Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1912-05-10

the right, the square deal. Not that
he is perfeet-and, as it happens, this
old world has no use for a perfect
man. But he is straight; straight as
a lance, mentally. His a%dversaries
charge, that the Initiative Referendum
and Recall are of Socialistic origin
and should, as such, be condemned,
But no matter what their birthplace
they are good things. Also, be it
noted, reform never had its inception
with the great and mighty, but always
with those at the bottom. That's
rather a curious thing, isn't itH Fur
thermore, Socialism may be a world
power before we are awake to the
fact. | devoutly hope that the men
of Arizona will steal a march on the
Taftian veto by inserting the Recall in
their state constitution, as a lawful
amendment. A judge who will throw
an otherwise clear case out of court
by reason of a slight grammatical
error in the Indictment ought TO be
recalled on the d~oublequick. Do you
realize what it means, brother, that
many "A confessed criminal has walked
out a free man because of such a
technical e%rror"9 Honor bright, isn't
that about the limit But this pre-
cious system Taft would have pre-
served. This golden opportunity for
quibbling, hairsplitting lawyers to show
their contemplate skill canno be
abolished without endangering the
country. Evidently Taft thinks that
the lawyers and judges form a super
Tor class of beings, while the cold,
sober fact is that if that class is not
constantly watched enough said.
This time honoredp system the
Lion Hunter proposes to abolish.
Roosevelt, though near-sighted, never
had any trouble in making out the
plain duty of government. BY way
of a slight depression, do you r~ecollect
Mckinley's expression of "our plain
duty" towards Cuba. Well, shortly
after Mac wasn't able to see that du-
ty quite so plainly, for some reason
or other. No sooner. however. was
Roosevelt in the White House han
that duty was made extremely plain,
the rough rider rode roughly over all
the measely, u~nderhanded schemes of
big business, and gave autonomy to
II nj r ~. A,4tlna .1Lasg ranch
to the rage and CONSERVATION of var
ious and sundry politicians and
Statesmen. Really, Teddy is a very
handy man at perceiving the simple,
plain duty of the government.
A line from Coleridge comes to mind:
Courage multiplies the chances OF
success by sometimes making oppor-
%tunities and always availing itself
of them" Here, with remarkable ex-
a%ctness, the Rooseyeltian trend of mind
is expressed in outline. Opportunity
always seems to be coming his way,
and for certain easily defined reasons.
just think of the tremendous influence
1 ne tAttftlHtu VII iHt dilaiIE VI
Immediately before and during our
war with Spain. His untiring efforts
in making the fleet effective and eff
cient; the wonderful opportunities for
civilization and better living which
came to the new nations with their
freedom from the incredibly brutal
1 go "a 4HIla Won NAV M lac
aware of the fact, but he had more to
do with these things than merely
storming certain forts in Cuba. Or
think of his quick recognition of the
new republic of Panama. with the
overwhelming undertaking of eonstrue-
ting the great canal as a direct re
sult-and one would suppose that none
but steelplated mossbacks should ques-
ton the value of that monumental
piece of engineering-that's the sort of
chief executive our country stands in
need Of. With him, the watchword is
ever: forward" S%tandpatism in re-
atty is retrogression, and is antago-
nistie to true progress and umane
development, political, social, and eco
nomic.
The difficulty in the path Of pro
gress lies in the melancholy fact, that
too many voters are hampered by
precisely those conditions which big
business is extremely unwilling TO
abolish. Clearly, since money is power,
millions OF voters being dependent OF
the money holders, it is natural that
their votes should be more or less un-
der the control of the whip hands.
But there is such a thing as reaction,
though woe TO the idle, supereilious
rich when it breaks loose in earnest.
And what, in this connection, is meant
by reactioni Well, lynch.law is one
form of reaction, an indignant protest
against a prevaricating and tergiver-