The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-26
DEFINES IDEAS ON
PROGRESSIVEISM
He Also Approves Initiative and
Referendum and Popular Elsc-
! ton of Senators-Illustratss
Points by Reference to Cor
rupt and Unwholesome
Political Conditions.

since ne became the beuioCt"cS pASS
Dental nominee. In a speech which
was received with enthusiasm at Hart
B.. ford, and another at New Haven To-
night the Governor explained that ne
favored the initiative and the REFER
eudum as well as the recall OF ao-
mtnistrative officers, but that nc was
unqualiiedly opposed TO the recall OF
the judiciary.
The Democratic nominee illustrated
some Of the points In his speech
which included comment on the oi-
rect primary system and the direes
election OF United States Senators oS
references to political conditions on tue
Paci6c coast. He said later that these
references to California did not con-
template the presence in Hartford ana
New Haven to-day OF Governor Hiram
Johnson. o. California
II l did not believe that 10 be
progressive was to preserve the es
sentials OF our institutions. FOR one
could not be progressive. SAID oos
ernor Wilson In his Hartford speech
CostroIled by Little Group.
After paying tribute to the charae-
ter OF the majority OF the men IN
,be United states Senate. the Governor
said:
II, would be painful to repeat TO you
sonne OF the processes by which seats
haya been bought In the United STATES
senate and you know, as the "ho1e
p.opie OF the United States know. sha'
n little group OF Senator'S holding the
balance Of power has again ana again
been able to- defeat programs OF re-
form upon which the "ho'e
had set its heart
Governor Wilson declared in discuss
ing the question Of popular eiectioh
OF Senators that we have mad many
shameful instances of practices waien
we can absolutely remove by the direct
election OF Senators by the peop'e
themselves. -.u
think that / am going NO Tar IN e"
mentioning in your presence those
.xtreme doctrines Of the initiative. the
referendum and the recall continued
cov~rnor Wilson 1t Is the last
VOID that makes most men shrink LET
M man deceive himself by the falIacy
that anybody proposes 10 SUBSTITUTE
direct LEGISLATION by the people or
direct reference Of laws voted In
the LEGISLATURE by the vote OF the
people for representative government
TT is another matter when i. comes
20 the judiciary. I myself nave never
been in favor Of the recall OF Judges.
Not that some judges haven't deserved
20 he recalled-that isn't the point
But because that is treating the
.ymptoms instead Of the disease. The
di.esse lies deeper and sometimes 1t
IN very very vtrulent and very dan
9eroua There have been courts in
the United States that were controlled
NV nrivate interests There have been
supreme Courts In our States at which
men without privilege could not get
1ustiee. There have been corrupt
Judges: there have been controlled
Judges. There have been judges who
acted ~ other mems servants and
not a. the servants OF the public Ana
there can be no moral objection to
removing such men from public ser
vice.
Muot Cot Deeper.
IT, mark you, ! say. II At any time
eAa southern Pacific Railroad owned
the Supreme Court OF the State OF
California. what was the trouble!
Would you remedy II by recalling the
Judges Of the Supreme Court Of Cali
fornia? Not SO long as the South
ern Pacific Railroad could substitute
otheru for them You would not be
cutting deep enough Where you want
90 70 10 to the seat OF authority
where you want to 60 10 the process
Nv WHICH tuO8c 11SSSS S'>~~~
emit. And when you get there you
lead TO the moral OF the whole OF this
Aiscusston because the moral OF II
ali IN that the people of the United
states have suspected until their sus-
Dfcious have been justified by all sorts
q substantial and unanswerabie evil
Aeuce that In place after place. at
euruiue point after turning point in the
history Of this country, We have been
controlled BY private understandinss
and not by the public interests ana
en.s inSfuences which were improper
~ not corrupt have determined every
ming from the making OF laws TO
eAe administration OF justice
Governor Wilson declared in concur
~son tina, corruption which grows like
n cancer in our vitafs must De cut
ous. though gran; you u must be
eue out with the skill ana the KNOW
1eAge and the tenderness OF the sur
eeon who will not distusb the vital
Sissues 20 which this Ugly thing -
attached"
ovrpse6 ~ Cbeese1g TSsSsss
HARTFORD. Conn, september ia
oovernor woodrow Wilson'S invasion
~ New gngSand to-day was marked
0y eheering throngs st every place hs
V,~sseA- Dustng the afternoon Gov.
Srnor wyisou spoke in THE city. se
0ea1x,ra ss lsersAen and other places.
Uvoo hts ARRIVAL here at I:3e O'Clock
oo-Aav NoveSuog Wilson was met BY Q
eommsteee and welcomed TO the city.
mere was q short parade ending az .
Secal sneesre Where 0evernor Wtsson
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