Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-29
FEDERAL JUDGE SAYS THIS GOV.
ERMENT CAN AND WILL
RUN ITSELF.
TOUCHES ON UNREST IN
GRAND JURY INSTRUCTIONS
Problems u5 70 Individual and Citizens
Should Say, What Are We Going to
Do" Not What Are You Going to
De"-sffectivs League Of Nations
Not Yet Possible.

Council Bluffs. Oct. es.-"This
government can run itself aud viii run
itself" declared Judge Martin J
Wade 0; the United States district
court in his Instructions to the grand
Jury, when the regular fall term wac
convened in this city Tuesday.
The statement followed the courts
reference 10 the wave Of unrest that Is
moving over the county at this time
and the marked tendency Of certain
elements to dlsc1ed.I law and order.
The co arts instructions were in the
nature Of an appeal to reason, CITIZEN
ship and justice in the individual and
Guly On the part OF the juror 20 up
limit OF is requirements.
The greatest achievement OF civil
izacon" said Judge Wade, is the
establishment Of : tribunal 10 settle
disputes between al men. That trib-
Gn2l Is called the court The world
has not advanced as yet 10 that period
where il shah have a tribunal of ma
tons 70 settle the differences hetwee's
the nations Of the earth, but the time
Is coming. We viii DO away with the
horrors Of war. the things that have
caused the earth to be saturated WITH
the blood OF brave men and brought
down untold horrors upon the people
Of the world.
Says World Facing crisis.
The world Is now facing the most
critical period II has ever gone thru
"a period which finds our courts de-
nounced and our laws desed. Il Is
time 10 stop and analy.e what the
court means. Never before have Sc
faced srch responsibilities. We see
some problem facing the government
and we are very apt to say what are
they going to do% when we should say
what are we going TO dor
This government can run itself and
It viii run itself. Such conditions can
only exist however. when each indi-
vidual takes an interest. Don't leave
II for few officers whom you have
elected. but do something yourself II
Is your problem and you must help to
solve II.
Such conditions can ana viii exist
except IN cases like that which oc-
CURED across the river recently. when
men cast aside all restraint and sense
OF res possibility. and tear down the
oulwarks Of civilization, as they did in
Omaha Any law that was ever WIZ
ten can be changed If only the people
so will it-not with the voice Of ten
men but when the majority speaks. A
law Is respected only when 1t is en-
forced and II it Is a bad law II Is re-
pealed as the result Of enforcement"
Judge Wade declared that criticism
Of the laws and the courts was tusti-
fable when such criticism is construc-
tive, but villainous when administered
for the sole purpose Of tearing down
or diecred;ttng them.
Regard to Soap Box Orator.
you hear a lot of soap box orators
declaring that no laws have been en-
acted for the common people, but the
fact remains that within the las. az.
teen years more laws have been en-
acted for the common people man IN
any period Of 100 years the world has
ever known"
Judge Wade reviewed IN brief the
child labor laws ard various othe,
laws. designed for the common people,
tha. are looked upon with scorr by
these same orators, who can see no
good in anything except that It tends
to advance their policy Of tearing
down the defenses Of society.