Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-13
ROOSEVELT On
SUPREME COURT
lContInned dom Paae ono J

been 10 the Progressive column The
action Of the reactionary court. taken
Ia combination with the action OF
the Republican machine. resulted In
the deprivation OF the right OF the
people of Idaho TO express their
choice for President
Abraham Lincoln said that he
believed the bred Scott decision rep
resented a conspiracy against liber-
~ between the then Supreme Court
and the leading officers OF the reac-
tIonary party 10 which that Supreme
Court belonged believe that with
even more Justice Abraham Lincoln
Dr. alive today would make the same
statement about the action of the
react'onary court of Idaho In con
ucctlou with be- roactionary leaders
of the Republican machine of Idaho
But the court did not stop here.
There was 600 Idaho a newspaper
which fearlessly and To- entirely
proper manner condemned the court
for this outrage The editor and
publisher of that paper. and auoth-
er maa connected with them. have
been thrown into Jail and fined
heavily for contempt by the court
The court iu It's opinion has cited
the numerous dynamite outrages
and the like that have occurred. as
iustiiying their action No more
extraordinary plea was ever made
yield 10 no man In the horror !
feel Tor the anarchists and Tor an
other criminals who do murder.
whether by dynamite or in any 9th.
or fashion
But the damage they do, though
great, Is by no means as great to the
cause of law and order as Is that
done 10y a decision such as the de
cision In question: and no anarch-
Isl ever can or ever will hurt the
courts as they are hurt by such ac-
ton ass this of the highest court OF
the State OF Idaho Remember that
" the position OF the Idaho court in
Furnishing its critics for contempt is
proper. then Abraham Lincoln
should have been Jailed and fined
for his words about the Suprem,
Court OF the United States In con
nection with the bred Scott dacis
ion
Abraham Lincoln was no more o'
less guilty than the three men whom
the supreme Court OF the State OF
Idaho have imprisoned tor contempt
hocouse they criticised. in less 90.
we're language thai Abraham Lin
oo,r. decision as ,ndefensible fr IN
every standpoint of law and justice
and popular rights a. the bred Scott
deci.ion itself
~ case like thai in Idaho SHOW
the need OF the power of popular
recall Of the judiciary, a need which
! believe could be best met by hay
ing Judges appointed or elected fer
life but subject on petition to recall
by popular vote every two years.
This action would not. however
meet all the difficulties OF the case
In this tSote. Tor instance. Their
have been many well-meanin
judges. who. in certain cases, us
ually affecting labor have rendered
decisions which were wholly i'm.
proper, wholly reactionary, and
fraught with the gravest injustice
to those classes of the community
standing most In need OF justic
Mr. Smith. who Is engieering the
oSciety. under whose auspices the
actiouar Interpretation 10 It's consd-
ccpstru.n -'he Constitution. or max
lib,r1i'pn TINY definite judgment as
What IS needed here is not the right
10 recall The Judge. who tn some one
inst2rur gives mistaken lnd re-
dictionary Interpretation 20 its consti-
tuition bur the right OF the people
themselves to express after due &C.
liberation 'ae.r definite Judgment as
10 what the Constitution shall permit
In the VA % LEGISLATION for social
tnG iuUus,ri1' l.ace
Il hold that. ir such a case as { q
cas- in such a case as TIE
wcrkr ems compensation act. In such
a ease As the tenement house cigar
factory act. in such a case as the
eight-hour Law. that II is for the PEG
pie themselves TO decide whether
such a Law is or is not to stand on
the statute books ! do not care
Nrether YOU call this action OF theirs
the Constitution. or max
Eg the Constitution. care for N
ia,t NJ not for the name"
substituting the word Progress
tive" for Republican" In a letter
written ny Lincoln-the substitution
icing. Colonel Roosevelt said. only
% OF the name OF the progressive
.rrfy II TODAY for the prourpssivo