Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-08-08

FOR q recall Of decisions. 20 that q az.
cislon on a point Of constitutional law.
having been rendered by the highest
court capable OF rendering II. shall
then be submitted 70 popular vote 70
determine whether Il ought 20 be sus-
tanned.
Again. the Democratic party in con-
gress and convention shows its desire
10 weaken the courts By forbidding
the use OF the writ ~ injunction
20 protect lawful business against
the destructive effect Of secondary
boycott and by interpreting a jury In
contempt proceedings brought to en-
force It's order and DEGREES. These
provisions are really class legislation
designed TO secure immunity for law
lessness in labor disputes on the part
OF the laborers. but operating much
more widely to paralyze the arm OF
the court in cases which do not In
volve labor disputes at all. The hos
tility to the judiciary and the meas
ures to take away its power and It's
independence constitute the chief den
mite policy that can be fairly attribute
ed TO that class Of statesmen and re-
formers whose absorption and control
the Republican party escaped at Chi
cago and the Democratic party yield
ed to at Baltimore.
Such Innovations Rejected.
The Republican party. Mr.. Taft con-
tinued, stands for none OF these In
novations. II refuses to make changes
simply for the purpose OF making q
change. and cultIvating popular hope
that in the change something bench
cial, underlined, will take place. The
Republican party believes in progress
along the lines upon which We have at
tanned progress already.
The president then devoted some
time to a review Of what has been &C
complished during his administration,
including a warm defense Of the Payne
tariff bill In conclusion he said:
can not think that the American
people, after the scrutiny and educa-
tion of a three-months' campaign, dur
ing which they will be able to see
through the fog of Misrepresentation
and demagoguery, will fail to recog-
nize that the two great issues which
are here presented to them are. first,
whether we shall retain, on a sound
and permanent basis, our popular con-
stitutional representative form OF gov
eminent, with the independence OF
the judiciary as a necessary key to the
preservation of those liberties that
are the inheritance of 1000 years and,
second, whether we shall welcome
prosperity which is just at our door by
our present economic
business basis and by the encourage
ment of business expansion and prog
ress through legitimate use Of cap
ital.
Appeal to All Conservatives.
I know that in this wide country
there are many who call themselves
Democrats, who view, with the same
aversion that we Republicans do, the
radical propositions Of change in our
form Of government that are reckless
ly advanced to satisfy what is sup
posed to be popular clamor. They are
men who revere the constitution and
the institutions of their government
with all the love and respect that We
could possibly have, men who depre-
cate disturbance In business condi.
tons. and are yearning for that quiet
from demagogic agitation which 10
essential to the enjoyment by the
whole people Of the great prosperity
which the good crops and the present
ought to bring to US. To
them appeal, as to all Republicans.
to join US In an earnest EFFORT to
avert the political and economic rev.
olutione and business paralysis which
Republican defeat will bring about
Such misfortune will fall most heav'
lily on the wage Garner. May we not
hope that he will see what his real In
terest is, understand the shallowness
Of attacks upon existing institutions
ana deceitful promises Of underlined
benefits by underlined changes?
May we not hope that the great ma
jority Of voters will be able to dis |
tinguish between the substance of
performance and the fustian of PROM
lse; that they may be able to see that
those who would deliberately stir up
discomfort and create hostility toward
those who are conducting legitimate
business enterprises, and who repre-
sent the business progress Of the coun-
try, are sowing dragons teeth? Who
are the people? They are not alone
the unfortunate and the weak; they
are the weak and the strong, the poor
and the rich, and the many who are
neither, the wage Garner and the cap
talist, the farmer and the professional /
man. the merchant and the manufac-
turer, the storekeeper and the clerk.
the railroad manager and the employe
they all make up the people and ,
they all contribute to the running OF /