The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-03-21

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and iudiciaIly declared that the PEG
ple under our republican goVerhine".
are less free to correct the e'iis 'i"
oppress them than are the peop'o VI
the monarchies of Europe. 10 any
man with vision, to any man WIN
broad and real social sympathies' W
any man who believes with All lib
heart in this great democratic re-
public of ours, such condition Id III
tolerable. 1t is not government ny 'no
people, but mere sham government III
which the will Of the people Is COLI
stantly defeated. 1t is out OF this ex-
perience that my remedy has come
and let It be tried In this reid.
When as the result Of years OF edu-
cation and debate a majority OF the
people have decided upon a remedy
for an evil from which they suher
and have chosen q Legislature, ieglS-
lature pledged to embody that remedy
i'm law, and the law has been nhahy
passed and approved, | regard IL as
monstrous that bench OF Judges
shall then say to the people: You
must begin all over again. f1rSl'
amend YOUR constitution (Which Will
take four years.; second, secure the
passage of new law (Which Will take
two years more); third, carry that
new law over it's weary course or iltl-
CATION, which will take no human be-
ing knows how long; fourth, submit
the whole matter over again Ito the
very same Judges who have rendered
the decision to which you OBJECT.
Then, if your patience holds out ana
you finally prevail, the will OF the ma
jorty Of the people may have its way.
Such a system is not popular govern
ment. but "A mere mockery Of popular
government.
The decisions Of which we complain
are. as a rule, based upon the con
stitutional provision that no person
shall be deprived Of life, liberty or
property without due process Of law.
The terms life, liberty and property,
have been used in the constitutions
of the English speaking people since
Magma Charta. Until within the last
sixty years they were treated as hav'
ing specific property
means tangible property; Liberty
meant freedom from personal re-
strant. or in other words, from I'M
prisonmcnt in its largest definition.
About 1870 our courts began 10 attach
to these terms new meaning. Now
property" has come to mean every
rght OF value which person could
enjoy, and liberty has been made
TO include the right TO make contra Gus.
As "a result, when the s''ts limits the
hours Tor which women jay r, it
is told by courts tha, this Jaw de-
priyes then Of thcir "i.l rty.' and
when it res tricts tie manufacture OF
tobacco in a tenement il Is told that
the law depryea tie lana ord Of his
property. Now, do not believe that
any people, and especiaNy our free
American people. will long consent
that the term "liberty" shall be de-
fined for them by a bench of judges.
Every people has defined that term
for itself in the course of its develop
ment.
The Task is To Strive For Justice.
Friends, our task as Americans is
to strive for social and industrial just
ice, achieved through the genuine rule
of the people. This is our end, our
purpose The methods for achieving
the end are merely eXpedients to he
finally accepted or rejected according
as actual experience shows that they
work we'll or ILL., But in our hearts
we must have this lofty purpose, and
we must strive for it in all earnest
ness and sincerity or our work will
come to nothing. In order to succeed
we need leaders of inspired idealsm,
leaders to 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
he may be, is but an instrument to be
used until broken and then to be cast
aside, and II he ls worth his salt he
will care no more when he is broken
than soldier cares when he is sent
where his life is forfeited in order
that the victory may be won. In the
long fight for righteousness the watch
word for all of us is spend and be
spent. 1t is of little matter whether
any one man fails or succeeds, hut
the. cause shall not fail. for ii is the
cause of mankind. We, here in Amer
lea, hold in our hands the hope of the
world, the fate OF the coming years,
and shame and disgrace will be ours
if, in our eyes, the light of high re-
solve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust
the golden hopes OF. men, If, on this
new continent, we merely build an
other country Of great but unjustly
divided material prosperity, we shall
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