Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-07-06
JUDGE CARROLL
TALKS ON REFOnMvlE:RS
Celebrated Jurr:st Makes Plea for
Personal Liberty Before
Bar Association
(By Associated Press

for the right of the people gener-
| ally to enjoy in decent way
pleasures that appeal to them,
and the declaration that attempts
| of certain. persons to assume to
lead and regulate law making
bodies is doing more harm than
good to the people at large, fea-
ltured the address here today Of
John D. Carroll. former Chief
Justice Of the Kentucky Court of
Appeals, and editor of the Ken
lucky Statutes, before the annual
session OF the Kentucky Bar As
ISOLATION.
Judge Carroll took as his sub
| ject A Text from the Declara-
ton of independence. and chose
the words I'VE hold these truths
to be self-evident, that all men are
icreated equal, that they are en-
dowed by their creator with GER
tain unalienable rights; that
among these are * < liberty and
the pursuit of happiness
Judge Carroll paid tribute to
Thomas Jefferson, author OF the
declaration of independence and
asserted that there is no place in
this country for persons who are
mot willing to give our govern
ment and institutions their undi-
Ivided support and that ''if people
from other. countries desire to
Icome here we have the right to
land must insist that they leave
their foreign ideals and foreign
ideas and become American citi-
Izens, part of the Americanism
that dominates the country. x
This we have right to demand
and any foreign born subject who
is not willing to accede to it has
mo place or business in this coun-
try"
The word liberty" Judge Car
roll said, means in a general way
freedom of speech and action
within lawful limits and covers
every activity of life. 1t carries
with it the right of the citizen tc
do as he pleases with himself and
his property provided that h
keeps within the law. 1t means
that workers and employers have
the right to organize and adopt
land enforce rules and regulations.
W&le there have been great
outbreaks Of lawlessness, the ma
jority OF citizens Of the state be-
Ilieve that every citizen has tn
right to live i'll peace and pursue
his lawful occupation, said the
Judge, There are, however, SO
many federal, state and city and
town laws that the law abiding
|citizen often does not know which
way to turn to aviod breaking
one. Il should say" he added,
that their only safety from the
sin of infraction lies in the fact
that many of these silly munich
pal as well as state laws soon fall
into such general disrespect that
they are more honored in ith,
breach than in the observance.
Petty, foolish, irritating laws are
more a hindrance to needed law
enforcement than any other sim
gle agency | can think Of" he
said.
There seems no escape from
these multiplied laws, Judge Car
roll said, because the rule of the
majority is vital, but it is impor-
tant that mo law be adopted by
any lawnaking body that is not
needed to safeguard the public
welfare and secure in a broad
minded liberal way to each citi-
zen the enjoyment of life, liber-
ty, prosperity and happiness
Attempts of certain persons to|
assume to lead and regulate fawl
bodies is doing more oil
harm than good to the people at
large, the Judge asserted. There
has come up III the state as well
as in the nation, within the last
few years, disposition to regu-
late everybody and everything,
he said, "by one kind of law orr
and as a result we arel
suffering grievously at this time
from widespread epidemic of |
regulation. Where this habit
or why it has become
so popular fashion with some OF |
our citizens who assume to lead
and direct law making bodies, / /
am not prepared to say. but I do
know it is doing more harm than
good to the body polite. Judge
Carroll said he would not desig-