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have no wish to come to II but our oppo-
nents. when they object to all efforts to
secure real justice from the courts. arc
strengthening the hands Of those who
demand the recall.
I stand ON the Columbus speech The
principles there asserted are not new,
but I believe that they AZ. necessary to
the maintenance OF free democratic gov
eminent.
My remedy is not the result Of n library
study of constitutional Law. but OF actual
and long-continued experience in the use
OF governmental power to redress social
and industrial evils. Again and again
earnest workers for social justice have
said TO me that the most serious obstacles
that they have encountered during the
many years that they have been trying
To save american women and children
from destruction In American industry
have been the courts
Thot is the judgment Of almost all the
social workers | know and Of dozens
or parish priests ana Clergymen. and OF
every executive aud legislator who has
been seriously attempting to use govern
ment as AN agency Tor social and in
dustrial bettcrnlent. What IL the result Of
this system of judicial notification IL
was accurately stated by the Court Of
NppfHis VI New 1oIk III tne employers
liability case. where II was calmly and
judiciully declared that the people under
our republican government are less free
10 correct the evils that oppress them
than are the people OF the nionarchies
Of Europe.
To any man with vision. 10 any man
with broad and real social sympathies.
10 any man who believes with all his
heart In this great democratic republic
of ours. such a condition IL intOlerable.
II is iot government by the people. but
mere sham government in which the will
of the people is constantly defeated.
Me, or Look Out!
| prefer To work with moderate. with
rational conservatives provided only that
they do IN good faith strive forward
towards the light. But when they halt
aud turn their backs TO the light, and sit
with the scornrls on the seats of reaction.
then ] must part company with them.
We ths people cannot turn back. Our
aim must he steady. wise progress.
II would bc well II our people would
study the history Of a sister republic.
Al the Woes Of France for century
ami n quarter hav" been due TO the
folly Of her people. In splitting into the
Two camps Of unreasonable conservatism
andGNinr-asonable radicalism. Had pre-
Revolutionary France listened 10 men like
Turgot. and backed them up. all would
hav. gone well. But the benenc.aries
~ privilege. the bourbon reactionai leg,
III, shortsighted ultra conservatives.
t'ined down Tursot and then found
thst instead Of him they had obtained
l;obespierre. They gained twenty years
fac. dom from All restraint and reform
1T the cost OF the whlrlwind Of the red
terror. May We profit by the experiences
az our brother republicans across the
water and go forward steadily. avoiding
ali wild extremes: and may our ultra
conservatives remember that the rule
az the Bourbons brought on the Revo-
lLtion. and may our would-be revoiu-
tcEaries remember that no Bourbon was
or such "a dangerous enemy OF the people
s.ii" or fi--i-n az inr ptvf-s-ti friend
VI both, Robesperre There IL no dan
Ie, OF a revolution In this country: but
there Is grave discomfort and unrest. and
IN order to remove them there Is need
"f all the wisdom and probty and deep
seated faith In and purpose TO uplf, hui
nisnsty. we have at our command.
The Hope Of the World.
Friends. our task 20 American. In to
strive for social and Industrial Justice
achieved through the genuine rule OF the
people.
The lead-y for the time being.
whoever h. may lie, is but an in
stiument. to be used until broken and
then TO be cast aside; and IL he is worth
his salt he Will care no more when he IL
broken than soldier cares when he II
sent where his life II forfeit in order
that the victory may be won.
We. here in America. hold In our
hands the hope OF the world. the fate OF
the coming years
The worth nj our great expert
ment depends upon its being in good
faith an eNperimen,-the first that has
ever been tried--in true democracy ON the
scale OF a continent, on a scale a. vast
as that Of the rnishtiest empires OF the
Old World. Surely this is a noble ideal.
an ideal for which it is worth while to
strive, an ideal fer which at need II Is
worth while TO sacrifice much for our
Ideal IL the rule OF al! the people in a
spirit Of frlendliest brotherhood toward
each and every one OF the people
Washington. Lincoln and Roosevelt.
Oscar S. Straus. who was Secretary of
Commerce and Labor in the Roosevelt
Cabinet. spoke after the Colonel had gone
TO address the Carnegie Lyceum meeting.
Mr., Straus said that the history of the
and each had its leader. They we're
crucial periods and in them the oountrys
destiny was moulded The Revolution
had Washington TO carry it through to
success and the midcentury period was an
era OF construction in which Lincoln
saved the nation and put it on a new
footing. The third period we have been
in for a decade-the era Of reform and
here he declared that Col Roosevelt
was the leader.
Overflow Meeting.
Carnegie Lyceum was filed with an
overflow meeting at which Norman Hap
good presided and Comptroller Prender-
gast and Prof. Samuel McCune Lindsey
OF Columbia spoke. After the Colonel
had finished his big speech at Carnegie
Hall he made a short speech al the Ly-
ceum. reviewing briefly some Of the main
points OF his big speech in homely phrase.
He was enthusiastically received by a
friendly audience.