The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-27
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Rooseyelts forcetIl campaign Speeeu
i delivered In Carnegie hall, New YORK.
Wednesday eyenlng,are given below;
tTlIe great fundamental issue now be.
More the Republican party and before
ltour people can be stated briefly. IT Is,
4 Are the American people At to govern
themselves, to rule themselves. to con.
troll themselves? / believe they are
/ M opponents do not. ] believe in the
right 6t the people 10 rule. I believe
\ that the maJority'of the plain people
Of. The United States viii. day In and
.EdSS out. make fewer mistakes In gov.
.kefriing themselves than any smaller
4 class az body Or men, no matter what
.Ifhelr training. will make In trying to
govern them: I.bellete again that the
1 American people are as whole capa,
4 bleo Of self control and of learning By
thfIr mistakes. Our opponcnts,pa7iip
loyat- n this doctrine. but they show
thrlf le.:I beliefs by the way In which
tneF cAnmplon every uesic eve. 70 = . n.ane
tne hominal rue q .ne peo 'ts .a, s ."l,,
nAYe ssnnt l,auen.s wan s,'t tn, Tyh 1a,S
OF the tyr'nnS ol sne n,a ~, ~, mas"
ever 'nete )" Sl"a , y. 'ne .,t u"' ~"
snsn IH"'eS. "snt%S. ~ ". W. .a,"s ~.
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,Frlns iLon .ne 's,u"ns =. LII tne .n"t 1V =,
tIi IT,, - ~ SUM! luino'S 'n"s ~. :"
er'pplne OUT coa' ueIoslts' out "a.e,
powers anu our !e!, lron.s. a S'nu',
n.l0,lIy Is !t,Fa on Tue Sa'S "
auuIIera.eu FOCUS anu 1russ. ~ IN
sinai minority 'nat nes pehlnu noMo ,l
oIies anu .rusts' !. ga sInull I,noI 1 '.
tnat st"nus Detllnu .ue present iaW VI
ln Ls,et. anu serHnnl' Tue sWea ats
ana inc whole calendar OF social ana
lnou .I ln2uStlce' u is a smnlI ull'
LOFTY tnat n tou.s usins our coNen'
tlon system, 10 ueieat ne WIN Oh u H'".
JogN OF !ps Pe9P.e ~ Tue clo.ee "
ue'esates 10 'ne elllcago convention
Not For Recall Everywhere.
My opponents charge that two things
\ 1n.my program afs%ronici because thew
lntrude info the Enctt1arv of Tie indl.
ciary. Tfie first Is the .1recaIl q Judges
and the second the review by the peo.
ple of judicial decisions on certain con.
stitutionaI questions / have said again
and again that 1 do NOT advocate tile
recall OF judges In all states and in an
communities. The integrity of our
Judges, from Marshall to White and
Holmes-and to Cullen and many Others
in our own state-IS a flne page Of
American history. Butt saytit sober.
ly-democracy has a right togappF6acIi,
the sanctuary of.tle courts.-whell.tt
isperiat interest has corruptly found
sanctuary there. Snd' this Is Fexactfy'
what has happened In some of the
states where the recall OF the Judges IS
"a living issue. Is It not equally. plain
| THAT the question whether given so.
clal policy Is for'the public good Is not
Of n judicial AZURE, but should be set.
tied blythe tegfslahife. or in the final
instance, by the people themselyes3
THe president Eof the United States.
Mr.. Taft, devoted most Of a recent
speech to criticism Of this proposition.
He says that II us utterly without
merit or utifity. and insteaGl of being
+" ain the interest OF all peo.
,ple and OF the stability OF popular GOV.
ernmeut; ts sowing the seeds of coptu.
sion and tyranny" CBy this he. OF
course. means the tyranny OF the ma.
jority-tIiat ia the tyranny Of the
| America M people az a wboIeI He also
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