The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-27

s0lnl lusuce b1re fNln ~ tN4 -'lAe r'1
ni5st serious obstacles illat they have
encounieled duHrg the many years
tint tIey have been trying e. save
knipsieaii women ma children rom
desfruc lion Ia Amefican itdus STR hayei
beefl de c6iir .flliat 81 the judgment.
AZ .iin6st q he social worker 4 Know.
ana of dozens 81 parish llests and
Giersymen ana Of every executive and
legislator Who hts been seriously at
tempting to use goyetameiit us an.
ageheyfor soclal and indus ~ better
ment what Is the result Of this sys-
TEN o. judicial nglliGeatons II WAS
accuthtely stated By The court OF aI'.
iiieals of New York in The employers
liability case. where It was calmly and
;tGdfclaIly declared that the people I'M
der our republican government are less
free TO correct the evils that Cypress
them than are the people Of the nions
arctiles IL Europe. Tojapy man with
vision, 10 any man with broad and real
social symtathlcs. to any man who be-
lilieves WITH dill Ills heart IN this great
democratic republic Of ours. sueh, q
condition is intplerabte. II Is not gov
eminent by the people, bnt mere sham
government in which the viii Of the
people Is constantly defeated. 1t is
out OF this experience tint my remedy
has come. and let 1t be tried in this
field. When as the result Of years Of
education rad debate majority Of the
people have decided upon a remedy for
| IN evil from which they suffer and
have chosen q Legislature and executive
pledged to embody that remedy IN law
Ard ttie law has been ydnnlly passed
and approved j regard y as 'monstrcus.
| that 4 Bench 6f Judges shall then say.
l'to tfe IIIesonIe: "Yda iaaSt begin gll orer
G0diR. First, amend -FOUR constitution
I;iw6ich viii take four years. second.
secure the passage Of a new law
I-fWhich viii take two years nofel /;
third. carry TINT new law over the
weary tSnrse 81 litigation SShteth Will
| take no human being knows how iongl /;
fourth submit the whole matter over
again to the very same judges y,
have readeSed tile decision to which
YOU object. Then. II your patience
holds out ana you finally prevail the
wiltot the minority Of the people may
have IT'S way" Such d system is not
popular government. hit n mere mock
cry Of popular government
People viii Define Liberty"
The decisions Of which we complain
are. as d rule. based upon the constitli.
tional provision that no person shall
Re deprived Of life. liberty or property
without due process Of law. The terms
'qIfe, liberty and property have been
used inthe constitutions Of the English
sbeakIng peoples since Magma ChartH.
Until within the last sixty yenrs they
were treated as having specific m zen!
| inEs- pproperty" meant tangible prop
efty: "flberty" meant freedom fro:n
'pefsonal restraint. OF, iii other words.
from Imprisonment In its largest deli
nItion. About 1879 our court began 70
attach to these terms new meanings.
Nov property" hasFeorne to mean
every right Of value which a person
could enjoy. and 'Iibetty" has been
made 10 include theitlsbt to make cor.
tracts, Az result. when the state
lin1itsthe hours fofe%hicl1 women may
labor, It is told BY the' courts that this
law deprives them Of their "liberty."
ana VIXEN 1t restricts the. manufacture
of tobacco in n tenementi 1t is told that
the law deprives the. Iandlord5of his
;'.property.' Now. j do not believe
that any people. and especially our
free American people. will long CON
sent that the "nIberty" shall be
defined for them bya bench OF judges.
Every people has defined that term for
itself In the course of Its development,
Task Is to, Strive For Justice.
Friends, our task as Americans is to
strive for social and industrial Justice.
achieved through the genuine rule Of
the people. This is 'our end, our pur.
pose. The methods for achieving the
end are merely expedlents to be finally
accepted or rejected according as actu.
al experience shows that they work
well or Ill. But In our hearts we must
have this bfty purpose. and we must
strive for 1t in all earnestness and sin.
certify or our work will come to moth.
ing. In order to succeed we need lead
crs Of inspired idealism. leaders 10
whom are granted great visions: who
dream greatly and strive to make their
dreams come true; who can kindle the
people with the fire from their own
burning souls. The leader for the time
being, whoever ie'may be, is but an
instrument to be used until broken
and'tlI to be cast inside. and II he
Is worth his sail, he will care no more
when he is:hroken than soldier cares
when lie is sent where his life is for
felt In order that the victory may be
won. In the long fight for righteous
ness the watchword for all of US is
spend and be spent Itlsof little mat.
ter whether any one man fails or sue.
ceeds but the cause shall not fail, for
1t is the cause Of mankind. We. here
in America, hold In our hands the hone
If the world. the fate Of the coming
years and shame and disgrace viii be