The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-27
POOR .IIDnL POLLOCK

From the bottom NJ our heart W. pity Judge
Pollock His Denver address has hopelcssly
damned him, and presently every sociological
rcformcr IN the country will be after him deep
throatcd, Ike unto tho hungry pack closing IN
on lts quarry
judge Pollock was foolish enough 10 speak
great truth. And nothing 10 cxctcs people
~ the truth tho unadultcrated. unequivocoI
unvarnishcd and uncon,rovcrablc truth. or
course all truth ls uncontrovcrtabe, no the lsr
adjective was supcrfluous and contradictory.
what the Judge said was this
''rh" present wavc of legislation ourbing
the lihorties of the people must be stopped
whiio there b. yet time II the United states
Us TO avoid a revolution
Thl, was the central thought OF his address
Il was tho theme Of his discourse. lie ciucldat.
cd 1t A. some length. accurately and interest
inRy And even the sermon on tho Mount
contains no creator truth
Throughout his maHorful wor, on the spirit
ot law, de Montcsduic, the great French
writer, constantly rejects law attor law hocause
at is contrary to the nature OF things"
II is the sum OF human experience In govern.
mont that law which ls contrary 10 the ma
ture Of things Q. repuRnant to the opinion of
tho time. IL not only incapable Of enforcement
e, all law must be enforced to accomplish hs
purpose, hut is also a positive menace In that II
tends 10 make government hateful ana cstab-
llshos u corrosive at the heart Of organized 30
ciety ltsclf
This s the point made by the eminent jurist
lust quoted Government ,s universally per
mltted TO prohibit some things the list being
fairly confined to the Mo,nic code as cnunciated
iu the decnloEuc. and concerning which there is
NO abstract division OF opinion. lIut government
is not permitted TO constantly encroach on per-
soual libcrtioa that have been recognized and
pracliccd throughout the fun term OF human
history -practlccd. too, especially by the most
cultured aud civilized peoples of all ages. and
by an impertinent edict of arbitrary authority
unjustined by public opinion. transform into
crime that which hitherto has been a privilege
OF the highest order
For IL the cncroachmcnt he permitted in the
one Instance. then the philosophy involved
stands up, and In later days nothing can be
done to prevent its extension to stlll more cher
lshcd personal privileges. so that eventually
SELF respect alone viii compel men to shatter
the shnckies OF dcspotism and proclaim anew
that Independence for the attainment OF which
oceans OF blood have been spilled throughout
history.
II IL precisely nothing 20 point with glowing
words to form OF government under which
liberty has flourishcd In the world for the first
time. Il Is meaningless TO expatiatc ON it's nd-
yantages over the autocracics and dcspotisns
Of the old world from whence it emerged
through travail and heroic sacrifice II in fact
IL has become "a oppressive and restrictive In
the rights OF the individual citizen az the old
system Of government It Is compared with,
Judge Pollock has courngcously sounded
warming Not a student of history or political
economist In the land but knows he IL right