actual WorklhsS SornT,ort mnG Of !,
tho people for the people by the bosses !
and it would make little difference TO tne
recple whether the bosses acted through /
fcss-controled legislatures or through /
boss nominated and privilege ridden courts /
As against this theory OF government |
We adhere IN the theory set forth py In, ]
coin the theory that this Is government /
or the peOple, for the people ana bN tne |
people We hold that the American pcopi1 /
ere At 10 rule themselves. ana ma mo cSvern S,t%
The rest We hold that the American peo- /
ple are 10 govern themselves. TO rule theln- |
selves. and that they choose, thct ,,ereiy neIi
sentatives not TO rule over them hut mereli
10 manage the public business III the ptS'
POSSIBLE fashion for them. according 10 iuo
general lines which they, the peoplT; "a
down I'm other words. whereas lhe iTesi
dent believes that part or the peopie die
10 govern the rest. we hold thSt AL III ~
people are TO govern themselves pE Cnor,
}nc some Of their number. not TO SoNe!n |
Them in the sense Of ruling them, put w
manage their government for them as th'f
Themselves decree ,r,i - |
"a fundamental difference, which cNPIdHls
why I'm so many matters the iroEIessIno I.r
do not feel that the Presluent' n,osant
good his intentions. can properly represtuSS
them or nav to progressive ideas the kinu ki
90 LOYALTY which results in the taIsIdu,oiii
OF words into actions. How iundaiiBlSiItGiI BInsiI
the difference is was shown by the IIeo,r
dents selection of Lincolns blrthuay as az
occasion for criticising-as ACCORDING 10 rn w
newspaper reports he dld-the men VIZ @ ~ pta
claim, the shibbolcth of 'the man before the
dollar" This criticism was pecuIailN III
felcitous on such an occasion. LOT ~ "a "So
Lincoln who. on April o. 1899. "rote p+on 70 one
Jefferson dinner committee, or boStoiIi;;
saving that the defenders or slavery nu,u
the liberty of one man 10 ne apsoluIrtS
nothing when in conflict with anotheT lham ,
right OF property: Republicans, on the con
trarv. ask for both. for the man ana IiIe
dollar hut in case OF conflict. the man pc
fore the dollar" Was Lincoln ueiu'-
gogue?
Private Property Not in Danger.
In this country conflicts between human
rights and the rights OF privilege mas. mas.
Urcradinc as property rights do. trequehuI
arise and such conflicts are occurring at
The present time. In these conIlcts We
nut the man above the dollar. ana we die
unaffected by the position OF those W. ~
as we think, unwisey sneer at us lot tdK-
Ing such a position. We near muCh talh
to-day among the defenders OF privilege ot
fear lest there shall be conilscatoIL "f /
nroperty meaning thereby confscauon OF
private property to public use AZ a mat mat
icr Of fact there is no danger OF such
COnfiscation; the danger Is preclseIE t the
opposite The danger is the appropriation |
nf public property to private use. with the
connivanCe of the lax or unfaithiui trus-
tees whom the people elect TO protect thelr |
interest-these trustees being that rep |
rescntative part" Of the people whom the |
President says should by right govern the
rest OF the people. State made titles 10 |
nublic property filChed with the ignorant |
or corrupt acduiesence Of the trustees in
question. are made the instruments ny |
which real man-made property Is taken
from those who should have 1t. so that !
few Of the people may be permitted 10 use |
for their exclusive benefit property which |
OF right should be used for the benefit or /
all We Progresslves have seen the wrong |
jn this and have pledged ourselves TO its !
un6oing and are not to be swayed |
from our purpose. which is TO secure for |
the use Of the plain people the things !
which Of right are theirs
Reiterates Doctrine Of Recall.
Colonel Roosevelt reiterated his we'll |
known arguments as to the right Of the |
reople TO recall decisions OF state courts. !
declaring that in no other English speak |
ing country, nor in France or Germany, did |
Judges possess such power as in the Ameri- |
can state courts. He said:
1t is idle folly 10 say that this is an at |
tack on our constitutional system. On the !